Murchison, Kenneth

Birth Name Murchison, Kenneth
Gender male
Age at Death 80 years, 6 months, 6 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1754 Kyle of Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland Scotland  
Death July 7, 1834 Moore County, North Carolina, United States North Carolina  
Burial 1834 Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina, USA Murchison Cemetery  

Relation to the center person (Claunch, William Nathan) : fifth great grandfather

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Murchison, William1705September 1782
Mother McKenzie, Elizabeth
         Murchison, Kenneth 1754 July 7, 1834

Families

    Family of Murchison, Kenneth and MacIver, Catherine
Married Wife MacIver, Catherine ( * 1759 + August 14, 1800 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1775 Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States North Carolina  
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Murchison, Nancy17891864

Narrative

Obituary from the "Raleigh Register"

Dated 29 July 1834, Page 3, Column 6: "Died on the 7th inst. in his 81st year of age in July of 1834, Mr. Kenneth Murchison, a native of the Highlands of Scotland, and for many years a member of the Presbyterian Church. Tired of the usurped power of the British yoke, the deceased emigrated to this, his adopted country, at an early age and settled in Moore County, in this State (North Carolina) where he died as he had lived, the noblest work of God ...an honest man..."

Family Map

Family Map

Pedigree

  1. Murchison, William
    1. McKenzie, Elizabeth
      1. Murchison, Kenneth
        1. MacIver, Catherine
          1. Murchison, Nancy

Ancestors