ALEXANDER MURRAY [1779-1857]married CHRISTIAN SUTHERLAND
Alexander, a native of Sciberscross, Clyne, and his wife Christian Sutherland were moved from Rogart to Altandoun, Borribol, Kildonan after 1800. In 1814 they were burned out in the clearance and survived that winter at Slethill near Forsinard in the heights of Strath Halladale. In the spring of 1815 they were evicted from Slethill and were relocated to Craigton further down the Halladale. In 1819 their daughters Nancy and Elizabeth emigrated to Earltown, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, with their husbands. Alexander and Christy followed them in 1821 leaving a daughter Jane and a son Angus behind. Jane eventually went out to Earltown in 1832 while Angus married and remained in Sutherland. William Murray, brother of Alexander, also went out to Nova Scotia. Alexander and Christy settled atop a hill overlooking the community of The Falls. The area is now uninhabited but was once the flourishing settlement of Cnoc na Spidial or Spittal Hill, possibly named after Sletill Hill in Halladale. Alexander and Christy are buried in Earltown Village Cemetery (GM/NS).
They had the following children:
ELIZABETH MURRAY (Elspet), born 1 December 1795 Craggy, Strathbrora (OPR) [died 1898] [married Peter Murray] (IGI)
DONALD MURRAY, born 5 July 1796 Rhilin, Rogart (OPR)
CHRISTIAN MURRAY, born 22 March 1798 Rhiline, Rogart (OPR)
JANE MURRAY (Jean), born 19 March 1801 Rhiline [died 1889] [married Robert Macdonald] (OPR)
ANNE MURRAY (Nancy), born 23 April 1800 Craggie [died 1892] [married Alexander Sutherland] (OPR)
ANGUS MURRAY, born 14 June 1802 Craggie [died 10th June 1872 Croik, Kildonan] [married Janet Mackay] (OPR)
DONALD MURRAY, born 20 July 1806 Craggie [died 1883 Canada] [married Ann Murray] (OPR)
ISABEL MURRAY, born circa 1808 [married John Graham]
HELEN MURRAY (Ellen), born 30 October 1808 Auldnan, Kildonan [died 1880 spinster] (OPR)
WILLIAM MURRAY, born 24 September 1811 Kildonan (IGI) [probably died infancy]
WILLIAM MURRAY, born 24 February 1813 Rhiske, Kildonan (OPR)
CATHERINE MURRAY, born 1813 [died 1885 spinster] (GM)
CHRISTIAN MURRAY, born 29 April 1816 Rhiske (OPR)
ROBERT MURRAY, born 7 May 1817 Rhiske [married Helen Murray] (OPR).
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