William Murray

???? - 1858

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Awarded the compensation in right of his wife Keturah Shepherd for the enslaved people on an estate in Barbados unidentified from the compensation records but inferred from the Slave Registers to have been Bruce Vale.

  1. The couple baptised three children at St Mary Hornsey between 1798 and 1801.

  2. William and Keturah Murray's daughter Elizabeth Pilgrim was the mother of the colonial governor Sir George Berkeley (1819-1905).

  3. The will of William Murray late of the parish of St Michael Barbados who died 27/09/1858 at Barbados proved in London 07/01/1860 by William Murray the son Superintendent and Manager of the Colonial Bank, effects in England under £450.


Sources

  1. Ancestry.com, London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database online]

  2. Chewton Atchley, ‘Berkeley, Sir George (1819–1905)’, rev. Lynn Milne, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30725, accessed 13 Oct 2017]

  3. National Probate Calendar 1860.


Further Information

Spouse
Keturah Shepherd Bruce

Associated Claims (1)

£3,353 13s 9d
Awardee

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner

Relationships (2)

Other relatives
Notes →
William Murray married Keturah Shepherd Bruce, the grand-daughter of Hon. James...
Husband → Wife