Murray Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Murray

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Murray history with Murray Family Crest
Murray Motto Translated
Suggested Readings for Murray

Surname Notables

About Family Crests

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Origins Available: Irish, Scottish-Alt, Scottish

Where did the Irish Murray family come from? What is the Irish coat of arms/family crest? When did the Murray family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

The Murray surname in Ireland is an Anglicization of two different Gaelic names: O Muireadhaigh, and Mac Muireadhaigh.

Spelling variations of this family name include: O'Murry, Murray and others.

First found in county Roscommon, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John McMurray, one of the Scotch-Irish, who settled in Charles Town [Charleston], South Carolina in 1772; Alex McMurray, who came to New York city in 1811.

Motto Translated: By command,

For more information on the last name Murray, the PDF Surname History is available for purchase as well as other products.

Suggested Readings for the name Murray

Family Ties of Roy Harold Murray by Miriam Clouds Murray.
Golden Clan: the Murrays, the McDonnells, and the Irish American Aristocracy by John Corry.

Some noteworthy people of the name Murray

Bill Murray (b. 1950), Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor
Patty Murray (b. 1950), American Politician, United States Senator for Washington (from 1992)
Jeanne Murray (b. 1923), original name of American Jean Stapleton
John Murray (1741-1815), American theologian
Lindley Murray (1745-1826), American grammarian
Jim Murray (1919-1998), American who won the NSSA's Sportswriter of the Year award an astounding fourteen times (twelve of those consecutively). In 1990, he won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his 1989 columns, and the Baseball Hall of Fame awarded him the J. G. Taylor Spink Award in 1987
Sir Terrence Ubrey Murray (1810-1873), Irish born, settler and architect in Australia
Keith Anderson Hope Murray (1903-1993), Baron Murray of Newhaven, British academic
Alexander Stuart Murray (1841-1904), Scottish archaeologist
Gilbert Murray (1866-1957), Professor and Greek scholar at Oxford University
Sir James Augustus Henry Murray (1837-1915), British philologist and the original lexicographer of the Oxford English Dictionary
George Iain Murray (1931-1996), 10th Duke of Atholl
Kenneth Randolph Murray (1913-1995), 11th Earl of Dunmore
William Murray (b. 1930), 8th Earl of Mansfield, Scottish nobleman and Conservative politician
Anne Murray (b. 1945), Canadian singer
David Murray, Scottish entrepreneur
Alexander Murray (1775-1813), Scottish philologist
Charles Murray (1864-1941), Scottish poet
Lord George Murray (1700-1760), Scottish Jacobite soldier
George Gilbert Aimé Murray (1866-1957), Australian classical scholar
John Murray (1745-1793), Scottish publisher
Sir John Murray (1841-1914), Canadian marine zoologist
Keith Bay Pearce Murray (b. 1892), New Zealand architect and designer
Len Murray (b. 1922), English trade union leader
Les Murray (b. 1938), Australian poet
Matthew Murray (1765-1826), English inventor
William Staite Murray (1881-1962), English potter
First Lieutenant Charles P Murray Jr., who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1944

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Murray family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the Murray coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the Murray genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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The Murray Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Murray Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.