A. A. Marks |
AMASA A. MARKS
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B. P. Mead |
HON. BENJAMIN PENFIELD MEAD
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W. S. Moody |
WINFIELD SCOTT MOODY,
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T. H. Morison |
THOMAS H. MORISON
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MISS AGNES MURRAY.
who has made her home at Greenfield Hill, in Fairfield township,
Fairfield county, for a number of years, is a daughter of
Col. James B. Murray, who during his lifetime had his summer
residence there.
The Murrays are one of the most highly connected
New York Families, and one of the oldest Scotch families who
came over with William the Conqueror, their arms being
quartered with the town arms of Selkirk, Scotland, and they are
mentioned by Sir Walter Scott in his "Minstrelsy of the
Scottish Border." The family still retains the privilege
of hunting in the Royal forests. Miss Murray's
grandfather, John B. Murray, was born in England, was
highly educated and settled in New York City, where he was a
wealthy merchant and vessel owner, at one time having and owning
fourteen vessels in the Mediterranean. His first cousin
was the prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral, London; another
cousin was the Master of the Rolls, in London, having charge of
the Queen's will, the contents of which it is death to disclose.
James B. Murray was a native of Alexandria, Va.
He received a thorough education, and at the age of twenty-one
was a Spanish consul at New York, where he resided for many
years. He was an officer in the war of 1812, during which
he was sent to England with despatches for the Russian
government, the Emperor of Russia having offered to mediate
between England and America with a view of settling the war.
He was captured in England, being taken for a spy, but was
released after three weeks' imprisonment, when his mission was
proved. Being possessed of ample leisure, traveled abroad
continually, and had his summer residence at Greenfield Hill,
Conn., in the home now occupied by his daughter. The
family moved in the most exclusive circles in New York society,
and Mr. Murray numbered many noted men among his personal
friends, one of them being Washington Irving, with
whom he made many long voyages to Europe in sailing ships,
before steamships existed.
Colonel Murray married Miss Maria Bronson
a native of New York City and a member of one of its best
families, she being a daughter of Isaac Bronson, who was a
surgeon in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war.
To this union were born seven children, viz.: Maria
deceased, who married Cambridge Livingston; Bronson, living in
Fifty-second street, New York City; John, who died in New
York; Caroline, who died in Paris, France, unmarried;
Washington, deceased in New York; Agnes; and Anna
B., Mrs. William Parsons Winchester Dana, living in
Paris. The father of this family passed away in his New
York house at the advanced age of seventy-six years, the mother
when over fifty, and both lie buried at Greenfield Hill.
Mrs. Murray was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
The Colonel was an old-time Democrat in politics.
Miss Agnes Murray had the advantages of the best
private institutions at home and abroad, attending school in
this country and in Paris, and receiving all the benefits to be
derived from extensive travel, and is a lady of thorough
education and culture. She was crossed the ocean ten
times. Miss Murray has many personal friends among
New York's best families, but within a short time after her
father's deceased she took up her home permanently at Greenfield
Hill, respecting the wish of her mother that some member of the
family should occupy the old home there. Her parents
entertained some noted guests at this pleasant home, among
others, some of England's highest nobility, one of the governors
of the Bank of England, and many persons of national reputation.
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