Lewis Murray

  General Notes:

The father of Lewis Murray was apparently evicted from his holding at Kildonan in Sutherlandshire, and moved to Marrel.
Lewis Murray was employed as gamekeeper on the Duke of Sutherland's estate.

Frank McDonald Murray (great grandson) wrote on 27/01/1977 ...

"After the downfall of the Stuarts (Bonnie Prince Charlie) in 1746 at Culloden, and resultant Highland "clearances" which devastated the Highland North, the Western Highlands, and in part the Western Isles, our family history begins.

The "clearances", large areas which for generations had supported many clansmen in a state of happiness if not oppulence, were given over to sheep and deer.

The unfortunate inhabitants were evicted, MacEons and Murrays among them. Emigration became wholesale, it was the alternative to starvation. They were burned out, the roofs were burned over their heads.

I write this because the father of Lewis Murray was evicted from his holding in Sutherlandshire."

Wikipedia's less "colourful" account of the Duke of Sutherland clearances of the Sutherlandshire is here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Sutherland#Clearances

Other family records are at:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rpatrick&id=I09405

Lewis married Marrion Polson on 3 Feb 1819 in Helmsdale, Loth Parish, Sutherland, Scotland. (Marrion Polson was born on 13 Dec 1796 in Torrish, Kildonan Parish, Sutherland, Scotland, died on 3 Apr 1880 in Helmsdale, Kildonan Parish, Sutherland, Scotland and was buried in 1880 in Helmsdale Cemetery.)