From 1751 until 1774, John Murray was elected annually by the town of Rutland as its representative in the General Assembly. In 1752, he was chosen a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester, and in 1755 was appointed Colonel of the Militia. In 1774, he was appointed by Governor Thomas Gage as a member of the Council of Massachusetts.John Murray was born in Ireland on the 22 day of either November or December, 1722 and emigrated to America in the 1730's. He was a Harvard graduate. At the outbreak of the American Revolution, he was a successful businessman and large landholder in Rutland, Massachusetts. His appointment in 1774 by Governor Thomas Gage as a member of the Council of Massachusetts nullified the popular election and he was driven out of town by angry townsmen. His exile in Boston ended when the British evacuated in 1776, at which time Murray moved to Halifax, and then London and Wales. He settled permanently in St. John, as it was known then, where he died on August 30, 1794. He is buried in the Botsford family plot near Thomas Murray [His burial record is on this site.], his son who was conceived at the beginning of his exile. There is a fine portrait of him by John Singleton Copley in the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John, New Brunswick.
From 1751 until 1774, John Murray was elected annually by the town of Rutland as its representative in the General Assembly. In 1752, he was chosen a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester, and in 1755 was appointed Colonel of the Militia. In 1774, he was appointed by Governor Thomas Gage as a member of the Council of Massachusetts.John Murray was born in Ireland on the 22 day of either November or December, 1722 and emigrated to America in the 1730's. He was a Harvard graduate. At the outbreak of the American Revolution, he was a successful businessman and large landholder in Rutland, Massachusetts. His appointment in 1774 by Governor Thomas Gage as a member of the Council of Massachusetts nullified the popular election and he was driven out of town by angry townsmen. His exile in Boston ended when the British evacuated in 1776, at which time Murray moved to Halifax, and then London and Wales. He settled permanently in St. John, as it was known then, where he died on August 30, 1794. He is buried in the Botsford family plot near Thomas Murray [His burial record is on this site.], his son who was conceived at the beginning of his exile. There is a fine portrait of him by John Singleton Copley in the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John, New Brunswick.
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