Just to throw me off track again, Burke's Landed Gentry has this account of whose marriage turned Murdoch to Burn-Murdoch (unless Sarah and Anne Maule Murdoch are the same person. I'm ready for anything.)
JoH.N BiRN-McRDOCH, Esq. of Gartincaber, co. Perth, Hig-
trins Neuck, and Easter Greenyards, co. Stirling, J. P. and
C.L., 6. 28 Aug. 1793; vi. 18 April, 1820, Anne Maule, only
child and heir of William Murdoch, Esq. of Gartincaber, and
on his marriage assumed the additional surname of Murdoch,
and d. 2i Aug. 1862, having had issue by her (who d. 21 Dec.
1871),
My transcription (and I've been wrong before).
John Burn-Murdoch of Gartincaber, county Perth, Higtrins Neuck, and East(er) Greenlands, county Stirling, Justice of the Peace and C.L., born 28 Aug 1793, married 18th April 1820, Anne Maule, only child and heir of William Murdoch Esq. of Gartincaber, and on his marriage assumed the additional surname of Murdoch, and died 21st August 1862, having had issue by her.
Hmmm. So who is Capt James' sister "Sarah of Gartincaber" if she's not the one who was forced to marry Mr Burns?
Puzzle solved. After examining Burke's Landed Gentry again, and working on my spreadsheet of 37 Murdochs, I discovered it was Anne, ,daughter of Sarah, who had to marry John Burn because she was an only child.
"Sarah of Gartincaber" was only "of Gartincaber" because she married William of Gartincaber. Though her birth name was Murdoch, she was from a different line of Murdochs altogether, as was her brother, Captain James C.
So many Jameses, and Murdochs marrying each other, no wonder one gets confused.
So Capt James and his sister Sarah had a father, James Murdoch Esq from who knows where?? We only know (from Mr Burke) that he married Beatrice Campbell, daughter of Patrick Campbell of Dunderave, County Argyllshire. Now we're in Campbell Country.
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