Sally Scott Murray

Sally Scott Murray (30 October 1775 – 9 May 1854) was the first lady of Maryland.[1]

Sally Scott Murray
portrait of Murray and her sister Anna Maria Murray
BornOctober 10, 1775 Edit this on Wikidata
DiedMay 9, 1854 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 78)
Spouse(s)Edward Lloyd Edit this on Wikidata

Early life

Sally Scott Murray was born in 1775 . She was the daughter of James and Sarah Maynadier Murray of Annapolis, Maryland.[2][3]

Career

On November 30, 1797, she married Edward Lloyd, who became governor of Maryland in 1809.[4][5][6] The lived at Chase House, in Anapolis, and Wye Plantation.[1]

She died on 9 May 1854, and is buried at Wye house.[7]

Legacy

She and her sister, Anna Maria Murray, were portrayed by Daniel Lloyd, an Irish physician, who was exiled during the American Revolution.[2] The painting is in the Colonial Williamsburg collection.[8]

References
  1. Maryland Historical Magazine. 1922.
  2. "The American Revolution". ouramericanrevolution.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  3. Hardy, Stella Pickett (1911). Colonial Families of the Southern States of America: A History and Genealogy of Colonial Families who Settled in the Colonies Prior to the Revolution. Wright.
  4. Warfield, Joshua Dorsey (1905). The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland: A Genealogical and Biographical Review from Wills, Deeds and Church Records. Kohn & Pollock.
  5. Hanson, George A.; Hanson (June 2009). Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 978-0-8063-4632-8.
  6. American Furniture. Chipstone Foundation. 2002. ISBN 978-1-58465-057-7.
  7. "Sally Scott Murray". www.bookofbowie.net. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  8. "The Murray Sisters: Sally Scott Murray [later, Mrs. Edward Lloyd] (1775-1854) and Her Sister, Anna Maria Murray [later, Mrs. John Mason](1776-1857) – Works – The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation". emuseum.history.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
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