James Rev Muir

1756 - 1820  (64 years)

• Name	James Rev Muir
  Birth	12 Apr 1756	Catrine, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Aug 1820	Alexandria, Virginia
  Person ID	I30885	Tree1
  Last Modified	16 May 2024

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Weilman,   b. Bef 1764
  Marriage	Abt 1780	Bermuda
  Family ID	F20275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  === ALEXANDRIA LODGE NO. 39 ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 1783-1788 REV. JAMES MUIR, D.D., was born at Catrine, Ayrshire, Scotland, April 12, 1756. He was a son of Rev. George Muir, D. D., who was a minister of the Established Church of Scotland at Catrine, until he was called to a church in Paisley, Lanarkshire, about the year 1766, which he ministered to until his death, which occurred in about the 30th year of his age. Dr. Muir was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and was licensed by the Presbytery of Cupar, in Scotland. After a residence of about three years in the city of London, he made a voyage to the Island of Bermuda, for the benefit of his health, where he remained about eight years. During his residence in Bermuda he married Elizabeth Weilman. After this he resided a short time in New Jersey. In 1789 he accepted a call to the First Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, where he resided a period of thirty-one years. He had three daughters, viz., Jane, Mary, and Elizabeth, and one son; the oldest child was born in New York; three children were born in Alexandria. Dr. Muir died on the 8th of August, 1820, aged 64 years, at Belle Air,- now called Colross, and was buried under the altar of the old church of which he had for thirty-one years been the Pastor. A marble tablet in the north wall of the present church building marks the grave of this good man. His daughter Elizabeth was still surviving in 1875. Dr. Muir affiliated with Alexandria Lodge No. 39 and for many years was an active member and chaplain. He was present at the funeral Lodge of Washington, December 16, 1799, and was also in attendance at the funeral. He officiated as chaplain at the "fixing" of the corner-stone to mark the southern boundary of the District of Columbia, April 21, 1791. Ebenezer Muir, a brother of the Doctor, became a member of the Lodge in 1798. He resided a few years in Alexandria, and died in the West Indies. (The Lodge of Washington by Franklin L. Brockett, page 123-130)