See also
1. Mary Johanna MURRAY, daughter of Major General James Patrick 2 MURRAY (1782-1834) and Elizabeth RUSHWORTH (1783-1865), was born on 5 January 1810 in Merrion, Dublin. She married Andrew NEWTON on 14 July 1834 in Benowen. She married William Francis HARVEY on 13 February 1849. She died on 31 March 1875 in Purbrook.
Mary Joanna was born at Merrion nr. Dublin on 5th January 1811. One of her godfathers was Sir John Pringle Dalrymple (see notes on picture). She married twice, firstly on 10th July 1834 to Andrew Newton MD who died on 1st December 1837. They had a son James P. Murray Newton who died young and childless.
Secondly she married on 13th February 1849 Wm. F. Harvey of Purbrook Heath House in Hants. They had two children: the elder was Elizabeth Maria Harvey (known as 'Cousin Lizzie') born 1850 and died in 1941, and the younger Thomas William Harvey ( known as 'Cousin Tom') born 1852 and died 1905. Both lived together at Purbrook and when Lizzie died in1941, as they had no heirs the house and its contents were left to their cousin Edward 'Ted' Murray. (see story of Purbrook).
She died on 31st March 1875 at Purbrook and her husband died on 23rd April 1893. Both are buried in Christchurch cemetery, Portsdown.
She made the tapestry which survives and left a large book of franked envelopes which she collected from her Father's mail as a girl in Ireland, and which were signed by quite a few famous people of the day.
Andrew NEWTON and Mary Johanna MURRAY had the following children:
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William Francis HARVEY was born on 8 March 1805 in Portland Place, London. He died on 23 April 1893 in Purbrook, Hants.. He and Mary Johanna MURRAY had the following children:
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2. Murray NEWTON was the child of Andrew NEWTON MD and Mary Johanna MURRAY.
3. Elizabeth Maria HARVEY, daughter of William Francis HARVEY and Mary Johanna MURRAY, was born in 1850. She died in 1941.
Mary Johanna married (for the second time) on 13th February 1849 Wm. F. Harvey of Purbrook Heath House in Hants. They had two children: the elder was Elizabeth Maria Harvey (known as 'Cousin Lizzie') born 1850 and died in 1941, and the younger Thomas William Harvey ( known as 'Cousin Tom') born 1852 and died 1905. Both lived together at Purbrook and when Lizzie died in1941, as they had no heirs, the house and its contents were left to their cousin Edward 'Ted' Murray.
In the Second World War Purbrook was requisitioned by the army who later introduced piped water and electricity. Fortunately for old cousin Lizzie she died in 1941 (at the age of 91) before she was forcibly made to move out of the house by the military. That would have broken her heart. The property played a small but important part in the planning of the 'D' Day landings. The adjoining larger property of Southwick House, owned by the Thistlethwaites family became General Eisenhower's headquarters and Purbrook Heath House was the signals head-quarters.
On her death, Lizzie left Purbrook and its contents in her will to Edward Rushforth Blakiston Murray. As it was wartime, he never took up residence, intending to move in after the war was over. Tragically he was killed in the air raids on Bath in 1942 . He in turn left the property to his elder son James Patrick Murray, with a smaller part of the cash equally to his other children Thomas and Elizabeth.
4. Thomas William HARVEY, son of William Francis HARVEY and Mary Johanna MURRAY, was born on 3 July 1852. He died on 19 March 1905 in Purbrook, Hants..