Background
She was born in Wells, Norfolk, England, to Doctor John Murray and Mary Boyles, the daughter of a customs collector.
She was born in Wells, Norfolk, England, to Doctor John Murray and Mary Boyles, the daughter of a customs collector.
Her father was born in Scotland and became a surgeon in the Royal Navy. In 1751, he graduated from the University of Edinburgh and retired on half-pay from the Navy in order to establish himself with a private medical practice at Wells and then Norwich. He was remembered as one "who distinguished himself by encouraging every charitable pursuit".
He was involved in the formation of the Scots Society in 1775.
They had nine children of whom two survived her. She died at Toronto.