He was born in
North Berwick in 1735 the son of Rev George Murray and his wife Anna Reid. He was licensed to preach in 1756. He originally preached in
Haddington but in 1758 he replaced his father in his home town of North Berwick, remaining there for the rest of his life. In 1784 he was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were
William Robertson,
Alexander Carlyle, and
Henry Grieve. He died in North Berwick on 13 August 1791. ==Family==