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The name McMurtrie means "son of a sea navigator" and it is also recorded as meaning "sea warrior". In the original Gaelic, it was spelled MacMuirceartach. The McMurtry's are not a clan but a sept of the clan Stewart of Bute. A sept was a group of people who allied together for political reasons and were allowed to wear the tartan of the clan to which they were attached.
In Scotland about the year 1062 during the reign of Malcolm Ceanmor, surnames were adopted by royal edict. The Historical Research Society of Scotland says that McMurtry was also a variant of MacKirdie. "Mac" means 'son of.' In Scotland, McMurtries are most numerous in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire on the west coast. The Historical Research Society also says that as a surname, McMurtry dates back to the early 16th century; we find Gilbert Mackmurtye as a witness in Edinburgh in 1508 and William M'Mowtrie as a soldier in Edinburgh in 1684.
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