From her petition after his death for financial relief, we know that his wife was called Mary, and that they had four children; and his father, then over eighty years of age, was still alive in 1689.
[2] After the battle Murray led a number of survivors to the closed gates of the city of Derry, by this point one of the few surviving Protestant positions.
Murray's arrival was a crucial tipping point, coming at a time when a number of city leaders wished to agree to terms with King James.
Murray's men strengthened the garrison, and led to the withdrawal of less resolute figures such as the Governor Robert Lundy and their replacement by more determined officers such as Henry Baker and John Mitchelburne.
[citation needed] Murray’s name is found alongside Mitchelburne’s and Walker’s attached to an address from the "Governors, Officers, Clergy , and other Gentlemen, in the City and Garrison of Londonderry", dated 29th July, 1689.