Tour Scotland travel video of the Murray Aisle in the Kirk o' the Forest on visit to Selkirk in the Scottish Borders. Buried in this Aisle are the maternal ancestors of four times USA president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was in 1735 that James Murray took passage to Charleston at a time when British colonies formed much of north America. He returned home only once to marry his cousin, Barbara Bennett, and a few generations down the line came the 32nd president of the United States of America. He served from 1933 until 1945 and is believed to have made a highly-secret visit to the Murray Aisle graves during one of his visits to Britain during the Second World War.
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