Davis Uriah I | Born 1707

MCMURPHY, John Esquire

Male 1682 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name MCMURPHY, John 
    Suffix Esquire 
    Born 1682  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I15748  Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2018 

    Father MCMURPHY, James,   b. Abt 1660, Argyleshire Or Dumfries, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1755, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 95 years) 
    Family ID F4665  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family CARGILL, Mary,   b. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. MCMURPHY, Jean,   b. 7 Aug 1711,   d. 29 Dec 1792  (Age 81 years)
     2. MCMURPHY, Isabel,   b. 15 Jul 1713,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. MCMURPHY, Christine,   b. 12 Jun 1715,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. MCMURPHY, Alexander,   b. 16 Jul 1717,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. MCMURPHY, John,   b. 5/05 Jan 1720/1721
     6. MCMURPHY, Robert,   b. 30/30 Jan 1723/1724
     7. MCMURPHY, Elizabeth,   b. 3 Sep 1728,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. MCMURPHY, Judith,   b. 3 Sep 1728,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 
    Family ID F4666  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • SETTLING INTO THE NEW WORLD
      Upon arrival, the Scotch-Irish petitioned the assembly of Massachusetts for a tract of land. The signatures of Archibald Mackmurphy and John Macmurphy are found among the early petitioners of the inhabitants of Londonderry before 1738 (Belknap, 1970). The assembly gave them permission to stake out a settlement of six miles square in any unappropiated lands eastward. The McMurphy family, along with many of the Scotch-Irish families, settled in an area above Haverhill in New Hampshire referred to as Nutfield because of the great number of chestnut and walnut trees there. They first built huts near a brook which falls into the Beaver River. They brought with them the necessary materials for the manufacture of linen and their spinning wheels. They planted flax, cultured pototoes, churned milk, drank buttermilk, and made barley broth, none of which the English did (Preston, 1930). The motive of Massachusetts in providing settlement lands to the Scotch-Irish was to have them settle on the frontiers as a living shield against the French and the Indians. The motive of the Ulstermen in coming to New England was to establish homes and commercial activities with ownership of the land and less government control, and to be free to worship as they saw fit.

      The Scotch-Irish emigrants were also offended at being called 'Irish' because they had frequently ventured their lives for the British crown against the Irish papists(5). The people in New England did not understand the distinction and it was some time before they were treated with common decency. Inter-marriage among the Scotch-Irish families was very common for the first few generations because of the ill-treatment that they received from established settlers. The first dwellings were made of logs but, as saw-mills were built along the area were Beaver Brook tumbles from the pond into he Merrimac, two good frame houses were erected. The first frame house was for Pastor McGregor and the second frame house was for John McMurphy, Esquire (Scotch-Irish Society, 1889). John McMurphy, Esq. held a commission as justice of the peace, dated in Ireland, and so antedated the commission signed by Governor Shute on 29 April 1720, to Justice James McKeen, the foremost man of the settlement.

      John McMurphy died at Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 21, 1755. He was Esquire, Justice of the Quorum, and was buried at Londonderry, N. H.