The Reverend William Murphy [Jr.] was the son of Rev. William Murphy [Sr.] {of 1720/1725 to 19-Nov-1799} and Martha Hodges Murphy {of 1724 to 1761/1763}. He was the step-son to Sarah Barton Murphy (William [Sr.]'s 2nd wife). William "Big Bill" Murphy [Jr.] along with his brother Joseph {gravestone in Masonic Cemetery} and 1/2 brothers David Sr. {gravestone in Masonic Cemetery}, Dubart {gravestone in IOOF Cemetery} and Richard {burial location unknown} are credited with starting the Murphy Settlement which eventually became Farmington, Missouri. William [Jr.] married Rachel Henderson on January 26, 1782 in Green County, Tennessee. They had between 13 to 15 children {listed below}.
See the contributions of Rev. William Murphy in St. Francois County at web-link:
Early St. Francois County
Also see web-link of the 1918 book by his granddaughter, Alice Murphy Sturgess, titled History Of Rev. William Murphy And His Descendents . {Note on current link to book: Use the "Impatient?" link to speed up the book content download} Note though, this book was subject to early genealogy research errors. For example listing this Rev. William Murphy [Jr.] as son of William & Mary Fanquoy. This was later proven false. See next reference of "Cook, Murphy, Hodges Families of Early Virginia", pages 92 & 93.
View the different early Murphy family lines in the book "Cook, Murphy, Hodges Families of Early Virginia" by Elizabeth L. Nichols. Click web-link at the FamilySearch from LDS. Hint, one can view one page at a time or down load/view the full 53MB "Printing Version" at the very bottom of the options on the left.
There are multiple web-sites for the genealogy of William Murphy but not always with the same ancestry or descendent line. Here are three of them for information of William Murphy Sr. & Jr.:
1) Morey's Attic on William Murphy
2) Davies Family on William Crawford Murphy
3) RootsWeb on William Murphy of 1759
On the 200 anniversary of William Murphy's birth [Jr.], an article was printed in the Farmington newspaper of "Wm. Murphy 1759-1959" linked from Mackley Genealogy web-site.
An entry for Campbell County, Tennesses for William's father, Rev. William Murphy [Sr.], incorrectly label's William [Sr.] as the William Murphy from Ireland. William [Sr] born around 1720 to 1725 was the son of William & Eleanor (nee Echols) Murphy of Virginia. Eleanor (or Elizabeth by some research) Echols was born in America to John & Mary (nee Cave) Echols. Now the William Murphy born in the 1690s & married Eleanor, he might have been born in Ireland. The second generation William Murphy (a.k.a. William [Sr.]) who married Martha Hodges and then Sarah Barton was born in Virginia. Rev. William Murphy [Sr.] & wife Sarah Barton Murphy are mentioned at web-link:
Irish William Murphy First Baptist Minister To Preach Word In Campbell County
Also see his step-mother, Sarah Barton Murphy's info at the Masonic Cemetery of Farmington with her web-links at:
Sarah Barton Murphy on Findagrave
Rev. William & Rachel Murphy children were (by one set of research):
1) Rev. John Crawford Murphy (1782-1843) md. 1/2 cousin Tabitha Murphy
2) Mary R. (a.k.a. Polly) Murphy (1784-1803?) md. Sam Worthington
3) Martha Hodges Murphy (1786-1803)
4) Elizabeth Barton Murphy (1788-1868) md. Mr. Laken Dubart Walker Sr. in 1805 & had 16 children {view link for Jr.'s obit. at Mackley Genealogy web-site.}
5) William Eccles Murphy (1790-1810)
6) Delilah Sarah Murphy (a.k.a. Delilah Zora Murphy)(1792-1858) consort of Rev. B. Mabry
7) James Henderson Murphy (1794-?)
8) Ketturah Beavers Murphy (1796-1877) md. Jeremiah Cravens {Youngest of their 8 children was William Murphy Cravens}
9) Francis Menifee Murphy (1798-1804 or '08) 10) Sarah Barton "Sallie" Murphy (1800-1882) md. ½ cousin Richard Murphy
11) David Henderson Murphy (1802-1865) md. Lucretia "Lou" Tabitha Cundiff, then Rachel Wood in 1845
12) Martha Murphy (b/d Oct. 1803)
13) Henderson Murphy (1804-1875) md. Emily Marline Hanlin
14) Dubart Murphy (1806-1892) md. Elizabeth Anthony
Feb-2019 UPDATE:
Due to new F-A-G Website Security Protocols, Active Hyper-links outside this website are now stripped in the memorials. While not all were saved for this memorial, here are a few of the URLs that were one time hyper-linked:
1) Alice Murphy Sturgess Death Certificate:
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1938/1938_00027049.PDF
2) Settlement of Farmington in Early St. Francois County:
http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mostfran/settlement_stfrancois_county.htm
3) Digital Book "Cook, Murphy, Hodges families of early Virginia : in the ancestry of Elizabeth L. Nichols" on FamilySearch.org:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?availability=Family%20History%20Library
4) Link to IRISH WILLIAM MURPHY FIRST BAPTIST MINISTER TO PREACH WORD IN CAMPBELL COUNTY: {Remember, this has errors of the earlier Wm Murphy [Sr.]}
http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/murphy.html
5) Newspaper Article "Wm Murphy, Jr. 1759-1959" from Mackley Genealogy Website:
http://mackleygenealogy.com/~mackley/Obit_Display.php?pid=MU_000172.jpg
See the contributions of Rev. William Murphy in St. Francois County at web-link:
Early St. Francois County
Also see web-link of the 1918 book by his granddaughter, Alice Murphy Sturgess, titled History Of Rev. William Murphy And His Descendents . {Note on current link to book: Use the "Impatient?" link to speed up the book content download} Note though, this book was subject to early genealogy research errors. For example listing this Rev. William Murphy [Jr.] as son of William & Mary Fanquoy. This was later proven false. See next reference of "Cook, Murphy, Hodges Families of Early Virginia", pages 92 & 93.
View the different early Murphy family lines in the book "Cook, Murphy, Hodges Families of Early Virginia" by Elizabeth L. Nichols. Click web-link at the FamilySearch from LDS. Hint, one can view one page at a time or down load/view the full 53MB "Printing Version" at the very bottom of the options on the left.
There are multiple web-sites for the genealogy of William Murphy but not always with the same ancestry or descendent line. Here are three of them for information of William Murphy Sr. & Jr.:
1) Morey's Attic on William Murphy
2) Davies Family on William Crawford Murphy
3) RootsWeb on William Murphy of 1759
On the 200 anniversary of William Murphy's birth [Jr.], an article was printed in the Farmington newspaper of "Wm. Murphy 1759-1959" linked from Mackley Genealogy web-site.
An entry for Campbell County, Tennesses for William's father, Rev. William Murphy [Sr.], incorrectly label's William [Sr.] as the William Murphy from Ireland. William [Sr] born around 1720 to 1725 was the son of William & Eleanor (nee Echols) Murphy of Virginia. Eleanor (or Elizabeth by some research) Echols was born in America to John & Mary (nee Cave) Echols. Now the William Murphy born in the 1690s & married Eleanor, he might have been born in Ireland. The second generation William Murphy (a.k.a. William [Sr.]) who married Martha Hodges and then Sarah Barton was born in Virginia. Rev. William Murphy [Sr.] & wife Sarah Barton Murphy are mentioned at web-link:
Irish William Murphy First Baptist Minister To Preach Word In Campbell County
Also see his step-mother, Sarah Barton Murphy's info at the Masonic Cemetery of Farmington with her web-links at:
Sarah Barton Murphy on Findagrave
Rev. William & Rachel Murphy children were (by one set of research):
1) Rev. John Crawford Murphy (1782-1843) md. 1/2 cousin Tabitha Murphy
2) Mary R. (a.k.a. Polly) Murphy (1784-1803?) md. Sam Worthington
3) Martha Hodges Murphy (1786-1803)
4) Elizabeth Barton Murphy (1788-1868) md. Mr. Laken Dubart Walker Sr. in 1805 & had 16 children {view link for Jr.'s obit. at Mackley Genealogy web-site.}
5) William Eccles Murphy (1790-1810)
6) Delilah Sarah Murphy (a.k.a. Delilah Zora Murphy)(1792-1858) consort of Rev. B. Mabry
7) James Henderson Murphy (1794-?)
8) Ketturah Beavers Murphy (1796-1877) md. Jeremiah Cravens {Youngest of their 8 children was William Murphy Cravens}
9) Francis Menifee Murphy (1798-1804 or '08) 10) Sarah Barton "Sallie" Murphy (1800-1882) md. ½ cousin Richard Murphy
11) David Henderson Murphy (1802-1865) md. Lucretia "Lou" Tabitha Cundiff, then Rachel Wood in 1845
12) Martha Murphy (b/d Oct. 1803)
13) Henderson Murphy (1804-1875) md. Emily Marline Hanlin
14) Dubart Murphy (1806-1892) md. Elizabeth Anthony
Feb-2019 UPDATE:
Due to new F-A-G Website Security Protocols, Active Hyper-links outside this website are now stripped in the memorials. While not all were saved for this memorial, here are a few of the URLs that were one time hyper-linked:
1) Alice Murphy Sturgess Death Certificate:
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1938/1938_00027049.PDF
2) Settlement of Farmington in Early St. Francois County:
http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mostfran/settlement_stfrancois_county.htm
3) Digital Book "Cook, Murphy, Hodges families of early Virginia : in the ancestry of Elizabeth L. Nichols" on FamilySearch.org:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?availability=Family%20History%20Library
4) Link to IRISH WILLIAM MURPHY FIRST BAPTIST MINISTER TO PREACH WORD IN CAMPBELL COUNTY: {Remember, this has errors of the earlier Wm Murphy [Sr.]}
http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/murphy.html
5) Newspaper Article "Wm Murphy, Jr. 1759-1959" from Mackley Genealogy Website:
http://mackleygenealogy.com/~mackley/Obit_Display.php?pid=MU_000172.jpg
The Reverend William Murphy [Jr.] was the son of Rev. William Murphy [Sr.] {of 1720/1725 to 19-Nov-1799} and Martha Hodges Murphy {of 1724 to 1761/1763}. He was the step-son to Sarah Barton Murphy (William [Sr.]'s 2nd wife). William "Big Bill" Murphy [Jr.] along with his brother Joseph {gravestone in Masonic Cemetery} and 1/2 brothers David Sr. {gravestone in Masonic Cemetery}, Dubart {gravestone in IOOF Cemetery} and Richard {burial location unknown} are credited with starting the Murphy Settlement which eventually became Farmington, Missouri. William [Jr.] married Rachel Henderson on January 26, 1782 in Green County, Tennessee. They had between 13 to 15 children {listed below}.
See the contributions of Rev. William Murphy in St. Francois County at web-link:
Early St. Francois County
Also see web-link of the 1918 book by his granddaughter, Alice Murphy Sturgess, titled History Of Rev. William Murphy And His Descendents . {Note on current link to book: Use the "Impatient?" link to speed up the book content download} Note though, this book was subject to early genealogy research errors. For example listing this Rev. William Murphy [Jr.] as son of William & Mary Fanquoy. This was later proven false. See next reference of "Cook, Murphy, Hodges Families of Early Virginia", pages 92 & 93.
View the different early Murphy family lines in the book "Cook, Murphy, Hodges Families of Early Virginia" by Elizabeth L. Nichols. Click web-link at the FamilySearch from LDS. Hint, one can view one page at a time or down load/view the full 53MB "Printing Version" at the very bottom of the options on the left.
There are multiple web-sites for the genealogy of William Murphy but not always with the same ancestry or descendent line. Here are three of them for information of William Murphy Sr. & Jr.:
1) Morey's Attic on William Murphy
2) Davies Family on William Crawford Murphy
3) RootsWeb on William Murphy of 1759
On the 200 anniversary of William Murphy's birth [Jr.], an article was printed in the Farmington newspaper of "Wm. Murphy 1759-1959" linked from Mackley Genealogy web-site.
An entry for Campbell County, Tennesses for William's father, Rev. William Murphy [Sr.], incorrectly label's William [Sr.] as the William Murphy from Ireland. William [Sr] born around 1720 to 1725 was the son of William & Eleanor (nee Echols) Murphy of Virginia. Eleanor (or Elizabeth by some research) Echols was born in America to John & Mary (nee Cave) Echols. Now the William Murphy born in the 1690s & married Eleanor, he might have been born in Ireland. The second generation William Murphy (a.k.a. William [Sr.]) who married Martha Hodges and then Sarah Barton was born in Virginia. Rev. William Murphy [Sr.] & wife Sarah Barton Murphy are mentioned at web-link:
Irish William Murphy First Baptist Minister To Preach Word In Campbell County
Also see his step-mother, Sarah Barton Murphy's info at the Masonic Cemetery of Farmington with her web-links at:
Sarah Barton Murphy on Findagrave
Rev. William & Rachel Murphy children were (by one set of research):
1) Rev. John Crawford Murphy (1782-1843) md. 1/2 cousin Tabitha Murphy
2) Mary R. (a.k.a. Polly) Murphy (1784-1803?) md. Sam Worthington
3) Martha Hodges Murphy (1786-1803)
4) Elizabeth Barton Murphy (1788-1868) md. Mr. Laken Dubart Walker Sr. in 1805 & had 16 children {view link for Jr.'s obit. at Mackley Genealogy web-site.}
5) William Eccles Murphy (1790-1810)
6) Delilah Sarah Murphy (a.k.a. Delilah Zora Murphy)(1792-1858) consort of Rev. B. Mabry
7) James Henderson Murphy (1794-?)
8) Ketturah Beavers Murphy (1796-1877) md. Jeremiah Cravens {Youngest of their 8 children was William Murphy Cravens}
9) Francis Menifee Murphy (1798-1804 or '08) 10) Sarah Barton "Sallie" Murphy (1800-1882) md. ½ cousin Richard Murphy
11) David Henderson Murphy (1802-1865) md. Lucretia "Lou" Tabitha Cundiff, then Rachel Wood in 1845
12) Martha Murphy (b/d Oct. 1803)
13) Henderson Murphy (1804-1875) md. Emily Marline Hanlin
14) Dubart Murphy (1806-1892) md. Elizabeth Anthony
Feb-2019 UPDATE:
Due to new F-A-G Website Security Protocols, Active Hyper-links outside this website are now stripped in the memorials. While not all were saved for this memorial, here are a few of the URLs that were one time hyper-linked:
1) Alice Murphy Sturgess Death Certificate:
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1938/1938_00027049.PDF
2) Settlement of Farmington in Early St. Francois County:
http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mostfran/settlement_stfrancois_county.htm
3) Digital Book "Cook, Murphy, Hodges families of early Virginia : in the ancestry of Elizabeth L. Nichols" on FamilySearch.org:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?availability=Family%20History%20Library
4) Link to IRISH WILLIAM MURPHY FIRST BAPTIST MINISTER TO PREACH WORD IN CAMPBELL COUNTY: {Remember, this has errors of the earlier Wm Murphy [Sr.]}
http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/murphy.html
5) Newspaper Article "Wm Murphy, Jr. 1759-1959" from Mackley Genealogy Website:
http://mackleygenealogy.com/~mackley/Obit_Display.php?pid=MU_000172.jpg
See the contributions of Rev. William Murphy in St. Francois County at web-link:
Early St. Francois County
Also see web-link of the 1918 book by his granddaughter, Alice Murphy Sturgess, titled History Of Rev. William Murphy And His Descendents . {Note on current link to book: Use the "Impatient?" link to speed up the book content download} Note though, this book was subject to early genealogy research errors. For example listing this Rev. William Murphy [Jr.] as son of William & Mary Fanquoy. This was later proven false. See next reference of "Cook, Murphy, Hodges Families of Early Virginia", pages 92 & 93.
View the different early Murphy family lines in the book "Cook, Murphy, Hodges Families of Early Virginia" by Elizabeth L. Nichols. Click web-link at the FamilySearch from LDS. Hint, one can view one page at a time or down load/view the full 53MB "Printing Version" at the very bottom of the options on the left.
There are multiple web-sites for the genealogy of William Murphy but not always with the same ancestry or descendent line. Here are three of them for information of William Murphy Sr. & Jr.:
1) Morey's Attic on William Murphy
2) Davies Family on William Crawford Murphy
3) RootsWeb on William Murphy of 1759
On the 200 anniversary of William Murphy's birth [Jr.], an article was printed in the Farmington newspaper of "Wm. Murphy 1759-1959" linked from Mackley Genealogy web-site.
An entry for Campbell County, Tennesses for William's father, Rev. William Murphy [Sr.], incorrectly label's William [Sr.] as the William Murphy from Ireland. William [Sr] born around 1720 to 1725 was the son of William & Eleanor (nee Echols) Murphy of Virginia. Eleanor (or Elizabeth by some research) Echols was born in America to John & Mary (nee Cave) Echols. Now the William Murphy born in the 1690s & married Eleanor, he might have been born in Ireland. The second generation William Murphy (a.k.a. William [Sr.]) who married Martha Hodges and then Sarah Barton was born in Virginia. Rev. William Murphy [Sr.] & wife Sarah Barton Murphy are mentioned at web-link:
Irish William Murphy First Baptist Minister To Preach Word In Campbell County
Also see his step-mother, Sarah Barton Murphy's info at the Masonic Cemetery of Farmington with her web-links at:
Sarah Barton Murphy on Findagrave
Rev. William & Rachel Murphy children were (by one set of research):
1) Rev. John Crawford Murphy (1782-1843) md. 1/2 cousin Tabitha Murphy
2) Mary R. (a.k.a. Polly) Murphy (1784-1803?) md. Sam Worthington
3) Martha Hodges Murphy (1786-1803)
4) Elizabeth Barton Murphy (1788-1868) md. Mr. Laken Dubart Walker Sr. in 1805 & had 16 children {view link for Jr.'s obit. at Mackley Genealogy web-site.}
5) William Eccles Murphy (1790-1810)
6) Delilah Sarah Murphy (a.k.a. Delilah Zora Murphy)(1792-1858) consort of Rev. B. Mabry
7) James Henderson Murphy (1794-?)
8) Ketturah Beavers Murphy (1796-1877) md. Jeremiah Cravens {Youngest of their 8 children was William Murphy Cravens}
9) Francis Menifee Murphy (1798-1804 or '08) 10) Sarah Barton "Sallie" Murphy (1800-1882) md. ½ cousin Richard Murphy
11) David Henderson Murphy (1802-1865) md. Lucretia "Lou" Tabitha Cundiff, then Rachel Wood in 1845
12) Martha Murphy (b/d Oct. 1803)
13) Henderson Murphy (1804-1875) md. Emily Marline Hanlin
14) Dubart Murphy (1806-1892) md. Elizabeth Anthony
Feb-2019 UPDATE:
Due to new F-A-G Website Security Protocols, Active Hyper-links outside this website are now stripped in the memorials. While not all were saved for this memorial, here are a few of the URLs that were one time hyper-linked:
1) Alice Murphy Sturgess Death Certificate:
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1938/1938_00027049.PDF
2) Settlement of Farmington in Early St. Francois County:
http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mostfran/settlement_stfrancois_county.htm
3) Digital Book "Cook, Murphy, Hodges families of early Virginia : in the ancestry of Elizabeth L. Nichols" on FamilySearch.org:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?availability=Family%20History%20Library
4) Link to IRISH WILLIAM MURPHY FIRST BAPTIST MINISTER TO PREACH WORD IN CAMPBELL COUNTY: {Remember, this has errors of the earlier Wm Murphy [Sr.]}
http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/murphy.html
5) Newspaper Article "Wm Murphy, Jr. 1759-1959" from Mackley Genealogy Website:
http://mackleygenealogy.com/~mackley/Obit_Display.php?pid=MU_000172.jpg
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