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Malcolm Murff
May 29, 05 - 4:35 PM |
Part 2; 18th Century Morf's Emmigrate from Switzerland to South Carolina.
4. Jacob Morf. This Jacob who arrived on the ship Greenwich adopted the spelling of Murph. He and his wife had a child when they arrived since they qualified for 150 acres of land. The name of his first wife was not revealed, but apparently she died soon after their arrival in South Carolina since Jacob was noted remarrying Christianna Hess in Orangeburg on 5 June 1750. There has been speculation the wife of Felix and the second wife of Jacob may have been sisters. This Jacob was the only “Jacob” Morf to arrive in SC, thus it must be the same man and since he already had a child, he needed to quickly find a mother for his child. The child is assumed to have been a son who was also given the name Jacob. When the 1790 census occurs, a Jacob Murph appears on the 1790 census with five sons and four daughters. Given that he was born prior to 1750, he was of an age in 1790 to have accumulated a family of that size. This Jacob Murph has been tracked as he moved across the Savannah River into Lincoln County, GA between 1810-1820. Several of his sons and at least one married daughter followed him to Lincoln County. In the 1830 census, he and his wife were listed in one of their son’s household as being between 80 and 90 years of age. This age equates to a person being born prior to 1750 and only this Jacob fits in that category. 5. Rudolph Morf. Rudolph also adopted the Murph spelling. We can find no evidence of his being in the U.S. prior to 1770 and accept the probability that he arrived in North Carolina port of New Bern. He married Barbara Niceler, a German girl, either on board ship or just after their arrival. Most of their life was spent in the Amelia Township of Orangeburg County where they raised a family of three sons; Henry, John W. and John Rudolph. John Rudolph married Jane Stoudenmire and they migrated in the early 1820’s to the Dutch Bend settlement in Autauga County, Alabama. A recently published book entitled “The Heritage of Autauga County, Alabama” contains a lengthy article on John Rudolph Murph . He and Jane Stoudenmire were the parents of nine children. Henry Murph married Rosina Stoudemeyer/Stoudenmire first and Mary Magdalene Whetstone second and remained in South Carolina. Henry died in November 1851 at age 79 and is buried in Orangeburg County, SC. John W. Murph is thought to have married Mary Zimmerman and they had no children. He died in 1848. The parents, Rudolph (died at age 72 on 9 June 1805) and Barbara (died at age 68 on 7 April 1804) were both buried at St. Matthews Lutheran Church cemetery. 6. Jacob Murph. Jacob has been reported to be a brother of Rudolph Murph, having arrived with him in the North Carolina port of New Bern in 1770. Both came to St. Matthews Parish (Amelia Township) of Orangeburg Country, SC. In 1771 he received a 100-acre land grant in St. Matthews Parish indicating that he had a wife at that time. In 1782 a Jacob Murph had a 290-acre track of land surveyed in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on Coldwater Creek by lands of Mathias Mitchel, Nicholas Walter, Christian Goodnite, John Nashler and Abraham Plestor. This John Nuclear appears to be the same as John Nuclear living adjacent to Jacob Murph in South Carolina. Jacob Murph was found listed on the 1790 census in Mecklenburg County, NC with a family of 1 male over 16, 2 males under 16 and 3 females. By the time of the 1800 census, Mecklenburg County was divided and a new Cabarrus County had been formed. The same family was found listed in Cabarrus County, but most likely their property was now considered in the new county. Many descendants of Jacob Murph are found today in North Carolina but some migrated to Grainger County, Tennessee in the 1860-1870’s. 7. Hans Jacob Morf. Hans Jacob Morf received a 500-acre land grant located on the south side of the Broad River on 20 April 1752. A land grant of this magnitude indicated a family of ten. Hans Jacob executed a will on 16 October 1762 and the will was executed on 12 November 1762. In this will he mentions only five of his children; therefore the others must have died prior to that time. His oldest son, John who was born 24 January 1734 in Switzerland, was named executor of the estate. He also mentions daughters Margaret, Barbara, and Ann plus a younger son, Jacob. Both Jacob and Ann were minors at the time of their father’s death. The oldest son, John, had a wife named Susannah at least as early 1764 when both their names was found on property that they sold to John Gottfrey. No further references could be located regarding Susannah, but in 1775 John remarried a Sophia Kinsler who was born in 1758. John died in 1789. The 1790 census of Fairfield County, SC listed his wife as “widow” Murff who had a household of four males under sixteen, and two females (one of which was Sophia). The children were later identified as Samuel (1776); John (1778); Daniel (1780); Jacob (1783) and Nancy (1785) |
Joanne Whetstone Gokey
Nov 20th, 2006 - 6:59 PM |
Re: Part 2; 18th Century Morf's Emmigrate from Switzerland to South Carolina.
Would be interesting if you offered any documentation on your assertions. |
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