James married Helen Beatrice FRITZ on 5 Jun 1907 in Sophiasburg Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Helen (daughter of James FRITZ and Margaret JAMIESON) was born on 25 Mar 1887 in Sophiasburg Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Eliza GOODMURPHY on 12 Nov 1878 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Eliza (daughter of GILBERT GOODMURPHY and Mary Polly Anna JONES) was born in 1860 in Percy Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; died between 1888 and 1891 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Eliza's marriage record lists as Eliza Goodmurphy not Murphy.
Also her parents are Gilbert and Mary not Gilbert and Polly.

Patrick married Joanna GALLAGHER in 1844. Joanna was born in 1821 in Ireland; died on 2 Sep 1887 in Hillier Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Guessing that Gilbert was born in Wellington, Ontario, if not, could have been born in Kingston, Ontario.

In 1842, Gilbert was living in Percy Twp at Lot 20 (South Half) on the 5 Concession with his mother Deborah and his younger brother, Francis.

Deborah purchased this property from William Forsyth & J.B. Forsyth on October 21, 1884, but obviously Deborah and her sons had moved there in 1842.

Deborah sold the property to Gilbert on March 18, 1848. The 1848 Census has Gilbert listed as the residing owner of this Lot, residing there with his wife (no name given), along with a widow born in Ireland (obviously his mother) and another young male (obviously his younger brother Francis).
One could presume that Deborah had the foresight to pass ownership to Gilbert in 1848 as it is believed she died the following year.

Gilbert is listed at Lot 20 in the 1850, 1851 and 1861 Censuses for Percy Twp.

The 1851 Census lists a Catherine as the wife of Gilbert.
The 1861 Census lists a Polly as the wife of Gilbert, and Eliza recorded in her Genealogy, that Gilbert married a Polly Jones.

On December 26, 1863 he sold the property to James Greenley.

The 1871 Census for Hillier Twp lists a Gilbert Murphy as residing on the 5th Concession - Lot 66H - 80 acres. This Gilbert is married to a Mary and had four daughters.
It may be that Mary and Polly are the same person - just the way it was recorded.
It is believed that Gilbert must have moved back to Prince Edward County after selling his Percy Twp property in late 1863.

Lot 67, 5th Concession of Hillier Twp, runs norrh and south of Burr Road, east closer to Hwy 62 at Crofton.
Just east of Gilbert, also on Lot 67 is Benjamin Pine. Benjamin's son Sylvester Pine married Deborah Goodmurphy.

The 1881 Census for Hillier Twp lists an Anna Murphy, age 50, and widowed, with a daughter Melissa, age 10.

The Ontario Archives lists Gilbert Murphy as dying on October 27, 1878 suddenly from the effects of intemperance !!!
The petetion from his widow has his name as GILBERT GOODMURPHY and her name as MARY GOODMURPHY.
He died leaving no Will or Last Testament. His estate valued at $700.00 was awarded to his lawful widow Mary Goodmurphy.
It is possible that Catherine, Polly, and Mary are all the same person. Sometimes people had a common name that they were called by, and that may be what the Census taker wrote down.

Melissa is buried in the Wellington Village Cemetery alongs with her parents,
Gilbert and Mary !!!

The oldest daughter, Deborah Jane, married Sylvester Pine. She is buried in the McFaul Cemetery on County Road 1, which is just west of the junction of County Road 1 and Town Line Road.

GILBERT married Mary Polly Anna JONES before 1850. Mary (daughter of Lewis JONES and Lavina Mary CROSS) was born in 1829 in Ontario, Canada; died on 14 May 1897 in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Good Murphy came from the Town of Wexford, Ireland, which is in the southeast corner of Ireland, below Cork. Due to the English influence in that area, they were Protestants.
John first served as a Light Dragoon under Captain James Boyd in Wexford in June 1798 after the rebel attack in the town.

John acquired a commission in the British Army when his Grandfather Laurence paid One Hundred Guineas (or $500.00 in Canadian Currency) for the said commission.
John states that he served in Majorca,Egypt, and Malta.
A book entitled "1839 List of Officers of the British Army and Royal Navy - refer to Page 430 - a John Good Murphy, as at October 23,1800, was in the 54th Regiment of Foot at the rank of Ensign.

According to Irene Murphy, she relates the story that John went to France to fight in the Napoleonic Wars, and while there, he received a severe head wound, and afterward, had to wear a silver plate on top of his head.
At times this affected his mind, and his father, Sir Lawrence Murphy, because of his position of authority, was rather ashamed of him, so Captain John was sent to Canada. This may be family lore!!

John was educated as a lawyer in England. If it had not been for his drinking, he might have been a Judge on the Bench in Canada.

The redoubtable John Good Murphy, fought a duel and he shot his opponent's thumb off, this drew blood and settled the quarrel.

The Marquis, whose title was next under the Duke, owned a large tract of land given to him by the Government. John rented a certain amount of this land from the Marquis, and he would pasture his cows in one paddock until one (1) firkin was filled with butter, so that the flavour of the butter would not be changed. A firkin equalled one of our barrels.

The Government gave a Coat of Arms to a Goodmurphy for excelling in growing wheat. The Crest, of beaten gold, was a Rampant Lion with a sheaf of wheat in his front paws.

As to his getting married, he fell in love with one Deborah Davis and married her, she being carried to church on her wedding day, by two servants, in a sedan chair. Deborah was a Quaker by prrofession.

Deborah was required to sort the clothes to go to the wash. It seemed that Deborah did not know much about building fires, which were sometimes needed in Ireland, because one time she put a coal of fire in her apron and nearly set the house on fire.

John was induced by his wife Deborah to go on Half Pay.

John left for Canada with his family, except for his oldest son, William, who elected to stay in Ireland with his grandparents.
John and his family were on a sailing vessel for three months on the ocean, were nearly shipwrecked, but landed safely at last in Kingston, Ontario, which then, was but a small town.

Library and Archives Canada has possession of a letter written on May 21, 1822, wherein John Good Murphy reports his arival with his family at Quebec City. They must have left about February 1822.
From Quebec City they would have travelled on to Kingston.

John made arrangements in Kingston to apprentice his son Lawrence to a man by the name of Carl, as a Shoemaker. The arrangement stipulated that Lawrence would apprentice for three (3) years, then when he was finished, he was to get a suit of clothes and some money.

Having made these arrangements, John and Deborah, and the rest of the children, were to have meandered along towards the west, arriving at Smokeville (now Wellington). The inhabitants at that time were few and far between, but just the same, they had two hotels where whiskey was sold.

John had Kingston as his address when he wrote a letter to the Lieutenant Governor on September 2nd 1822, advising him that he had not received his promised grant of land.

It is believed that John and his family moved from Kingston to Wellington sometime after Sept 1822, with John possibly retaining a temporary residence in Kingston.
Marriage records show that sons John C. and Richard were residents of Wellington, when they were married in 1832.

John's name is on the 1829 Petition to make the Prince Edward a separate District.

In July 1833, John was in Wellington, placing ads in the Hallowell Free Press, with regards to Village lots for sale.
He placed a followup ad in January 1834. It is presumed that he was acting on behalf of the Crown vis a viz the sale of these lots.
The 1833 ad on July 30, 1833, used the name of John G. Murphy, Senior, H.P. 54th Regiment, Colbourne Street, Wellington, Ontario.
The ad on January 1, 1834 was placed by John Good Murphy, H.P. 54th Reg't, Cooleys Hotel on Colborne St in Wellington. Note the change in surnames !!!

John placed an ad in the Patriot and Farners Monitor (York Edition - see August 16th 1833 Issue) indicating that he was planning to proceed to Toronto (York) to locate his granted land.
The ad ran until the November 22nd edition. The ad states that the family has been in Upper Canada for 11 years (that gives an arrival year of 1822).
John presumably took up his grant of land in 1833 or later. Three (3) lots in Collingwood Township, in Grey County.
Apparently Collingwood Twp was not surveyed until 1835, and it is felt that these properties were taken for investment purposes.
The properties were granted to John's oldest son William Davis, upon his death. William then sold off these properties.
There is no evidence to support that the family moved away from Prince Edward County. To the contrary, Lawrence, John, Richard, and Davis all stayed in the County. Thomas moved to Northumberland County.

There is so far, no more record of John and his whereabouts, but he obviously died between 1844 and 1848, as Deborah is widowed in 1848.

In 1842, Deborah is found to be living in Percy Twp, near Warkworth, with her are two single males, deemed to be Gilbert and Francis, her two youngest children, who were born in 1823 and 1825, respectively. The prior child, Margurete (Peggy) was married in September 1839. Deborah was liviing at Lot 20 - South Half - Conc. 5, which she acquired from the Forsyth brothers on October 21, 1844. It is not known when John and Deborah moved the family to Percy Twp, but it may have been after Margurete was married in September 1839.

Deborah sold her property to her son Gilbert on March 18, 1848 and by that time she was a Widow, but the exact month/year of John's death is unknown at this time.

It is presumed that Deborah passed away between 1848 and 1850 as she is not listed on the 1850 Census for Percy Twp.

Francis relocated to Ameliasburg Twp, P.E. County in 1860 and Gilbert relocated to Hillier Twp in later 1863 or early 1864.

JOHN married DEBORAH DAVIS in 1802 in Ossory Diocese, Church of Ireland. DEBORAH (daughter of William DAVIS and Jane SPARROW) was born on 24 Feb 1783 in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland; died about 1849 in Warkworth, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In researching at the LDS Family History Centre in Trenton, I found record of a Deborah Davis with parents named William and Jane. These parental first names
seem to fit as John and Deborah named their oldest son William and their first daughter Jane.
It is also interesting to note that the surname DAVIS is also listed as DAVIES..

Deborah appears on the 1842 Census for Percy Township - Lot 20 on Concession 5.
There were two (2) married Females - Deborah, and maybe her daughter Margurete - not sure.
Also there were two (2) single males - age 18 to 21. They would be Gilbert and Francis.
There is one (1) male under the age of 5 - name unknown at this time.
Also the Cenus records that Deborah had been in Canada for 20 years (1842 -20 = 1822).
According to the Land Office Records, Deborah purchased the South Half of Lot 5 from William Forsyth and John B Forsyth on October 31,1844.
Deborah then sold the South Half to her son Gilbert on March 18,1848.

Lewis married Lavina Mary CROSS. Lavina was born on 28 Feb 1799 in Gananoque, Leeds, Ontario, Canada; died after 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]