Notes:

Anthony D. was listed as a farmer and he and his wife are buried in the Wellington Village Cemetery.
Anthony and Margaret Jane were married on November 23,1887

Anthony David died on May 6, 1943 in his 84th year.
Margaret Jane Huff died on February 27, 1957 at Wellington in her 90th year.

In 1890, Anthony David and Maggie lived in Hallowell Twp.
During the 1930's, Anthony was a 30% owner of the Murphy House in Wellington.


Died:
Buried in Wellington Village Cemtery

ANTHONY married Margaret Jane HUFF on 23 Nov 1887 in Picton, Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Sylvester HUFF and Rachel CLARK) was born on 28 Jan 1868 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Feb 1957 in Wellington, Hillier Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

David and Mary Ann are listed under Hillier Township on the 3rd Concession Lot 28F per the 1866 County Directory.
They are listed as Methodists and both are buried in the Wellington Village Cemetery.
David died on April 30, 1909 at Mount Pleasant, the result of a runaway buggy accident.

Phillip H. died at the age of 16 and is buried in the Wellington Village Cemetery.

I have no further record of Minnie other than the 1891 Census lists her as 16 and living with her parents in Sophiasburgh at the time.
All I have learned is that she died in 1898, which would make her 23 at the time of her death.

The Land Records show that David held ownership of Lot 60 on Concession 1 in Sophiasburg Twp (NW 1/2 and SW 1/2 - 100 acres) in the 1870's.
It is understood that he sold part or all of same on March 12, 1884.
The 1881 Census lists the family as living in Sophiasburg Township.

DAVID married Mary Ann WILSON on 24 Dec 1856 in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada (formerly Victoria District). Mary was born on 17 Mar 1841 in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 30 Jan 1920 in Wellington, Hillier Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE: I HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED MARY ANN'S PARENTS - IT IS POSSIBLE THEY ARE THOMAS WILSON AND AMY REYNOLDS. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER MARY A., PER THE BOOK - PIONEERS OF BAY OF QUINTE.


Died:
Buried in Wellington Village Cemetery

Notes:

John and Susan Clark were married on October 9,1832 by Elder Winne.
Susan Clark is the sister of Elizabeth Clark, who married Cecil Reynolds, who was the father of Samuel Reynolds, who was the father of Henrietta and Lillie Belle Reynolds.
John and Susan were neighbours of William Wilson on the Irvine Gore, in the early years of their married life.
The 1851 Census lists a John C. Goodmurphy living in Hillier Township.
John is listed on the Census between Jared Clark and Sam Ellis.
The 1866 County Directory shows John under Ameliasburg Twp on the 3rd Concession - Lot 96F.

John was a farmer and the family is listed as members of the Church of England.

The Ameliasburg property (Lot 96-Conc. 3) was originally granted by the Crown to Nathaniel Taylor on May 17, 1802, the lot representing 200 acres.
On August 14, 1848, the property was passed to Nathaniel Osburn (guessed to be a relation).
On January 12, 1852, a John C. Osburn sold the East Half (100 acres) to John C. Goodmurphy, per B&S # 316.
On March 15, 1871, John sold the property to his son Gilbert, refer to B&S # 2219.
The property then passed down to Gilbert's son, Lewis Elgin, and when he passed away, it was passed to Earle Goodmurphy. Earle passed away in 1989,
and his widow, Eileen held the property until her death in 1993.
The property was eventually sold.

A Snapshot of the Goodmurphy Farm in 1861
In 1861 the family lived on 100 acres where they had 80 acres under cultivation, with 38 acres in crops and 39 acres as pasture, tow acres were used as a garden and a small
orchard. Twenty (20) acres of woodland produced $160.00 of maple sugar.
The total value of the land was $1500.00. The farm implements to work the land had a value of $50.00.
John planted acreage and harvested produce as follows:
4 acres of spring wheat = 82 bushels
9 acres of barley = 200 bushels
13 acres of rye = 300 bushels
7 acres of peace = 150 bushels
1 acre of oats = 30 bushels
4 acres of Indian corn = 65 bushels
1 acre of potatoes = 100 bushels

His livestock valued at $420.00 consisted of the following:
2 steers, 5 milk cows, 3 horses, 1 colt, 7 pigs, 17 sheep giving 60 lbs of wool, enough for 16 yds of full cloth and 30 yds of flannel
The family also put up 3200 lbs of pork in barrels, and 700 lbs of butter
They had a pleasure carriage valued at $50.00.

JOHN married Susan (Susannah) CLARK on 9 Oct 1832 in Consecon, Ameliasburgh Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Susan (daughter of David CLARK and Rosanna (Susanna) EATON) was born in 1811 in New Brunswick, Canada; died on 26 Oct 1907 in Consecon, Ameliasburgh Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Susan Clark was from New Brunswick.

Her sister Elizabeth Clark married Cecil Reynolds (son of Daniel Reynolds).
Cecil Reynolds' son Samuel married Sarah Anne Stoneburgh, and they had two daughters, Henrietta who married Stanley, oldest son of Solomon, and Lillie Belle who married Joel, youngest son of Solomon.
Solomon was the 5th child of Lawrence Goodmurphy.

Susan's other sister Jane married William C. Bull (son of Amos Bull and brother to Martha Susan Bull - daughter of Amos). Martha Susan married Thomas G. Murphy !!

See Richard Murphy for another connection to the Bull family !!

As you can see, the Bulls, Clarks, and Goodmurphy families have a number of connections.

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.

David married Rosanna (Susanna) EATON about 1806. Rosanna was born in 1795 in Pennsylvania, USA; died about 1838. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]