Marine Private Michael
Murphy (b.1758....1823)
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Born :
Circa 1758
Where Born : Wexford Ireland
Occupation : Glazier / Soldier
Date Arrived : 26/1/1788
Ship Arrived on : " Sirius"
Rank attained : Marine Private
Date of Enlistment : 3. July . 1779
Where Enlisted : Portsmouth
Date of Discharge : 5. April 1792
Where Discharged : Sydney
Enlistment R.N.S.W. Reg : 6.April 1792
Date of Discharge : 6 . April 1797
Re-enlistment R.N.S.W. Reg
: 1800
Date of Discharge : 1810
Transferred R.N.S.W.
Veterans :
1810
Date of Discharge : 10. Jan 1823
Died : 10. Jan 1823
Where Died /
Buried :
St Matthew's Windsor
Parents Names :
Spouse's Name : Ann Williams
Born :
Circa 1761
Where Born
Occupation :
Date Arrived : 1789
Ship Arrived on : "Nile"
Date Married :10. March 1811
Where Married : Port Dalrymple
Died : 10. June 1837
Where Died /
Buried :
S
Spouse's Parents :
- Descendants
- Area Settled :
- Hobart
- Children :
- 1 . Ellinor Murphy ( Bapt 10/3/1811......d.)
- 2 . Elizabeth Murphy ( Bapt 10/3/1811......d.)
- 3 . Mary Murphy ( Bapt 10/3/1811......d.)
- 4 . Jane Murphy ( Bapt 10/3/1811......d.)
- 5 . Michael Murphy (b . c1812.....d.)
- 6 . Maria Murphy (b . c1814.....d.)
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History
& Achievements :
- William Murphy enlisted as a member of the 41st
Portsmouth Company. He was stationed on board the ship
" Sirius"
and it was on this ship he left England for Australia.
Following his arrival in Sydney, he served as a member of
Captain John Shea's company. Discharging from the
marines, he enlisted in the Royal New South Wales
Regiment and left for Tasmania via the ship"
Buffalo " . Returned to Sydney
and served at Parramatta and Emu Plains.
Served
in Sydney, Van Diemens Land, closedown of Norfolk Island, Veterans Corps
Parramatta and Emu Plains, where he died aged in his early 60s in 1823.
Had 2 land grants in Bankstown, one in partnership with Stephen Gilbert. Served
in Sydney and Norfolk Island. According to Mollie Gillen's book and others,
Stephen had a land grant at Ball's Ball, Norfolk Island (while a free
settler between Marines and Corps), although records do not show this, so it
may have been in partnership. Stephen land in partnership with 3
other ex-Marines in Mulgrave Place (Hawkesbury) and also in partnership with
MURPHY, Michael,
at Bankstown. Died in 1799 - no detail found. The combined 200 acres
owned by Stephen Gilbert and MURPHY, Michael,
at Bankstown was sold after Stephen's untimely death to Matthew Flinders
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- References
- Military records ,Pay rolls, Pay Musters, Cemetery Records, Church
Records & General Muster Records, Mitchell Library ,Sydney Australia
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