PlanetMurphy.org

New in 2018!

Rev. James A. Chambers (1728 - 1828)

New: Maryland, Tn/N.C., Indiana

Henry Chambers (~1755 - ~1812)

New - Ashe County, North Carolina
Was He 1/2 Cherokee?

John Wilcoxon (1671 - 1716)

New - Prince George's County, Maryland
Descendant Line Now Being Researched

Squire Willcoxen (1778-1863)

New info on son: James Franklin Wilcoxen "I" (1815-1866)

New in 2017!

Stoess: Johannes (1700), George (1707) and Stauss, Balter (1711)

New - German Parish Records before Philadelphia Co., Pa.

William Tatam (~1565 to 1603), Carpenter

Read his wild battle with Bubonic Plague in London, England
Two children survived - Nathaniel Tatam/Tatum (born 1599) and Samuel Tatam/Tatem (1594)

Edward Tatum 1730-1810 of Pendleton District, South Carolina

New Chapter: Grandson of Edward Tatum (1675-1739)
Descendants in Southern US expanded; including: Tennessee's Jesse Tatum (~1768-1830) + wife Amy
Tennessee's Edward Tatum (~1762-1840+) + wife Sarah

Edward Tatum (1675 to 1739)

Chapter now divided into two including Peter Tatum (ca1735-1782) + wife Winnifred of N.C.

New in 2016!

James Burk Chapter Expanded
5 sons of John Burk (1760-1836):

(1) James Burk 1782, (2) William Burk 1785
(3) Jessie Burk 1791, (4) John Burk Jr. 1797
(5) Lewis Burk 1799

Tatoms From Virginia Chapter

John Tatom (1758-1824 Dickson Co., Tn.)
Much More on His Children

Peter Tatum (1675-1771) Chapter

Edward Tatum III (~1779-1852) Children
Jesse Tatum II (~1760-1805 Tennessee)

Edward Tatum" (1670/80 to 1739) Chapter

New to Chapter
Many New Descendants

Tatums - No Identified Parents

John Murphey/Morphew (~1680-1742)

Westmoreland + Richmond Co's, Virginia

New in 2015!

Mariner Tatems of Norfolk County, Virginia in 4 chapters:

Chapter 1 - Nathaniel Tatem "I" (ca1620-1687)

Chapter 2 - Nathaniel Tatem "IV" (~1715-1771)
Chapter 3 - John Tatem (~1716-1776) line
Chapter 4 - Nathaniel Tatem "V" (1745/50 - 1792)

Tatoms from Virginia - Search for their Origins

New Kent, King William, Spotsylvania Co, Va.
Granville & Orange Counties, North Carolina
Wilkes & Lincoln Counties, Georgia

Michael Schoch or Shoch (1733 - 1819)

of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Stoess, Stauss, & Stouse of Phila. Co. Pa.

John Stoess (~1700- ~1764)
George Stoess (1707-1780)
Balthasar Stauss (1711-1782)

New in 2014!

John Daggett/Doggett (~1602 to 1673) of
Massachusetts

New to Website
Watertown/Rehoboth/Martha Vineyard
Island/Plymouth and descendants

John Blake (~1640 to 1700) of Massachusetts

New to Website
Plymouth Colony and Wrentham and descendants

Henry Tatum (~1680 to 1727)

New to 2013 Website

Welcome to The Morphew / Murphy Story

Treva and Ray Eckart, taken by Vic Eckart

This site is divided into 3 sections:

The Morphew/Murphy Story - by J.R. Murphy, 2nd Edition
This section tells the story of James/Joseph Morphew and Mary Burke and their descendants while detailing the line of James Morphew and Rebecca Hogan. A number of maternal ancestors are included - Burke, Eggers, Hogan, Allumbaugh, Green, Wilcoxson, Jones, Brous, Klaumann, and others.

Eckart Family Story (Kansas)
Welcome to the Eckart Family Story about William Eckart (1815-1882) and his descendants, which details the line of William F. Eckart and Victor T. Eckart.

Steelman Story (New Jersey and West) - by J.R. Murphy, 1 January 2008
This is the ongoing search to understand these Steelmans and their early Gloucester County, New Jersey Origins