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View Tree for Peter MurdockPeter Murdock (b. May 06, 1679, d. 1753)

Peter Murdock (son of John Murdock and Mary Munson) was born May 06, 1679 in Limerick, Ireland, and died 1753. He married Mary Fithian on 1705.

 Includes NotesNotes for Peter Murdock:
Among the early settlers of East-Hampton, there were some families who remained there only a short time. One of these was the Murdock family. Peter Murdock 1 came to this place while travelling through the length of the Island as a peddler, carrying his pack of merchandise on his back. He was the son of a well-to-do wool-comber of Limerick, Ireland, who had lost all his property during the war of 1690-1. Peter 1 came to this country to carve out a living for himself in 1698. During his periodical visits to East-Hampton he became acquainted with Mary Fithian, secretly courted her contrary to her father's wishes, and finally married her. This was in 1705. After his marriage he opened a store in E. H., his wife tending it while he resumed his peddler's pack. He prospered in business and sent to Ireland for his three sisters to come and live with him; one of them, Dorcas, married John Conklin, of East-Hampton.

PETER 1 had but one child, a son named John 2 who, when he reached manhood, rem. to West Saybrook, Conn.
JOHN 2 b. 1706 at E. H. d. Jan. 21, 1778, at Westbrook. Conn., m. 1st Phebe Sill, 2d Frances Conklin April 11, 1732 and d. 1799. They had ch. Peter 3 b. Jan. 21, 1733, d. 1755 unm., Mary 3 b. Nov. 21, 1734, m. Nathaniel Huntting 1754, John 3 b. Nov. 19, 1736, d. 1764 unm., Phebe 3 b. Nov. 13, 1738, m. Rev. (???) Devotion, William 3 b. April 31, 1740, Abigail 3 b. March 21, 1742, Enoch 3 b. Nov. 22, 1743, Jonathan 3 b. April 7, 1745, Anna 3 b. Feb. 14, 1747, Miriam 3 b. Aug. 25, 1748, Abraham 3 b. May 21, 1751, Frances 3 b. Aug. 31, 1753, James 3 b. Feb. 18, 1755.


More About Peter Murdock and Mary Fithian:
Marriage: 1705

Children of Peter Murdock and Mary Fithian are:
  1. +John Murdock, b. 1706, East Hampton, NY, d. Jan 21, 1778, West Saybrook, CT.
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