Sheet Harbour Families
Adam Murphy was born about 1774 in County Wexford, Ireland(?). He died 1 on 14 Jan 1854. He married Ann Whyam.
Census: Census of Nova Scotia, 1827, Public Archives of Nova Scotia (PANS)
Compiled by Alan C. Dunlop, 1979
Name Religion Occupation Number of Males Number of Females Number of Male Servants
Adam Murphy RC Farmer 4 22```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Support to the idea that Adam Murphy was in Margaree, Cape Breton prior to arriving in Sheet Harbour:
Cape Breton Land Petitions
Item no.: 258
Mfm no.: 15789
Grantee: Murphy, Adam Year: 1806
Petition to Despard: Petitioner asks a grant of a part of the common at Margaree which he has cultivated. If this may not be given, he asks an adjoining lot. Note: to have a town lot and other land but not the common. A petition of July 7, 1806, asks for the space between blocks B and C, and a lot at the Head of Deep Pond, south west of the River Margaree. Note: Captain Wilson will be nswerable for the fees.Item no.: 332
Mfm no.: 15789
Grantee: Murphy, Martin Year: 1807
Petition to Despard: Petitioner asks a crown lease of a lot on the south- west side of the Margaree River, south of the lot granted to George White.
Item no.: 610
Mfm no.: 15790
Grantee: McIsaac, Angus Year: 1810
Petition to Nepean: Petitioner went bail for Adam Murphy of Margaree, to the sum of 35 and interest. He asks a title to Murphy's improvements as recompense for the debt he had to pay. Letter from McIsaac to Ranald McKinnon, who also has claims on the property. Report of Crawley to McKinnon: 455 acres at Broad Cove, near Margaree. Plan.Per "Early Cape Breton Newspapers", Mildred Howard, p.137, had a sister, Mary, who died with him at sea i 1854 or 1855.
_________________________________________________________________Yet more evidence that Adam and Ann were in Margaree Cape Breton in the early 1800's
St. Mary’s Cathedral [now Basilica], Halifax, NS
Marriages 1830-18431830
Jany. 7
N 2 I the undersigned having received the mutual consent of James O’Brien
James son of Michael O’Brien and Bridget Walker of County Kilkenny, Ireland,
O’Brien and Marianne Murphy daughter of Adam Murphy and Ann Wiam (sic) of
& Margaree, Island of C. Breton (now residing in Sheet Harbour) married
Marianne them in presence of Martin O’Brien, George Combs and Susanah Warren.
Murphy J. Loughman P.P.
Ann Whyam was born about 1774 in England?. She married Adam Murphy.
Other marriages:Combs, John
She was the widow of Lt. John Coombs of the 63rd Regiment.
They were married 23 April, 1789 at St. Paul's, Halifax.From "A History of Sheet Harbour", James E. Rutledge, 1954
page 17
"The Soldier's Grant
... Ensigns John Combs and Donald McDonald 500 acres each ... "
John Combs was also a signatory to the Town Plot Agreement, signed August 19, 1788 in Halifax. p.25
The Whyam name shows up with many different spellings, among them Wiam as in the following record:
St. Mary’s Cathedral [now Basilica], Halifax, NS
Marriages 1830-18431830
Jany. 7
N 2 I the undersigned having received the mutual consent of James O’Brien
James son of Michael O’Brien and Bridget Walker of County Kilkenny, Ireland,
O’Brien and Marianne Murphy daughter of Adam Murphy and Ann Wiam (sic) of
& Margaree, Island of C. Breton (now residing in Sheet Harbour) married
Marianne them in presence of Martin O’Brien, George Combs and Susanah Warren.
Murphy J. Loughman P.P.
They had the following children:
M i Matthew Murphy was born about 1800. He died 1 on 17 Oct 1822. M ii Adam Murphy F iii Mary Anne Murphy M iv Mark Murphy M v James Murphy F vi Daughter Murphy was born about 1824. F vii Daughter2 Murphy was born about 1825.
John Combs.John married 1, 2, 3 Ann Whyam on 23 Apr 1789 in St. Paul's, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
From "A History of Sheet Harbour", James E. Rutledge, 1954
page 17
"The Soldier's Grant
... Ensigns John Combs and Donald McDonald 500 acres each ... "
John Combs was also a signatory to the Town Plot Agreement, signed August 19, 1788 in Halifax. p.25
Ann Whyam was born about 1774 in England?. She married 1, 2, 3 John Combs on 23 Apr 1789 in St. Paul's, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Other marriages:Murphy, Adam
She was the widow of Lt. John Coombs of the 63rd Regiment.
They were married 23 April, 1789 at St. Paul's, Halifax.From "A History of Sheet Harbour", James E. Rutledge, 1954
page 17
"The Soldier's Grant
... Ensigns John Combs and Donald McDonald 500 acres each ... "
John Combs was also a signatory to the Town Plot Agreement, signed August 19, 1788 in Halifax. p.25
The Whyam name shows up with many different spellings, among them Wiam as in the following record:
St. Mary’s Cathedral [now Basilica], Halifax, NS
Marriages 1830-18431830
Jany. 7
N 2 I the undersigned having received the mutual consent of James O’Brien
James son of Michael O’Brien and Bridget Walker of County Kilkenny, Ireland,
O’Brien and Marianne Murphy daughter of Adam Murphy and Ann Wiam (sic) of
& Margaree, Island of C. Breton (now residing in Sheet Harbour) married
Marianne them in presence of Martin O’Brien, George Combs and Susanah Warren.
Murphy J. Loughman P.P.
Adam Murphy [Parents] was born about 1801. He died 1 on 6 Oct 1827 in At sea. He married Phoebe Duggan on 12 Jan 1826 in St. Peter's, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Phoebe Duggan was born about 1799. She died 1 on 30 Aug 1835. She married Adam Murphy on 12 Jan 1826 in St. Peter's, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
James O'Brien.James married 1 Mary Anne Murphy on 7 Jan 1830 in St. Mary's, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Mary Anne Murphy [Parents] was born about 1812 in Margaree Island, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. She married 1 James O'Brien on 7 Jan 1830 in St. Mary's, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
They had the following children:
F i Helenora O'Brien F ii Bridget O'Brien
Mark Murphy [Parents] was born about 1814. He died about 1870. He married Ann Redmond on 14 Apr 1837 in St. Mary's, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Mark was counted in a census in 1838 in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia.
Mark is listed in the 1838 census of Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia as a Yeoman, with a wife and one child under 6 years of age. The name is misspelled as Murkley in the transcription I have.
Also of note: the death date received from Kim Stevens must be in question given that Ann shows as a widow in the 1871 census..
Ann Redmond [Parents] was born 1, 2, 3 on 22 Dec 1817 in Wexford, Ireland. She died 4 on 17 Jul 1891 in Sheet Harbour, NS. She married Mark Murphy on 14 Apr 1837 in St. Mary's, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Ann Murphy is listed in the 1871 census of Sheet Harbour as a widow heading a household including Matthew, aged 34, Mark, aged 24, Patrick, aged 22, Mary Ann age 19, Annie, age 14 and going to school and Amelia, aged 5 months. She is listed as being neither able to read nor write. All are listed as Roman Catholic.
Page 45, 1871 Census - Sheet Harbour - Lookup - Dave Purcell - 1 August, 2000
BIRTH: St. Peter's Cemetery Headstone reads: " Murphy, Ann, wife of Mark Murphy. Born at Wexford, Ireland, Dec 22, 1817, d., July 17, 1891"
They had the following children:
M i Matthew Murphy was born 1 on 21 May 1837 in Sheet Harbour, NS. He died 2 on 25 Apr 1901 in Sheet Harbour, NS. F ii Bridget Murphy F iii Susan Murphy M iv Mark Murphy was born 1 about Jun 1847. He died 2 on 20 May 1874 in Sheet Harbour, NS. M v Patrick J. Murphy F vi Mary Ann Murphy F vii Annie Murphy
Patrick Redmond was born about 1791. He died 1 on 3 Oct 1870 in Sheet Harbour, NS. He married Bridget Neary.
Source for children of Patrick and Bridget, other than Ann, is Donald Logan in an e-mail to me dated May 6, 2003.
Bridget Neary was born about 1791. She died 1 on 25 Jul 1863 in Sheet Harbour, NS. She married Patrick Redmond.
They had the following children:
F i Ann Redmond M ii Peter Redmond F iii Catherine Redmond was born about 1835. M iv Michael Redmond F v Maud Redmond was born about 1842. M vi Nicholas Redmond
James Murphy [Parents] was born about 1815. He married Mary McCarthy on 21 Jul 1841 in St. Peter's, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Mary McCarthy was born in County Roscommon, Ireland. She married James Murphy on 21 Jul 1841 in St. Peter's, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Robert B. Dean [Parents] was born on 1 May 1840 in Upper Mosquodoboit, Nova Scotia. He married Bridget Murphy on 10 Dec 1862 in St. Paul's, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
According to Kim Syevens he was a Presbyterian labourer and lumberman andhis family lived in West River, Sheet Harbour in 1871, 1881, 1891 and1901.
Bridget Murphy [Parents] was born on 25 Nov 1839 in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died 1 in 1920 in Sheet Harbour, NS. She married Robert B. Dean on 10 Dec 1862 in St. Paul's, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
They had the following children:
F i Laura Susan Dean F ii Mary Dean M iii Mark F. Dean was born in 1868 in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died 1 in 1952 in Sheet Harbour, NS. M iv Albert Dean was born in 1870. He died on 21 Mar 1877 in Sheet Harbour, NS. He was buried 1 in Sheet Harbour, NS.
DEATH: Headstone syas he was age 8 at death.F v Laura Jane Dean was born on 10 Jan 1873 in Sheet Harbour, NS. She was christened 1 on 10 Feb 1873 in Sheet Harbour, NS. She died 2 on 27 Feb 1877 in Sheet Harbour, NS. M vi Thomas E. Dean was born in 1876. He was christened 1 on 25 Mar 1876 in Sheet Harbour, NS. He died 2 in 1952 in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. F vii Infant2 Dean.
James A. Lindsay.James married Susan Murphy.
Susan Murphy [Parents] was born on 12 Feb 1842. She died 1 on 21 Mar 1913 in Sheet Harbour, NS. She married James A. Lindsay.
They had the following children:
F i Anna Lindsay was born 1 in May 1864. She was christened on 24 Jun 1864. M ii Ephrim Martin Lindsay was born about 1862 in Sheet Harbour, NS. He was christened 1 on 17 Jul 1868 in Sheet Harbour, NS. He died 2 in 1913. He was buried in Sheet Harbour, NS.
DEATH: There is a headstone for Ervin Lindsay, next to Susan (Murphy) Lindsay's grave in the St. Peter's Sheet Harbour Cemetery. Deathis recorded on the stone as 1913, age51. This is probably the person recorded in the Baptismal Register by Fr. Martin Maas as Ephrim. Maas used very unique spellings throughout his clerical career, to say the least.
Patrick J. Murphy [Parents] was born 1 on 16 Mar 1849 in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died 2, 3 on 9 Jun 1906 in Sheet Harbour, NS. He married Margaret Catherine Quillinan on 28 Jun 1880 in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Census: 1901 Census - East Sheet Harbour, page 11, dwelling 79
Census: Listed as head of the household, born March 16, 1849, aged 52, Catholic, Irish origin, born in NS. Land held abt 14 acres, dwelling with 9 rooms, outbuildings. His wife, Maggie (42), mother-in-law, Elizabeth Quillinan (76) and children Mark (18), May (16) and Daniel (11) lived in the home.
Margaret Catherine Quillinan [Parents] was born 1, 2, 3 in 1857 in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was christened 4 on 6 Jul 1857 in St. Peter's, Sheet Harbour. She married Patrick J. Murphy on 28 Jun 1880 in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Census: 1901 census - page 11, Sheet Harbour (East), dweeling 79
Census: Listed as Maggie, born 6 Jan, 1858, age 42. Catholic religion.
They had the following children:
M i Mark Seman Murphy F ii Mary Elizabeth Murphy F iii Anastasia Murphy [scrapbook] was born 1 on 2 Sep 1886. She died 2 on 2 Jun 1887 in Sheet Harbour, NS. M iv Daniel Philip Murphy was born 1 on 21 Sep 1889 in Sheet Harbour, NS.
Census: 1901 Census - East Sheet Harbour, page 11, dwelling 79
Census: Listed as born 21 September 1889, aged 11 years.
