I live in South Carolina in the US. The earliest of my Murphy ancestors was John Murphy, a Presbyterian, born 15 May 1746 in County Tyrone, according to his gravestone. John's father may have been Thomas Murphy, born in 1727, but I have no conclusive evidence for this. I know that finding more sprcific information such as where John was born or lived within County Tyrone at such an early date will be difficult, but I will keep trying.
Research in the 1700s in Ireland is often very difficult. There are plenty of Presbyterian churches in Co. Tyrone but unfortunately I don't think any has records for the mid to early 1700s. Without some idea of where in the county the family lived, it's hard to offer any useful advice on where to search.
Elwyn
Elwyn, I do understand. I tried to make that clear in my original post. However, I believe the answer is out there somewhere and I mean to find it. My wife and I are visiting County Tyrone in the spring for the first time. If nothing else, I can stand there, remember my 5x and 6x grandparents and know that I have returned.
Thanks so much for your reply.
Elwyn, I do understand. I tried to make that clear in my original post. However, I believe the answer is out there somewhere and I mean to find it. My wife and I are visiting County Tyrone in the spring for the first time. If nothing else, I can stand there, remember my 5x and 6x grandparents and know that I have returned.
Thanks so much for your reply.
Elwyn, I do understand. I tried to make that clear in my original post. However, I believe the answer is out there somewhere and I mean to find it. My wife and I are visiting County Tyrone in the spring for the first time. If nothing else, I can stand there, remember my 5x and 6x grandparents and know that I have returned.
Thanks so much for your reply.
Elwyn, I do understand. I tried to make that clear in my original post. However, I believe the answer is out there somewhere and I mean to find it. My wife and I are visiting County Tyrone in the spring for the first time. If nothing else, I can stand there, remember my 5x and 6x grandparents and know that I have returned.
Thanks so much for your reply.
My apologies for the multiple replies. When I wrte my first reply and pressed SEND, I got a message saying I had not entered the security word from the image, however, there was no image. I kept trying without success and finally decided to give up and return to the main page. There, I found all the copies of my reply. I hope it doesn't happen again with this one. :)
The only suggestion I have for you is to look at the 1901 Irish census for Tyrone. If you search under Murphy and Presbyterian, you will find just 15 people in Co Tyrone. Only 10 of them were born in the county. (Mostly in the Cookstown & Dungannon area). So you could visit those specific townlands on the basis that they might be related to your ancestor. (But obviously establishing that as a fact would quite a task).