Elizabeth (Harrison) Murphrey (1697 - 1788)

Born 1697 in Berkeley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Murphrey — married 1730 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 25 Oct 1788 at about age 91 in Greene Co, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

Elizabeth Murphey will: copy found in the Frederick Lee Edwards Collection. Elizabeth Murphrey's will 25 Oct.1788

John Murphrey was registered as a taxpayer in Dobbs County, NC in 1769.John Murphrey died in 1776. Elizabeth Harrison Murphrey and John Murphrey became the parents of Jethro Murphrey in NC, March 1755. She made a will in Dobbs County, NC 25Oct. 1788.

EVENT TEXT: "In the Name of The Most Holy Lord-Amen- I, Elizabeth Murphrey of the parish of St Patricks, Dobbs County State of North Carolina, being possessed of an ancient form but still retaining my right mind do here by make & Ordain this to be my last will and Testament in the manner following to wit: It is my first desire that these old bones of mine be taken from the place of my Demize to the graveyard hill on the Beare Garden plantation whereon I live & there be layd to rest beside my late husband & children. It is also my desire that my body be given a proper burial in the rights of the church of England which is the Faith to which I still adhere despite the pursecution of that Faith brot about by the late Unpleasant War. I ask that Revered Master Cuttin of Newbern be brot to this place to preach over my Mortal remains and for my Soul as there has not been a priest in this parish since the late war against the King. I grant all my lands in Dobbs County including the plantation whereon I live on Contentne river to my son John Murphrey only if he sell the place whereon he now lives to one of his brothers and moves to this place. He is also to get all my other property, both real and personal, save for some few items herein listed, including all my slaves to the number of 20 (except the mulatter girl Phebe) and is to sell what of them he deems necessary and the money arising from the sale to be added to that receved from the sell of his plantation and both sums be used to bring him & his family up out of the debts which he has occasioned of late by his late run of bad investments. I pray most earnestly that from this point on he learn to live a sober and industrious life in which frugality and good sence play a major part. It is my desire that my daughter in law, Polly Murphrey, for all the past favors she has showed me have my riding chair & harness, my mare called Sugar Lumpe and 1 ladies saddle.Also all my deft ware and all my jewelry and plate not otherwise devised. My son Jethro Murphrey is to have my picture which hangs in the dining room and the one of himself which is in the upper Hall and he is not to bother the pictures of myself and my late husband in the parlour or those of his grandparents in the lower hall, it being my desire that they go to my son John's children. He is also to have the Deerhall Track in Dobbs County on Louson Swamp adjoining Sugg and Howard. His wife Penny is to have the 3 Great enamaled Chargers and the bed and furniture which stands in the second best bedroom. Also the four silver bowls and the 12 dessart spoons marked EM & the diamond necklise & Drps. My grandson Ben Murphrey is to get one half of my books and my grandson William Murphrey the other half. My Sugg grandchildren are to have L 50 each and their mother to have the pictures of herself & her husband and the Landskap that hangs in the back parlour with what I have already given her. My daughter Nancy Caswell and her Heirs are to have the track of woodlands at Sandy Bottom adjoining Croom and the river & my mulatter girl Phebe, she to be extempt from those given to my son John. All my other heirs are to have each a lock of my hair & L 10. The picture of my daughter Lany is to be sent to Mr. Frederic Dickson of Rainbow who was much enamored of her while she lived. I hereby appoint my son John Murphrey and Mr. Murphrey DIckson the Executors to this my last will & Testament revoking all those I may have written. Signed sealed delivered & published by my own hand & in the presence of these wittnessed this 25 day of October in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and eightyeight. Elizabeth Murphrey

Sources

• Marcus Abbott Haskins, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #1060, Date of Import: Jan 16, 1999. (1995), "Electronic," Date of Import: Jan 30, 1999.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Tribal Pages 0004.ged on 25 March 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.