♂ John Murdock

1733 - 1804

John Murdock
Parents
Robert Murdock
Robert Murdock
1693 - 1779
Anne Boyd
Anne Boyd
1703 - 1791
Spouse
Jerusha Hatch
Jerusha Hatch
1740 - 1814
Children
Zerah Murdock
Zerah Murdock
1754 - 1822
Seymour Murdock
Seymour Murdock
1764 - 1833

His brother Thomas married Elizabeth Hatch and moved to Norwich.  Elizabeth is mentioned as the sister of "John and Joseph Hatch" of Norwich, Connecticut.  Jerusha Hatch also had two brothers John and Joseph, and was born in Preston, Connecticut.  It is possible they are sisters.  His other brother Andrew made a will, which mentions Zerah as one of the John's children.  He had two sisters as well, Miriam and Margaret.

 

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1733

1754


Dec 11
Age: 22y

birth of child


Zerah Murdock
Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, USA ⇓
Zerah is mentioned in the will of his uncle Andrew Murdock as a son of John Murdock. Even though Andrew Murdock and his wife Tamisen had no children, they named many of their nieces and nephews in their will.
3 Sources ⇓
1754 • Surveyor William Churton lays out what will become the county seat of Orange County, North Carolina. The town is named Corbin Town for Francis Corbin, a member of the North Carolina governor's council. Corbin Town is renamed Childsburgh in 1759 and finally Hillsborough in 1766.

1757


Jan 20
Age: 24y

marriage


Jerusha Hatch
Preston, Connecticut, USA ⇓
Since John's marriage to Jerusha Hatch is mentioned two years after Zerah's birthdate, it is possible Zerah was the son of a first wife.
John's sister Agnes married James Dixon two months later in the same place.
4 Sources ⇓
1757 Seven Years' WarBattle of Hastenbeck: An Anglo-Hanoverian army under the Duke of Cumberland is defeated by the French under Louis d'Estrées and forced out of Hanover.

1757


Aug 10
Age: 24y

military


Preston, Connecticut, USA ⇓
Marched from Preston for the relief of Fort William Henry, a member of Capt. Nathan Leonard's company.
1 Source ⇓
1757 Battle of Plassey: 3,000 troops serving with the British East India Company under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey in India.

1804


Age: 71y
1804 Morphine is first isolated from the opium poppy by the German pharmacist, Friedrich Sertürner.

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