Sarah Murfin

Femaleabout 1770–

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Murfin was born about 1770, in Little Staughton, Bedfordshire, England, her father, Thomas Murfin, was 31 and her mother, Ann Baxter, was 28.

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Thomas Murfin
1741–1774
Ann Baxter
1743–1772
James Murfin
1768–
Sarah Murfin
1770–

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    1770 · Boston Tea Party

    Age 0

    Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.

    1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World

    Age 5

    "On April 18, 1775, a shot known as the ""shot heard around the world"" was fired between American colonists and British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. This began the American War for Independence. Fifteen months later, Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783 which ended the war. The colonies were no longer under British rule. Many who fought for the British fled to Canada, the West Indies, and some to England."

    1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia

    Age 17

    The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.

    Name Meaning

    English (Derbyshire): probably from the Middle English personal name Mer(e)fin; see Marvin .

    History: The first Murfins in North America were Nottinghamshire Quakers. Robert and Ann Murfin and their daughter Mary sailed from Hull, England, in 1678 on the ship Shield of Stockton and settled at Chesterfield, near Burlington, NJ.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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