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Sarah Elizabeth MURPHY  1810 - 1880

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• Birth	26 Dec 1810	Concord, Middlesex County, MA
  Gender	Female
  Residence	Aug 1827	Newcastle, ME
  	staying with a Mrs. Glidden while visiting family friends (Cottrells & Kavanaughs) during the summer.
  Died	1880
  Person ID	I5	Cartwright
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2008
  Father	Thomas MURPHY,   b. 1776, Wexford, Ireland ,   d. 25 Oct 1849, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
  Mother	Priscilla BOWERS,   b. 19 Apr 1781, Billerica, MA ,   d. 10 Jul 1847, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
  Married	23 Nov 1806	Billerica, MA
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet
  Family	David Claypoole JOHNSTON, I,   b. 25 Mar 1798, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA ,   d. 08 Nov 1865, 32 Payson Avenue, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA
  Married	06 Nov 1829  [1]
  	Following the wedding by Father Francis A. Matignon, they lived with her parents Thomas & Priscilla Murphy.
  Census	06 Sep 1850	25 Franklin Place, Boston, Suffolk County, MA   [2]
  	Household includes David C. (50), Artist; Sarah E. (39); Thomas M. (13); Mary P. (9); Charlotte C. (5); John B. (2); and Sarah J. (5/12). David is listed as an artist.
  Children	1. Thomas Murphy Jerome JOHNSTON,   b. Jul 1836, MA ,   d. 28 Mar 1869, Paris, France   2. Mary Priscilla JOHNSTON,   b. 19 Sep 1840, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA ,   d. 22 Mar 1878, 116 Marcella Street, Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA   3. John Bernard JOHNSTON,   b. 10 Dec 1848,   d. 14 Feb 1886, his residence, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA   4. Charlotte Constance JOHNSTON,   b. 16 May 1845, MA ,   d. Bef 16 Jan 1917   5. Sarah Jane Frances JOHNSTON,   b. 12 Jan 1850, MA ,   d. Bef 27 Jan 1925, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet

• Photos		Sarah Elizabeth (Murphy) Johnston 1875 Status: Located. Note the mourning clothes. Grandmother Johnston donned these at the death of her husband, David Claypoole Johnston, and wore them continuously until her death. This is the only known photograph of Grandmother Johnston.

• Sources

  [S1] Freeman Family Records. [S19] 1850 U.S. Census, Compiler: The Generations Network, Inc., (2005), MA, Suffolk, Boston, wd 9, roll 337, pg 284, img 222, dwl 790, fam 50: David C. Johnson [sic] household data accesses 2001.