Daniel, Jr. (10 Jul 1822-30 Jul 1860)
Ephraim Murch, Sr. (28 Mar 1824-21 Dec 1904) — m. Nancy S. Hill on 24 May 1856; m. Annice Dodge on 19 Dec 1877
Mary Ann (25 Aug 1827-1863) — m. John Condon on 20 or 24 Sep 1843; m. Horatio E. Hodsdon on 10 Feb 1855
Ellen (18 Jan 1829-9 Sep 1895) — m. Benjamin T. Whitehouse on 17 Dec 1848
Eleanor (28 Jan 1830-1869) — POSS. SAME AS ELLEN
Caroline Elisabeth (27 Jul 1832-10 Apr 1850)
Hannah M. (7 Aug 1834-1869) — m. Samuel M. Johnson on 3 Jul 1859; m. Horatio E. Hodsdon on 12 Apr 1865
John (7 May 1836-????)
Susan Myrick (27 Nov 1840-16 Jun 1913) — m. William Crocker Pike on 23 Dec 1861
Sarah Jane (2 Jun 1844-10 Feb 1909) — m. Ezra Turner Delano on 15 Feb 1861
Daniel was born in Ireland. His findagrave.com page claims he was born 15 Oct 1800 in Bantry, County Cork, but his death record suggests he was born about 1796. His parents are unknown. He might have been related to the Captain Daniel Sullivan who commanded a force holding Castine, Maine against the British during the American Revolution, but that’s speculation.
Sarah was born in Castine, Hancock County, Maine to Ephraim Murch and Rebecca Cobb.
Daniel and Sarah married on 23 Aug 1821 in Castine.
The 1840 census listed Daniel and family living in Castine. The children consisted of one boy younger than 5 (that would be John) and two girls between 5 and 10 (presumably Caroline and Hannah). Where were the older children? Apprenticed out? Maybe they were living with Sarah’s parents, who had two unnamed younger people in their household.
Daniel died at sea in 1850 on the barque Ellen Noyse, sailing between New Orleans and Boston. Cause was either dysentery per the death record, or yellow fever per findagrave.com. He was buried at sea. The census for Castine that year, compiled by someone with beautiful handwriting, listed the family without him: Sarah (46) and her children Daniel (27), Hannah (16), Susan (9), and Sarah (5). There was a John Sullivan (14) living with a farm family named Hatch in Castine – that was probably son John.
In the 1860 census, Sarah (59) was living in Castine with her son Ephraim Sullivan (36, farmer), his wife Nancy S. (35), and their daughter Lizzy A. (2).
In 1861, Sarah remarried to Hatsuld Knowles Delano (27 Mar 1794-Aug 1875) from Hampden, Maine. Her burial record and tombstone name him as Ezra Delano, but other records variously call him Hatsuld, Hatsell, or Hatcil Knowles Delano. He had been married to Ruth Gray, with whom he had at least six children born between 1812 and 1839.
The 1870 census listed Hatsell (77) and Sarah (67) Delano living in Alton, Penobscot County, Maine, north of Bangor. Hatsell, despite his age, was recorded as a farm laborer.
Hatsuld died in 1875. In the 1880 census, Sarah was living with her married daughter Sarah Jr. in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine. She apparently then went to live with or at least visit her married daughter Susan in Newburyport, Massachusetts, since she died there in 1882. She is buried as Sarah Murch Delano in Castine Cemetery.
Daniel, the eldest child, was a blacksmith. There is no record of him marrying or having children. In 1860 he was staying with his married sister Mary Ann Sullivan Hodsdon in Castine. Maybe he was ill? He died later the same year, cause unknown, and is buried in Castine Cemetery.
Ephraim married Nancy Snow Hill (17 Dec 1825-187x) in 1856. They lived in Castine. Ephraim was a farmer. He and Nancy had one child:
Lizzy Annie (7 Jun 1858-????)
In the 1860 census, Ephraim’s mother Sarah was living with them. I don’t know when Nancy died, but on 19 Dec 1877 Ephraim married again, to Annice Dodge in Mars Hill, Aroostook County – supposedly the same town Nancy came from, although the records might be wrong about that. They lived in Prospect, Waldo County, but by 1885 at the latest had settled in Bucksport, Hancock County. Their children were:
Cordelia (1879-????) — m. Thomas Bagley in 1912
William Leslie (27 Mar 1880-????) — m. Laura Gross in 1916
Mary Alnah (14 Mar 1885-????)
Ephraim, Jr. (27 Jul 1893-????) — m. ?? Roix in 1906
In 1900, Ephraim (76) was living in Bucksport with wife Annie (50) and children William L. (20), Mary A. (15), and Ephraim Jr. (7). Ephraim died in 1904. He is buried with Annice in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Bucksport.
Mary Ann married Captain John Condon (8 Mar 1825-10 Jan 1853) of Brooksville, Hancock County on 20 or 24 Sep 1843. They had four children:
Eleanor Amanda “Ellen” (25 Jan 1844-1863)
Charles H. (26 Apr 1847-1863)
John Jr. (15 Aug 1850-????) — prob. m. Annie E. Young in Jul 1870
Frank (~1851-????)
John died at the beginning of 1853 in Port Au Prince, Haiti. Two years later, on 10 Feb 1855, Mary Ann married widower Horatio E. Hodson (24 Mar 1817-Aug 1875), combining their families. She and Horatio had three more children. See the Hodsdon-Sullivan page for their details. For some reason, in 1860 her presumed son Frank was living with his aunt Hannah in Machias Port, Maine. Mary Ann died in 1863, as did her children Ellen and Charles, cause unknown. All three are buried in Castine Cemetery.
Ellen married farmer Benjamin T. Whitehouse (1 Jan 1821-22 Feb 1902) on 17 Dec 1848 in Castine. Known children:
Ralph Chaney (1849-22 Nov 1913)
Annette (1851-????) — m. Charles W. Kimball
Emma Jane (1858-1885) — m. Oscar Lucius Bashford on 1 Jul 1883
Fred Murch (26 Apr 1868-12 May 1922) — m. Edith Eudora Armstrong
They lived at first in Liberty, Waldo County, where son Ralph was born. By 1860 they had settled in Mars Hill, Aroostook County. There they remained. Emma and Fred were still with them in 1880. Ellen died in 1895, and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County. Benjamin died seven years later, and is buried with her.
No information except her 1830 birth record. Even her year of death is an unsourced claim. She was probably the same person as Ellen.
Caroline died of consumption at age 18. She’s buried in Castine Cemetery.
Hannah has her own entry in the family tree.
No information. Common name.
Susan married William Crocker Pike (1835-1902) on 23 Dec 1861 in Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts. The couple settled there. Children included:
Ellen Condon “Nellie” (10 May 1866-4 May 1937) — m. Albert K. Cheney on 18 Oct 1888
Willard Samuel (22 Feb 1868-19 May 1940) — m. Alice G. Porter on 25 Sep 1890
Mary Dunyon (10 Jun 1869-22 Mar 1952) — m. John Elliott
I think Susan’s mother Sarah was staying with them when she died in 1882, but can’t find any documentation for that. Susan herself died in 1913, and is buried in Highland Cemetery, Newburyport, as are her husband and children.
Sarah married Ezra Turner Delano (17 Mar 1839-27 Mar 1914) on 15 Feb 1861 on Verona Island, Hancock County, some ten miles up the Penobscot River from Castine. He was a son of Hatsuld K. Delano, the man her mother married that same year. Their children:
Willie (1861-186x)
Susie (1863-186x)
Ezra Edwin (21 Sep 1865-28 Apr 1886)
They remained on Verona Island at least until 1865. By 1870, they were living in Bucksport, Hancock County with 4-year-old son Ezra. The 1880 census found them in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine; Sarah’s widowed mother was living with them. In the early to mid-1880s, they moved to Michigan, where son Ezra died. In the 1900 census, they were in Turner & Whitney Townships, Arenac County, Michigan, the same area where Sarah’s nephew Charles Hodsdon was living at the time. Sarah died in 1909, and is buried in Sims-Whitney Cemetery, Au Gres, Arenac County. Ezra returned to Maine. In 1910, he was living with his widowed sister Ruth Blair in Orrington, Penobscot County. He died in 1914.
Mary Ann’s son John became a sailor. The 1870 census listed him living with his stepfather in Castine and also with his Aunt Susan in Newburyport, Massachusetts. The John Wesley Condon who registered an intent to marry Annie E. Young in Jul 1870 in Castine was probably him. I don’t know what happened to him after that. “John Condon” was a common name, and even “John Condon, son of John and Mary Condon” is not as specific as one might hope. The John Condon, Jr. who married Mary Sullivan in 1884 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts was not him, despite the coincidence of his and his parents’s names; that man was born in 1857 in Massachusetts, and his mother’s maiden name was McCarthy.
Mary Ann’s son Frank was living with his aunt Hannah in Machias Port, Maine in the 1860 census. Can’t find him after that.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=derwood&id=I81314
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVL-WLH -- 1778 birth of Ephraim Murch in Gorham
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-CYX -- 1800 census, Murch
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2W-N8L -- 1810 census, Murch
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGN-NHH -- 1820 census, Murch
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F7-W55 -- 1821 wedding (no image)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44F-CWB -- 1822 birth of Daniel, Jr. (no image)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44F-VDC -- 1824 birth of Ephraim (no image)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44X-5VK -- 1827 birth of Mary Ann (no image)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44F-SLG -- 1830 birth of Eleanor/possibly Ellen
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPG-N7M -- 1830 census, Murch
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44F-SLZ -- 1832 birth of Caroline (no image)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44F-SZ2 -- 1834 birth of Hannah (no image)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44F-H3D -- 1836 birth of John (no image)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY5-J9X -- 1840 census, bottom of page
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY5-JMH -- 1840 census, Murch
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44X-19J -- 1840 birth of Susan (no image)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FS-5Y5 -- Mary Ann’s first marriage
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44F-MLN -- 1844 birth of Sarah (no image)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44D-1YT -- 1844 birth of Eleanor Amanda Condon
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F446-DQ8 -- 1847 birth of Charles H. Condon
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-QYY6 -- 1848 burial of Ephraim Murch
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NH-MJ3 -- 1848 wedding of Ellen
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101758456/ephraim-murch -- 1848 grave of Ephraim
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113685260/daniel-sullivan -- 1850 grave of Daniel
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F446-2QZ -- 1850 birth of John Condon
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3VB-844 -- 1850 deaths of Daniel and daughter Caroline
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JP-GCV -- 1850 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JP-GC4 -- 1850 census, John (probably)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VC-M46 -- 1850 census, Ellen
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JP-X34 -- 1850 census, Mary Ann
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39321993/john-condon -- 1853 grave of Captain John Condon
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F7-Z5B -- Ephraim’s 1856 wedding
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44X-Y28 -- 1858 birth of Lizzy Sullivan
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHK-GZQ -- 1860 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHR-SJ4 -- 1860 census, Ellen
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWRF-J6V -- Susan’s 1861 wedding
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HJR-XV2 -- 1864 death of Clara W. Condon
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6D5-K6G -- 1870 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6D8-QCG -- 1870 census, Ephraim
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6D8-QCJ -- 1870 census, Ellen
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3M-XYK -- 1870 census, Susan
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DN-8N8 -- 1870 census, Sarah Jr.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F7-ZJ5 -- 1870 wedding of prob. Mary Ann’s son John; see page 131
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FV-962 -- Ephraim’s 1877 wedding
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH6X-BXW -- 1880 census, Susan Sullivan Pike
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQ7-JWV -- 1880 census, Ephraim
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3N-V17 -- 1880 census, Ellen
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3J-8WV -- 1880 census, Sarah and Sarah Jr.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMB-Y67Q -- Sarah’s 1882 burial; wrong date, maiden name
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76794704/sarah-delano -- 1882 grave of Sarah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N49L-915 -- 1888 wedding of Susan’s daughter Nellie
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4Z6-LV7 -- 1890 wedding of Susan’s son Willard
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLJ-H3P -- 1900 census, Ephraim
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M91F-1N6 -- 1900 census, Sarah Jr.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCDR-6HS -- Ephraim Sullivan’s 1904 death
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100937520/ephraim-murch-sullivan -- 1904 grave of Ephraim
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR3Q-N37 -- 1910 census, Annice and sons
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4WV-BNS -- 1913 death of Susan Sullivan Pike
http://www.myheritage.com/names/sarah_murch -- used to have data on Sarah and Hatsell; doesn’t now
Daniel might have been related to the Captain Daniel Sullivan who fought the British in the American Revolution, commanding a force that defended Castine. The British captured him in a surprise raid, and burned his house down. He died a prisoner after refusing to swear loyalty to the king of England. He was the brother of General John Sullivan, a Continental Army commander from New Hampshire and later, briefly, a member of the Continental Congress.