An Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal
Church
in SC... by Frederick Dalcho, M.D. -- 1st published in 1820 -
1970 reprint.
Dalcho points out that the Cooper River
was called the Wando River in the very early records, so when we think
of William Murrill [I] & son John
receiving land "westward of Wando River", this was actually westward of
the
Cooper River. The Grand Council date was 1672. Dalcho says this was the
date that the present site of the City of Charleston began to be
settled.
- called New-Town - he gives all the names which received lots [not
Murrill
or Lewis]. Then talks about the Council providing for the defense of
the
Colony. "And that all the inhabitants on the
other
part of the river, called the Oyster Pont, do repair to the plantation
there, now in the possession of Hugh Carteret, and being so embodied do
march forward to the plantation now in the possession of Mr. Thomas
Norris,
or Mr. William Morrill, which may be thought most safe and useful for
that
design, under the command of Mr. Robert Donne."
Salley, A.S., ed. Journal of the Grand Council of SC...
p. 37 report on June 1672 - talking about who lived where -
"Plantation
on Oyster Point now in possession of Mr. Thomas Norris or Mr. William
Morrill.."
p.
62 Aug. 9, 1673 "Mr. William Murrill & Mr. Richard Berrey
made oath
they had seen damage done to Vandones his corne in Charles Towne -
value
the loss of one bushell & halfe of Corne"
Salley, A. S. Warrents
p.123
...for Mr. Wm Murrell one of the settlers
of
this Province (Carolina) ___ hundred acres of land. dated
30
Dec 1676/ p.132 ... for Mr. Timo Biggs upon
Ashley
River between land of Tho: Hunt to ye SE & the Plantation &
Land
of William Murrell to North. dated 21 Apr 1677 p.198
....Unto William Murrill one Towne Lott at Oyster pointe.
dated
19 Apr 1679
From Descendants
of Jeremiah Mitchell and Allied Families by Ann Mitchell Horne,
1995,
p 199:
[referring to her efforts to determine the possible ancestry of Mary Murrell b Sept 15, 1704 who married Moses Milliken Sept 9, 1721 St Thomas/St Denis Parish, SC]
"We employed Brent Howard Holcomb of Columbia, SC. in an attempt to identify the parents of Mary Murrell. His summary follows:
D:64 is Records of the Register and Secretary of the Province 1675-1697, 1703-1709, p 64, and reads: Barbados. John Tothill Esqr,. of Island aforesaid appointes son in law John Birde, Gentleman, attorney, to demand of William Murrell possession of what lands he the said Murell is possessed of belonging unto me in the confines of Carolina and likewise the stock belonging unto me there or of his son John Murrell Jurati com me 24 July 1678 Joseph West.
The reference to John Morrill and William Morril in A. Salley's Warrents for Land 1672-1711 indicates that William Morrill and John Morrill (his son) arrived in December 1671. This indeed is an early reference. Our first written record in South Carolina dates from 1671. If this is the same name as Murrell, this John could be two generations earlier than Mary Murrell.
From Records of the Register and Secretary of the
Province:
Anthony Churne of Charles Town, Carolina, planter,
for thirtie shillings sterling paid by William Murhaile, Gent., tract
of
24 acres on Cooper river... and 1 April 1678, John Norton of Carolina,
Turner, to William Muraile, planter for 3 pounds and fiftie acres by
discharge
from Anthony Churne all that parcell of land the said William Muraile
dwelleth
upon, 50 acres, on Wandoe River.
With reference to the earlier action from
Barbados
was the following: '... William Murrell of Caroline, planter, for 35
pounds
to John Tothill of Island of Barbados, Esqr...' dated 9 Sept 1678. He
is
here shown as paying his debt to Mr. Tothill which had earlier been
demanded."
Hotten p.456 List of
Landowners
in St. Michael's (Barbados) [1678, I think]
Wm
Murrell, 11 acres, 8 Negroes
Jno
Murrell
2 Negroes
http://www.rootsweb.com/~brbwgw/1679StMichael.htm
Barbados: 1679 St. Michael Inhabitants
Transcribed by Terri England, 2002.
A LIST Of Owners
And Possessors Of Land Hired Seruants & Apprentices, Bought
Seruants & Negrocs In Ye Parish Of St Michaells. [1679]
[List includes only these with a name similar to Murrell]
Wm Murrell
Jno Murrell
http://www.rootsweb.com/~brbwgw/1680CensusStPeterAll.htm
Barbados Census 1680 - St. Peter All Saints Parish
[included in the list was]
Tothill Esq.r Jn.o
http://www.rootsweb.com/~brbwgw/1680CensusStMichael.htm
Barbados Census 1680 - St. Michael Parish
Sources: The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles, Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700, Edited by John Camden Hotten. Public Records Office, State Papers, Colonial Office General, CO1/44/47/f141-379, State Papers, CO28/16/2/f100-375
Transcribed by Terri England, 2002.
[List includes only these with a name similar to Murrell]
Murrell Wm
Murrell Jno
Later Barbados records for Murrells can be found at http://members.aye.net/~carnett/barbados.htm
Although the names William, John, and Francis appear
frequently, I see nothing that proves a connection to the early William Murrell and son John of Barbados and SC or the
unplaced Murrells of SC. It is interesting that within 20 years after
William Murrell and son John appeared on the census in 1680 - and
seemed to be the only Murrells in Barbados - there were a number of
Murrells showing up in theBarbados records. But still, we can't prove
that these later Murrells were descendants of the early William
Murrell.
SCHGM article [Vol. XXIX, January, 1928, No. 1, p.
2]
Henry A. M.
Smith discusses the first warrant like this: William
Murrell
was among the first settlers
in the Province, having arrived about 1671. The writer has found
no record of the original
grant to Murrell but according to the recitals of a later deed it
was for 400 acres.
The grant to Murrell seems to have escheated for
on 5 May 1704
three grants were issued covering this 400 acres: one to James Kennedy for
100 acres lying next West of the Yeamans grant [which the author earlier in
the article described as bounding west on Mr. Will:Murell -- unfortunately a
circular reference in this context] , one to Thomas Ferguson for
200 acres lying
next West of Kennedy and one to Edward Curzon, Coram, or Corant for 100 acres
next west of Ferguson. Thomas Ferguson had other grants in the vicinity
and was the ancestoer of Thomas Ferguson of the Council of Safety and other
important posts in the Revolution of 1776. From Thomas Ferguson the 200
acres passed to Bryan Reily or Riley. The transfer does not
appear as on record
but from the boundary given in 1718 in another instrument Bryan Riley then
owned it. On 2 February 1724 Bryan Reily conveyed to John Carmichael the plantation
containing 200 acres part of the 400 acres formerly granted to Wm. Murril
. . .
SC Archives records that seem to reflect this land:
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Description: BEALY, BRYAN TO JOHN CARMICHAEL, DEED OF RELEASE
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IN ST. JAMES GOOSECREEK.
Names Indexed: BEALY, BRYAN/CARMICHAEL, JOHN/
Locations: SAINT JAMES GOOSE CREEK PARISH/
Type: DEED OF RELEASE/
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Date: 1732/06/13
Description: WELSHINGTON, DANIEL, MEMORIAL FOR 200
ACRES IN ST.JAMES
GOOSE CREEK PARISH,
BERKLY COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A LAND GRANT OF
400 ACRES
TO WILLIAM MURRILL DATED SEPT. 4, 1675 AND A DEED OF RELEASE
DATED
JULY 1, 1731 FROM CHARLES HILL.
Names Indexed: WELSHINGTON, DANIEL/MURRILL,
WILLIAM/HILL,
CHARLES/
Locations: SAINT JAMES GOOSE CREEK PARISH/BERKELEY COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/LAND GRANT/DEED OF RELEASE
Perhaps this is the Corant land.
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The following comes from Gene Waddell's sources given in Indians of the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1562-1751. Southern Studies Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia (also issued under the imprint of the Reprint Company, Publishers, Spartanburg), 1980.
http://www.cofc.edu/~waddelle/Sources13.pdf
1672 (28 Sept,; Salley & Olsberg 1973: 41) Warrant by John
Yeamans to John Culpeper, Sur. Gen., for laying out land to William
Morrill
"to the Eastward of the lands allready layd out to Anthony Churne and
John
Hawkes and to the Westward of Wando River...." Culpeper left the
Province soon afterwards so the warrant was reissued 12 June 1675 (q.
v.).
The location is uncertain; this grant may refer to the "Murrell" listed
in 1682 as No. 10 on upper Goose Creek or as No. 14 on the inset of
Gascoyne
(but cf. Etiwan, 9 Feb. 1675). Cf. also William Muraile," 1 Apr.
1678.
1675 (12 June; Salley & Olsberg 1973: 97-98) Warrant for "Mr: Wiliam: Morrill a certain parcell of land lyeing to ye Eastward of ye lands of Anthony Churne, and John: Hawkes, and to the Westward of Wandoe river." Cf. 28 Sept. 1672.
1678 (1 Apr.; Anon. 1675-1709: 69) Sale of 50 a. by William Muraile to John Norton "bounding on the East to Wandoe River...," N on William Muraile, W on Tho. Hurt, & S on Capt. Biggs. Ent. 26 Sept. 1678 by Andrew Percival. Cf. 28 Jan. 1672 and 12 Jun. 1675 for Morrill, presumably the same.
http://www.cofc.edu/~waddelle/Sources7.pdf
1675 (9 Feb. 1674/5; Anon. 1675-1709; 11; cf. Anon. 1675-1705;
20 Grant to "Margaret lady Yeamans, Widdow" for 1070 a. already in her
possession "Apon Yeamans his Creeke in Ittawan River, to ye Eastward of
Mr. Jno. Comeing...to ye westward of Mr. Witt Murrills..." (entered by
Andrew Percival). This grant was on Goose Crk. (cf. Gascoyne
1682,
numbers 11 & 12 in the table, and df. also Wando 28 Sept. 1672).
Burials at the Parish of St. Michaels, Barbados Island, 1678 and 1679
Source: "Hotten's
Lists", pages 425-437
Murril, John (son of John & Elisabeth Murril) November 4,
1678
Since William Murrell and John Murrell were the only Murrells
listed in Barbados from 1678 to 1680, it is probable that John and
Elisabeth Murril, the
parents of
the burial record, were William's son John and his wife. It is
possible that they were the same as John
Murrill of Wandoe d ca 1706
and widow Elizabeth. If so, they must have had a second son also named
John born about 20 years later - John Morrall of "Murrell's Inlet". It
is also possible that they were the parents of another unknown son born
early enough to be the father of John Murrill of Wandoe d ca 1706. And
it's possible that there was no connection at all between John Murrill
d 1706 and the Murrells from Barbados. At this time, we have no records
to prove or disprove any of these possibilities.
The compilation of these records is the collective work of Elizabeth Girardeau, John Morrel, and Frances Cullom Harper. All three are Murrell or Morrall descendants - as well as Elizabeth's husband. Additions and corrections will be appreciated. With your help, perhaps more can be proven in the future.