Ephraim, Jr. (1799-????)
Lewis Cobb (12 Aug 1801-28 Jul 1887) — m. Louisa R. Coombs on 4 Mar 1825
Sarah (1805-8 May 1882) — m. Daniel Sullivan on 23 Aug 1821; m. Hatsuld Knowles Delano in 1861
Hannah (4 Jul 1809-6 Feb 1810)
Rebecca R. (23 Mar 1811-31 Jul 1890) — m. Francis Redman on 19 Mar 1829
James (8 Jun 1813-27 Jan 1815)
Jerusha “Jennie” (18 Mar 1815-after 1870) — m. Ezekiel Morse on 11 Apr 1841
James (14 Oct 1817-185x) — m. Mary Ann Jameson on 9 Jan 1841
Susan (29 Jan 1822-????) — poss. m. Robert Y. Myrick on 30 Jan 1842
Simeon Cobb (12 Jul 1825-27 May 1862) — m. Mehitabel Jordan on 16 Nov 1844
Ephraim was born in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine, the ninth of eleven children to Walter Murch and Jerusha Brown. His family seems to have moved to Unity, Waldo County, Maine in the 1790s.
Rebecca was reportedly born in Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine, although History of Penobscot County, Maine, published by Williams, Chase & Company (1882), maintains the town was abandoned at the time of her birth in 1782 due to the threat from British soldiers, and doesn’t mention a Cobb family there until about 20 years later. According to one source, she was the daughter of William Cobb (~1760-????) and Tabitha Young (~1760-????). Information about them is lacking.
Ephraim and Rebecca married on 19 May 1799 in Hampden. In December 1804 they sold their Hampden property, and shortly thereafter settled in Castine, Hancock County, Maine.
Rebecca died in 1847 and is buried in Castine Cemetery. Ephraim died the following year and is buried with her.
Nothing definite about Ephraim, Jr. except the name. The Ephraim Murch (63) in the 1860 census for Unity, Waldo County was from a different branch of the family.
Lewis married Louisa R. “Lois” Coombs (5 Jun 1806-9 May 1888) in 1825. They lived in Belfast, Waldo County. Their children:
Henry L. (1826-30 May 1896) — apparently never married
Isaac Allard (17 Sep 1830-24 Mar 1886) — m. Emeline Thomas about 1851
Charles Augustus (24 Aug 1832-4 Oct 1833)
Mary Elizabeth (21 Jul 1834-4 Aug 1889) — m. Edward H. Gay on 30 Jun 1860; m. Charles Bowdoin Fillebrown
Susan A. (3 Oct 1836-22 Apr 1901) — apparently never married
Charles Augustus (7 Apr 1842-8 Jan 1884) — m. Frances H. Benner in 1860
George F. (12 Oct 1848-9 Feb 1910) — m. Annie J. Welch in 187x
Annette M. “Nettie” (27 Sep 1850-27 Aug 1932) — m. George Wallace Pearson
Lewis was a block maker – blocks in the sense of block & tackle for ship rigging, a trade his sons Henry and Isaac also followed. Lewis died in 1887 and is buried in Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Waldo County. Lois died the following year and is buried with him.
Sarah has her own entry in the family tree.
Hannah died in infancy.
Rebecca married Francis “Frank” Redman, Jr. (27 May 1805-21 Apr 1877) in Castine in 1829. They lived in Brooksville, Hancock County. They had an astonishing 15 children:
Sarah M. (5 Aug 1829-2 Jan 1912) — George W. Tasker in 185x
Cyrus D. (17 Sep 1830-1852)
Rebecca Ann (16 Sep 1832-after 1860)
Serena R. (22 Mar 1831-18 Jul 1894) — m. Lemuel Morgrage, Jr. on 16 Nov 1858; m. Samuel F. Devereux on 3 Jun 1876
Jerusha (12 Jan 1835-Mar 1912) — m. James K. MacKenzie
Frank H. (16 Jan 1837-12 Jul 1837)
Charlotte Fosse (16 Feb 1838-12 Nov 1897) — m. Frank M. Etheridge about 1860
Martha Jane (18 Nov 1840-9 Dec 1910) — m. Charles Bennett on 22 Aug 1861
Lucinda S. (11 Jun 1843-after 1860)
Francis H. “Frank” III (2 Feb 1844-16 May 1927) — m. Laura R. Manson
Olive A. D. (18 Jul 1845-after 1860)
Mary Susan (10 Aug 1848-16 May 1918) — m. Castaneous Morrill Smalley
James M. (10 Dec 1850-1930) — m. Lucy A. Howard in 1875; m. Augusta Abigail Dyer in 190x; m. Effie H. Dyer on 29 Oct 1913
Sophronia E. (Mar 1852-7 Apr 1934) — m. Charles A. Witham
Ephraim Lewis (14 Feb 1856-1931) — m. Ella E. ?Howard, Hayward?
In the 1860 census, all 13 living children were still there. Which is odd, because at least three of them had married, and the same census showed two of those – Sarah and Charlotte – living elsewhere (Strafford County, New Hampshire and Belfast, Waldo County, Maine respectively) with their husbands. Maybe the family just told the census the names of all their living children, whether they were living there or not. Maybe they had so many kids they lost track of who was where. Maybe, being so close to the busy port of Castine, their daughters were marrying sailors and staying with their parents when their husbands were at sea.
Anyway, Francis died in 1877. In 1880, Rebecca was living in a much quieter house with just son Ephraim. She died in 1890, and is buried with Francis in Carver Field, Brooksville.
The first James died young.
Jerusha married Ezekiel Morse (Mar 1814-29 Oct 1902) from New Hampshire in 1841. Known children:
William H. (1843-????)
Charles A. (1844-????)
Albert N. (Aug 1847-3 Sep 1912) — m. Ada E. Johnson on 9 Oct 1877
Sarah Frances (17 Feb 1853-12 Oct 1915) — m. Wilbur Belcher on 24 Aug 1876
James L. (~1856-????)
Mary E. (~1859-????)
Maria H. (~1860-30 Dec 1881)
The 1860 census showed them and their six children, William through Mary, as hired labor on the Belfast, Waldo County farm of Hiram Kelley (54).
In 1870 they had their own place in Verona, Hancock County. Ezekiel was working as a house carpenter. Children in residence were William (27), Albert W. (23), Sarah F. (20), James (14), Mary E. (11), and Maria (9). The older boys were sailors, and Sarah was teaching school.
After her marriage, daughter Sarah moved to Massachusetts, taking her sister Maria with her. The 1880 census showed them there. It also showed what was probably brother William, sailor, as a boarder with Hannah Ross in Harpswell, Cumberland County. It apparently didn’t find Ezekiel or Jerusha.
In the 1900 census, Ezekiel, widowed, was living with a nephew in Somerset County. He died in 1902.
James, named for his older brother who died as a toddler, married Mary Ann Jameson (1819-24 Feb 1892) in 1841 in Bangor. They had at least five children:
Charles Arthur (11 Sep 1841-12 Dec 1913) — m. Rosa Bell Holland in 1871
George Washington (7 Nov 1843-21 Sep 1920) — m. Annie Laurie Hopkins on 28 Nov 1865; m. Isabelle Mary Parmenter on 11 Jun 1887
Andrew James (~1846-Jan 1893) — m. Irene V. Eastman on 5 Dec 1885
Amariah (1848-????)
Ruby A. (1850-????)
In the 1850 census, they were living in Montville, Waldo County. Children were Charles A. (8), Washington R. (6), Andrew J. (4), Amariah (2), and Ruby A. (9 months).
James died by 1860. The 1860 census showed Mary Ann, widowed, living near relatives in Rockland, Knox County, and what were probably George and Andrew living with two different families in Unity, Waldo County. Andrew enlisted in Company E, 14th Maine Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, and was mustered out in Aug 1865.
Mary Ann died in 1892 in Rockland.
A Susan Murch married Robert Y. Myrick in 1842 in Belfast, Waldo County. Probably this family’s Susan. A married man named Robert Myrick (1821-Sep 1849) died of cholera in Bangor.
Simeon married Mehitabel Jordan (15 Apr 1821-20 May 1909) on 16 Nov 1844. Their children:
Augustus Simeon (16 Sep 1846-2 Mar 1922) — m. Cynthia A. Churchill; m. Elizabeth Danforth Bronsdon
Susan Abigail “Abbie” (5 Dec 1848-6 Nov 1927) — m. Charles Albert Collins on 18 Nov 1865
John Edward (14 Nov 1850-1938) — m. Marietta Pressey; m. Carrie A. Allison on 21 Nov 1892
Sarah Frances “Fannie” (2 Dec 1852-8 Mar 1929) — m. John Franklin Coombs
Caroline Elizabeth “Lizzie”/“Carrie” (20 Sep 1855-10 Sep 1915) — m. Nelson Haskell Weed on 14 Dec 1875
Simeon was a sergeant of Company B, 2nd Regiment of Maine Volunteers, and was killed at the Battle of Hanover Courthouse in Hanover County, Virginia. He’s buried with his parents in Castine Cemetery.
Mehitabel apparently never re-married. In 1880, she was living alone in Castine and working as a nurse. She died in 1909, and is buried with Simeon.
http://oldbluegenes.blogspot.com/2010/04/murch-family.html -- Murch lineage traced back to England
https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.murch/99/mb.ashx -- Ditto; long thread
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/surnames.murch/289/mb.ashx -- Thread about the Murches, nothing new
https://www.geni.com/people/Ephraim-Murch/6000000017766279755 -- Ephraim and family
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~megen/genealogy/reunion/wc24/wc24_473.html -- Family tree, detailed; sole current source for Rebecca’s parentage
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HK8-G6N -- 1758 wedding of Ephraim’s parents
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVL-8W3 -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4M6-9BL -- 1778 birth of Ephraim
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVL-WLH -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-CYX -- 1800 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2W-N8L -- 1810 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44F-SZJ -- 1810 death of Hannah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44X-15F -- 1811 birth of Rebecca Jr.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44F-6MS -- 1815 death of James #1
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44X-YPF -- 1815 birth of Jerusha
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44F-6M7 -- 1817 birth of James #2
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGN-NHH -- 1820 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44X-1MP -- 1822 birth of Susan
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44F-HLL -- 1825 birth of Simeon
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F7-ZL8 -- 1829 wedding of Rebecca Jr.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPG-N7M -- 1830 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4HP-VTR -- 1833 death of Lewis’s son Charles I
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY5-JMH -- 1840 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F7-ZZP -- 1841 wedding of Jerusha
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FM-Q95 -- 1842 wedding of poss. Susan
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101758459/rebecca-murch -- 1847 grave of Rebecca Sr.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-QYY6 -- 1848 burial of Ephraim
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-QBCL -- ditto, with dates for Simeon and Mehitabel
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101758456/ephraim-murch -- 1848 grave of Ephraim
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3VB-X17 -- 1849 death of Susan’s possible husband
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6J5-B3R -- 1850 census, Simeon
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VH-BMD -- 1850 census, James
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JR-778 -- 1850 census, Rebecca
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44F-4JL -- 1850 birth of Simeon’s son John
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHG-T8Z -- 1860 census, Lewis
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHK-VRH -- 1860 census, Simeon
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHG-PFG -- 1860 census, Jerusha
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHB-NZH -- 1860 census, James’s widow
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHG-2W3 -- 1860 census, prob. James’s son George
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHG-273 -- 1860 census, prob. James’s son Andrew
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHK-3XJ -- 1860 census, Rebecca
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7WT-K9B -- 1860 census, Rebecca’s daughter Sarah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHG-58J -- 1860 census, Rebecca’s daughter Charlotte
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD2N-5FV -- 1861 wedding of Rebecca’s daughter Martha
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:246V-9KP -- 1865 discharge of James’s son Andrew
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4SG-Q4M -- 1865 wedding of James’s son George
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NW-W9K -- 1865 wedding of Simeon’s daughter Abbie
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DV-ZNP -- 1870 census, Jerusha
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M669-C28 -- 1870 census, Lewis
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DN-RVY -- 1870 census, Lewis’s two eldest
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X8-M3L -- 1875 wedding of Simeon’s daughter Carrie/Lizzie
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F3-RX1 -- 1876 wedding of Jerusha’s daughter Sarah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3S-L67T -- 1877 wedding of Jerusha’s son Albert
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQQ-GB7 -- 1880 census, Lewis
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3L-FWN -- 1880 census, Lewis’s two eldest
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQQ-LW2 -- 1880 census, Lewis’s son George
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQ7-7D1 -- 1880 census, Lewis’s daughter Nettie
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3G-9WL -- 1880 census, Simeon’s widow
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3L-Y97 -- 1880 census, Simeon’s son John
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3G-7JG -- 1880 census, Rebecca
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFCY-HNT -- 1880 census, Rebecca’s daughter Jerusha
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3G-7JP -- 1880 census, Rebecca’s son Francis Jr.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQQ-J4L -- 1880 census, Rebecca’s daughter Mary
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3L-YBL -- 1880 census, Rebecca’s daughter Sophronia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHXX-NK3 -- 1880 census, Jerusha’s daughters Sarah and Maria
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4FH-JJ5 -- 1881 death of Jerusha’s daughter Maria
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N495-DWR -- 1885 wedding of James’s son Andrew
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQZ-86M -- 1887 death of Lewis
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46J-RYD -- 1887 wedding of James’s son George
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-Q41T -- 1890 burial of Rebecca Jr.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97349418 -- 1890 grave of Rebecca Jr.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCD7-7WD -- 1892 death of James’s widow
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6L-K3B -- 1892 wedding #2 of Simeon’s son John
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDG-XQZW -- 1893 military pension for James’s son Andrew
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSKY-NB5 -- 1894 death of Rebecca’s daughter Serena
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCDQ-YDD -- 1896 death of Lewis’s son Henry
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M97Z-W8Q -- 1900 census, Rebecca’s daughter Jerusha
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLJ-WYV -- 1900 census, Rebecca’s son James in Brooksville
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLJ-3JJ -- 1900 census, Rebecca’s son James in Blue Hill
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLJ-8PQ -- 1900 census, Rebecca’s son Ephraim
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9YY-X7Z -- 1900 census, Simeon’s daughter Abbie
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHSR-J5K -- 1901 death of Lewis’s daughter Susan
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCDQ-Q17 -- 1902 death of Jerusha’s husband
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-QB6R -- 1909 burial of Simeon’s wife
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWRM-J6F -- 1910 death of Lewis’s son George
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSJH-BP6 -- 1910 death of Rebecca’s daughter Martha
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR3Q-D79 -- 1910 census, Rebecca’s children Sophronia and James
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N46W-7VS -- 1912 death of Rebecca’s daughter Sarah
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80251057 -- 1912 grave of Jerusha’s son Albert
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24N-2JQ6 -- 1913 death of James’s son Charles
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4HK-3BL -- 1915 death of Jerusha’s daughter Sarah
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68948558 -- 1915 grave of Jerusha’s daughter Sarah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-WZZD -- 1915 death of Simeon’s daughter Caroline
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-QKBS -- 1918 death of Rebecca’s daughter Mary
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24N-2Z8Q -- 1920 death of James’s son George
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120131570 -- 1920 grave of George
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74923503/irene-v_-murch -- 1922 grave of the widow of James’s son Andrew
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMD8-QRB -- 1930 census, Lewis’s daughter Nettie
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ5Z-PB7 -- 1930 census, Simeon’s son John
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-Q4BC -- 1931 burial of Rebecca’s son Ephraim