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Where did the Murphy coat of arms come from? When did the Murphy family first arrive in the United States?

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Origin Displayed: Irish-Alt

Origins Available: Irish-Alt, Irish

Spelling variations of this family name include: Murphy, Morchoe, O'Murphy, Murfie, Murfree, Morfie, Morfey and many more.

First found in county Wexford where they held a family seat from very early times.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Dennis Murphy, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1766; Abraham Murphy, who settled in Maryland in 1674; Daniel Murphy, who came to Maryland in 1678; Ann Murphy, who settled in Philadelphia in 1773.

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Suggested Readings for the name Murphy
The Ancestors and Descendants of Simon Jones and Ann M. (Dorr) Murphy by Marjorie Barnes Thompson, Early Murphy's, Murpheys in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Robertson and Carroll Counties, Tennessee by Marion Emerson Murphy.

Some noteworthy people of the name Murphy
  • Henry Cruse Murphy (1810-1982), American politician and historian
  • Franklin David Murphy (1916-1994), American administrator, businessman, and publisher
  • William Parry Murphy (1892-1987), American physician, who shared the 1934 Nobel Prize for discovering that a diet of liver relieves anemia
  • Francis William Murphy (1890-1949), US lawyer and politician
  • George Lloyd Murphy (1902-1992), American dancer, actor, and politician
  • Mary Murphy (b. 1927), Emmy award-winning American actress of stage, film, and television
  • Melvin Edward Alton "Turk" Murphy (1915-1987), renowned American jazz musician
  • Captain Audie Leon Murphy (1924-1971), the most decorated American soldier who among other awards was awarded both the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Croix de Guerre (twice) during WWII
  • Private First Class Frederick C Murphy (1918-1945), American soldier awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1945
  • Matt "Guitar" Murphy (b. 1929), American blues guitarist

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