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THE FOUNDATIONAL FAMILY TREES OF THE KENNEDY MURRAYS ‘TRIBE’

(Further information about these distinct but related ‘trees’ can be found in our book)

A. The two families of KENNEDY MURRAY Sr

[1771 Dundonald, Scotland – 1853 Evandale]

Family 1. Common law marriage c1798 to Anne White (14/10/1771 London– 21/12/1820 Norfolk Plains/Launceston)

  • Kennedy Murray b. 4/8/1799 Norfolk Island d.30/11/1860 Evandale
  • Elizabeth Murray b. 20/3/1802 Norfolk Island d. 3/5/1878 Carngham, Vic,

Family 2. Married 14/4/1814 to Anne Parker (July 1786 London – 4/9/1862 Sydney)

  • John Murray b. c1811 Richmond/Windsor d. 25/5/1847 Parramatta
  • William Murray b.18/1/1815 Richmond/Windsor d.1/3/1877 Mudgee
  • Henry Murray b.21/12/1816 Richmond/Windsor d. 20/10/1825 Cabramatta
  • James Murray b.7/6/1819 Richmond/Windsor d.15/9/1879 Parramatta

    B. The two families of Kennedy Murray Jr (1799-1860) 1. From his first marriage in 1819 to Sarah McQueen and 2. From his second marriage in 1839 to Hannah Goodall

    B.1 Children from Kennedy Murray Jr’s 18/1/1819 marriage to Sarah McQueen (15/7/1805 Norfolk Island – 24/1/1839 Evandale)
    [50 known grandchildren (tbc)]

    1. Sarah Anne Murray b.12/8/1819 Evandale d.31/7/1881 Evandale. Married 13/8/1839 to David Rogers (1818 Yorkshire – 27/5/1859) [2 children]
    2. Anne Murray b.13/10/1821 Evandale d. 21/4/1899 Launceston. Married 22/4/1845 to John Saffery Martin (11/12/1819 Kent – 10/7/1858) [6 children]
    3. Kennedy Murray b.25/8/1823 Evandale d. c1828 Evandale
    4. Thomas John Murray b.20/8/1825 Evandale – 14/6/1908 Launceston.
      Married 5/5/1846 to Sarah Luckhurst (1820 Kent – 1888) [10 children]
    5. William Kennedy Murray b.7/6/1828 Evandale d. 16/2/1904 St Leonards. Marriage 21/8/1849 to Mary Ann Glover (8/6/1832-3/8/1913) [11 children]. [TBC- WKM’s ‘second marriage’ 25/6/1863 to Elizabeth Buckley (1843 Essex-1903) [7 children] (see Chr 9 for explanation)]
    6. Elizabeth [Mary] Murray b.28/5/1829 Evandale d. 15/4/1906 Clermont Qld. Marriage #1 8/1/1847 to Samuel Lette (18/3/1814 Ireland -11/5/1855 Lancaster, UK) [5 children].
      Marriage #2 25/8/1857 to Arthur Weller (1825 Surrey – 27/9/1913) [5 children]
    7. James Francis Murray b.10/2/1832 Evandale d. 29/12/1907 Bangor Tas.
      Married 25/8/1857 to Harriett Faulder (1833 England-24/12/1894) [4 children]
    8. John Henry Murray b.4/4/1833 Evandale d. 25/8/1912 Devonport
    9. George Richard Murray b.13/2/1835 Evandale d.15/1/1854 Bendigo Victoria
    10. Catherine MacQueen Murray b.20/7/1837 Evandale d. 16/1/1916 Launceston

    B.2 Children from Kennedy Murray Jr’s 1/5/1839 marriage to Hannah Goodall [28/2/1815 Ireland – 27/11/1904 Evandale]
    [45 +1 known grandchildren]

    1. Edward Kennedy Murray b.21/5/1840 Evandale d.14/1/1904 St Leonards. Married 27/6/1867 to Clarissa Littler (9/6/1941-21/9/1933) [9 children inc. Henry William (Harry) Murray]
    2. Francis Goodwin Murray b.5/4/1842 Evandale d. 23/10/1919 Evandale.
      Married 1/5/1875 to Jessie Wadham (22/5/1931) [1 adopted child who married]
    3. Henry Murray b.2/4/1842 Evandale d.16/1/1927 Latrobe, Married 27/10/1870 to Elizabeth Wilson (1842 London – 5/9/1927) [6 children)
    4. Hannah Sarah Murray b.29/5/1846 Evandale d.26/2/1937 Wynyard.
      Married 22/8/1867 to Augustus Littler (14/3/1843-16/19/1880) [7 children]
    5. Albert Goodall Murray b.5/7/1848 Evandale d.6/5/1925 Launceston.
      Married 20/11/1880 to Catherine Revill (15/10/1860) [9 children]
    6. Jane Maria Murray b.6/9/1850 Evandale d. 22/8/1903 Waratah Tas.
      Married 22/9/1873 to Henry Fooks (11/1/1848-9/2/1824) [10 children]
    7. Marianne Goodall Murray b.9/1/1853 Evandale d.7/5/1910 Waratah Tas. Married 5/11/1877 to Arthur Littler (12/3/1851-25/2/1921) [4 children]

    [Plus adopted son William Usher Goodall ‘Murray’ b.1839 Dublin d.10/11/1875 Otago Married 6/3/1867 to Rosa Jane Escott (5/3/1848 Somerset UK-13/3/1915 Mornington, Otago) [7 children – who were not included in the ‘grandchildren’ projection above]

    C. The family from the 18/1/1819 marriage of ELIZABETH MURRAY (20/3/1802 -– 3/5/1878) to James Lucas (23/10/1798-11/5/1869)

    [97 known grandchildren]

    Family 1. Common law marriage c1798 to Anne White (14/10/1771 London– 21/12/1820 Norfolk Plains/Launceston)

    The children from the family of James Lucas and Elizabeth Murray

    1. James Lucas b.2/7/1820 Norfolk Plains d.18/4/1877 Carngham, Vic. Married 27/2/1849 to Hannah Tainton (1828 England – 9/4/1910) [9 children]
    2. Elizabeth Lucas b.17/2/1821 Norfolk Plains d.5/12/1870 Maldon, Vic. Married 1/1/1848 to John Jones (1814 England – 6/11/1854) [3 children]
    3. Olivia Lucas b. 9/8/1823 Norfolk Plains d. 20/4/1852 Evandale. Married 2/2/1842 Richard Reed (1818 England – ?) [3 children]
    4. Mary Ann Lucas b.28/7/1825 Norfolk Plains -19/11/1877 Longford, Tas. Married 8/11/1842 to Robert Wise (4/1/1904-27/4/1904) [15 children]
    5. Anne Lucas b.5/8/1826 Morven d.4/5/1904 Sheffield. Married 18/7/1846 to Edward Hammant (22/4/1823-21/2/1898) [11 children]
    6. Sarah Lucas b.22/6/1829 Morven d.17/3/1914 Maldon, Vic, Married 14/8/1849 to William Arch (4/9/1821-5/4/1902) [10 children]
    7. William Lucas born and died Morven 1830?
    8. Margaret Lucas b.8/2/1834 Evandale d.7/7/1872 California. Married 5/7/1853 to Walter McKenzie (1819 Scotland – 22/11/1865 California) [6 ch]
    9. Thomas Lucas 1835-1/9/1872
    10. John Lucas b.28/1/1836 Evandale d.20/10/1916 Tatura, Vic.
    11. Charles Lucas b.27/12/1837 Pert, Tas d.13/3/1897 Nullawarre, Vic. Married 17/6/1863 to Catherine Howes (1840 Ireland- 23/11/1934) [7 children]
    12. Martha Lucas b.27/8/1840 Longford d. 9/11/1840 Launceston
      [Martha and Caroline were twins born the same day. Martha died 2 months later]
    13. Caroline Lucas b.27/8/1840 Longford d.13/12/1932 Daylesford, Vic. Married 10/7/1857 to James Hovey (6/1/1828 England- 1802) [13 children]
    14. Emma Lucas b.8/8/1842 Evandale d.10/11/1921 Maryborough Vic. Married 25/12/1861 to George Nunn (18/8/1832 England- 11/6/1892) [13 ch]
    15. Nathaniel John b.25/11/1844 Evandale d.18/7/1932 Mooroopna, Vic. Married 12/12/1870 to Frances Cheeseman (30/12/1852 UK-20/12/1919) [7 ch]
    16. George Lucas b.11/6/1847 Evandale d.11/11/1847 Evandale

    D. The family from the 22/9/1835 marriage of WILLIAM MURRAY (18/1/1815 Richmond -– 3/5/1878 Burrundulla) to Catherine Foran (1819-5/8/1894) [69 known grandchildren – because of gaps in records, may be more]

    The (known) children from the family of William Murray and Catherine Foran

    1. Ellen Murray b.19/7/1836 Narellan d.29/11/1910 Mudgee. Married 29/8/1854 to James Bruce (15/3/1833-14/2/1868) [3 children]
    2. Sarah Ann Murray b.20/4/1839 Mulgoa d.13/8/1901 Timbrebongie NSW. Married 1857 to John Warmon (1836-1883) [11 children]
    3. Elizabeth (Eliza) Murray b.28/11/1841 Mulgoa d.12/1/1883 Avoca, Vic. Married 1860 to Edward Sheehan (1834-6/11/1902) [14 children]
    4. Caroline Murray b.1/7/1844 Mulgoa d.20/7/1908 Mudgee. Married 19/5/1864 to John Smith (1838-5/8/1913) [10 children]
    5. Martha Emily Murray b.4/1/1847 Mulgoa d.17/7/1896 Mudgee. Married 1867 to John Meers (16/4/1836-8/2/1885) [9 children]
    6. Henrietta Murray b.23/12/1849 Mudgee d.8/8/1935 Coolah, NSW. Married 1869 to James Pearce (1847 Ireland- 10/8/1920) [9 children]
    7. William Thomas. Murray b.1/10/1852 Mudgee d. 13/9/1920 Mudgee. Married 28/8/1877 to Esther Lane (1848-27/4/1918) [1 child William Charles Murray]
    8. Clara Jane Murray b.12/7/1855 Mudgee d.1942 Petersham, NSW. Married 1888 to William McFadden (c1850-1927) [2 children]
    9. John Murray b.30/9/1858 Mudgee d.15/4/1915 Bathurst. Married 1880 to Elizabeth Wilson (1858-5/2/1924) [10 children]
    10. Catherine Murray b.1862 died after childbirth?
    11. Minnie Florence Murray b.1864 died 18.9.1865. Married 1885 to Charles Branagan [?] [One known child – Charles William Branagan (1887-1967)]
    12. Francis Murray 1866-19/9/1866 Mudgee

    E. The family from the 24/2/1843 marriage of JAMES MURRAY (7/6/1819 Richmond-15/9/1879 Liverpool) to Jane Carter (c1823 UK-12/4/1911 Bowral) [66 known grandchildren]

    The children from the family of James Murray and Jane Carter

    1. John James Murray b.25/2/1843 Sutton Forest d.26/8/1915? Newtown, NSW. Married 4/2/1865 to Catherine Goodwin (1845-14/1/1907) [11 children]
    2. Jane Murray 17/6/1846 Sutton Forest -15/8/1856 Camperdown, NSW
    3. William John Murray b.27/12/1847 Sutton Forest d.20/3/1916 Bowral, NSW. Married c1882 to Louisa Ward (1843-1915) [one known child Theodore]
    4. Richard Murray b.31/5/1850 Sutton Forest d. 19/2/1934 Moss Vale, NSW
    5. Charles Joseph Murray b.27/2/1853 Sutton Forest d.8/7/1925 Ashfield, NSW. Married 1875 to Eliza Campbell (1847-7/5/1912) [6 children]
    6. Edward Murray b.27/10/1854 Sutton Forest d.24/5/1928 Collie, NSW. Married to Georgina Tierney (1866-5/2/1843) [12 children]
    7. Benjamin Henry Murray b.7/9/1856 Bowral d.21/2/1936 Canyon Leigh, NSW. Married 1884 to Hannah Siler (1861-6/3/1923) [10 children]
    8. James Murray Jr b.24/8/1959 Bowral d.7/2/1937 Moss Vale, NSW. Married 29/5/1884 to Sarah Clout (26/12/1866-21/12/1946) [11 children]
    9. Solomon Kennedy Murray b.13/1/1862 Berrima, NSW d.22/11/1956 Gilgandra, NSW. Married 20/3/1888 Millidah Clout (16/11/1868-30/6/1938) [15 children confirmed and possibly three more who died in childbirth?]

    F. The family from the 14/3/1814 marriage of ANN WHITE (14/9/1771 London -20/12/1820 Norfolk Plains) to Richard Sydes (1776 Warwickshire – 1844 Hobart) [35 grandchildren]

    The Sydes children

    1. Mary Anne Sydes b.30/10/1894 Norfolk Island d.12/4/1873
    2. Ann Sydes b.1807 Norfolk Island d. c1825 [?] [Married Richard Chugg in Launceston, 13/7/1824, and may have died in childbirth within a year or two]
    3. Thomas Sydes b.9/1/1810 Norfolk Island d.2/9/1872 Westbury
    4. Richard Sydes Jr born and died c1812 Norfolk Island
    5. Margaret Sydes b.11/1/1815 Launceston d.26/7/1887 Geelong

    F.1 Children of 8/7/1822 marriage between MARY ANN SYDES (30/10/1804 Norfolk Island -12/4/1873 Evandale) and George Reynolds Collins (1801 Norfolk Island -3/3/1870 Waterton,Tas) [54 known grandchildren]

    1. Mary Ann Collins b.1824 Evandale d.1875 Married 7/12/1862 to William Huxtable (1815-1862) [14 children]
    2. Elizabeth Collins b.9/5/1826 Evandale d.18/8/1828
    3. Harriet Collins b.14/3/1828 Evandale d. 17/12/1889 Prahran, Vic. Married 9/5/1853 to William Hobbs (c1828-?) [2 children]
    4. George Collins Jr b.28/3/1830 Evandale d.1900 Frankford, Tas. Married 6/5/1867 to Martha Jones (3/12/1846-15/11/1995) [10 children]
    5. Isabella Collins b.30/1/1833 Evandale d.1869 2/1/1860 Evandale.
    6. David Collins b.1834 Evandale d.15/10/1912 Evandale. Married 9/10/1867 to Emily Rogers (1840-31/7/1926) [10 children]
    7. Richard Collins b.1836 d.1/11/1914 Beaconsfield. Married 11/5/1865 to Fanny Pearce (?) [9 children]
    8. Henry Collins b.16/1/1838 Evandale d.1906 Beaconsfield.
    9. Cecilia Jane Collins b.10/9/1840 Evandale d.19/2/1877 Evandale.
    10. Alfred Augustus Collins b.3/1841 Evandale d.2/1/1908 Kew, Vic.
    11. William Collins b.21/9/1842 Evandale d.16/9/1922 Ringarooma, Tas. Married 10/4/1867 to Sarah Butts (11/3/1849-29/4/1934) [2 children]
    12. Ernest Augustus Collins b.1845 d.1879 Married 21/4/1869 to Rebecca Hudson Martin (1847-1923) [granddaughter of KM Jr via Ann Murray] [7 children]

    F.2 Children of 2/5/1836 marriage between THOMAS SYDES (9/1/1810 Norfolk Island – 2/9/1872 Westbury) and Sarah O’Neill (1818 Ireland-26/11/1900) [35 known grandchildren]

    1. Anne Sydes b.12/7/1838 Evandale d.c1838 Evandale
    2. Thomas Sydes b.9/11/1840 Evandale d.20/7/1918 Launceston. Married 4/4/1864 to Jane Onions (c1844-24/7/1898) [6 children]
    3. William Richard Sydes d.21/5/1842 Evandale- c1842 Evandale)
    4. Charles Sydes b.1845 Evandale d.4/9/1927 Brisbane. Married 14/8/1871 to Mary Kent (24/6/1850-10/5/1910) [12 children]
    5. Sarah Sydes b.19/12/1849 Evandale d.31/1/1931 Rosevale, Tas. Married 181/1870 to James Hodgetts (25/7/1845-19/8/1907) [8 children]
    6. Margaret Sydes b.19/4/1851 Evandale d.14.6/1898 Rosevale, Tas. Married 15/9/1870 to Richard Fryett (12/11/1827-20/3/1872) [2 children]
    7. Mary Sydes b.c1854 Evandale d.1938 Westbury. Married 27/4/1876 to William Newman (c1853-) [3 children]
    8. Henry Sydes b. 1860 Westbury d.4/3/1912 Westbury. Married ? to Mary Hodgetts 26/12/1866-30/7/1940) [4 children?]
    9. Harriet Sydes b.1864

    F.3 Children of 29/11/1830 marriage between MARGARGET SYDES (11/1/1815 Norfolk Plains – 26/7/1887 Geelong) and Thomas Lucas (17/11/1807 Sydney – 10/4/1888 Geelong) [53 known grandchildren]

    1. Margaret Lucas b. 13/8/1831 Longford – d. 18/8/1852 Geelong. Married 20/6/1851 to William Petit (?) [may have died in first childbirth]
    2. Richard Lucas b.2/1/1833 Evandale – d.14/1/1883 Geelong. Ist Marriage 9/11/1853 to Harriet Prestage (28/2/1834 England -11/9/1868) [6 children] 2nd Marriage 18/3/1872 to Catherine Brassell (18/11/1847 – 31/10/1915) [7 children]
    3. Elizabeth Lucas b.20/10/1834 Evandale – d.17/12/1860 Geelong. Married 27/12/1853 to William Stoneham (c1813-1878) [4 children]
    4. William Lucas b. 23/1/1837 Evandale – d.12/9/1926 Geelong. Married 26/8/1862 to Ellen Dwyer (c1840 Ireland – 5/1904) [5 children]
    5. Olivia Lucas b. 20/12 1838 Evandale) – d. 23/5/1863 Ballarat. Married 9/4/1856 to James Long (Ireland 1830- 3/3/1916 Portland) [5 children]
    6. Thomas Abraham Lucas b.14/1/1841 Geelong – d.6/3/1902 Coolgardie, WA. Married 16/10/1865 to Catherine Kenny (c1846-1911) [8 children]
    7. George Frederick Lucas b. 3/3/1842 Geelong d.?
    8. Henry Lucas b.18/3/1845 Geelong – d.12/5/1905 Geelong. Married 23/7/1864 to Margaret Moore (1845- 6/10/1889) [8 children]
    9. Nathaniel Lucas b.25/3/1847 Geelong – d.24/8/1848 Geelong
    10. Amelia Lucas b.13/6/1849 Geelong – d.17/7/1914 Subiaco, WA. Married 24/2/1873 to Henry Wilson (1849-19/12/1921) [6 children].
    11. John Whether Lucas 1849 (?)
    12. Mary Ann Lucas b.18/9/1852 – d.21/9/1913 Geelong. Married 3/4/1872 to John Walls (1851-1938) [3 children]
    13. Charles Edward Lucas b.13/1/1854 Geelong – d, 22.12/1854 Geelong
    14. Alice Ada Lucas b.1/3/1860 Geelong– 1d./8/1884 Camperdown, Vic. Married 8/11/1882 to William Cowper (c1860-5/9/188) [one child]