[Excerpts from "An Alleged First Census of the American People, A Criticism of
William M. Clemens Book 'American Marriage Records before 1699' ", by Michael O'Brien, 1930]
[excerpted by Mark Murphy 17 Mar 2004]

Notes: O'Brien mostly criticizes Clemens work by the non-English omissions in it, 
and sets out to prove it by including many others found elsewhere in records, mostly Scotch-Irish.
MURFY omitted from Clemens' book. 

John P. Prendergast, "Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland", information secured from the public
archives at Dublin & London. From 1652-1655, about 6,400 Irish, mainly from Province of Munster,
transported from Ireland to New England.  Prendergast states that documents in archives of 
Dublin Castle show these people shipped from ports of Wexford, Waterford, Cork & Kinsale to
London and Bristol, then to colonies.

Lingard states that 60,000 Irish transported in 1656 alone.  Bruodin (Propugualculum, 1669) 
stated that in first half of 17th century, over 100,000 Irish transported to West Indies &
American plantations.  Many originally sent to Barbados & Jamaica, in time removed to mainland
and settled permanently in Virginia, Maryland & Carolinas.

Many Irish took English names to disguise their origin.

p. 21
[Dearman Matthew, aka Dermin Mathue & Diarhuid O'Mahoney] baptised his son Teague, (Irish for 
Thaddeus), and his daughter, Honor, and in July 1654, he was "fined twenty shillings for 
entertaining two Irish women (at Boston) contrary to a law of ye town," and when his widow 
married the second time she took Bryan MURPHY for her husband, and her name was recorded
"Margaret Mayhoone" in the entry of the marriage at Boston on July 20, 1661.

p. 24
Matthew Colane, whose name sometimes was rendered Collins, appears in Essex County [Mass.]
as a "cosin of Dearman Matthew".  [possible earlier Collins-Murphy connection-mm]

pp. 26-30
MURPHY name in Essex Co. Mass before 1699.
MURPHY name in Hartford, New Haven, Middletown & other Connecticut towns before 1699.
MURPHY name in Rhode Island between 1660 & 1698 records.
MURPHY name in New York prior to 1699.
MURPHY name in Long Island rate lists of 1675.
MURPHY name in Cecil Co. Maryland, at Annapolis, prior to 1699.

pp. 31-32
MURPHY name in Maryland land records prior to 1699.

Murphy's Hazard patented by John Murphy
Murphy's Delight patented by Patrick Murphy
Murphy's Chance patented by Thomas Murphy
Murphy's Adventure patented by William Murphy

p. 36
William Collins came from Barbados with a band of Irish refugees in 1640 and taught the children
of the Puritans at New Haven.

p. 52

Name			First year recorded	Place or county		Province
William Collins		1645			New Haven 		Connecticut
William Collins		1699			Nansemond 		Virginia

p. 76
Name			First year recorded	Place or county		Province
Daniel Murfe		1674			Charles County		Maryland
James Murfee		1669			Essex County		Massachusetts
Maurice Murffee		1662						Maryland
Thomas Murffee		1696			Salem			Massachusetts
Bridget Murfue		1687			Somerset County		Maryland
John Murfue		1687			Somerset County		Maryland
Thomas Murfue		1687			Somerset County		Maryland
Ann Murfy		1696			Marblehead 		Massachusetts

p. 77

Name			First year recorded	Place or county		Province
Dennis Murfy		1671						Maryland
James Murphee		1699			Nansemond		Virginia
Ann Murphy		1676			St. Mary's County	Maryland
Bryan Murphy		1661			Boston			Massachusetts
Bryan Murphy		1679						Maryland
Charles Murphy		1683			Sussex County		Delaware
Daniel Murphy		1678			Calvert County		Maryland
Daniel Murphy		1683			Cecil County		Maryland
Edward Murphy		1678						Maryland
Henry Murphy		1678						Maryland
Howard Murphy		1678						Maryland
James Murphy		1675			New London		Connecticutt
James Murphy		1675			Voluntown		Connecticutt
James Murphy		1691 			New Castle County	Delaware
James Murphy		1694			Columbia County		New York
James Murphy		1683