Individual Details
Charity Hester Martin
(11 Apr 1793 - 19 Nov 1884)
The Andrea Collection gave a year of birth of 1793, but if the Martin databases online are correct, Charity's sister Polly was born in Mar of 1793. Her grave marker also has her birth as 11 Apr 1793.
Charity was living with son Tom in the 1880 Census. Williamston, Anderson Co SC, p.289b. Age 88, b. in SC as were both parents.
Charity's parents were Thomas Martin and Hester. An article appears in a history of Anderson Co that gives Hester's surname as Rountree. Duckworth researchers believe she belongs in the family of Jacob Duckworth and his wife Charity - their research seems much more likely. The widow Charity had come with her adult sons, younger children and her son-in-law Thomas Martin to South Carolina after the death of Jacob. Jacob and Charity also had a son named Jacob [never referred to as a Jacob Jr in South Carolina as his father had never lived there] and many of the younger Jacob's records appear to me to have been confused because of the same given name. No Rountree families are found in this area of South Carolina but many Duckworths lived there near the Murphys.
Charity and William have grave markers at Big Creek Cemetery, Williamston, Anderson Co, SC.
Events
| Birth | 11 Apr 1793 | Anson County, North Carolina | |||
| Marriage | 27 Apr 1813 | William Ezekiel MURPHY |  | ||
| Death | 19 Nov 1884 | Anderson County, South Carolina |
Families
| Spouse | William Ezekiel MURPHY (1791 - 1867) |
| Child | Hester MURPHY (1814 - 1896) |
| Child | Nancy MURPHY (1816 - 1869) |
| Child | Thomas Martin MURPHY (1818 - 1904) |
| Child | Charles MURPHY (1820 - 1880) |
| Child | Mary "Polly" MURPHY (1823 - 1866) |
| Child | Elizabeth MURPHY (1826 - 1867) |
| Child | Chesley MURPHY (1828 - 1906) |
| Child | Ruth MURPHY (1830 - 1913) |
| Child | Katherine "Katy" MURPHY (1832 - 1903) |
| Child | Robert King MURPHY (1834 - 1911) |
| Child | Lucinda E. MURPHY (1836 - 1881) |
| Father | Thomas Martin (1767 - 1830) |
| Mother | Hester Duckworth (1770 - 1855) |
| Sibling | Jacob C. Martin (1790 - 1876) |
| Sibling | Mary "Polly" Martin (1793 - ) |
| Sibling | William Thomas Martin (1798 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Frances Martin (1801 - 1867) |
| Sibling | James Martin (1802 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Abram Martin (1804 - 1875) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Martin (1810 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Chelsey Martin (1812 - 1877) |
Endnotes
1. Leonardo Andrea, Manuscript Collection of Leonardo Andrea; housed at the South Caroliniana Library; Manila folders of his research & correspondence organized by surname. MURPHY File. Dated 1955. (LDS Microfilm #0954557).
2. Eleonore Crespo