William Conrad Kopper and Serena Deas Murphy Center genealogical research files 1816-1986

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William Conrad Kopper and Serena Deas Murphy Center genealogical research files 1816-1986

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/18125

Belknap, Center, Innes, and Murphy were notable names in New England as early as the 17th century. Robert Lenox Belknap, the New York businessman most prominently represented in this collection, was a direct descendant of Abraham Belknap (d. 1643), an early settler in Salem, Massachusetts; and Joseph Belknap (1630-1712) of Boston. The Center and Innes families counted author Henry Livingston and Francis Lewis, signer of the Declaration of Independence, among their ancestors. Dr. Deas Murphy, father of Serena Deas Murphy Center, served as Chief of Surgery at St. Luke's Hospital, New York, N.Y. The William Conrad Kopper and Serena Deas Murphy Center genealogical research files contain family papers and genealogical research pertaining to the Belknap, Center, Innes, Murphy, and allied families. Included in the collection are genealogical notes, pedigrees, genealogical charts, as well as original family documents such as wills, contracts, diaries, scrapbooks, and photographs.

3 linear feet; 7 boxes

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Murphy family

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Belknap, Robert Lenox, 1848-1896

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Capitalist and financier of New York City. Robert Lenox Belknap was born on July 23, 1848, the son of a New York lawyer. He graduated from Columbia College with a B.A. in 1869 and an M.A. in 1872. In 1869 he entered the mercantile house of Fuller, Lord & Co. From 1871 to 1879 he was vice president of the Mercantile Loan & Warehouse Company, and from 1879 to 1888 he was treasurer of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. He was president of several Northern Pacifi...

Kopper, William Conrad

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Belknap, Center, Innes, and Murphy were notable names in New England as early as the 17th century. Robert Lenox Belknap, the New York businessman most prominently represented in this collection, was a direct descendant of Abraham Belknap (d. 1643), an early settler in Salem, Massachusetts; and Joseph Belknap (1630-1712) of Boston. The Center and Innes families counted author Henry Livingston and Francis Lewis, signer of the Declaration of Independence, among their ancestors. Dr. Dea...