About The Mouritz Family
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1. 'Madge' Margaret Ennis LOGIN nee MOURITZ(1861-1939), daughter of George Augustus MOURITZ(1825-1910)&(Martha) Jane nee MORTIMER(1831-1911)-written in 1933 and referred to as "Madge" research.
2. Mary Ennis BARRINGTON-AGNEW nee MOURITZ(1849-1933), daughter of Philip James Ennis MOURITZ(1827-1894)&Rebecca nee ROBB then ROBE(1830-1923), apparently written by one of Mary Ennis's grandchildren c 1960's and referred to as "Mary Ennis" research.
3. Charles C LOGIN(1900-1989), son of above & Charles Spence LOGIN, written in 1988 and referred to as "LOGIN" research.
4. Publication "MOURITZ FAMILY: A HISTORY"(1992) BY E.N. MOURITZ(1937- ) and second ed. (2004) by P.G. MOURITZ(1954- ) and referred as "MOURITZ history" research
5. 2003 Information from Dennis & Marianne HAUGHEY who reside in San Francisco; Marianne is a descendant of Robert Hanham MOURITZ(1821-1885) &Laticia Anne DUFF and referred to as "HAUGHEY" research.
FAMILY FOLKLORE & VERBAL HISTORY
From the "MOURITZ history"(1992) page 2 it relates a story told by Jessie MOURITZ, second wife of George Augustus Jr, to one of her grandaughters, that the Mouritz's were pirates off the coast of Holland and as they assisted Holland in their war against Spain and has sunk a lot of Spanish ships they were pardoned and allowed to settle in Holland.
From the 'Madge' family tree, it lists our ancestor from Utrecht with William of Orange in 1688 named MAURIQUE and buried in Dundalk(name changed to MOURITZ date unknown). In the 'Madge' written data, it states our ancestor was from Amsterdam and he and several other MAURIQUES are mentioned in old papers and wills at Mt Bailey, near Dundalk (family were living there during the 1700's to the early 1900's).
From the 'LOGIN' data, it says the MOURITZ family was of Dutch descent (van Murack in Holland) and came to Ireland with William of Orange in 1688, fought in the Battle of the Boyne and settled in Dundalk, Ireland.
From the 'Mary Ennis' data, it states two Mouritz brothers, James and John, came with William of Orange as 'aid de bom' and fought in the Battle of the Boyne. John was apparently killed in battle and James was given a confiscated castle in Ennis, County Clare. Two sons James & John were born for several generations and a John MOURITZ(JJ born 1794) married Lady Mary ENNIS of ENNIS Castle, County Clare. This John sold the Castle during the 1830's for 60,000 pounds. I surmise that this John Joseph may have had to share the proceeds of sale to other family members but he must have brought a very large sum of money with him to Australia. Unfortunately by about the early 1850's, John Joseph appeared to have used all of his share of the inheritance as it is recorded that the Baliffs had moved into his farming venture just outside Melbourne and sold everything up for the creditors.
CONFIRMED DATA & INFORMATION
On the Mouritz ancestral line at present, we only have confirmed data from 1760's in Ireland through my GGGGG grandfather Joseph MOURITZ (c1730-1791), referred to on his will also as MAURIK, who married Elizabeth HANHAM(c1735-Feb 1834) at St George Hanover Square Church, Westminster, Middlesex, London, England in the year of our Lord 30 June, 1770(thanks to Tania Clare WAYTH, a descendant of the WAYTH/MOUCHEMORE family who located the marriage around 2003). Joseph & Mary had seven sons between 1771 and 1786 and then their only daughter Elizabeth MOURITZ(1787-1889) was born.
Joseph was a businessman who appeared to have made a considerable amount of money and had several leases on properties in Dundalk, Co. Louth from 1769 onwards including land leased from the Earl of CLANBRASSIL in Clanbrassil St, Dundalk. The MOURITZ family also ran the old Coaching Inn in Dundalk during the 1700's to 1800's and it appears they were in partnership with a Simon BAILIE. The Inn survives still today and has been variously called over the years as the Clanbrassil Inn, The King's Arms, The Queen's Hotel and in 1986 was known as Caspers.
The above Joseph's brother, Johan Jacob MOURITZ (c1735-1797) (also written MOURIK), was living at Delfshaven, near Rotterdam, Holland during this period. Confirmed data from Germeente Rotterdam was received in 1992 and is extracted from the records of the Nederduits Very Christian Church, Delfshaven (DH). Johan Jacob was first married to Pieternella DOMERGO who was buried (DH) 13/08/1761. Child to first marriage Johannes christened (DH) 02/12/1759 (referred to in his uncle's will as John MOURITZ). Johan Jacob second married 11/04/1762 (DH) to Catharina van STEENBERGEN born Driel, lived in the Hague, buried 28/12/1796 (DH). Children to second marriage:
1. Johan Joost, christened (DH) 13/02/1763, witness John Joost MAURITZ and Elisabeth MAURITZ (either a brother of Johan and Joseph or their parents) 2. Gerardina Maria, christened (DH) 12/05/1765.
A John MOURITZ, nephew of above Joseph MOURITZ in mentioned in the will dated 1785 along with his father John Jacob MOURITZ. In the will the nephew John is described as a Excise Officer in the Kingdom of Ireland and the will refers to him as such: "...and whereas my said nephew John Mouritz has behaved disobedient and undutiful I bequeath him the sum of 1/- and no more." According to (DH) research, Johan Jacob was an undertaker in D.H. and in 1763 made a will with wife Catharina which declared he had 2,000 Guilders. On 1/8/1800 his unmarried daughter Gerardina Maria in D.H. made a will and left 2,000 Guilders to her half sister Johanna Elizabeth who was married to John George Teissier.
From 'Madge' research, the next Joseph MOURITZ(1775-1805) fought with the Irish rebels during the 1798 Rebellion and escaped to America where he petitioned the authorities to be allowed back to his family in Dundalk, Ireland. From the 1797 Freeman's Journal it appears Joseph MOURITZ jr(1775- 1805) was in trouble with the authorities. We also find reference to this Joseph MOURITZ in the 1861 publication "History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798 with memoirs of the Union and Bennetts Insurrection in 1803", W.H. MAXWELL, Bell & Daldy, Covent Gardens.
The next generation was John Joseph MOURITZ(1794-1868) who 'for some family reason' went to India and served in the 24th and 90th Regiments for some years. From "Mary Ennis" research, it states that this John Joseph spent several years in India as an Itinerant Preacher. By late 1839, John Joseph and family had arrived in Syndey where John was associated with the Baptist "Reaboth" Chapel in Pitt St. He arrived in Port Phillip settlement (Melbourne) by July 1840 and established the first Baptist Church in Melbourne in 1842.
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