53. SARAH⁶ MARSHALL (SARAH⁵, ISAAC⁴, JOHN³, THOMAS², JOHN¹) (#109) was born 1748. SARAH died 1803 in Worcester Co., MD, at 55 years of age.

She married twice. She married THOMAS PURNELL (IV) (Col.) in Worcester Co., MD, about 1770. (THOMAS PURNELL (IV) (Col.) is #110.) THOMAS was born in Worcester Co., MD February 28, 1745. (Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p.6) THOMAS was the son of THOMAS PURNELL (III) and MARY OUTTEN.

THOMAS died 1790 in Worcester Co., MD, at 45 years of age. He made a will in Worcester Co., MD, November 14, 1788. (Vernon L. Skinner, Jr., Worcester Wills JW13, p. 25)

THOMAS's will was probated in Worcester Co., MD, August 12, 1790. Known as Thomas of Wallop's Neck, his father left him "Wallops Neck," "Baysend" and "East Gate." A piece of land in Northampton Co., VA, N51J descended from Thomas Marshall to his wife, Sarah, and then to his daughter, Sarah. In 1788 Thomas & Sarah Purnell sold this land to Sally Atkinson and John Purnell Marshall and they resold to Thomas Purnell, all of Worcester County; in 1801 a Zadock Purnell of Maryland sold the northeast 80 acres. (Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore, Camden, ME, Picton Press, 1951, p. 308)

She married ROBERT MITCHELL in Worcester Co., MD, after 1782. (ROBERT MITCHELL is #115.)

SARAH's will was probated in Worcester Co., MD, March 15, 1803. Sarah left a "verbal" will. (Ruth T. Dryden, Worcester Will Book JBR, p. 3) Sarah named her sons Thomas M. and Zadock Purnell, and daughter, Molly O. Purnell. She gave ten pounds each to grandchildren Molly O. Purnell and Thomas M. Purnell. Witnesses: Joseph Miller, Levin Duncan and Stephen White.

SARAH MARSHALL and THOMAS PURNELL (IV) (Col.) had the following children:

157 i. ZADOCK⁷ PURNELL (#111). ZADOCK died 1807 in Worcester Co., MD. Upon ZADOCK's death, His estate was administered in Worcester Co., MD, November 13, 1807. (Ruth T. Dryden, Worcester Co. MD Wills JBR f. 362, p. 19) Administration bonds posted by Thomas M. Purnell, George W. Purnell, Littleton R. Purnell and Isaac Franklin.

+ 158 ii. JOHN PURNELL (Cpt.) was born about 1770.

159 iii. THOMAS MARSHALL PURNELL (#113) was born in Worcester Co., MD 1775. THOMAS died 1816 in Worcester Co., MD, at 41 years of age. He made a will in Worcester Co., MD, June 13, 1813. (Ruth T. Dryden, Worcester Co. MD Wills 1813-1822 MH2 f.173-175, p. 14)

THOMAS's will was probated in Worcester Co., MD, February 23, 1816. Thomas' will asked that the graveyard at Wallops Neck where his mother and father and brothers Zadock and John are burried to be enclosed with brick 50 square feet and the graves be covered with marble slabs. He named his sister, Mary O. Purnell, and children of his brother, John; but, he did not name them individually. Witnesses were John S. Spence and Henry Franklin, Jr. and was entered for probate by George W. Purnell. (The will abstract shows him Thomas M. Purnell of Thomas M. - unable to confirm a middle name for his father or another Thomas M. Purnell who would be his contemporary) Melanie Ayres Merryweather shows him with the military rank of Corporal.

+ 160 iv. MARY "MOLLY" OUTTEN PURNELL was born August 13, 1782.

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