He married MARIA E. BREDELL in Worcester Co., MD, December 7, 1830. (MARIA E. BREDELL is #14750.)
MARIA was born in Worcester Co., MD September 1, 1810. MARIA was the daughter of ISAAC BREDELL and ANN COLLIER.
MARIA died October 10, 1836 in Worcester Co., MD, at 26 years of age. Her body was interred St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
Berlin, MD. Maria was Elisha's cousin. (Matthew Wise,The Littleton Heritage)
ELISHA LITTLETON PURNELL and MARIA E. BREDELL had the following children:
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GEORGE COLLIER9 PURNELL (#14753) was born in Worcester Co., MD December
31, 1831. GEORGE died March 16, 1868 in Worcester Co., MD, at 36 years of age. His body was interred St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, Berlin, MD. He married ELIZABETH ANN CHRISTIAN STEVENSON 1852. (ELIZABETH ANN
CHRISTIAN STEVENSON is #16754.) ELIZABETH was born October 5, 1831. ELIZABETH was the daughter of EDWARD STEVENSON (Rev.) and
ELIZABETH (wife of Edward Stevenson). ELIZABETH died December 15, 1891 in Worcester Co., MD, at 60 years of age.
Her body was interred St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Berlin, MD. His descendants are traced in Melanie Ayres Merryweather's
Genealogy of the Purnell Family.
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ii.
ISAAC BREDELL PURNELL (#14754) was born 1833. He married MARY A. MARSHALL 1854.
(MARY A. MARSHALL is #16756.) His seven children are listed in Melanie Ayres Merryweather's Genealogy of the Purnell Family.
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iii.
EDWARD JOHN PURNELL (#14756) was born in Worcester Co., MD February 14, 1835. EDWARD died January 9,
1840 in Worcester Co., MD, at 4 years of age. His body was interred St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Berlin, MD.
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iv.
MARIA PURNELL (#16757) was born in Worcester Co., MD September 29, 1836. MARIA died October 26, 1836 in
Worcester Co., MD, at less than one year of age. Her body was interred St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Berlin, MD.
(dates-Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p. 37)