148. Hester "Hesse"5 Fisher (Elizabeth4 Purnell, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1) was born in Worcester Co., MD January 13, 1765. Hester died December 16, 1855 in Worcester Co., MD. Her body was interred in Worcester Co., MD, All Hallows Cemetery.

She married twice. She married Isaac Marshall Purnell before 1790. Isaac was born in Worcester Co., MD 1765. Isaac was the son of Thomas Purnell and Elizabeth Marshall. Isaac died before November 27, 1798 in Worcester Co., MD. Administration granted to Hester November 27, 1798 with bonds by John P. Marshall and Zadock Purnell. (Vernon L. Skinner, Abstracts of Worcester Co. Estate Docket 1742-1820) John F. Purnell and Thomas Purnell, orphans of Isaac Purnell, October Court 1807. (Orphans Court Records of Worcester Co., MD, abstracted by Sue Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum)

She married Thomas Jones in Worcester Co., MD, August 31, 1802. (Mary Beth & Vanessa Long, Worcester Co. Marriage Licenses)

Thomas died 1806. Isaac Purnell's distribution of Negroes, the deceased's widow now Mrs. Jones, meet at the house of Thomas Jones, John Marshall a near friend; son Thomas Purnell; son John Purnell, April Court 1808. (Orphans Court, Worcester Co., MD, transcribed by Sue Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum).

She is shown in the 1850 census as Hester Jones living with her son, John. (dod & marriage - Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum;dob, dod, marriage-Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family)

Isaac Marshall Purnell and Hester "Hesse" Fisher had the following children:

child 365 i. Thomas6 Purnell was born in Worcester Co., MD June 28, 1790. Thomas died 1808. (Date of birth-Wor. Co. Orphans Court, Liber MH7, p. 7) Named by his grandmother in 1796. (dod-Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum) John F. Purnell and Thomas Purnell, orphans of Isaac Purnell, October Court 1807. (Orphans Court Records of Worcester Co., MD, abstracted by Sue Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum)

child + 366 ii. John Fisher Purnell was born July 29, 1796.

Hester "Hesse" Fisher and Thomas Jones had the following child:

child + 367 iii. William D. Jones was born about 1803.

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