387. Thomas M.⁶ Purnell (John⁵, Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², Thomas¹) was born about 1794. Thomas died 1841 in Worcester Co., MD.

He married twice. He married Mary P. Marshall in Worcester Co., MD, December 11, 1816. Mary died 1818 in Worcester Co., MD. (Melanie Ayres Merryweather, The Purnell Family)

He married Rachel Franklin 1818. Rachel died after 1841 in Worcester Co., MD. April Court 1841, Thomas M. Purnell distribution of Negroes, meet at Rachel Purnell's, the widow; Junior A. Purnell, Thomas H. F. Purnell, Zadock G. W. Purnell. (Orphans Court Records, Worcester Co., MD, transcribed by Sue Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum) Baptismal records of Lewes & Coolspring Presbyterian Church, Lewes, DE, show a Thomas Pernell son of Rev. John Rankin, Buckingham, MD, baptized April 1, 1794. (F. Edward Wright, Vital Records of Kent & Sussex Counties DE, p. 148) (dates & marriages-notes of Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum; Melanie Ayres Merryweather, The Purnell Family)

Thomas M. Purnell and Mary P. Marshall had the following child:

+ 684 i. John A.⁷ Purnell was born 1817.

Thomas M. Purnell and Rachel Franklin had the following children:

685 ii. Thomas Henry Franklin Purnell was born 1824. April Court 1841, Thomas M. Purnell distribution of Negroes, meet at Rachel Purnell's, the widow; Junior A. Purnell, Thomas H. F. Purnell, Zadock G. W. Purnell. (Orphans Court Records, Worcester Co., MD, transcribed by Sue Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum)

+ 686 iii. Zadock George Washington Purnell was born 1827.

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