44. ELIZABETH⁴ PURNELL (JOHN³, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) birth date unknown. ELIZABETH died about 1803 in Worcester Co., MD.

She married JOHN MARSHALL. JOHN was the son of ISAAC MARSHALL (Sr.) and SARAH PEALE. JOHN died August 4, 1797 in Worcester Co., MD. Date noted in John P. Marshall Bible with notation "my father." John appears on the 1790 Worcester Co. MD census with 2 males +16, 1 female -16, 4 females +16 and 23 slaves. His son, Zadock, and Thomas Priddeaux, Jr. lived on either side. (1790 census) John left 1/3 plantation to his wife Elizabeth, "Timmons Choice" to son, John; son Thomas; son Zadock land purchased of Zadock Selby; daughters Polly, Rachel and Sally; son William "Hudsons Ruin" on north side of Betty Gut; deceased son Isaac's wife, Sarah, land. John left to his grandson, John Marshall, son of Isaac, lands I now live on: Plantation part tract Laurence's Neck, part tract Deal, Marshall's Addition, Sea Brant, Shirley Venture, part tract Hudson's Ruin. He also named grandson, Thomas, son of Isaac and granddaughter, Betsy, daughter of Isaac. Witnesses: James B. Robins, Thomas P. Rackliffe and Richard Hall. (Ruth Dryden, Will Book JBR, p. 6; Suzanne B. Hurley, Research of Langmaid Farm, 1998)

Bible records from a Bible belonging to Gordon A. Marshall indicate John was called "Uncle Jack."

ELIZABETH PURNELL and JOHN MARSHALL had the following children:

+ 156 i. ZADOCK⁵ MARSHALL.

157 ii. RACHEL MARSHALL. RACHEL died August 13, 1810 in Worcester Co., MD. Notation by John Marshall in family Bible gives date and says "my sister." She married SAMUEL ENNIS in Worcester Co., MD, November 17, 1800. (Mary Beth & Vanessa Long, Worcester Co. Marriage Licenses 1795-1865, p. 9)

158 iii. WILLIAM PURNELL MARSHALL. WILLIAM died 1844 in Worcester Co., MD. He married MARGARET BURKMASTER in Worcester Co., MD, October 21, 1807. (Mary Beth & Vanessa Long, Worcester Co. Marriage Licenses 1795-1865, p. 23) William received the tract, "Hudsons Ruin" from his father's will.

This is probably the William Marshall, Captain, 9th Regiment, Worcester County, August 11, 1812 "Republican Star." (F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts)

His will is faded and out of focus on the microfilm.

+ 159 iv. ISAAC MARSHALL (Capt.).

160 v. THOMAS PURNELL MARSHALL was born in Worcester Co., MD. Notation in transcript of family Bible of John Marshall showing "my brother" Thomas Purnell Marshall has birth date 4-26-1821, but since their father died in 1797, this would be difficult. THOMAS died after 1809. Thomas patented "Bell Vale" with his brother, John, in 1809, Worcester Co. MD. He had 392 acres.

161 vi. LEVIN MARSHALL.

+ 162 vii. JOHN PURNELL MARSHALL (Capt.) was born February, 1761.

+ 163 viii. SARAH "SALLY" ELIZABETH MARSHALL was born September 28, 1763.

164 ix. MARY POLLY MARSHALL was born in Worcester Co., MD 1797. MARY died April 19, 1832 in Worcester Co., MD, at 34 years of age. She married THOMAS N. WILLIAMS. Bible records from the John Marshall Bible show Mary Marshall Williams, wife of Thomas N. Williams died in 1832, age 35. Thomas N. Williams was shown as an heir of the estate of Zadock Marshall. It is thought that Mary "Polly" Marshall, daughter of John & Elizabeth, is the Mary who married Thomas Williams. She and her husband would be heirs of Zadock Purnell, as her mother was Zadock's sister.

Marriage records show a Polly Marshall married Boaz Ennis in 1803. This Polly was only 6 years old in 1803, so the Polly who married Boaz is unplaced.

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