8. MATTHEW3 PURNELL (THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born in Somerset Co., MD about 1700. MATTHEW died 1761 in Worcester Co., MD, at 61 years of age.
He married MARTHA MCCLEMMY before 1730. MARTHA was the daughter of OWEN "WONEY" MCCLEMMY and ELIZABETH JONES. Martha was named in her parents' wills and her husband, Matthew, was called "son" by Martha's mother in her 1730 will. Matthew received "Fern Hill," "Fairfield," "Chance," and "Spalding" from his father's will and obtained "Purnell's Security," "Addition," and "Sherbourne." (Ruth T. Dryden, Worcester Co. MD Land Records)
MATTHEW PURNELL and MARTHA MCCLEMMY had the following children:
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THOMAS4 PURNELL.
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ELISHA PURNELL .
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LEVI PURNELL (Sr.).
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AZARIAH PURNELL. AZARIAH died 1780 in Worcester Co., MD. He married
MARY WALTON. (her surname - Melanie Ayres Merryweather "The Purnell Family") His father left him "Purnell's Security" and
"Addition to Sherborn."
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MARY PURNELL. She married JOHN STURGIS. She is buried at Buckingham Presbyterian
Church Cemetery, Berlin, Worcester Co., MD. (marriage & burial - Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p. 22)
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MATTHEW PURNELL (Jr.).
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JEPTHA PURNELL .
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BENJAMIN PURNELL was born 1740.
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JOHN PURNELL was born about 1740.
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WILLIAM PURNELL was born about 1745.
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