54. ELISHA4 PURNELL (MATTHEW3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) birth date unknown. ELISHA died 1800 in Worcester Co., MD. Will dated February 10, 1800, Probate September 19, 1800. He named his wife, Mary, daughters Martha, Mary, Sarah and Elizabeth, son-in-law James Trip and John Purnell, grandsons Elisha Purnell, Jephthat Purnell Marshall. Witnesses: Esme Purnell, Milby Purnell and James Houston, Jr. (Ruth T. Dryden, Worcester Co., MD Will Book JBR f.126)

He married MARY AYRES. Elisha was under age in 1760 and was still living in 1780. He owned a tract at "Purnell's Industry." (Ruth T. Dryden, Worcester Land Records)

ELISHA PURNELL and MARY AYRES had the following children:

child 195 i. JEPTHA5 PURNELL. JEPTHA died after 1778 in Worcester Co., MD. Jeptha was named "brother Elisha's son" in the will of his uncle, John Purnell, in 1778.

child + 196 ii. ELIZABETH PURNELL .

child 197 iii. SARAH PURNELL.

child 198 iv. MARTHA PURNELL. In Genealogy of the Purnell Family, Melanie A. Merryweather shows Martha married a John Purnell.

child + 199 v. HULDAH PURNELL .

child 200 vi. JOHN PURNELL.

child 201 vii. MARIA PURNELL.

child 202 viii. JANE PURNELL. She married JAMES TRIPPE in Worcester Co., MD, December 18, 1795. (Mary Beth & Vanessa Long, Worcester Marriage Records) (Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p.23)

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