318. SALLY MARIA⁶ PURNELL (ZADOCK⁵, THOMAS⁴, JOHN³, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born in Worcester Co., MD April 2, 1790. (notes of Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum; Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family) SALLY died December, 1850 in Worcester Co., MD, at 60 years of age. (notes of Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum)

She married JOHN SELBY SPENCE (Dr.) (Senator) 1814. (Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family)

JOHN was born in Worcester Co., MD 1788. (notes of Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum)

JOHN died 1840 in Worcester Co., MD, at 52 years of age. (notes of Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum) Sally was named by her aunt, Sarah Purnell, in 1802.

SALLY MARIA PURNELL and JOHN SELBY SPENCE (Dr.) (Senator) had the following children:

544 i. ANN MARIA⁷ SPENCE. ANN died 1850. She married ALLEN BOWIE HOWARD 1846. ALLEN died 1846. (Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum)

545 ii. ZADOCK PURNELL SPENCE was born 1816. ZADOCK died 1868 at 52 years of age. (dates-Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum)

546 iii. HENRIETTA ZIPPORAH SPENCE was born 1819. HENRIETTA died 1893 in Worcester Co., MD, at 74 years of age. She married WILLIAM THOMAS PURNELL. WILLIAM was born about 1805. WILLIAM was the son of JOHN PURNELL (Of Sussex DE). WILLIAM died December 16, 1873 in Worcester Co., MD, at 68 years of age. His body was interred in Worcester Co., MD. (dates-Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum; Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p.13) His three children and grandchildren are traced by Melanie Ayres Merryweather in Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p. 13.

547 iv. LOUISA J. SPENCE was born 1822. LOUISA died 1879 at 57 years of age. She married THOMAS C. B. HOWARD 1847. (Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum; Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p. 14)

+ 548 v. SARAH ELIZABETH SPENCE was born April 17, 1825.

549 vi. EVELINA MARIA SPENCE was born May 11, 1827. EVELINA died November 4, 1853 in Worcester Co., MD, at 26 years of age. She married JOHN R. HENRY. Buried at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Berlin, MD. (Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p. 14; (Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum)

550 vii. JOHN SELBY SPENCE (Jr.) was born 1834. JOHN died 1905 at 71 years of age. He married MARY NEVETT HENRY 1855. MARY was born 1837. MARY died 1907 at 70 years of age. (Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p. 14) John owned land at "Genezer." (dates & marriage-Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum) His children are shown by Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p. 14.

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