240. LITTLETON ROBINS5 PURNELL (WILLIAM4, ELISHA3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born in Worcester Co., MD October 15, 1770.
LITTLETON died April 19, 1824 in Worcester Co., MD, at 53 years of age. His body was interred in Worcester Co.,
MD, Poplar Ridge Farm. "Poplar Ridge" was near Snow Hill. (Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family)
He married MARY IRONSHIRE in Worcester Co., MD, December 10, 1794. MARY was born October 13,
1777. MARY was the daughter of ISAAC IRONSHIRE and ELIZABETH OR ESTHER MURRY. MARY died October 20, 1813 in Worcester
Co., MD, at 36 years of age. Her body was interred in Worcester Co., MD, Poplar Ridge Farm. (dates-Melanie Ayres
Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p. 35) (Matthew Wise, The Littleton Heritage, p. 422)
LITTLETON ROBINS PURNELL and MARY IRONSHIRE had the following children:
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ISAAC IRONSHIRE6 PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD about 1795.
ISAAC died before 1810. (Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p. 37)
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ESTHER ROBINS MURRAY PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD June 27, 1809. ESTHER died January 2, 1883 in
Worcester Co., MD, at 73 years of age. (Matthew Wise, The Littleton Heritage, p. 422)
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SARAH ARALANTA PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD January 21, 1813. SARAH died January 17, 1832 in
Worcester Co., MD, at 18 years of age. (Matthew Wise, The Littleton Heritage, p. 422)