232. GEORGE⁵ PURNELL (MJR.) (LEMUEL⁴, ELISHA³, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born in Worcester Co., MD March 3, 1764. GEORGE died March 4, 1803 in Worcester Co., MD, at 39 years of age.

He married ESTHER ROBINS 1788. ESTHER was born in Worcester Co., MD about 1760. ESTHER was the daughter of THOMAS ROBINS (Cpt.) and ARALANTA PURNELL. ESTHER died 1812 in Worcester Co., MD, at 52 years of age. George received "Rochester" from his father. (Ruth T. Dryden, Worcester Land Records, p. 537-529) (dob, dod-Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p. 31)

GEORGE PURNELL (Mjr.) and ESTHER ROBINS had the following children:

378 i. LEMUEL⁶ PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD November 7, 1788. LEMUEL died 1818 in Worcester Co., MD, at 29 years of age. Lemuel named his sister, Catherine G. Purnell. (dob-Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family)

379 ii. ARLANTA PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD October 30, 1790. ARLANTA died August 21, 1791 in Worcester Co., MD, at less than one year of age. (dates-Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p.31)

380 iii. JOHN GODDEN PURNELL (Dr.) was born in Worcester Co., MD July 6, 1791. John was seized of the property at "Rochester" and was living outside the state of Maryland in 1825. (Worcester Chancery Court May 10, 1825) (dob-Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family)

381 iv. CHESSED PURNELL (Dr.) was born in Worcester Co., MD 1792. CHESSED died February 2, 1862 in Worcester Co., MD, at 69 years of age. His body was interred in Worcester Co., MD, All Hallows Church. (Matthew Wise, The Littleton Heritage, p. 221)

+ 382 v. CATHERINE GODDEN PURNELL was born March 22, 1796.

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