492. WILLIAM UNDRILL⁶ PURNELL (LITTLETON ROBINS⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ELISHA³, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born in Worcester Co., MD December 26, 1801. WILLIAM died May 14, 1853 in Worcester Co., MD, at 51 years of age. His body was interred in Worcester Co., MD, All Hallows Cemetery.

He married ELEANOR HORSEY ROBINS 1823. ELEANOR was born November 9, 1803. ELEANOR was the daughter of JAMES BOWDOIN ROBINS (Judge) and ELIZA BETH HORSEY. ELEANOR died May 14, 1853 in Worcester Co., MD, at 49 years of age. Her body was interred in Worcester Co., MD. (Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p.35) His children and grandchildren are traced further in The Littleton Heritage. (Matthew Wise, The Littleton Heritage, p. 422)

WILLIAM UNDRILL PURNELL and ELEANOR HORSEY ROBINS had the following children:

722 i. ELIZABETH MARY⁷ PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD December, 1824. ELIZABETH died 1866 in Worcester Co., MD, at 41 years of age. Her body was interred in Worcester Co., MD. She married DENARD W. JOHNSON in Worcester Co., MD, May 23, 1859. (Mary Beth & Vanessa Long, Worcester Marriage Records)

DENARD was born about 1825. DENARD died February 7, 1906 in Worcester Co., MD, at 80 years of age. Her children and grandchildren are listed in Melanie Ayres Merryweather's Genealogy of the Purnell Family.

723 ii. LITTLETON ROBINS PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD February 13, 1826. LITTLETON died January 3, 1884 in Worcester Co., MD, at 57 years of age. His body was interred in Worcester Co., MD. He married ELLEN WILSON 1855. ELLEN died after 1860.

724 iii. JAMES BOWDOIN ROBINS PURNELL (Dr,) was born in Worcester Co., MD November 3, 1829. JAMES died March 7, 1909 in Worcester Co., MD, at 79 years of age. His body was interred in Worcester Co., MD, All Hallows. He married twice. He married ELIZABETH K. AYRES 1862. ELIZABETH was born in Worcester Co., MD 1831. ELIZABETH was the daughter of LAMBERT PURNELL AYRES and NANCY RICHARDSON. ELIZABETH died 1898 in Worcester Co., MD, at 67 years of age. Her body was interred in Worcester Co., MD, All Hallows. He married MARGARET SPENCE after 1898. MARGARET was born 1865. MARGARET died 1910 at 45 years of age. James had two children who died in childhood; see Melanie Ayres Merryweather's Genealogy of the Purnell Family.

725 iv. JOHN ROBINS PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD May 5, 1832. JOHN died August 3, 1902 in Worcester Co., MD, at 70 years of age. His body was interred in Worcester Co., MD. He married twice. He married EMMA CATHARINE DIRICKSON 1860. EMMA was born 1837. EMMA was the daughter of JOHN C. DIRICKSON. EMMA died March 18, 1866 in Worcester Co., MD, at 28 years of age. Her body was interred in Worcester Co., MD. (dates-Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p.35)

He married MARGARET TABITHA STEVENSON 1869. MARGARET was born 1828. MARGARET was the daughter of EDWARD STEVENSON (Rev.) and ELIZABETH (wife of Edward Stevenson). MARGARET died 1914 in Worcester Co., MD, at 86 years of age. Her body was interred in Worcester Co., MD. His descendants are traced further in Melanie Ayres Merryweather's Genealogy of the Purnell Family.

726 v. WILLIAM THOMAS PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD February 11, 1838. WILLIAM died October 25, 1902 in AL, at 64 years of age. He married ANDASIA ROBINS 1868. ANDASIA was the daughter of JOHN L. B. ROBINS. ANDASIA died in AL.

727 vi. GEORGE WASHINGTON PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD April 14, 1841. GEORGE died May 8, 1899 in Worcester Co., MD, at 58 years of age. His body was interred in Worcester Co., MD. He married MARGARET DUER BOWEN 1870. MARGARET was born July 15, 1847. MARGARET died November 17, 1917 in Worcester Co., MD, at 70 years of age. His eight children are traced in Melanie Ayres Merryweather's Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p. 36.

+ 728 vii. ELLEN ANNA ANDASIA PURNELL was born November 28, 1843.

729 viii. LEMUEL IRONSHIRE PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD November 6, 1846. LEMUEL died October 17, 1847 in Worcester Co., MD, at less than one year of age. (dates-Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p. 36)

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