He married ELIZA BOWEN in Worcester Co., MD, April 7, 1823. (Mary Beth & Vanessa Long, Worcester
Marriage Records)
ELIZA died 1857. (dates & marriage-Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum; children-Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of
the Purnell Family) John's descendants are traced in Merryweather's Genealogy of the Purnell Family.
JOHN FISHER PURNELL and ELIZA BOWEN had the following children:
559
i.
LAVINIA7 PURNELL.
560
ii.
JOHN WILMER SPENCE PURNELL. JOHN died 1857 in Worcester Co., MD.
561
iii.
ELMIRA CHURCH PURNELL. She married GEORGE WASHINGTON PURNELL SMITH in Worcester Co.,
MD, January 14, 1856. (Mary Beth & Vanessa Long, Worcester Marriage Records)
562
iv.
MARY ELIZABETH PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD 1823. MARY died in Worcester Co., MD. She
is buried at Makemie Presbyterian Church Cemetery. She married THOMAS COLLINS 1847. (dates-Melanie Ayres
Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p. 29)
563
v.
THOMAS EDWARD PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD about 1824.
564
vi.
ESMAY OR ESME BOWEN PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD 1825. ESMAY died 1851 in Worcester Co.,
MD, at 26 years of age. His body was interred in Worcester Co., MD. (Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum)
565
vii.
ISAAC MARSHALL PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD about 1825. He married
JOSEPHINE REGESTER.
566
viii.
LYTTLETON BOWEN PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD 1837. LYTTLETON died 1898 at 61 years of age. He married MARY ELIZABETH BERRY HURST 1865. MARY was born 1845. MARY died 1917 at 72 years of
age. His descendants are traced further in Melanie Ayres Merryweather's Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p. 29.
567
ix.
ELIJAH BOWEN PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD February 25, 1840. ELIJAH died March 3, 1854 in
Worcester Co., MD, at 14 years of age. His body was interred in Worcester Co., MD. (Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City
Lifesaving Museum; dates-Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p. 30)