387. JOHN SELBY⁶ PURNELL (JR.) (JOHN SELBY⁵, LEMUEL⁴, ELISHA³, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born in Worcester Co., MD September 11, 1799. JOHN died September 7, 1874 in Worcester Co., MD, at 74 years of age. His body was interred in Worcester Co., MD.

He married MARGARET CAMPBELL HENRY in Worcester Co., MD, June 21, 1826. (license date)

MARGARET was born April 11, 1793. MARGARET was the daughter of FRANCIS JENKINS HENRY and FRANCES "FANNY" PURNELL. MARGARET died December 31, 1831 at 38 years of age. (Matthew Wise, The Littleton Heritage, p. 227) (Matthew Wise, The Littleton Heritage, p. 227)

JOHN SELBY PURNELL (Jr.) and MARGARET CAMPBELL HENRY had the following children:

+ 497 i. JOHN HENRY⁶ PURNELL was born March 29, 1827.

498 ii. FRANCIS JENKINS PURNELL (Dr.) was born in Worcester Co., MD December 5, 1828. FRANCIS died May 20, 1896 in Worcester Co., MD, at 67 years of age. He married SARAH ANNE TAYLOR in Worcester Co., MD, April 23, 1861. (Mary Beth & Vanessa Long, Worcester Marriage Records)

SARAH was born April 9, 1837. SARAH died August 6, 1899 in Worcester Co., MD, at 62 years of age. Francis and his wife, Sarah, are both buried at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Berlin, MD. (Matthew Wise, The Littleton Heritage, p. 227) Their children are shown in Melanie Ayres Merryweather's Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p. 33.

499 iii. NANCY PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD March 26, 1830. NANCY died Septemer 10, 1907 in Worcester Co., MD, at 77 years of age. (Matthew Wise, The Littleton Heritage, p. 227)

500 iv. JAMES ROBINS PURNELL was born in Worcester Co., MD January 23, 1834. JAMES died July 11, 1912 in Worcester Co., MD, at 78 years of age. (Matthew Wise, The Littleton Heritage, p. 227; marriage & children-Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p.33)

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