185. JOHN⁵ PURNELL (OF SUSSEX DE) (WILLIAM⁴, JOHN³, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born about 1764.

He married twice. He married ELIZABETH MAY about 1790. Elizabeth was from Delaware.

He married SARAH SEYMORE MINORS about 1804. SARAH was born August 17, 1764. SARAH was the daughter of ROBERT MINORS and MARY MAGDALINE POLK. SARAH died February 2, 1813 at 48 years of age. (Polk Family & Kinsmen) In 1802, John sold land as son of William of John to Elizabeth Purnell daughter of Thomas. (Ruth T. Dryden, Worcester Land Records, p. 615) (John's children and information about them-Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum; LDS Ancestral file; Polk Family & Kinsmen)

JOHN PURNELL (Of Sussex DE) and ELIZABETH MAY had the following children:

432 i. THOMAS⁶ PURNELL. He married ESTHER WALTON.

433 ii. ELISA PURNELL. She married CHARLES POLK (Gov. of DE).

434 iii. ZIPPORAH PURNELL. She married UNKNOWN BURKLEY (husband of Zipporah Purnell).

JOHN PURNELL (Of Sussex DE) and SARAH SEYMORE MINORS had the following children:

+ 435 iv. WILLIAM THOMAS PURNELL was born July 25, 1805.

+ 436 v. SALLIE SARAH SEYMOUR PURNELL was born July 25, 1805.

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