Erexine Sarah Purnell

1816 - 1892  (76 years)

• Name	Erexine Sarah Purnell  [1, 2]
  Birth	3 Apr 1816	Worcester Co, Maryland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Will - Named in Fathers will	21 Feb 1850	Worcester Co, Maryland   [3]
  	In his will Moses Purnell, wife Maria, named: son Theodore Moses Purnell, son William Henry Purnell, son Levi Matthew Purnell, son Daniel M. Purnell, daughter Evenim Sarah Pitts, daughter Josephine E.M. Purnell, and granddaughter Maria Virginia Purnell Handy.
  Marr Name	Erexine Sarah Pitts
  Record ID	91849
  Death	1 Aug 1892  [1]
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Thomas Purnell,   b. Abt 1580, England d. Yes, date unknown  (5 x Great Grandfather)  Charlotte Maddox,   b. Abt 1790   d. Yes, date unknown  (Mother)
  Siblings	1 brother
  > 1. Erexine Sarah Purnell,   b. 3 Apr 1816, Worcester Co, Maryland d. 1 Aug 1892  (Age 76 years) ╚═ William D. Pitts,  m. 2 Apr 1838   2. Daniel M. Purnell,   b. Abt 1818, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown
  Half-siblings	4 half brothers and 2 half sisters (family of Moses Purnell and Maria Bowen)
  + 1. Mary Jane Rozelle Purnell,   b. 20 Dec 1821, Worcester Co, Maryland d. 29 Feb 1848, Worcester Co, Maryland  (Age 26 years) ╚═ Rev. Isaac William Ker Handy,  m. 28 Oct 1839 + 2. Col. William Henry Purnell, Sr.,   b. 3 Feb 1826, Snow Hill, Worcester Co, Maryland d. 30 Mar 1902  (Age 76 years) ╚═ Margaret Neill Martin,  m. 13 Jun 1849   3. Theodore Moses Purnell,   b. 1831, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown   4. Josephine Elizabeth Marshall Purnell,   b. 20 Sep 1836, Worcester Co, Maryland d. 1870  (Age 33 years)   5. Levi Matthew Purnell,   b. Abt 1842, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 1851, Worcester Co, Maryland  (Age < 8 years) > 6. Charles Houston Purnell,   b. Between 21 Feb 1850 and 1851, Worcester Co, Maryland d. 11 Jun 1906  (Age 56 years) ╚═ Margaret 'Maggie' A. Coffin,  m. 24 Sep 1873
  Person ID	I91849	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	Moses Purnell,   b. Abt 1785, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 19 Apr 1859, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age < 74 years) Other Partners: ╚═Maria Bowen,   b. Abt 1804, Worcester Co, Maryland d. 1870, Worcester Co, Maryland  (Age 66 years)  m. 16 Feb 1821
  Mother	Charlotte Maddox,   b. Abt 1790   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	22 May 1810	Worcester Co, Maryland   [4]
  	They were shown as Moses Purnell and Charlotte Maddux.
  Family ID	F30293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William D. Pitts,   b. 12 Dec 1816, Worcester Co, Maryland d. 15 Dec 1897 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	2 Apr 1838	Worcester Co, Maryland   [4]
  	They were shown as William D. Pitts and Erexine S. Purnell.
  Family ID	F30309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S2468] Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Merryweather, Melanie Ayres - Purnell Family, (Self Published, Cambridge, MD, revised Aug 2007), 2468. [S556] Matthew M. Wise, Wise, Matt - The Littleton Heritage, (West Columbia, SC: The Wentworth Printing Corporation, 1997), 556. [S2483] Worcester Co, MD Wills, 1851-1873, vol II, no 8, p. 258-263 (will of Moses Purnell, wife Maria), 2483. [S594] Powell, Jody - Worcester Co, MD, Marriage Records 1795-1865, (Roanoke, TX: Jody Powell, 1990), 594.