Thomas Purnell
- Born: Abt 1732, Somerset Co., MD
- Marriage (1): Comfort Purnell before 1768 in Worcester Co., MD
- Died: 21 Nov 1796, Somerset Co., MD
 Notes:
The following is from GHOTES:
He married Comfort Purnell. Comfort was born in Somerset Co., MD December 8, 1737. (Bible record) Comfort was the daughter of Thomas Purnell(III) and Mary Outten.
Comfort died January 10, 1798 in Worcester Co., MD. (Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family) Comfort received "Watermillion" from her father's will.
He made a will in Worcester Co., MD, November 20, 1795. (Ruth T. Dryden, Worcester Co. MD Wills JWB, p. 24)
Thomas's will was probated in Worcester Co., MD, March 2, 1796. Thomas received "Strife" from his father's will. By his will, he left "Goshen" in Synapuxant, "Mayfields" "Mill Angle" "Strife" "Cow Quarter" and "Purnells Purchase" to his wife, Comfort. He named his grandchildren: William, Walton, Thomas and Elizabeth Purnell.
Purnell tradition places Thomas and Comfort living at "Genesar" at the time of the Revolution. The "Genesar" lands passed to his son, Zadock. (Paul B. Touart, Along the Seaboard Side, Worcester County, MD, 1994, p. 239) Comfort had received "Watermelon Point Farm" from her father. They probably rented it, and the property was later held by her son, Zadock. (Paul B. Touart, Along the Seaboard Side, Worcester County, MD, 1994, p. 247)
Information from a chart made from the John Selby Purnell Bible indicates his middle name was Selby, as was the middle name of his son, John (MHS, John Selby Purnell Bible, copied by Vernon L. Skinner) (Dates of birth and death-Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family)
Thomas served in the Lower House of the MD Legislature from Worcester Co., 1777-1779, County Court Justice, 1777-1790, Commissioner of the Tax, appointed in 1777, and Captain by 1790. (Henry C. Peden, Jr., Revolutionary Patriots of Worcester & Somerset Cos. MD, Willow Bend, Westminster, MD, 1999, p. 239-40)
Thomas married Comfort Purnell, daughter of Thomas Purnell and Mary Outten, before 1768 in Worcester Co., MD. (Comfort Purnell was born on 08 Dec 1737 in Somerset Co., MD and died on 10 Jan 1798 in Worcester Co., MD.)
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