Thomas Purcell, Sr

Male 1720 - 1779


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  • Suffix  Sr 
    Christened  9 Apr 1720  Readington, Hunterdon, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  Mar 1779  Loudon, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Potts Cemetery, Hillsboro, Loudon, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Father  John (Jan) Purcell,   b. 1698, Port Richmond, Staten Island, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Hannah Hall,   b. Abt 1700 
    Family  Mary VanHook,   b. 1722, Freehold, Monmouth, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1771, Loudon, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Bef 1740  Bucks, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Catherine Purcell,   b. Abt 1740
     2. Hannah Purcell,   b. Abt 1740,   d. 13 Jul 1819
     3. Thomas Purcell, Jr.,   b. 1742, Loudon, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1810, Loudon, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Daniel Purcell,   b. 1744, Loudon, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1813, Shelby, KY Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Benjamin Purcell, Sr,,   b. 1746, Shelburne Parish, Loudon, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1819, Dearborn, IN Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Henry Purcell,   b. 1747, Loudon, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. John Purcell, Sr,   b. 1747, Loudon, VA Find all individuals with events at this location, Franklin, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Lawrence Purcell,   b. 1756, Loudon, VA Find all individuals with events at this location, Harrison, IN Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Mary Vanhook Purcell,   b. 11 Sep 1758, Loudon, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1824, Round Hill, Loudon, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Samuel Purcell,   b. May 1760, Loudon, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1828, Loudon, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Christina Purcell,   b. 1761, Loudon, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Elizabeth Purcell,   b. 1761
     13. Deborah Purcell,   b. 1767, Loudon, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1846
    Last Modified  20 Apr 2015 
    Family ID  F917  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Thomas was a Corporal in the 13 th Virginia Regiment during the Revolutionary War. Thomas Pursell was
      a woolweaver, founded the town of Hillsboro Va., and established a blanket factory there.

      Thomas' parents were baptised on the same date that Thomas was christened. "John and Hannah Pursel were both baptised at the Readington Reformed Church in Somerset County, New Jersey by the Rev. Theodorus J. Frelinghuysen on April 9, 1720. The witnesses were Jacob Sebring and Ceitjen Van Neste." (Somerset County Historical Quarterly Vol IV )

      He died in Loudoun Co., in 1779; (J. Estelle Stewart King, Abstracts of Wills .... in Loudoun County, Virginia, 1757 - 1800, Beverly Hills 1941, pp 23 f.) Though all the sons were of age, none were named executor, perhaps because they were absent in the Army. Instead, Robert Jamison and James McIlhenny were appointed.
      Witnesses: Josiah White, James McIlhenny and Richard Smith.