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Note: N395 Alternate birthdate : 1779, 1799 or 1797 from online sources.
“8. Aaron Purcell was born in Mar 1779 in Simpson Creek, Nelson, Kentucky. Aaron married Maria in 1820. Maria was born on 10 Dec 1802 in Canada and died on 24 Mar 1864 in Pike County, Illinois at age 61. They had seven children: Benjamin C, Mahlon, Arabella, Maria Louisa, Beritta, Priscilla, and Malvina”
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Purcell English, Welsh, and Irish Purcells are of Norman decent.
Purcell is from an old French word pourcel ‘piglet’. Latin porcellus, a diminutive of porcus ‘pig’ Names were simply spelled as they sounded by medieval scribes and church officials. Therefore, during the lifetime of a single person, his name was often spelt in many different ways, explaining the many spelling variations encountered while researching the name Purcell. Some of these variations included: Purcell, Purcel, Pursell, Purcill, Purcells, Percell, Porcell, Percill, Persell, Percel, Pirsell, Porcill, Porsell, Purcelle, Purcele, Persells, Pursells, Purcels, Porcells, Purchell, Purscel, Purtill and many more.
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1820 Census - Benjamin Purcell is living in Ripley Co., Indiana; two males under 10, one 16 to 26, one to 45; one female under 10, one to 26, one to 45. Two are engaged in Agriculture.
Also listed is a Samuel Purcell with his family.
1821 Land Patent - 17 May 1821 - Aaron Purcell; 130.96 acres in Ripley County; 2nd PM; twp 007n, rng 012E; Aliquots: NW1/4; section 7; document no: 3958.
A Benjamin Purcell had a land patent in Ripley dated 30 Mar 1825. A John Purcell had a land patent in Ripley dated 5 Aug 1819. A Moses Purcell had a land patent in Ripley dated 4 Nov 1819.
These people may have been brothers of Aaron, or uncles.
1830 Census Aaron Pursel living in Union Twp, Dearborn Co., Indiana with a family. This is probably a different Aaron Pursel.
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“d. 1834 of cholera in New Orleans” “Aaron was a boatman on the Mississippi” - from Brewster Genealogy by Wm McCray Brewter;1977
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Aaron PURCELL
Birth: March 1779-1800 in Simpson Creek, Nelson Co., KY
Marriage: ~1820
Spouse: Maria born December 10, 1802 in Canada
Children: Benjamin C. PURCELL b: 1821 in Indiana
Mahlon PURCELL b: 1824 in Indiana
Arabella PURCELL b: 1832 in Indiana
Maria Louisa PURCELL
Abrilla PURCELL b: 1832 in Indiana
Beritta PURCELL
Priscilla PURCELL
Malvina PURCELL b: 22 AUG 1834 in IA
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In Vermillion County, Indiana, a deed dated August 13, 1830, from Aaron Purcell and Moria his wife of Vermillion County, Indiana, to John Ricketts, also of Vermillion County, Indiana, for $425.00 transferred the West Half and the South East Quarter of Section 8 in Township 19 of Range 9 West containing 80 acres. Also the West Half of the South West Quarter of Section 4 in Township 19 North of Range 9 West containing 80 acres. Also 79 acres off of the North End of the East Half of the South West Quarter of Section 8 in Township 19 North of Range 9 West. Also 40 acres off of the South End of the East Half of the North West Quarter of Section 17 North in Township 19 North of Range 9 West. Also 40 acres off of the North End of the East Half of the South East Quarter of Section 5 in Township 19 North of Range 9 West in the Crawfordsville Land District.
John Ricketts: Vermillion County, Indiana, Book 2, page 548?
This indenture, the thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty between Aaron Purcell and Moria his wife of the County of Vermillion and State of Indiana of the one part and John Ricketts of the county and state aforesaid of the other part witnesseth that the said Aaron Purcell and Moria his wife for and in consideration of the sume of four hundred and twenty five dollars to them in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have granted bargained sold aliened released enfeoffed conveyed and conferred and by these presents do grant bargain sell alien release enfeoff convey and confirm unto the said John Ricketts his heirs and assigns the following tracts or parcels of land with all the priviliges and appurtenances lying and being in the count of Vermillion and state of Indiana to wit: the west half of the south east quarter of section no. eight in township No. nineteen of Range No. nine west containing eighty acres. Also the west half of the south west quarter of section no. four in township no nineteen north of range no nine west containing eighty acres. Also seventy nine acres off of the north end of the east half of the south west quarter of section no eight in township no nineteen north of range no nine west. Also forty acres off of the south end of the east half of the north west quarter of section no seventeen north in township no nineteen north of range no nine west . also forty acres off of the north end of the east half of the south east quarter of section no five in township no nineteen north of range no nine? West in the Crawfordsville Land District, and all the estate right title interest claim and demand in fee of them the said Aaron Purcell and Moria his wife etc.
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The Purcells lived in Ripley County at the same time that the Stocktons were there. The following identifies two bridges on Laughry Creek named for the Purcells. It could be the Stocktons and Purcells were neighbors and knew each other.
PURCELL COVERED BRIDGE
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Actually, there were 2 structures known as the Purcell Covered Bridge, neither of which is now standing. Both structures were built on the same site and crossed Laughery Creek in Section 1, Township 7 North, and Range 11 East, Ripley County. Though virtually no information is known about the specifics of the first Purcell Covered Bridge, in fact, it may not even have been covered. George Gould identified a World Guide number of 14-69-08 for it in his book "Indiana Covered Bridges Thru the Years," published in 1977 by the Indiana Covered Bridge Society, Inc. The second Purcell Covered Bridge was built in 1881 by Philip Ensminger. Utilizing a Howe Truss, the structure was 129 feet in long, or 135 feet including the 5-foot 6-inch overhang at each end, with a portal clearance 15 feet 6 inches wide by 13 feet high. The second Purcell Covered Bridge was listed as #14-69-05 in the World Guide (according to G. Gould's 1977 list) and was lost in 1957 ... In the February 1941 "Indiana History Bulletin" Robert B. Yule and Richard C. Smith assigned the designation "fe" to this Covered Timber Bridge located 1/2 miles northeast of Versailles.
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