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Note: N395 Note: the Purcell clan gets a little murkey going back to Arron’s father and beyond in the past. Many names repeat across generations, cousins, offspring.
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The following probate notice appears in several issues of The Wabash Courier on the website Hoosier State Chronicles. The earliest I’ve found is 27 Nov 1834, so Aaron died sometime in 1834.
Administrator's Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the undersigned has taken out of the Probate Court of Vermillion County, letters of administration, upon the estate of Aaron Purcell,late of said County, dee'd. All persons indebted to the estate will make immediate payment, and those having claims will present them for settlement. The estate is solvent.
JVM. BLANKENSHIP, MARIA PURCELL
(From The Wabash Courier, Volume 3, Number 19, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 Jan 1835; pg 4)
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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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Bio of Melvina states Aaron died in Memphis, TN.
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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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Info.
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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Aaron Purcell
Born about 1804 in Simpson Creek, Nelson, Kentucky, USA
ANCESTORS
Son of Benjamin Purcell and Elizabeth Osburn
Brother of Thomas Purcell, Samuel Purcell, Mariah Purcell, Benjamin Purcell, Lawrence Purcell, John Samuel Purcell, Moses Purcell, Sally Sarah Purcell and Elizabeth Purcell
Husband of Maria Clement — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS
Father of Benjamin C. Purcell, Mahlon Purcell, Priscilla Purcell, Aberilla Purcell and Melvina Purcell
Died about 1836 in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA
Biography
Aaron Purcell was born about 1804 in Simpson Creek, Nelson County, Kentucky. He is last child of Benjamin Purcell and Elizabeth Osburn.
Aaron's family had already been scouting the Laughery Creek valley in Indiana when he was born. The family moved to a farm in Cesar Creek township on Laughery Creek when he was just a baby.
Benjamin, Aaron's dad, died sometime before 1820 probably in Indiana.
Aaron married Maria Clement around this same time. He and Maria likely remained on his family's farm and were listed with thier first child, Benjamin, in Laughery township in the 1820 census.[1] The family ultimately had seven children, 2 boys and 5 girls, all born in Indiana.[2]
Aaron Purcell appears to have died some time around 1836, probably on the farm in Dearborn county, leaving a young family.
Research Notes:
• 1820 US, Aaron Purcell[1] FWM 5-10 = 1 (Aaron Mahlon, b abt 1824)
FWM 10-15 = 1 (Benjamin, b. 1820)
FWM 16-25 = 1 (Aaron, suggests born 1795-1804)
FWF 16-25 = 1 (Maria, suggests born 1795-1804)
• 1830 US, Aaron Purcell[3] FWM 5-10 = 1 (Aaron Mahlon, b abt 1824)
FWM 10-15 = 1 (Benjamin, b. 1820)
FWM 30-40 = 1 (Aaron, suggests born 1790-1800 => 1795-1800)
FWF U5 = 2 (Sister 2, b probably 1826, Priscilla, b. 1829)
FWF 5-10 = 1 (Sister1, b. probably 1822)
FWF 20-30 = 1 (Maria, suggests born 1800-1810 => 1800-1804)
• Aberilla, b. 1832
• Melvina, b. 1834
Footnotes:
1 ↑ 1.0 1.1 1820 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Laughery, Dearborn, Indiana; Page: 80; NARA Roll: M33_13; Image: 94 (Ancestry.com)
2 ↑ BPC: Page 432-3
3 ↑ 1830 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Union, Dearborn, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 27; Page: 181; Family History Library Film: 0007716 (Ancestry.com)
Sources
• BPC: Biographical Publishing Company. Portrait and biographical album of Pike and Calhoun counties, Illinois ..., Chicago, 1891. On Archive.org
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