26. Sarah³ Purnell (John², Thomas¹) birth date unknown. Sarah died before 1752. Sarah was not named in the administrative account for her sister, Mary, and is believed deceased by this date.

She married twice. She married John Outten (Jr.). John was born May 23, 1687. John was the son of John Outten(Sr.) and Mary Gray. John died about 1735 in Somerset Co., MD. He made a will in Somerset Co., MD, August 29, 1733. (Leslie & Neil Keddie, Somerset Co., MD Wills EB9, pp. 42-43)

John's will was probated in Somerset Co., MD, March 2, 1735-6. John left "Ware Point" to his son, Purnell in 1733.

She married John Kellam after 1735. John died 1744 in Somerset Co., MD. He made a will in Somerset Co., MD, March 2, 1739. (Leslie & Neil Keddie, Somerset Co., MD Wills EB9 f.256, p.34)

John's will was probated in Somerset Co., MD, May 21, 1744. John named his wife Sarah and two daughters named Sarah: Sarah Poynter and Sarah Kellam, daughter of Sarah. He named sons Isaac, William, Joshua and John, daughters Sarah, daughter of Sarah, Sarah Poynter, Charity Landfort, Anne Hale, Mary and Jemima, and wife Sarah.

Sarah Purnell and John Outten(Jr.) had the following children:

+ 96 i. Purnell⁴ Outten.

97 ii. Director Outten. Director died before 1737. (per the second administration accounts of her father's estate, 14:349-notes of Vernon L. Skinner) She married Abraham Harris.

98 iii. Obed Outten. He married twice. He married Esther Shockley before 1754. (notes of Vernon L. Skinner) Esther was the daughter of David Shockley.

He married Isabel Denwood before November 17, 1777. Date on which Obed and Isabella, his wife, were administrators for estate of Ezekiel Selby. (Maryland accounts) Isabel was the widow of Ezekiel Selby, who she had married December 17, 1758.

99 iv. Tabitha Outten. She married Zacharias Harris. (Pauline M. Batchelder, A Somerset Sampler)

100 v. Edith Outten. She married twice. She married Samuel Henderson in Conventry Parish, Somerset Co., MD, June 3, 1751. (Robert Barnes, MD Marriages; F. Edward Wright, MD Eastern Shore Vital Records)

Samuel died before 1764. She married Jacob Henderson in Conventry Parish, Somerset Co., MD, August 7, 1764. (F. Edward Wright, MD Eastern Shore Vital Records)

+ 101 vi. Mary Outten.

102 vii. John Outten(III) was born about 1715. John died before 1737. (per the second administration accounts of his father's estate 13:349-notes of Vernon L. Skinner)

+ 103 viii. Abraham Outten was born 1722.

Sarah Purnell and John Kellam had the following child:

+ 104 ix. Sarah Kellam.

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