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Thomas Purefoy
Male Abt 1578 - 1652


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  • Birth  Abt 1578  Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  Between 1652 and 1655  Elizabeth City, Vir. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID  I0395  J. Purifoy Adair8
    Last Modified  12 Aug 2012 

    Father  Humphrie Purefoy,   d. Abt 1598 
    Relationship  Natural 
    Mother  Alice Faunt 
    Relationship  Natural 
    Family ID  F36  Group Sheet

    Family  Lucy Ranson,   b. 1598, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1657 and 1660, Elizabeth City County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1620  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Purefoy, Jr.,   b. Abt 1621, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1673 and 1675, Gloucester Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F37  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • In James City Va. in 1624 is listed a Lieutenant Purfrey, p 616.
      "Settlers living "at ye Plantacon (over against) James Cittie in Vir. Fe
      b. 16, 1623/24"

      Came in the ship "George" in 1621

      America's First Families
      Thomas Purifye, 1652-55, Lancaster Co., Vir.

      Paul and Kathy Gause states on their website that:
      1. Thomas was the sixth son of Humphrie and Alice.
      2. Died at his 1,000 acre estate "Drayton."
      3. Came to America when he was 43 years of age.
      4. He was named as one of the early Virginia Pioneers from the 1624 recor
      ds in Capt. John Smith's first English Colony at Jamestown.
      5. In 1652 he was a member of the council.
      6. He was commissioner of Elizabeth City County in 1626.
      7. He was Burgess of the lower part of Elizabeth City County from 1629-16
      30.
      8. He was principle commander of Elizabeth City County in 1629
      9. He was a member of the King's Council in 1631.
      10. In 1635, the mutiny in Virginia was reported by Capt. Purifoy.

      Land Office Patents & Grants:

      Sept. 20, 1628: Bought 100 acres in Elizabeth City. Within the precin
      ct of Elizabeth City, from the fields called Fort Henry.

      April 18, 1635: County location unknown, 200 acres. Part of the land beg
      innine south from the Pocoson River at a point called by the name Willough
      by Point.

      May 10, 1631: County location unknown, 500 acres. Upon a point called Cr
      oss quarter.

      November 28, 1635: Elizabeth City County, 100 acres. Northwest upon a cr
      eek next upon the fort field and northwest upon John Neals land.

      Edna Mae Selden in her book "Selden and Kindred of Virginia" states that t
      he Purefoy family was from Leicestershire, England.

      Ancestor Lineages of Members Texas Society/National Society Colonia Dam
      es Seventeenth Century on page 263 states the following:

      Purefoy, Thomas, Capt.
      Born 1582, Leicestershire, Eng.
      Died 1640, Elizabeth City Co., VA
      Married before 1629, Leicestershire, Eng., Lucy Ranson
      Lucy Ranson was born 1958, Leicestershire, Eng. and died Elizabeth City Co
      ., VA
      Service: Military 1626, commissioner, Burgess, Governor's Council 1632; V
      A
      Children: Thomas, died by 1674, married ____?____, she married 2nd Maj
      or Mathew Wakelin.

  • Sources 
    1. [S07729] Paul and Kathy Gause.

    2. [S07709] Paul and Kathy Gause, Irving, Texas.


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