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Nicholas Purifoy, Rev.
Male Abt 1679 - Abt 1770


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  • Suffix  Rev. 
    Birth  Abt 1679  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  Abt 1770  Craven County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I0401  J. Purifoy Adair8
    Last Modified  12 Aug 2012 

    Father  Thomas Nicholas Purefoy,   b. Abt 1657, Gloucester Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 28 Feb 1685 and 1686, Middlesex Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship  Natural 
    Mother  Judith Searles,   b. Abt 1661, Wales, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1715, Craven County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship  Natural 
    Married  1678  Glouchester County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F30  Group Sheet

    Family  Unknown 
    Married  1711  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Purifoy,   b. Abt 1716, Craven County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1802, Craven County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F31  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Nicholas came to North Carolina with his mother and siblings.

      Under Craven Co., deeds, N.C. is listed a William Nicholas Purefoy, Book 2
      0, page 24, in 1770.

      Paul and Kathy Gause state that:

      1. Helped to establish religious freedom in America.
      2. Full account of his persecution is given in Elder Henry Sheets', A His
      tory of the Liberty Baptist Association from It's Organization in 18
      32 to 1906.
      3. The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. II, N
      o. 2, Page 198, gives the petition of the Patist brethren to build a hou
      se of worship in Newbern, North Carolina. Rev. Nicholas Purifoy's na
      me is signed to this petition.

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

    2. [S08199] Alice M. Purifoy, North Carolina.


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