Re: Robert Purdy son of Gilbert? Ontario->Illinois connections
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In reply to:
Robert Purdy son of Gilbert? Ontario->Illinois connections
Greg Vetterick 7/16/12
I have only one child listed for Sherman H. 10 Purdy 1868 and his two wives Elizabeth M. Miller (married 1891) and Emma ____.The one is Sherman Floyd 11 Purdy born about 1900;likely there were others.
The family is not well documented and was traced back from one of Sherman Floyd 11 Purdy's descendants, which were in Fontanelle, IA also.
There is a chance that Alberta might be a daughter of Sherman Floyd Purdy as his children range from 1920 to 1939, and 1926 is certainly too late for the first wife of Sherman H. 10 Purdy but could be by the second wife.If your info is firm that Alberta is dau of Sherman H. Purdy, then she is by the second wife.
Anyway, the ancestry of Sherman H. 10 Purdy is:
William James 9 Purdy & Margaret Ann Harry (married 1 Jan 1865 Henry County, Illinois).
In June 1875 William and Margaret and family moved to Fontanelle IA.About 1899 William moved to Kent Co Ont. where his father was living and two years later William was struck by lightning.
Robert 8 Purdy (9 June 1815 - 17 Dec 1904 Kent Co Ont) & Sarah Ann Drury (1820 St. Thomas Ont - 1907) married 23 March 1841.A descendant has participated in the Purdy surname DNA project at Family Tree DNA and at 25 markers is identical to another descendant of John 2 Purdy via Daniel 3 and Benjamin 4 Purdy (of Manchester VT)
Gilbert 7 Purdy 1785 & ?
Robert 6 Purdy &?.Administrator of his father's estate in St. John County Deeds C-1:214.
Stephen 5 Purdy 1742 - 1796 & Catharine ___.Lived at West Farms, Westchester Co NY, Loyalist, settled on Lot 5, Lancaster, NB.His brother Gilbert 5 Purdy (1740-1825)& Elizabeth Ogden was on the Cyrus to St. John in 1783 and is better documented.
Thomas 4 Purdy 1708 & Rachel Ogden
Thomas 3 Purdy 1675-c1731 & ?
John 2 Purdy & Elizabeth Brown
Francis 1 Purdy