Elizabeth PURSELL

- Abt 1846

• Name	Elizabeth PURSELL
  Birth	Bucks County, PA
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt 1846	Bucks County, PA
  Notes	(1) This Elizabeth PURSELL is shown here as the wife of Benjamin HOLDREN in order to stimulate further research. However, the compiler is not certain that this Elizabeth PURSELL was, in fact, Benjamin HOLDREN's wife. According to the 1830 census of Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, PA, Beniah HOLDRON's wife was born between 1750 and 1760. Likewise, according to the 1830 census of Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, PA, Benjamin HAULDREN's wife was born between 1750 and 1760. Elizabeth PURSELL's parents, John PURSELL and Anne W. COONE, were married to each other on 21 May 1761. Assuming that Elizabeth was born after her parents' marriage, she was born after 21 May 1761. In his will dated 24 December 1793, John PURSELL listed his daughters in the following order: Ruth, Elizabeth, Ann, Margaret and Jane. If John's daughters were listed in age order in his will, Elizabeth would have been his second daughter, and would have been born at least several years after 21 May 1761, assuming that she was born after her parents' marriage. (2) Source: "Bucks County Genealogy. Hibbs, Pursell and related families" <http://buckscountyhibbspursellandmore.com>. According to this source, Elizabeth was married to Benjamin HOLDREN, and collected her husband's Revolutionary War pension after his death on 14 October 1844; the last payment was made to her in 1846. (3) McCracken, George E., Thomas Pursell and His Earlier Descendants, The American Genealogist, Vol. 36, No. 4 (October 1960), p. 212: Elizabeth, m. Benjamin Holden. (4) Some sources claim that Benjamin HOLDREN's wife was the Elizabeth PURSELL who was a daughter of Thomas PURCELL and Mary VAN HOOK. However, according to McCracken, op. cit. supra, pp. 204, 206, the latter Elizabeth PURSELL was a "twin, who m. William BROWN; removed to Kentucky where a daughter is said to have inherited a fabulous fortune."
  Person ID	I28189	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John PURSELL,   b. Aft 1728, Kent County, DE or Hunterdon County, NJ d. Dec 1804, Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, PA (Age < 74 years)
  Mother	Anne W. COONE,   b. 1746, Bucks County, PA d. 1820 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	21 May 1761	NJ   [1]
  License	21 May 1761	NJ
  Notes	(1) Nelson, William, Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. XXII, Marriage Records 1665-1800, Patterson, NJ: Press Printing and Publishing, 1900, p. 306: Pursell, John, Pennsylvania, and Anne W. Coone, Pennsylvania 1761 May 21
  Family ID	F3926	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin HOLDREN,   b. Abt 1750   d. 14 Oct 1844, Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, PA (Age ~ 94 years)
  Children	1. Dennis HOLDEN,   b. Abt 1776, NJ d. 25 Jul 1844, Dearborn County, IN (Age ~ 68 years)   2. Mathias HOLDREN,   b. 9 Nov 1780, Hunterdon County, NJ d. 12 Feb 1868, Madison Township, Columbia County, PA (Age 87 years)   3. William HOLDREN, Sr.,   b. 11 Nov 1781, NJ d. 4 Nov 1853, Madison Township, Columbia County, PA (Age 71 years)   4. Ann HOLDREN,   b. Abt 1786, NJ d. 5 Feb 1878, Hunterdon County, NJ (Age ~ 92 years)   5. Elizabeth HOLDREN,   b. 10 Jun 1794, Hunterdon County, NJ d. 9 Oct 1884, Bucks County, PA (Age 90 years)   6. Jane HOLDREN,   b. 10 Oct 1797, Hunterdon County, NJ d. 15 Jan 1884, Bucks County, PA (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F12264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) New Jersey Marriages, Colonial Era,1665-1800 [database online], Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997: Pursell, John, Pennsylvania, and Anne W. Coone, Pennsylvania 1761 May 21.