When Daniel Purcell Sr was born on 19 December 1771, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, his father, Jonathan Pursel, was 41 and his mother, Hester, was 31. He married Mary Green about 1800. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Hemlock Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. He died on 17 February 1854, in Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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"During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the ""Ten Crucial Days"" and remembered by the famous phrase ""the times that try men's souls"". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time."
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English, Welsh, and Irish (of Norman origin): from Old French pourcel ‘little pig’ (from Latin porcellus, a diminutive of porcus ‘pig’), hence a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd, or a nickname, perhaps denoting someone thought to resemble a pig. This surname is common in Ireland, having become established there in the 12th century. There may sometimes be confusion with Pearsall .
English: habitational name from Purshull in Elmbridge, Worcestershire. The placename derives from an uncertain first element + Old English hyll ‘hill’.
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