Brief Life History of Jennette
When Jennette Purviance was born in 1776, in Rowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America, her father, John Purviance III, was 33 and her mother, Mary Jane Wasson, was 34. She married Richard Maxwell on 28 July 1795, in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died about 1798, in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 23.
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- Janny Purvines, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jennette (Janny) or Jeannette Purviance - Published information: death: about 1798; Bourbon, Kentucky, United States
Spouse and Children
1776–1845 Male
1776–about 1798 Female
Children (3)
1796–1821 Male
1796–1860 Female
about 1798– Female
Parents and Siblings
1743–1823 Male
1742–1810 Female
Siblings (8)
1765–1849 Female
1766–1847 Male
1767– Male
1768–1792 Male
1770–1862 Female
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World Events (7)
1776
Age 0
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 0
1783 · A Free America
Age 7
Name Meaning
French and Irish (of Norman and Scottish origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French purveiance ‘foresight, providence, wisdom’, also ‘provision of royal or monastic household supplies’ (compare Purvis ). The surname Purveyance has apparently died out in Scotland, where it is recorded in Glasgow in 1505 and Ayr in 1623. In the form Purviance it was brought to North America from Ireland, where it came from France. The name Purviance is virtually non-existing in France. In the US, it is also found among African Americans. Compare Provine and Purvines , and also Provance .
History: The majority of the Purviances trace their origin to Jon De Purvaiance born c. 1590 in Royan, Charente-Maritime, France (he was, according to various sources, of Scottish ancestry), whose son (or grandson) Jacques (De) Purv(a)iance fled with his family from France to Donegal, Ireland, where he died c. 1697. This Jacques Purviance is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors. It were one of his sons, two of his grandsons, and four of his great grandsons who emigrated from Ireland to North America in the 17th and 18th centuries; their descendants also bear altered forms of the surname, such as Provine and Purvines.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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