When Anna Purcell was born in 1814, in Nelson, Kentucky, United States, her father, Samuel Purcell, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Lawrence, was 29. She married Charles R Brown on 4 June 1835, in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Henderson, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died on 23 August 1866, in Oquawka, Henderson, Illinois, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Oquawka Cemetery, Oquawka, Henderson, Illinois, United States.
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The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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