When Purnell Outten was born in 1774, in Delaware, British Colonial America, his father, Jesse Outten, was 35 and his mother, Nancy Ann Crawford, was 34. He married Nancy Huffington about 1796, in Accomack, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States in 1800 and Broad Creek, Sussex, Delaware, United States in 1830. He died before 1819.
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Historical Boundaries: 1775: Sussex, Delaware Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Sussex, Delaware, United States
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English (Essex): variant of Outen .
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