Purney Family fonds

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Purney Family fonds

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    • 1784-1972; predominant 1877-1972 (Creation)
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      Purney, Thomas (family)

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    1 cm of textual records

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    Thomas Purney was a New England resident who left in 1784 with his wife Eleanor and son James to settle in Shelburne, N.S. James remained in Shelburne and married Mary Hamilton. The couple had two sons, James and George Alexander, and a daughter Sarah Jane. George married Nina Gordon McKay, and they had a son Charles. Charles married Anastatia Freeman and they had two sons, Arthur Kenneth and Robert Charles.

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    Fonds consists of deeds, indentures, land grants, mortgages, and wills. These records relate mostly to Charles and George Purney, with the most recent records pertaining to Arthur and Robert Purney.

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    Donated by Arthur Purney.

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