Mary McKay Purcell

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About Mary McKay Purcell

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80203114/mary-purcell

Mary Gilchrist Purcell BIRTH 1771 DEATH 20 Nov 1843 (aged 71–72) BURIAL Mill Prong Cemetery Hoke County, North Carolina, USA MEMORIAL ID 80203114 · View Source MEMORIAL PHOTOS 1 FLOWERS 4 PLANT TREES She was the widow of Col. Archibald McKay, Sr., a British Revolutionary Soldier.

She was the daughter of John Gilchrist and Effie McMillan.

(John Purcell & Mary Gilchrist Purcell are buried underneath marble sarcophagi erected by their son Alexander Torrey Purcell)

(notes from a cemetery survey made by Mrs Catherine Ann Walker McNeill, wife of Edwin L. McNeill, in the 1970's or 1980's)

Family Members Parents Photo John Gilchrist 1741–1802

Photo Effie McMillan Gilchrist 1748–1794

Spouse Photo John Purcell 1772–1850

Siblings Photo Angus Gilchrist 1773–1834

Margaret Gilchrist McPhaul 1775–1834

Malcolm John Gilchrist 1776–1851

Photo John Gilchrist 1785–1868

Half Siblings Photo Effie Gilchrist Blue 1796–1866

Children Photo Malcolm Gilchrist Purcell 1799–1878

Photo John Purcell 1804–1874

Photo Elizabeth Purcell Graham 1806–1888

Alexander Torrey Purcell 1808–1882

Mary Gilchrist Purcell McNeill 1810–1877

Photo Archibald Purcell 1812–1884

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Mary McKay Purcell's Timeline

1771
1771
1794
December 16, 1794
1799
September 15, 1799
1801
October 4, 1801
1804
January 29, 1804
1806
May 1, 1806
Robeson County, North Carolina, USA
1808
April 19, 1808
Robeson County, North Carolina, USA
1810
April 10, 1810
Robeson County, North Carolina, United States
1812
August 12, 1812
1843
November 20, 1843
Age 72