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     Henry Purdy was born abt 27 Jun 1745 or 07 Feb 174.^1,2 He was the son of Samuel Purdy and Winnifred Wright Griffin.¹ Henry Purdy married Tamer Sniffer on 16 February 1773 at New York.³ Henry Purdy died on 20 July 1826 at Fort Lawrence, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.^1,4

     Herbert Wilson Purdy was born on 14 April 1884 at Cumberland, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.² He was the son of Charles Adam Burnett Purdy and Susanne P. Stewart.¹ Herbert Wilson Purdy was born circa 1885.¹ He married Marie Ludbrook. Herbert Wilson Purdy died on 4 June 1962 at Traverse City, Grand Traverse Co., Michigan, at age 78.² He was buried at Southern Cemetery, Central Lake, Antrim Co., Michigan.²

     Horatio Nelson Purdy was born on 16 September 1845.¹ He was the son of Samuel Flintiff Purdy and Margaret Knight.¹ Horatio Nelson Purdy died on 5 March 1926 at age 80.¹

     Howard Haskel Purdy was born on 30 June 1895.^1,2 He was the son of Samuel Haskell Purdy and Anne Marie Ceder. Howard Haskel Purdy died on 11 December 1912 at Minnesota at age 17.¹ Goodhue Co Birth records state born 04 Jul 1895. The cause of death was drowned while skating across millpond to school at Lake City, MN. Sister Evelyn, states Howard Haskell born 30Jun1895. He was buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.²

     Isaac Purdy was born on 4 November 1732.¹ He was born on 14 November 1732.^2,3 He was the son of Jonathan Purdy and Mary Hart. Isaac Purdy married Sarah Budd. Isaac Purdy married Deborah (?) Isaac Purdy married Mary Haight on 14 February 1812. Isaac Purdy died on 18 March 1816 at age 83.^1,2,3 He was buried at Jonathan Purdy Family Cemetery, White Plains, Westchester Co., New York.^2,3

     Ivan Willet Purdy was born on 22 April 1894 at Coffeyville, Montgomery Co., Kansas.¹ Ivan Willet Purdy was a Printer. He was the son of Myron Sellon Purdy and Carrie Coykendall. Ivan Willet Purdy married Dorothy Aurelia Mills on 20 January 1920 at Coffeyville, Montgomery Co., Kansas. Ivan Willet Purdy lived in 1962 at El Dorado, Butler Co., Kansas. He died on 20 March 1971 at El Dorado, Butler Co., Kansas, at age 76.² He was buried on 22 March 1971 at Garden A, Lot 147, Space 3, Walnut Valley Memorial Park, El Dorado, Butler Co., Kansas.^3,4

The following obituary was in The El Dorado Times (KS) newspaper, 20 March 1971, page 7.
Ivan W. Purdy

Ivan W. Purdy, 77, a valued resident of this town for 46 years, died early today at Allen Memorial hospital. For many past years, he had been a sufferer from acute asthma and related affliction, and had required hospital care more than once in recent weeks. He was patient and brave, however, in the face of this ailment. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 22, at 10:30 a.m., in the chapel at the Kirby Funeral home, Rev. W. Frank Aten will officiate. Burial will be at the Walnut Valley Memorial Park.
Ivan Willet Purdy was born April 22, 1894, in Kingfisher, Okla. He was a printer by profession and one of the best advertising and make-up compositors The El Dorado Times ever had it its employ. He came to El Dorado in 1925 to take a position with this newspaper - which he never relinquished until old age and his malady caught up with him. His removal to this town was from Coffeyville, where he had been a star printer for the Coffeyville Journal.
Ivan fitted well into the social life of this community. He was a veteran of World War I, and a most loyal member of Capt. Edgar Dale Post of the American Legion. During the time when the Legion's club house here was built largely by the efforts of its members. Ivan would do a full day's work at The Times and then go to the Legion site for several hours more to toll on the construction job.
He was a bundle of eager energy and his pleasant and attractive ways caused him to make friends all over the community. He and his wife, Dorothy A. Mills, to whom he was married in Coffeyville on January 20, 1920 - were welcome members of a lively young crowd in El Dorado and were affiliated with many friendly circles.
Ivan was not a large man but he was wiry and full of vigor. He worked in the old newspaper office on East Central along with such luminaries as Otto Huttenhoff, O.L. Whitestine, Harmon Lane, Roy Doty, Bland Barnhart, Louis Gorzkiewicz, Bill Moter, Al Hudson and many others. He undertook the typographical education of younger men who served as apprentices. One of the last of these was Cletus Haines, who developed into an excellent craftsman.
The Purdy good nature around the shop was a byword. He was friendly with all members of the various staffs who made up the newspaper's working force - and he always enjoyed the full confidence and regard of the management. He was a member of the International Typographical Union. Mr. Purdy is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Purdy of the home at 405 North Emportia, and one daughter, Mrs. L. R. Cousland, of Liberal, Kansas, as well as by two grandchildren.³

     Jacob Purdy was born circa 1739.¹ He was born on 15 October 1739 at White Plains, Westchester Co., New York.^2,3 He was the son of Samuel Purdy and Winnifred Wright Griffin.¹ Jacob Purdy married Abigail Smith on 18 October 1762.^1,2

The White Plains Historical Society - Jacob Purdy House

"The Purdy House was built by Samuel Horton, an early settler, who remained in possession until after 1730, when Samuel Purdy purchased the house and 132 acres.
Title see-sawed from Samuel to his son, Jacob, then back to Samuel, and finally to Jacob about 1785. One explanation might be because two of Samuel's five sons became Loyalists and fled to Canada. Jacob held title until his own death in 1822.
The Purdy family continued in possession until the house was sold to Samuel Mott in 1869.
By the 1960's the house, forgotten and neglected, had become a multi-family dwelling, slated for demolition by the Urban Renewal Agency.
The Battle of White Plains Monument Committee purchased the house in 1963, and repaired and restored old beams and shingles. In 1973, when the house moved to its present site on Park Avenue, the house was deeded to the City of White Plains.
The Jacob Purdy House has been source-documented as General Washington's Headquarters from July 23 to September 16, 1778. Historians also believe it to have been the General's Headquarters before the Chatterton Hill battle of October 28, 1776.
On April 31, 1979, the house was placed upon the National Register of Historic Places."
From It Happened In Old White Plains, 1989, by Renoda Hoffman.⁴

"Revolutionary War Soldier who loaned his House to General George Washington to use as his Headquarters for the Battle of White Plains. One of White Plains' most famous residents, Jacob Purdy joined the Westchester Militia in 1775 and served until the end of the Revolution, and it is his name that the house bears today. It was this simple abode that General George Washington used as his headquarters during the Battle of White Plains in 1776 and again during his second stay for two months in 1778. The Historical Society hosts numerous events at the Purdy House during the year, such as a celebration for Washington's Birthday and an October event commemorating the anniversary of the Battle of White Plains."³


The New York Times
November 2, 1986, Section WC (Westchester), Page 11
By Tessa Melvin     

How many headquarters did General George Washington have on Oct. 28, 1776, during the one-hour Battle of White Plains?

This afternoon, when White Plains officials and historians dedicate the 265-year-old Jacob Purdy house on Park Avenue, they will attach a gleaming bronze plaque to the side of the restored farmhouse that reads: ''Jacob Purdy House. General Washington's Headquarters in 1776/1778. National Register of Historic Places. White Plains Historical Society.'' The words are remarkably similar to those found on another plaque, this one attached by the White Plains Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to a small frame house on Virginia Road in North White Plains. It reads: ''General George Washington occupied this house as his headquarters from Oct. 23 to Nov. 10, 1776, and from July 26 to Sept. 23, 1778.''

But after a nearly century-long battle replete with painstaking research, careful letters and sharp rejoinders concerning which house actually served as the headquarters, the Battle of White Plains Monument Committee and the White Plains Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution appear eager to compromise. The Purdy house and the Washington Headquarters Museum, also known as the Miller house, can peacefully co-exist, the two organizations now agree.

''The battle was very fluid and possibly there were two headquarters,'' said Irving Natter, a White Plains businessman who is president of the Battle of White Plains Monument Committee and of the White Plains Historical Society. ''Washington may well have needed both a forward position and a fall-back position.⁵''


Jacob Purdy died on 28 December 1822 at White Plains, Westchester Co., New York, at age 83.^1,2,6 He was buried at Old Presbyterian Cemetery, White Plains, Westchester Co., New York.^1,3

     Jacob Griffin Purdy was born on 26 December 1787.¹ He was the son of Gabriel Purdy and Esther Angevine.¹ Jacob Griffin Purdy married Sarah Purdy, daughter of Jacob Purdy and Abigail Smith, in 1811.¹ Jacob Griffin Purdy died on 28 December 1870 at age 83.¹ Had 11 children, with his first cousin, Sarah Purdy.²

     James Purdy was born circa 1749 at Digby, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.¹ He was the son of Gabriel Purdy and Bethia Miller. His Ancestral File Number is RKMQ-75.

     Jane Giles Purdy was born on 11 December 1840.¹ She was the daughter of Samuel Flintiff Purdy and Margaret Knight.¹

     Jane Smith Purdy was born on 30 April 1820 at Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.¹ She was the daughter of Gilbert Purdy and Sarah Knight.¹ Jane Smith Purdy married John Giles on 4 February 1840 at Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.¹ Jane Smith Purdy died on 17 August 1897 at Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 77.¹

     Janet Ann Purdy was born on 28 August 1938 at Wisconsin.^1,2 Unmarried as of 1959. She was the daughter of Myron Charles Purdy and Lucille Alice Bullinger. Janet Ann Purdy married John L. Moe on 4 November 1961 at Wisconsin. Janet Ann Purdy died on 30 May 2016 at age 77.² She was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, La Crosse, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin.²

     Jeanne Delores Purdy was born on 9 October 1921 at Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.^1,2 She was the daughter of Myron Charles Purdy and Lucille Alice Bullinger. Jeanne Delores Purdy married Roland Joseph Preeshl on 14 September 1940 at La Crosse, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin.^3,1 Jeanne Delores Purdy died on 20 March 2003 at Racine, Racine Co., Wisconsin, at age 81.^3,2

RACINE - Mrs. Jeanne Purdy Preeshl, 81, passed away quietly at her home on Thursday morning, March 20, 2003.

Mrs. Preeshl was born in Redwing, Minn. on October 9, 1921 to the late Myron and Lucille Bullinger Purdy and had lived in Racine for over 50 years.
She was united in marriage to Roland J. Preeshl in LaCrosse on September 14, 1940 and has been married for 62 years.
Jeanne was employed at Von Schrader Manufacturing Company for over 30 years retiring in 1985. She was a member of St. Lucy's Catholic Church. She was a joyful person who lived life to the fullest. She loved cooking and listening to audio books.
Jeanne is survived by her husband, Roland; one daughter and son-in-law, Penny (Tom) Bredemeier of Oswego, Ill; five grandsons, Ben Bredemeier, Ryan Desmond, Nick Desmond, Ryan Wilken, and Kevin Wilken; two sisters, Marilyn Carroll and Janet Moe both of LaCrosse; nieces, nephews, and cousins also survive.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, Debra Jean Wilken in January of 2000; and one brother, Myron Charles "Pat" Purdy.
Funeral services will be held at St. Lucy's Catholic Church, 3101 Drexel Avenue, on Monday, March 24, 2003, at 11 am. Entombment will be held at Calvary Cemetery at a later date.
Friends may meet with the family at the church Monday morning from 9 a.m. until time of services.
Memorials to the Badger Association of the Blind have been suggested by the family.
WILSON FUNERAL HOME
1212 Lathrop Avenue634-3361

Racine Journal Times
March 22, 2003.⁴ She was buried at Calvary Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum, Racine, Racine Co., Wisconsin.²

     Jennie W. Purdy was born on 11 July 1869 at Burnside, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.^1,2 She was the daughter of David Willets Purdy and Frances Mary Rolfe. Jennie W. Purdy married Alfred H. Perkins, son of Hartson Ellsworth Perkins and Violet P. Ellsworth, on 24 April 1889 at Burnside, Goodhue Co., Minnesota. Jennie W. Purdy lived in 1910 at 1604 West Sixth St., Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota. She died on 22 July 1919 at Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota, at age 50.^1,3 The cause of death was Chronic Dilatation, Chronic Myocarditis and Asthma. Death Record stated that Jennie born 12Jul1869 in MN.

Following from Red Wing Daily Republican Newspaper, 4:4, 22Jul1919.
Mrs. Jennie Perkins, residing at 1004 West Sixth street, passed away at Red Wing Hospital at 1 o'clock this afternoon after a long illness. Death was due to complication of diseases.
The deceased was born in Burnside and was fifty years of age. She had resided in Red Wing the past 15 years. Prior to that the family lived on a farm in Wisconsin. One daughter, Miss Genevieve Perkins and two sons, Harry and Bert Perkins, of this city, are left to mourn her loss. Her husband died thirteen years ago. She was buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.³

     Jill Louisa Purdy is the daughter of Clayton Charles Purdy and Charlotte Macaulay.¹ Jill Louisa Purdy married Kerry Dunbar.

     Job Purdy was born on 18 June 1761 at White Plains, Westchester Co., New York.¹ He was the son of Jonathan Purdy and Charity Hadden. Job Purdy married Phebe Gedney. Job Purdy died on 13 August 1819 at age 58.¹ He was buried at City Cemetery, Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York.² He was buried at Calvary Methodist Church Cemetery, East Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York.¹

     John Purdy was born circa 1648 at Fairfield Co., Connecticut.^1,2 He was born circa 1651.³ He was the son of Francis (1) Purdy and Mary Elizabeth Brundage. John Purdy married Elizabeth Brown, daughter of John Hoit and Mary Elizabeth Brundage.¹ John Purdy died circa 1678 at Rye, Westchester Co., New York.^4,1,2 His Ancestral File Number is SQ3T-8G. He was buried at Milton Cemetery, Rye, Westchester Co., New York.²

     John Purdy was also known as Still John. He was born on 9 December 1695.^1,2 He was the son of Joseph Purdy and Elizabeth H. Ogden. John Purdy married Elizabeth (?) circa 1726. John Purdy died circa 1770.¹ His Ancestral File Number is RKMQ-RW, submitted by Gordon Hillman & Elizabeth S. Andersen.

     John Richardson Purdy was born on 17 July 1805 at Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.¹ He was the son of Gabriel Purdy and Elizabeth Wilkinson.¹ John Richardson Purdy died on 29 November 1828 at Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 23.¹

     Deacon John Richardson Steele Purdy was born on 20 July 1822 at Westchester Station, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.^2,1 He was the son of Gilbert Purdy and Sarah Knight.¹ Deacon John Richardson Steele Purdy married Mary Abigail Page Fillmore on 31 December 1851.^1,3 Deacon John Richardson Steele Purdy married Deborah Catherine Purdy, daughter of Gabriel Purdy and Sarah Embree, on 6 March 1856.¹ Deacon John Richardson Steele Purdy died on 20 June 1909 at Westchester Station, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 86.^2,1 He was buried at Millvale United Baptist Cemetery, Millvale, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.²

     John Warren Purdy was born on 23 September 1880.¹ He was the son of Charles Adam Burnett Purdy and Susanne P. Stewart.¹ John Warren Purdy died on 31 December 1962 at age 82.¹

     John Willets Purdy was born on 3 July 1834 at Tompkins Co., New York.^1,2 He was the son of David Purdy and Elizabeth Ann Hopkins. John Willets Purdy married Mary Rosetta Sellon, daughter of John Sellon and Sarah Roberts, on 14 May 1856.¹ John Willets Purdy died on 20 September 1864 at Tennessee at age 30.^1,2 He was buried at E, 11246, Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee.² The cause of death was killed in the Civil War.

     John William Purdy was born on 12 November 1830.¹ He was the son of Samuel Flintiff Purdy and Margaret Knight.¹ John William Purdy married Keziah Elizabeth Fales.¹

     Jonathan Purdy was born on 20 April 1728 at White Plains?, Westchester Co., New York.¹ He married Charity Hadden, daughter of Job Hadden and Elizabeth Griffen. Jonathan Purdy was the son of Jonathan Purdy and Mary Hart. Jonathan Purdy died circa 1783.¹ He died on 3 October 1783 at age 55.² He was buried at Jonathan Purdy Family Cemetery, White Plains, Westchester Co., New York.³

     Jonathan Purdy was born circa 1693.^1,2 He was born on 21 April 1694.³ He was the son of Joseph Purdy and Elizabeth H. Ogden. Jonathan Purdy married Mary Hart circa 1724. Jonathan Purdy died circa 1772.^3,1 His Ancestral File Number is RKMQ-PK, submitted by Gordon Hillman and Elizabeth S. Andersen. He died on 3 February 1772 at age 77.^4,2 He was buried at Jonathan Purdy Family Cemetery, White Plains, Westchester Co., New York.²

     Jonathan Purdy was born in 1752.¹ He was the son of Jonathan Purdy and Charity Hadden. Jonathan Purdy was born circa 1755.² He died on 25 May 1770.¹ He died circa 1810.² The cause of death was killed by a falling tree when about 18. He was buried at Jonathan Purdy Family Cemetery, White Plains, Westchester Co., New York.¹

     Joseph Purdy was born circa 1653 at Fairfield Co., Connecticut.^1,2,3 He was the son of Francis (1) Purdy and Mary Elizabeth Brundage. Joseph Purdy was a Justice Representative. He married Elizabeth H. Ogden, daughter of John Ogden and Judith Budd, in 1680 at Westchester Co., New York.^4,5

Joseph Purdy is the son of Francis Purdy and Mary Elizabeth Brundage. He married Elizabeth Ogden about 1680 Rye, Westchester, NY. Their Children are Mary, Joseph, Daniel, Samuel, Jonathan, John, Francis, Elizabeth, Jude, Phoebe.

THE PURDY BURYING GROUND
PRE-REVOLUTIONARY PLACE OF INTERMENT
OF ONE OF RYE'S EARLY FAMILIES.
THIS TRACT OF LAND WAS PURCHASED Willof Joseph Purdy of Rye

To wife Elizabeth the use of house and farm wheere I live. If she do not remarry. to son Joseph
river, which I had by draft from the town of Rye, all right of lands in the White Plains purchase, lying on the west side of Mamaroneck river, which I had by draft from the town of Rye. and a piece of meadow at the lower end of my neck, by the Mill Creek over against the reed bank, bounded south which by myson Daniel. To my son Daniel besides the land given him by deed, I give him all the land and meadow which shll be taken by running the same line from the southmost bounds on the east side of the lot to the Mill Creek, which he now doth fro the rear of his lot to the country road. To my son Samuel the lot the lot and farm wheree I live except my house and barn, and my land on the Budd's neck not disposed of. to my son David all of my lands on Browns Point. To my son Jonathan and John all lands in Pondfield and Lame Wills Purchase, and all the rest of my lands east of Blind Brook, except a small piece near the falls of Blind Brook, which I order mywife to sell. To son Francis home and farm where I live, and my land on budds neck. Meantions daughters Elizabeth. Jude Mary and Phebe. Leaves them 20 Shillings each
Oct 15 1703
Proved Oct 26 1716
Liber 7 P. 598

BY JOSEPH PURDY FROM JOHN BUDD
IN 1685.

Baird in his "Chronicle of a Border Town, History of Rye, Westchester County, 1660-1870, 1871" on page 198 has the following.

"The PURDY family have a burying-ground on the western bank of Blind Brook Creek, opposite the public cemetery. This is probably one of the oldest places of interment in Rye. It contains many antique memorials of past generations ; but the imperfect records of their names have been worn away by time, and none prior to the present century are now legible."

In Bolton's "History of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol II, 1848" the following is recorded on page 91.

"The Purdy estate is situated upon the eastern shore of Rye neck bordering the Blind brook, (Mockquams). A short distance from the house is the burial place of the Purdy's.

Mentioned in "Westchester Patriarchs".

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87299556/joseph-purdy.⁶ Joseph Purdy died on 9 October 1709 at Rye, Westchester Co., New York.^1,2,3 His Ancestral File Number is 7C0V-SP. He was buried at Purdy Burying Ground, Rye, Westchester Co., New York.³

     Joseph Purdy was born on 20 April 1728.^1,2,3 He was the son of Jonathan Purdy and Mary Hart. Joseph Purdy married Charity Eisenhart, daughter of Christopher Eisenhart and Elizabeth (?). Joseph Purdy died on 21 January 1786 at White Plains, Westchester Co., New York, at age 57.^2,3 He died on 24 January 1786 at age 57.¹ He was buried at Jonathan Purdy Family Cemetery, White Plains, Westchester Co., New York.^2,3

     Joseph Purdy was born circa 1680 at Budds Neck, Rye, Westchester Co., New York.¹ He was the son of Joseph Purdy and Elizabeth H. Ogden. Joseph Purdy died before 1734.^2,3 His Ancestral File Number is RKMN-JF.

     Joseph D. Purdy was born on 7 June 1830.¹ He was the son of Gilbert Purdy and Sarah Knight.¹ Joseph D. Purdy died on 24 August 1913 at age 83.¹