Silence (Winchell) Purington (1744 - abt. 1829)

Born 8 Jul 1744 in Brunswick, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of James Purington — married 23 Nov 1786 in Lewiston, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

Died about 20 Jan 1829 at about age 84 in Topsham, Lincoln, Maine, United States

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Biography

Silence was born in 1744.^[1] She is the daughter of Samuel Winchell and Sarah McNeiss.

She married James Purington in 1786^[2]. She did not have any children.

She died in 1829.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BJ-J9BS-M?cc=1803978 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; multiple sources, Maine.
2. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FF-R8F : 14 January 2020), Silence Winchell in entry for James Purinton, 1786.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208130960/silance-purinton: accessed 26 October 2023), memorial page for Silance Purinton (unknown–20 Jan 1829), Find A Grave: Memorial #208130960, citing First Parish Cemetery, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Maine 101 (contributor 47130320).