John was born in 1755. John Purdy married Agnes Nancy Wilson. He passed away in 1798.
Sources
Daughters of the American Revolution, "Ancestor Database." database, Genealogical Research Systerm (http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/ : accessed 11 Jan 2023), John Purdy, Ancestor #A092286.
Child/Child : JOHN / [1] FRANCES E. MEADOWS
Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 1760 CUMBERLAND CO PENNSYLVANIA
Death: 2-14-1798 MIFFLIN CO PENNSYLVANIA
Service Description:
1) COL JAMES PURDY, 7TH BATT'N
2) CUMBERLAND CO MILITIA
Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Card Files, 1775-1916 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021. "Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File: Plouge, Saml. to Read, Jas.
John Purdy, Lieutencney Cumberland County, Battalion 7th, 1st Company, 5th Class. No date.
United States Direct Tax of 1798: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania/i. M372, microfilm, 24 rolls. NAID: a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5121373" target="_blank"5121373/a. Records of the Internal Revenue Service, 1791-2006, Record Group 58. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Ancestry.com
Cumberland, Pennsylvania, 1798
Line 93, Image 422/667
Barn and Weaver Shop, 242 acres
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John: