John Child Purvis was born in 1746, son of George Purvis and his wife, Mary Oadham.
He married Catherine Somers at Portsea on the 11th of October 1784. [1][2]
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John was buried on the 27th of February 1825 at St John the Baptist, Boldre in Hampshire.[3]
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