It’s Family Time~Shared DNA with Charlton Ashley Purvis

One of my matches on Ancestry.com is a young lady who is a descendant of Charlton Ashley Purvis.

We share 14 cM across 1 segments and she is estimated to be my 4th cousin.

I have never heard of Charlton Ashley Purvis in my 40 plus years of research. So I did a little research.

Charlton Ashley Purvis was borne 25 November 1906 in Georgia, a son of Raleigh Stanley Purvis and  His wife Lucretia Kizzie Clark. He is one of eleven children borne to Raleigh and Lucretia Purvis. His siblings consists of six brothers and four sisters.

Charlton Ashley Purvis married Reba Ophelia Manus of Georgia abt 1926. They were the parents of eight children; 3 sons and 5 daughters. 

At this point in two generations we have 19 children and four adults' and still no indication of a familial connection between my Purvis lineage and the lineage of Charlton Ashley Purvis.

Taking the family back another generation we find that the parents of Raleigh Stanley Purvis are William H. Purvis, born 1 March 1832 in Georgia. William H. Purvis was married three times. His first wife was a lady by the name of Elizabeth Cochran. He married Elizabeth Cochran on 26 August 1847 in Laurens County, Georgia. To this union were borne 8 known children; several of whom died as infants or young children.

After the death of Elizabeth, William next married Emily Young on 31 July 1871 in Laurens County, Georgia. To this union were borne 2 known children; both boys, one of which was Raleigh Stanley Purvis, borne 5 September 1875.

Emily must have died from childbirth. On 15 January 1878, William H. Purvis married for a 3rd time to a young lady by the name of Ann Hutto. Their infant daughter was age 10/12 in the 1880 Census. No other record of the infant has been found.

1880 CENSUS: Pinetuckey, Laurens, Georgia; Enumeration District:#64; Page 543(Stamped), Line 38, Dwelling 53, Family 54; William PURVIS, Male, age 60, born in GA; Gilsy A. PURVIS, Wife, age 33, born in GA; Manen PURVIS, Son, age 12, born in GA; Harlow PURVIS, Son, age 10, born in GA; Raleigh PURVIS, Son, age 8, born in GA; Reed PURVIS, Son, age 4, born in GA and Infant PURVIS, Daughter, age 6/12, born Dec 1879 in GA.

After adding this generation I still have not found a connection to my Purvis lineage. On-line trees show that William H. Purvis is the son of Richard Purvis (1764-1850) and his wife Sarah "Sallie" Burch (1791-1843).

I am not aware of any Richard Purvis in our lineage or any connection to the Purvis families in Georgia. But, I will continue to look for connections between my lineage and other Purvis’ throughout the United States. For now we will put Charltom Ashley Purvis on the back burner and move on to more productive research.