Percis (also Persis, Persus, Percius, Pearce, or Pierce) was married in. N. Kingstown, RI 21 Oct 1779 to Eleanor SMITH, b. c. 1758, d. c. 1796, the daughter of Jeremiah Smith. Percius served in the RI State Troops during the Revolution, and drew a pension for his service. He made application for pension on 3 Sep 1832 in Washington Co., RI, saying his age would be 77 in Nov 1832. He was living in N. Kingstown at enlistment, and continued to live there until 1830 when he moved to Warwick. He appears on the 1777, 1782, 1790, and 1800 censuses in N. Kingstown, but has not been found on the 1810, 1820, or 1830 censuses, so may have been living with friends or relatives in those years. He appears to have a young family with wife and four children in 1790, but in 1800 he was living with only one presumed son, aged 16-25, so his wife had likely died by then, and his younger children perhaps went to live with relatives. His wife was still living in 1792 when their daughter was born. Edith Moore (1951) only gives him two children:
* Wanton, b. 1785 and m. Elizabeth Havens
* Mary, b. 29 June 1792, d. 29 April 1895, aged 102, m. 1822 Perry Greene, son of William Greene and Sarah Shaw. They are buried in the Greene Lot (NK #33).
While there is no burial record for Percis, he lived in N. Kingstown and likely buried his wife in the big Austin-Sweet family cemetery, so is likely buried there also. At least 80 graves in that cemetery are marked only with field stones.
* Wanton, b. 1785 and m. Elizabeth Havens
* Mary, b. 29 June 1792, d. 29 April 1895, aged 102, m. 1822 Perry Greene, son of William Greene and Sarah Shaw. They are buried in the Greene Lot (NK #33).
While there is no burial record for Percis, he lived in N. Kingstown and likely buried his wife in the big Austin-Sweet family cemetery, so is likely buried there also. At least 80 graves in that cemetery are marked only with field stones.
Percis (also Persis, Persus, Percius, Pearce, or Pierce) was married in. N. Kingstown, RI 21 Oct 1779 to Eleanor SMITH, b. c. 1758, d. c. 1796, the daughter of Jeremiah Smith. Percius served in the RI State Troops during the Revolution, and drew a pension for his service. He made application for pension on 3 Sep 1832 in Washington Co., RI, saying his age would be 77 in Nov 1832. He was living in N. Kingstown at enlistment, and continued to live there until 1830 when he moved to Warwick. He appears on the 1777, 1782, 1790, and 1800 censuses in N. Kingstown, but has not been found on the 1810, 1820, or 1830 censuses, so may have been living with friends or relatives in those years. He appears to have a young family with wife and four children in 1790, but in 1800 he was living with only one presumed son, aged 16-25, so his wife had likely died by then, and his younger children perhaps went to live with relatives. His wife was still living in 1792 when their daughter was born. Edith Moore (1951) only gives him two children:
* Wanton, b. 1785 and m. Elizabeth Havens
* Mary, b. 29 June 1792, d. 29 April 1895, aged 102, m. 1822 Perry Greene, son of William Greene and Sarah Shaw. They are buried in the Greene Lot (NK #33).
While there is no burial record for Percis, he lived in N. Kingstown and likely buried his wife in the big Austin-Sweet family cemetery, so is likely buried there also. At least 80 graves in that cemetery are marked only with field stones.
* Wanton, b. 1785 and m. Elizabeth Havens
* Mary, b. 29 June 1792, d. 29 April 1895, aged 102, m. 1822 Perry Greene, son of William Greene and Sarah Shaw. They are buried in the Greene Lot (NK #33).
While there is no burial record for Percis, he lived in N. Kingstown and likely buried his wife in the big Austin-Sweet family cemetery, so is likely buried there also. At least 80 graves in that cemetery are marked only with field stones.
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