Timothy was the son of John Percival and Hannah Whitmore, dau. of Francis Whitmore and Mary Cornwell married in East Haddam where they had 12 children: Timothy, John, James, Elizabeth, Hannah, Rowlin, Francis, Girdeon, Girdain, Paul, Phebe, and Elizabeth. His father served in the French and Indian War as did Timothy. I decend from daughter, Elizabeth Percival-Gridley of Bloomington, IL
Timothy and Mary had 7 children: Dr. Jabez of Lawrenceberg, IN altho he practiced in Boone Co, KY also, Elkanah, Timothy, Mary, Elizabeth (Gridley of IL), Anna, Lydia: still to be found are marriage surnames and graves of dau's. Mary, Anna and Lydia and grave of Timothy.
Because Mary is descendant of Edward Fuller on the Mayflower, her line is listed in Brainard's book.
Military history: In 1755, the French and Indian War was underway, and just after turning twenty-one, Timothy enlisted to serve as did his father (brothers probably too), embarking on what became a long and distinguished military career. Timothy served in four campaigns during the war. His first campaign was spent serving in Captain Dimock's. In 1757 Timothy did not serve in a provincial regiment, but he did serve for a short time with the Connecticut militia, Captain Cone's company from East Haddam, Connecticut, when thousands of militia from New England were being mobilized to march to the relief of Fort William Henry that was under siege by the French in August 1757. The fort surrendered before the relief got there to help. This is the famous siege portrayed in the story, The Last of the Mohicans. Fort William Henry was constructed in the fall of 1755 at the southern end of Lake George, New York; Timothy was stationed there during the construction. In 1758 Timothy served in the 2nd Connecticut regiment in the 3rd company under the command of Major Joseph Spencer. Timothy was an Ensign, the lowest rank of officer, and served from March to November 1758. In these three campaigns Timothy served in the Hudson River Valley, Lake George, and Lake Champlain theatre of the war. In 1760 he served in the 2nd Connecticut regiment, 2nd company, again under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Spencer. Timothy was a Second Lieutenant in this campaign. This campaign involved a long march from Albany, New York, west up the Mohawk River to Lake Oneida and then to Lake Ontario. From there they rowed boats down the Saint Lawrence River to Montreal, where the French forces in Canada surrendered, ending the war in North America. Timothy served from March to November 1760. These four campaigns made Timothy quite an experienced military officer. The veterans from the French and Indian War were the men that formed the core of the new American Army in 1775 for the War of Independence. Military records indicate that Timothy entered the service as a First Lieutenant in the 8th Connecticut in 1775 (same rank as father). The next year he appears as a Captain in the 17th Connecticut Infantry (same rank as father). He was captured on August 27, 1776 during the Battle of Brooklyn (Long Island) and was held by the British until May 1778, almost 2 years. After Captain Percival's release in 1778, he returned home to Mary and his children, and by 1790, he shows up in Durham (Freehold), New York. Durham is in the upper Catskill Mountains on the Hudson River, The family stayed there for many years, and Timothy's oldest sons, Jabez, a physician in IN, and Elkanah, married and established their own households. By 1787, Timothy, family and brother, Paul, moved to Coxsackie District in Albany County, NY, by 1790, They had moved to Freehold, Green County, NY where many CT families purchased a large tract of land to divide, Paul preceded him. 1805, Timothy and Mary sold their 100 acre land to son, Elkanah for $1900 and the couple moved to Ohio, then 1810 found in Barren Co., KY, then Boone Co., KY, dying there.
Leaving NY:
By the turn of the nineteenth century, embarking on their journey with his brother, Paul Percival, sometime between late 1800 and early 1802, children moving with them are: Jabez, a practicing physician, Timothy Jr., and unmarried Lydia, together with the Tousey family. The Tousey's were from Connecticut as well, and migrated to Durham around the same time as the Percivals. Lydia married Thomas Tousey; her cousin, Lydia (daughter of Captain Timothy's brother Paul), married Thomas' brother, Moses, and Jabez named one of his sons, Zerah Tousey Percival (b. 1799/1800 NY), after another Tousey brother. The Tousey's, Thomas, Zerah, and Moses, settled with their families across the Ohio River from Lawrenceburg, creating a small settlement named Touseytown, probably by .
Timothy Percival, Jr. appears in 1807. The first United States Federal Census that Timothy, Sr. appears on is the 1810 Boone County Census. Timothy and his wife are listed as at least twenty-six, but less than forty-four years old. The next year, Timothy bought one hundred and four acres from William Cornelius on Ashby's Fork of Woolper Creek, settling into a farmer's life and raising a large family. 1820 he is in Burlington, KY with a family of 7 and 2 slaves - there are also John S. and Samuel of age to be his sons.
Paul, married a Lydia, had dau. Lydia, b. 1780, d. 1818, she married Moses Tousey, buried 1818 in Tousey Cem in Petersburg, Boone Co, KY, a historical account writes "Across the county on the eastern border with neighboring Kenton County, another old cemetery lies mostly forgotten; although it lies just a few yards from the busy Walton-Nicholson Road, it just as obscure as the hidden Tousey cemetery. Most of the headstones are intact here, an entire Percival family, some cruelly wiped out in their youth, that lived and loved in the old
farmhouse that stands in the yard beyond the cemetery
Sources:
1810 Barren County, KY census
Green, Henry Clinton, and Mary Wolcott Green. “Patron Saints:Mary Fuller Percival”. The Pioneer Mothers of America. 1922. pg. 359
Pioneers from the East: The Percival Family in Boone County by Melinda Sartwell
Timothy and Mary had 7 children: Dr. Jabez of Lawrenceberg, IN altho he practiced in Boone Co, KY also, Elkanah, Timothy, Mary, Elizabeth (Gridley of IL), Anna, Lydia: still to be found are marriage surnames and graves of dau's. Mary, Anna and Lydia and grave of Timothy.
Because Mary is descendant of Edward Fuller on the Mayflower, her line is listed in Brainard's book.
Military history: In 1755, the French and Indian War was underway, and just after turning twenty-one, Timothy enlisted to serve as did his father (brothers probably too), embarking on what became a long and distinguished military career. Timothy served in four campaigns during the war. His first campaign was spent serving in Captain Dimock's. In 1757 Timothy did not serve in a provincial regiment, but he did serve for a short time with the Connecticut militia, Captain Cone's company from East Haddam, Connecticut, when thousands of militia from New England were being mobilized to march to the relief of Fort William Henry that was under siege by the French in August 1757. The fort surrendered before the relief got there to help. This is the famous siege portrayed in the story, The Last of the Mohicans. Fort William Henry was constructed in the fall of 1755 at the southern end of Lake George, New York; Timothy was stationed there during the construction. In 1758 Timothy served in the 2nd Connecticut regiment in the 3rd company under the command of Major Joseph Spencer. Timothy was an Ensign, the lowest rank of officer, and served from March to November 1758. In these three campaigns Timothy served in the Hudson River Valley, Lake George, and Lake Champlain theatre of the war. In 1760 he served in the 2nd Connecticut regiment, 2nd company, again under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Spencer. Timothy was a Second Lieutenant in this campaign. This campaign involved a long march from Albany, New York, west up the Mohawk River to Lake Oneida and then to Lake Ontario. From there they rowed boats down the Saint Lawrence River to Montreal, where the French forces in Canada surrendered, ending the war in North America. Timothy served from March to November 1760. These four campaigns made Timothy quite an experienced military officer. The veterans from the French and Indian War were the men that formed the core of the new American Army in 1775 for the War of Independence. Military records indicate that Timothy entered the service as a First Lieutenant in the 8th Connecticut in 1775 (same rank as father). The next year he appears as a Captain in the 17th Connecticut Infantry (same rank as father). He was captured on August 27, 1776 during the Battle of Brooklyn (Long Island) and was held by the British until May 1778, almost 2 years. After Captain Percival's release in 1778, he returned home to Mary and his children, and by 1790, he shows up in Durham (Freehold), New York. Durham is in the upper Catskill Mountains on the Hudson River, The family stayed there for many years, and Timothy's oldest sons, Jabez, a physician in IN, and Elkanah, married and established their own households. By 1787, Timothy, family and brother, Paul, moved to Coxsackie District in Albany County, NY, by 1790, They had moved to Freehold, Green County, NY where many CT families purchased a large tract of land to divide, Paul preceded him. 1805, Timothy and Mary sold their 100 acre land to son, Elkanah for $1900 and the couple moved to Ohio, then 1810 found in Barren Co., KY, then Boone Co., KY, dying there.
Leaving NY:
By the turn of the nineteenth century, embarking on their journey with his brother, Paul Percival, sometime between late 1800 and early 1802, children moving with them are: Jabez, a practicing physician, Timothy Jr., and unmarried Lydia, together with the Tousey family. The Tousey's were from Connecticut as well, and migrated to Durham around the same time as the Percivals. Lydia married Thomas Tousey; her cousin, Lydia (daughter of Captain Timothy's brother Paul), married Thomas' brother, Moses, and Jabez named one of his sons, Zerah Tousey Percival (b. 1799/1800 NY), after another Tousey brother. The Tousey's, Thomas, Zerah, and Moses, settled with their families across the Ohio River from Lawrenceburg, creating a small settlement named Touseytown, probably by .
Timothy Percival, Jr. appears in 1807. The first United States Federal Census that Timothy, Sr. appears on is the 1810 Boone County Census. Timothy and his wife are listed as at least twenty-six, but less than forty-four years old. The next year, Timothy bought one hundred and four acres from William Cornelius on Ashby's Fork of Woolper Creek, settling into a farmer's life and raising a large family. 1820 he is in Burlington, KY with a family of 7 and 2 slaves - there are also John S. and Samuel of age to be his sons.
Paul, married a Lydia, had dau. Lydia, b. 1780, d. 1818, she married Moses Tousey, buried 1818 in Tousey Cem in Petersburg, Boone Co, KY, a historical account writes "Across the county on the eastern border with neighboring Kenton County, another old cemetery lies mostly forgotten; although it lies just a few yards from the busy Walton-Nicholson Road, it just as obscure as the hidden Tousey cemetery. Most of the headstones are intact here, an entire Percival family, some cruelly wiped out in their youth, that lived and loved in the old
farmhouse that stands in the yard beyond the cemetery
Sources:
1810 Barren County, KY census
Green, Henry Clinton, and Mary Wolcott Green. “Patron Saints:Mary Fuller Percival”. The Pioneer Mothers of America. 1922. pg. 359
Pioneers from the East: The Percival Family in Boone County by Melinda Sartwell
Timothy was the son of John Percival and Hannah Whitmore, dau. of Francis Whitmore and Mary Cornwell married in East Haddam where they had 12 children: Timothy, John, James, Elizabeth, Hannah, Rowlin, Francis, Girdeon, Girdain, Paul, Phebe, and Elizabeth. His father served in the French and Indian War as did Timothy. I decend from daughter, Elizabeth Percival-Gridley of Bloomington, IL
Timothy and Mary had 7 children: Dr. Jabez of Lawrenceberg, IN altho he practiced in Boone Co, KY also, Elkanah, Timothy, Mary, Elizabeth (Gridley of IL), Anna, Lydia: still to be found are marriage surnames and graves of dau's. Mary, Anna and Lydia and grave of Timothy.
Because Mary is descendant of Edward Fuller on the Mayflower, her line is listed in Brainard's book.
Military history: In 1755, the French and Indian War was underway, and just after turning twenty-one, Timothy enlisted to serve as did his father (brothers probably too), embarking on what became a long and distinguished military career. Timothy served in four campaigns during the war. His first campaign was spent serving in Captain Dimock's. In 1757 Timothy did not serve in a provincial regiment, but he did serve for a short time with the Connecticut militia, Captain Cone's company from East Haddam, Connecticut, when thousands of militia from New England were being mobilized to march to the relief of Fort William Henry that was under siege by the French in August 1757. The fort surrendered before the relief got there to help. This is the famous siege portrayed in the story, The Last of the Mohicans. Fort William Henry was constructed in the fall of 1755 at the southern end of Lake George, New York; Timothy was stationed there during the construction. In 1758 Timothy served in the 2nd Connecticut regiment in the 3rd company under the command of Major Joseph Spencer. Timothy was an Ensign, the lowest rank of officer, and served from March to November 1758. In these three campaigns Timothy served in the Hudson River Valley, Lake George, and Lake Champlain theatre of the war. In 1760 he served in the 2nd Connecticut regiment, 2nd company, again under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Spencer. Timothy was a Second Lieutenant in this campaign. This campaign involved a long march from Albany, New York, west up the Mohawk River to Lake Oneida and then to Lake Ontario. From there they rowed boats down the Saint Lawrence River to Montreal, where the French forces in Canada surrendered, ending the war in North America. Timothy served from March to November 1760. These four campaigns made Timothy quite an experienced military officer. The veterans from the French and Indian War were the men that formed the core of the new American Army in 1775 for the War of Independence. Military records indicate that Timothy entered the service as a First Lieutenant in the 8th Connecticut in 1775 (same rank as father). The next year he appears as a Captain in the 17th Connecticut Infantry (same rank as father). He was captured on August 27, 1776 during the Battle of Brooklyn (Long Island) and was held by the British until May 1778, almost 2 years. After Captain Percival's release in 1778, he returned home to Mary and his children, and by 1790, he shows up in Durham (Freehold), New York. Durham is in the upper Catskill Mountains on the Hudson River, The family stayed there for many years, and Timothy's oldest sons, Jabez, a physician in IN, and Elkanah, married and established their own households. By 1787, Timothy, family and brother, Paul, moved to Coxsackie District in Albany County, NY, by 1790, They had moved to Freehold, Green County, NY where many CT families purchased a large tract of land to divide, Paul preceded him. 1805, Timothy and Mary sold their 100 acre land to son, Elkanah for $1900 and the couple moved to Ohio, then 1810 found in Barren Co., KY, then Boone Co., KY, dying there.
Leaving NY:
By the turn of the nineteenth century, embarking on their journey with his brother, Paul Percival, sometime between late 1800 and early 1802, children moving with them are: Jabez, a practicing physician, Timothy Jr., and unmarried Lydia, together with the Tousey family. The Tousey's were from Connecticut as well, and migrated to Durham around the same time as the Percivals. Lydia married Thomas Tousey; her cousin, Lydia (daughter of Captain Timothy's brother Paul), married Thomas' brother, Moses, and Jabez named one of his sons, Zerah Tousey Percival (b. 1799/1800 NY), after another Tousey brother. The Tousey's, Thomas, Zerah, and Moses, settled with their families across the Ohio River from Lawrenceburg, creating a small settlement named Touseytown, probably by .
Timothy Percival, Jr. appears in 1807. The first United States Federal Census that Timothy, Sr. appears on is the 1810 Boone County Census. Timothy and his wife are listed as at least twenty-six, but less than forty-four years old. The next year, Timothy bought one hundred and four acres from William Cornelius on Ashby's Fork of Woolper Creek, settling into a farmer's life and raising a large family. 1820 he is in Burlington, KY with a family of 7 and 2 slaves - there are also John S. and Samuel of age to be his sons.
Paul, married a Lydia, had dau. Lydia, b. 1780, d. 1818, she married Moses Tousey, buried 1818 in Tousey Cem in Petersburg, Boone Co, KY, a historical account writes "Across the county on the eastern border with neighboring Kenton County, another old cemetery lies mostly forgotten; although it lies just a few yards from the busy Walton-Nicholson Road, it just as obscure as the hidden Tousey cemetery. Most of the headstones are intact here, an entire Percival family, some cruelly wiped out in their youth, that lived and loved in the old
farmhouse that stands in the yard beyond the cemetery
Sources:
1810 Barren County, KY census
Green, Henry Clinton, and Mary Wolcott Green. “Patron Saints:Mary Fuller Percival”. The Pioneer Mothers of America. 1922. pg. 359
Pioneers from the East: The Percival Family in Boone County by Melinda Sartwell
Timothy and Mary had 7 children: Dr. Jabez of Lawrenceberg, IN altho he practiced in Boone Co, KY also, Elkanah, Timothy, Mary, Elizabeth (Gridley of IL), Anna, Lydia: still to be found are marriage surnames and graves of dau's. Mary, Anna and Lydia and grave of Timothy.
Because Mary is descendant of Edward Fuller on the Mayflower, her line is listed in Brainard's book.
Military history: In 1755, the French and Indian War was underway, and just after turning twenty-one, Timothy enlisted to serve as did his father (brothers probably too), embarking on what became a long and distinguished military career. Timothy served in four campaigns during the war. His first campaign was spent serving in Captain Dimock's. In 1757 Timothy did not serve in a provincial regiment, but he did serve for a short time with the Connecticut militia, Captain Cone's company from East Haddam, Connecticut, when thousands of militia from New England were being mobilized to march to the relief of Fort William Henry that was under siege by the French in August 1757. The fort surrendered before the relief got there to help. This is the famous siege portrayed in the story, The Last of the Mohicans. Fort William Henry was constructed in the fall of 1755 at the southern end of Lake George, New York; Timothy was stationed there during the construction. In 1758 Timothy served in the 2nd Connecticut regiment in the 3rd company under the command of Major Joseph Spencer. Timothy was an Ensign, the lowest rank of officer, and served from March to November 1758. In these three campaigns Timothy served in the Hudson River Valley, Lake George, and Lake Champlain theatre of the war. In 1760 he served in the 2nd Connecticut regiment, 2nd company, again under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Spencer. Timothy was a Second Lieutenant in this campaign. This campaign involved a long march from Albany, New York, west up the Mohawk River to Lake Oneida and then to Lake Ontario. From there they rowed boats down the Saint Lawrence River to Montreal, where the French forces in Canada surrendered, ending the war in North America. Timothy served from March to November 1760. These four campaigns made Timothy quite an experienced military officer. The veterans from the French and Indian War were the men that formed the core of the new American Army in 1775 for the War of Independence. Military records indicate that Timothy entered the service as a First Lieutenant in the 8th Connecticut in 1775 (same rank as father). The next year he appears as a Captain in the 17th Connecticut Infantry (same rank as father). He was captured on August 27, 1776 during the Battle of Brooklyn (Long Island) and was held by the British until May 1778, almost 2 years. After Captain Percival's release in 1778, he returned home to Mary and his children, and by 1790, he shows up in Durham (Freehold), New York. Durham is in the upper Catskill Mountains on the Hudson River, The family stayed there for many years, and Timothy's oldest sons, Jabez, a physician in IN, and Elkanah, married and established their own households. By 1787, Timothy, family and brother, Paul, moved to Coxsackie District in Albany County, NY, by 1790, They had moved to Freehold, Green County, NY where many CT families purchased a large tract of land to divide, Paul preceded him. 1805, Timothy and Mary sold their 100 acre land to son, Elkanah for $1900 and the couple moved to Ohio, then 1810 found in Barren Co., KY, then Boone Co., KY, dying there.
Leaving NY:
By the turn of the nineteenth century, embarking on their journey with his brother, Paul Percival, sometime between late 1800 and early 1802, children moving with them are: Jabez, a practicing physician, Timothy Jr., and unmarried Lydia, together with the Tousey family. The Tousey's were from Connecticut as well, and migrated to Durham around the same time as the Percivals. Lydia married Thomas Tousey; her cousin, Lydia (daughter of Captain Timothy's brother Paul), married Thomas' brother, Moses, and Jabez named one of his sons, Zerah Tousey Percival (b. 1799/1800 NY), after another Tousey brother. The Tousey's, Thomas, Zerah, and Moses, settled with their families across the Ohio River from Lawrenceburg, creating a small settlement named Touseytown, probably by .
Timothy Percival, Jr. appears in 1807. The first United States Federal Census that Timothy, Sr. appears on is the 1810 Boone County Census. Timothy and his wife are listed as at least twenty-six, but less than forty-four years old. The next year, Timothy bought one hundred and four acres from William Cornelius on Ashby's Fork of Woolper Creek, settling into a farmer's life and raising a large family. 1820 he is in Burlington, KY with a family of 7 and 2 slaves - there are also John S. and Samuel of age to be his sons.
Paul, married a Lydia, had dau. Lydia, b. 1780, d. 1818, she married Moses Tousey, buried 1818 in Tousey Cem in Petersburg, Boone Co, KY, a historical account writes "Across the county on the eastern border with neighboring Kenton County, another old cemetery lies mostly forgotten; although it lies just a few yards from the busy Walton-Nicholson Road, it just as obscure as the hidden Tousey cemetery. Most of the headstones are intact here, an entire Percival family, some cruelly wiped out in their youth, that lived and loved in the old
farmhouse that stands in the yard beyond the cemetery
Sources:
1810 Barren County, KY census
Green, Henry Clinton, and Mary Wolcott Green. “Patron Saints:Mary Fuller Percival”. The Pioneer Mothers of America. 1922. pg. 359
Pioneers from the East: The Percival Family in Boone County by Melinda Sartwell
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