Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Percival was born about 1776, in Hardin, Kentucky, United States, her father, Samuel Thomas Percivall II, was 28 and her mother, Nancy Bruce, was 21. She married Chana Boren on 21 September 1796, in Washington, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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- Unknown, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Mary Pearcefield, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Mary Pearcefield, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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World Events (8)
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1792 · Becomes the 15th State
On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state. It was the first state west of the Appalachian Mountains
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English and Old French personal name Perceval, first found as the name of the hero of an epic poem by the 12th-century French poet Crestien de Troyes, describing the quest for the holy grail. The origin of the name is uncertain; it may be associated with the Gaulish personal name Pritorīx or it may be an altered form of the Celtic name Peredur (see Priddy ). It seems to have been altered as the result of folk etymological association with Old French perce(r) ‘to pierce or breach’ + val ‘valley’.
(of Norman origin): habitational name from either of two places called Perceval in Calvados, Normandy (France).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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