Mary Percival

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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Family Time Line

Chana Boren
1770–
Mary Percival
1776–
Marriage: 21 September 1796
Charles Boren
1797–

Sources (11)

  • 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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