[Recorded as a family group] John Percival Born November 6th 1754 at Sandwich Ruth Percival Born January 9th 1759 at Falmouth Betsy Percival Born October 20th 1777 Lydia Percival Born february 12th 1779 John Percival Ju'r Born April 25th 1781 Ruth Percival Born April 25th 1783 Samuel Percival Born August 29th 1785 Mont Gomery Percival Born Sep'r 25th 1790 Hannah Gates Percival born Jany 12 - 1793 Content born Feb 28 1796 [sic, see baptism] Nabby born Feb 1798
p. 278 [1793.] Sept 8th ... John, Samuel, Ruth, James, Montgomery & Hannah-Gates, children of John & Ruth Parcival [baptized] p. 279 [1795.] April 12th Content, daughter of John and Ruth Parcival was baptized. p. 280 [1798.] April 22d Nabby, daughter of Mr John & Mrs Ruth Parcival [baptized]
Many sources, notably a book of Rev. War veterans, NYGBR article, and even personal notes of Lydia Brownson seem to indicate John's wife is Ruth Crocker, but it is unclear how they arrived at this conclusion and they don't seem to identify her parnets. No such birth is registered in Falmouth VRs to compare to the Lee record giving the birth of Ruth as 9 Jan 1759 "in Famouth". However, if this is true, she would undoubtedly be the daughter of Noah Crocker and Content Davis, who married in Fallbrook in 1756 and were in Lee, Mass., by 1777 when he signed a petition, if not earlier. Noah's mother was named Ruth, and then, too, John and Ruth Percival named a daughter Content.
