Percival Starr Penfield (1878)

Born 21 Nov 1878 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Biography

Percy was born in 1878. He is the son of David Penfield and Helen Morse.

From The Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel Penfield, Pg. 146:

Children of David G. (576) and Helen Morse from p. 86

1126. Percival Starr. Born 21 Nov. 1878 Danbury Conn. unmarried and living in Princeton, N. J. in 1953.

1127. Allan Morse. Born 2 Feb. 1884 Danbury Conn. Bapt. 1 Jul. 1900 Danbury First Cong, Church Record Vol. 10 p. 25. Unmarried - died 3 Mar. 1913 - Record from same church Vol. 12 p. 105 also Hartford VRs.

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From The Giddings Family, Pgs. 112, 113:

393. Eunice (7), James A. (6), Jonathan (5), Joseph (4), b. June 3, 1807, in Sherman, m. Dec. 24, 1835, Levi Penfield, of New Fairfileld, b. Sep. 1, 1807, d. June 9, 1851. After her husband's d. she removed to Danbury, where she now resides; is a member of the Congl. Church. Mr. Penfield's (1) wife was Cornelia Stevens, who d., leaving a dau., Cornelia, who m. Oct. 7, 1855, Rev. Aaron Peffers, and had ch.

Children of Eunice and Levi Penfield:

459. David Giddings, b. Aug. 8, 1842, is a civil engineer, and has been employed for several years in laying out railroads. He is at present (1881) in the employ of the New York and New England R. R. Co., and resides in Danbury, Conn., where he also carries on an extensive wholesale business in oils. He m. Feb. 21, 1878, Helen G. Morse, of Danbury, Conn., b. 1849. They have a son Percy S., b. Nov. 21, 1878.

460. Sophia, b. July 31, 1844, is a successful physician in Danbury.

461. Levi T., b. 1846, d. 1847.

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Sources

See also:

• The Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel Penfield, by Florence Bentz Penfield, Harris Press, Reading, PA,1963. Percival, Record #1126, is the son of David G. Penfield, Record #579, Pg. 146. - Original data: Pg. 146
• The Giddings Family: or, the descendants of George Giddings, who came from St Albans, England to Ipswich, Mass., in 1635. , by Minot S. Giddings, Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, Hartford, Conn., 1882. Percy is the son of David Giddings Penfield, Record #459, Pgs. 112,113.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #142187210; Percival S. Penfield, Wooster Cemetery, Danbury CT, Plot: Section H, Lot 1

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