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My Piercy Roots

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Arms of Percy ancient (click to learn more)

My last name comes from the House of Percy, we are an English noble family. With roots to France, and back even further. My ancestors were one of the most powerful noble families in Northern England and for much of the Middle Ages, known for their long rivalry with another powerful northern English family, the House of Neville, which I am also descendant of.

Below you will see my direct roots and learn a little bit more about my ancestors and how my line came to America.

My Family Tree

My Piercy/Pearcy/Percy roots below via my Paternal lineage, as well as my Maternal.

I have new recent finding making a straight shot via William Percy to Manifred de Perci. These findings were found via a site called genealogy.com. Whoever the owner happens to be (a distant cousin), thank you for helping me put all the pieces together! Below are the screenshots.

Genealogy Report: The Descendants of Manifred Percy/Perci
Descendants of Manifred Percy, 26th Generation John Percy/Pearcy left Ireland for America
Children of John Percy/Pearcy and Jane Stanwood, my 9th Great Grandparents
Percy Lines
What My Strait Paternal Piercy/Percy Line looks like
This is the Correct Brother that I Come From, I Think. I am Second Guessing as Someone on Family Search Keeps Changing It to William Fred and Not William Henry Though William Henry’s Name is Spelled Piercy Like Mine
Census Record
Census Record
William Fred and Sherwood Henry Pearcy both had William Henry Pearcy as a son
1870 U.S. Federal Census
Information on Sherwood H Pearcy and Family in 1870 U.S. Federal Census
Expanded Information on Sherwood H Pearcy and Family in 1870 U.S. Federal Census
Census Record Showing 2 Brothers having children with the same name
For some reason, anytime I print or expand William Fred shows instead of William Henry. According to this it says 2 brothers had sons with the same names and lived next to each other according to the census record.
My Paternal Tudor line meets my Paternal Percy line
My Paternal Percy line and Edward III
My Paternal Percy line meets my Italian roots with DiSaluzzo
My Paternal Percy Roots

Now granted, yes, so many Percy’s, and I’m actually a Percy from my mother’s line as well and here is my Maternal side.

On my father’s side when it hits John Percy it becomes a jumbled mess. So many people I found have added father’s having kids at 7 and 8 years old. I do not even think this is possible, not child baring or making years. I made a new post explaining and all the places I found mix ups. Click HERE.

Henry de Percy Maternal Side of Percy Roots
Sir Henry Hotspur Percy, Maternal Side of Percy Roots
Ancient DNA and My Ancestors Migration Route with DNA Dig Sites
My mtDNA and Autosomal DNA test results
One of My de Perci Ancestors in Perci-En-Auge, Normandy, France

Now for my favorite part of this, my ancestors for some reason decided to change our last name de Perci, to de Percy to Pearcy to Piercy. I actually have an immediate uncle with the spelling Pearcy, and I ended up with Piercy.

Arms of my Percy Ancestor Henry de Percy
My Father Donald R. Piercy in Long Bihn, Vietnam 1960’s
My Grandfather Arthur Albert Piercy WWII 1940’s
Piercy Men in the Military

The Piercy/Percy name is a Military name meaning to pierce hedges in battle, known for being fast, bold and swift, and carrying high nobility, and honor, never backing down but always moving forward no matter the cost. And that cost right there, well it sometimes got them killed!

My Paternal and Maternal ancestor Harry Hotspur Percy (click for Full Wikipedia)

Born of a Neville and a Percy, Sir Henry Percy KG (20 May 1364 – 21 July 1403), nicknamed Hotspur, was an English knight who fought in several campaigns against the Scots in the northern border and against the French during the Hundred Years’ War. The nickname “Hotspur” was given to him by the Scots as a tribute to his speed in advance and readiness to attack. The heir to a leading noble family in northern England, Hotspur was one of the earliest and prime movers behind the deposition of King Richard II in favour of Henry Bolingbroke in 1399. He later fell out with the new regime and rebelled, and was slain at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 at the height of his fame. (Via Wikipedia)

Another subject with my family to tell about which I find rather exciting, is our family castle 🏰. Castle Alnwick in Norththumberland, England 🇬🇧. It’s the castle that was used in the Harry Potter franchise as Hogwarts!!! Yes, that is right! We even have a castle vampire legend too!! How cool is that!!!

Alnwick Castle is Hogwarts in Harry Potter
My Families Ancestral Castle, Alnwick Castle

Granted, my line hasn’t lived there since coming to America, though my extended family still keeps it up and running!!! They live in one part and the other part you can visit and tour! (Click to schedule your tour today)

I hope this article covers a lot on my Piercy line and helps educate others that finding where you come from and who you come from is possible! Don’t ever stop moving forward!!!

And one more fun fact before I am off this page. Thomas Percy and the famous gunpowder plot with involvement around my 12th great aunt Queen Mary of Scots! He lost his head due to it, click on the highlighted area for his Wikipedia and if you want more fun family tales please let me know!

Other Percy’s in descendant of are below.

Best Regards,

Dawn Piercy, PhD

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