Timothy Terry

Timothy Terry

Male 1798 - 1886  (87 years)


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  • Name Timothy Terry 
    Birth 23 Sep 1798  Toronto, York, Upper Canada, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Burial Jun 1886  Thornber Cemetery, Powellton, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 12 Jun 1886  Rock Creek Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I312684224252  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father Parshall Terry, II,   b. 22 Feb 1756, Mattituck, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1808, York, Home District, Upper Canada, British North America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Rhoda Skinner,   b. Abt. 16 Jun 1775, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Sep 1834, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage 1794  Upper Canada, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2029  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Ann 'Adella' May,   b. 08 Feb 1807, Portadown, Lurgan, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Apr 1842, Rock Creek, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 09 Nov 1831  Home Township, Algoma, Canada West, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2058  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Lambert,   b. 08 Sep 1813, Eccles, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1885, Rock Creek Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 21 Aug 1842  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2060  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • AF

      Timothy Terry was born in Upper Cana
      AF

      Timothy Terry was born in Upper Canada (now Ontario). He was the fourth child born to Parshall Terry II and his second wife, Rhoda Skinner. He married Adella May in Canada in 11/1831. Five children were born to this marriage. Timothy's half-brother Parshall Terry III, born 1778, lived at one time in Palmyra, NY. In George Walton's Directory of 1837, Terry is on Lot 12, Con 6 of Chingaucousy Township, Peel Township. Timothy's half-brother Parshall Terry III lived, at one time, in Palmyra, NY. He lived near the Joseph Smith Sr. Family. This was about the time that young Joseph Smith had his first vision.

      When the (LDS) Mormons came to Canada, Timothy and many of the Terry family were converted. In 1838, they moved to Missouri and, when driven from there, they went to Nauvoo, IL. Terry and Elizabeth are listed in the 1850 census of Hancock Co Illinois. Timothy Terry did not leave Illinois when the Mormons left after the death of Joseph Smith Jr. He remained in Rock Creek and became a member of the RLDS church.

      Source:
      Bernice Terry Hadley
      quoted by Betty J. Johnson, World Connect.

      1870 Census, Illinois
      Rock Creek Township, Hancock County
      Post office: Nauvoo
      Page No. 29

      Terry, Timothy, age 72, m, Farmer, born Canada
      -----, Elizabeth, age 56, f, Keeping House, born England
      -----, William T., age 18, m, Farm laborer, born Illinois
      -----, Margaret, age 15, f, born Illinois
      -----, Mary H., age 12, f, born Illinois
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      1880 US Census, Illinois
       Timothy TERRY   Self   Married   Male   age 81   CAN   Retired
       Elizabeth TERRY   Wife   Married   Female   age 66   ENG   Keeping House
       William T. TERRY   Son   Single   Male  age 28   IL   Works On Farm

      Source Information:
        Census Place Rock Creek, Hancock, Illinois
        Family History Library Film   1254211
        NA Film Number   T9-0211
        Page Number   249A

      !BAPTIZED AFTER ENDOWED JOINED THE LDS C
      !BAPTIZED AFTER ENDOWED JOINED THE LDS CHURCH IN 1838. WENT TO MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS. ALSO BAPTIZED 27 NOV 1967 ALSO MARRIED NOV 1831 TO ELIZABETH LAMBERT? PARSHALL TERRY FAMILY HISTORY AND MR/MRS TERRY LUND INFORMATION ON TIMOTHY PETER TERRY, HIS WIVES, AND CHILDREN FROM A LETTER FROM GEORGE THOMAS TERRY TO HIS NIECE AND NEPHEW ON 27 MARCH 1898, ADRIN, ILLINOIS. INFORMATION IN THE LETTER COPIED FROM TIMOTHY PETER TERRY RECORDS BY HIS SON GEORGE THOMAS TERRY. MARRIED TO ELIZABETH LAMBERT, SECOND WIFE, IN 1842 BY THEODORE TURLEY, MINISTER IN THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. 1ST WIFE ELIZABETH ADELLA MAY, OR ELIZABETH ANN MAY BY ANDERSON BELL, MINISTER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN TORONTO. YORK TWP., UPPER CANADA IS THE SAME AS TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

      In George Walton's Directory of 1837, Te
      In George Walton's Directory of 1837, Terry is on Lot 12, Con 6 ofChingaucousy Township, Peel Township.

      Terry and Elizabeth are listed in the 1850 census of Hancock Co Illinois.

      Timothy's half-brother Parshall Terry III lived, at one time, in Palmyra,NY. He lived near the Joseph Smith Sr. Family.

      When the Mormons came to Canada, Timothy and many of the Terry familywere converted. In 1838, they moved to Missouri and, when driven fromthere, they went to Nauvoo, IL.

      Timothy Terry did not leave Illinois when the MOrmons left after thedeath of Joseph Smith Jr. He remained in Rock Creek and became a memberof the RLDS church.

      Source: Bernice Terry Hadley, quoted by BEtty J. Johnson, World Connect.