Timothy Terry
1798 - 1886 (87 years)-
Name Timothy Terry Birth 23 Sep 1798 Toronto, York, Upper Canada, British Colonial America 
Gender Male Burial Jun 1886 Thornber Cemetery, Powellton, Hancock, Illinois, United States Death 12 Jun 1886 Rock Creek Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States 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 d. 23 Jul 1808, York, Home District, Upper Canada, British North America (Age 52 years) Mother Rhoda Skinner, b. Abt. 16 Jun 1775, Ontario, Canada d. 01 Sep 1834, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 59 years) Relationship unknown Marriage 1794 Upper Canada, British Colonial America Family ID F2029 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Elizabeth Ann 'Adella' May, b. 08 Feb 1807, Portadown, Lurgan, County Antrim, Ireland d. 05 Apr 1842, Rock Creek, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, USA (Age 35 years) Marriage 09 Nov 1831 Home Township, Algoma, Canada West, British Colonial America 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 d. 18 Sep 1885, Rock Creek Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States (Age 72 years) Marriage 21 Aug 1842 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Family ID F2060 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jun 2025
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Notes - AF
Timothy Terry was born in Upper Cana
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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.
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