Photograph Gallery
Sherbone Abbey contains Percy family pews. The weighbridge house building (foreground) is all that remains of the weighbridge built by Joseph Percy 1759-1828.
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Joseph Hewlett Percy (1797-1864) c.1830. Joseph arrived with his family on the Chilfton at Wellington Harbour 17 Feb 1842.
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Esther Mary Percy nee' Pearce (1799-1873). Wife of Joseph Hewlett Percy.
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Joseph Percy Jnr. (1821-1886). c.1840. Eldest son of Joseph Hewlett and Esther Mary Percy. |  |
Annie Maria Percy nee' Welch (1829-1901). Wife of Joseph Percy Jnr.
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Joseph Henry Percy (1849-1910). Eldest son of Joseph Jnr. and Annie Maria Percy. The only one of eight children to marry and continue the Petone Percy line. |  |
Ada Percy nee' Everest (1861-1937) Wife of Joseph Henry Percy.
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Te Puni Paramount Chief Ngati Atiawa and signatory to the Treay of Waitangi. The Petone chief leased land to the Percy family and was staunch in his friendship for 30 years. |
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Eliza Renall nee' Percy (1824-1874) c.1840. Daughter of Joseph Hewlett Percy. |
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Eliza Renall (nee' Percy) married to Alfred Renall M.P. |
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Alfred Renall M.P. "A huge man in stature and in deeds he carried out." |
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Mill House, Queen Street, Masterton. Home of the Renall family. |
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The first Percy home. Hutt Road Petone, c.1860s. |
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The first Percy home with later additions, c.1890. |
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The second Percy residence. L. to R. Adelaide, Lucy, Joseph with their parents Annie Maria and Jospeh Jnr. |
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Painting by Samuel Bree showing the Hutt River bridge erected in 1847 by J Percy & Son. Molesworths Mill at the right was also built by the family. |
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Original Percy Mill Petone, c.1846. Built by Joseph Hewlett Percy. |
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Percy's Britannia Mill, Korokoro, c.1860s. Built in 1855 by Joseph Hewlett Percy. (Photo courtesy) Alexander Turnball Library). |
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View from Percy's Mill, c.1870. Somes Island in the background. (Photo courtesy) Alexander Turnball Library). |
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Wedding of Joseph William ("Wiri") Percy and Mary Scott. Thornton Park 1910. |
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William Alfred Percy, one of the bachelor brothers, at Petone gardens. The Punga was carved by him. |
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St Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Lower Hutt, erected by J Percy & Son, 1851, demolished 1940. |
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Two of the bachelor brothers walk with Mrs Climie, their housekeeper. |
| The spinster sisters, Lucy (left) and Adelaide. The sisters always dressed in Victorian garb and never advanced in fashion during their lifetime. |  |
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The formed lake-bed and gardens. |
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The filled lake. During the lifetime of the family only "approved people" were allowed to picnic there and those thought unworthy considered it a great honour to have been invited to do so. |
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Beatrice Lucy Dolphin, nee' Percy, centre, with her family. L. to R. Ethel, Robert, Ralph (Bill) and Beatrice Margaret. |
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"In the Avondale fields"- the first tractor on Rosebank Peninsula. Perc. Jennings and Bill Dolphin. |
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Sons of "Wiri" and Mary. L. to R. Kenneth, Roderick, Ian and Arthur (Bill). |
| Three generations of eldest sons. "Wiri" holding Shirley (Kevin) and Arthur. Could they have been the 'true' Earls of Northumberland? |  |
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Thornton Park, Te Ore Ore, Masterton. Original homestead of Henry and Sarah Percy. Later to be home of Alfred and Catherine Percy. |
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Thornton Park, restored after the fire. |
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Ngatakoko, Te Ore Ore, Masterton, today. Original homestead of Oswald and Ada Percy. |
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Original Ellesmere homestead, Te Ore Ore, later destroyed by fire. Home of Frank and Ethel Percy. |
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Tividale, the Bideford home of Joseph Hewlett and Ellen Percy soon after completion in 1909. A far cry from the "whare" they began married life in nine years earlier. Later to be the home of Clarence and Clarice. |
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Dursley, the Bideford house of Willie and Noelene Percy. The farm later converted from sheep to a dairy unit. |
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Henry James and Sarah Percy surrounded by their family. Back row L. to R. Joe, Alf, Eunice, Os, Frank. Front row L. to R. Kate, Bertie (Kate's son), Lucy, William and Nellie |
| Wedding of Alfred Joseph Percy and Catherine Killery. |  |
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Family scene Thornton Park c.1900. Henry James Percy (seated on verandah) with extended family. |
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Sarah Percy and her expanding family (1905). |
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Joseph Hewlett Percy with his three sons, c.1918. Clarence (seated), Willie and Henry. |
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Willie and Noelene Percy, and thie sons. L. to R. Joseph, David and Anthony. |
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"Aunty Ethel"Percy, Ellesmere, Te Ore Ore. "You boys will be the death of me." |
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"Ellesmere" L. to R. Betty, Shirley (Kevin), Colin and Erl Percy. |
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Huia Donovan-Lindsay. An accomplished and much sought-after artist. Daughter of J.J. Donovan and Lucy Percy. |
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Willie J Percy and Alfred Percy on Vacation, Rotorua 1918. |
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"Boys with their Toys." The Twidale Daimler. Willie and Alfred Percy at Lake Rotoma, 1918. |
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The Ellesmere Rover. From back to bonnet: Betty, Colin, Erl, Kathleen, Frank, Jack and Shirley on bonnet. |
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Joseph Hewlett Percy with daughters Eileen and Joan. Tividale, c.1910.
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Four generations at "Kahikatea "Te Ore Ore. L. to R. Joe, Erl, Blair and Kaitland. |
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David and Mary Daily (daughter of Lucy Percy) and clan. |
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The Percy reunion 1999 held at Copthorne Resort, Masterton. After a visit to the original Percy farms Te Ore Ore and Bideford, a pilgrimage was made the following day to the Petone Percy Reserve.