♂ Jeptha King

1768 - 1860

Jeptha King
Parents
Job King
Job King
1736
Spouse
Lucretia Irish
Lucretia Irish
1772 - 1850
Children
 

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1768

Alexander Simpson - 1810 United States Federal Census

birth


Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA ⇓
Based on the 1830 and 1810 U.S. Censuses, he was born at earliest 1766, at latest 1770. This fits with his birth date on the 1850 census in Licking, Ohio, which also lists his birth place as Rhode Island. He was likely born at Tiverton, the same place his sister was born three years later.
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1768 • First of the weekly numbers of the Encyclopædia Britannica, edited by William Smellie, are published in Edinburgh; one hundred are planned.

1790


Age: 22y
Job King & Sarah Fish - 1790 United States Federal Census

residence


Danby, Vermont, USA ⇓
Living nearby is Prince Allen, who married Job and Sarah (Fish) King's daughter Experience.
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1790 • The alleged London Monster is arrested in London: he later receives 40 years for 10 assaults.
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1794


Age: 26y
Alexander Simpson - 1810 United States Federal Census

birth of child


Cylinda King
New York, USA ⇓
Cylinda would have been born sometime between 1790 and 1794 based on the 1810 and 1830 US censuses. Since her parents were married in 1793, she was likely born around 1794.
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1794 Horatio Nelson loses the sight in his right eye in a British military operation at Calvi in Corsica.

1810


Age: 42y
Alexander Simpson - 1810 United States Federal Census

residence


Rutland, Jefferson, New York, USA ⇓
Alexander Simpson and his wife Cylinda are living only a house away from Jeptha King.
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1810 • Moose become extinct in the Caucasus.

1820


Age: 52y
Jeptha King - 1820 United States Federal Census

residence


Rutland, Jefferson, New York, USA ⇓
He is living next door to Alexander Simpson, and not far away is a younger James Simpson.
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1820 Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.

1820


Age: 52y
Jeptha King - 1820 United States Federal Census

residence


Rutland, Jefferson, New York, USA ⇓
Jeptha is living next door to Alexander Simpson, and not far away is a younger James Simpson.
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1820 Saint Cronan's Boys' National School opens in Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland under the title Bray Male School. It is the oldest school in Bray and its notable pupils will include President of Ireland Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh.

1830


Age: 62y
Jeptha King & Lucretia Irish - 1830 United States Federal Census

residence


Rutland, Jefferson, New York, USA ⇓
Jeptha and Lucretia (Irish) King are again living only a house away from Alexander Simpson's family.
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1830 • The independence of Belgium is recognized by the Great Powers.

1850


Age: 82y
Jeptha King's Sister Experience Parentage - North America Family Histories, 1500-2000

residence


St. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓
Jeptha's sister, Experience, daughter of Job and Sarah (Fish) King from Rhode Island, first married Jesse Hurlburt, however later divorced and married Prince Allen in Danby, Vermont in 1802. Jeptha is living with an Allen family in this census, which could possibly be related to his sister's family, however, have yet to find this connection. Jeptha lists his birthplace as Rhode Island, like his sister. This connects Jeptha King and his wife Lucretia Irish to Danby as well, where their marriage record is found, as it is known that the Jeptha King there was from Rhode Island. Ethan Allen, one of the oldest members of the family who is living with Jeptha, is 104 years old.
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1850 Allan Pinkerton forms the North-Western Police Agency, later the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
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1860


Age: 92y

death


(He does not seem to appear on the 1860 census.)
1860 • Garibaldi again defeats the Neapolitan forces, advancing on Gaeta, the last remaining Neapolitan strong-point.

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