♂ 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.
5 Sources ⇓
1768 • A Secretary of State for the colonies is appointed in Britain.

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 • Inventor Samuel Hopkins becomes the first to be issued a U.S. patent (for an improved method of making potash).

1793


Nov 16
Age: 25y
1793 Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie's 1792–1793 Peace River expedition to the Pacific Ocean reaches its goal at Bella Coola, British Columbia, making him the first known person to complete a transcontinental crossing of northern North America.
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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.
3 Sources ⇓

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 • Russia acquires Sukhumi through a treaty with the Abkhazian dukes, and declares a protectorate over the whole of Abkhazia.

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.
1 Source ⇓
1820 • The 6th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica appears.

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.
1 Source ⇓
1820 Anchor coinage is issued for use in some British colonies.

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.
1 Source ⇓
1830 • The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.

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 • The University of Sydney (the oldest in Australia) is founded.
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1860


Age: 92y

death


(He does not seem to appear on the 1860 census.)
1860 • The first Convention of Peking formally ends the Second Opium War.

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