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1768
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birthTiverton, 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 • First of the weekly numbers of the Encyclopædia Britannica, edited by William Smellie, are published in Edinburgh; one hundred are planned. |
1790
Age: 22y
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residenceDanby, Vermont, USA ⇓ Living nearby is Prince Allen, who married Job and Sarah (Fish) King's daughter Experience. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1790 • The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia, the capital district of the United States. |
1793
Nov 16
Age: 25y
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marriageLucretia Irish Danby, Vermont, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1793 • George Washington signs the Neutrality Proclamation. |
about
Age: 26y
1794
Age: 26y
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birth of childCylinda 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 ⇓ |
| 1794 • The University of Tennessee is established at Knoxville. |
1810
Age: 42y
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residenceRutland, Jefferson, New York, USA ⇓ Alexander Simpson and his wife Cylinda are living only a house away from Jeptha King. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1810 • Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria. |
1820
Age: 52y
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residenceRutland, Jefferson, New York, USA ⇓ He is living next door to Alexander Simpson, and not far away is a younger James Simpson. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1820 • Robert Owen devises the labour voucher. |
1820
Age: 52y
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residenceRutland, Jefferson, New York, USA ⇓ Jeptha 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. |
1830
Age: 62y
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residenceRutland, Jefferson, New York, USA ⇓ Jeptha and Lucretia (Irish) King are again living only a house away from Alexander Simpson's family. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1830 • Joseph Smith and 5 others organize the Church of Christ (later renamed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), the first formally organized church of the Latter Day Saint movement, in northwestern New York. |
1850
Age: 82y
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residenceSt. 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. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1850 • The USS Advance puts to sea from New York to search for John Franklin's Arctic expedition. |
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Age: 92y
1860
Age: 92y
death(He does not seem to appear on the 1860 census.) |
| 1860 • Charles Dickens publishes the first installment of Great Expectations in his magazine All the Year Round. |