Elizabeth (Edwards) King (abt. 1719 - 1792)

Born about 22 May 1719 in Stafford, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of William King — married 21 May 1738 in Stafford, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1792 at about age 72 in Boones Lookout, Nelson, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth Edwards was born circa 1719, in Westmoreland county, Virginia, a daughter of John Edwards and Jane Arrington. ^[1] On May 21, 1738, in Overwharton Parish, Stafford county, Virginia, Elizabeth married William King. Elizabeth and William became the parents of twelve children, at least four of which are Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Ancestors:

• Philip King, born circa 1739, in Virginia

• John King, born December 1, 1740, in Virginia, died after 1795, in Jefferson county, Kentucky, married Mary Hampton, DAR Ancestor ^[2]

• Withers King, born August 20, 1741, in Stafford county, Virginia, died in 1818, in Bullitt county, Kentucky, married Sarah Alexander. DAR Ancestor ^[3]

• Edmund King, born circa 1744, in Virginia, died before July 7, 1817, in Franklin county, Georgia, married three times. DAR Ancestor ^[4]

• William King, born February 22, 1745, in Stafford county, Virginia, died July 2, 1833, in Nelson county, Kentucky, married Letitia Bland. DAR Ancestor ^[5]

• Valentine King, born 1747, in Stafford county, Virginia, died after April 13, 1790, in Jefferson county, Kentucky

• Nimrod King, born November 29, 1750, in Stafford county, Virginia

• Robert King, born in Stafford County, Virginia

• George King, born 1754, in Stafford county, Virginia, died after 1783, in Cumberland county, Kentucky

• "General" John Edwards King, born December 21, 1757, in Stafford county, Virginia, died May 13, 1828, in Bourbon county, Kentucky, married Sarah "Sallie" Clifton Note: "General" is term of affection and respect and not military rank" ^[6]

• Thomas King, born circa 1759, in Stafford county, Virginia

Elizabeth appears in Stafford County Rent rolls in 1768, so her husband appears to have been deceased by then. Elizabeth sold the plantation, owned by her husband, and moved with her children to Augusta County, Virginia, where she was still living in 1790, when she was named in the Will of her son, Valentine King. ^[7]

Descendants claim Elizabeth (Edwards) King moved to Nelson county, Kentucky and died at the home of one of her children in 1792, in Boone's Lookout, Nelson county, Kentucky.

Researchers Notes

The information regarding the children of Elizabeth Edwards and William King came from the Register of Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 27, No. 80, May, 1929, pages 548-551 and the Overwarton Parish Register, Stafford county, Virginia.

Elizabeth and William are ancestors found in the SAR membership application of Myron LaFarque

Sources

1. ↑ William and Mary College Quarterly, Volume XIII, #4, October 1933, The Monroe Family, pages 231-241
2. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A066676
3. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A064882
4. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A066406
5. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A064875
6. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A066695
7. ↑ Register of Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 27, No. 80, May, 1929, pages 548-551

• The Descendants of Meredith Edwards of Westmoreland County, Virginia, by Jason M. Farrell, September, 2020, pages 40 and 41. Ancestor#7, digitized here: https://archive.org/details/the-descendants-of-meredith-edwards-of-westmoreland-county-virginia/page/40/mode/1up

Acknowledgements

• Edwards-6702 was created by Jack Isham through the import of Jackie Lynn Isham_2014-02-12.ged on Feb 12, 2014