Godfrey King (1781 - 1861)

Born 10 Aug 1781 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

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Died 2 Jul 1861 at age 79 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Godfrey was born about 1781. He married Rhoda Sanford at Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island - parents of Ephraim, Alfred, Abigail, Content, Andrew, Esther, Abner, Patience and Nancy Louise King. He passed away in 1861 and is buried in the King Cemetery in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island.^[1]

His grave memorial says he was pensioned under Captain Cook. I think that was his possible father or uncle. There is a Godfrey born about 1750 that was the person in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 ^[2]

Year: 1840; Census Place: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island ^[3]

• Name: Godfrey King
• Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
• Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
• Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
• Persons Employed in Navigation of the Ocean: 1
• Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
• Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
• Total Free White Persons: 4
• Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4

Year: 1850; Census Place: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island ^[4]

• Godfrey King 67/m, farmer, RI
• Louisa Macomber 23/f, RI
• Alexander Macomber 28/m, sailor, RI
• William J Macomber 2/m, RI
• Fanny G Macomber 0/f, RI
• Mary King 75/f, RI
• The page has many Kings on it, brothers possibly, Isaac, Joseph, Cornelius, all near his age.

Year: 1860; Census Place: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island ^[5]

• Godfrey King 78/m, $1250 $200, RI
• Abner King 39/m, farmer, RI
• Emeline King 34/f,
• Rhoda King 16/f, RI school
• Lucy W King 12/f, RI school
• Cornelia King 10/f, RI school
• Adonivam King 6/m, RI school

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current[1]
2. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970; Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. [2]
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYB-DZN : 18 August 2017), Godfrey King, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; citing p. 242, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 504; FHL microfilm 22,260.
4. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island; Roll: M432_842; Page: 94A; Image: 475; Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.[3]
5. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island; Roll: M653_1204; Page: 381; Family History Library Film: 805204; Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. [4]

• "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4QG-K29 : accessed 19 January 2015), Alexander Macomber and Nancy Louisa King, 26 Apr 1848; citing P70, Westport, Massachusetts, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,428,256