Robert
King
Born in New Jersey
Ancestors 
Son of Richard King
and Margaret (Barclay) King
Brother of
James King [half], Elizabeth (King) Blythe, Richard King, John King, Margaret (King) Hall, Thomas King and Mary (King) Barr
Husband of
Mary (Morrison) King
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Rebecca (King) Wallace, Margaret (King) Donnell, Martha (King) McCorkhill, Richard King, Anna (King) McGee, Mary (King) Farr and Samuel King
Died
at age 69
in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
Robert King performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.
Robert, son of Richard King and Margaret Barclay, was born January 25, 1736 in New Jersey. [1] His Christening was on March 4, 1736 in Tennent, Monmouth County, New Jersey. [2]
He married Mary Harrison, daughter of the first William Morrison and Margaret Hays, who lived on Third Creek at a mill in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Robert and Mary King lived at Snow Creek, currently Iredell County, North Carolina. Their children were:
- Margaret King
- Mary King
- Richard King
- Martha King
- Samuel King
- Ann King
- Rebecca King
- Elizabeth King
- William King
- Davie King
- Rhoda King
He passed away January 6, 1806 in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee. Robert is believed to have been laid to rest in King Cemetery, Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, United States. [3]
Revolutionary War Service
His service during the Revolutionary War while living in Rowan County, North Carolina is the basis of numerous DAR applications from his descendants. He married Mary Morrison while in North Carolina; they had eleven children, many of whom moved from North Carolina to Sumner County, Tennessee and then to Missouri.
Service Source: CLARK, STATE RECS OF NC VOL 23 P 994; VOL 10 P 279
Service Description:
- 1) JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
- 2) MEM OF COMMITTEE OF SAFETY, ROWAN CO [4]
Research Notes
Robert was born January 25, 1736 per the bible record of his father, Richard King. [1] According to the bible record excerpt they were residing in New Jersey where 11 children were born but the exact location in New Jersey wasn't known.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Family Bible of Richard King. Link, accessed Jan 15, 2018
- ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5FT-KR7 : 18 January 2020), Robert King, 1736.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 December 2020), memorial page for Robert King (15 Jan 1736–6 Jan 1806), Find A Grave: Memorial #46739061, citing King Cemetery, Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by TSSJr (contributor 48381684) .
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Jan 14, 2018), "Record of Robrt King", Ancestor # A064750.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
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~1.56%
Betty (Hale) Lindgren
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A805134 [compare], Ancestry member betty656_1
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Sharon (Garrett) Glover :
23andMe, GEDmatch M826829 [compare], yourDNAportal SHA50b25b67
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SQ886555C1 [compare], Ancestry member sharglove
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Tiffanie Chapman :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Tiffanie
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Martha (Cramer) Johnston :
23andMe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A572265 [compare], FTDNA kit #B319638
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~0.78%
Lillian Pauley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WA594280C1 [compare], Ancestry member seabecklil
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~0.39%
Whitney (Goostree) Burton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A070363 [compare], Ancestry member wburton_cea
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Terry Solomon :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ter_solomon
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~0.39%
Gail Barclay :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #753255
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