Charles Henry King (1789 - 1867)

Born 16 Mar 1789 in New York City, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza (Gracie) King — married 12 Mar 1810 in New York City, New York, United States

Husband of Henrietta Liston Low — married 17 Mar 1826 in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1867 at age 78 in Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States

Biography

Charles King is Notable.

On March 12, 1810, he married first to Eliza Gracie (1790-–1825),-the daughter of shipping magnate Archibald Gracie (1755-–1829).

Their children included:

Eliza Gracie King (1810-–1883), who married Rev. Charles Henry Halsey (1810-–1855)

Esther Rogers King (1812-–1898), who married Brig. Gen. James Green Martin (1819-–1878)

Rufus King (1814-–1876), who married Susan McCown Eliot (1826-–1892)

William Gracie King (1816-–1882), who married Adeline Taylor McKee (1817-–1854)

Charles King, Jr. (b. 1817), who died at sea

Alice Consett King (1819-–1861), who married Rev. Andrew Bell Paterson\b3 Archibald

Gracie King (1821-–1823),who died in childhood

Emily Sophia King (1823-–1853), who married Stephen Van Rensselaer Paterson (1817-–1872),grandson of William Paterson (1745-–1806),a U.S. Senator, Governor of New Jersey and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

After Eliza's death in 1825, Charles married secondly Henrietta Liston Low (1799–-1882), daughter of Nicholas Low (1739–-1826), on October 20, 1826.

Their children included:

Anne Johnstone King (1827–-1891)

Cornelius Low King (1829-–1893),who married Julia Ellen Lawrence (1832-–1862),and later, Janet De Kay (1839-–1896)

Henrietta Low King (b. 1833)

Gertrude Wallace King (b. 1836)

Mary Alsop King (1839-–1894),who became a writer and who married William Henry Waddington (1826-–1894)

Augustus Fleming King (1841-–1862), who died during the Civil War

Charles King is buried in the Grace Church Cemetery in Jamaica, Queens, New York, New York.

MARRIAGE: Eliza Gracie, daughter of Archibold Gracie, Esq. on 16 MAR 1810 reported in the New York Evening Post on 17 MAR 1810 ELIZA GRACIE NAME: Eliza King BIRTH DATE: 1790 DEATH DATE: 15 Feb 1825 CEMETERY: Grace Episcopal Churchyard BURIAL: Jamaica, Queens County, New York, United States of America FATHER: Archibald Gracie, ESQ MOTHER: Esther Gracie SPOUSE: Charles King CHILDREN: Rufus King; Eliza Gracie Halsey; William Gracie King; Emily Sophia Paterson; Archibald Gracie King

Sources

• Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

• Ancestry.com. New York, Marriage Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1880 (Barber Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2N-HRWD : 13 December 2015), Charles King, 1867; Burial, Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States of America, Grace Episcopal Churchyard; citing record ID 68984216, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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