Thomas King Sr. (abt. 1695 - abt. 1764)

Born about 1695 in County Londonderry, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Sharp) King — married 1715 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 1764 at about age 69 in Middleton, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Thomas King, Sr.^[1][2] was born about 1695^[3] in County Londonderry, Ireland, the youngest of thirteen children and eleven sons of John and Sarah Whiting King.

In 1715, when he was about twenty, he married Jane Sharp in Middleton, Pennsylvania. She bore him three known children, two sons and one daughter^[4]:

1. Edward King
2. Thomas King
3. Elizabeth King

At some point, Thomas migrated from Ulster to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he lived in Paxtang Township.^[3]

In about 1764, when he was about seventy, Thomas died of unknown causes in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Notes

A Walter King's purchase of land is mentioned at a Meeting of the Commissioners.^[5]

Citations

1. ↑ Barnes, Margaret <barne37@attglobal.net>. "Thomas King/Jane Sharp" Genealogy.com. Posted 19 June 2000. URL: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/king/6215/. Accessed 16 May 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
2. ↑ King, Bob <soxking@yahoo.com>. "Re: Thomas King/Jane Sharp," Genealogy.com. URL: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/king/5449/. Posted March 31, 2000. Accessed 16 May 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Grote, Barbara <bg323@sprintmail.com>. "Thomas King/Jane Sharp," Genealogy.com. URL: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/king/4047/. Posted November 01, 1999. Accessed 16 May 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71227362?search=true
5. ↑ Pennsylvania Board of Property, William Henry Egle, ed. Early Pennsylvania Land Records: Minutes of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania 1687, 5th Month, 12th [day], O.S., Minute Book C, p19.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile King-5318 was created through the import of McChesney_Susan Berry m Abram McConnell.ged on Oct 16, 2012 by Patricia Hickin.

• Thank you to Theresa Dennis for creating WikiTree profile King-8106 through the import of family.ged on Aug 25, 2013.

• Added by Harris-28348

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71227362?search=true

• Barnes, Margaret <barne37@attglobal.net>. "Thomas King/Jane Sharp" Genealogy.com. Posted 19 June 2000. URL: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/king/6215/. Accessed 16 May 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• Grote, Barbara <bg323@sprintmail.com>. "Thomas King/Jane Sharp," Genealogy.com. URL: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/king/4047/. Posted November 01, 1999. Accessed 16 May 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• King, Bob <soxking@yahoo.com>. "Re: Thomas King/Jane Sharp," Genealogy.com. URL: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/king/5449/. Posted March 31, 2000. Accessed 16 May 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• Pennsylvania Board of Property, William Henry Egle, ed. Early Pennsylvania Land Records: Minutes of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania Originally Published as vol XIX, 2d series, Pennsylvania Archives, Harrisburg, 1893, Reprinted Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1876, Reprinted for Clearfield Company Inc by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., 1997. URL: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?SEC=Early-20Pennsylvania-20Land-20Records&IN=000229&PN=i&CD=512. Unable to access on 16 May 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin. URL: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48381/PALandRecords-000229-i?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d48381%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing. Accessed 16 May 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71227362/thomas-king

• History of Chester County, Pennsylvania: With Genealogical and Biographical Sketches, Part 1; By J. Smith Futhey, Gilbert Cope, L.H. Everts, 1881 - Chester County (Pa.) - 782 pages. Page 604,134, &26.[1]

• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. II Pennsylvania New Jersey by William Wade Hinshaw, Thomas Worth Marshall compiler (page 623). Page 385 & 386.

• Thomas King & Susan Ann Sharp and allied Families from 1607-1969; Annabelle Stone Rogers; Printed by King Hannaford Company, Inc. Morgan City Louisiana, 1970.[2]