Notes on Capt. Robert King of Ireland/Northumberland Co./Erie Co. Warning--I have no primary knowledge of this family. I have created this outline largely from secondary sources for my own use. Corrections are more than welcome! 1 Robert KING b: 3 Jan 1747 in Donegal, Ireland, d: 7 or 20 Dec 1826, in Erie Co., PA. Said to have come from County Donegal, Ireland at an early age with his father (Thomas) and to have settled in Northumberland Co., moving on to Erie Co. in the 1790s. + Elizabeth MCCULLOUGH b: 1 or 26 Jun 1756 in Cumberland Co., PA, d: 6 or 7 Dec 1840 in Armstrong Co., PA. Married 19 July 1773 in Cumberland Co., PA. from Bates' History of Erie Co., 1884: The first lands were selected in Le Boeuf Township in 1794, by Capt. Robert King, who took up 400 acres at the present Ford bridge. Returning to his home in Lycoming County, he brought his family along in the spring of 1795. 1800 Waterford Twp., Erie Robert King 11401-41110 1810 Erie, Erie Robert King 00001-12101 1820 Le Boeuf Twp., Erie Robert King 100001-00101 ----2 Eleanor "Ellen" KING b: 1 Jun 1774 in Northumberland Co., d: bef. 26 Sep 1848 in Trumbull Co., OH. + David FLEMING b: c.1770 in PA, d: 14 Jan 1815. 1800 Waterford Twp., Erie David Flemin[s] 20010-20010 1810 Erie, Erie (all same page) Samuel King 00100-00100 George W King 00100-00100 Thomas Ford 10301-12001 John King 10010-01000 Robert King 00001-12101 David Flemming 21001-32010 + Christopher CROFTS d: bef Dec 1836 in Geauga Co., OH + MUNSON ----2 John KING b: 4 Sep 1775 in Northumberland Co., PA, d. after 1850 in Detroit, Wayne Co., MI + Charlotte Martin, b. 30 May 1786 in Baltimore, MD, d. 5 Mar 1802 in Waterford, Erie Co., PA, mar. 4 Feb 1801 in Waterford. + Charlotte Lytle, dau. of Alexander Lytle and Martha Gregory, b.c.1776, d. 8 Apr 1849, mar. 6 Jun 1809 in Washington Co., PA. note: I have it on good authority that John King in the 1810 census of Erie is not this John. That appears to be the case. --------3 Lewis A. L. King, b. 9 Apr 1810 in Washington Co., d. 1838 in Mobile, AL --------3 John G. King, b. 20 Jun 1813 in Cecil Twp., Washington Co., d. 1 Aug 1817 in Pittsburgh --------3 William King, b. 24 May 1815 in Fayette Twp., Allegheny Co., PA, d. 20 Apr 1816 in Pittsburgh --------3 Martha Caroline King, b. 26 Aug 1819 in Pittsburgh --------3 Robert Washington King, b. 10 Oct 1821 in Pittsburgh, d. 23 Dec 1897 in Detroit, MI, mar. Elizabeth Buhl, dau. of Christian Buhl of Zelienople, Butler Co., PA, mar. 22 Apr 1846 in Detroit (5 daughters, 1 son) --------3 John Lafayette King, b. 9 Apr 1825 in Pittsburgh, d. aft. 1850 in CA? --------3 Charlotte Angeline King, b. 28 Dec 1826 in Pittsburgh, d. 4 Aug 1851, mar. Andrew English ----2 Elizabeth KING b: 19 Jan 1777 in Northumberland Co., d: bef. 1786 ----2 Robert KING b: 23 Sep 1778 in Northumberland Co., d: 3 Dec 1839 near Albion, Conneaut Twp., Erie Co., bur. Valley Cem., Erie Co. + Lydia, b.c. 1780-1790 from the census; another source says his wife's name was Sarah Nartin 1810 Waterford Twp., Erie Robert King Jun. 10010-10010 [ID uncertain] 1820 Waterford Twp., Erie Robt King 010010-10010 1830 Conneaut Twp., Erie Robert King 01001002-200001 1840 Conneaut Twp., Erie Lydia King 0101-0020001 --------3 Charles Martin KING from: Marriage Records of Rev. George Stuntz 1831 - Sept. 29, CHARLES KING m. ROSANAH JACKSON , both of Conneaut Twsp., Erie Co. [can't say for sure this is him] best candidate from the census: 1850 Adams, Green Co., WI Charles M King, WM 43, carpenter, PA Rosanna R ----, WF 38, OH Charles D ----, WM 17, mail carrier, PA William M ----, WM 15, mail carrier, PA Robert W ----, WM 11, PA [G]aphna L ---, WM 9, PA --------3 Julian (Julia Ann) KING + Henry C. KEEP, b.c. 1800-1810 prob. in PA (from census) from: Marriage Records of Rev. George Stuntz 1828 - Aug. 14, HENRY C. KEEP m. JULYAN KING , both of Conneaut Twsp., Erie Co. 1830 Conneaut Twp., Erie Henry C Keep 10010-00010 (who is Amos King, also on this page) 1840 Conneaut Twp., Ashtabula Co., OH Henry C Keep 011001-00001 1850-1870 not found (these people sure don't live long!) --------3 Polly A. KING from: Marriage Records of Rev. George Stuntz 1832 - Dec. 29, ELIJAH LAMPFIER m. POLLY KING of Salem, Ohio [uncertain ID] [not identified in any census after 1820] --------3 Sally D. KING --------3 John R. KING [speculation: see brother Robert] --------3 Robert M. KING [speculation: might have been the Robt King who was in South Ward, Pittsburgh, in 1840 with John and Josiah] ----2 Thomas KING b: 24 Oct 1780 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., d: 3 Oct 1848 Erie + Sarah WILSON, b. 12 Oct 1778 County Down, Ireland (there is a record in the Bates History of the marriage of Thomas King and Sarah Wilson in 1800; Sarah appears in the 1850 census next to Wilson King; still alive 1860; from the cem. records, Sarah King, bur. 11/23/1864, Erie Cem., no age given) 1810 Erie Bor., Erie Thomas King 30010-20010 1820 Waterford Twp., Erie Tho. King 121210-41010 --------3 Eliza King, b. 25 Sep 1801 in Waterford Twp., Erie Co., mar. 1827 to John W. Smith --------3 Robert King, b. 12 Oct 1803 in Waterford Twp., Erie Co., d. 26 Aug 1832 in Philadelphia --------3 Wilson King, b.c. 1805, PA (if my identification of Alfred is right from the Bates History -- he was in the west ward of Erie in the 1850 census; from the cem. records Wilson King, 9/9/1805 to 7/12/1881) 1850 West Ward of Erie, household 758,850 Wilson King, WM 45, Civil engineer, PA Martha King, WF 29, PA Anna Giles, WF 12, Ireland household 758,851 Sarah King, WF 72, Ireland 1860 Erie City, hh 933,982 Wilson King, WM 55, lawyer, PA Margret G King, WF 39, PA (4 others, servants and laborers) --------3 Josiah King, b. 3 Oct 1807 in Waterford, Erie Co., PA, d. 18 Dec 1882 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA + Mary Earle Holdship, dau. of Henry Holdship, in Pittsburgh [A long biography of him appears under Allegheny Co. He was NOT the son of John King of Plum Twp., as one online db asserts.] ------------4 Alfred King, b. 17 Jun 1837 ------------4 Henry Holdship King, b. 8 Mar 1839 ------------4 Sarah Y. King, b.c. 1844 ------------4 Wilson King, b. 26 May 1846 ------------4 Estella King, b. 20 Nov 1850 ------------4 Francis (Bessie) K. King + Joseph Brown + Dr. Cyrus B. King (see his bio under Allegheny Co.) 1850 4th Ward Allegheny City, Allegheny Co., PA Josiah King, WM 48, manufacturer, PA Mary E ----, WF 41, PA Henry King, WM 11, PA Sarah Y ----, WF 6, PA Wilson ----, WM 4, PA Eliza A Holdship, WF 38, [no occ.], MD, $30,000 real estate Charles A ------, WM 18, clerk, PA Henry ----------, WM 17, student, PA George W -------, WM 14, PA Ellen McIntire, WF 25, PA Susan Metz, WF 18, [no b'place] John Metz, WM 15, [no b'place] [note: in 1830 the only Holdships in PA are in Allegheny Co.] 1860 still in 4th Ward as J. King (the Holdships are gone) 1870 not found 1880 3rd Ward Allegheny, Allegheny Co., PA hh of Joseph Sebenic King, Josiah, WM 72, father-in-law, editor Penn Gazette, PA PA Ireland ----, Mary E, WF 71, mother-in-law, wife, PA Ireland Ireland ----, Wilson, WM 35, step brother-in-law, US Cons[???] at [Bennington], PA PA PA (others) According to the Political Graveyard website, Wilson King, US Consul in Dublin, 1874, burial location unknown. --------3 Lavinia King, b. 19 Sep 1809 in Waterford Twp., Erie Co., d. 23 Mar 1813 --------3 William King, b. 1 Oct 1811 in Waterford Twp., Erie Co., d. 10 Oct 1825 --------3 Nancy King, b. 28 Aug 1813 in Waterford Twp., Erie Co. --------3 Clarissa King, b. 24 Aug 1815 in Waterford Twp., Erie Co. --------3 Frances King, b. 3 Sep 1817 in Waterford Twp., Erie Co., d. 8 Feb 1837 --------3 Caroline King, b. 9 Dec 1819 in Waterford Twp., Erie Co., mar. Robert W. Clarke --------3 Alfred KING, b. 31 Dec 1821 in Waterford Twp., Erie Co., d. Jul 1899 Erie + Mary KENNEDY, b.c. 1823 in NY, married 1845 in Livingston Co., NY (Mary K. King, 11/8/1822 to 9/14/1927, bur. Erie Cem., in cem. records) 1850 West Ward of Erie, household 668,747 Alfred King, WM 28, Merchant, PA Mary King, WF 27, NY Kennedy King, WM 4, PA Cathe? King, WF 2, PA J. H. King, WM 3/12, PA Bridget Giles, WF 8, Ireland Cath[?, but not King], WF 22, Germany 1860 Erie City, hh 908,957 Alfred King, WM 38, [cannot read occ.], PA Mary King, WF 37, NY Kennedy King, WM 14, PA Cathrine King, WF 12, PA Joh[sier] King, WM 10, PA [no doubt Josiah below] Sarah King, WF 8, PA Hurdskoper King, WM 4, PA [Alfred H King below] Anna King, WF 1, PA Cathrine [cannot read last name], WF 13, NY Anna [cannot read last name], WF 25, servant, PA Sarah King, WF 82, Ireland [cannot read first name] Lisle, WF 15, PA 1870 not found; is my ID wrong? 1880 Erie City, Erie, 60 East 2nd St., hh 33,39 King, Mary, WF 57, keeping house, NY Scotland Scotland ----, Kennedy, WM 34, son, maltster, PA PA NY ----, Catherine, WF 29, dau, at home, PA PA NY ----, Alfred H., Wm 25, son, auctioneer, PA PA NY ----, Anna, WF 20, dau, at home, PA PA NY from the Bates (1884) history: Alfred King, ex-Mayor of Erie, and Prothonotary from 1854-57, and his brother, Wilson King, County Surveyor from 1827-33, are grandchildren of Capt. Robert King, the first man who took up lands in the township. ------------4 Kennedy KING, from the cem. records: b. 4/30/1846 PA, d. 3/9/1900, bur. Erie Cem. ------------4 Catherine KING, b. 10 Dec 1847 Erie ------------4 Josiah Holdship KING, b. 21 Mar 1850 Erie - can't find him after the 1860 census ------------4 Sarah W. KING, b.c. 1852 ------------4 A(lfred) H. KING, from the cem. records: b. 3/25/1856, d. 7/8/ 1929, bur. Erie Cem. ------------4 Anna KING, b.c. 1859 PA (from the census) [Is she Annie M King, 5/8/1859 to 10/13/42 in the cem. records?] ----2 Sarah KING I b: 18 Jul 1782 in Northumberland Co., d: 1782 ----2 Samuel KING b: 8 or 9 Jun 1784 in Northumberland Co., d: 13 Jan 1826 in Erie Co.; another source says he died much later in Woodcock Twp., Crawford Co., PA + Mary Ann LATTIMORE b: 1791 in Northampton Co., d: 13 Jan 1828 in Erie Co., bur. Old Waterford Cem., married 1810 in Erie co. 1810 Erie, Erie Samuel King 00100-00100 1820 Le Boeuf Twp., Erie Samuel King 100010-20100 if Samuel went to Crawford Co., then perhaps this is him: 1830 Venango Twp., Crawford Co., PA Samuel King 1110001-101101 1840 Venango Twp., Crawford Co., PA Samuel King 0001000101-0100001 1850 Woodcock Twp., Crawford Co., PA Samuel King WM 60 farmer PA Mary ------ WF 54 PA James ----- WM 10 PA --------3 Nancy KING b: 1812 in Erie Co. --------3 Elizabeth KING b: 1815 in Erie Co., or according to another source 28 Oct 1820, d. 14 Mar 1892 in Crawford Co., PA + John Armstrong DOWLER b: 1815 --------3 Robert C. Hatton King, d. 29 Jun 1825, bur. Old Waterford Cem. --------3 if Samuel was in Crawford after 1820, then there are three more sons and a daughter unaccounted for - the censuses are consistent ----2 Elizabeth KING b: 8 May 1786 in Northumberland Co., d: 3 Mar 1860 + Peter FORD b: 15 Dec 1783 in NJ, d: 6 Jun 1852 in Armstrong Co., PA, married c. 1812 (another source says Peter d. Cincinnati, OH) 1820 Le Boeuf Twp., Erie Co. Peter Ford 200010-30010 1830 Le Boeuf Twp., Erie Co. Peter Ford 1011001-0222001001 1840 Freeport, Armstrong Co. Peter Ford 00101001-01011010001 1850 Freeport, Armstrong Co. Peter Ford, WM 68, boatman, PA [1850 census very unreliable for b'places] Elizabeth ----, WF 64, PA Nancy ----, WF 19, PA [note: on the same page, William Piper, coach driver!] ----2 George Washington KING b: 19 Apr 1788 in Great Island, Northumberland Co., d: bef. Dec 1840 in Fountain Co., IN + Mary FORD (sister of Peter Ford, dau. of Thomas Ford and Hopeful Buckalew) note: Great Island is an island in the west branch of the Susquehanna River, just east of Lock Haven, PA 1810 Erie, Erie George W King 00100-00100 1820 Rockdale Twp., Crawford George King 100010-00201 1830 Fountain Co., IN George King 200001-01001 [doesn't really match] 1840 neither George nor Mary appear in Fountain Co., IN --------3 Savannah Hopeful KING b: 10 Nov 1812 in Erie Co., d: 12 Feb 1886 in Johnson Co., IA, bur. Scott Twp., Johnson Co., IA + John PARROTT b: 26 Feb 1810 in MD d: 24 Jun 1885 in Johnson Co., IA, 24 June 1835 in Rob Roy, Fountain Co., IN 1850 Scott Twp., Johnson Co., IA John Parrott, WM 40, farmer, MD Savanna ----, WF 38, PA David M ----, WM 12, PA Francis A --, WM 9, IA Mary E -----, WF 6, IA Martha E ---, WF 4, IA Margaret ---, WF 2, IA Sophona Herrington, WF 19, OH --------3 Nancy King, b.c. 1817 in Crawford Co., PA + James Kingen in IN, went to IA --------3 Rebecca KING b: 1822 in PA (another source says abt. 1816) + James MOORE b: 1815 in OH, d: bef. 1879 + Lycurgus COOPER 1850 Muscatine, Muscatine Co., IA (see brother Thomas H. King below) --------3 Mary Kelly KING b: 22 Mar 1825 in Meadville, Crawford Co., PA, d: 30 May 1912 in Boone Co., IA + Samuel NIXON d: 1874, married 29 Sep 1842 in Johnson Co., IA [note: one of their children, Maude Amy, was b: Platteville, WI] 1850 not found 1870 Town of Platteville, Grant Co., WI 1860 Town of Clinton, Grant Co., WI Nickson, Samuel, WM 68, day labor, VA Samuel Nixon, WM 37, farmer, VA -------, Mary, WF 47, keeps house, PA Mary -------, WF 37, PA Nickson, Mary E, WF 28, school teacher, IA Mary E -----, WF 15, Iowa -------, Milton M, WM 18, at home, IA Richard N --, WM 13, Iowa -------, Cecilia, WF 16, at home WI Milton M ---, WM 9, Iowa -------, Wm B, WM 14, at home, WI Cecilia J --, WF 6, WI -------, Samuel C, WM 12, at home, WI William B --, WM 5, WI -------, Susannah, WF 9, WI Samuel C ---, WM 2, WI -------, Maud A, WF 6, WI --------3 Thomas H. KING d: Dec 1845 in Johnson Co., IA + Louisiana SHEPARDSON d: 7 Jan 1846 in Johnson Co., IA, married 8 Nov 1838 in Muskingum Co., OH 1840 Johnson Co., Iowa Territory Thomas King 00001-00001 1850 Muscatine, Muscatine Co., Iowa James Moore, WM 35, cooper, OH Rebecca ---, WF 28, PA Thos ------, WM 13, IN Sarah A ---, WF 11, IN Melissa J -, WF 8, IN John W ----, WM 5, IA Nelson Moore, WM 3, IA Cornelia ---, WF 1, IA George King, WM 7, IA James -----, WM 5, IA ------------4 George Washington KING b: 24 Jul 1841 in Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA, d: 4 Aug 1907 in Marshal Co., IA + Martha Mae FLETCHER b: 12 Mar 1845 in PA, married 25 Dec 1865 in Muscatine Co., IA ------------4 James Leonard KING b: 24 Sep 1843 in Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA, d: 26 Jul 1927 in Brownwood, Brown Co., TX + Eliza Jane COOPER b: 17 Nov 1858 in Greenville, Greenville Co.,\ SC, d: 23 Nov 1943 in Zephyr, Brown Co., TX, married 8 Feb 1876 in Plano, Collin Co., TX ----2 James KING b: 20 Jun 1789 in Northumberland Co., d: 1789 in Northumberland ----2 Nancy KING b: 11 Sep 1791 in Great Island, Northumberland Co. + MCDONALD --------3 William MCDONALD 1850/60 not found, but there is a Wm McDonald in Darlington Twp., Beaver Co., 1850, who could be the son ----2 Sarah KING II b: 1 May 1793 in Bald Eagle Flats, Nortumberland Co., d: April 1846 in Erie City, bur. King's Garden Cem. [I can't find any such place as Bald Eagle Flats] + John SIMPSON b: 1790 in Tyrone, Ireland, d: abt. 1821 in OH + William BRACKEN, married 1824; not found 1850 ----2 Maria KING b: 19 Jul 1795 PA, not found in 1850, in 1860 a 68-yr-old Mary Blair in Lawrence Co., and 65-yr-old Mary Blair in Washington Co. + Robert BLAIR or Smith BLAIR, d. 1848 1820 Rockdale Twp., Crawford Co. (same pg as George and Joseph King, as well as Thomas Ford, said to be them) Smith Blair 001110-20100 1830 there is a Smith Blair in Geauga Co., OH, and a Robert Blair in South Shenango Twp., Crawford Co., PA 1840 Robert Blair still in S. Shenango, Crawford Co. 1850 Robt Blair still in S. Shenango, but wife's name is Martha, both b. Ireland (crapped out!); there is a 14-yr-old Maria Blair in Woodcock Twp. ----2 Rebecca KING b: 11 Jun 1797 PA + Daniel HEWETT 1850 Freeport, Armstrong Co., hh 51,41 (two hhs from sister Eliz. Ford) Daniel Hewit, WM 55, carpenter, NY Rebecca -----, WF 54, PA Hannah ------, WF 18, PA Alfred ------, WM 13, PA ----2 Amanda KING b: 11 Jan 1802 d: 11 Jan 1802 in Kings Garden, Erie Co.