Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah King was born in 1632, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Thomas King, was 31 and her mother, Anne, was 24. She married Nathaniel Josselyn in 1656, in Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 2 July 1706, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 74.
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Family Time Line
Sources (15)
- Sarah in entry for Joslin, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Sarah King, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Sarah in entry for Rebeccah Jocslin, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1627–1694 Male
1632–1706 Female
Children (9)
1657–1657
1658–1726 Male
1660–1723 Female
1662– Female
1665–1759 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1602–1676 Male
1608–1642 Female
Siblings (8)
1626–1698 Female
1628–1704 Male
1630–1715 Female
1631–1673 Male
1632–1706 Female
+3 More Children
World Events (2)
1642 · The English Civil War
Age 10
1688 · Glorious Revolution
Age 56
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English king ‘king’ (Old English cyning, cyng), perhaps acquired by someone with kingly qualities or as a pageant name by someone who had acted the part of a king or had been chosen as the master of ceremonies or ‘king’ of an event such as a tournament, festival or folk ritual. In North America, the surname King has absorbed several European cognates and equivalents with the same meaning, for example German König (see Koenig ) and Küng, French Roy , Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Kralj , Polish Krol . It is also very common among African Americans. It is also found as an artificial Jewish surname.
English: occasionally from the Middle English personal name King, originally an Old English nickname from the vocabulary word cyning, cyng ‘king’.
Irish: adopted for a variety of names containing the syllable rí (which means ‘king’ in Irish).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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