Sarah King

Femaleabout 1720–after July 1771

Brief Life History of Sarah

Sarah King was born about 1720, in North Carolina, British Colonial America. She married Julius Holley in 1738, in Anson, North Carolina, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States in 1800. She died after July 1771, in North Carolina, British Colonial America, at the age of 8280.

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Family Time Line

Julius Holley
1717–1771
Sarah King
1720–1771
Marriage: 1738
John Holley
1738–1807
Edward Holley
1739–1827
Nathaniel Holley
1740–
Thomas Holley
1742–1827
Holley
1742–
Jane Holley
1748–1803
Sarah Holly
1750–1803
Julius Holley Jr.
1750–
Holley
1760–
William Holley
1743–1783
Ruth Holley
1768–1791
Absalom Grancer Holley
1770–1850

Sources (8)

  • Sarah Holly, "United States Census, 1800"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah - Company record: Court record: birth-name: Sarah
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah -

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1738Anson, North Carolina, British Colonial America
  • Children (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (2)

    1729 · Becomes a Royal Colony

    Age 9

    July 25, 1729, North Carolina became a royal colony, when the colony was sold to King George II.

    1767 · Tryon Palace

    Age 47

    Built on August 26, 1767, the Tryon Palace became the capitol building for North Carolina. The building was named after William Tryon a British officer and colonial official.

    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 (which means ‘king’ in Irish).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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