When John Killen was born in 1798, in Ireland, his father, John Killen, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Henson, was 18. He married Betsy Stack about 1823, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Dobson, Surry, North Carolina, United States in 1860 and Franklin, Surry, North Carolina, United States in 1870. He died after 1870, in Surry, North Carolina, United States.
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Battle of Antrim.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Irish (Down and Antrim): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coilín ‘son of Colin’. According to MacLysaght, the name was that of a gallowglass family from Scotland taken to Ireland by the O'Donnells.
Irish (Down and Antrim): variant of Killeen .
German: patronymic from Kill .
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