Richard King

Maleabout 1706–before 6 August 1756

Brief Life History of Richard

Richard King was born about 1706, in Folkestone, Kent, England, United Kingdom. He married Elizabeth Baker about 1731, in Kent, England. He died before 6 August 1756, in Williams, Spice Valley Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States.

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Richard King
1706–1756
Elizabeth Baker
1710–1756
Marriage: about 1731

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  • Marriage
    about 1731Kent, England
  • 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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