Brief Life History of John
When John King was christened on 4 July 1708, in Germoe, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, his father, James King, was 37 and his mother, Catherine Thomas, was 24.
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Sources (2)
- Jno. King, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Honour Brounfeild of Germoe. Original wills, administrations and inventories for the Consistorial Court of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall
Parents and Siblings
1672–1728 Male
1683–1734 Female
Siblings (6)
1705–1706 Male
1707– Male
1708– Male
1710– Female
1712– Male
+1 More Child
World Events (3)
1801 · The Act of Union
1815
1823
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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