Maria Persis King

Brief Life History of Maria Persis

When Maria Persis King was born on 13 October 1816, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, John Bowker King, was 36 and her mother, Hannah Newton, was 31. She married Lyman King on 27 March 1839. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States in 1865 and Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. She died on 20 March 1901, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lyman King
1812–1886
Maria Persis King
1816–1901
Marriage: 27 March 1839
John King
1844–1844
Robert Newton King
1845–1942
Harriet Cornelia King
1848–1881

Sources (24)

  • Maria P King, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
  • Maria P. King, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
  • Maria Persis King King, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

1841

Dayton was incorporated as a city.

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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