Polly King

Brief Life History of Polly

When Polly King was born on 10 October 1791, in Marlboro, Windham, Vermont, United States, her father, Ichabod King, was 35 and her mother, Louisa Adams, was 31. She married Levi Howard on 19 January 1815. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 27 June 1865, in Marlboro, Windham, Vermont, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Marlboro, Windham, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Levi Howard
1784–1862
Polly King
1791–1865
Marriage: 19 January 1815
Cynthia Marie Howard
1819–1891
Josephine Louisa Howard
1826–1886

Sources (12)

  • Polly Howard in household of Levi Howard, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Polly King, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," 1791 Birth Record
  • Polly Howard, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," 1865 Death Record

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World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

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.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

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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