Thomas Norton King

1 October 1811–17 July 1895 (Age 83)
Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States

The Life Summary of Thomas Norton

When Thomas Norton King was born on 1 October 1811, in Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States, his father, Thomas King, was 23 and his mother, Nancy King, was 15. He married Sarah Rebecca Copp in 1828, in Covington Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 17 July 1895, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Norton King
1811–1895
Sarah Rebecca Copp
1814–1891
Marriage: 1828
Horace David Andrew Jackson King
1829–1918
Leander Henry King
1837–1925
Isaac Van Fleet King
1840–1919
Delinda King
1842–1848
Hyrum King
1848–1850
Clinton King
1851–1851
Thomas Austin King
1852–1928
James Wesley King
1854–1946
Sarah Rebecca King
1863–1928

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1828Covington Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1812
    Age 1
    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
    1823
    Age 12
    On 11 April 1823, Wayne County was formed by combining portions of Seneca and Ontario counties.
    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 25
    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Kingdon
    Chief
    Koenig
    Kings

    Sources (28)

    • Thos M King, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Thomas King in entry for Isaac V. King, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
    • Thomas N King, "United States Census, 1850"

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