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Adonijah "Yankee" King

Male 1757 - 1825  (68 years)

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  • Name Adonijah "Yankee" King  [1, 2]
    Birth 18 Feb 1757  Meduncook, Knox, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Other Name Yankee  
    Other Name Yankee  
    Other Name Yankee  
    Other Name Yankee 
    Military Service Revolutionary War 
    Census 7 Aug 1820  Union Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Alt. Death Waterford, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Alt. Death 
    Death 25 Jul 1825  Union Mills, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Burial Hatch Hollow Cemetery, Hatch Hollow, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Adonijah King    		 Adonijah King
    Photograph by William F. Bisbee
    Adonijah King    		 Adonijah King
    Photograph by William F. Bisbee
    Person ID I17701  Bisbee
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2012

    Father William King,   b. 24 Oct 1724, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1793, South Newfane, Windham, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Mother Elizabeth Cushing,   b. 20 Jul 1733, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1817 (Age 83 years)
    Marriage Abt 1756  [7] 
    Family ID F6955  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Diadema Marsh,   b. 6 Feb 1765, Killingly Center, Windham, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 1785, Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
    Marriage Abt 1782  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth King,   b. Abt 1782, Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Levi King,   b. 17 Oct 1784, Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1854, Columbus, Warren, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F6956  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2012

    Family 2 Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1757   d. Yes, date unknown
    Marriage
    • It appears from the census that his couple had two children, a one son and one daughter.
    Family ID F8721  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Dec 2009

    Family 3 Rachel,   b. Abt 1757   d. Sep 1835 (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F9075  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Dec 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Feb 1757 - Meduncook, Knox, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 7 Aug 1820 - Union Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAlt. Death - Alt. Death - - Waterford, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Jul 1825 - Union Mills, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Hatch Hollow Cemetery, Hatch Hollow, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Adonijah settled in Waterford, Erie County, Pennsylvania in 1815. According to a family biography, Adonijah died at Waterford. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1497] Samuel P. Bates, Hatch, Edwin W: Family Biography, (Chicago, Warner, Beers & Co., 1884, Amity twp, p 173).

    2. [S1456] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, LDS Ancestral File (R) - v4.19, (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999-2008), accessed 11 Aug 2012, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MZWP-TVS) (Reliability: 0).
      Entry for Adonijah King

    3. [S1456] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, LDS Ancestral File (R) - v4.19, (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999-2008) (Reliability: 0).

    4. [S672] King, Adonijah (I17701): 1820 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M33, roll 102, page 171, line 15; image accessed 1/3/2009.), 1820.PA.Erie.Union.2.

    5. [S1256] PA, Erie County History, (Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884).

    6. [S1872] King, Adonijah: Grave Marker, (Hatch Hollow Cemetery, Erie County, PA. Read 2005 by William F. Bisbee.).

    7. [S1456] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, LDS Ancestral File (R) - v4.19, (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999-2008), AFN FXT6-CN.