King - Phillips - Hammond Family Records

King - Phillips - Hammond Family Records HE FOLLOWING entries are extracted from family records 1 submitted by George H. S. King of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Because of the interrelationship of these families, many similar entries appear in each of the four records. Such duplications have been omitted in the subjoined extracts. The earliest records appear to have been entered in A Brief Concordance to The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments . . . by John Brown. Revised and Corrected. Philadelphia: Published by Mathew Carey, No. 118 Market Street. T. Kirk, Printer. 1803. Pasted inside is what appears to be a bookplate; "This Bible / Is the Property / of George & Samuel King." BIRTHS Samuel King Was born September the 10th 1774. Ann King Wife of Samuel Was born February 10th 1784 Long may they live and happy may they be, In health, in wealth, in love, and in progeny.' Mary Ann King daughter of Samuel & Ann Was born Monday the fourteenth of October at 2 O'Clock P. M. in the year of our Lord 1805. John P. King was born Thursday the Eighteenth of June at 8 o'Clock A. M. in the year of our Lord 1807. William S. King was born on Friday the Twenty Eight of December at 1 oclock in the morning in the year of our Lord 1810. George P. King was born on Monday Morning at 1 (?) oclock the 29 of March — in the year of our Lord, 1813. .This effusion is followed by an abbreviated record of their children which is omitted here. In its place is given a more detailed record which is written on a second page of births. 234 King—Phillips—Hammond Family Records 235 Louisa B. King was Born November 5 1815. Amanda Rebecca King was born Monday the Fifteenth of June at 1 o'clock P. M. in the year of our Lord 1818. Samuel King was born February 14th at 10 o.Clock A. M. in the year of our Lord 1821 Isreal Davis King was born February 4" 1824. Benjamin Franklin King was born December 10" 1827. (By) Second Wife (of Samuel King, Jr.) Maggie Bell King was born March 8" 1860. Lillia King was born August 27 1861. Above two children of Samuel & Ann Elizabeth Chartters King DEATHS William King Departed this life May the third in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred & Eighty Six? George King Departed this life December the fifth in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & Ninety Two.3 Catherine King Departed this life July the twenty first in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred & four. MARRIAGES Samuel King & Ann his Wife were married the fourth day of October in the year of our LORD 1804.° Nathan Browne Hammond gc Mary Ann his Wife were married the twelth (sic) day of September in the Year of our LORD 1822. John P. King and Catharine M. Dreisbach were married the 19th of February A D 1835. °He was the eldest son of the immigrant George King, and was killed by the falling of a tree. For an extended and not entirely correct account of George King and his descendants, see Albert H. Gerberich, The Brenneman History (Scottdale, Pa., 1938), 763-770. 3 George King, the immigrant, b. ca. 1731, m. Catharine Brenneman, b. ca. 1733, whose death entry follows that of George King. They lived in Willistown Twsp., Chester Co., where both died testate. They had nine children: William, Abraham, Catharine wife of John Trainer, Susanna wife of Daved Eakins, George, Sophia wife of Richard Pearce, Isaac, Joseph and Samuel King. Will of George King, Chester Co. Will Book 9, 81; will of Catharine King, Chester Co. Will Book 11, 47, Chester Co. Court House, West Chester, Pa. 4 Poulson's American Daily Advertiser for 10 October 1804, carried the following: "Married: On Thursday evening the 40. inst., by the Rev. Mr. Jones, Mr. Samuel King to Miss Ann Phillips, both of the Great Valley, Chester County." 236 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine William S. King and Sarah Jane White were married the 15th of June A. D. 1837. Philip R. Davis and Louisa B. King were married the 29th of November A. D. 1838. George Phillips King and Susan Warren were married August 21" 1845. Samuel King and Ann Eliza Adams were married August 29" 1844. Ellis Adams and Amanda Rebecca King were married September 5" 1844. Israel Davis King and Mary Ann E. Walters married Feby 7 1846.° Samuel King and Ann Elizabeth Chartters married May 19 1859. Dr. Wm. S. King and Virginia S. E. Evans married May 22 1867. Geo. P. King and Anna Chancellor married March 25th 1868. Benj: Franklin King and Minnie Banson married June 18 1868. The second family record° was started by George P. King, son of Samuel King and his wife Ann Phillips. As it includes copies of entries in the earlier record, these have not been included in the following extracts. BIRTHS Elizabeth A. King daughter of Geo. P. and Susan King was born October 28th 1848. William W. King son of Geo. P. and Susan King was born April 2°° 1854. Naomi B. King was born Sept. 19" 1859; (in another hand:) was married to John James Payne of Fauquier County, Virginia, and died on 4" Feby: 1920. Chancellor F. King was born 15" of may 1869. George P. King Jr was born 20th of January 1871. Melzie Samuel King was born 19" of September 1872. Rufus H. King was born 21th day of September 1874. DEATHS Annastasia Chancellor, daughter, Rev. Melzi Sanford Chancellor and Lucy Fox Frazer, his wife, and Wife of Geo. P. King, Sr. died in Fredericksburg, Va. November 1"' 1912. "This date is given at 17 February in the Phillips Bible record and in The Brenne- man History, cited in Note 2, 770. "There is no fly-leaf to show the date the Bible was published. King — Phillips — Hammond Family Records 237 Elisabeth A. King Died July 22°' 1849. William W. King departed this life August 13" aged 3 years 4 months & 11 days. Samuel King Died June 11'h 1841 in the 67 year of his age.' Mrs. Ann King wife of Samuel King died December 12th 1858 aged 75 years.° George P. King died December the 3" 1876. Geo. Phillips King, Jr. departed this life June the 21" 1931 in the 60" year of his age. Sam` King, Jr. died in Filley, Nebraska Jan. 20, 1892, in the 71°' year of his age. Amanda R. King daughter of Samuel and Ann (Phillips) King and wife of Ellis Adams died at Fairmont, Ill. Sept. 1889. Louisa B. King, daughter of Samuel King and wife of Philip R. Davis died near Waterloo, Kans. Feb. 15, 1891. Mrs. Jane Bowen died 17" Aug. 1846 at the home of her son-inlaw William Warren, Esq., in the City of Fredericksburg, Va.° She was the widow of Burkett Bowen. Their daughter Anne Bowen married on 16 December 1819 William Warren. William Warren Sen' departed this life Nov. 24, 1852, aged 59 years, 8 mos. 2 days. Ann Bowen Warren departed this life 8" of July 1858 aged 61 years 7 months 8c 21 days. The following extracts of Phillips family records are from a Bible reported to have been printed in New York in 1827 by Daniel D. Smith. It belonged to Mrs. Alice (Hammond) Stansbury of West Chester, Pa., and includes many King family entries, duplicates of those already given above, which have not been included here. 'Samuel King was of New London when he died testate. In his will he named as children John P., George P., Dr. William S., Mary Ann Hammond, Louisa B. David, Amanda R. King, Israel Davis King and Benjamin Franklin King. Chester Co. Will Book 18, 58. He is buried in Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, near Russellville, Chester Co. 8 0bituaries of Ann (Phillips) King appeared in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania newspapers. The American Republican and Chester County Democrat said: "Deaths: On the morning of the 12th of the 12th month 1858, at the residence of her son, George P. King, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, ANN KING, relict of the late Samuel King, in the 75th year of her age, formerly of Chester County, Penna." She is buried in the family lot of her son George P. King, in the Fredericksburg Cemetery. 8 This entry and the next three are all written in a modern hand. 238 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine BIRTHS John Phillips was born r 23d of 7th month — 1759. Mary Phillips was born ye 26th of 10th m° — 1761 Sarah Phillips Daughter of John & Mary Phillips was born ye 9th of 12th m° 1780. Joseph Phillips was born ye 26th of 10th me 1782. Ann Phillips was born ye 10th of 2d m° 1784. John Phillips was born ye 12th of 7th month — 1788. Mary Phillips was born yt 28th of 8th me — 1790. Priscilla Phillips was born ye 7th of 3° month 1793. Deby Phillips was born ye 8th of 2° month — 1796. Levi L Phillips was born r 3let of 12th month 1798. Sarah Phillips was born ye 22° of 2° month 1801. MARRIAGES John Phillips was intermaried (sic) with Mary Lewis ye 2° of 3° me in the year — 1780. Childrens Mariage (sic) Joseph Phillips to Catharine Fahnestock 5th of 2" moth 1807. Ann Phillips to Samuel King 4th of October 1804. John Phillips to Margaret Fox ye 8th month 20th 1807. Rebecca Phillips to Sam' Lewis 18th of 10 month 1820. Mary Phillips to Dan' J. Rhoads 28th 9 mo. 1810. Priscilla Phillips to Sam' Brooke r 8th of 4th month — 1813. Deby Phillips to David Cope 11th of let month 1826. Sarah Phillips to Adam Williamson ye 3° month 12th — 1823. DEATHS John Phillips deceased the 26th of the ninth month 1834 aged 75 years." Mary Phillips departed this life 4th Month 21•t 1844 Aged 82 Years 5 months and 25 days." Jojoba Phillips died testate in E. Whiteland Twsp., Chester Co. He bequeathed the farm he lived on, then in the tenancy of David Cope, to his wife Mary, as well as land in Tredyffrin. His executors, James Malin and David Cope, were to sell "the stores and dwelling houses at the cross roads," and the plantation partly in Whiteland and partly in Tredyffrin which was in the tenure of Benjamin Walton. Chester Co. Will Book 16, 612. '°Mary Phillips in her will divided her furniture between her daughter: bed, bedsteads, curtain, quilts, etc., a mahogany tea table, an "old clock," and a dining table. Money due her was to be divided between her sons. Jane Cope a granddaughter( ?) attested to her handwriting when the will was proved 13 June 1844. Chester Co. Will Book S-18, 449. King — Phillips — Hammond Family Records 239 Sarah Phillips Daughter of John & Mary Phillips deceasd 7th of 3d month — 1790. year 1814. Levi L Phillips deceasd 2d m° 25th in Priscilla Brooke wife of Samuel Brooke deceased the 29th of the 5th month 1834 Aged 41 years. Mary Rhoads departed this life 6th month 13th June, 1839. Rufus King Hammond died September 24th 1845 in the 22" Year of his age. Nathan B. Hammond died May 24th 1866 aged 67." Mary Ann Hammond, daughter of Saml. Sc Ann King died in Balto. Jan 17th 1888 in the 83d year of her age. Joseph Phillips departed this life. Annie Brown Atwood daughter of M. A. & N. B. Hammond died in Balto. Dec. 12" 1876. Jane Cope departed this life. The ensuing Hammond family records" are on supplemental pages in the Phillips Bible. Unlike the other records, they are all in the same handwriting. Family Record r BIRTHS Nathan B. Hammond was born on the 23 of April, in the year of Our Lord 1799. Mary Ann King was born on the 14" of October in the year of our Lord 1805. Catharine Elizabeth Hammond eldest child of Nathan B. and Mary Ann Hammond was born June 8" A. D. 1823. Rufus King Hammond was born June 26, A. D. 1824. Milton Hammond was born Mayd 3d A. D. 1826. Ann E. Browne Hammond was born October 7th A. D. 1827. James A. Hammond was born June 17" A. D. 1829. John Wesley Hammond was born March 1" A. D. 1831. Samuel King Hammond was born July 15th A. D. 1832. William Browne Hammond was born April 19" 1836. Is Nathan B. Hammond was of Baltimore at the time of his marriage, but died at New London, Chester Co., according to the entry in the Hammond family record. That particular entry has not been extracted for this present record, because his death is entered here in the Phillips record. He and his wife are buried at Kelton Churchyard, near New London, according to George H. S. King. There is an extended eulogy of Mr. Hammond in the Hammond record, not included here. l 3For additional records of this Hammond family, see The Brenneman History, 764, cited in Note 2. 240 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Elisha Nathan Browne Hammond was born September 21•' A. D. 1837. Horace Nelson Hammond was born July 13" A. D. 1839. MARRIAGES Married in the 12" of September A. D. 1822 by the Rev. John Finley in the City of Baltimore Nathan B. Hammond to Mary Ann eldest daughter of Samuel and Ann King. In happiness long may they live, And be through life contented, May Jesus Christ their Sins forgive, And die by all lamented. Married on the 19" of february 1835 John P. King, to Catharine M. Dreisbach. Married on the 15" of Feb'Y 1852 13' Milton Hammond to Mary Dungan. Married on the 15" of April 1858 13" Milton Hammond to Lizzie Hubbell. Married the 234 of April 1861 by R. P. DuBois, William A. Atwood to Anne B. Hammond. Married May 1" 1862, Samuel King Hammond to Hannah S. Kervey. Married on the 21" of May 1863 at New London by R. P. DuBois Horace Nelson Hammond to Carrie S. Aldridge. Married June 9" 1869 William B. Hammond, to Sophia C. Aldridge of and at Elkton Md. by Rev. J. Price, M. E. Minister. Married in Phil' at the Garard House, Nov 23, 1870 by the Rev. Joseph L. Evans, James Alexander Hammond to M" Amanda R. Hartman of West Chester, Pa. DEATHS Catharine Elizabeth Hammond Eldest child of Nathan B. and Mary Ann Hammond departed this life June 13" 1823 aged 5 days. Elisha N. Browne Hammond departed this life, March 17" 1839 aged 17 months and 29 days." Departed this life March 30" 1802 James Hammond in the 32d year of his age. Annie Hammond died 1812 aged 42 wife of James Hammond. Departed this life october fi'd 1854 Mrs. Mary Hammond wife of D' Milton Hammond in the 22' year of age. Departed this life, September 30'd 1866 William A. Atwood in the (blank) of his age. 14 The eulogy following this entry is omitted here.