Consider King (1774 - 1848)

Born 23 May 1774 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Avery) King — married 6 Feb 1806 in Ledyard, New York

Descendants

Died 19 Aug 1848 at age 74 in Hartford, Washington County, Wisconsin, United States of America

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Biography

Consider King, born 23 May 1774 at Rochester, Massachusetts, was a son of Sarah (Palmer) King (1739-1814) and Consider King (1738-1786).

His date of birth 23 May 1774 was published by George F. J. King in the Sep 1909 issue of The Genealogical Exchange (vol. 6, no. 5, p 35; see photo attachment), ^[1] along with the dates of birth of his ten siblings, with no corroborating sources for any of the dates of birth or death. (However, the dates of birth of Ebenezer, Beriah and Abigail can be corroborated as cited, the ages of Sarah and William in the 1850 US Census are both consistent with their published dates of birth, and Ebenezer stated in his Revolutionary War pension file that the source of his date of birth was the family Bible):

1) Ebenezer King b. 15 Jun 1761; ^{[2] [3]} d. 03 May 1841. ^[4]

2) Beriah King b. 06 Feb 1763; ^[5] d. 17 Jan 1843. ^[6]

3) Reuben King b. 22 Mar 1765; d. Sep 1849.

4) Jane King b. 14 Jun 1767; d. 08 Sep 1813.

5) Priscilla King b. 22 Feb 1770; d. 09 Sep 1841.

6) Sarah King b. 22 Apr 1772; date of death unknown; m. Samuel Greenleaf.

7) Consider King b. 23 May 1774; d. 19 Aug 1848.

8) William King b. 05 Oct 1776; date of death unknown.

9) Ariel King b. 09 Feb 1779; d. 23 Mar 1813.

10) Abigail King b. 12 Oct 1781; ^[7] d. 07 Dec 1840. ^[8]

11) Rebecca King b. 28 Sep 1784; d. 13 Oct 1807.

The Descendants of Elder Thomas King

Dr. Consider King was a physician.

He married 06 Feb 1806 @ Ledyard, New York, Lydia Avery. They had 9 children, born at Ledyard, New York:

1. Sally King, b. 14 Nov 1806; married Gordon Hayes (1802 - 1889); d. 29 Apr 1876 @ Rochester, New York
2. Mary Ann King, b. 4 Mar 1808; married John Wilcox; d. 31 Jan 1891 @ Hartford, Wisconsin
3. Harriet (King) Chase (1810-1902), b. 29 Jan 1810; married Henry Chase
4. Richard Talcott King, b. 23 May 1813; married Hannah Bryant; d. 5 Jan 1863 @ Sherwood, New York
5. Benjamin Avery King, b. 14 mar 1815; married Phebe Raymond; d. 21 Mar 1893 @ Hillsdale, Michigan
6. Lydia King, b. 24 Jul 1817; married Joseph Sisson; d. 8 Sep 1875 @ King Ferry, New York
7. Maria King, b. 19 Aug 1819; unmarried
8. Eliza King, b. 29 Sep 1823; married Lawrence B. Walls; d. 13 Mar 1874 @ Prescott, Wisconsin
9. Consider King, b. 23 Jul 1829; married Sally Coy; d. 21 Oct 1999 @ Martelle, Wisconsin

Dr. Consider King died 19 Aug 1848 at Hartford, Wisconsin. His grave is in Union Cemetery, Hartford, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA ^[9].

Sources

1. ↑ "The Descendants of Elder Thomas King", The Genealogical Exchange, volume 6, number 5, page 35
2. ↑ Fold3.com: Revolutionary War Pension File of Ebenezer King #S13661, page 4
3. ↑ Find-a-Grave memorial for Ebenezer King: d. 03 May 1841 age 79 y, 10 m, 18 d; so b. 15 Jun 1761
4. ↑ Find-a-Grave memorial for Ebenezer King
5. ↑ Find-a-Grave memorial for Beriah King; d. 17 Jan 1843 age 80 y, 4 m, 11 d; so b. 06 Feb 1763
6. ↑ Find-a-Grave memorial for Beriah King
7. ↑ Find-a-Grave memorial for Abigail (King) Town; b. 12 Oct 1781
8. ↑ Find-a-Grave memorial for Abigail (King) Town
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #86529781

• The Groton Avery Clan (Avery & Avery, 1912), p. 301, no. 393: https://archive.org/stream/grotonaveryclan01aver#page/301/mode/1up

• Public Member Trees Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=71554402&pid=275