Harry King (1807 - 1865)

Born 7 Jul 1807 in Nova Scotia, Canada

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Died 23 Oct 1865 at age 58 in Hants, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Harry King was born in 1807. Harry is the child of William Cosell King and Harriot (DeWolf) King.

Harry King was the child of William Cosell King and Harriot (DeWolf) King.

Harry King (7 Jul 1807-23 Oct 1865) = c1832 Margaret Halliburton (Halli) Fraser (c1813-9 Apr 18 Harry was born in 1807 probably in Nova Scotia.

He attended and graduated from King's College, Windsor NS. He passed his matriculation on 6 May 1822, earning a Doctor of Civil Laws.^[1]

He practiced as a barrister in Windsor, NS. His office was located where the Somerset House Hotel was located in 1922.^[2]He served as a judge of the Hants County Probate Court.

In 2 Nov 1831 in Hants County NS, he married Margaret Halliburton (Halli) Fraser.^[3]

By 1841 he was a director of the Bay of Fundy Steam Navigation Company.^[4]

By 1840~1852 was a 1st Lieutenant and Paymaster with the 1st Battalion, Hants Co militia.^[5][6]

In 1849 secretary-treasurer of the Avon River Bridge Co, Windsor NS.^[7]

By 1849 an annual and permanent fund subscriber to King's College, Windsor, NS.^[8]

In 1863 he was a petitioner for the incorporation of the Windsor Marine Insurance Co.^[9]

During the presidency of Rev. George McCawley he was 1 of 12 Governor of the King's College, Windsor.^[10]

He passed away 23 Oct 1865 probably in Windsor of paralysis^[11][12]and was buried in the Old Parish Burying Ground Windsor NS. Find a Grave claims date of death as the 24th which probably was the date of burial. His death registration claims the 23rd of which I am giving precedence.^[13][14]

Ch (surname King): Bradstreet Robie (c30 Sep 1832- 9 Oct 1832); Amelia Isabella McKay (c1840-c1900) = Charles James Stewart (5 Nov 1821-1915); Rachel Hersey Thomas (cMay 1843-20 Sep 1844); Sarah Blowers = 1. Frederick Allison, 2. = Rt. Rev. Henry Bowlby, Bishop of Coventry, 3. = Col. Prevost, Cheltenham England; Harriett; Elizabeth = Rev. Dean Sargent^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ Memoranda respecting King's College, at Windsor, in Nova Scotia, [Halifax, N.S.? : s.n.] 1836 (Halifax, N.S. : Gossip & Coade) pe 26 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.21567/36
2. ↑ The Hants Journal, 15 Mar 1922
3. ↑ Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Registration: Year: 1831 number: 6119. https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=5772
4. ↑ Belcher's farmers almanack for the year of Our Lord 1841, [Halifax, N.S.? : C.H. Belcher?, 184-?]. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.28454/53
5. ↑ Belcher's farmer's almanack for the bissextile, or leap year 1840, [Halifax, N.S.? : s.n., 1840?]. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.28453/80
6. ↑ Belcher's farmer's almanack for the year of Our Lord 1852, Halifax, N.S. : Published and sold by C.H. Belcher, [1852?] (Halifax, N.S. : J. Bowes) https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.28473/131
7. ↑ Belcher's farmer's almanack for the year of Our Lord 1849, Halifax, N.S. : C.H. Belcher, [1849?]. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.39065/73
8. ↑ The alumni of King's College, Windsor : 1849, [Halifax, N.S.?] pe 12, 14. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_02296_3/13 also https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_02296_3/15, also The alumni of King's College, Windsor : 1853-54 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_02296_7/20, also https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_02296_7/23
9. ↑ Nova Scotia Statutes 1863 Chap 72 pe 107.
10. ↑ Synopsis University of King's College, Windsor Nova Scotia. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.64910/10
11. ↑ Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Male Death Registration: Year: 1865 book: 1809 page: 8 number: 44. https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=30218.
12. ↑ https://novascotia.ca/archives/lists/elizabeth-ritchie-family-collection.pdf
13. ↑ West Hants Historical Society, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada, Old Parish Burying Ground Burial Index.
14. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150789354/harry-king
15. ↑ https://novascotia.ca/archives/lists/elizabeth-ritchie-family-collection.pdf

See also

Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton. The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land, Giving A Sketch of the French and their Expulsion and the New England Planters that Came in the Stead With Many Geneologies 1804 to 1910. Salem, Mass.: Salem Press Company, 1910.

Descendants of the Honourable Benjamin DeWolf and Rachel Otis DeWolf of Windsor Nova Scotia compiled by The Rev. Robert Lewis Weis, Providence Rhode Island, 1963.

Acknowledgments

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