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Joshua Benton King 1783–1860 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1783

Birth Location: Maryland, United States

Death Date: 1860

Death Location: Lawrence, Tennessee, United States

Father: Ephraim MD

Mother: Elizabeth Spane

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Joseph King

Joshua Benton King was born in 1783 in Maryland, United States, the child of Ephraim King Md And Elizabeth Margaret Spane. Joshua Benton King had children including Joseph G King. Joshua Benton King passed away in 1860 in Lawrence, Tennessee, United States.

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Biography

  • Joshua Benton King was born in 1783 in Maryland, United States, the child of Ephraim King Md And Elizabeth Margaret Spane.
  • Joshua Benton King had children including Joseph G King.
  • Joshua Benton King passed away in 1860 in Lawrence, Tennessee, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ephraim MD
1748–1796
Birth Location: Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States
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Elizabeth Spane
1750–1827
Birth Location: Albermarie Paris, Sussex, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Joseph King
1835–1918
Birth Location: Tennessee
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Joshua King's Ancestors

Self
Joshua King
1783–1860
Birth Place: Maryland, United States
Parents
Ephraim King MD
1748–1796
Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States
Elizabeth (Margaret) Spane
1750–1827
Albermarie Paris, Sussex, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joshua King's Descendants

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Joshua (Benton) King (1783–1860)
  1. 1. Joseph (G.) King 1835–1918 m. Susan (P.) Gambill 1848–1904
    1. 1. Minerva (E) Speaks 1866–1947 m. George (Washington) Speaks 1859–1944
      1. 1. Jessie (James) Speaks 1892–1980 m. M (Stella) Speaks 1903–1989
        1. 1. James (H.) Speaks 1928–1982 m. Loralli (W) Snowden 1926–
        2. 2. Margaret Speaks 1926–1993 m. Lucian (Glen) Conley 1914–1987 m. William (C "Bud") Masterson 1921–2011 m. James (Clyde) Goss 1905–1983
        3. 3. Dorothy (May) Speaks 1934–2000
        4. 4. N (John) Speaks 1923–1955 m. Beatrice Varner 1926–
      2. 2. Mary (I) Foster 1885–1959 m. William (C) Foster 1885–1960
        1. 1. George (A) Foster 1915–1981
        2. 2. William (A) Foster 1917–1971
        3. 3. Edna (M) Foster 1918–1998
        4. 4. Clyde Foster 1922–1934
        5. 5. Paul (Dennis "Dink") Foster 1925–1989
        6. 6. Ellen (Leona) Foster 1920–1995
        7. 7. Benjamin (Franklin) Foster 1924–1951
      3. 3. Ida Speaks 1888–1907
      4. 4. Joseph (Thomas) Speaks 1890–1977
      5. 5. Elizabeth Speaks 1898– m. Jesse Eason 1896–
        1. 1. John (B) Eason 1920–
      6. 6. William (Hen) Speaks 1900–1919
      7. 7. Olinas (Chas) Speaks 1903–1918
      8. 8. S. (Alice) Speaks 1888–1907
      9. 9. Ethel Speaks 1903–1903
      10. 10. Olinas (Chas) Speaks 1905–1918
      11. 11. Charlie (Gardener) Speaks 1900–1919
      12. 12. Melba Speaks 1885– m. Willie (Clyde) Foster 1885–1960
        1. 1. Clyde Foster 1922–1934
        2. 2. Paul (Dennis "Dink") Foster 1925–1989
        3. 3. George (A.) Foster 1914–1981
        4. 4. William (Albert (Ab)) Foster 1916–1971
        5. 5. Edna (Mae) Foster 1917–1998
        6. 6. Ellen (Leona) Foster 1920–1995
        7. 7. Benjamin (Franklin) Foster 1924–1951 m. Mildred (Ovine) Allen 1926–1998
      13. 13. Elizabeth Speaks 1898–
      14. 14. S (A) Speaks 1888–
    2. 2. Pearlie (Paralee) King 1877–1951
    3. 3. Martha (J.) KING 1869–
    4. 4. Joseph (Newton (Joshua)) King 1867–1941
    5. 5. Charles (Daniel Ephraim) KING 1872–1941
    6. 6. Mary (Tennison) KING 1873–1937
    7. 7. Jesse (Rufus) King 1875–1938
    8. 8. Buennavista King 1880–
    9. 9. James (William "Jim") KING 1881–
    10. 10. Macy (K.) KING 1876–1934

Joshua King's Timeline

2 Records

1783
1783
Birth of Joshua Benton King in Maryland, United States
Maryland, United States
1860
1860
Age 77
Death of Joshua Benton King in Lawrence, Tennessee, United States
Lawrence, Tennessee, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1783
    Event Place: Maryland, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Lawrence, Tennessee, United States
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