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RHODA King (Sanford)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Death: January 27, 1840 (54)
Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA (Smallpox)
Place of Burial: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Ephriam Sanford and Rhoda Sanford
Wife of GODFREY KING
Mother of ABNER C KING; Patience R King; Andrew C King; Content S King; Nancy Louisa King and 6 others
Sister of Restcome Sanford; Abigail Peckham (Sanford); Benjamin Sanford; Priscilla Sanford; Isaac Sanford and 8 others

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About RHODA King

Rhoda Sanford King

Birth: circa March 1785 , Tiverton, R.I

Death: 27 Jan 1840, New Bedford, Bristol Cty, MA

Father: Ephraim SANFORD, b. 28 May 1752, Tiverton, Newport Co, RI

Mother: Rhoda SIMMONS, b. 2 May 1752, Tiverton, Newport Co, RI; d. after 21 October 1823

Spouse: Godfrey King, b. 10 Aug 1781, Tiverton, Newport Co, R.I.; d. 2 July 1861, Tiverton, Newport Cty, RI, son of Godfrey King, 1750-1820, and Abigail Manchester, 1745-1823

Children:

  • Ephriam King, b. circa 1800, Tiverton, R.I.; d. 30 Aug 1873, Westport, Massachusetts; occp: Farmer
  • Abbie King, about 1801, Tiverton; d. before 1870 in New Bedford, MA; m. Ellery MANCHESTER, b. about 1808 Tiverton, RI
  • Alfred King, b. Abt 1806, Tiverton; d. 11 Jun 1880, Westport, MA; m. (1) 30 Dec 1827, Westport, MA, Nancy Macomber; m. (2) 15 Nov 1861 Westport, Mary G. Chadwick
  • Godfrey King, b. Abt Jul 1807, Tiverton; d. 26 May 1882, Lowell, MA; m. 9 Feb 1829, Westport, MA, Lydia Tripp
  • Andrew C. King, b. Abt 1813, Tiverton, R.I.; d. 8 May 1891, Dartmouth, Mass; m. Emeline Snell
  • Esther M. King, b. circa 1815, Tiverton, R.I.; d. 25 Mar 1898, New Bedford, Mass; m. Ellery Manchester
  • Abner C. King, b. circa 1821; d. 26 Dec 1904, Tiverton, Newport, RI
  • Nancy Louisa King, b. circa 1826, Tiverton, R.I.; d. 18 Oct 1900, Dartmouth, Mass; m. Alexander Macomber

Rhoda King, wife of Godfrey Jr., joined the Tiverton Baptist Church on June 13, 1830

New Bedford Mercury, 31 Jan 1840. DIED. In Tiverton, R.I., on Monday, of small pox, Mrs. Rhoda King, wife of Godfrey King, 56

Burial: Godfrey King Cemetery, Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, near the junction of King and Cornell Rds. in Tiverton.

RHODA, Wife of Godfrey King died Jan 27, 1840 age 54 yrs & 10 mo's. Gone Home

Sources:

"Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MWJZ-RVD

Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, by J.H. Beers

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Rhoda_Sanford_(3)

Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910. (New England Historic and Genealogical Society), 418:127. Andrew C. King, age 78-10-0, Teamster, b. Tiverton, R.I., s/o Godfrey & Rhoda King, both b. Tiverton

http://www.jrredfern.com/genealogy/dat52.htm#17

http://www.thesorensens.net/FamilyTree/gp7885.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/ga4/myhayes_family/f_309.html

http://archive.org/stream/kinggenealogycle00morr/kinggenealogycle00...

http://dunhamwilcox.net/ri/rhode_island_vr29a.htm

http://www.digikron.com/thom/wc14/wc14_173.htm

Links:

http://www.rihistoriccemeteries.org/newgravedetails.aspx?ID=287186

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2407809&GRid...

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RHODA King's Timeline

1785
March 27, 1785
Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
1802
1802
Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
1805
May 21, 1805
1805
Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
1806
1806
Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States of America
1807
1807
Rhode Island, United States
1808
July 1808
Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
1812
July 8, 1812
Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
1815
1815
Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
1821
April 23, 1821
Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States