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KING FAMILY ANCESTORS IN AMERICA AND SCOTLAND

KING FAMILY ANCESTORS IN AMERICA AND SCOTLAND. JOHN S KING Grandfather of Arthur E King Sr. The King name goes back only to John S King, born 1817 in New Jersey

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KING FAMILY ANCESTORS IN AMERICA AND SCOTLAND

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  1. KING FAMILY ANCESTORS IN AMERICA AND SCOTLAND

  2. JOHN S KINGGrandfather of Arthur E King Sr • The King name goes back only to John S King, born 1817 in New Jersey • According to different censuses, John’s parents were most likely from Ireland, but the reports are inconsistent and some census reports list his parent as being born in New Jersey • John himself is an ethereal character, never at home for the censuses, but his existence is well-documented in land leases and wills • The first documentation of John is in the Piper family bible, noting the marriage of John to Elizabeth Piper in her home on August 31, 1848 • John and Elizabeth lived in New Castle, PA, where they had three children

  3. JOHN S KING • A deed pertained to his purchase of about 2/3rds of an acre of property in 1867 on the New Castle to Butler Road just south of New Castle, for which he paid $800 • The property was on what is now East Washington Street in New Castle, but is now a vacant lot

  4. JOHN S KING • John died around 1886 in Bully Hill, PA • He is buried at Elmenton Cemetery in Clarion County, PA next to his son, Othello W King • Bill King in South Carolina has uncovered a newspaper article referring to John S King as a thespian, which might explain his travels, and how he came to name one of his sons Othello • John and Elizabeth had the following children: • Leroy Porter King (1850 – 1943) • Othello W King (1851 – 1930) • Eva Ella (Ella Mae) King (1859 – 1931)

  5. LEROY PORTER KINGFather of Arthur Ellis King Sr • Born in New Castle, PA • The 1880 census shows him living in Clarion County, PA and working as an oil producer • At some point after 1875 he moved to Nortonville, KS with his mother, Elizabeth Piper King • The 1900 census shows him living in Wellson Township, Lincoln County OK and working as a banker, later in the hardware business • Federal Tract Books of the Oklahoma Territory show he owned the SW quarter of section 24, township 21, range 17, land entry number 491. Land was bought "commit to cash" so he could get immediate title and not wait 8 years • This land was claimed in the Land Run of 1891 in McKinley Township, Lincoln County

  6. LEROY PORTER KING • Leroy married Elizabeth Arinenta Troutman • Leroy was known to have told others that his ancestors were from Ireland and came to America during the Potato Famine (1845-1852) when John King was already in America • Leroy died at the home of his sister, Eva Mae, in 1943, in Centralia, IL • He is buried in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Oklahoma City

  7. LEROY PORTER KING • Leroy had three children Arthur Ellis King Walter Piper King Florence Mabile King He served in the Kansas Militia in 1891 as a 2nd Lieutenant

  8. ARTHUR ELLIS KING SR • Born 1880 in Parker’s Landing, Venango Co, PA • Moved to Nortonville, KS, then Wellston, OK with his parents • Listed in the 1920 census as general manager of Southwestern Cotton Oil Company • Residence at 301 NW 19th Street, Oklahoma City

  9. ARTHUR ELLIS KING SR • Married Olga E Wykert in 1911

  10. ARTHUR ELLIS KING • A E King Sr and Olga had five children • Arthur Ellis King Sr • Lois Olga (Sorghum) King • Edward Leroy (Edroy) King • Mary Jane King • Robert W King

  11. PIPER FAMILY • Elizabeth Piper (born 1824 in Muddy Creek, Butler County, Pennsylvania) was the wife of John S King, and thus the grandmother of A E King Sr • According to census information, she worked as a millner, and her father, Samuel, was born in Ireland • At some time she moved to Nortonville, KS with her son, Leroy P, where she died in 1909 • Samuel was born around 1792 and emigrated to Pennsylvania sometime in the early 1800s • He and his William owned a stagecoach business • Samuel’s wife was Sarah Pillow, of Irish descent

  12. TROUTMAN FAMILY • Elizabeth Arinenta Troutman married Leroy Porter King and was the mother of A E King Sr • She was born 1860 in Pennsylvania and died 1934 in Oklahoma City • The Troutman family goes back to Jacob Trautman (10th GGF of A E King Sr) who was born in 1535 in Lambsborn, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany • Hans Peter Trautman (4th GGF of A E King Sr) was born in Germany and came to Pennsylvania in the early 1700’s • George Peter Troutman (2nd GGF of A E King Sr) was born 1767 in Cumberland Valley, PA, and later moved to Trumbull County, Ohio where he farmed and was a member of the Lutheran Church

  13. TROUTMAN FAMILY • Joseph Troutman (father of Elizabeth, grandfather of A E King Sr) was born 1793 near Sunbury, Pennsylvania, later moving to Clarion County, PA • He lived at Troutman’s Run on the Allegheny River where he cleared 74 acres of land and erected buildings • He worked as a carpenter • He served in the War of 1812, going to Erie after Commodore Perry's victory, but was not engaged in any battles • He was first a Democrat, later a Whig and held several township offices • Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist church • He married Jane F Pollock, a descendant of the powerful Clan Pollock in Scotland, a link which then linked the King family to the nobility and political leaders of Scotland

  14. WYKERT FAMILY • Olga E Wykert married A E King Sr • She was born in 1888 in Troy, Doniphan County, KS • The 1910 census shows her living in Wellston Township, OK with her parents and working as a school teacher • Her family goes back to Francis (Frantz) Wykert, born 1737 in Germany

  15. WYKERT FAMILY • Francis (Frantz) Wykert moved from Germany (along the Rhine River) to Berks County, PA in 1756 at the age of 19 • He was the 2nd GGF of Olga Wykert • He later moved to Washington County, PA, the to Marshall, WV • He brought with him a diploma signed by the King of Wurtemberg outlining his family history • His son, Nicholas Lawrence wykert (GGF of Olga Wykert) lived in Hogs Run, WV, along the Ohio River 10 miles south of Wheeling • He moved his family to Doniphan County, KS in 1856

  16. WYKERT FAMILY • Edward Sutton Wykert (father of Olga Wykert) married Sarah Elizabeth Aberle in 1884 in Doniphan County, KS (pictured) • By 1900 the Wykerts had moved to Oklahoma County, where Edward worked as a traveling salesman • Sarah Elizabeth Aberle (Saxey), mother of Olga Wykert( was around 3 in 1868 when the Cheyenne Indians, displaced from their land, massacred a number of settlers in Doniphan County (The Great Cheyenne Massacre) • Her family later moved to Hydro, Oklahoma • She died in 1950 and is buried in Fairlawn Cemetery in Oklahoma City

  17. ABERLE FAMILY • Sarah Aberle’s family goes back to Frederick Aberle (born around 1790 in Baden-Wurtemburg, Germany), great-grandfather of Olga Wykert • His son, John Aberle(grandfather of Olga Wykert) was born in Wurtemburg, but was in Troy, KS by 1870, working as a farmer • His family arrived in Baltimore in 1840 aboard the ship ‘Ernst and Gustav’ sailing from Brennen, Germany • To become a citizen he had to sign a letter denying any allegiance to the King of Wurtemburg • He was the father of Sarah Aberle

  18. POLLOCK FAMILY(CLAN POLLOCK) • The marriage of Jane F Pollock (great-grandmother of A E King Sr to Joseph Troutman created a web tying the King family through Ireland to Scotland, to England, and ultimately to Normandy • Sarah’s grandfather, Charles Pollock (3rd GGF of A E King Sr) immigrated to White Deer, PA from Londonderry, Ireland sometime around 1740 • He was a Presbyterian who farmed, and later became a cashier at the National Bank of Kittenang, PA • Charles brought with him several documents bearing the seal of Clan Pollock (a boar pierced by an arrow)

  19. CLAN POLLOCK SEALThe seal was first used on a charter for the Paisley Abbey in Scotland (1160)It is now on display in the British Museum in LondonInscription translates to ‘Boldly and Earnestly’

  20. POLLOCK FAMILY • The Pollock family dates back to Fulbert the Saxon, born in 1075 in Falaise, Normandy (20th GGF of A E King Sr) • Fulbert was a tanner who accompanied William the Conqueror to England and fought at his side at the Battle of Hastings (1066), serving as his chamberlain • In return for his service, Fulbert was granted an estate in Renfrewshire, Scotland, where his descendents became the Barons of Pollock • Fulbert’sgrandsonson, Robert II de Pollock, donated land to found the Paisley Abbey in Renfrewshire (the abbey which later produced the paisley pattern for textiles)

  21. POLLOCK FAMILY • Robertus Pollock (born 1265 – 15th GGF of A E King Sr) married Agnes Maxwell of clan Maxwell, making her the 15th GGM of A E King Sr • The Pollock lands were then divided, the southern half given to Clan Maxwell • Pollocks today are still allowed to wear the Maxwell tartan • John de Maxwell (14th GGF of A E King Sr) was knighted in 1372 and granted a charter to the lands of Caerlaverlock • John de Pollock (12th GGF of A E King Sr) was made Sir John de Pollock by King James II of Scotland • Charles Pollock (11th GGF of A E King Sr) married Margaret Stewart, 4th great-granddaughter of Robert the Bruce, tying the King family to the powerful Stewart (Stuart) family that ruled Scotland and Engand for generations

  22. POLLOCK FAMILY • Charles Pollock was appointed Deputy-Keeper of the Castle of Rothesay by King James III

  23. POLLOCK FAMILY • Charles’ son, David Pollock, also married a Stewart descendant, creating a second link to the Stewart/Stuards • His son, John de Pollock (9th GGF of A E King Sr) was Receiver General to James IV of Scotland • His wife, Margaret Semple(9th GGM of Tom Lowry) was from the powerful Clan Semple/Semphill, creating another ancestral link to Scottish nobility • Sir John de Pollock (8th GGF of A E King Sr) made a disastrous decision to support Mary, Queen of Scots, in her wars against the English throne (Queen Elizabeth) • He fought for her at the Battle of Langside, and the Pollock lands were forfeited following the defeat

  24. POLLOCK FAMILY • Following the loss of lands in the cause of Mary, Queen of Scots, Robert Pollock (7th GGF of A E King Sr) moved the family to Londonderry, Ireland • His second grandson (Charles Pollock) traveled from Ireland to America, and was the grandfather of Jane f Pollock • The original Castle Pollock near Glasgow, built in the 12th century by Robert de Pollock (18th GGF of A E King Sr) no longer exists • It was destroyed and rebuilt several times until 1952, when it was demolished • At that time Pollock Castle had 88 bedrooms • It was used as an ammunition dump during World War II

  25. THE BRUCES OF SCOTLAND • Margaret Stewart (6th GGD of Robert the Bruce) married Charles Pollock (11th GGF of A E King Sr) around 1440, making Robert the Bruce the 19th GGF of A E King Sr • The Brus family of Scotland descended from Normandy • Robert I de Brus (25th GGF of A E King Sr) was a knight who accompanied William the conqueror from Normandy and supported him at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 (The Norman Conquest of England) • Around 1113 King David of Scotland made Robert Lord of Annondale • When William the Conqueror’s son, Henry I of England, died, the English throne was disputed by his daughter, Empress Maud, and his nephew, Stephen (The Great Anarchy) • In the Great Anarchy, Robert II de Brus (24th GGF of A E King Sr) supported Stephen, who initially prevailed • The Great Anarchy is the setting of Ken Follett’s Pillars of the Earth

  26. GUISBOROUGH PRIORYNorth Yorkshire, EnglandFounded 1119 by Robert I de Brus (25th GGF of A E King)Destroyed in Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries

  27. THE BRUCE FAMILY • Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale (21st GGF of A E King Sr) was Justice and Constable of Scotland and England, and a regent of Scotland • During his life Alexander III of Scotland died without heir, leading to a dispute regarding his successor known as the Great Cause • Edward I of England was asked to step in a settle the successorship • Robert V was among those vying for the crown (his mother was a descendant of King David I) • The conflict for the crown, and the intervention of the English king, eventually led to the Scottish Wars of Independence • This is the setting of the movie Braveheart, with Robert V depicted as the leper

  28. THE BRUCE FAMILY • In the course of the Great Cause a woman was killed by English soldiers, a woman who was engaged to William Wallace (Braveheart) • Wallace killed the English soldiers, then rallied the Scots behind him, launching what would become the Scottish Wars of Independence • The Bruce family, with large landholdings in England, initially supported the English, but did not betray Wallace as depicted in the movie • Following the defeat and execution of Wallace, Robert the Bruce (19th GGF of A E King Sr) took up the Scottish cause, later to prevail and become King of Scotland

  29. ROBERT THE BRUCE • When Robert the Bruce died, his heart was carried to the Crusades, later to be returned to Scotland to be buried at Melrose Abbey • His daughter Marjorie (18th GGM of A E King Sr) married Walter Stewart, High Steward of Scotland • The Stewart (Stuart) family had been hereditary High Stewards for generations, and Robert I (son of Marjorie Bruce and Walter Stewart) succeeded Robert the Bruce as Robert II of Scotland (17th GGF of A E King Sr), first of the Stuart Kings of Scotland and England • He was succeeded by Robert III (16th GGF of A E King Sr) • Robert III’s son, James I (15th GGF of A E King Sr) was born in 1337 in Scone Palace, royal residence of the Scottish kings

  30. ROBERT THE BRUCE

  31. SCONE PALACEPerthsire, ScotlandRoyal residence of Scottish kingsBirthplace of James I Stuart (15th GGF of A E King Sr)

  32. THE STUART KINGS • Because of ongoing wars with England, James I (15th GGF of A E King Sr) was sent to France as a child for safety • His ship was intercepted by the English and he was taken to London as a hostage by Henry IV • Following the death of Robert III the Scottish nobility were in no hurry to ransom James I, enjoying their own power in his absence, and so he remained a hostage for 18 years • In 1424 James I returned to Scotland, bringing with him a taste for the English court, and a wife who was a cousin of King Henry VI • This relationship between the Stuarts of Scotland and the Plantagenet rulers of England would eventually bring the Stuarts to the throne of England, and would create the conflict that arose between Mary, Queen of Scots, and Queen Elizabeth of England

  33. THE STUART KINGS • James I’s ways were not favored by the Scots, and in 1437 a group of Scottish nobles assassinated him at the Friars Preachers Monastery in Perth • Ironically, he would have been able to escape through the sewer, but found it blocked • The sewer opened next to the tennis court, and three days before the assassination he had ordered the sewer to be blocked because his tennis balls kept going into it • James II was only 7 at the time of his father’s death • During his minority the Douglas Clan gained great power in Scotland, later to fall into conflict with James II as he matured

  34. THE STUART KINGS • The conflict between James II and the Campbells culminated in 1452 at Stirling Castle • James II stabbed the 8th Earl of Douglas, following which James’ followers took an axe to his head

  35. THE STUART KINGS • James II was fond of artellery, and died when a cannon he was firing exploded in a seige of Roxbury Castle • James III (13th GGF of A E King Sr), although bringing the Renaissance of art and culture to Scotland, was largely unpopular because of his unfairness and alliance with England • In 1482 the English under Edward IV, James being betrayed by his countrymen and imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle • James later bought his release and resumed the throne • In 1488 James II faced an army of his own countrymen at the Battle of Sauchieburn and was killed in battle • His own son and heir, James IV, had opposed him in the battle

  36. THE STUART KINGS • James IV Stuart (12th GGF of A E King Sr) came to the throne at the age of 15 • He was the most successful and productive of the Stuart Kings • When war broke out between the French and English, and henry VIII invaded France, James IV took the opportunity to invade England in support of France (The Auld Alliance) • James IV met his death battling the English at the Battle of Flodden Field (1513) in which the Scottish forces were crushed • James IV successor (James V) was not in the King lineage, which passed through his daughter (Janet Stewart; 11th GGM of A E King Sr)

  37. Mary Cochrane and Thomas Pollock were the grandparents of Jane F Pollock • Mary was the 6th GGD of James IV Stuart

  38. THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND • Robert the Bruce (19th GGF of A E King, Sr) was the 7th GGS of William the Conqueror through his mother’s family, making William the Conqueror the 25th GGF of A E King Sr • When the throne of England was questioned following the death of the childless Edward the Confessor, William amassed a force in Normandy and claimed the crown of England following his defeat of the English at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 (The Norman Conquest) • For centuries thereafter England was ruled by his descendants • William I was eventually succeeded by Henry I (24th GGF of A E King Sr)

  39. THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND • Henry I was a man of great appetites and great brutality • He had two of his own grandchildren blinded and mutilated • He is famed for having the greatest number of illegitimate children of any king in English history (estimated at 20-25) • He died after stuffing himself with lampreys • Henry’s only legitimate son, William Adeline, died in 1127 when the White Ship, sailing from Normandy to England, went down (the opening scene of Ken Follett’s Pillars of the Earth) • Prior to his death, Henry I had named his daughter, Maud (25th GGM of A E King Sr), as his successor

  40. THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND • England was not mentally ready for a female monarch, and her claim to the throne was contested by her cousin, Stephen, launching the Great Anarchy which would divide England for years • Stephen eventually prevailed over Empress Maud, only to die without a male heir and have the kingdom claimed by Maud’s son, Henry II (26th GGF of A E King Sr) • Maud’s husband was Geoffrey V Plantagenet of Anjou (25th GGF of A E King), the son of Fulk V d’Anjou (26th GGF of Tom Lowry), a Norman crusader who had become King of Jerusalem • The descendents of Maud and Goeffrey would be known as the Plantagenet rulers of England • Henry II’s wife was Eleanor of Aquitaine (26th GGM of A E King Sr), daughter of William X, Duke of Aquitaine (27th GGF of A E King Sr), creating one of several links to the nobility of France

  41. THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND • Eleanor of Aquitaine had previously been married to Louis VII the Younger of France, the divorce later annulled • She had accompanied Louis VII on a disastrous Crusade – one which was lost largely because of the massive baggage Eleanor had brought • It was the words of Henry II that led to the murder of Thomas Beckett in Canterbury Cathedral • Henry II was disliked by all of his sons, who tried repeatedly to dethrone him • Richard the Lionheart, oldest of the sons, died without heir after his unsuccessful Third Crusade, and John Lackland Plantagenet (25th GGF of A E King Sr) succeeded Henry I and King John I

  42. THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND • John I was an unpopular king • He was at war with his barons over rights (The First Barons’ War) • He was the evil king in the Legend of Robin Hood • He was forced by the nobility to sign the Magna Carta in 1215 • He died of dysentery (or poisoning) in 1216 • John’s wife was Isabella of Angouleme (25th GGM of A E King Sr), descendant of the powerful Taillefer family (Counts of Angouleme) of France, creating another link with the nobility of France • John was followed by his son, Henry III (24th GGF of A E King Sr)

  43. THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND • England flourished under the long and stable reign of Henry III • He made Westminster his palace, building a shrine there for Edward the Confessor

  44. THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND • Henry III convened the first English Parliament in 1264 • He ordered the building of York Castle in stone as a defense against Scotland

  45. THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND • Despite the stability brought by Henry III, he, like his father, faced a Barons’ War, the opposition led by Simon de Montford • The Plantagenets prevailed in the war, and Henry III was succeeded by his son, Edward I Longshanks (23rd GGF of A E King Sr) • Edward I ruled England during the Scottish Wars of Independence, executing William Wallace and constantly at war with Robert the Bruce • His wife was the much-beloved Eleanor of Castile (25th GGM of A E King Sr), daughter of King Ferdinand III of Castile, creating a link to the nobility of Spain

  46. THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND • Edward I died in the course of the Scottish Wars, succeeded by Edward II (19th GGF of A E King Sr) • He married Isabella of France (19th GGM of A E King Sr), daughter of King Philip IV the Fair, creating another link to the nobility of France • Edward II was an ineffective leader, and quickly lost Scotland to Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannochburn (1314) • His reign was plagued by conflict as he favored his male friends, Hugh le Despenser and Piers Gaveston, and in 1326 his estranged wife, Isabella, and her lover, Roger de Mortimer (18th GGF of A E King Sr) invaded England, deposing and imprisoning Edward II

  47. THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND • Edward II died while imprisoned by his wife, succeeded by Edward III (18th GGF of A E King Sr) • Isabella (Edward III’s mother) and Mortimer continued to rule in his minority, but at the age of 17 he had Mortimer executed and his mother imprisoned • Edward III was a successful king, bringing England’s military to it zenith • During his reign (1348) the Black Death hit England, killing 1/3 of its population • Edward III’s heir apparent, Edward the Black Prince, Duke of York, died in battle in France, leaving his brother, John of Gaunt, leading to the Wars of the Roses as the Plantagenet house split into two factions

  48. THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND • The Wars of the Roses was fought between and Lancasters (the Red rose -- descendants of John of Gaunt (17th GGF of A E King Sr) and the Yorks (the White Rose – descendants of Edmund of Langley, Duke of York • Both were sons of Edward III • Richard II, son of Edward the Black Prince) had succeeded Edward III, but was defeated and deposed by Henry Bolingbroke (son of John of Gaunt), who became Henry IV • After several exchanges of rule, Henry Tudor emerged victorious, marking the end of the Plantagenet rule and beginning the Tudor rule

  49. THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND • The Wars of the Roses marked the end of Plantagenet rule, and the end of the King family connection to the rulers of England • John of Gaunt’s granddaughter, Joan Beaufort, married James I of Scotland, becoming the 15th GGM of A E King Sr) and the King family connection continued through that line to the Pollock clan

  50. OTHER ENGLISH ANCESTORS OF NOTE • Geoffrey V Plantagenet (25thGGF of A E King Sr) husband of Maud (daughter of William the Conqueror), son of Fulk V d”Anjou (king of Jerusalem during the crusades), patriarch of the Plantagenet rulers of England • William Marshall (23rd GGF of A E King Sr) 1st Earl of Pembroke, served as regent for the young King Henry III • Simon de Montfort (9th GGF of A E KngSr) Earl of Leicester, led the barons against Henry III and died in the Battle of Evesham, killed by Roger de Mortimer (19th GGF of Tom Lowry) who sent Montforts head to his wife as a present • Hugh le Despencer(20th GGF of E King Sr) chief advisor to and probable lover of Edward II. Executed by the enemies of Edward II

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