Edgecombe County, NC - William C. King Family Bible Transcription of The William C. King Family Bible (Prayer Book) William C. King (abt. 1764-1818) of Edgecombe County (NC) kept some family records in a prayer book entitled "A New Version Of The Psalms Of David." This prayer book was written by N. Brady who was Chaplain in Ordinary to the King of England and N. Tate who was Poet Laureat to the same. This prayer book was published in Edinburg in 1768 by Alexander Kincaid, His Majesty's printer. A copy of a portion of this prayer book containing information about the family of William C. King was obtained from the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh (September, 2007) with the assistance of Guy Potts of Raleigh (NC). The information forthcoming was transcribed from this copy of the William C. King prayer book by Randolph M. (Bud) King of Wayne County, (NC). Thursday June 13th 1805 Michael King my Father Departed this Life Mary King my Mother Departed this Life on the 14th of November 1810 W. C. King Son of Michael King and Mary King G. W. Lawrence was born 23rd of November 1803 William C. King and Mary King (Mary Wiggins) his Wife was married the 3rd Day of September 1795 Frances Hobson King Daughter of William and Mary King was born on Friday the 24th of June 179_ (1796) They being twins Thomas Wiggins King son of Wm & Mary King was born on Friday the 24th of June 1796 William Armsted (Armistead) King son of Wm & Mary King was born Wednesday the 4th day of October 1797 Sally Baker King Daughter of Wm & Mary King was born on Saturday the 9th day of March 1799 Cofel (Coffield) King son of Wm and Mary King was born Wednesday the 26th day of November 1800 Augustian (Augustus W.) King son of Wm & Mary King was born Thursday morning the 25 Day of January 1803 John Robert King son of Wm & Mary King was born the 6th Day of November 1804 Also on the 14th Day of November 1804 Mary King departed this Life November 9 day _____ (1809) William C. King and Charlotte Meriah King his wife was married the 9th day of November 1809 Henry King son of Wm and Charlotte M. King was born the 28th January 1811 October Thirsday (Thursday) 15th 1812 Carlotte (Charlotte) M. King Departed this Life W. C. King & Hardy King ( Penelopy Hardy) his wife was married 14th February 181_(1813) Patsey Meriah King Daughter of William & Hardy King was born Monday 9 oclock in morn (morning) the 3 Day of January 1814 Maryanne Eliza King Daughter of Wm & Hardy King was born the 23 of October 1815 Penelopy King Daughter of W. C. King & Hardy King was born the 10 th September 1817 William C. King departed this life on Sanday (Sunday) morning the 22nd of November 1818 Henry C. (Coffield) King Son of Wm A. (Armistead) King & Elizabeth (Pearce) King Born Sept. 25th 1820 Thomas W. King and Martha (Porter) King his wife was married the 20 of September 1819 R. James William King Son of Thos. (Thomas) W. King & Martha (Porter) King was born the 16 of February 1821 Moody Coffield King Son of Thos. W. King and Martha King was born the 3 day of March 1823 Information about the Negroes of this King Family included; Lenise Born 5th of aprel (April) 1760 James Born ye 8th of Sept. 1761 Tom borne (born) ye 8th of October 1763 Arter was born 8th June 1764 Green born ye 8th of Dec. 1765 Easter born ye 5 of June 1766 __ender born 29 of June 1769 Amas (?) born ye 2_ of Dec. 1769 Maryan (?) born ye 27th of January 1772 Hanister (?) born ye 25th of February 1772 Hardy born ye 5th of apoel (April) 1774 Momein (?) born ye 10th of November 1774 Peny (?) born ye 19th of October 1777 Hannar born ye 10th of June 177_ S__ah born ye 8th of June 1793 _____ born ye 19th of March 1796 _____ born ye 19th of February 1785 _____ borne ye 14th of September 178_ _____ Borne ye 12th June 178_ _____ Borne ________ 1788 Negro Ages ( Additional information given under this heading) Winny was borne ye__th aprel (April) 1791 Demsey borne ye __ of June 1792 Penney borne ye 26th of August 1793 Jery (?) borne ye 12th Day of March 179_ Suck borne ye 15th November 1796 Lewsa (?) the Daughter of Mar___ whas (was) born ye 15 of February in the year 1798 Momain (?) born ye 27th of February 180_ Dinah borne ye 30th of June 1802 General Son of Leucy was born October 4th 1816 Mournin dughter (daughter) of Amy was born November the 20th 1818 Note: Information contained in parentheses was added by this researcher for clarification. In some instances where the information presented in the copy of the William C. King prayer book obtained from the N. C. Archives was difficult to determine, a guess was made by this researcher followed by a question mark. In other instances where clarity was not good enough for a guess to be made, a blank was inserted. Most information inserted in parentheses had to do with spelling differences. In a few instances information may have been added by the researcher from his knowledge of the William C. King Family gained by many hours of research. Source of Bible Record: NC Archives & History Bibles - Call No. 400.1.1.1234 ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Bud King - bud5082@earthlink.net ______________________________________________________________________