Ancestry of Admiral
William Halsey

U.S. Navy - World War II

Rufus King

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of William Halsey — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 20 
  • Father:
  • Richard King 
  • Mother:
  • Isabella Bragdon   
  • Birth Date:
  • 24 Mar 1755 
  • Birth Location:
  • Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine 
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Apr 1827 
  • Death Location:
  • New York, New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Alsop
  • Marriage Date:
  • 30 Mar 1786 
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  • Children:
  
  

  John Alsop King

  Charles King (Ahnentafel No:10 )

  • Notes: 

  • Signer of the U.S. Constitution

• Additional marriages for Rufus King

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  • Spouse:
  • Amelia Laverty
  • Marriage Date:
  • 21 Sep 1824
  • Marriage Location:
  • Albany, Albany Co., New York

• Sources for Rufus King

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A064762 and #A002030.
  • ² New York Herald (New York, New York), 08 AUG 1883, p. 3, Obituary for granddaughter Eliza Gracie Halsey.
  • ³ Biographical Directory of the United State Congress 1774 - Present, "King, John Alsop, (1788-1867)", (accessed 07/07/2017).
  • ⁴ Frost, Josephine C., Underhill Genealogy: Descendants of Capt. John Underhill, Vol. 2, Brooklyn, New York: Published privately by Myron C. Taylor in the interests of The Underhill Society of America (1932), 243-245.
  • ⁵ Hughes, Thomas Alexander, Admiral Bill Halsey: A Naval Life, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press (2016), 9-10.
  • ⁶ Lee, Francis Bazley, editor, Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. III, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1910), 936-937.
  • ⁷ Pitman, H. Minot and Katharine Patterson Boyd Hunt, Boyd-Patterson Ancestry, Tucson, Arizona: Unknown (1967), 80.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#58 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Elizabeth Boyd Roberts: A Genealogical Tribute with 50 New . . .", (accessed 07/07/2017).
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 148.
  • ¹⁰ Spillane, Rev. Edward P., Life and Letters of Henry Van Rensselaer: Priest of the Society of Jesus, New York: Fordham University Press (1908), 10-11.
  • ¹¹ Stowell, William Henry Harrison, The Stowell Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of Samuel Stowell of Hingham, Mass., Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company, Publishers (1922), 51-52.
  • ¹² Weygant, Charles H., The Sacketts of America, Their Ancestors and Descendants 1630-1907, Newburgh, New York: Journal Print (1907), 130-131.