Origins of surname
The name is from the old English cyning, from which our word king is derived. It would not have been given to someone who was actually a king - they had their own family names - but it was used to denote someone who conducted himself in a kingly manner or perhaps who had played the part of a king in a medieval pageant.
Early records
The name first appears in Jersey records towards the end of the 17th century, and several different families of the name appear to have become established during the 18th century.
Variants
- King
Family records
Family trees
Church records
- King baptisms in Jersey
- King marriages in Jersey (groom)
- King marriages in Jersey (bride)
- King burials in Jersey
Great War service
- Alexander John Gavin King (1884-1918) son of Andrew Don and Margaret Helen King, Lieutenant RAF, killed in action
- John Joseph King (1876-1914) son of Joseph and husband of Caroline, Sgt in Royal Sussex Regiment, killed in action
- Charles George King (1882- ) (St H) son of Charles Phelps and Mary Ann Stanley, Mercantile Marine
- Douglas Granville King (1893- ) (St H) son of George Douglas and Mary Sharpe, Major RASC
- Percy King, Private, Worcestershire Regiment
- Roger Frederick Curtis King, Major, Middlesex Regiment, OV
- Thomas James King (1885- ), Mercantile Marine
Family wills
These wills created by members of the King family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
- Joseph King of St Saviour, now of St Helier, desires to be buried on St Saviour's Cemetery, bequeaths to the poor of St Helier 2s - 13 July 1868, D/Y/A/34
- Richardson King of St Helier, bequeaths to the poor of St Saviour £5 - 8 December 1870, D/Y/A/35
- Charles King, 10 Phillips Street, St Helier - 5 November 1917, D/Y/A/77
- Herbert King, 5 Wellington Road, St Saviour - 22 February 1939, D/Y/A/104
- Samuel King, Clerk, Rector of Latimer, Buckingham, Vicar of Haunden , Hertford, now of St Brelade 23 December 1856 - D/Y/A/28
- Daniel King, St Peter - 15 October 1902, D/Y/A/61
Burial records
Family businesses
- Tailor John Philip King was in partnership with draper George Dumaresq at 8 King Street in the first half of the 19th century
- John King was a chemist at 22 King Street in the 1840s
Family photograph album
Lifeboat coxswain Thomas James King
Thomas James King with the Queen Mother when Jersey's lifeboat was named after him
The crew of the Hilda, including Philip Albert King (1860- ) who was fortunately not on board when she sank in 1905
Alexander John Gavin King
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Family gravestones
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St John’s Church cemetery
St Ouen parish cemetery
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
Alexander John Gavin King, Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery
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New records
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