For Donald E King and Philip Nichols Hi Don and Phil: My earliest fully documented KING ancestor was Ephraim KING of Lincoln Co. TN. There were several lines of early (1700-1800's) KING families in the US that used Ephraim as a given name. I think I checked out about 10 different lines of KING's for a connection to my line of KING's who apparently migrated to TN by way of NC from VA. After many years of research on my early great-great grandfather Ephraim KING of Lincoln Co. TN, I have not been able to document exactly when and where my ancestors migrated to the USA. My best guess is that another Ephraim KING of long Island, NY, who was evacuated to the Boston area during the Rev. War, may have been my elusive immigrant ancestor to the USA. But, the use of Ephraim as a given name was very popular during the 1700-1800's in the USA; so who knows the answer to your questions? Oral Family history indicates that my KING ancestors migrated to TN from VA by way of Wilmington, NC and Lincolnton, NC. But I really don't know when and where they migrated in to the USA. Most of the genealogical information in my book, From Wagons To Spaceships, is about my southern ancestors. However, a few later generations migrated to northern and eastern US location. Several KING and CLOUD ancestors migrated westward, as did my parents who migrated to from AL to TX; then back to TN and AL where both died from TB. I migrated from Houston, TX to CA and several other US and international locations prior to my retirement, then back to CA; and more recently to AZ and VA because of family health problems. Don, I am sorry I can't answer you question about my early US ancestors. Tom King, Sr. of northern VA.