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  • Name: James KING
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 7 Nov 1647 in Ugborough, Devonshire, England b
  • Death: 13 May 1722 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut) d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William KINGE Birth: 1622 in Ugborough, Devonshire, England Death: 28 May 1664 in Isle Of Shoals
  • Mother:
  • Agnes ELWILL Birth: 31 Dec 1612 in Modbury, Devonshire, England Death: 7 Apr 1662 in Ugborough, Devonshire, England

Family:
Marriage:
  • Elizabeth FULLER on 23 Mar 1674/5 at Ipswich, Massachusetts .m1
  • Elizabeth FULLER Birth: 31 May 1652 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Death: 30 Jun 1715 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut)
Children:
  1. James KING Birth: 14 Mar 1675 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Death: 15 Jul 1757 in Suffield, Connecticut
  2. William KING Birth: 4 Jan 1679 in Suffield, Connecticut Death: 30 Sep 1680 in Suffield, Connecticut
  3. Agnes KING Birth: 15 Jul 1682 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut) Death: 7 Jan 1732/3 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut)
  4. Benjamin KING Birth: 20 Nov 1683 in Suffield, Connecticut Death: 1733
  5. Benomi KING Birth: 5 Dec 1685 in Suffield, Connecticut Death: 17 Jun 1686 in Suffield, Connecticut
  6. Joseph KING Birth: 15 Jun 1687 in Suffield, Connecticut Death: 23 Jan 1688 in Suffield, Connecticut
  7. Joseph KING Birth: 10 May 1689 in Suffield, Connecticut Death: 6 Mar 1756 in Suffield, Connecticut
  8. Mary KING Birth: 30 Apr 1692 in Suffield, Connecticut Death: 8 May 1769 in Suffield, Connecticut
  9. William KING Birth: 29 Sep 1695 in Suffield, Connecticut Death: 8 Jan 1774 in Suffield, Connecticut

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Anderson, Robert Charles, George F Sanborn Jr, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. M-LH 929.174And. Available at http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-i-a-b/image, ..volume-ii-c-f, iii-g-h, iv-i-l, v-m-p, vi-r-s, vii-t-y. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v[1-7]p[0-9]*].
  2. Banks, Charles Edward, Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England 1620-1650, Philadelphia, PA: Elijah Ellsworth Brownell, 1937. LDS Film#0874196#1. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/283805. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Banks Topo p[0-9]*].
  3. Cleveland, Edmund Janes of Hartford Connecticut, The King Family of Suffield Connecticut, New England Historical Genealogical Register, vol 46, Oct 1892. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Cleveland KING p37[0-9]].
  4. Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1913. M-LH 974 Cut. NYPL APR (New England) (Cutter) (NYPL has both 1913 and 1915 editions). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/272367. Two editions of this work were published in 1913, but contents and page numbering is different; the other is available at (vol 1) http://books.google.com/?id=KvUsAAAAYAAJ, (vol 2) http://books.google.com/?id=_c4UAAAAYAAJ, (vol 3) http://books.google.com/?id=7_UsAAAAYAAJ, (vol 4) http://books.google.com/?id=NegUAAAAYAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Cutter NE p[0-9]*].
  5. Emerson, Benjamin Kendall, The Ipswich Emersons 1636-1900: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Emerson of Ipswich Massachusetts with some account of his English Ancestry, Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1900. LDS Film#1036803#8. Available at http://archive.org/details/ipswichemersonsa00emer Information from this source tagged as [Ref: EmersonBK EMERSON p[0-9]*].
  6. Everett, Edward F of Cambridge Mass, John Fuller of Ipswich Mass 1634, New England Historical Genealogical Register, vol 53, Jul 1899, pp335-341. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Everett FULLER p3[34][0-9]].
  7. Fuller, William Hyslop, Genealogy of some descendants of Captain Matthew FULLER, John FULLER of Newton, John FULLER of Lynn, John FULLER of Ipswich, Robert FULLER of Dorchester and Dedham, Palmer, MA: for the compiler, 1914. Available at http://books.google.com/?id=78tMAAAAMAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: FullerWH FULLER p[0-9]*].
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  9. King, Cameron Haight, The King Family of Suffield, Connecticut, its English Ancestry and American Descendants, San Francisco, 1908. LDS Film#1321239#5, also Univ. Microfilm #G175. Available at http://archive.org/details/kingfamilyofsuff00inking Information from this source tagged as [Ref: KingCH KING p[0-9]*].
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  13. Walters, Patricia, WALTERS, HERRMANN, and other related families, notebooks of 23 volumes. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1989. Vol 4 (AUSTIN), Film#1597565#4. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p[0-9]*].
  14. Walters, Patricia, WALTERS, HERRMANN, and other related families, notebooks of 23 volumes. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1989. Vol 15 (AUSTIN/HARMON), Film#1597566#4. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS KING-p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Cutter NE p1016, KingCH KING p67],
place:
[Ref: Banks Topo p28, Cutter NE p1016, KingCH KING p67],
parents:
[Ref: Cutter NE p1016, KingCH KING p67]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Cleveland KING p370, KingCH KING p67, KingCH KING p74]
1722 [Ref: Sav-age KING James],
place:
[Ref: Cleveland KING p370, KingCH KING p67, KingCH KING p74, Sav-age KING James]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth FULLER
date:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v2p600]
23 Mar 1674 [Ref: Cleveland KING p370, Cutter NE p1016, Everett FULLER p335, Hoyt S&A p171, KingCH KING p67],
place:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v2p600, Cleveland KING p370, Cutter NE p1016, Everett FULLER p335, Hoyt S&A p171, KingCH KING p67, Priest KING p206],
child:
[Ref: Cutter NE p1012, Cutter NE p1017, KingCH KING p72, KingCH KING p80, Moore AUSTIN p16, Sav-age KING James, WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p3]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
10 Mar 1674 [Ref: Priest KING p206]
23 Mar 1672 [Ref: FullerWH FULLER p176],
names:
James KING & Elizabeth EMERSON [Ref: Cleveland KING p370, Cleveland KING p371, EmersonBK EMERSON p47]
James KING & Margaret FULLER [Ref: Priest KING p206]
Sources with Information about marriage to Hannah (LOOMIS)
date:
[Ref: Cleveland KING p370, Cutter NE p1017, KingCH KING p67],
place:
[Ref: Cleveland KING p370, KingCH KING p67],
names:
James KING & Hannah ___ [Ref: Cleveland KING p370]
James KING & widow of Samuel LOOMIS [Ref: Cutter NE p1017, KingCH KING p67]
Research Notes:
on arrival to America was only 15 years old, and it is probably that he then began to acquire or was taught the trade of a cooper at Ipswich, Mass, in accordance with the custom among those early pioneers that every person should take up some useful occupation. [Ref: KingCH KING p69]

Apr 21 1670: first public record of his presence consists of a deposition made by him which is on file in the office of the Clerk of Courts, Salem, Mass, Vol XV: 124. The title of the case in which the deposition was made is "Samuel Hunt and wife vs. Sarah Roper" in which Mrs. Hunt accuses Mrs. Roper of stealing a bodkin from her at church. [Ref: KingCH KING p70]

settled in Ipswich prior to 1672 [Ref: Cleveland KING p370]

town records in 1673 James King bought from Obadiah Wood a house and lot in Ipswich [Ref: KingCH KING p70]

about 1678 he came with his family to Suffield [Ref: Cleveland KING p370]

sold house and lot to Andrew Dymond on May 21 1679, having moved with his family to Suffield [Ref: KingCH KING p70]

one of the original proprietors of Suffield, his name being the 58th in the list of 100 of the first grantees of lands in the order of their several grants. The first grant was made Oct 30 1678. It consisted of 60 acres on High street "next south of the school lot." On it he erected a dwelling house, which for a long period of time was the family homestead. Other grants were thereafter made to him [Ref: Cleveland KING p370, Cutter NE p1017, KingCH KING p72]

among the names of the localities in Suffield found upon the early records is King's Hill [Ref: Cleveland KING p370]

held many offices and was on several committees. Tithingman March 3 1685. Selectman Mar 5 1695. Surveyor of Highways 1701. Clerk March 14 1709. Searcher and Sealer of Weights and Measures and Guager of Casks on Mar 13 1710. Retired from public life in 1715 after death of wife [Ref: KingCH KING p73]

Document with signature,, dated Apr 10 1711, made by "James King Senior, the First of Suffield, and Elizabeth King, wife of me, the said James King to my thrd son Joseph King of Suffield," witnessed by John Austin, Samuel Halladay, and Hannah Remington, in Hampshire Co, MA, Book B p230. There was a red wax seal after James and Elizabeth's signature, but both seals broken and only some fine powdered red wax clinging. [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS KING-p34]

Deed made by James King of Suffied to Joseph King, his son, Feb 22 1722, three months before his death. The seal is cracked but fairly preserved and shows the Coat of Arms. shield, the chevron with three escallops and the lower cross-crosslet can be seen on the red wax. The helmet, on top of the shield and mantling, like scroll work, from the helmet down both sides are plain. [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS KING-p34]

Seals used by first generation were of foreign origin and all coats of arms before 1760 deemed authentic, without other proof New England Hist & Genealogical Reg v18p268 cited in [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS KING-p34]

Grant "Sable, on a chevron or between three crosses-crosslet of the last, three escallops of the first" to King of London, about 1611, and pedigree recorded in connection. This gives proof of descent of James KING of Suffield, but with addition of a crest - an arm grasping a broken spear College of Arms London England 1897 cited in [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS KING-p34]

Will probated at Northampton, Hampshire Co, MA, on Aug 30 1722, where it still remains on file [Ref: KingCH KING p74]

Will dated May 10 1722; seal is also broken [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS KING-p34]



Pedigree of James KING
 /-----William KINGE
James KING
 \-----Agnes ELWILL



Descendants of James KING
1. James KING m1. Elizabeth FULLER m2. Hannah (LOOMIS)
m. Elizabeth FULLER father: John FULLER mother: Elizabeth EMERSON
m. Hannah (LOOMIS)

2nd generation

2. James KING m. Elizabeth HUXLEY
m. Elizabeth HUXLEY father: Thomas HUXLEY mother: Sarah SPENCER
4. Agnes KING m. John AUSTIN
m. John AUSTIN father: Anthony AUSTIN mother: Esther HUGGINS
8. Joseph KING m1. Mary WILSON m2. Hannah DEVOTION
m. Mary WILSON
m. Hannah DEVOTION
10. William KING m1. Bethia BEDLAKE m2. Anne ADAMS
m. Bethia BEDLAKE
m. Anne ADAMS

3rd generation

11. Elizabeth KING m. Anthony AUSTIN
m. Anthony AUSTIN father: Anthony AUSTIN mother: Abigail HOLCOMB
14. John KING m. Persis HOLCOMB
m. Persis HOLCOMB
15. Ebenezer KING m. Abigail SEYMOUR
m. Abigail SEYMOUR
16. Joseph KING m. Eunice SEYMOUR
m. Eunice SEYMOUR
17. Nathaniel KING m. Agnes TRUMBULL
m. Agnes TRUMBULL
20. Agnes AUSTIN m. George NORTON
m. George NORTON father: George NORTON mother: Hannah YOUNGLOVE
23. John AUSTIN m. Mary HOVEY
m. Mary HOVEY father: James HOVEY mother: Deborah BARLOW
24. Mary AUSTIN m. John HARMON
m. John HARMON father: Nathaniel HARMON mother: Mary SKINNER
26. William AUSTIN m. Ame HALL
m. Ame HALL father: Nathaniel HALL mother: Mabel WINCHELL
41. William KING m1. Sarah FULLER m2. Lucy HATHAWAY
m. Sarah FULLER
m. Lucy HATHAWAY father: Samuel HATHAWAY mother: Sarah ROE

4th generation

42. Zephaniah AUSTIN m. Sarah EGGLESTON
m. Sarah EGGLESTON
43. Ann AUSTIN m. Jonas GALUSHA
m. Jonas GALUSHA
44. Elizabeth AUSTIN m. Ephriam SHED
m. Ephriam SHED
45. Anthony AUSTIN m. Hannah ADAMS
m. Hannah ADAMS
46. Rufuss AUSTIN m. John WESTOVER
m. John WESTOVER
47. Augustine AUSTIN m. Sarah ASHLEY
m. Sarah ASHLEY father: Aaron ASHLEY mother: Sarah DAY
50. Ebenezer KING m1. Chloe KENT m2. Eunice HALE
m. Chloe KENT father: Joseph KENT mother: Hannah GILLET
m. Eunice HALE
61. Shadrach NORTON m. Mercy SMITH
m. Mercy SMITH father: James SMITH mother: Mary WINCHELL
63. John AUSTIN m. Margaret VEITS
m. Margaret VEITS father: Henry VEITS mother: Margaret HOPKINS
64. David AUSTIN m. Mary HARMON
m. Mary HARMON father: John HARMON mother: Mary AUSTIN
70. Mary HARMON m. David AUSTIN
m. David AUSTIN father: John AUSTIN mother: Mary HOVEY
93. Mary KING m. Joseph FULLER
m. Joseph FULLER father: Joseph FULLER mother: Rebecca NORTON

5th generation

129. David KING m. Hannah HOLLY
m. Hannah HOLLY father: Israel Rev HOLLY
139. David Jr AUSTIN m. Sarah ATKINS
m. Sarah ATKINS
141. Mary AUSTIN m. David WARD
m. David WARD father: David WARD
149. Joseph FULLER m. Cordelia SMITH
m. Cordelia SMITH father: Eorace SMITH mother: Rebecca MOODY