Detached three extra children November 8, 2017 [Hatte Blejer, volunteer curator] -- Sara, Thomas, Edward. Sources agree on the 5 children of John King and wife, Mary, of Weymouth: John, Philip, Samuel, Mary, Abigail. I added Abigail.

His parents are unknown. There is absolutely no proof for the parents Ralph King and Catherine Drury.

Detached from Ralph King and Catherine Drury.

Detached from William King & Ann Bowridge

John King (1600-1670) was a very early immigrant from England to America. He was a seaman and he first traveled to America with Thomas Weston's company in about 1621 or 1622. They arrived at Wessagusset in June 1622. Lack of leadership, fear of Indian attacks, and starvation caused these men to become "scattered up and down the seaboard". By 1623 John King was at a Maine fishing station. This endeavor of Thomas Weston's failed and John King returned to England. John King next was found bound (4 years) to serve John Humphrey who became Deputy Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony in about 1629 and took John King with him to America. Perhaps Mary Blucks was married to John King in England and immigrated to MBC with him. John King is found in a number of records in these early years: in 1631 he witnessed a deed in Plymouth Colony, in 1636 he was at Newton (now Cambridge), in 1637 he traveled by boat from Lynn to Sandwich, in 1638 he appeared at General Court in Boston to give evidence in a murder trial. By 1640 John Humphreys had returned to England. On 02 September 1640 John and Mary (Blucks) King appeared in Boston before Thomas Lechford to "compound their accounts". John King was to be freed by John Humphrey upon arrival in America and he didn't have papers to prove it and he needed to make sure he was legally free. Thomas Lechford recorded all of this in his Note-Book. By October 1640 John King was master of fishing boat Thomas Applegate. John and Mary (Blucks) King were settled at Wessagusset (Weymouth by 1635) and raised their 7 children there. In 1649 they were living in Thomas Jenner's house there. John King received a land grant of "a great lot" at Weymouth 02 February 1652. He is said to have received lots in the first and second land divisions at Weymouth according to a 14 December 1663 list. John King acquired 10 acres next to Joseph Shaw's property on the seashore. This property included King's Cove and King's Grove (the grove of trees in which John King had his house) and this was between King's Cove and Burying Hill. He also acquired land on King Oak Hill and in Ferry Field. John King married second in about 1647 to Dorothy (widow first of Mr. Barker and second of Enoch Hunt) and he married third in 1658 to Abigail Hewes (widow of William Hatch). John King continued as a seaman (traveling throughout New England) and a planter for many years with his home at Weymouth, MA where he had become an extensive landowner. In 1669 he was a Selectman at Weymouth, MA.

See John King (1600-1670) and wife Mary Blucks (1604-1646) - Immigrants for more information about this family.

"On 23 June, 1657, John King of Weymouth deposed before Thomas Danforth in Middlesex County Court in the case of Joshua Tead versus Richard Collicut. He stated that he was "about 57 years" of age and " that he was with Mr. Richard Colicut in Xenebeak River . . . " in May, 1656. (The Genealogical Advertiser, 1: 90-95.) This deposition gives his approximate age as born near 1600."

"John Humphrey came from Dorchester in the county of Dorset, which is six miles north from Weymouth, and it is likely that John and Mary King came from the same locality. Neither the marriage of John Humphrey nor that of John King is on record in the parish of Holy Trinity in Dorchester."

"John King, Sr., was a resident of Weymouth from 1639 to 1669. He married Mary -, who was his wife 2 Sept. 1640. (Lechford's Note-Book, 308.) He married (2), near 1647, widow Dorothy (Barker) Hunt, successively widow of - Barker and of Enoch Hunt of Weymouth... He married (3) at Weymouth, 14 Oct. 1658, Abigail (Hewes) Hatch, widow of William Hatch, Jr., of Scituate, and daughter of John Hewes of Scituate, 'theWelchman.'"

Children:

1. John, received grants 14 Dec. 1663.
2. Samuel, marriageable, 17 Sept. 1658.
3. Mary, b. at Weymouth, 15 June, 1639; m. there 30 Nov. 1658, Josiah Chapin of Braintree and Mendon; d. 30 May, 1676.
4. Abigail, b. at Weymouth, 14 Mar. 1641.
5. Philip, b. at Weymouth, near 1645.

John King who settled prior to 1640 in that part of the town of Weymouth Massachusetts still known as King's Cove where he was on record as "seaman," "planter" and "goodman". He was of English birth and parentage and came to New England with John Humphrey deputy governor of the Massachusetts Colony.

Descent from him is followed through Philip King known as Captain Philip King of Taunton Massachusetts a man of influence in the community as proved by his impressive funeral with military honors. Captain Philip King won the friendship of the neighboring Indians to such a degree that he and his family were never molested thereby He married about 1680 Judith daughter of John Whitman of Milton Massachusetts and they were the parents of seven children...

Sources

• American Biography: A New Cyclopedia, Volume 6 edited by William Richard , Cutter, page 162
• http://www.laurenceholbrook.net/Weymouth1923/weygenk.txt
• http://genforum.genealogy.com/king/messages/19061.html

  ---

  
  

John King of Weymouth - John King the immigrant was born in England and settled at Weymouth, Massachusetts where he was called John senior.Master of a fishing vessell in 1640, was before general court in 1638.His home at Weymouth was near what is still called Kings Cove.He was at Lynn for a time and a proprietor of the town of Weymouth.He deposed in 1657 in the Tidd case, that he was 57 years old.His first wife died and he married Dorothy Hunt, widow of Enoch Hunt.(Cutter-Connecticut)

http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/d/e/l/Melda-Delamater-TX/WEBSITE-0001/...

GEDCOM Note

Biography ==John King settled prior to 1638<ref>Pope, Charles. The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents. Volume , Page 270. Published Boston, CH Pope, 1900. https://archive.org/stream/pioneersofmassac00pope#page/270/mode/2up...</ref> in that part of the town of Weymouth, Massachusetts still known as King's Cove, where hewas on record as seaman planter and good man. He was of English birth and parentage and came to New England with John Humphrey deputy governor of the Massachusetts Colony. Mr. Humfrey and Lady Susan brought ordinance and individuals… (Footnote 3) One of these was the Planter. The bill of lading for the government stores, put on board by Humfrey, who was, probably, a passenger, was dated 7 April.<ref>See the account of Treasurer Pynchon, in Mass. Hist Coll. VIII. 228.</ref><ref>Winthrop, John, 1588-1649. The History of New England From 1630 to 1649, Volume 1, Page 160. A new ed. / Boston: Little, Brown, 1853. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnewengl01inwint#page/n363/mode/2up</ref><ref>Winthrop, John, 1588-1649. The History of New England From 1630 to 1649, Volume 1, Page 160. A new ed. / Boston: Little, Brown, 1853. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnewengl01inwint#page/n363/mode/2up</ref><ref>American Biography: A New Cyclopedia, Volume 6, P 182. edited by William Richard Cutter American Historical Society, 1919. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081835849;view=1up;...</ref>

With certainty, we know that John had arrived and was settled on October 4, 1638, when John (and others) were giving testimony in court appearing were discharged till further information bee given about the murtherer [murderer] they tooke from the iland.<ref>Massachusetts Court of Assistants; Noble, John. Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692, Volume 2, Page 77. County of Suffolk, Publisher, 1904. https://archive.org/stream/recordscourtass00crongoog#page/n93/mode/...</ref> He and his wife most likely came with their contracted employer, John Humphrey. John and Mary gave testimony when Mr. Humphrey returned to England earlier than was originally expected and their contract was being settled: : John King and Mary his wife heretofore servants to the world John Humfrey Esq make their account as followeth. They say that being boundto serve four yeares only it was agreed that they should be freed when they came to New England for two dayes worke a weeke by the said John King only for seven yeares w comes to at the rate of twelve pence a day meat and drinke 36L 8s. : And whereas the said servants did serve one yeare and a quarter ofthe said foure yeares the same being valued according to the rate of 6s a weeke for the said John King and three shillings a weeke for his said wife comes to 29 5s. And whereas the said John King since his departure hath served the said John Humfrey twelve weekes wen comes at the said rate of 6s a weeke 3L12s in all 32L 17s being deducted out of the said 36L 8s. There remaynes due to the said John Humfrey 3L 11s. : Signed: John King Mary King Boston 2 Sept. 1640. <ref>Lechford, Thomas. Note-book kept by Thomas Lechford, lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts bay from June 27, 1638 to July 29, 1641, Page 308. PublishedCambridge, J Wilson and Sons, 1885. https://archive.org/stream/notebookkeptbyth00lech#page/618/mode/2up...</ref><ref>Lechford,Thomas, Hale, Edward Everett, Trumbull, James Hammond, Note-book keptby Thomas Lechford, esq., lawyer, in Boston, Massachusetts bay, from June 27, 1638, to July 29, 1641, Page 308. Publisher Cambridge, J. Wilson and son, 1885. https://archive.org/stream/notebookkeptbyth00lech#page/616/mode/2up...</ref> In October of 1640, John was the master of a of fishing boat Thomas Applegate.<ref>Lechford, Thomas, Hale, Edward Everett, Trumbull, James Hammond, Note-book kept by Thomas Lechford, esq., lawyer, in Boston, Massachusetts bay, from June 27, 1638, to July 29, 1641, Page . Publisher Cambridge, J. Wilson and son, 1885. https://archive.org/stream/notebookkeptbyth00lech#page/788/mode/2up...</ref> He witnessed a deed between Robin Hood and John Richards 22 June 1654<ref> Suffolk Deeds, Volume 2, Number 52. https://archive.org/stream/suffolkdeeds02suff#page/n53/mode/2up</ref> A description of John King's property in Weymouth is described as having a dwelling house, orchards, and marshes.<ref>Suffolk County, Mass. Suffolk County Deeds, Volume 1, Liber 1, Entry 111. Published Boston, 1653. https://archive.org/stream/suffolkdeeds01suff#page/n217/mode/2up/se...</ref> In 1657, we learn John's age due to testimony givenin court. John King aiged about Fiffty seven yeares...’’ This statement given at the beginning of testimony in 1657 would calculate John’s date of birth in about 1600. We also learn that John is still at sea, his testimony revealing that he and others were delivering goods at the Kennebeck River in Maine.<ref>’’Joshua Read versus Richard Collicott’’. The Genealogical Advertiser, Volume 1, Number 4. Pages 90-95, This quote page 94. Somerset Printing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, December 1898. https://books.google.com/books?id=cbQtAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&... </ref> Children of John King and Mary:<ref>Weymouth Historical Society, Weymouth, Mass. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts: Published by the Weymouth Historical Society, Volume 3, Page 349-350. Howard H. Joy, President. Under Direction of the Town. [Boston: Wright & Potter printing company], 1923. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101067881407;view=1up;...</ref> : John, Jr.,2 received grants 14 Dec. 1663. : Samuel, marriageable, 17 Sept. 1658.: Mary, b. at Weymouth, 15 June, 1639;<ref name="birth">NEHGS, Weymouth Births to 1850, Page 161. NEHGS, Publisher, 1910. https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofwe1850newe#page/161/mode/2up</ref> m. there 30 Nov. 1658, Josiah Chapin of Braintree and Mendon; d. 30 May, 1676.: Abigail, b. at Weymouth, 14 Mar. 1641<ref name="birth"/> : Philip, b. at Weymouth, near 1645. John's marriage to his second wife, Dorothy Hunt is not recorded in Weymouth records, nor is the death of Mary. We know that Enoch Hunt was Dorothy's second husband who removed to Weymouth, Massachusetts where he was settled in 1640; married first in England name of wife unknown;second Dorothy Barker widow who survived him and married third John King of Weymouth in 1652. (p. 159)<ref>Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County,Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 2 Ellery Bicknell Crane Lewis Pub., 1907</ref> What is found are records which refer to John's wife Dorothy and her reference to children in her will. Her will was written on June 14, 1652 and in it she names children from her previous marriage(s) being: daughters Sarah Hunt, Ruth Barker and Susanna Heath, and appointed her son Joseph Barker as executor. <ref>Linzee, John William. The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their Ancestors and Descendants,with the Best Wishes of the Author, Private Printing: Samuel Usher, Boston, Massachusetts, 1913 p. 517</ref> <ref>Suffolk County, MA: Indexto Probate Records, 1636-1893 : Index: Vol. 2: p. 213</ref> <ref>Suffolk County Wills: Abstracts of the Earliest Wills Upon Record in the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts, Excerpts from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1984 p. 41</ref><ref> ‘’Earliest Wills on Record in Suffolk County, Ms’’. New England Historic and Genealogical Society,Volume 5, Page 239. Publisher Samuel Drake, Boston, 1851. https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_MQe21xly7AsC#page/n243/mode/2up </ref>Acknowledgement of her inventory.<ref>’’Abstracts of Early Wills’’. New England Historic and Genealogical Society, Volume 8, Page 60. Publisher Samuel Drake, Boston, 1854. https://archive.org/stream/newenglandhistor1854wate#page/n117/mode/2up</ref> Thirdly, John married the widow Abigail Hatch, at Weymouth on October 14, 1658. Abigail was the daughter of John and Joan (unk) Hewes of Plymouth. Her birth is estimated c1633, as her parents were ordered to sit 'in the stocks' after conceiving a child out of wedlock. <refname=GM1to3>Anderson, Robert C. Great Migration Begins: Immigrants toN.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995 p. 919 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)</ref><ref>NEHGS, Weymouth Marriages and Deaths to 1850, Page 108. NEHGS, Publisher, 1910. https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofw1850newe_0#page/n215/mode...</ref> On August 15, 1657, spinster Abigial Hatch of Scituate, widow of William Hatch, sold ot her father John Hewes, her house, barn and adjacent lands, being 13 acres of upland and meadow with an additional 5 acres of meadow, given her by her husband's father. <ref name=GM1to3 /> Abigail Kinge petitioned the Plymouth court on June 14, 1669 to confirm the sale in 1657 of the lands of her former husband William Hatch, to her father John Hewes, her daughter Phebe Hatch now being 16 years of age, and being provided for.<ref name=GM1to3 />

John's exact date of death is not known.

Comments==The death date for John's first wife Mary does not agree with the birth of four their children. According to the dates provided, Mary was about 12 years old when she married John. Given that there is no sourcefor Mary's birth, she could have been older. Their first child was born seven years after John and Marry married which seems like a long interval but there could have been children born before John in 1633. They could have died in infancy but they are not recorded here. Samuel was born in 1640, Abigail was born in 1641 (a year or so after Mary's death), Philip was born in 1645 (5 years after Mary died) and Thomas was born 10 years after Mary died.

John remarried in 1647 and again in 1658. But no children are shown from these marriages and the aforementioned children are attributed to John and Mary.

Sources

<references />

Acknowledgement

• Kim LeBlanc, firsthand knowledge. * This person was created through the import of The Ties That Bind.gedon 12 July 2010. * This person was created through the import of 2011-05-03 Family Tree_2011-05-24.ged on 25 May 2011.
• Chris Hoyt, 26 February 2012.

  ---

Arrived in Barbados in 1635 at age 30