Dorothy King

The widow Dorothy Barker married Enoch Hunt at Weymouth as his second wife. After his death she married third John King of Weymouth. Her will was dated June 14 and proved Nov 21 1652.

Her Barker children or step children were (probably) Joseph who married Ruth & Susanna who married 1) Peleg Heath 2) Henry Bowen.

Her Hunt child was Sarah, who married the 2nd Matthew Pratt.

No King children.

Source: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~schwachahistory/genealogy/hunt/gener...

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JOSEPH BARKER and his wife Ruth - were called, in the will of Dorothy (Hunt) King of Weymouth, Norfolk, Made 14 June, 1652, "my son" and "my daughter, " the former being made executor of said will. The testator was the wife of John King, seaman, of Weymouth, and formerly the wife of Enoch Hunt of Weymouth, 1639 to 1647. The testator had a daughter, Sarah Hunt, born at Weymouth, 4 July, 1640, unmarried on 14 June, 1652, and another daughter called Susannah Heath on the last named date. It is evident that Susannah Heath was, on 14 July, 1652,- the wife of Peleg Heath of Roxbury.

Supporting data

New England Marriages

• HUNT, Enoch & 2nd/wf Dorothy [BARKER] wid, m/3 John King; bef 1640, Weymouth. (p. 403)
• KING, John (1) ( - 1699+) & 2nd wife Dorothy (___ )( Barker) (Hunt) wid. of Enoch: abt 1647, Weymouth. (p. 439)[7]

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From The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their ... By John William Linzee. Page 517. GoogleBooks

Henry Bowen m. 2nd Susanna Heath 14 Apr. 1684 Roxbury*; widow of Peleg Heath Senr.; prob. dau. of Dorothy Barker of Dorchester, Mass.,who was a member of the Church there in 1636 to Nov. 4.1639.

(Roxburyt) March 1649. Mri> Barker a Gentlewoman that came from Barbadoes.

Susanna Barker m. 1st Peleg Heath about 1651-2; son of William and 2nd wife Mary ( ) Heath of Roxburyt; b. England; d. 18 Nov. 1671 Roxbury, as Peleg Heath who had a dangerous cutt on his knee 4 lay under y chirurgion's hand 13 weeks.

(Suff. I :68) The will of Dorothy King, wife of John King of Weymouth, made 14 June 1652, mentions dau. Sarah Hunt, the charge of her I comitt to Mr. Thomas Thatcher, Mr. Richard Collicott & Mr. John Kinsley of Dorchester; daus. Ruth Barker, and Susanna Heath ... In case Ephraim Hunt shall sue my sonne Joseph as executor. Proved 17 Nov. 1652.

(Suff. VII : 173^) 6 Nov. 1671. The will of Peleg Heath of Roxbury mentions, wife Susan; dau. Susan Benet; sons William, Joseph and Peleg [minors]; daus. Witness, John Watson, Sam. Gary, Peleg Heath. Peleg Heath deced the 17 Nov. 1671.

• Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York: A Record of ..., Volume 3 edited by William Richard Cutter
• https://books.google.com/books?id=Ye4pAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1161&lpg=PA1161...
• Pg.1160
• Enoch Hunt, the immigrant ancestor, married (first) in England; married (second) Sarah, daughter of Widow Dorothy Barker, who in 1652 was wife of John Kinh, of Weymouth, and gave by will, April 14, 1652, household goods to her daughter, Sarah Hunt. Enoch Hunt was admitted freeman at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1638. On September 18, 1652, at a county court in Boston, power of administration on estate of Enoch Hunt, not yet administered, was granted to his son Ephraim. His daughter Sarah married Matthew Pratt, who was deaf and almost without power of speech, while she was deaf and dumb also. In a deposition of Jonas Humphrey and Robert Randall they say that Enoch Hunt came from Tetenden, in the parish of Lee, .... etc. __________________
• New England families, genealogical and memorial; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of commonwealths and the founding of a nation; Vol. II by Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
• https://archive.org/details/newenglandfamil00cuttgoog
• https://archive.org/stream/newenglandfamil00cuttgoog#page/n334/mode...
• Pg.810
• Enoch Hunt, the immigrant ancestor, was in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1638, when he was admitted a freeman there. He was a first settler of Weymouth, Massachusetts. According to a deposition, July 2, 1688, made by Jonas Humphrey, aged about sixty-eight, and Robert Randall, aged about eighty, both of Weymouth, Enoch and his oldest son Ephraim, a blacksmith, lived in Titenden, Parish of Lee, about two miles from Wendover, county Bucks, England, for some time and then came to Weymouth ; they said that Enoch returned to England after a time, while Ephraim remained in America. Enoch also was a blacksmith. He had twenty-two acres of land in Weymouth. He married (first) in England. He married (second) Sarah, daughter of Widow Dorothy Barker, who in 1652 was wife of John King, of Weymouth, and gave by will, June 14, 1652, household goods to daughter, Sarah Hunt. On November 18, 1652, at a county court held at Boston, Ephraim was made administrator of his father's estate.
• Children by first marriage: Ephraim, Peter. By second marriage: Sarah, born July 4, 1640.
• (II) Peter, son of Enoch Hunt, .... etc. _____________________
• New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the ..., Volume 4 edited by William Richard Cutter
• https://books.google.com/books?id=NfksAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1855&lpg=PA1855...
• https://archive.org/details/newenglandfamili04cutt
• https://archive.org/stream/newenglandfamili04cutt#page/1880/mode/1up
• Pg.1854
• Enoch Hunt, the immigrant ancestor, was in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1638, when he was admitted a freeman there. He was a first settler of Weymouth, Massachusetts. According to a deposition, July 2, 1688, made by Jonas Humphrey, aged about sixty-eight, and Robert Randall, aged about eighty, both of Weymouth, Enoch and his oldest son Ephraim, a blacksmith, lived in Titenden, Parish of Lee, about two miles from Wendover, county Bucks, England, for some time and then came to Weymouth ; they said that Enoch returned to England after a time, while Ephraim remained in America. Enoch also was a blacksmith. He had twenty-two acres of land in Weymouth. He married (first) in England. He married (second) Sarah, daughter of Widow Dorothy Barker, who in 1652 was wife of John King, of Weymouth, and gave by will, June 14, 1652, household goods to daughter, Sarah Hunt. On November 18, 1652, at a county court held at Boston, Ephraim was made administrator of his father's estate.
• Children by first marriage : Ephraim,
• https://archive.org/stream/newenglandfamili04cutt#page/1881/mode/1up
• Pg.1855
• mentioned below; Peter. By second marriage : Sarah, born July 4, 1640.
• .... etc. ___________________________
• Genealogy of the name and family of Hunt, etc By Thomas Bellows WYMAN
• https://books.google.com/books?id=1RxYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA271&lpg=PA271&d...
• Pg.271
• Enoch Hunt .... etc.
• Mrs. Hunt, 2d, was daughter of Widow Dorothy Barker; who in 1652, was wife of John King of Weymouth, and gave, by will, 14 (4), 1652, to dau. Sarah Hunt, households goods.
• .... etc.
• Pg.305
• Peter Hunt ____________________________
• Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts ...
• https://books.google.com/books?id=kNk4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA829&lpg=PA829&d...
• Pg.1059
• (I) Enoch Hunt, a resident of Titenden, in the parish of Lee, England, with his son Ephraim came to this country, where at Newport he was admitted a freeman in 1638. He became an early settler at Weymouth, there in 1640; was town officer, 1651. His wife Dorothy, formerly the Widow Barker, survived him and married John King. He died before 1647, (IS THIS AN ERROR OR DEATH DATE FOR JOHN KING, AS IT LISTS ENOCH AS TOWN OFFICER IN 1651?; & DOROTHY WILL ?DATED 1662, ?PROBATED 1651) when Dorothy's lands are mentioned in deeds of abutting tracts. In her will dated 14th of 4th month, 1662, probated 21st of 6th month, 1651, she bequeaths to daughter Sarah Hunt, referred to Ephraim Hunt and to children Joseph and Ruth Barker and Susanna Heath. Mr. Hunt had, at Weymouth, Sarah, born July 4, 1640.
• (II) Ephraim Hunt, of Weymouth, son of Enoch, married (first Anna Richards, daughter of Thomas and Welthean Richards, and sister of William Richards, of Ebbett, Brinsmead, England. .... etc. _______________________________
• The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the ... By Charles Henry Pope
• http://books.google.com/books?id=k___uh7sQAkC&pg=PA248&lpg=PA248&dq...
• Pg. 248
• HUNT,
• Enoch, from Titenden in the parish of Lee, Eng., [Mass. Arch. 129, 16,] Weymouth; 1640; town officer, 1651. In Court 1 (2) 1641. Wife Dorothie, widow of -- Barker; she survived him, and m. John King. In her will, dated 14 (4) 1652, prob. 21 (8) 1652, she beq. to dau. Sarah Hunt, referred to Ephraim H., and to ch. Joseph and Ruth Barker and Susanna Heath. Ch. Sarah b. 4 (5) 1640.
• He d. before 1647, when Dorothy's lands are mentioned in deeds of abutting tracts. Admin. gr. to son Ephraim 18 (9) 1652; [Reg. V, 239.] The son Ephraim, blacksmith, Weymouth, gave letter of attorney 5 (10) 1646, for collection of property in Beaconsfield, Bucks, formerly of John Hunt of Winchmore Hill in Agmondham parish. [A.]
• Peter, lieut., Rehoboth, 1643; prop. frm. 4 June, 1645., adm. frm. 5 June, 1651; town officer. He m. Dec. 14, 1646, Elizabeth Smith; ch. .... etc. _______________________
• Ephraim Hunt
• Birth: 1610 Buckinghamshire, England
• Death: Feb. 22, 1687 Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Ephraim was the son of Enoch Hunt of Titenden Parish, Lee, Buckingham, England and Dorothie Barker Hunt of Titenden Parish, Lee, Buckingham, England. He was born 1610 in Titenden Parish, Lee, Buckingham County, England. He was christened on 08 March 1611 in Lee, Buckinghamshire County, England.
• Ephraim married Alice Richards on 28 April 1637 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachussets.
• He died in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts and was buried 24 February 1687 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. (bio by: sandpipertoo)
• .... etc.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 40999544
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=hunt&GSfn=eph... ___________________
• Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A ..., Volume 2 By William Richard Cutter, Edward Henry Clement, Samuel Hart, Mary Kingsbury Talcott, Frederick Bostwick, Ezra S. Stearns
• https://books.google.com/books?id=j6gyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1137&lpg=PA1137...
• Pg.1136
• (I) Enoch Hunt, immigrant ancestor, .... _____________________
• Dorothy,
• d. NOV 1652
• Family:
• Spouse: HUNT, Enoch
• b. 29 MAR 1658 Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass.
• d. 22 OCT 1707 Milton, Norfolk, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: HUNT, Ephraim
• Mother: RICHARDS, Alice
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_392.htm#12 _____________________________

Did Dorothy Barker-Hunt also marry Josiah Chapin? Was she a widow already when she married Enoch Hunt? Was she step-mother to Mary King Chapin, and wife to John King of Weymouth in 1652?

Enoch Hunt, the immigrant ancestor, was from Titendon, in the parish of Lee, two miles from Wendover, Buckshire, England.

• He was an early settler in Rhode Island and was admitted a freeman in Newport in 1638.
• He was a blacksmith by trade.
• He removed to Weymouth, Mass., where he was living in 1640.
• He was a town officer in 1641, and had a case in court in 1641.
• He died before 1647, in England, when his wife's lands are mentioned in deeds of abutting tracts.
• Administration was granted to his son Ephraim, November, 18, 1652. The homestead consisted of twenty-two acres in the Plaine at Weymouth, bounded by lands of Richard Sylvester, John Upham, Mr. Gouer, and west and north by the highway and the sea.
• He married in England, abt 1609, a woman who probably died before he came to New England. He married perhaps at Dorcester, abt 1639, widow Dorothy Barker, who survived him, and married John King of Weymouth, in 1652.

Dorothy Barker was

• born in 1558 in Titenden Parish, Lee, Buckingham, England.
• She died in 1652 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
• She married Enoch Hunt [???above paragraph looks like she married Ephraim that Enoch died in England] about 1639 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
• Her will was dated June 14, 1652 and proved Oct. 21, 1652.

They had the following children:

• 1. F i Sarah Hunt'

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Dorothy Barker was a member of the Church of Dorchester, MA in 1636 to Nov. 4, 1639.

The widow Dorothy Barker married Enoch Hunt at Weymouth as his second wife. After his death she married third John King of Weymouth in 1652.

After Enoch's death, wife Dorothy remarried to John King of Weymouth. Her will was dated June 14 and proved Nov 21 1652.

Will

Her will dated 14 d: 4 m: 1652 at Suffolk County, Massachusetts, as wife of John King names:

Husband John King; Daughter Sarah Hunt; Daughter Ruth Barker; Daughter Susanna Heath; Son Joseph Barker, as executor. (p. 41)

"Dorothie King, Wife of John King of Waymouth, seaman, will made ye 14th day, 4 mo., 1652 - To dau. Sarah Hunt, all my wooden moveables, wch were mine before I married with my now husband, John King, as also one bed with ye furniture, also one piece of stuffe for a suite p'ped [prepared] by her owne father for her, wth my haire couler water chamlett gowne. The charge and care of the oversight of her I committ to Mr. Thomas Thatcher, Mr. Richard Collicott and John Kingsley of Dorchester, to dispose of her and her estate for her best advantage. To dau. Ruth Barker the rest of my wearing cloathes, wth ye greater half of my larger linen, ye lesser half being reserved for my dau. Sarah; also to dau. Ruth one bed wth ye furniture; to dau. Susannah Heath one little flockebed. My husband John King to be saued harmless from all his debte and disburstments laid out of any other way, it being answered out of my pticular estate;-- That my sonne Joseph Barker to be my executor, wholly and solely, to whom I give the rest of my estate wth any right in Thomas Perriman, my seruant. In case Ephraim Hunt shall sue my sonne Joseph as executor, and recover any thing of him for disbursements to myselfe, that then it shall arise equally upon ye whole estate, as well legacies as else.

I entreat Mr. Thomas Thatcher, Mr. Rich'd Collicott and my husband to be overseers. Witnes to this will Wllm Tompson DOROTHY X KINGE (her mark Jone Smyth Taken upon oath 21st day 8 mo. 1652 by Wllm Tompson. Proved 17th November, 1652, at a Countie court before me John Glouer.

At a Counte courte, 21st of ye 7th 8 month, 1652 Edwd Rawson, Recorder. At a Countie Court held at Boston, 18: 9: 1652, power of administration to the estate of Enoch Hunt, late of Waymouth deceased not yet administred, is granted to Ephrim Hunt his Edw'd Rawson, Recorder"

From this will it appears that in addition to daughter Sarah Hunt and son Ephraim Hunt, Enoch also had a stepdaughter Ruth Barker and stepson Joseph Barker (his wife Dorothy's children from her first husband) as well as a married daughter (or single stepdaughter) Susanna Heath. 17

Pope in “Pioneers of Massachusetts” GoogleBooks

“Enoch, from Titenden in the parish of Lee, Eng., [Mass. Arch. 129, 16,] Weymouth; 1640; town officer, 1651. In Court 1 (2) 1641. Wife Dorothie, widow of -- Barker; she survived him, and m. John King. In her will, dated 14 (4) 1652, prob. 21 (8) 1652, she beq. to dau. Sarah Hunt, referred to Ephraim H., and to ch. Joseph and Ruth Barker and Susanna Heath. Ch. Sarah b. 4 (5) 1640.”

References

• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~schwachahistory/genealogy/hunt/gener...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hunt-1419#Biography