Moses King

"Moses King one of the sons of David King is presumed to have come here with his father from West field though the earliest evidence we find of his residence here is in 1733 when he bought of John Granger his land and improvements on the east side of the river where he had a house standing in that year supposed to be the same built by Granger the location of which is above described At a little later date Mr King resided a short distance further north In 1736 his dwelling is incidentally mentioned in a survey by Timothy Dwight who describes a monument of stones east of the river in the divisional line between the Upper and Lower Townships as standing sixty rods north of Moses King's house From this and other circumstances we conclude that Mr King's residence was in the vicinity where Mrs Thomas Siggins now lives on the old road leading southerly from the bridge Here he resided and kept a tavern until 1742 when his property encumbered by mortgage went into the possession of other members of the King family and he removed across the river to the house which has been mentioned built by Joseph Sheldon near where the railroad crosses South street Moses King died about 1751 his wife was Esther daughter of Matthew Noble the first settler in Sheffield" source: History of Great Barrington: (Berkshire County,) Massachusetts By Charles James Taylor, p. 118-9 -sak-

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• Reference: Full text https://archive.org/details/sackettsofameric00weyg/page/27 "Sackett: The Sacketts of America, Their Ancestors and Descendabts, 1630-1907" by Charles H. Weygant, Newburgh, N.Y., 1907 pp. 27-28

GENERATION IV: No. 63 (Sackett)

• Reference: Full Text https://archive.org/details/kingfamilyofsuff00king/page/n3 " The King Family of Suffield Connecticut,Its English Ancestry, A.D. 1389-1662, and American Descendants, A.D. 1662-1908, " Compiled by Cameron Haight King NOTE: Moses King does not appear to descend from this King (William /1) line, but rather from Captain John King /1.
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By C. King. 655p. 1908.

The King family of Suffield, Connecticut, its English ancestry, A.D. 1389-1662, and American descendants, A.D. 1662-1908, comprising numerous branches in many states of the United States, also appendices containing information concerning some of its maternal ancestors