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Wife Mehitable DAVENPORT
Born: 14 Feb 1655-14 Feb 1656
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Thomas DAVENPORT (Abt 1615-1685)
Mother: Mary ( -1691)
Children
Husband Samuel JONES
Born:
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Wife Sarah DAVENPORT
Born: 28 Dec 1643
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Thomas DAVENPORT (Abt 1615-1685)
Mother: Mary ( -1691)
Children
Husband Thomas DAVENPORT
Born: 1644
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Died:
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Father: Thomas DAVENPORT (Abt 1615-1685)
Mother: Mary ( -1691)
Wife
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Killed by Indians at Narraganset Fort, Massachusetts
Husband Robert JOHNSON
Born: 1550 - , North Luffenham, Rutlandshire, England
Christened:
Died: 23 Jul 1625 - , North Luffenham, Rutlandshire, England
Buried:
Father: Maurice JOHNSON [ESQUIRE] (1500- )
Mother: Jane LACEY LASSELS (1504- )
Marriage: Abt 1573 - , England
Other Spouse: Mary HERD ( - ) - Bef 1577 - , England
Other Spouse: Susanna DANVERS ( - )
Wife Susanna DAVERS
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Husband Isaac DAVIS
Born:
Christened: 18 Apr 1683 - of Roxbury, Massachusetts
Died: 23 Jan 1768 - Somers, Connecticut
Buried:
Marriage: 19 Dec 1705
Wife Deborah JOHNSON
Born: 19 Feb 1682-19 Feb 1683 - Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Capt. Humphrey JOHNSON (1620-1693)
Mother: Abigail (STANSFIELD) MAY (1659-1745)
Children
Husband Thomas KING
Born: Abt 1605 - Dorsetshire, England
Christened:
Died: 3 May 1676 - Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Thomas KING (1580- )
Mother: Sarah Susan (1580- )
Marriage: 26 Dec 1655 - Sudbury, Massachusetts
Other Spouse: Anne TYCE (1608-1642) - Dorset, England
Wife Bridget DAVIS (LOKER)
Born: Abt 1613
Christened:
Died: 11 Mar 1685 - Marlborough, Massachusetts
Buried:
Children
General Notes (Husband)
Thomas King was one of the petitioners who founded the town of Marlborough, Mass., in 1656. (Colonial Records of Marlborough, Mass, printed in the NEHGS Register of July 1908). The petition was dated May, 1656, and asked for a new town to be formed about 8 miles west of Sudbury, where the petitioners were living. Apparently, the town of Sudbury had become too crowded "as also God haveing given us some considerable quantity of Cattle", and the petitioners asked for a grant of eight miles square "For to make a Plantation". Among the signers were Thomas King, Edmund Rice, Edward Rice, Henry Rice, and Richard Newton. On the 14th of May, 1656, the petition was granted (Pretty quick action), except six miles square instead of eight, or in any convenient form equivalent thereunto, provided that "there bee a towne setled with Twenty or more Families within three yeares, so as an Able Ministry may bee there maintained". On the 25th of the 12th month of 1656 (Feb 1656/1657), selectmen were chosen; Thomas King and Edmund Rice were two of the five chosen. A plantation of 6000 acres was provided for the Indians, adjacent to the new town, in 1659. The new plantation was named Marlborough in 1660. On the 26th of the ninth month (November) of 1660, House lots were granted - Thomas King received 39 1/2 acres, and Edmund Rice 50 acres. Peter King received 22 acres; the son of Thomas. Thomas was selectman 6 times, and constable twice. Other than that, he effectively avoided any records, though he lived for another 16 years.
Source: www.widowmaker.com; the Edmund Rice Association Web Site
Not certain which of two or three families from England he was. He settled in Sudbury in 1638 or 1639. Probably not the Thomas King of Watertown in 1640 and 1642; that man's wife was Mary, and he died 1644.
His arrival in New England is not known but he and his wife and son Peter were of Sudbury by 1642.
There were three and probably four Thomas King's.
Thomas King of Scituate. After the death of his third wife in October 1653, he married Anne Sutcliffe. In 1660, Elizabeth Lee of Humbledon, Surrey, wife of Richard Lee, mentioned her sister Anne Collins married to Thomas King living in New England. Thomas of Scituate's Ann was the only Ann married to a Thomas King still living at that time. Anne the wife of Thomas King of Sudbury had died in 1642. This will has been used to attribute the name of Collins to Anne the wife of Thomas King of Sudbury and Marlboro, but it does not refer to her. Nor does it make much sense to think that Thomas King of Shaftesbury, had married in Dorset, a woman born in a different part of England, with no apparent explanation of how that happened offered. This information looks likely to pertain to Thomas of Scituate: He came to America in 1635 at age 31 on teh ship Blessing, arriving August at Boston, with a sister Susan aged 32. It doesn't mention his wife and children. Listed as "of Cold Norton, Essex", bound for Scituate.
Thomas King of Watertown, involved in Nashaway, came in April 1634, on the Elizabeth of Ipswich, at age 15, with teh family of John. He went to Watertown, and never left Watertown. He died there in 1644.
Thomas King the husband of Anne, it is not known when or how he arrived in Massachusetts. He settled in Sudbury, became a close friend of Edmund Rice, adn moved to Marlboro, where he died. He is probably the Thomas King, brother of Peter King the elder of Shaston (Shaftesbury), Dorset, mentioned in his will made May 30 1657, as now living in New England. His wife, Anne, was apparently Anne Tyce. I am still working on the documentation for this. Multiple people cite a will of William Tyce, in Shaftesbury in 1649, which mentions his sister Anne and her children with Thomas King. Anne the wife of Thomas King did die in 1642.
Following are my former notes, full of identity confusion.
5202. Thomas King was born about 1595 in Tarrant, Hinton, Dorset, ENG. He was christened in Jul 1596 in Tarrant, Hinton, Dorset, ENG. He signed a will on 21 Mar 1675/76. He died on 3 May 1676 in Marlborough, Middlesex Co., MA. He had his estate probated on 24 Mar 1677. His will showed a value of 383 pounds. He was in Sudbury about 1638/9 where he owned land in the 2 mile grant #50. He was granted land in Watertown in 1650. In the Indian wars of 1675 (King Phillips), he was in the household of his son-in-law William Kerley. Thomas King and Anne Collins were married about 1625 in Dorset, Eng.
Waters, Henry F., Genealogical Gleanings in England, page 1089.
Pope, Charles Henry, Pioneers of Massachusetts, page 270.
Barry, William, History of Framingham, page 156.
Holmes, Frank R., Ancestral Heads of New England Families (1620-1700), page 140.
Thomas King, is said to have been born in 1597 or 1599 in Tarrant, Hinton, Dorset, England, no source of that idea given anywhere. He came to America in 1635 at age 31 on teh ship Blessing, arriving August at Boston, with a sister Susan aged 32. It doesn't mention his wife and children. Listed as "of Cold Norton, Essex", bound for Scituate. He went first to Watertown. He was a founder of Marlborough, and was on the first board of selectmen.
Peter King, the elder, of Shaston, Dorset, gentleman, named his brother Thomas King, now dwelling in New England in his will of May 30 1657. An inspection made of the records in Shaftsbury show that some Kings of that place were Burgesses in previous times. He has sometimes been confused w the other Thomas King of Watertown who was one of those involved w Nashaway, but they wre two difft men. That Thomas King came over in 1634 and lived at WAtertown where he died and was buried in 1644 So Thomas King of Watertown was not living in 1657, and Thomas King of Sudbury is most logically who Peter King of Shaston, Dorset, was referring to.
Thomas was a founder of Marlboro, and apparently a favorite of Edmund Rice. In addition to being picked for plum positions by Edmund Rice, he had three daughters marry sons of Edmund Rice.
Shaston is the old name of Shaftbury or Shaftsbury, Dorset. Tarrant Hinton is nearby.
Thomas King of Sudbury and Marlboro had a son Peter, said to have been man of some prominence in Sudbury, a deacon of the church, a rep to Conial Court in 1689-90. Peter took his deceased sister Elizabeth Rice's son Samuel to raise as his own at the death and by Will of his father Samuel Rice, and this son was known as Samuel Rice "alias" King. Peter had no sons that are known of.
Thomas King (Sr?) surveyed the roads and supervised the chopping of trees, Rice and Ward selectmen ea year for six yrs, and Thomas King served as selectman six times, constable twice, timber keeper and higway supervisor. Died at Marlborough around 6/20/1676 (will date), in Middlesex Co Records. His wife's name Bridgett. Mentioned Thomas and Johshua Rice his three grand children Mary Rice a
daughter.
Thomas King the widower married 26 Dec 1655, widow Mrs. Bridget (Loker) Davis. He owned land in the fourth squadron of the two-mile grant, his lot being no. 50. ...
He was one of the petitioners (the Whip-suffrage planters) for the plantation of Marlboro, in 1656. From Puritan Village The Formation of a New England Town, by Sumner Powell, we learn that John Ruddick (leader of the Marlborough group) was given more liberty in forming his town than Peter Noyes (leader of the Sudbury group) had been granted. The General Court required that there be "twenty or thirty families" together with a minister, and that these families had to settle in the new grant within three years. Except for the fact that a committee was appointed to stake out the new town, the rest was left to Ruddock, Rice, and their young citizens. They knew how to proceed. They had learned the necessity of order.
Nineteen new names were added. Some had served as town officers, some had not. But they wree considered worthy. Fourteen men who had expressed a "straightness" in Sudbury were on the list.
In the fall of 1660, at a full town meeting of "inhabitants and proprietors", athe frist land distribution was made. Ruddock and Rice had been granted a town plot much larger than that of Sudbury, six miles square containing 24,000 acres. and they had a complicated task of distribution. Their inhabitants were 38 in number, and atleast half of them were the sons of ten leading Sudbury families: Rice, Ward, King, Goodenow, Bent, Newton, Maynard, How,Kerley, and Johnsons.
Thomas King came to America in 1635 at age 31 on the ship Blessing, arriving August at Boston, with a sister Susan, aged 32. Listed as "of Cold Norton, Essex", bound for Scituate. (Is this the right Thomas King?)
He went first to Watertown and some three years later moved to
the new settlement at Sudbury. He was one of the thirteen petitioners in 1656 for the Whipsuppenicke Plantation, which was incorporated as "Marlborow" on May 31, 1660, when he was chosen one of the seven members of the first board of selectmen of which Edmund was the chairman.
Little is known of his first wife Anne, save that she died at Sudbury, 1642. He was married, second, at Sudbury on Dec. 26, 1655, to Bridget, widow of Robert Davis. She died at Marborough on March 11, 1685. There is no record of the death of Thomas King in Sudbury or Marlborough but his will signed at Marlborough 12.1.1675 and proved 20.4.16176, shows the approximate time of his death. As he added a codicil on the 15th day of the first mo. 1676. The inventory taken 24.1.1676 totalled £295.10.00, with houses and lands in Marlborough at £200 and lands in Sudbury at £60. In it he mentions "Ann Carly, Mary Rice and Sarah Jocelin, my 3 daughters".
Noted as Ann Sufleffe in another record
Thomas [BO: King :BO] immigrated to New England from Ipswich "in
the Elizabeth of Ipswich, Master, William [BO: Andrews, :BO] the last
of April 1634", at the age of 15 with the family of John [BO: Barnard.
:BO] He went first to Watertown and some three years later moved to
the new settlement at Sudbury. He was one of the thirteen petitioners
in 1656 for the Whipsuppenicke Plantation, which was incorporated as
"Marlborow" on May 31, 1660, when he was choser one of the seven
members of the first board of selectmen of which Edmund [BO: Rice :BO]
was the chairman.
Nothing is known of his first wife Anne, save that she died at
Sudbury, 1642. He was married, second, at Sudbury on Dec. 26, 1655, to
Bridget, widow of Robert [BO: Davis. :BO] She died at Marborough on
March 11, 1685. There is no record of the death of Thomas [BO: King
:BO] in Sudbury or Marlborough but his will signed at Marlborough
12.1.1675 and proved 20.4.16176, show the approximate time of his
death. As he added a codicil on the 15th day of the first mo. 1676.
The inventory taken 24.1.1676 totalled 295.10.00lbs, with houses and
lands in Marlborough at 200lbs and lands in Sudbury at 60lbs. In it
he mentios "Ann [BO: Carly, :BO] Mary [BO: Rice :BO] and Sarah [BO:
Jocelin, :BO] my 3 daughters.
"Middlesex Probate, Docket 13334", Vol. 5, pgs 23-26
It is not known where in England Thomas and Anne came from. However there are some possible clues. On May 30, 1658 Peter King of Shaston (i.e. Shaftsbury), Dorset wrote a will and mentioned his brother Thomas King, "now dwelling in New England". It has been put forth that this Peter was probably the brother of Thomas. Also in 1660 Elizabeth Lee of Hambledon, Surrey, wife of Richard Lee, gave a legacy of ten pounds to Ann King, wife of Thomas King of New England.[2/82] This bequest is indicative of a family relationship between Elizabeth and Ann. The trouble is that Ann died 18 years before Elizabeth made her will. There may have been another Thomas King in New England who had a wife named Ann. In fact, Thomas King of Scituate married Anne Sutliffe sometime after the death of his third wife in October 1653.[5]
The last name of Thomas' wife Anne is given as Collins in [5], but the source of that information is not clear. The name was not known in [2]. As such, the reader should take the name with a grain of salt.
Bridgwater LEASE of West Pitts, Northfields, Mathews Field, part of the Salt Lands, in Bridgwater, Peter King of Shaston, Dorset, Mercer, and Jerome Barnes of Gillingham. 35 lines, very neatly written, on vellum, size 12" x 22". Lacks wax seal from tag. 1682. £38.00
¶ Refers to intended marriage of Peter King and Elizabeth Barnes.
(Add for Somsersetshire historical documents)
http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:NnLHj6VZvpIJ:worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi%3Fop%3DGET%26db%3Djhc939%26id%3DI9428+%22Peter+King%22+%22Thomas+King%22+Shaston&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3
This man confuses THomas of Scituate, Thomas of Watertown, and Thomas of Sudbury and Marlboro, and invents a third wife Anne.
from Bonds Watertown Families:
p. 326. KING.--9th line, for 1646, read 1644. This "young, resolute, and confident"
Thomas King, appears to have been the pioneer in the settlement of Rutland [then
called Nashaway]. From an excursion thither, with Sholan, an Indian chief, he returned
and induced the hardy and adventurous John Prescott and others, to go and commence
a settlement there. He and Symonds, built a trading-house; but he died in
Watertown, before he had moved his family thither. His Inventory renders it very
probable that he was a trader in Watertown. [See Willard's Centennial Address, at
Lancaster, and Geneal. Reg. viii., p. 56.]
GJR-was this "our" Thomas King??
following from
Genesis of the White Family
Author: Emma Siggins White
Call Number: R929.2 qW582
A connected record of the White Family, beginning in 900 at the time of its Welsh origin when the name was Wynn, and tracing the family into Ireland and England. Representatives of the English branch emigrated to America in 1638. This book also includes
Bibliographic Information: White, Emma Siggins. Genesis of the White Family. Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1920.
page 314
KING.
"Peter King the elder, of Shaston, Dorset, gentleman, 30 May, 1658, proved 9 December, 1658.
"To be buried in the chancel of St. Peter's Church in Shaston.
"To my son Joseph and Grizell, his wife, all the right and title I have in a tenement in the parish of Stower Provest, etc. To son Joseph, two hundred pounds. To my sister, Frances Haine, twenty pounds. To my sister, Grace Lush, ten pounds. To my brother, THOMAS KING, now dwelling in New England, ten pounds. To my kinswoman, Frances Lush, fifty pounds. My grandchildren, Joseph King and Mary King. My cousin, Thomas Lush, and his children. My son Peter to be sole executor and Joseph Dade, my brother-in-law, and Thomas Dunford, my kinsman, overseers.
"Thomas Durnford, one of the witnesses. Wooton, 642."
(Ref.: Waters' Genealogical Gleanings in England, p. 1089.)
"Elizabeth Lee, of Hembeldon, Co. Southton. My now husband, Richard Lee; to Ann King, wife of THOMAS KING, of New England, of Westweltringe or Westreitringe Parish, ten pounds.
"To Henry Fleshmonger, Senior, fower pounds. To John Courtnell fower pounds. To Thomas Courtnell's three children, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Ann Courtnell, 20 pounds apiece in gold. To Richard Lee, son of Richard Lee, my wedding ring which he gave me.
"To my brother, Thomas Collens, the use of 20 pounds. Kinsman
Thomas Courtnell, executor." her
"Pec. Ct. of Bishop Waltham, "Elizabeth Lee.
"Winchester Reg. 22 Mar., 1660. mark."
(Ref.: Waters' Genealogical Gleanings in England, p. 1237.
Thomas King, the immigrant ancestor, was b. about 1600, in England, probably at Shaston, Dorsetshire. He settled in Sudbury as early as 1642. Ann, his first wife, d. December 24, 1642. (As no other Ann King, wife of Thomas King, is to be found in the early records of New England, she is said to be the Ann King mentioned in the above will of Elizabeth Lee, and was probably her sister Ann Collens or Collins.) Thomas King m., second, December 26, 1655, Bridget (Loker) Davis, widow of Robert Davis. She d. a widow, March 1, 1685.
(Ref.: Middlesex County Genealogies, p. 130.)
Mary King, dau. of Thomas and Ann (Collins) King. m., about 1650, Thomas Rice.
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Thomas and Ann King
Husband:
Thomas King Born: in England, circa 1600 (Thomas' brother lived in Shaston, Dorsetshire, England, and it is possible that Thomas may have been born there or have lived there).
Died: in Marlborough, MA before 1685.
Parents: Unknown.
First Wife:
Ann ----- Born: in England.
Died: in Sudbury, MA 24 December 1642 (20 days after the birth of her son, Thomas).
Parents: Unknown.
Second Wife:
Bridget Davis Widow of: Robert Davis.
Died: in Marlborough, MA 1 March 1685.
Married: 26 December 1655.
There is an English will written by Elizabeth, wife of Richard Lee, an abstract of which is given in the General Registry for 1896, page 529, which mentions the wife of Thomas King, in New England, as Ann. This will was written after the death in 1642 of Thomas' first wife, Ann. (William R. Cutter, "Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Families of Middlesex County", p. 130,) Therefore, it is possible to assume that Thomas might have had a second wife, also named Ann, before his marriage to Bridget Davis in 1655. If so, this Ann was Ann Collins before her marriage.
Thomas King came to America and settled in Sudbury, MA about 1642. He was one of the petitioners organized by John Ruddock to establish a new community which later separated from Sudbury. The new settlement became "Whip Suffrage" and finaly "Marlborough" in honor of a town in Ruddock's old English County of Wiltshire. Thomas King was one of the selectmen elected in 1657 by the proprietors.
Thomas and his first wife, Ann King, had three children:
Elizabeth, b. England, ca. 1635; m. Samuel Rice.
Peter, b. England ca. 1636; died in Marlborough, MA 27 August 1704.
Thomas, b. Sudbury, MA 4 Dec. 1642; d. probably in Sudbury, MA 1645.
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Janice ([email protected]) provided some source material on the Thomas King's;
Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
p.439
King, Thomas1 (ca 1600-1676) & 1st wife, Ann [?Collins] (-1642); ca 1626? Sudbury
p.440
King, Thomas1 (ca 1600-1676) & 2nd wife, Bridget (Loker) Davis (?1613-1685) widow of
Robert Davis; m. Thomas King Dec 26, 1655; Sudbury/Marlborough.
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
Subject - King - Source - Savage Dictionary
THOMAS, Sudbury, and Lancaster, by w. Ann, wh. d. 24
Dec. 1642, had Thomas, b. 4 Dec. 1642, d. 3 Jan. 1645. The f.
also, d. soon, for his inv. was tak. by Capt. John Coolidge and Hugh
Mason, 23 Apr. foll. Possib. he was that youth of 15, wh. came from
Ipswich at the same time, in 1634, with the other Thomas a few yrs.
older, but in a differ. ship, the Elizabeth.
THOMAS, Watertown 1640,
prob. in the Frances from Ipswich, 1634, aged 19, came with so many,
wh. sat down at that place, but first was, prob. at Hampton; by w. Mary
had Thomas, b. 6 Mar. 1641; Mary, 2 Feb. 1643; and d. 7 Dec. 1644
His wid. m. 9 Mar. 1645, James Cutler. THOMAS, perhaps s. of the
preced. in 1676 was of Marlborough. THOMAS, Scituate, came in the
Blessing, from London, 1635, aged 21, in comp. with William Vassall,
unit. with the ch. 25 Feb. 1638, but did not rem. next yr. with the
pastor and his many friends; by w. Sarah had Rhoda, b. 11 Oct. 1639;
George, 24 Dec. 1642, wh. it is thot. d. young; Thomas, 21 June 1645;
Daniel, 4 Feb. 1648; Sarah, 24 May 1650; and John, 30 May 1652,
d. in few wks.; and his w. d. 6 June aft. He next m. 31 Mar. 1653,
Jane, wid. of Elder William Hatch, wh. d. 8 Oct. foll. had third w. Ann;
but ch. of the first w. only are heard of; was Rul. Elder, and d. 1691;
his will is of this date. Rhoda m. 8 Oct. 1656, at Boston, John Rogers
of S. THOMAS, Scituate, s. of the preced. was a deac. had two ws. one
prob. Mary, d. of the first William Sprague of Hingham, wh. must have
been sec. w. for in 1669 he m. Elizabeth d. of Thomas Clap of S. He had
sev. ch. of wh. Daniel was of Marshfield; and Sarah m. Elisha Bisby, jr.
says Deane. In the same sh. with him came Susanna, aged 30, wh. may
have been aunt.
THOMAS, Sudbury, m. 26 Dec. 1655, Bridget Davis.
THOMAS, Taunton, d. 30 Mar. 1713, aged 70, says gr.stone. He may
be that Weymouth inhab. wh. by w. Mary had John, b. 29 Aug. 1670;
Mary, 12 June 1673; and, perhaps, bad ch. aft. rem. to T. THOMAS,
Hatfield and Hartford, br. of Benjamin, m. 17 Nov. 1683, Abigail, d. of
Jedediah Strong, had Thomas, b. at Northampton, 3 Dec. 1684, d.
young; Abigail, 1687; and Mary, 1691, both at Hatfield; beside
Thomas; and Robert; both at Hartford, where, aft. d. of his first w.
1689, he m. 1690, Mary, d. of Robert Webster, wh. d. 27 Sept. 1706.
He had third w. and d. 26 Dec. 1711, and his wid. d. 2 Jan. foll.
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If Thomas King had eight children, than one is not listed among his known children. This is pointed out in the Mary and John article.
Mary and John article - 18 (2), pp 92 - 93. Has will of Peter King of SHaston, Dorset, for which he cites Waters, Henry F. Genealogical Gleanings in England. Vol. 2. p 1089 and 1237, 1091.
Will of Peter King of Shaston (Shaftesbury), Dorset, dated 30 May 1650, proved 9 Dec 1658 (PCC 642 Wooton) (Waters - p.1089)
To be bur. St. Peter's church in Shaston.
To son Joseph and his wife, Grizell, land in parish of Stower Provost, Dorset.
To sister Francis Haine - 20 pounds.
To sister Grace Lush 10 pounds.
To brother "Tomas King now dwelling in New England - 10 pounds.
To kinswoman, Frances Lush - 50 pounds.
To grandchildren, Joseph King and Mary King.
To cousin Thomas Lush and his children.
Overseers; son Peter, brother in law Joseph Dade, kinsman Thomas Dunford. Executor son Peter.
Peter King's will said he was bo be buried in the chancel of St. Peter's Church, Shaftesbury, Dorset (which means he had some wealth). He mentioned his tenement in Stouer Provost.
Waters p 1237 mentions that Elizabeth Lee of Hambldon, Surrey, wife of Richard Lee, gave in 1660, a legacy of ten pounds to Anne King, wife of Thomas King of New England of Westweltringe parish. But Thomas King's wife Anne died 1642.
Will of Elizabeth Lee of Hambledon, Co Southton (Surrey), dated 22 Mar 1660, (Waters, p 1237)
My now husband, Richard Lee.
To Ann King, wife of Thomas of New England of Westweltringe or Westreitringe parish, 10 pounds.
To Henry Fleshmonger, Sr., 4 pounds.
To Elinor Collens, dau. of Thomas Collens, 4 pounds.
To Thomas Courtnells three children, Elizabeth, Margaret and Anne Courtnell, 20 a piece in gold.
To Richard Lee, son of Richard Lee my wedding ring which he gave me.
To my brother Thomas Collens the use of 20 pounds.
Kinsman Thomas Courtnell, executor.
From Mary and John 22 (4);
Pope (p 271) says Thomas King was in Sudbury MA in 1642 and his English origins were revealed in the will of his brother, Peter King of Shaston (Shafesbury), above). Reference: Genealogical Gleanings in Englad, Henry Waters, 1901, p 1089.
The will of William Tyce - see Anne Tyce
Thomas King's 8th child may possibly have been Walter, bapt 10 Mar 1638, St. Peter's, Shaftesbury, son of Thomas Kinge, (online baptism records of St. Peter's, Shaftesbury)
Husband Benjamin DAY
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage: Int 13 Aug 1742 - , Attleborough, Bristol, Mass
Wife Sarah ROBBINS
Born: 21 Oct 1721 - Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 14 Apr 1747 - Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: John ROBBINS (1687-1774)
Mother: Hannah CLARK (1692-1773)
Children
Husband John DAY
Born:
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Marriage: 15 Oct 1730 - , Attleborough, Bristol, Mass
Wife Hannah ROBBINS
Born: 16 May 1709 - Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: John ROBBINS (1687-1774)
Mother: Hannah CLARK (1692-1773)
Children
Husband Abraham STANDISFIELD
Born: Abt 1584 - Sowerby, Yorkshire, England
Christened:
Died: 22 Jan 1599 - Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England
Buried:
Father: Lawrence STANDISFIELD (Abt 1540-1591)
Mother: Elizabeth (Abt 1544- )
Marriage:
Wife Maria DEAN
Born: Abt 1584 - Sowerby, Yorkshire, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Margaret STANDISFIELD
Born: 11 May 1600 - Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
2 M Gideon STANDISFIELD
Born: 1602 - Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England
Christened:
Died: 9 May 1658
Buried:
Spouse: Grace EASTWOOD (1603-1682)
Marr: 21 Feb 1625 - Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England
3 M Abraham STANDISFIELD
Born: 27 Jul 1606 - Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
4 M John STANDISFIELD
Born: 21 Oct 1610 - Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Husband Nathaniel FOOTE
Born: 1593 - Colchester, Essex, England
Christened:
Died: 20 Nov 1644 - Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
Buried: 1644 - Ancient Burying Ground, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
Father: Robert FOOTE (Abt 1553-1607)
Mother: Joan BROOKE (1559-1634)
Marriage: Jan 1615 - Shalford, Essex, England
Wife Elizabeth DEMING
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
General Notes (Husband)
NOTES: Nathaniel Foote "The Settler" - came to New England with his wife Elizabeth. He was one of the first ten settlers (known as "adventurers) in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Elizabeth was the sister of Mr. John Deming, also one of Wethersfield's first settlers.
In the original layout of the town, 1640, Nathaniel received a home-lot of ten acres, and gradually over the years he became owner of over 400 acres. He represented the town in the General Court - this is evidence that he was held in respect and confidence by his fellow townsmen.
In May 1637, when the little army under Capt. John Mason was being provisioned for the memorable Pequot campaign, it was "ordered y that there shalbe 1 hogg p'vided att Wythersfeild for the design in hand, wch is conceived to be Nathaniell Footes"----a compliment, certainly from the Col. authorities, to Mr. Foote's ability in raising good pork!
From an abstract of the record of the apprenticeship agreement of our Nathaniel Foote from the Court Rolls of the Borough of Colchester is as follows: "Nathaniel Foote aged 16 years, son of Robert Foot of Shalford in Com. Essex yeoman doth put himself apprentice to Samuel Croylye of Colchester, aforesaid grocer and Free Burgess from the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel last past for the term of eight years. Dated 21 Sept. V James I (1608). Sealed and delivered in the presence of me Robert Foot and of me George Lumpkin."
This family, as a whole, had a large share in the tragedies of that early day for Philip Smith, husband of Rebecca Foote, was announced to have been "murdered with an hideous witchcraft"; among the members of the early generations, Nathaniel Foote had, (a), a daughter-in law and two of her children taken captive by the Indians and another child killed; (b), a daughter and three of her children killed, while (c), her husband and two other children were made captives; and (d), two more of her children wounded; and Frances Foote lost two husbands by the Indians as well as one son-in-law killed and another, with four of his children, taken into captivity.
Sir Thomas Foote, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1649, was a first cousin of Nathaniel Foote, the settler. Sir Thomas Foote was buried in the parish church of All Saints of West Ham, now a part of the City of London. He lived to the great age of ninety-six years. There is a very pretentious monument to his memory erected in the church.
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INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE OF NATHANIEL FOOTE:
The Children:
Nathaniel Foote---about 24 years---to have L 148-00-00 Robert Foote--------about 17 years---to have L 74-00-00 Frances Foote------about 15 years---to have L 74-00-00 Sarah Foote----------about 12 years---to have L 74-00-00 Rebeckah Foote---about 10 years---to have L 74-00-00 The Wyddow of sd. Nathaniel Foote Adms. her portion 212-00-00
Imprs His purse and apparrell 7-16-00 It. In neat Cattell and in Hay, 93-00-00 It. in harsee fleshe, 34-00-00 It. in hoggs, 66-60-00 It. in debts, 29-03-04 It. in Englishe Corne, 70-00-00 It. in goats, 3-15-00 It. in Carts, ploughs, etc. 6-00-00 Ite. Indean Corne, 8-00-00 It. in old Wheat and pease, 6-06-00 It. for certain things in the chamber, 2-00-00 It. for amunition, 5-00-00 Ite. for fouer beds with the furniture, 13-06-08 It. in fyne lynen, 5-10-00 Ite. 2 table boards, 2 chests, 1 Trunke, with other Implts. 5-00-00 It. pewter & brasse and other useful vessells, 12-00-00 It. in husbandry tooles, 3-00-00 It. in beife, butter, and cheese and other necessary prvision for the howse, 8-10-00 It. in poultry, 1-00-00
somm: L 380-17-00
The Land:
Ten acres of home lotts wth one dwelling howse and 2 barnes with other buildings thervppon, ------------- 4 acres of home lotts, ------------- 6 acres of meadow wth an acre of swampe, 20 acres of plaine fenced in being 14 ac. broke vp, 7 acres of plaine meadow plowed vp, 20 acres in the great meadow of hay ground, 4 acres in bever meadow, 27 acres of Swampe Ground, 81 Acres of Vpland in the Weste field 32 Rod broad beyond the River being 3 miles in length.
Inventory taken 20 November 1644, by Richard Tratte (Trott), Samuel Smith and Nath: Dickinson.
Court Record 11 Dec 1644. Mr. Heynes & Mr. Willis are desired to consider of the Estate of Nath: Foote, decd, and to take in what helpe they please fro any of the neighbours to advise how yt may be disposed of, and to report their apprehensions to the next Court.
Note: Two children, Elizabeth and Mary not named in their father's will.
In 1646, two years after Nathaniel's death, Elizabeth married Thomas Welles, Magistrate, afterwards Governor of the Colony. That she was a woman of character and a good wife, is evidenced by the fact that her husband (Foote) dying intestate, she was by the Particular Court to whom the inventory of his estate was presented, "admitted to administer the estate;" and by the will of her second husband (Welles) "she was to enjoy and improve" his whole estate, so long as she remained a widow,- - - - "that she may keep the better hospitality."
WILL OF MRS. ELIZABETH WELLES:
Invt. 328 pounds 12 shillings 06 pence, taken 3d September 1683, by Samuel Talcott, James Treat, Samuel Butler. Will dated 28 March, 1678.
My estate I dispose of as followeth; I will that all those debts I ow in right or conscience to any man or men be well & Truly contented & payd out of my Estate in the first place. My fourteen acres of Land in the great meadow & Thirty acres in the West field I give unto my son Robert Foote & to his heirs forever, prohibiting him the sale of the same, he paying for these Lands forty five pounds, to be payd; to the Children of my Daughter Sarah Judson Deceased, Nine pounds; & to my foure daughters, viz, my daughter Churchill, my daughter Goodrich, my Daughter Barnard, & my Daughter Smith, to each of them Nine pounds a piece. I give vnto my son Nathaniel Foote, eldest son, & his Brother, Eleven pounds; & to their children; To Daniel forty shillings, & to Elizabeth fower pounds, which Legacies, both the eleven pownd, forth shillings, & fower pounds, shall be payd out of the money Nathaniel Graves owes Me By Bill. I give & bequeath unto my Grand son Joh Studder halfe my Great Lott which Lyes at the further Bownds of the Towne, & the other halfe of the sayd Lott I give vnto my grand sons Joseph & Benjamin Churchill & their heirs forever. The remainder of my Estate (when a Legacie is pd. to my overseers out of it) shall be divided into five parts; one part I give to my daughter Judson's Children to be to them & their heirs forever; & to my Daughter Churchill & her children one fifth part, & to my Daughter Goodrich & the children one-fifth part, & to my daughter Barnard & her children one-fifth part & to my daughter Smith & her Children one fifth part. It is my will that what I give my fouer daughters shall be wholly at their dispose, to dispose among their children as they see good. I do nominate & appoynt my wel beloved Captain Joh Allin to be Executor; & my beloved Brother Mr John Deming sen. & my Grand sonn Henry Buck to be the desired overseers of this my will; & as a token of my resprect to them I give them thirty shillings a piece out of my Estate; & for the confirmation of the premises I have hereunto set my hand this 28 day of March, 1678.
Memorandum; It is my will that the nine pownds apiece I give my foure daughters' heirs, & the fifth part of my Estate I give them, shall be divided among the children of each of them, the one halfe of it imediately after my decease.
This signed & declared by Mrs. Elizabeth Welles in presence of us; Joseph Rowlandson, John Deming
Memorandum; I give to my grand son Nathll ffoott, the Eldest son of my sonn Nathll, the one halfe of my fourteen acres of meadow, & one halfe of my thirty acres of upland lying in the West field, wth liberty of takeing the first choice, he paying one halfe of the Legacys wch were to be paid my sonn Robt had he lived to possess ye sd. Land. My will is that part of ye eleven pounds wch I formerly willed to sd. Nathaniel, grandson, & his Borhter, wch belonged to his by will, shall be equally distributed between my four daughters above mentioned. And for the confirmation of the prmisis I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of August, 1682. Memorandum; All rents of Land due to me I will to be divided equally amongst my fower forementioned daughters and their heirs.
Elizabeth (X) Wells
Witnessed by us: Samuel Talcott, John Deming
Dist. of Estate on the reverse side of the paper as follows:
To Small Foote-----------------------------5-10-00 To Elizabeth ffoote------------------------4-00-00 To Lft. Smith------------------------------1-07-06 To Ffrancis Barnard------------------------1-07-06 To Josiah Churchill------------------------1-07-06 To Lft. Tracy------------------------------1-07-06 To Danll ffoote----------------------------2-00-00
Total-----17-00-00
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Our No. 1 Ancestor in America, was born September 21, 1592 in Shalford Colchester Esses, England. He was the son of Robert Foote of Shalford, County of Essex, A Yoeman and grandson of John Foote of Royston. Royston is located near Colchester England. Nathaniel s mother's name was Joan (Brooks). She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Brooks of London. He resided in Shalford Parish, county Essex and St Mary Bothaw Parish, London.
Marriage: A Short time after he finished his apprenticeship training, he was married to Elizabeth Deming (In January of the year 1616) in Colchester, Essex, England. She was the sister of John Deeming, who was one of the first settlers of Wethersfield Conn. in the year of 1615. John Deeming was for many years the one of the magistrates of the "Colony of the Connecticut" and one of the Patenees named in it's charter.
Children of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Foote
No. Ancestor's Name Parent Birth Death Wife
(22) Elizabeth Foote (10) 1616 1700 Josiah Churchill
(23) Nathaniel Foote (10) 1618 1655 Elizabeth Smith
(24) Mary Foote (10) 1623 1687 John Stoddard
(25) Robert Foote (10) 1627 1681 Sarah Potter
(26) Frances Foote (10) 1629 1673 John Ickinson
(27) Sara Foote (10) 1632 1672 ---
(28) Rebecca Foote (10) 1634 1701 Phillip Smith
Nathaniel's Apprenticeship
Nathaniel Foote The Settler resided in Shalford Parish, county Essex and St Mary Bothaw Parish, London. at the age of sixteen was apprenticed on 21 September, 1608 to Samuel Croyle of Colchester, a "Grocer" and "Free Burgess", for a period of 8 years or until his 24th birthday in the year 1616. when he brought a message from Beatrice Barker, Esq., located on East Street, St James Parish, Colchester. He was a grocer himself as of 18 Oct 1619.
A short time after he finished his apprenticeship training, he was married to Elizabeth Deeming (In January of the year 1616) in Colchester, Essex, England. She was the sister of John Deeming, who was one of the first settlers of Wethersfield Conn. in the year of 1615. John Deeming was for many years the one of the magistrates of the "Colony of the Connecticut" and one of the Patenees named in it's charter.
The Movement to America
Sometime before the year 1633 the family moved from London England to Boston, Massachusetts. He settled first, upon arrival in the New World, at Watertown, Mass.; where he took the freeman's oath 3 Sep 1633. According to the records of "The Original Distribution of Lands Around Wethersfield" recorded in 1640, a short time after arriving in Wethersfield in 1635, Nathaniel received a ten acre house lot on the east side of Broad Street. This land was near the south end of the street. This land was purchased directly from the Wongunk Indians at a place located along the Connecticut River that was called Pyguaq, later renamed Wethersfield. Additionally, he became the owner of several other tracts laying in part in the great meadow east of his house and containing close to 400 acres of land. In 1641, he was appointed a delegate to the General Court. He was a juror in 1643 and 1644.
Note: Part of his land is now a public park at the foot of Broad Street.
Sources:
"NEHGR", Vol. IX, 1855, p.272, "Pedigree of Foote", compiled from Goodwin's Genealogy of the Foote Family.
"Foote Family, comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Conn.", Vol. I, Abram W. Foote, 1907.
"Footenotes", newsletter of The Foote Family Association of North America, Vol. XI, p.9, October, 1992.
"New England Families", Vol. I, pp.279-281, William Richard Cutter, Woburn, MA., 1913.
World Family Tree, Vol. 2, chart 861.
Nathaniel's Profession
Even though Nathaniel's main profession in England was that of a Crochet, he became a farmer. He was also active in the public trusts of the town. He was appointed as a delegate to the "General Court" in the year 1644.
Nathaniel Foote was the first cousin of Sir Thomas Foote, Sheriff of London in 1649 and Lord Mayor of London in 1650. Sir Thomas Foote was the son of Robert Foote of Royston and the brother of Robert Foote of Shalford, who was Nathaniel s Father.
Records show that Nathaniel Foote died in Wethersfield, Mass in November, 1644 at the age of 51. He was buried in the burying ground in the rear of the town meeting house, where nine generations are buried. Nathaniel was survived by his wife, two sons, and five daughters.
Nathaniel's Will
The probate record for Nathaniel includes a complete inventory; it is recreated here with the spelling as found in the original:
To The Children:
Nathaniel Foote, about 24 years, to have ?148
Robert Foote, about 17 years, to have ?74
Frances Foote, about 15 years, to have ?74
Sarah Foote, about 12 years, to have ?74
Rebecca Foote, about 10 years, to have ?74
The Wyddow of sd. Nathaniel Foote Adms. her portion, ?212
Other Possession s
Imprs His purse and apparrell, ?7-16-00 It.
In neat Cattel and in Hay, ?93-00-00 It.
in horsse fleshe, ?34-00-00 It.
in hoggs, ?66-60-00 lt.
in debts, ?29-03-04 It.
In Englishe Corne, ?70-00-00 It.
in goats, ?3-15-00 It. in Carts, ploughs, etc. ?6-00-00 It.
in nayles, ?1-10-00 Ite.
Indean Corne, ?8-00-00 It.
in old Wheat and pease, ?6-06-00 It.
for certain things in the chamber, ?2-00-00 It.
for ammunition, ?5-00-00 Ite.
for fouer beds with the furniture, ?13-06-08 It.
in fyne lynen, ?5-10-00 Ite. 2 table boards, 2 chests, 1 Trunke, with other Implts. ?5-00-00 It. pewter & brasse and other vseful vessells, ?12-00-00 It.
in husbandry tooles, ?3-00-00 It. in beife, butter, and cheese and other necessary provision for the howse, ?8-10-00 It.
in poultry, ?1-00-00
somm: ?380-17-00
The Land:
Ten acres of home lotts with one dwelling howse and 2 barnes with other buildings thereuppon
4 acres of home lotts
6 acres of meadow with an acre of swampe
20 acres of plaine fenced in being 14 ac. broke vp
7 acres of plaine meadow plowed vp
20 acres in the great meadow of hay ground
4 acres in bever meadow
27 acres of Swampe Ground
81 Acres of Vpland in the Weste field 32 Rod broad beyond the River, being 3 Miles in length
Land Devided to The Widow
4 a-c house lott wherr her house is
The hoseing
2 ac Unsubdued
7 ac plaine brok
3-1/2 plaine med:
14 ac meadow
3 ac plaine not broaks up
30 ac upland in Westfield
Land Devided to The Eldest Sonne
3 ac home lot next her
2 ac unsubdued
7 ac plaine broke up
3-1/2 of meadow
3 ac in great med:
4 ac in beavermed:
27 ac swampe
3 ac not broke up
30 ac upland West Field
Halfe the east side
Land Devided to The youngest Sonne
3 ac homelott
6 ac med: in the swamp
21 ac West Field
halfe of the east sd.
The age of the 5 children Dewelling with their mother.
Nathaniel Foote - 24 years
Robert Foote - about 17 years
Francis - about 15 years
Sara - about 12 years
Rebecka - about 10 years.
The widdowe of the said Nath: ffote is admitted to administer the Estate, and the eldest sonne is to have the lands before mentioned as they are valued at 1261. 10s wch is to be made uppe 1481, and the youngest sonne the particular landes above mentioned for him at 651. wch is to be made uppe 741, and the daughters disposed in merrage are to have 301 .8 peece wch they have receevede made uppe 741. and the other children are to have 741. a peece provided it is left at the dispose of their mother to etacte from any of them if she sees just cause 51. of the portion here sett downe and to adde yt to such of the other as best desearve yt.
The Will was endorsed by the inventorers, Richard Trott, Samuel Smith, and Nathaniel Dickinson
General Notes (Wife)
Elizabeth was remarried to Governor Thomas Welles.