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INTRODUCTION AND INDEX TO THE IT'S ENGLISH ANCESTRY AND AMERICAN DESCENDENTS The information presented in the following pages was compiled by William M. Worth from a variety of sources. E-MAIL should be sent to: William Worth I am a member of the: National Society Sons of the American Revolution National # 146766, Tennessee Society # 2663 The following SAR applications are applicable to the King family history. However, only item 2 has been used in constructing these pages. Refer to page 9 on this web site for the use of this file. 1- Patriot Elijah Bostwick [wife Rebecca Warner] Approved
16 July, 1996 Much of the information in the several pages, including related families, shows the coming and goings of the people from Suffield, CT. So it must be added here a brief history of Suffield taken from the Suffield Web page is included. I believe the information in these pages to be correct, however nothing is perfect. Any proven corrections you can send to me will be considered and made as my time permits. I am also sure there are many additions that can be added to this data by family members from around the country. [PLEASE DO] and genealogists from Suffield and New England. This data in not meant for entertainment but for information. It is freely given and is not to be used for sale or profit, enjoy it. I am a direct descendant of this James King family of Suffield, CT. through my Mother Venitah Corrine [King] Worth |
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HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES On October 12, 1670 clearance was granted to John Pynchon of Springfield by the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony to settle Stony Brooke Plantation on land purchased by Pynchon from the Indians. John Pynchon and a committee of influential members met in January 1670 and drew up the basic guidelines for the establishment of this new town. They began granting land as well and laying out the order of the town by creating High Street and fixing a place for the meetinghouse to be built. They set rigid regulations that grantees had to abide by and fixed prices of goods for barter. By the end of 1674, thirty-seven families were established in Suffield. In 1675 settlers were forced to flee to Springfield during King Philip's War. Houses and mills were burned, but settlement resumed in 1676. Suffield remained a Massachusetts town until 1749 when it became a part of Connecticut. Suffield was, for most of its history, primarily a small agriculturally based town. Tobacco put Suffield on the map economically. As in so many Connecticut valley towns, tobacco was an important crop almost right from the beginning. It was the primary crop in the 1800's and through much of this century. The first cigar factory in the United States was built here in 1810. Today Suffield, with a population of about 11,500, still retains a flavor of its agricultural past. There are still small tobacco farmers, a few dairy farms, a large wholesale nursery, and other agricultural enterprises. Suffield encompasses 43 square miles, bounded on the east by the Connecticut River and on the west by the Congamond Lakes. It boasts two canals, the Windsor Locks Canal and the remains of the now extinct Farmington Canal. The Metacomet Trail, along the Talcott Mountain ridge, threads its way through West Suffield. Suffield Academy, a private high school founded in 1833 as the Connecticut Baptist Literary Institution, graces the town green. The town is adjacent to Bradley International Airport. A new industrial park near the airport holds out hope that the industrial base of the town will grow; but Suffield is primarily a residential town, and most of its citizen's work in Hartford or Springfield or neighboring towns. The information above and elsewhere on this web page was taken from the following sources: "The Biography of a Town; Suffield Connecticut 1670-1970" By Alcorn,
Robert Hayden. Send queries to: Kent Memorial Library History & Genealogy or email to: [email protected]
HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY Libraries have been an important part of Suffield history for more than two centuries. In the late 1700's, a library was kept in the Gay Manse, home of Reverend Ebenezer Gay. . In 1812 West Suffield residents at a cost of $2.00 started a subscription library to each subscriber. There are no records to show how long this library lasted. The first public library really began in 1884 when interested citizens raised money, purchased books and opened two afternoons a week in a building on the corner of Day Avenue. Library cards were $1.00, and the librarian volunteered her time. In 1893 the state legislature passed an act providing state aid to towns with free public libraries. A special town meeting was held March 14, 1894 to organize a free public library. Twelve directors were chosen and authorized to draw up by-laws and to purchase all the books and property of the previous Suffield Library Association. Quarters were established in the Loomis Block. In 1897 Sidney A. Kent, a Suffield native, graduate of C.L.I., and successful Chicago businessman offered to build a $35,000 library as a memorial to his parents. Land was purchased from C.L.I., the old South building was demolished, and the new Kent Memorial Library erected. It sat on the site of land purchased by the first Kent ancestor in Suffield. Sidney Kent furnished nearly 7000 books and periodicals and left an endowment of $25,000. The building was dedicated on November l, 1899. In the early 1970's, the library had outgrown its home and moved to a new building across the green in 1972. The old building was purchased by Suffield Academy and renovated for use as its library. The name, however, moved to the new building, which is still supported by Kent funds. Information for this sketch was taken from Celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Suffield, Connecticut October 12, 13, and 14, 1920 with sketches from its past and some record of its last half century and of its present. FAWebpage content compiled by Anne W. Borg and formatted by Seth Borg
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DEVONSHIRE, ENGLAND, HOME OF THE KING FAMILY From the King Book by Cameron H King pages 20 and 21 "Our own Family name, King may or may not have originated in some such way as has been described. Certain it is, that the King family was well established in Devonshire several centuries ago, but the source of our family name there is of course merely speculative and is completely lost in antiquity. The calendar of the Close Rolls [published by authority of the British Government] at pages 12 and 13 shows an order of release to the sheriff of Devonshire for Richard le Kyng and his relative Herlewyn Kyng, made March 4, A D, 1308, and the Chancery Records, known as Inquisitions post Mortem for the 28th year of Henry 111 A D 1244, mention Williemus Kyng alias King [See calendarium Genealogicum of Great Britain p. 7] showing the transition also of the name Kyng to King, also frequently then spelled Kinge. The most interesting of these records is an ancient charter made the year 1389 at Dodebrook [eight miles from Ugborough] Devonshire, England, by Rogerus Kynge, which is now preserved in the family and is in the possession of Harvey J King Esq. of Troy New York. Of this ancient document we will speak of more fully hereafter when we come to consider the subject of our English Ancestry. Devonshire is the third largest county in England. The British tribes which inhabited this part of West England were called Dumnonii by Ptolemmy; and Dumnonia or Dammonia, the Latinized name of a kingdom, which long remained independent after the arrival and early conquests of the west Saxons, seems to be identical with the Cymric "Dyfnaint" which survives in the present Devonshire. The Saxon settlers as they advanced into the country called themselves " Defenas" that is men of Devonshire or Dyfnaint, thus adopting the British name. For some time after the landing of William, the Conqueror, and the battle of Hastings, Devonshire remained undisturbed. In the spring of the year 1068 Exeter in Devonshire was besieged and taken by the conqueror who built a castle there which was again besieged in 1137 by Stephen for three months. There are many ancient ruins in the county of great interest. Nearly the whole area of Devonshire is uneven and hilly. It contains the highest land in England south of the Yorkshire Ingleborough. The scenery much varied is in parts of the county very striking and picturesque. The coast has grand cliff and rock scenery not excelled by any in England or Wales. The county immediately inland is of great beauty. There are many rivers, most of which run south and empty into the English Channel. In the central portion of the county, Dartmoor has existed as a Royal forest from a period before the conquest. Devonshire is an agricultural county and is called the Garden of England. Its fisheries also have been of importance. No county in England save Middlesex has given birth to so many eminent men as Devonshire. Among these are Sir Walter Raleigh, Drake, Hawkins, Marlborough, Monk, Coleridge, Hooker, Sir John Reynolds, Jno Davis, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Wolcott, Kingsley, John Ford, Sir Richard Grenville, Bishop Jewell, Gay, St. Boniface, Newcomin, Lord Peter King, Lord Chancellor of England and a host of others. It was from Plymouth, Devonshire, England that the Pilgrim Fathers in the Mayflower took their final leave of old England and it was after that Devonshire town that they names their first settlement in New England-- Plymouth. Devonshire was the scene of many disturbances and fighting during the civil was of the commonwealth. Both Exeter and Plymouth in Devonshire were besieged for many months. Plymouth was one of the cities, which successfully resisted Royalist forces. At that time 1642-1658 the residence of William Kinge, the first of our ancestors who came to America was at Ugborough, Devonshire, about 14 miles from Plymouth and about 30 miles from Exeter. He was thus situated in the very midst of the scene of conflict and could scarcely have escaped being an actor in it. It was during this time also that his two sons William JR. [1643] and James 1647, afterwards of Suffield, CT and the founder of our family in America, were born. The arms displayed on the signet used during his lifetime, by James King of Suffield, CT., the immigrant ancestor and founder of our family in America, and which thereafter from the time of his death in 1722, have been continuously and customarily used by his descendants for nearly two centuries and down to the present time. Are blazoned as follows, " Sable, on a chevron or, between three crosses-crosslet of the last three escallops of the first." Surmounting the shield on this signet is an esquire's helmet with a wreath and a mantling flowing gracefully down in scrollwork on either side and tastefully enveloping the arms in a simple but ornate design |
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PAGE 1 --- THE ENGLISH ANCESTRY OF JAMES KING PAGE 2 --- THE ENGLISH ANCESTRY OF ELIZABETH
FULLER PAGE 3 --- THE EMERSON FAMILY CONNECTION TO THE FULLER FAMILY PAGE 4 --- THE BREWSTER FAMILY CONNECTION TO THE EMERSON- FULLER FAMILIES PAGE 5 --- THE DESCENDANTS OF JAMES KING
JR. PAGE 6 --- DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM AUSTIN PAGE 8 --- THE DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN KING PAGE 9 --- THE DESCENDANTS OF CAPT. JOSEPH
KING PAGE 11 --- THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM KING PAGE 12 --- THE HATHAWAY FAMILY PAGE 14 --- THE DEVOTION FAMILY PAGE 15 --- THE REMINGTON FAMILY
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