Marcy (Grien) King (abt. 1657 - 1740)

Born about 1657 in New Amsterdam [uncertain]

Wife of Harmanus King — married 14 May 1676 in Province of New York

Descendants

Died 24 Jan 1740 at about age 83 in Nottingham Township, Burlington, Province of New Jersey

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Biography

Mary was born in 1657. Mary Greijn .She passed away in 1741.^[1]

Recorded as Marije Grien, she married Hermanus Cooning in the Reformed Dutch Church of New York on 28 May 1676. They had registered their banns on 14 May. According to the record, he was from "N. Albanien" (New Albany, referring to Albany, New York) and she was "out of Vergingie" (a unique spelling that is interpreted as referring to the colony of Virginia). It was the first marriage for both.^[2] Note that her given name in this record is often rendered as Marye because English speakers typically interpret the digraph "ij" as a y.

Unknown Origins

Looking at the marriage record quoted below, it seems Mary Green or Marye Grein could be born in England, Netherlands, or New Amsterdam. They were married in the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam shortly after he arrived. Where/when did they meet?

The other part of the bio says they immigrated together. Need source for marriage in New Amsterdam.

Marriage

Harmanus King 64 bm~1652 mf ____ ___ __ Mary Green 64, (Mary Greijn). n. from Shotwell P272.

Harmanus King & wife Marcia, with a colony of Friends from Holland, whither he had gone from England to escape religious persecution, came to America about the year 1676 and settled in Burlington Co., West Jersey. They had sons, Joseph, Sr., and John.

n. Rate Lists of Long Island 1683 Sep 29 Flushing Estimations P136-7 Males Upland Meadow H 3 2 1 Ox C 3 2 1 Sw Sh L s d - - 5 1 - - - - 3 - - - 1 - 00-04-03 n. about 1652-1700s NY?/NJ n. 1699 HNYMM P192 Harmans gct Chesterfield, N. J. 5 Mo (July) 7, 1699 ( rem cert). dm 1726 Sep 01 Nottingham Twp., Burlington Co., N. J. df 1740 with Mary Hannah 65 John 65 Joseph 65 Thomas 65 b ~1678 b1683 <1697

Hermanus was born in 1653 (Rhineland, Palatinate German in England? to be determined if possible) He left England to escape religious persecution and went to Holland.

In 1676 he arrived in America (Long Island) with a colony of Friends. He married the same year to Marye Grien (Mary Green) in the Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam.

In 1683 he is found on the Flushing tax list for five acres of meadow land, one horse, three cows and one swine, tax 4s, 3d. In 1685, 10th month he subscribes on shilling to the quarterly collections of the Flushing Monthly Meeting.

In 1698 and 1700 his name is in the census list, Flushing, Queens County, New York as Harman King and Mary his wife, John, Joseph, Benjamin, Francis and Toby.

Mary and her family settled in Nottingham, Burlington, New Jersey, where her husband died in 1727.

Children

1. John
2. Mary
3. Joseph
4. Benjamin
5. Thomas
6. Francis

Church Records

Marriage

• 1676. den 14 Maij (ingescrhenven), Getrouwt den 28 Maij. Hermanus Cooning, j. m. Van N. Albanien, en Marije Grien, j. d. Uijt de Vergingie.^[3]

Children's baptisms

1. 1677. den 21 Mart. Hermanus Koning, Marie Graine. Jan. Witnesses: Elias Pos, Marritie Frans. ^[4]
2. 1679. den 8 Sept. Hermanus Coning, Maria Greijn. Marritie. Witnesses: Albertus Ringo, Magdaleentie Van Vleck.^[5]

Research Notes

Data from internet genealogies

These are not reliable sources. The place of birth "Hamilton Square, Nottingham Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States" that appears in these sources has been rejected. This place didn't exist yet; there were no European settlements in what would become Burlington County in 1657.

Millennium File

Name Harmanus King

GenderMale

Birth Date1652

Birth Place Nottingham, Brlntn, New Jersey

Death Date 5 Mar 1727

Spouse Mary

Children Joseph King

Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

Name Mary Genderf (Female

Birth Date1653

Birth Place Nottingham, Burlington, New Jersey

Death Date 24 Jan 1741

Death Place Nottingham, Burlington, New Jersey, {Death Age88

Spouse Harmanus King

Children: John King; Joseph King; Thomas King; Mary King; Francis King; Benjamin King.

Sources

1. ↑ Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current. Note: This is somebody's personal family tree, not a reliable source.
2. ↑ Purple, page 41.
3. ↑ Purple, page 41.
4. ↑ Evans, page 127
5. ↑ Evans, page 138

• Evans, Thomas Grier. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York. Baptisms from 25 December, 1639 to 27 December, 1730." Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol 2. New York: Printed for the Society, 1901.
• Purple, Samuel S., editor. Marriages from 1639 to 1801 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York. Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. 1. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1890.

See also:

• Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy, Notes for Harmanus King and Mary Greijn at https://websites.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m5531x5532.htm