James King (1647 - 1722)

Born 7 Nov 1647 in Ugborough, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Fuller) King — married 23 Mar 1674 (to 1715) in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Hannah (Hanchett) King — married 27 Feb 1716 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 13 May 1722 at age 74 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

James King was born in Devon, England.

Birth: Nov. 7, 1647, Ugborough, Devon, England. Death: May 13, 1722, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA.^[1]

son of William King & Agnes Elwill;

m. (1) 23 Mar 1674, Ipswich, MA, Elizabeth Fuller; dau. of John Fuller & Elizabeth Emerson; b. 31 May 1652, Ipswich, MA; d. 30 Jun 1715, Suffield, CT.

Children:

James King, b. 14 Mar 1675, Ipswich, MA; m. Elizabeth Huxley.

Elizabeth King, b. say 1677; m. John Huxley.

William King, b. 4 Jan 1679, Suffield, CT; d. 30 Sep 1680, Suffield, CT.

Agnes King, b. 15 Jul 1682, Suffield, CT; m. John Austin.

Benjamin King, b. 20 Nov 1683, Suffield, CT; m. Remember Hall.

Benoni King, b. 5 Dec 1685, Suffield, CT; d. 17 Jun 1686, Suffield, CT.

Joseph King, b. 15 Jun 1687, Suffield, CT; d. 23 Jan 1688, Suffield, CT.

Joseph King, b. 10 May 1689, Suffield, CT; m. (1) Mary Jesse; m. (2) Hannah Devotion.

Mary King, b. 30 Apr 1692, Suffield, CT; m. (1) Victory Sikes; m. (2) John Harmon.

William King, b. 29 Sep 1695, Suffield, CT; m. (1) Bethia Bedlake; m. (2) Anna Hayden. m. (2) 7 Feb 1716, Westfield, MA, Hannah Hanchett; dau. of Thomas Hanchett & Deliverance Langton; b. Prob. Wethersfield, CT; d. Aug 1720, Suffield, CT.

He married second widow Hannah Lommas of Westfield, MA. ---- Came to America with his father and a brother around 1662 after the death of his mother in April of that year.

James first settled in Ipswich, MA where he met and married his wife "Elizabeth Fuller" in 1674. It is reported the his father "William Kinge Jr." died after they arrived in the new world some time before 1678. His father was a fisherman and was "cast away and drowned on the banks of Newfoundland". ( p. 58) His grandparents were "William Kinge Sr" and "Christina Lapp" but they did not leave England. His older brother (William III b. 1643) is said to have "settled in a southern state" but there is no record of this line continuing.

James, arriving at the age of 15, mostly likely began his training as a cooper apprentice which appears to have been his life long vocation, in that he left his cooper tools to his eldest son James in his Will. By 1673 he bought land and a house in Ipswich and soon married.

James and his family finally settled in Suffield, Conn. in October 1678. There he lived for 45 years before he died in 1722. The homestead was located next to the school lot in the heart of the town on Main Street. Suffield is on the Conn. River (across from Enfield) and near the MA border and was part of the original colony.

James is listed as one of the voting members at the first town meeting of Suffield in 1782. He would become quite prominent in the public affairs of the new town. Held many important offices an served on several committees. (i.e. Office of "Tithingman", "Highway Surveyor, Clerk, and was even charged with seeing that a community schoolhouse be built. )

James had 9 children with Elizabeth three of whom died in infancy.

He remarried after Elizabeth's death in 1717 to "Hannah Loomis" widow of "Samuel Loomis" at the age of 70.

Again from his Will at the age of 75 it appears he was a Christian man of strong faith who was looking foward to the resurrection.

Burial: Old Center Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
2. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 13615849

• King, Cameron Haight. The King Family of Suffield, Connecticut (Walter N. Brunt Co., San Francisco, 1908) Page 67 & Page 68-80
• http://www.suffieldhistoricalsociety.org