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Ebenezer King

Born about 1709 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Ancestors

Son of Ichabod King and Hannah (Wetherell) King

Brother of Hannah (King) Smith, Thomas King, Jane (King) Jones, Hopestill King, Unnamed King, Job King [half], Thankful (King) Snow [half], Caleb King [half] and George King [half]

Husband of Sarah (Hathaway) King — married after 10 Jul 1735 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Father of Hopestill King, Isaac King and Consider King

Died after 29 Jun 1739 after about age 30 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Ebenezer King; son of Ichabod King and Hannah Wetherell, has no known birth or baptismal record, yet he was likely born ~1709 in Scituate, after his older sister Jane King was born on 17 Feb 1705/6 in Scituate, ^[1] and before his younger brother Hopestill King was born on 19 Mar 1711/12 in Middleborough. ^[2] Though his father Ichabod King is known to have bought his 150 acre homestead in Middleborough from Thomas Pratt in a deed dated 03 Jun 1710; ^[3] about 21 months before Hopestill King was born there, it is still admittedly possible that Ebenezer King could have been born in Middleborough, though there are only about 10 months of available time (Jul 1710 to May 1711) in Middleborough vs. about 3.5 years (Dec 1706 to Jun 1710) in Scituate.

Ichabod King buys 150 acre homestead in Middleborough, Plymouth, MA (03 Jun 1710)

The maiden name of Sarah; wife of Ebenezer King was Sarah Hathaway, and the maiden surname Celide attributed to her, or to a second wife of Ebenezer named Jane,^[4] may have arisen due to Jane (King) Jones; an older sister of Ebenezer King named in the 07 Nov 1752 will of their father Ichabod King: I give to my daughter Jane beside what I have already given her the one half of the pewter that was her mothers... in which the word "beside" could easily be mis-transcribed as the surname "Ceside" or "Celide," ^[5] rather than a widowed daughter-in-law Sarah or Jane (Celide) King or (____-King) Celide. This hypothesis is actually proven to be true: a brief biography of Ichabod King in Foster Record: An Account of Thomas Foster of Billerica, Massachusetts (1889) states that daughter "Jane Cecide" is named in his will. ^[6]

Will of Ichabod King of Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts (07 Nov 1752)

"John" King stated his intention of marriage to "Sarah Hathaway; daughter of Isaac Hathaway," on 10 Jul 1735 at Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, ^[7] though his real name was Ebenezer King.

Marriage intention: "John" (Ebenezer) King to Sarah Hathaway, Freetown, Bristol, MA (10 Jul 1735)

It is also important to note that Sarah Hathaway had a sister Rebecca Hathaway; born 01 Mar 1716/7 in Freetown, ^[8] where Seth Randall stated their intention of marriage 05 Mar 1739/40. ^[9] Rebecca Hathaway and her husband Seth Randall eventually provided, through their marriage, important information revealing the maiden name of "Sary;" the wife of Ebenezer King. ^[10]

Once married, Ebenezer and Sarah settled in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts where their first son Hopestill King was named after Hopestill King, a brother of Ebenezer, and born 15 Feb 1735/6, their second son Isaac King was named after maternal grandfather Isaac Hathaway and born 13 Mar 1736/7, and their third son Consider King; namesake unknown, was born 13 May 1738. ^[11]

Family of Ebenezer King of Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts

The last record of Ebenezer King in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts was dated 29 Jun 1739, and described the marking of his livestock. ^[12] The will of his father Ichabod King on 07 Nov 1752 (see the portion of page 128 in the photo attachment) revealed that son Ebenezer King was already deceased. ^[13] Though it is only certain that Ebenezer King died before the will of his father Ichabod King was drafted on 07 Nov 1752, given that the last recorded child of Ebenezer King was Consider King born on 13 May 1738, and Ebenezer and Sarah had only three children (1736-1738), Ebenezer King may have died soon after the last record of him on 29 Jun 1739.

Last Record of Ebenezer King; son of Ichabod King, of Rochester, Plymouth, MA (29 Jun 1739)

The 27 Nov 1752 will of Isaac Hathaway; father of widow Sarah (Hathaway) King, bequeathed to "my daughter, Sarah King; widow" and to "my daughter-in-law; my son Peleg's widow" the west half of his dwelling house, with the further provision that Sarah (Hathaway) King was to improve her share of this dwelling house so long as she remained a widow; otherwise her share forfeited to heirs of Peleg Hathaway; deceased. ^[14]

Will of Isaac Hathaway of Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts (27 Nov 1752)

The 07 Nov 1752 will of Ichabod King revealed that by then he had already given his grandchildren by his deceased son Ebenezer King their portion of his estate. ^[15]

Will of Ichabod King of Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts (07 Nov 1752)

Then the 27 Nov 1752 will of Isaac Hathaway provided widowed daughter Sarah (Hathaway) King access to the west side of his dwelling house. So after the death of Ebenezer King, his widow Sarah and sons Hopestill King, Isaac King and Consider King were likely taken into the homes of the grandparents: possibly the home of Ichabod King in Rochester first until sometime before his death in 1753. Sometime after the death of grandmother Sarah (Makepeace) Hathaway, who was not named in the 27 Nov 1752 will of her husband, grandfather Isaac Hathaway, and so apparently died before then, Sarah (Hathaway) King may have moved her children to the home of her father Isaac Hathaway in Freetown, where Sarah would have likely taken care of his housekeeping until Isaac died before his will was proved 13 Sep 1758. If Ebenezer King died as early as 1740, then all 3 of his sons were still very young, yet they would likely have assisted in the household farm work as they grew older.

It was only later on 30 Jan 1754 that Isaac Merrick of Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts became the guardian of Isaac King, ^[16] and on 05 May 1755 that Stephen West of Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts was chosen to be the guardian of Hopestill King, in a document signed by Hopestill King in which he cited the will and last testament of his honored father Ebenezer King, ^[17] and was named as guardian the next day, ^[18] when Isaac and Hopestill were nearing their majority and learned the trades of their occupations. Hopestill King mentioned, in choosing Stephen West as his guardian, the will and last testament of his honored father Ebenezer King; suggesting that this will, and the valuable genealogical information it may contain, could exist somewhere.

Isaac Merrick, yeoman-Taunton, MA named guardian of Isaac King (30 Jan 1754)

Stephen West, yeoman-Dartmouth, MA chosen guardian of Hopestill King (05 May 1755)

Stephen West, yeoman-Dartmouth, MA named guardian of Hopestill King (06 May 1755)

The will of Ebenezer King may reveal that the guardian appointed for his youngest son, Consider King, was uncle Seth Randall; husband of Rebecca Hathway; a younger sister of widow Sarah (Hathaway) King. Seth Randall gifted Consider King with 28 acres in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts in a deed dated 24 Aug 1761, and witnessed by William Palmer and Esther (Taber) Palmer, the father-in-law and mother-in-law of Consider King, in which Seth Randall referred to Consider KIng as "my kinsman." ^[19]

Seth Randall gifts nephew Consider King 28 acres in Rochester, MA (24 Aug 1761)

Widow Sarah (Hathaway) King appeared last in the 25 Aug 1758 marriage intention of Meletiah Hathaway of Taunton to Sarah King of Freetown at Freetown, ^[20] and in the record of marriage there on 29 Nov 1758. ^[21] The marriage intention was 19 days before the will of her father Isaac Hathaway was proved 13 Sep 1758. ^[22]