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John Duckett King (1778 - 1858)

John Duckett King
Born in Kings Valley, Montgomery, Maryland, United Statesmap
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Died at age 79 in Kings Valley, Montgomery, Maryland, United Statesmap
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Biography

1778 Birth and Parents

Son of Edward King (1740) and Rebecca Ducket (1742).

John Duckett King was born 20 June 1778 In King's Valley, Montgomery County, Maryland, 'the son of Edward King and Rebeckah Duckett.[1]

John was the youngest of 8 children of Edward King and Rebecca Duckett. [2]

John Duckett King (1778-1858) came from southern Maryland. John was the youngest of 8 children of Edward King and Rebecca Duckett. [3].

John Duckett King was born 20 June 1778 in Montgomery County, Maryland, the son of Edward King (born 1740) and his wife Rebecca Duckett, born 1742.[4]

1800 Marriage

December 16 1800 married Jemima Miles, daughter of Charles Miles. Hurley states marriage was at Rockville, but one wonders if Rockville, the County Seat, was the location of the marriage or simply where it was recorded. Hurley also states Jemima Miles' mother was Elizabeth Beall. However, Charles Miles had three wives, and Jemima was the daughter of Elizabeth Poole. [5]

In 1800, he married Jemima Miles (b l782) and he established the farm that came to be known as Kingstead Farm. The original dwelling house on the farm was a log structure. Described as being in bad condition in 1886, the log house is no longer standing.[2]

In 1800, he married Jemima Miles (bl782) and he established the farm that came to be known as Kingstead Farm. The original dwelling house on the farm was a log structure. Described as being in bad condition in 1886, the log house is no longer standing. [3]

On 16 December 1800 in Montgomery County, Maryland he married Jemima Miles, born 8 May 1782 in Montgomery County, daughter of Charles Miles and his wife Elizabeth Poole. [1]

On December 16, 1800 in Rockville, Montgomery County, he married Jemima Miles (1782-1861) [4]

John Duckett King Farm

John Duckett was a tobacco farmer. He and his wife had 14 children. Like most tobacco farmers of his era, John Duckett relied on slave labor for the operation of the plantation. In 1842, he had eight slaves: two men, one woman, and five children (under 14 years old). His will of 1857 lists nine slaves who were bequeathed to Jemima and their children. John Duckett and Jemima King are both buried at the cemetery on the farm. [6]

John Duckett King (1778-1858) came from southern Maryland. [2]

John Duckett was a tobacco farmer. [2]

John Duckett King (1778-1858) settled in Clarksburg in the early 1800s and grew tobacco. He had 14 children. Many of his descendants still live in the area. [7]

Located at the intersection of Kingstead Road and King's Valley Road, the Kingstead Farm is at the heart of a community once known as King's Valley. The farmstead includes a dwelling house and an extensive collection of agricultural buildings. The L-shaped dwelling dates from the early 19th century. The farmstead includes a bank bam (1898), a gambrel roof dairy bam and milk house (1932), domestic outbuilding (cl930s), a gable roof dairy bam (1952), cow bam and hog houses (mid 20th century). [2]

"Kingstead Farm represents the evolution of agriculture from tobacco farming to dairying to cattle breeding. The farm is significant for its 20th century contributions, having obtained regional and international recognition in dairying and cattle breeding. The farm was the early 19th century homestead of John Duckett King, original settler of a prolific and prominent family and who is buried in a cemetery on the property. [2]

1820 Census

On August 7, 1820, John D King (John L. King) was at home in the Goshen District, Montgomery County, Maryland.

[8] His household was comprised of:

Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 4
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 14: 2
Slaves - Males - 14 thru 25: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 14: 2
Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44: 1

Distillery

John Duckett King owned a distillery until 1857, at which time he gave the distillery and its land to his son Luther Green King. [9]

Census of 1850

The Census of 1850 for the Clarksburg District of Montgomery County shows John and Jemima King with two of their children who were at home.

In 1850 John D King, White, Farmer, Real Estate valued at $2000, age 71 (born about 1779 in Maryland) was at home in Clarksburg, Montgomery County, Maryland. [10] His household was comprised of:

John D King 71
Jemima King 66
Charles M King 35
Harriet King 19

His neighbors in 1850 included

  • Joshua Purdum, Farmer
  • John A. King, Blacksmith, with a family

Slaves

The 1850 Slave Schedule shows John D King, Montgomery County, Maryland, [11] with the following unnamed slaves:

Male 45
Male 40
Male 25
Male 5
Female 60 (identified as Mulatto; all others identified as Black)
Female 40
Female 18
Female 8
Female 1

1857 Will, Death, Estate

Will

John Duckett King's will was made April 24, 1857 and proved May 18, 1858. [12] Features include:

  • Left to wife Matilda Green and her son Ignatius Green.
  • Daughter Harriet Ann, and son John A., each to receive the sum of one dollar, and no more of his estate.
  • No daughter Mary was included in will. If she was a member of the family, she may have predeceased him.
  • Mentioned that he had previously given one negro girl to each of his other five daughters, placing a value of one or two hundred dollars on each of them. These five girls received all the personal (non real estate) property, and included two negro men, Jeremiah Mason and Samuel Mason, share and share alike.
  • To his remaining six sons (other than John A.) he left his lands, totaling 217 acres, to be shared jointly, and also to share alike in Jeremiah Mason and Samuel Mason.

Death and Burial

John Duckett King died 14 May 1858 in King's Valley. [1]

He died 14 May 1858 in Clarksburg, Montgomery County, Maryland and is buried in the King Family Cemetery, Kingstead, Damascus, Montgomery County, Maryland. [4]

Buried in King Cemetery on Leslie King Farm, locally known as Kingstead Farms.

The property is said to include a family cemetery of at least 10 known graves. The earliest burials were John Duckett King (d l858) and Jemima Miles King (d l861) and the most recent was their son Luther Green King, who died in 1909. The cemetery is shown on an 1887 plat when Charles Miles King's property was partitioned. [2]

Enslaved Persons

Like most tobacco farmers of his era, John Duckett relied on slave labor for the operation of the plantation. In 1842, he had eight slaves: two men, one woman, and five children (under 14 years old). [2]

The 1850 Slave Schedule identifies 9 enslaved persons, but not by name. [11]

His will of 1857 lists nine slaves who were bequeathed to Jemima and their children. John Duckett and Jemima King are both buried at the cemetery on the farm.[2]

Named slaves included:

He was a slave owner, leaving to his wife the negro woman,

  • [[Green-53155}Matilda Green]], and her son,
  • Ignatius Green. [13]

In his will he noted that he had previously given one negro girl to each of his other five daughters, placing a value of one or two hundred dollars on each of them for purposes of equalizing their shares of his estate. [13]

Children

He and his wife had 14 children. [2]

  1. Middleton KIng, b. 1801[2] Middleton King [1801–1872] [4]
  2. Elizabeth Miles King, b. c. 1802[2] Elizabeth Miles "Betsy" King [1802–1880] [4]
  3. Jemima King, b. April 11, 1805[2] Jemima D. King [1805–1892] [4]
  4. Harriet Ann King, b. 1807[2] Harriet Ann "Hannah" King [1806–1895] [4]
  5. John A. King, b. Oct 1, 1808[2] John A. King [1808–1888 [4]
  6. Singleton King, b. Oct 21, 1810[2] Singleton King [1810–1897] [4]
  7. Mary Ann T. King, b. March 20, 1813[2] Mary Ann T. King Lewis [1813–1894] [4]
  8. Charles Miles King, b. Apr 5, 1814[2] Charles Miles King [1814–1886] [4]
  9. Rufus King, b. Jan 25, 1816[2] Rufus King [1816–1899] [4]
  10. Sarah Rebecca King, b. Mar 6, 1818[2] Sarah Sally Rebecca King [1818–1902] [4]
  11. Edward J. King, b. Jan 10, 1821[2] Edward James King [1821–1899] [4]
  12. Mary King, b. abt 1822. Family stories report that she fell into a fire at an early age, and died from those injuries. There is no mention of her in her father's will.[2] Mary King [1822–1828] [4]
  13. Luther Green King, b. Mar 11, 1825[2] Luther Green King [1825–1909] [4]
  14. Eveline King, b. July 4, 1828, d. July 5, 1899. Married Nathan James Walker, b. Oct 27, 1824, d. May 4, 1913.[2] Eveline Amanda King Walker [1828–1899] [4]

Connected but not documented

  1. John W King Privacy Level: Open (White) edit ancestors family group sheet descendants John W King [1805–1882] [4] Merge with John A. King.
  2. Hannah Ann King Privacy Level: Open (White) edit ancestors family group sheet descendants Merge with Harriet Ann King.

Research Notes: Gloria King Winter

Gloria King Winter, 51, is John Duckett King's great-great-grandchild. Her grandfather, Elias Vincent King (born 1869) was John Duckett King's youngest grandchild. [7]

Descendants:

https://mcatlas.org/filetransfer/HistoricPreservation/Cemeteries/257_Glaze_Family_Browningsville/257_Glaze_Family_Browningsville_2018/Generations%20of%20the%20King%20family%20leave%20their%20mark%20on%20Clarksburg.pdf

Slave Holder

"He bought a farm in Clarksburg called Darnkirk," Winter said. "The former owners were slave dealers." [7]

Her parents and uncles lived on the farm on Frederick Road north of Wims Road during World War II and found slave shackles and metal balls they sold for scrap metal to help the war effort. [7]

Ora King

Her father, Ora King, was Clarksburg's postmaster until his death in 1968.[7]

Ora King was the first King to graduate from college, Winter said. With the help of his brother, Maury King, and other relatives, he continued to tend the approximately 230-acre family farm while pursuing other professions. He taught school and was a title searcher before becoming postmaster.[7]

The family stopped growing tobacco more than 50 years ago. Winter's mother, Iris Watkins King, grew vegetables on the farm and sold the produce at the Farm Women's Market in Bethesda.[7]

Winter's parents and grandparents sold off much of the farm in pieces to developers, leaving today only the 10 acres on which Winter and her family live. Although they have professional careers, they also raise Christmas trees.[7]

Billy King Watkins

Billy King Watkins, 67, was born in a tenant house on Stringtown Road that was home to the descendants of John Duckett King's son Edward J. King (1821-1899).[7]

Bessie King

In 1935 his parents, Bessie King and Leroy Watkins, built a new house. Bessie King Watkins was John Duckett King's great-grandchild.[7]

Billy King Watkins' parents grew up on farms that backed up to each other.[7]

"People didn't go very far to find a wife in those days," Watkins said.[7]

Leroy Watkins bought a 70-80 acre farm from Zack Woodfield on one side of Kingsley Road in 1918 and then bought 30 acres on the other side from his father, Watkins said.[7]

"We had hay, wheat and corn -- the basic crops for a dairy farm," Watkins said.[7]

He remembers driving 200 pounds of milk a day to the train in Boyds for shipping to market. He also remembers going out on the creek as a child during the coldest part of winter to cut ice they would use through the middle of the summer.[7]

"A lot of people got pneumonia from cutting that ice," Watkins said[7]

Blocks of ice were packed in straw and set on the ground. The ice, used for iced tea, usually lasted until mid-summer, he said.[7]

"People didn't need a ton of money to live on -- you'd always have something," Watkins said. "Dad raised four kids on 105 acres and we lived good."[7]

Watkins, the youngest child, bought his father's farm in 1978.[7]

The Watkins children sold the original family homestead on Stringtown Road to the Montgomery County Career Firefighters Union about five years ago. The union wants to build a union hall on the property.[7]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Janice M. Parker. Miles Family Family Tree Maker Printout, jan 3, 2008 Accessed 7 September 2022 jhd
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 Maryland Historical Trust [https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Montgomery/M;%2011-10.pdf Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Form; Inventory No. M:11-10] Accessed July 22 2017. jhd
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Clare Lise Kelly Cavicchi. Maryland Historical Trust. Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Form. Inventory No. M:11-10 John Duckett King Farm Maryland National Capital Planning Commission, April, 2003. Accessed 7 September 2022 jhd
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 Find A Grave: Memorial #181878994 Memorial for John Duckett King. Accessed 17 March 2023 jhd
  5. ↑ Research of Jack Day
  6. ↑ 1842 Account of Personal Property, in Tax Assessments, Book 1841-1857, District 2;Series MSA CI 11-2. Cited by Cavicchi.
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 Susan Singer-Bart, Staff Writer, Gazette, Oct 2, 2002. Generations of the King family leave their mark on Clarksburg Accessed July 22, 2017 [[Day-1904|jhd]
  8. ↑ 1820 United States Census for Montgomery County, Maryland. Ancestry.com (paid site). Entry for John D King Accessed 17 March 2023 jhd
  9. ↑ Sarah Hedlund, Archivist/Librarian, Biographies of Named Individuals: John Diggs-Dorsey case, 1880. Montgomery History, October, 2019- July 2020. Accessed 8 September 2020 jhd
  10. ↑ 1850 United States Census for Montgomery County, Maryland. Ancestry.com (Paid site). Entry for John D. King Accessed 17 March 2023 jhd
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 1850 United States Census (Slave Schedule). Family Search. Entry for John D. King Accessed 18 March 2023 jhd
  12. ↑ Liber JWS1, folio 5, Montgomery County Wills.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 William Neal Hurley, Jr. Our Maryland Heritage, Book Five: The King Families. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1997, pages 29-30.




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