John King of Massachusetts Bay Colony

John King of Massachusetts Bay Colony

John King of Weymouth1

b. circa 1600, d. 1699.

He probably came from Stepney (though some have argued Dorset or Devonshire). Stepney in his time was a great place for mariners, and John King was a mariner, seaman, and planter. In his capacity as a seaman, he had the opportunity to travel a great deal about the new colonies in America.2 John King of Weymouth was born circa 1600 at Stepney Parish, London, England.3,4 He emigrated from London, England, leaving circa 15 April 1622; He departed England for the first time aboard the "Charity" as part of Thomas Weston's Company.5 He immigrated to Wessagusset, Massachusetts, arriving circa June 1622.4 He went to the fishing station on the coast in 1623 at Maine.4 He returned to his native England after 1623.4 He married Mary (?) before 1631; His 1st.6 John King of Weymouth immigrated arriving before 3 May 1631; Arrived in New England with his wife, Mary, as servants to Governor John Humphrey, and were to be freed on arrival.4 He was signed his name as a witness to a deed of land after June 1631 at Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.7 He was present in 1636 at Newton (now Cambridge), Massachusetts.7 He went with others in a boat from Lynn to Sandwich in 1637 at Massachusetts.7 He had ten acres of land adjoining land of Joseph Shaw, land bounded by the sea and included King's Cove, named after him, he lived in a house in a grove of trees between King's Cove and Burying Hill called King's Grove, in addition to land on King Oak Hill and in other parts of Weymouth, as well of land in the Ferry Field after 1638.4 He appeared, as a seaman, before General Court on 4 December 1638 at "4 (10) 1638", Boston, Massachusetts.3,7 He lived between 1639 and 1669 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.1 He was master of a fishing boat in 1640 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.3 He appeared on a list of property owners on 2 February 1651/52 at Weymouth, Massachusetts.8 He deposed in the Tidd case, age about 57 years, on 24 June 1657 at "24 (4) 1657", Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.9 He listed as a property owner with 7 acres on 14 December 1663 at Weymouth, Massachusetts.10

Between 1678 and 1679, John King of Weymouth appeared on the census at Weymouth, Massachusetts, Details provided: Appeared on the list of persons who took the Oath of Allegiance to His Majesty, Charles II, before the worshipful Joseph Dudley, Assistant.11.

He died in 1699 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. "The Kings who are mentioned so much in Weymouth's history were the descendants of John King, who belonged to the Weston Colony."12.

Family.

Mary (?) b. circa 1605.

Children.

* Samuel King b. 1635/37

* Mary King+ b. 15 Jun 1639, d. 30 May 167613,6

* Abigail King b. 14 Mar 16413

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Dorothy Barker may be this John King's wife. She married a John King of Weymouth in 1659..

Enoch Hunt, the immigrant ancestor, was from Titendon, in the parish of Lee,.

two miles from Wendover, Buckshire, England. He was an early settler in Rhode

Island and was admitted a freeman in Newport in 1638. He was a blacksmith by

trade. He removed to Weymouth, Mass., where he was living in 1640. He was a

town officer in 1641, and had a case in court in 1641. He died before 1647, in

England, when his wife's lands are mentioned in deeds of abutting tracts.

Administration was granted to his son Ephraim, November, 18, 1652. The

homestead consisted of twenty-two acres in the Plaine at Weymouth, bounded by

lands of Richard Sylvester, John Upham, Mr. Gouer, and west and north by the

highway and the sea. He married in England, abt 1609, a woman who probably died

before he came to New England. He married perhaps at Dorcester, abt 1639, widow

Dorothy Barker, who survived him, and married John King of Weymouth, in 1652.

Dorothy Barker was born in 1558 in Titenden Parish, Lee, Buckingham, England. She died in 1652 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts. She married Enoch Hunt about 1639 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts..

Her will was dated June 14, 1652 and proved Oct. 21, 1652

They had the following children:.

F i Sarah Hunt'

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The first Weymouth, Massachusetts settlers, facing starvation, Indian attacks and no leadership from colony founder Thomas Weston, scattered up and down the seaboard..

John King Returned to Weymouth.

John King, and perhaps some of the other 1622 settlers, returned to Weymouth. King went to a Maine fishing village in 1623, then to England. He returned to Weymouth with his wife, Mary, and became an extensive landowner. A mariner, he traveled throughout New England and his name is on several early town records. Weymouth’s King’s Cove, King’s Grove and King Oak Hill are named for him. Descendants include brothers William King, an early Maine governor, and U. S. Constitution signer Rufus King..