Capt. John King and Elizabeth Town

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Husband Capt. John King ¹

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           Born: 19 Jan 1737 - Salem, Essex Co, MA 1
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         Father: Jonathan King (1674-      ) 1
         Mother: Alice Verry (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 10 Jan 1757 2

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Wife Elizabeth Town ²

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Children

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1 F Sarah King ²

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           Born: 29 Aug 1758 2
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         Spouse: Bezaleel Gleason (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1 Nov 1779 2

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2 M Jonathan King ²

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           Born: 27 Aug 1760 2
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         Spouse: Mrs. Lucy Blanchard (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 13 Jan 1792 2

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3 F Elizabeth King ²

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           Born: 13 Oct 1762 2
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         Spouse: Asahel Flint (      -      ) 2

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4 M Edmund King ²

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           Born: 18 Sep 1764 2
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         Spouse: Polly Mellen (      -      ) 2

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5 M John King ²

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           Born: 22 Sep 1766 - Sutton, Worcester Co, MA 2
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           Died: 14 Mar 1824 - Phillipston, Worcester Co, MA 2
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         Spouse: Tamar Putnam (1768-1819) 2
           Marr: Mar 1784 2

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6 M Simeon King

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           Born: 8 Nov 1770
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           Died: 28 Feb 1797 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 M Solomon King ²

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           Born: 15 Sep 1772 2
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         Spouse: Sarah Phelps (      -      ) 2
           Marr: Apr 1810 2

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8 M Tarrant King ²

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           Born: 17 Aug 1774 2
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         Spouse: Betsey Morse (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 20 Jul 1802 2

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9 F Polly King ²

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           Born: 7 Aug 1776 2
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           Died: 21 Feb 1861 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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10 F Patty King ²

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           Born: 30 May 1779 2
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         Spouse: Turner Rawson (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 30 Dec 1805 2

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. John King

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He was a farmer, and settled on the place later owned by Daniel Bugbee. He at one time owned all the estate belonging to his father. He was a subscriber to the Massachusetts Spy when that paper was first published in Worcester, going himself or sending his children to the office for it each week, and his neighbors would meet at his house to hear the paper read. He early espoused the patriot cause, being orderly ser­geant of the first company enlisted in Sutton, of which Arthur Daggett was captain. Whether he marched to the seat of war with that com­pany is not known, but at the time the army was stationed at Dorchester Heights and Rox­bury, he held a commission as lieutenant in Captain Asa Danforth's company, Colonel Larned's regiment, and it was that regiment which first entered Boston after its evacuation by the British troops, March 17, 1776. Shortly after this he was appointed commissary, with the title of captain, which position he held until the close of the war. Soon after the close of the war he was appointed deputy sheriff, which position he held for several years. At that time the law was such that you could take all that a man had, and then put him in prison and keep him there as long as you were willing to pay his board. He was accustomed, when sent to attach a person's property, if he thought him honest and willing to pay, to become bail for him and so give him time, but his confidence was sometimes abused.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 905.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 906.