Thomas King Deacon
b. 21 June 1645, d. 1 December 1711
Thomas King Deacon|b. 21 Jun 1645\nd. 1 Dec 1711|p5586.htm|Thomas King Elder|b. 24 Feb 1604\nd. 24 Sep 1691|p6017.htm|Sarah Tinker|b. 26 Jul 1619\nd. 6 Jun 1652|p6019.htm|||||||Robert Tinker|b. say 1565\nd. Jun 1624|p10256.htm|Mary Merwin|b. say 1575\nd. aft. 1648|p10258.htm|
| Father* | Thomas King Elder1,2 b. 24 Feb 1604, d. 24 Sep 1691 |
| Mother* | Sarah Tinker1,2 b. 26 Jul 1619, d. 6 Jun 1652 |
| Charts | Ancestors of William Jerome Pierce James Abram Garfield - William Jerome Pierce George H. W. & George W. Bush - William Jerome Pierce |
Thomas King Deacon was born 21 June 1645 at Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.1,2 He married Elizabeth Clapp, daughter of Thomas Clapp and Jane (---), 20 April 1669 at Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.1,2,3 He married Deborah [Briggs] 15 June 1699 at Scituate.1,2 He died 1 December 1711 at Scituate.1
Thomas King is called carpenter in deeds dated 1695-6 & 1709; and husbandman in another dated 1709. He was elected and succeeded his father as deacon, a man respected in the church and community.
7 Feb 1687/8 an agreement was made regarding the laying out of seven shares of grants in Marshfield according to the grant of 18 Feb 1677/8. Elder Thomas had one share and his 20 acres of land was laid out near the Scituate town line. Deacon Thomas King took the oath of fidelity in 1668 and was elected constable on 7 Jan 1674/5, but, refusing to serve, was fined.
Some time before 1680 he bought the Nathaniel Rawlin's farm at Stoney Cove Brook in Scituate. He served on the Grand Jury on 1 Jun 1680, was elected surveyor of highways on 6 Jun 2683 and a selectman on 3 Jun 1690. On 7 Feb 1695/6 he sold to Josiah Torrey 10 acres of land located at Beaver Dam in Scituate. He acknowledged the deed on 17 Jan 1706/7. On 28 May 1702 he and Edward Wanton redivided lands in Scituate. King owned a great lot of 60 acres of upland which had been granted to his father, Elder Thomas King. This was number two of the great lots and was bounded by the "share Line." King also owned a 7 acres lot at "Drinkwater." Wanton owned 4 great lots numbered 1,3,4, and 11 of 60 acres each. On 21 Feb 1709/10 King deeded to his son Ichabod, of Rochester, 4 acres of meadow located in Marshfield, 80 acres in Gilmour’s Plain, Scituate, and 70 acres which King had received in exchange with Edward Wanton. Daniel and George King witnessed the deed. On 19 Sep 1709 Thomas King deeded to his son George, a carpenter, 10 acres located in George Moore's Swamp, valued at L25, as a part of George's inheritance.
His will was dated 5 Nov 1711 and in it he left to son Daniel the homestead on Belle House Neck, daughter Anne was to live in the house, Daniel was to pay 25s annually to mother-in-law Anne Sutliffe; to son John, “all of the farm in Marshfield on which the said John King now dwelleth” and any divisions of common lands in Marshfield, John to pay 25s annually to mother-in-law; son Ichabod had already received lands of considerable value; to son George, the house and lot "where I now dwell," he to pay 25s annually to mother-in-law; and L30 each to daughters Mercy Winslow and Anne King. The inventory of his personal estate totaled L274.4,5
Thomas King is called carpenter in deeds dated 1695-6 & 1709; and husbandman in another dated 1709. He was elected and succeeded his father as deacon, a man respected in the church and community.
7 Feb 1687/8 an agreement was made regarding the laying out of seven shares of grants in Marshfield according to the grant of 18 Feb 1677/8. Elder Thomas had one share and his 20 acres of land was laid out near the Scituate town line. Deacon Thomas King took the oath of fidelity in 1668 and was elected constable on 7 Jan 1674/5, but, refusing to serve, was fined.
Some time before 1680 he bought the Nathaniel Rawlin's farm at Stoney Cove Brook in Scituate. He served on the Grand Jury on 1 Jun 1680, was elected surveyor of highways on 6 Jun 2683 and a selectman on 3 Jun 1690. On 7 Feb 1695/6 he sold to Josiah Torrey 10 acres of land located at Beaver Dam in Scituate. He acknowledged the deed on 17 Jan 1706/7. On 28 May 1702 he and Edward Wanton redivided lands in Scituate. King owned a great lot of 60 acres of upland which had been granted to his father, Elder Thomas King. This was number two of the great lots and was bounded by the "share Line." King also owned a 7 acres lot at "Drinkwater." Wanton owned 4 great lots numbered 1,3,4, and 11 of 60 acres each. On 21 Feb 1709/10 King deeded to his son Ichabod, of Rochester, 4 acres of meadow located in Marshfield, 80 acres in Gilmour’s Plain, Scituate, and 70 acres which King had received in exchange with Edward Wanton. Daniel and George King witnessed the deed. On 19 Sep 1709 Thomas King deeded to his son George, a carpenter, 10 acres located in George Moore's Swamp, valued at L25, as a part of George's inheritance.
His will was dated 5 Nov 1711 and in it he left to son Daniel the homestead on Belle House Neck, daughter Anne was to live in the house, Daniel was to pay 25s annually to mother-in-law Anne Sutliffe; to son John, “all of the farm in Marshfield on which the said John King now dwelleth” and any divisions of common lands in Marshfield, John to pay 25s annually to mother-in-law; son Ichabod had already received lands of considerable value; to son George, the house and lot "where I now dwell," he to pay 25s annually to mother-in-law; and L30 each to daughters Mercy Winslow and Anne King. The inventory of his personal estate totaled L274.4,5
Family 1 | Elizabeth Clapp b. say 1649, d. 18 Mar 1698 |
| Marriage* | He married Elizabeth Clapp, daughter of Thomas Clapp and Jane (---), 20 April 1669 at Weymouth.1,2,3 |
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Family 2 | Deborah [Briggs] d. 15 May 1711 |
| Marriage* | He married Deborah [Briggs] 15 June 1699 at Scituate.1,2 |
Citations
- [S711] Douglas Richardson, "The English Ancestry of the Merwin and Tinker Families. Part Two: John Tinker of Boston and Lancaster, Massachusetts and Windsor and New London, Connecticut," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 149 (Oct 1995): 401-432. Hereafter cited as "Merwin and Tinker Origins (2)."
- [S472] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants To New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), Thomas King. Hereafter cited as Anderson, Great Migration, Vol IV.
- [S85] Mary Lovering Holman, Ancestral Lines of Harriett Grace Scott (Boston, Massachusetts: Harriett Grace Scott, 1919), 233. Hereafter cited as Scott Genealogy.
- [S132] Frederick Chester Warner, The Ancestry of Samuel, Freda, and John Warner, (Boston: F. C. Warner, 1949), microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #27753 Item 3, 379-380. Hereafter cited as Warner Ancestry.
- [S59] David Parsons Holton, Winslow Memorial - Family Records of Winslows and the Descendants in America with the English Ancestry as Far as Known (New York: Frances K. Holton, 1877), 87. Hereafter cited as Winslow Memorial.
- [S341] Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1978-1908: Part IV: The Ancestry of Linda Anna Powers, 1839-1879, (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000), 132-140. Hereafter cited as Smith and Sanborn, Kempton Ancestry 4.
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