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Personal data William King One of the Earliest Sea Captains to Visit Colonial Virginia
Source 1Source 2- He was born in the year 1544 in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
- Alternative: He was born in the year 1544 in East, Cornwall, England.
- He died on September 28, 1609 in Bewdley, Worcestershire, England, he was 65 years old.
- He is buried on August 25, 1609 in St. Botolph Aldgate, London, England.
Attention: Buried (August 25, 1609) before death (September 28, 1609). - A child of Captain William King and Margaret Ferrers
Household of William King One of the Earliest Sea Captains to Visit Colonial Virginia
(1) He is married to Blanche Mainwaring.
They got married at Cheshire, England.
They got married about 1569 at Cheshire, England. They got married on December 14, 1595 at Exeter St Leonard, Devonshire, England, he was 51 years old.Child(ren):
- Francis King ± 1565-????
- Thomas King ± 1566-????
- William King ± 1568-????
- Michael King 1570-????
- George King 1566-< 1625
- Margaret King ± 1568-????
(2) He had a relationship with Elizabeth Barradell.
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=58946249&pid=1758
/ Ancestry.com - Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, Ancestry.com, Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR21/1/R1/1 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Day of death September 28, 1609
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1609: Source: Wikipedia
- April 5 » Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
- April 9 » Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
- July 25 » The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there.
- July 30 » Beaver Wars: At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on behalf of his native allies.
- September 11 » Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
- September 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.
Day of burial August 25, 1609
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1609: Source: Wikipedia
- April 5 » Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
- May 23 » Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place.
- July 30 » Beaver Wars: At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on behalf of his native allies.
- August 25 » Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
- August 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
- September 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.
Same birth/death day
- 1582 » George Buchanan, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1506)
- 1596 » Margaret Clifford, countess of Derby (b. 1540)
- 1618 » Josuah Sylvester, English poet and translator (b. 1563)
- 1687 » Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian and academic (b. 1623)
- 1694 » Gabriel Mouton, French mathematician and theologian (b. 1618)
- 1702 » Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, French-English lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1640)
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