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Personal data John "Good Man" King 

• Also known as Kinge.
• Nickname is Good Man.
• He was born about 1600 in England.
• He died after 1669 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• A child of Ralph King

Household of John "Good Man" King

(1) He is married to Mary Blucks.

They got married in the year 1626 at Northampton, Hampshire.

Child(ren):

1. Samuel King  1640-1711 
2. John King  1633-1691
3. Abigail King  1641-????
4. Philip King  ± 1645-1710
5. Thomas King  1650-1713

(2) He is married to Dorothy UNKNOWN.

They got married in the year 1647 at Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

(3) He is married to Abigail Hewes.

They got married on October 14, 1658 at Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Child(ren):

1. Mary King  1639-1676

Notes about John "Good Man" King

{{Puritan Great Migration}}

== Biography ==John King settled prior to 1638Pope, Charles. The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents. Volume , Page 270. Published Boston, CH Pope, 1900. https://archive.org/stream/pioneersofmassac00pope#page/270/mode/2up/search/King in that part of the town of Weymouth, Massachusetts still known as King's Cove, where he was on record as seaman planter and good man. He was of English birth and parentage and came to New England with John Humphrey deputy governor of the Massachusetts Colony. ''Mr. Humfrey and Lady Susan brought ordinance and individuals… (Footnote 3) One of these was the Planter. The bill of lading for the government stores, put on board by Humfrey, who was, probably, a passenger, was dated 7 April.''See the account of Treasurer Pynchon, in Mass. Hist Coll. VIII. 228.Winthrop, John, 1588-1649. The History of New England From 1630 to 1649, Volume 1, Page 160. A new ed. / Boston: Little, Brown, 1853. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnewengl01inwint#page/n363/mode/2upWinthrop, John, 1588-1649. The History of New England From 1630 to 1649, Volume 1, Page 160. A new ed. / Boston: Little, Brown, 1853. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnewengl01inwint#page/n363/mode/2upAmerican Biography: A New Cyclopedia, Volume 6, P 182. edited by William Richard Cutter American Historical Society, 1919. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081835849;view=1up;seq=368
With certainty, we know that John had arrived and was settled on October 4, 1638, when John (and others) were giving testimony in court ''appearing were discharged till further information bee given about the murtherer [murderer] they tooke from the iland.''Massachusetts Court of Assistants; Noble, John. Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692, Volume 2, Page 77. County of Suffolk, Publisher, 1904. https://archive.org/stream/recordscourtass00crongoog#page/n93/mode/2up/search/Kinge He and his wife most likely came with their contracted employer, John Humphrey. John and Mary gave testimony when Mr. Humphrey returned to England earlier than was originally expected and their contract was being settled: :''John King and Mary his wife heretofore servants to the world John Humfrey Esq make their account as followeth. They say that being bound to serve four yeares only it was agreed that they should be freed when they came to New England for two dayes worke a weeke by the said John King only for seven yeares w comes to at the rate of twelve pence a day meat and drinke 36L 8s. '':''And whereas the said servants did serve one yeare and a quarter of the said foure yeares the same being valued according to the rate of 6s a weeke for the said John King and three shillings a weeke for his said wife comes to 29 5s. And whereas the said John King since his departure hath served the said John Humfrey twelve weekes wen comes at the said rate of 6s a weeke 3L12s in all 32L 17s being deducted out of the said 36L 8s. There remaynes due to the said John Humfrey 3L 11s. '':Signed: '' John King Mary King Boston 2 Sept. 1640.'' Lechford, Thomas. Note-book kept by Thomas Lechford, lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts bay from June 27, 1638 to July 29, 1641, Page 308. Published Cambridge, J Wilson and Sons, 1885. https://archive.org/stream/notebookkeptbyth00lech#page/618/mode/2up/search/HumfreyLechford, Thomas, Hale, Edward Everett, Trumbull, James Hammond, Note-book kept by Thomas Lechford, esq., lawyer, in Boston, Massachusetts bay, from June 27, 1638, to July 29, 1641, Page 308. Publisher Cambridge, J. Wilson and son, 1885. https://archive.org/stream/notebookkeptbyth00lech#page/616/mode/2up/search/King
In October of 1640, John was the master of a of fishing boat Thomas Applegate.Lechford, Thomas, Hale, Edward Everett, Trumbull, James Hammond, Note-book kept by Thomas Lechford, esq., lawyer, in Boston, Massachusetts bay, from June 27, 1638, to July 29, 1641, Page . Publisher Cambridge, J. Wilson and son, 1885. https://archive.org/stream/notebookkeptbyth00lech#page/788/mode/2up/search/King He witnessed a deed between Robin Hood and John Richards 22 June 1654 Suffolk Deeds, Volume 2, Number 52. https://archive.org/stream/suffolkdeeds02suff#page/n53/mode/2up
A description of John King's property in Weymouth is described as having a dwelling house, orchards, and marshes.Suffolk County, Mass. Suffolk County Deeds, Volume 1, Liber 1, Entry 111. Published Boston, 1653. https://archive.org/stream/suffolkdeeds01suff#page/n217/mode/2up/search/King In 1657, we learn John's age due to testimony given in court. ''John King aiged about Fiffty seven yeares...’’ This statement given at the beginning of testimony in 1657 would calculate John’s date of birth in about 1600. We also learn that John is still at sea, his testimony revealing that he and others were delivering goods at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennebec_River Kennebeck River] in Maine.’’Joshua Read versus Richard Collicott’’. The Genealogical Advertiser, Volume 1, Number 4. Pages 90-95, This quote page 94. Somerset Printing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, December 1898. https://books.google.com/books?id=cbQtAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Children of John King and Mary:Weymouth Historical Society, Weymouth, Mass. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts: Published by the Weymouth Historical Society, Volume 3, Page 349-350. Howard H. Joy, President. Under Direction of the Town. [Boston: Wright & Potter printing company], 1923. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101067881407;view=1up;seq=353
: [[King-217 |John, Jr.]],2 received grants 14 Dec. 1663.
: [[King-221|Samuel]], marriageable, 17 Sept. 1658.: [[King-1760|Mary]], b. at Weymouth, 15 June, 1639;NEHGS, Weymouth Births to 1850, Page 161. NEHGS, Publisher, 1910. https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofwe1850newe#page/161/mode/2up m. there 30 Nov. 1658, Josiah Chapin of Braintree and Mendon; d. 30 May, 1676.: [[King-1975|Abigail]], b. at Weymouth, 14 Mar. 1641
: [[King-229 |Philip]], b. at Weymouth, near 1645.
John's marriage to his second wife, Dorothy Hunt is not recorded in Weymouth records, nor is the death of Mary. We know that Enoch Hunt was Dorothy's second husband who removed to Weymouth, Massachusetts where he was settled in 1640; married first in England name of wife unknown; second '''Dorothy Barker widow''' who survived him and married third '''John King''' of Weymouth in 1652. (p. 159)Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 2 Ellery Bicknell Crane Lewis Pub., 1907 What is found are records which refer to John's wife Dorothy and her reference to children in her will. Her will was written on June 14, 1652 and in it she names children from her previous marriage(s) being: daughters Sarah Hunt, Ruth Barker and Susanna Heath, and appointed her son Joseph Barker as executor. Linzee, John William. The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their Ancestors and Descendants, with the Best Wishes of the Author, Private Printing: Samuel Usher, Boston, Massachusetts, 1913 p. 517 Suffolk County, MA: Index to Probate Records, 1636-1893 : Index: Vol. 2: p. 213 Suffolk County Wills: Abstracts of the Earliest Wills Upon Record in the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts, Excerpts from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1984 p. 41 ‘’Earliest Wills on Record in Suffolk County, Ms’’. New England Historic and Genealogical Society, Volume 5, Page 239. Publisher Samuel Drake, Boston, 1851. https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_MQe21xly7AsC#page/n243/mode/2up Acknowledgement of her inventory.’’Abstracts of Early Wills’’. New England Historic and Genealogical Society, Volume 8, Page 60. Publisher Samuel Drake, Boston, 1854. https://archive.org/stream/newenglandhistor1854wate#page/n117/mode/2up
Thirdly, John married the widow Abigail Hatch, at Weymouth on October 14, 1658. Abigail was the daughter of John and Joan (unk) Hewes of Plymouth. Her birth is estimated ''c''1633, as her parents were ordered to sit 'in the stocks' after conceiving a child out of wedlock. Anderson, Robert C. Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995 p. 919 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)NEHGS, Weymouth Marriages and Deaths to 1850, Page 108. NEHGS, Publisher, 1910. https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofw1850newe_0#page/n215/mode/2up On August 15, 1657, spinster Abigial Hatch of Scituate, widow of William Hatch, sold ot her father John Hewes, her house, barn and adjacent lands, being 13 acres of upland and meadow with an additional 5 acres of meadow, given her by her husband's father. Abigail Kinge petitioned the Plymouth court on June 14, 1669 to confirm the sale in 1657 of the lands of her former husband William Hatch, to her father John Hewes, her daughter Phebe Hatch now being 16 years of age, and being provided for.

John's exact date of death is not known.

==Comments==The death date for John's first wife Mary does not agree with the birth of four their children. According to the dates provided, Mary was about 12 years old when she married John. Given that there is no source for Mary's birth, she could have been older. Their first child was born seven years after John and Marry married which seems like a long interval but there could have been children born before John in 1633. They could have died in infancy but they are not recorded here. Samuel was born in 1640, Abigail was born in 1641 (a year or so after Mary's death), Philip was born in 1645 (5 years after Mary died) and Thomas was born 10 years after Mary died.
John remarried in 1647 and again in 1658. But no children are shown from these marriages and the aforementioned children are attributed to John and Mary.

== Sources ==



== Acknowledgement ==
* [[LeBlanc-385 | Kim LeBlanc]], firsthand knowledge. * This person was created through the import of The Ties That Bind.ged on 12 July 2010. * This person was created through the import of 2011-05-03 Family Tree_2011-05-24.ged on 25 May 2011.
* [[Hoyt-576|Chris Hoyt]], 26 February 2012.

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