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Facts and Events
| Name |
Lieutenant John King |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2] |
5 Jul 1657 |
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States |
| Marriage |
4 Nov 1686 |
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mehitabel Pomeroy |
| Death[4] |
15 Mar 1720 |
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States |
| Alt Death[1] |
20 Mar 1720 |
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States |
| Burial[5] |
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Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John King (1), John King (2), in Trumbull, James Russell. History of Northampton : Northampton Genealogies, 1640-1838. (Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States: n.p., bef 1899)
259, 61.
"John (King): b. July, 1657"
"John King (2): son of John, Sr. (1); d. March 20, 1720, in his 63rd. year."
- ↑ 14 Mehitable Pomeroy, in Pomeroy, Albert Alonzo. History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family: Collateral Lines in Family Groups, Normandy, Great Britain and America; Comprising the Ancestors and Descendants of Eltweed Pomeroy from Beaminster, County Dorset, England, 1631. (Toledo, Ohio: Franklin Print. and Engraving Co., 1912-1922)
146.
"… Lieut. John King, Jr., b. July 5, 1657, Northampton, d. 1702 [20 March 1720], son of John King and Sarah Holton; … John King was chosen Ensign of the Northampton company of minute-men recommended by the First Provincial Congress, previous to which he had been concerned in 'Father Rale's war.' He was with the deer-hunting party, consisting of Daniel Pomeroy, Seth Lyman and Major Allen, at the time the latter was shot by Seth Lyman, who in the snowy atmosphere mistook him for a deer. This caused great excitement, and Mr. Lyman was brought before the Court of General Sessions after the death of Major Allen. He pleaded not guilty but was bound over in the sum of £ 10,000 to the Supreme Court for trial. John King and Daniel Pomeroy were recognized in the sum of £100 each to appear as witnesses. Lyman was tried and acquitted. John King served in the Revolution as Lieutenant of a company of minute-men in 1777, and took part against the Ely insurrection."
Mr. Pomeroy seems to have confused the exploits of multiple men named John King. The first provincial congress met in 1774; Father Rale's war took place in Maine between 1722 and 1725; the deer hunting party resulting in the death of Major Jonathan Allen occurred in 1780; and the Ely insurrection in 1782; all well after the death of this man.
- Births, in Northampton (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records, 1654-1872. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958)
p. 6 (Image 11).
"Births in 1657
July John son of John and Sarah King was borne"
[Note: day of birth may have been noted; record too faded to know]
- ↑ Corbin, Walter E. (Compiler), and Robert J. (Transcriber) Dunkle. Corbin Collection. Volume 1: Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts: Northampton Vital Records. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003)
120, 900.
"Deaths in 1720 … King Leit. John [died] Mar. 15 1720"
"[3710] King, Lieutenant John Death [OB-145] March 15th: 1720 Leit. John King died:"
- ↑ John King, in Find A Grave.
No image provided; no actual evidence of burial presented. However, it is quite likely that he was buried in the Bridge Street Cemetery.
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