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Facts and Events
Joseph King was baptised on 26th March 1786 at Watton at Stone in Hertfordshire, son of John and Mary King.
On 9th October 1802, Joseph married Martha Walby in the nearby village of Aston. They went on to have a daughter called Maria baptised at Stevenage in 1806 and a son called Bartholomew baptised at Aston in 1809. They then returned to Joseph's native village of Watton where they had a son John baptised in 1812, but who died as a baby early in 1813. He was followed by a son called Joseph in 1814 and a daughter Eliza in 1817, both baptised at Watton. Several of the children's baptisms describe Joseph as a labourer.
Some time between 1817 and 1838 the family seems to have left Hertfordshire and moved to London. Joseph's two daughters were both married in the northern suburbs of London in September 1838. Both their marriages describe Joseph as a cow keeper. The 1841 census finds Joseph and Martha living at Whiskin Street in Clerkenwell, with Joseph again described as a cow keeper.
In April 1844, Joseph wrote his will. By that time he was living at 12 East Road, just off the City Road in the parish of Shoreditch. He described himself as a dairyman, and left his estate to his wife Martha and brother Thomas on trust to provide an income for Martha during her widowhood and after her death to be split between his four surviving children.
Joseph died on 28th January 1845 at 12 East Street. He was about 59 years old. Martha survived him by eighteen years.
References
- ↑ Church of England. Parish Registers of Watton, 1560-1928. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).
1786 / March 26 Joseph Son of John & Mary King
This baptism has been linked to the Joseph King who married Martha Walby on the basis that it is around the time implied by the age quoted when he died, he had a brother called Thomas (who the adult Joseph referred to in his will), and a sister Maria, who appears in the 1851 census visiting Joseph and Martha's daughter Maria Sears in Waltham Abbey. The Joseph baptised in 1786 also had a brother with the distinctive name Bartholomew, which was a name he gave to one of his own children.
- ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class HO107; Piece 660; Book 5; Folio 24; Page 2, 6 Jun 1841.
Address: Wiskin Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex
Joseph King, male, 50 [1786-91], Cow keeper, not born in county
Martha King, female, 55 [1781-6], not born in county
Rich[ar]d Flint, male, 20 [1816-21], M[ale] S[ervant], not born in county
John Wicks, male, 15 [1821-6], M[ale] S[ervant], not born in county
Tho[ma]s Rolfe, male, 15 [1821-6], M[ale] S[ervant], not born in county
Louisa Piddle, female, 15 [1821-6], F[emale] S[ervant], not born in county
Margarett Flint, female, 15 [1821-6], F[emale] S[ervant], not born in county
Jo[h]n Crips, male, 15 [1821-6], M[ale] S[ervant], not born in county
- ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. Joseph KING, March Quarter 1845, Shoreditch Registration District, Volume 2, page 323, aged 59 [1785/6]
- ↑ Church of England. Prerogative Court of Canterbury, and Ancestry.com (comp.). England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database]. (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2013)
Class PROB11; Piece 2014.
This is the last Will and Testament of me Joseph King of No. 12 East Road City Road in the County of Middlesex dairyman First I will and direct that all my just debts and funeral and testamentary expences be fully paid and discharged by my Executrix and Executor hereinafter named And I give and bequeath unto my wife Martha King of No. 12 East Road aforesaid and my brother Thomas King of Waltham Abbey in the County of Essex Gardner my executrix and Executor hereinafter named All my leasehold messuage or tenement and premises with the appurtenances thereunto belonging or therewith used now in my occupation situate and being No. 12 East Road aforesaid And also all my oxen cows horses cattle and stock in trade dairy utensils and fixtures and also all my household furniture plate linen china glass and all other my goods chattels stocks in the funds debts monies and securities for money and all other my Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever upon the trusts and to and for the trusts intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned that is to say that they the said Martha King and Thomas King or the survivor of them her or his executors or administrators do and shall sell and dispose of such part of my said personal estate and effects hereinbefore bequeathed as shall not consist of ready money for the most money that can be had and obtained for the same and do and shall collect get in and receive each all and every the debts sum and sums of money which may be due and owing to me at the time of my death and the money arising by the sale of that part of my said personal estate which shall not consist of money together with the monies to be received on account of the said debts or sums of money so due and owing to me as aforesaid do and shall lay out and invest the same in government or real security and do and shall pay the interest dividends and annual produce thereof as and when the same shall become payable unto my said wife Martha King or otherwise permit her to receive the same for and during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after her decease Then upon trust that they the said Martha King and Thomas King or the survivor of them his executors or administrators do and shall pay transfer and assign the whole of such principal monies stocks funds and securities and all accumulations thereof unto and amongst all and every my four children namely Maria Sears the wife of William Sears of Waltham Abbey aforesaid Batholomew King of No. 12 East Road aforesaid Joseph King of Amwell ['Street' crossed out and note in margin 'orig[ina]l so'] Cottage Claremont Square in the County of Middlesex Milkman and Eliza Fink the wife of John Fink of No. 41 Whiskin Street John Street in the said County Policeman equally between and amongst them share and share alike as tenants in common And I direct that in case any or either of my said four children shall die in the lifetime of my said wife Martha King leaving lawful issue Then I give and bequeath the share of such of my said four children respectively so dying to the issue respectively of such of my said children who may depart this life in the lifetime of my said wife in equal shares if more than one but in case any or either of my said four children shall happen to depart this life without leaving any lawful issue Then I give and bequeath the share of him her or them so dying without issue to such of my said four children who shall be then surviving to be equally divided between them if more than one Provided always And I do hereby direct that not withstanding the power of sale hereinbefore given to my said executrix and executor it shall be lawful for my said wife Martha King of her own authority to postpone the sale of any part of my said personal estate or effects for such period as to her may seem expedient And my will further is that in all cases where any female shall derive and benefit under the bequests or trusts of this my will such bequests shall not be subject or liable to the power control debts or engagements of any present or future husband or husbands my will and mind being such bequests shall be enjoyed by such female legatees for their own sole and separate uses And I do hereby name and appoint my said wife Martha King and my said brother Thomas King Executrix and Executor of this my will and do hereby revoke all former wills by me at any time made and declare this to be my last will and testament In witness whereof I have hereunto and to each and every sheet of this my will subscribed my name this sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four The Mark X Joseph King the Testator - Signed by the above named Joseph King the testator by his making his mark thereto as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses the same having been first read over and explained to the said Joseph King the testator - James Hudson No. 49 Basinghall Street London Gentleman - Benjamin Price No. 60 Moorgate Street London Gent[lema]n
Proved at London 10th March 1845 before the worshipful Frederic Thomas Pratt Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oaths of Martha King widow the relict and Thomas King the brother the Executors to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn duly to administer
[Marginal note:]
On the 15th July 1863 adm[inistrati]on with the Will annexed of the personal estate and effects of Joseph King late of No. 12 East Road City Road in the county of Middlesex Dairyman who died 28th January 1845 at No. 12 East Road aforesaid left unadministered by Martha King widow deceased whilst living the relict one of the executors one of the Residuary Legatees in trust and the Residuary Legatee in life and Thomas King deceased whilst living the Brother the other Executor and the other Residuary Legatee in trust named in the said Will was granted to Maria Sears widow (formerly wife of William Sears) the Daughter one of the residuary Legatees substituted in the said Will she having been sworn. The said Martha King having survived the other Executor and died intestate.
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