Lorna's family forest

John King^1,2

(after 1676 - circa March 1737)

Father

John King (bef. 1655 - cir. Dec 1686); having removed the intervening Robert/Ann inserted by the Dartmoor Web pages³

Mother

Florence Bootel³ (bef. 1655 - cir. Jan 1689)

Relationship

6th great-grandfather of Lorna Henderson

BMDB data

     John King was born aft. 1676 prob. at ?Sampford Spiney, DEV, ENG.^4,5,6
     John King married Elizabeth Northmore on 25 Sep 1699 Bickleigh, DEV, ENG, entry reads: 1699 John King and Elizabeth Northmore were married Sep 25th (I initially transcribed this as 29th, but the Dartmoor Press web pages have 25th, as does John, and rechecking it, the chap's 9s do look rather different, so I've agreed it's a 5.)^2,7,1,8
     John King died cir. Mar 1737 ?Sampford Spiney, DEV.^1,4 He was buried on 24 Mar 1736/37 Walkhampton, DEV, ENG

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Census/Where lived/Occupations

Fr 1702 - 1707 John and Elizabeth were living Sampford Spiney, DEV, ENG, according to their children's baptisms.^1,4

All the other info

     John King and Robert King were possibly related, ?siblings?³
     John outlived his wife Elizabeth King who died cir. Nov 1708 ?wonder if John remarried. He would have had a newborn child to look after along with at least a 1, 4 and 6 yr old.^9,10
     John King was Sampford Spiney, Roborough Hundred, DEV, ENG, in 1733 as he appears on the Devon Freeholders lists for that year, being shown as eligible, and obliged, to serve on juries. In 1730 the qualification for such service was widened from owning freehold land of £10 or more, to include men 21 to 70 who held land by lease of a minimum value of £20, provided such leases were for 500 years or more, or 99 years or other term determiniable on one or more lives. On the 1741 lists, his sons (my assumption as to relationships) Richard and Walter King show up as leaseholders instead of John, given he had died 4 years earlier.¹¹

Family

Elizabeth Northmore (cir. 1680 - cir. Nov 1708)

Children

Richard King+^12,1 (cir. Oct 1702 - cir. Aug 1780)
George King¹³ (Nov 1704 - )
Walter King+^2,4 (Mar 1706/7 - cir. Apr 1771)
John King¹⁴ (cir. 1708 - cir. Apr 1712)

Charts

My pedigree chart
Maternal ancestors of Lorna
Maternal timeline
KING

Last Edited

15 Jul 2019

Citations

Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bap. 1702 Richard KING, extracted from the Walkhampton Parish Registers, Tavistock Library, Aug 2006.
Dartmoor Press online at http://home.clara.net/dartmoorpress/, The Barter Kings of Lower Dittisham, from DartmoorPress/WalknPropsWalkValley.html, extracted Sep 2006.
"Lorna's Family History Musings", Nov 2006.
John Lunceford, "EM LUNCEFORD, John," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Bap. 1706/7 Walter, to John KING and Elizabeth (NORTHMORE), Sampford Spiney rcvd Oct 2006.
John Lunceford, "EM LUNCEFORD, John," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Bur. 1736/7 John KING, Walkhampton, rcvd Oct 2006.
Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bur. 1676 John son of John KING & fflorence his wife, extracted from Walkhampton Burials, Nov 2006.
Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Marr. 1699 Elizabeth NORTHMORE and John KING, Bickleigh, MF3, extracted West Devon Record Office, Aug 2006.
Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Marr.23 Sep 1699 John KING and Elizabeth NORTHMORE, extracted from Bickleigh marriages, Nov 2006.
John Lunceford, "EM LUNCEFORD, John," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Bur. 1708 Elizabeth KING nee NORTHMORE, Walkhampton, rcvd Oct 2006.
Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bur. 1708 Elizabeth KING, from Walkhampton burials, extracted Nov 2006.
DEV: Freeholders 1711-1799 online at http://www.foda.org.uk/fredeholders/intro/introduction1.htm/…, 1733, (not 1741) John KING, Sampford Spiney, extracted May 2007.
Dartmoor Press online at http://home.clara.net/dartmoorpress/, The Barter Kings of Lower Dittisham, from http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/…, extracted Sep 2006.
Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bap. 1704 George KING, extracted from the Walkhampton Parish Registers, Tavistock Library, Aug 2006.
John Lunceford, "EM LUNCEFORD, John," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Extended family of Walter and Ann KING, rcvd Oct 2006.

E. & O. E. Some/most parish records are rather hard to read and names, places hard to interpret, particularly if you are unfamiliar with an area.

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