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THOMAS KING (d. 1676)

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Thomas King died between 15 and 24 March 1676. He married [first?] Anne ___. She died on 24 December 1642 in Sudbury. [1] Thomas married [second?] Bridget (Loker) Davis on 26 December 1655 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [1][2][3] Bridget, the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Loker, died on 11 March 1685 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [2] She married first Robert Davis. [2] Robert was born in 1608 and died on 19 July 1655 in Sudbury. [2]

Thomas King and Peter King were early settlers of Sudbury. [4, 27]

On 17 December 1655 Thomas entered into a prenuptial agreement with Bridget. He agreed that if he should die before her, he would leave her 92 pounds. [3]

Thomas King of Marlborough made his will on 12 March 1675/6, with a codicil three days later. He left his house and property to his wife Bridget. He left his son Peter land in Sudbury, his butcher's tools, and his fowling piece. He left his his son William Kerley and daughter Anna land in Marlborough. He left his son Nathaniel Joslin and daughter Sarah land and, after his wife's death, his house and house lot. He left his three grandchildren, Thomas, Joshua, and Josiah Rice, [the eldest sons of his daughters Mary, Elizabeth, and Mercy] land in Marlborough. He left his three daughters—Anne Kerley, Mary Rice, and Sarah Joslin, household goods. He named his son Peter King his executor. He left his sons Peter King and John Brigham two horses. [3]

An inventory of Thomas's estate was taken on 24 March 1676, and amounted to 383 pounds, six shillings.  [3]

John Brigham—mentioned in Thomas's will—was the son of Thomas Brigham, born on 9 March 1644/5 in Cambridge. He was married to Thomas's stepdaughter Sarah Davis, the daughter of Bridget by her first husband. [5]

Children of Thomas King:

i. Anna King married William Kerley on 6 October 1646 in Sudbury. [4, 49]

William Kerley came to New England in the Confidence in 1638. [4, 49] He was a selectman in Marlboro and a representative to the General Court. [4, 49]

ii. Deacon Peter King died on 27 August 1704 in Sudbury. [1]

iii. Mary King died between 10 May 1710 and 11 April 1715. She married Thomas Rice.

iv. Sarah King married Nathaniel Joslin by 1657. [6] Nathaniel, the son of Thomas and Rebecca (Jude) Joslin, was born about 1627. [6]

v. Elizabeth King died by 12 March 1675/6. She married Samuel Rice, the brother of Elizabeth's brother-in-law Thomas Rice, on 8 November 1655 in Sudbury. [1][7]

vi. Mercy King married Joseph Rice on 4 May 1658 in Sudbury. [1] Joseph was also the brother of Thomas Rice.

vii. Thomas King was born on 4 December 1642 in Sudbury. [1] He died there on 3 January 1642[/3?]

Endnotes:

1. Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850 (Boston: New England History Genealogical Society, 1903).

2. Douglas Richardson, "The Riddlesdale Alias Loker Family of Bures Saint Mary, Suffolk, England and Sudbury, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 143 (1989): 330.

3. Randy Seaver, "Amanuensis Monday - The Will of Thomas King (ca1600-1676) of Marlborough, Mass.," 18 December 2023, Genea-Musings (https://www.geneamusings.com/2011/10/amanuensis-monday-will-of-thomas-king.html : accessed 18 December 2023).

4. Alfred Sereno Hudson, History of Sudbury (Sudbury: the town, 1889).

5. "Great Migration 1634–1635, A–B," digitized book, AmericanAncestors.org, originally published as:  Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634–1635, Volume I, A–B (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), 403.

6. "Great Migration, 1634–1635, I–L," digitized book, originally published as Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration to New England, 1634–1635, Volume IV, I–L (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005), 120.

7. Norman Thomas King Newton, "King-Rice," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 130 (1976): 302–4.

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Last revised: 19-Dec-2023