Children were named with birthdates in the records of the Kingwood meeting. [1]
1741 Two men named Joseph King, one of Amwell Twp [2] and one of Bethlehem Twp [3], were named as freeholders in Hunterdon County, New Jersey for the purpose of selecting a jury.
1761 Joseph King Jr, of Amwell Twp, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, yeoman, dated his will on May 25. Wife, Mary, a bed. Daughter, Jane King, a bed. Daughter, Hannah King, a bed. Daughter, Alice Maris, a bed. My grist mill and 10 acre lot to be sold, which is in Kingwood Twsp.; also 50 acres of land, where Joseph Pegg now lives, at the upper end of my tract, and the money to be divided between my wife and daughters. Sons, George and Nathan, rest of my lands, after death or marriage of wife. Sons, Nathan and George, are not 21. Executors: my wife, my son, George, and my son-in-law, John Stevenson. I desire my father-in-law, John Simcock, to assist them. Witnesses: William French, Thomas Coate, William Paxson. Proved Sept. 14, 1768. [4]
1761 Joseph King, of Amwell, was an executor for the will of William Godly, of Mansfield, Woodhouse, Sussex County. [5]
1764 Joseph King, of Hunterdon County, was a bondsman for the will of Johnston Imlay, Kingwood, Hunterdon County. Dated April 18. [6]
1769 "To be Sold, by private Sale, Part of the estate of Joseph King, late of the township of Amwell, and county of Hunterdon and province of West Jersey, deceased, consisting of a grist and saw-mill, in good repair, on a never-failing stream, known by the name of the South-Branch of Rariton, the grist-mill is fitting either for country or merchant work, together with 25 acres of land, belonging to said mills, on which, is a good stone dwelling house, together with a good frame dwelling house, having a very good well at the door, with a good frame barn; there is some meadow, and a young orchard, belonging to said tract. Another tract, containing 50 acres of land, situate on the aforesaid branch, about half a mile distant from the aforesaid mills, on which is a frame dwelling-house; there is some good meadow, and more may be made, with plenty of water, on said tract. Another tract of 146 acres, adjoining the aforesaid 50 acre tract, about 40 acres of which is cleared, the remainder well timbered and watered, on which is a good log dwelling-house, with a frame room, under which is a good cellar. Any person or persons, inclining to purchase all, or either of the aforesaid tracts, may know the conditions, by applying to George King, and John Stephenson, Executors." [7]
Research Notes:
1773 Joseph King [who was this?] was buried 6-4-1773 at age 60. [8]
[1] James W. Moore, "The Kingwood Records" The Jerseyman 4 (1898), 31, left column, [InternetArchive].
[2] Norman C. Wittwer, "Hunterdon County Freeholders, 1741," The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 37 (1962), 49-56, at 55.
[3] Norman C. Wittwer, "Hunterdon County Freeholders, 1741," The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 37 (1962), 49-56, at 56.
[4] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 33. (Wills and Administrations 4, 1761-1770) (1928), 233, citing Lib. 13, p. 451, [InternetArchive].
[5] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 33. (Wills and Administrations 4, 1761-1770) (1928), 162, [InternetArchive].
[6] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 33. (Wills and Administrations 4, 1761-1770) (1928), 213, [InternetArchive].
[7] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 26. (Newspapers 7, 1768-1769) (1904), 375, citing The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2096, February 21, 1769, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[8] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 386, [HathiTrust].