1714 William King, son of Joseph King, was born April 1, 1714 in Kingwood, New Jersey. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
1716 Abigail Doughty was born on 3 October, daughter of Jacob Doughty and Amy Whitehead. [6] [7] [8] [9]
c 1737 Joseph King and Abigail Doughty were married. [10] [11] [12] [13]
1739 William and Abigail King were condemned, on 7 of month 12, for their outgoings by the Chesterfield meeting. [14]
1763 William King, or son Joseph, purchased a farm from Nehemiah Dunham. [15]
1792 William King, of Kingwood Twsp., Hunterdon County, dated his will on May 12. Son, Joseph, all real; he paying debts. Daughter, Mercy Potts, bond of £40 due from my grandson Joseph Potts; also £30 and she to live with son, Joseph, while a widow. Granddaughter, Sarah Potts, 1 bed. Grandson, William Potts, 1 horse and my saddle and bridle. Daughters, Mercy Potts and Amy Stockton, residue of personal. Executors: son Joseph, and son-in-law, John Stockton. Witnesses: Jeremiah King, Jacob Lupp, William Lair, Robert Emley. Proved Aug. 6, 1793. [16]
1793 An inventory, with balance £219.11.5, was made on August 5, by Robert Emley and Jeremiah King. [17]
A biosketch reported [18] [19]:
William (s. of Joseph), b. 1 April, 1714, m. Abigail Doughty (dau. of Jacob and Amy), b. 3 Oct., 1716; had ch.: Marcia, b. 4 June, 1738; Amy, b. 12 Oct., 1739; Anne, b. 29 Dec., 1740; Joseph, b. 20 April, 1746 (old style), ...
A review of ancestors of Abigail Doughty reports that Mercy King, born June 4, 1738 in Kingwood, New Jersey, was the daughter of William King and Abigail Doughty, who were married in 1737. [20]
[1] Ethan Allen Doty, "The Doughty Family of Long Island," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 43 (1912), 273-87, 312-24, at 314, item 64, [InternetArchive].
[2] Ambrose Milton Shotwell, Annals of Our Colonial Ancestors and Their Descendants (1895-97), 273, Reports date 4-1-1714, [GoogleBooks].
[3] Lewis Publishing, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of the State of Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (1904), 1051, [GoogleBooks].
[4] James P. Snell, History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881), 523, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[5] Theodore Frelinghuysen Chambers, The Early Germans of New Jersey (1895), 431, [InternetArchive].
[6] Ethan Allen Doty, "The Doughty Family of Long Island," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 43 (1912), 273-87, 312-24, at 314, person 64, [InternetArchive].
[7] Ambrose Milton Shotwell, Annals of Our Colonial Ancestors and Their Descendants (1895-97), 274, reports date 10-3, 1716, [GoogleBooks].
[8] James P. Snell, History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881), 523, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[9] Lewis Publishing, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of the State of Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (1904), 1052, [GoogleBooks].
[10] Ethan Allen Doty, "The Doughty Family of Long Island," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 43 (1912), 273-87, 312-24, at 314, person 64, reports year 1736, [InternetArchive].
[11] Lewis Publishing, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of the State of Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (1904), 1051, [GoogleBooks].
[12] Ambrose Milton Shotwell, Annals of Our Colonial Ancestors and Their Descendants (1895-97), 273, [GoogleBooks].
[13] Theodore Frelinghuysen Chambers, The Early Germans of New Jersey (1895), 431, [InternetArchive].
[14] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1995), 57.
[15] James P. Snell, History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881), 431, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[16] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 37. (Wills and Administrations 8, 1791-1795) (1942), 217, citing Lib. 33, p. 290, [InternetArchive].
[17] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 37. (Wills and Administrations 8, 1791-1795) (1942), 217, citing File 1638J, [InternetArchive].
[18] Ethan Allen Doty, "The Doughty Family of Long Island," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 43 (1912), 273-87, 312-24, at 314, item 64, [InternetArchive].
[19] Theodore Frelinghuysen Chambers, The Early Germans of New Jersey (1895), 431, [InternetArchive].
[20] Lewis Publishing, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of the State of Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (1904), 1051, 1052, [GoogleBooks].