1745 On 12 of month 4, Joseph King was born. [1]
Joseph King married three times to a daughter of James Willson, to Anne widow of Isaac Lundy and daughter of Jacob Large, and to Sarah Scott widow of Doughty Stockton. [2]
1759 On 20 October, Joseph King, Sr., of Kingwood Twp., Hunterdon County, yeoman, dated his will. Son, Joseph, 5 shillings, as I have given to him much. Son, William, 5 shillings, he having had his portion. Granddaughter, Mercy Hunt, some goods, which are now in keeping of my son, William. My plantation in Kingwood, where I lately lived, to be sold. Executors: my eldest son, Joseph, and my son-in-law, Mansfield Hunt, my grandson, Joseph Hunt, my grandson, Joseph King (the son of my son William). Witnesses: John Mullinner, Thomas Coate, John Brock. Proved Jan. 2, 1762. [3]
1761 Joseph King died on 10 December in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. [4]
1764 On 6 June, Joseph King, of Kingwood, Hunterdon County, Ward, Grandson of Joseph King, of said place, deceased. He makes choice of Robert Emley as his Guardian. Guardian: Robert Emley, of Kingwood, said County. Fellowbondsman: Joseph Hollinshead, of City of Burlington. Witness: Joseph Read. [5]
1774 Joseph King, of Kingwood Twp, Hunterdon County, perhaps this one, was an executor of the will of John Forman, of the same place. [6]
1792 Joseph King was named as the son in the will of William King, of Kingwood Twp, Hunterdon County. Inventory by Robert Emley. [7]
Research Notes:
1785 Joseph King was buried 8-18-1785 at age 46. [8]
[1] Ambrose Milton Shotwell, Annals of Our Colonial Ancestors and Their Descendants (1895-97), 274, [GoogleBooks].
[2] James P. Snell, History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881), 523, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[3] 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. 11, p. 343, [InternetArchive].
[4] Lewis Publishing, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of the State of Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (1904), 1051, [GoogleBooks].
[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), 233, citing Lib. 11, p. 521, [InternetArchive].
[6] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 34. (Wills and Administrations 5, 1771-1780) (1931), 185, [InternetArchive].
[7] 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, [InternetArchive].
[8] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 386, [HathiTrust].