Spouse: Frederick TEMPLE-785. Hannah KING and Frederick TEMPLE were married about 1780.⁴⁹⁸⁵⁵ Children were: Benjamin TEMPLE-951, Erastus TEMPLE-952, Rebecca TEMPLE-953, Sarah TEMPLE-956, Hannah TEMPLE-954, Frederick Barnard (Frederick) TEMPLE-955.

Parents: George KING-91022 and Martha J. -91023.

Spouse: UNKNOWN-91027. UNKNOWN and Harrison A. KING were married about 1910. Children were: Francis G. KING-91014, Wilfred R. KING-91015.

Spouse: Anna C. TEMPLE-91009. Anna C. TEMPLE and Harrison A. KING were married in 1910.⁴⁹⁸⁴⁷ Children were: Theis L. KING-91016.

Spouse: Mildred E. SHIELDS-169049. Children were: Geraldine Rae KING-169047.

Spouse: Ivelia TEMPLE-148640.

Spouse: Edwin (Edward) REAMES-44005. Children were: Annanas H. REAMES-44004.

Spouse: UNKNOWN-129044. UNKNOWN and I.R. KING were married before 1926. Children were: Malissa KING-82356.

Spouse: Judge Richard Henry POWELL-33752. Ida M. KING and Judge Richard Henry POWELL were married on 21 March 1883.⁴⁹⁸⁵⁷

Spouse: Sarah TEMPLE-1985. Sarah TEMPLE and Isaac M. KING were married in July 1852.²⁵⁴¹⁷ Children were: John P. KING-98227.

Spouse: UNKNOWN-182842. UNKNOWN and J.A. KING were married before 1917. Children were: Frances Adele KING-182840.

Spouse: Betty Louise (Betty) MARTIN-90473. Betty Louise (Betty) MARTIN and Jack Reese KING were married on 3 February 1951 in Vancouver, Clark, WA.⁴⁹⁸⁵⁹ This was claimed to be his first and her second marriage. They⁴⁹⁸⁵⁹ were divorced on 19 November 1957 in ID.^49860,49861 There may be records confusion here, but it appears she concluded two divorces on one date.

Spouse: Margaret Susan PRICE-100192. Children were: Marguerite Susan (Charly) KING-79411.

Spouse: Inez BREVARD-33559. Children were: Patricia Brevard (Pat) KING-33557.

Spouse: Mary Ann TEMPLE-160519. Mary Ann TEMPLE and James KING were married on 19 March 1863 in Decatur Co., GA.⁴⁹⁸⁶²

Spouse: Dorothy -181032. Children were: Tanya L. KING-TEMPLE-181030.

Spouse: Emma Pearl (Pearl) TEMPLE-41217. Emma Pearl (Pearl) TEMPLE and James Earl (Earl) KING were married before 1936.⁴⁹⁸⁰⁸ Children were: Anna Mae KING-100503, Bonnie Lee KING-115762.

Spouse: Sally Lilly WOLCOTT-33644. Sally Lilly WOLCOTT and James T. KING were married on 1 December 1804 in Franklin, Norfolk, MA.⁵²⁴³ Children were: Jason Willcutt KING-33662, James S. KING-33663, Joel Willcutt KING-33664.

Spouse: Mary Frances TEMPLE-157431. Mary Frances TEMPLE and James Wiley KING were married before 1880. Children were: Trena Howell KING-157433.

From: Peter King <thekings@@crocker.com>
To: "Joan King" <jking2000@@home.com>
Subject: The Kings of Colrain
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 19:47:03 -0500

Hello Joan-

Glad you like the four generations. You certainly may enter it to your website. Since that picture was taken in either late 1899 or the first part of 1900 it is over 100 yrs old since our father would be 102 this year. I believe it was taken at a studio in Shelburne Falls, MA. (note the lace window dressing in the picture).

That's a great picture of your father. There sure is a King resemblance there. He certainly has a King nose.

How did you get the information from ancestry.com.? I've tried several ways with little success, and I subscribed as a premium member with ancestry.

We have lots of information about Jason and Sarepta on down. What we don't know about is Jason's siblings.

The only thing we know,aside from his birth parents, birth,marriage and death dates; is that he was the 6th child of James and Lillie.

Jason and Sarepta had 13 children. Here are some additional facts:
Children of Jason and Sarepta King of Colrain, MA
i. Edwin R. - died 25 May 1909; married Lucretia Stevens; no children
ii. Arlina S. - d. 4 Jan 1916; not married
iii. Harlan P. - d. 8 Feb 1923; not married
iv. Mary S. - d. 28 Apr 1920; married John Underwood 30 Apr. 1868; 1 adopted child
v. Martha J. - 2 Apr 1920; married Adelna Wood 2 Apr 1873; 1 adopted child
vi. Julia M. - d. 11 Aug1928; married George Carpenter 26 Oct 1876; 3 children,1 adopted
vii. David H. - d.18 Sep 1936; married Isabelle Holdridge 2 Apr 1873; 6 children
viii. Lilly R. - married Mark Batchelder
ix. Arsenath A. - married Arthur Wood 19 Nov 1873; 3 children
x. Arcelia A. - d. 17 May 1854 ae 11 months
xi. Joel W. - d. 18 Sep 1928; married Cleora Call; 3 children
xii. Arcelia A. (again) - born 6 Oct 1856; d. 1 Mar 1931; married Stephen Saunders
xiii. Rosalia B. - d. 24 May 1859 ae 13 months

All the information about their birthdates and middle names you sent is correct. They are all, except for Harlan, buried in the West Branch Cemetery, Colrain, MA. I had taken a whole roll of pictures of their gravestones last fall but the film was overdeveloped at a Walmart (cheaper is NOT always better) here so I have to do it again! Think snow melt!

About twins in our King line:

My mother Bernice (Smith) King was a twin. Her sister, Beatrice, died in infancy. Identical. Mother bore two sets of twins:
1. Elizabeth and Patricia King, b. 22 Mar 1930, fraternal
2. Paul and Peter King, b. 12 Mar 1936, identical
My sister Janet Kings first born were twin girls(only one survived childbirth), identical
Patricia's daughter Colleen gave birth to twins, identical
Go figure.

Do you know Rhoda Phillips' fathers name? There's lots of Deerfield information here vis -a-vis the historical society. I'd be happy to do a look-up for you if you like.

As a child I heard a neat story about Jason.
He was blind in his later years and would shave blind in front of a mirror with a straight razor shaving his face and above his upper lip with nary a scratch or cut to the amazement of his grandchildren watching.

Thanks again Joan. P.S. My sister Betty is pretty excited about our correspondence. - Peter Parents: James T. KING-33641 and Sally Lilly WOLCOTT-33644.

Spouse: Charles Orbra (Orbra/O.C.) TEMPLE Sr.-47949. Jenny Bell KING and Charles Orbra (Orbra/O.C.) TEMPLE Sr. were married on 8 June 1919 in Nashville, Davidson, TN.^49868,49871 The ceremony was in the bride's home. Children were: Mary Ella TEMPLE-91373, Margaret L. TEMPLE-73430, Kathryn TEMPLE-73431, Aubrey J. TEMPLE-73432, Orbra Charles (O.C.) TEMPLE Jr.-74791.

Spouse: Benjamin STEBBINS-26509. Jerusha KING and Benjamin STEBBINS were married on 5 July 1758 in Brimfield, Hampden, MA.⁴⁹⁸⁷² Children were: Jotham STEBBINS-26507.

Spouse: Anna LEE-108778. Anna LEE and John KING were married before 1893. Children were: Joseph Patrick KING-82939.

C501321 -1850 0014791, 0496902 IT 1 Film documents Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts as birthplace, according to LDS site
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NEHGR 20:20 John King: Volunteer in the Continental Army 1775-6 (Town of Scituate) (Could this be his son, born Apr 25, 1765, pension claim #W 12021, who married Sarah Hawkins? He was credited, but would have been only 11 years old. That John King was a fifer and Drummer in the Revolution, enlisting at age 17 in April 1782 in Captain John Mill's Company, Colonel Voss's First Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged at Newburgh, NY, November 18, 1783. His pension application was made in April 1818 in Tioga, NY, calling him John King "of Northumberland". [Note: try Pension application S10948, for John King, Mass.)

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In 1874, Elias Nason described the town of Ashfield as follows:
Ashfield is an uneven and hilly grazing-town, of 242 dwelling-houses and 1,180 inhabitants, in the south-western part of Franklin County, having Hawley and Buckland on the north, Conway on the east, Goshen on the south, and Plainfield on the west. It lies at an elevation of about 1,200 feet, on the highlands midway between Deerfield and Westfield Rivers, to the former of which it sends as tributaries Clesson's Brook, Bear and South Rivers; and to the latter, Stone's Brook and Swift River. Peter's Hill, Ridge Hill, Mill Hill, and Mount Owen, are prominent elevations; and Great Pond, covering 60 acres, near the centre of the town, is enclosed as a beautiful gem between them. Calcareous mica schist forms the geological structure. There are 225 farms, and 2,844 acres of woodland, from which large quantities of firewood, bark, and timber, are prepared for market. The town has 1, 556 sheep, the largest number owned by any town in the county. Most of these are merinos.

Tobacco is raised extensively and with profit. The principal manufacture is wooden-ware, for which the ash, birch, and maple of the forests furnish ample material. The valuation of the town is $535,272; rate of taxation, $2.33 per $100. Ashfield, as a town, insures the property of its own citizens. The town has ten saw-mills, two postal centres (Ashford [i.e., Ashfield] and South Ashford [i.e., South Ashfield]), and three churches,--one Congregational, of which the Rev. James Dingwell is pastor; one Baptist, the Rev. David Pease, pastor; and one Episcopal, at the Centre, the Rev. S. Green, rector. The number of district schools is 14; for the support of which the town appropriated $1,500 in 1871.

The place was granted to a company, or the heirs of a company, commanded by Capt. Ephraim Hunt of Weymouth, for services in an expedition to Canada in 1690; and, in honor to him, was called Huntstown. The first settler was an Irishman, named Richard Ellis, who came here about 1745. Thomas Phillips, his brother-in-law, soon followed him. The Baptist church was formed in July, 1761; the Congregational church, Feb. 22, 1763; and St. John's (Episcopal) church, in 1820.

The town was incorporated under its present name June 21, 1765; and was probably so called from Lord Thurlow of Ashfield and of the king's council. It took an active part in the war of the Revolution; one vote being to give twenty calves, by way of encouragement, to any one that should enlist for three years, and to keep them at the town's expense until the time should expire.

(Source: Nason, Elias, 1811-1887. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations on wood and steel / by Elias Nason. -- Boston : B.B. Russell, 1874. -- p. 63-64)
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Arlington lies in the west central part of Bennington County... Arlington was chartered July 28, 1761 and settled in 1763. The town of Arlington includes the locales of Arlington, Chiselville, East Arlington, and West Arlington.

In 1853, Zadock Thompson described the town of Arlington as follows:
ARLINGTON, a post town in Bennington county, lies in lat. 43° 4' and long. 3° 54', and contains 39 square miles. It is bounded north by Sandgate, east by Sunderland, south by Shaftsbury, and west by Salem, New York, and is situated 40 miles from Troy, 40 miles from Saratoga springs, 40 from Whitehall and 40 from Rutland. It was chartered July 28, 1761, to a number of persons mostly belonging to Litchfield, Connecticut. The first settlement was made in the year 1763, by Dr. Simon Burton, William Searls and Ebenezer Wallis. In 1764, Jehiel Hawley, Josiah Hawley, Remember Baker and Thomas Peck, removed into this town. The former was a principal land owner, and has left in this place a numerous and respectable posterity. The early records of this town were lost or destroyed in the year 1777, by Isaac Bisco, then town clerk, who became a Tory and fled to Canada. Hence the precise time the town was organized, is not known. It was about the year 1768, and Remember Baker, an active and distinguished leader in the controversy between the New Hampshire grants and New York, was the first town clerk. Thomas Chittenden was a resident in this town during the revolution, and was chosen to represent it in the first assembly after the adoption of the constitution, but, being elected governor the same year, was succeeded as representative by Ethan Allen. This town was originally settled by Episcopalians, and an Episcopal society was organized here some years before the revolution, which has existed ever since. The records of this church, which is called St. James' Church, go back to August 16, 1784. The first rector of this church was the Rev. James Nichols, settled in 1786. His salary was £20 a year, which was raised by an assessment upon "the grand list." His conduct proving irregular and unsatisfactory, he was dismissed about the year 1792, and the Rev. Russell Catlin, whose conduct proved still more exceptionable, succeeded him. In the beginning of 1803, the Rev. Abraham Bronson took charge of this church for half the time. This connexion, happy and much blessed, lasted till January, 1826. He was succeeded by the Rev. Joseph H. Coit. In 1828, Mr. C. was succeeded by the Rev. James Tappan, who, the next year, was succeeded by the Rev. Wm. S. Perkins, who resigned in 1833. Since that time the ministers have been the Rev. Luman Foote, the Rev. John Grigg and the Rev. Anson B. Hard, who is a native of the town and the present rector. The first church was erected in 1786, by a tax assessed on the grand list. In 1831 a new and elegant stone church was erected at a cost of $10,000. Total baptisms 352; present communicants 80. Arlington, lying lower than the surrounding towns, has the principal streams in the county passing through it. Roaring branch enters the eastern part of the town from Sunderland, Mill brook the southeast part from Glastonbury, Warm brook the south part from Shaftsbury, and Green river the north part from Sandgate. These streams all fall into the Battenkill, which enters the town near the northeast corner, runs southwesterly about three miles, thence nearly west about six miles further, and crosses the west line of the town into Washington county, New York. These streams afford many very excellent mill privileges, and along their banks are considerable tracts of the finest intervale land. The principal elevations are West Mountain and Red Mountain, which extend from south to north through the west part of the town. These mountains are separated by the Battenkill, in its westerly course through the township. They are covered with a considerable variety of timber, consisting of white, red and black oak, white and black birch, chestnut, hickory, &c. The soil is rich and very productive of English grain. The soil in the eastern part of the town is chiefly loam, and the timber principally beech, maple, ash, birch, elm, bass and butternut. A glade of land, three miles in len[g]th, and one in breadth, extending from north to south, near the foot of West mountain, was formerly covered with an extraordinary growth of white pine. The soil of this tract is sandy. Several extensive quarries of granular limestone or white marble, have been opened here, from which large quantities are annually taken and wrought into tombstones and for other purposes. The value of the marble manufactured in 1840 was $8,300. There is also an abundance of compact limestone from which lime, of a superior quality, is manufactured. Near Aylsworth's mills in the east part of the town, is a medicinal spring, which is resorted to by the inhabitants of the vicinity as a remedy for cutaneous diseases, ophthalmies, &c. The water is strongly impregnated with ferrugenous matter, and rather unpleasant to the taste. It contains a minute portion of hydrogen gas, but no carbonic acid. Its temperature is about the same as that of the springs in the neighborhood. Near the northeast corner of the town is a cavern which is much visited as a curiosity. Its entrance is on the east side of a steep hill, and of a capacity sufficient for one person only to enter at a time. From the entrance to the bottom it is about 20 feet, and the passage makes, with the horizon, an angle of about 45°. The cavern then extends westerly in a horizontal direction 13 rods. Its other dimensions are somewhat various in different parts of its course. Its medium width is about eight feet, and its height about the same. In some places, it contracts so as barely to admit a person to pass along, and in others expands into capacious rooms or vaults. Near the western extremity is a large room of a conical form, the sides of which are very regular. Its height from the base to the apex is more than fifty feet, and its sides are limerock incrusted with stelactites. The bottom of the cavern is mostly a fine white clay, and a stream of very pure water runs through its whole length. The road from Bennington to Rutland passes through this town. There are two houses for public worship, two grist and three sawmills, one woollen factory, one fulling mill and one tannery. Statistics of 1840.--Horses, 145; cattle, 830; sheep, 12, 005; swine, 583; wheat, bu. 743; oats, 9,025; rye, 3,556; buck wheat, 1,092; Indian corn, 5,145; potatoes, 211,212; hay, tons, 4,631; sugar, lbs. 7,420; wool, 27,750. Pop. 1,035.
(Source: Thompson, Zadock, 1796-1856. History of Vermont : natural, civil, and statistical ... / by Zadock Thompson. -- Burlington : Z. Thompson, 1853. -- pt. 3, p. 4-5)

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http://co.franklin.ma.us/ashfield.htm

More than 20 years before its incorporation on June 21, 1765, this hilly area known as Hunttown - named for a man who probably never saw the place. Captain Ephraim Hunt of Weymouth, like many others, was a company commander during King William's War and he was paid for his services by a grant of land. His heirs, some 46 years after the war, offered five pounds each to the first 10 settlers who would build a house and cultivate six acres.

Richard Ellis, a native of Dublin, Ireland, became the first settler, coming from Easton with his wife. Cutting trees himself, he built the first house about 1741 in the northeastern part of Ashfield. Soon after, his sister and her husband, Thomas Phillips, joined them, building a log house about a half-mile north. Then came Chileab Smith of South Hadley.

Other settlers came from time to time, several from southern Connecticut. By 1754, up to 15 families and 100 people were Ashfield residents.

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Check: Manning's Bennington, Shaftsbury and Arlington (Vermont) directory : containing general directory of citizens, classified business directory, street directory and house guide, a record of the town governments, societies, churches, etc., county, state and United States governments / compiled and published by H.A. Manning Company. -- Springfield, Mass. : H.A. Manning Co.,
Holdings: LDS Family History Library (1930 in paper and on microfilm, LDS FHL microfilm number 1415263 item 9)
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1790 Census:
John King View Image Online™
State: VT Year: 1790
County: Bennington Image: 0027
Township: Sunderland Roll: M637_12
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(Also a Caleb King next to him on that census 1/3/3/-}

John King View Image Online™
State: MA Year: 1790
County: Hampshire Image: 0016
Township: Ashfield Roll: M637_4

1810 KING JOHN Bennington County VT 123 Sunderland Federal Population Schedule VT 1810 Federal Census Index VTS1a1893647
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From an Historical Family File for John King in the Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT, compiled by Mrs. Mary Casey:

A John King, Sr. of Sunderland Vt. bur. 6 Mar 1822 at Arlington, Vt (died of Palsy) Arlington FVt 6-97-6593
Bennington Proprietors Records Bk 2 page 206

Spouse: Mary -10097. Mary and John KING were married about 1756 in Arlington or Sunderland, Bennington, VT.⁵²⁴³ Children were: Caleb KING-33636, Joshua KING-33638, Mary KING-33637, Zebulon KING-33639, John K. KING-33634, Susannah KING-33645, Reubah KING-33640, James T. KING-33641, Rhoda KING-4954, Enoch KING-33240.

Spouse: Thelma Henrietta ROBERTS-100946. Children were: John Wayne KING Sr.-100944.

Spouse: Sarah HAWKINS-33650. Sarah HAWKINS and John K. KING were married about 1783.⁵²⁴³ Children were: Eleazer KING-33653, Abigail KING-33670, Joel Baldwin KING-33660, John KING-33671, Phebe KING-33656, James KING-33659, Hulda KING-33657, Sarah KING-33654, Rhoda KING-33672, Rachel KING-33673, Lucy KING-33658, Molly (Mary) KING-33655, William KING-33661, Lydia KING-33674, Miranda KING-33675.

Spouse: Anna Betsy HAWKINS-33648. Anna Betsy HAWKINS and John K. KING were married between 1783 and 1790 in Ashfield, Franklin, MA.⁵²⁴³ Possibly in Williamstown, MA.

Spouse: Sarah Stevens BOVEE-33649. Sarah Stevens BOVEE and John K. KING were married on 26 June 1831.⁵²⁴³ Children were: Melissa KING-33667, Nancy KING-33668, Roxanna F. KING-33669.

Spouse: Diana Lee CLANTON-88138. Children were: Charles Wayne KING Jr.-115811.

Spouse: Eva Dean HORTON-14383. Eva Dean HORTON and Johnny Kendall KING were married on 11 October 1957 in Portales, Roosevelt, NM.

Spouse: Susan TEMPLE-38363. Children were: David Joseph KING-48065, Kathryn Karen KING-48066.

Spouse: Vera Maud TEMPLE-2460. Vera Maud TEMPLE and Joseph Patrick KING were married on 16 June 1920 in Watertown, Jefferson, NY.⁴⁹⁸⁷³

Spouse: John Nathaniel TEMPLE Sr.-107202. Joyce Ann KING and John Nathaniel TEMPLE Sr. were married on 3 September 1949 in Marion Co., IN.^12404,49880 Children were: John Nathaniel TEMPLE Jr.-107204, Deborah (Debbie) TEMPLE-107207, Mike TEMPLE-107209, Donna Kay TEMPLE-107208, Timothy N. (Tim) TEMPLE-107210.

Spouse: Saul MC CRARY-107468. Julia KING and Saul MC CRARY were married before 1899. Children were: Bessie Rea MC CRARY-107455.

Spouse: William O'GRADY-25895. Kate Mary Ann KING and William O'GRADY were married before 1882. Children were: Mary Ann O'GRADY-3211.

Parents: Philip KING-24047 and Elizabeth FIELER-25922.

Spouse: Robert Swift (Robert) TEMPLE-5090. Katherine KING and Robert Swift (Robert) TEMPLE were married on 31 March 1873 in De Witt, Onondaga, NY.⁴⁹⁸⁸⁴ Children were: Henry Elmer TEMPLE-5103, George Clarence (George) TEMPLE-5104, Louisa May (Louisa) TEMPLE-5105, Reuben E. TEMPLE-5106, Jennie Swift (Jennie) TEMPLE-5107, Ada Anna TEMPLE-5108, Florence TEMPLE-5109, Robert TEMPLE-5110.

Spouse: Jesse B. TEMPLE-174468. Laura Jane KING and Jesse B. TEMPLE were married in September 1954 in Tarrant Co., TX.⁴⁹⁸⁸⁶ License was dated 22 Sep 1954, which may also be the date of marriage, but there was no minister's return reported in the source.

Spouse: Dorothy ROBINSON-75747. Children were: Robert Mervin KING-75743.

Spouse: Kathleen Edith (Kathleen) TEMPLE-13939. Kathleen Edith (Kathleen) TEMPLE and Lester A. KING were married on 13 April 1940 in Newport, Penobscot, ME.²⁰⁰⁰⁸

Spouse: Roberta Ada MORRISON-75739. Roberta Ada MORRISON and Lester Frank KING were married before 1939. Children were: Susan Ellen (Susan) KING-75737.

Spouse: Will TEMPLE-170263. Lillian KING and Will TEMPLE were married before 1913. Children were: Jack Donal TEMPLE-130709.

Spouse: Peter Franklin WHITE-58029. Lillie M. KING and Peter Franklin WHITE were married. Children were: Vivian WHITE-58305, Major Wade Wilson WHITE-58306, Ruth WHITE-58307.

Spouse: Lyda M. (Lidie) TEMPLE-34927.