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1 Clement 1 King first appears as constable of Marsh-
field, Mass., in 1668 and 1670, but the records of that
town fail to disclose whence he came or to which of the
several King families then in Plymouth Colony he was
akin.
He was proposed as a Freeman in 1681 and was duly
admitted to the full rights of franchise on 6th June, 1682.
From the fact that Philip King, of Taunton, Mass., was
admitted a Freeman on the same day, and that both Cle-
ment and Philip King named their eldest sons John, it
has been surmised that they were closely related, if not
brothers, and, perhaps, - A that John King, of Wey-
mouth, of whom Savage gives reliable data. As yet,
however, nothing has been found to prove the statement.
There is no doubt, however, that Clement King was the
first and only man to bear that name in the colony. He
was a member of the 4th Co. or Train Band of Providence,
R. I., in Jan., 1686. In a list of the Marshfield townsmen,
dated 21st May, 1688, his name is marked with a cross,
indicating his removal to Providence, R. I., where he
bought land at Pawtuxet, on the west bank of the Pau-
chassett river, of Ephraim Carpenter, on 20 May, 1687.
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In August, 1688, his name appears in a tax-rate list, rated
at 2s. gd., and his personal estate consisted of a horse,
cow, 5 heifers, 2 four-year steers and a team of oxen. The
name of his wife was Elizabeth , and he must
have died about 1694, at Providence, R. I., for she mar-
ried, on 12 November of that year, the Rev. Thomas
Barnes, pastor of the 2nd Baptist church, at Swanzey,
Mass. Rev. Thomas Barnes died 8th June, 1706, and
his wife Elizabeth, formerly the widow of Clement King,
died in 1708. Her inventor}', taken at Swanzey, 27 De-
cember, 1708, consisted of lands, clothing and household
goods to the amount of £112 js. iod., and administration
thereon was granted to her eldest son, John King, of
Providence, R. I.
The children of Clement and Elizabeth ( )
King were as follows:
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3
4
John 2 , d. 1723, Sept. 18. -7
i James 2 , d. 1756, Nov. 19.
ii Thomas 2 , b. 1791; d. 1723, Oct. 10.
v Ebenezer 2 .
v Joanna 2 , b. 1674, Sept., at Marshfield; m.
Joshua Turner.
vi A Child 2 , b., 1669, June 19, at Marshfield.
vii A Daughter 2 , who m. Richard Harris, of
Providence, R. I., son of Thomas and El-
nathan (Tew) Harris, first of Providence
and later of Smithfield, R. I. He was b.
1668, Oct. 14, and d. 1750. He m., for a
second wife, Susannah Gorton, widow of
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Samuel Gorton and dau. of William and
Hannah (Wicks) Burton, b. 1665, d. 1737,
June 25, but had no issue by her. His chil-
dren by King, his first wife, were:
1. Uriah, 2. Richard, 3. Amaziak, 4. Jonathan,
5. David, 6. Preserved, 7. Amity, 8. Dinah,
9. Elnathan.
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