Generation 1

GEORGE KING (d. 1625) of Cold Norton and Woodham

Parents:

George King died between 14 Oct and 7 Dec 1625. Perhaps he was one of the victims of the London plague epidemic of 1625.

George King, yeoman of Woodham, Mortimer, Essex, made his will on 14 Oct 1625. It was proved on 7 Dec 1625. He mentions his wife Joane; his eldest son George; his second son Thomas; his third son Daniel; his daughter Judith, his daughter Anne Vassall, to whom he left his gold sealing ring; his cousin William Petchey; his kinsmen Edward, John, Anne and Johan Petchey; his kinswoman Susan Purchas; his grandchildren John, Judith and Frances Vassall; his late brother Christopher King, clerk; his son-in-law William Vassall, to whom he left his surveyor's tools; his wife's kinsman John Luron. [Ref]

Children of George King:

1. Ann King was born about 1593. She married William Vassall.
2. George King
   George King is on the 18 Apr 1637 list of freemen. [Ref] He is in the Scituate section of the 1643 list of those between 16 and 60 able to bear arms in Plymouth Colony. [Ref]
   
3. Thomas King was born about 1614. He married Susan Unknown.
   Thomas King, age 21, and Susan King, age 30, are on a 1635 [?] list of passengers to be transported to New England on the Blessing: the same ship that brought the Vassall family. [Ref] Thomas joined the church at Scituate as member 29 on 25 Feb 1637/8. [Ref]
   
4. Daniel King
5. Judith King

Generation 2

ANN KING (b. abt 1593)

Parents: George King [Ref]

Ann King was born about 1593. [Ref][Ref] She married William Vassall [Ref] after 9 Jun 1613 (license, London). [Ref]

She was 42 when she appeared on a 1635 [?] list of passengers to be transported to New England on the Blessing. (See her husband's entry.)

References

Allen, Francis Olcott, "Vassall," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 51, 1897, 152.

Calder, Charles M.,"Alderman John Vassall and his Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 109, 19555, 91.

Editors, "Founders of New England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 14, 1860, 297 - 346.

Otis, Amos, trans., "Scituate and Barnstable Church Records," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 9, 1855, 279-287; 10,1856, 37-43, 345-351.

Paige, Lucius, R., "List of Freemen, " New England Historical and Genealogical Register 3, 1849, 89-96, 187-194, 239-246, 345-352.

Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., "List of Those Able to Bear Arms in the Colony of New Plymouth 1643," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 4, 1850, 255-259.

Waters, Henry, "Genealogical Gleanings in England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 51, 1897, 249-290.