I need help with teh origins of Anne Collins, wife of Thomas King, an early settler of WAtertown, Sudbury, and Marlborough, Massachusetts. Below is what I have on both Anne Collins and Thomas King; both contain confused information. -------------------------------------------- Born: ABT. 1608 at: England Died: 24 Nov 1642 at: Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Father: Mother: Spouses: Thomas King Notes: [NI16212] [NI16210] Thomas King came to America in 1635 at age 31 on the ship Blessing, arriving August at Boston, with a sister Susan, aged 32. Listed as "of Cold Norton, Essex", bound for Scituate. He went first to Watertown and some three years later moved to the new settlement at Sudbury. He was one of the thirteen petitioners in 1656 for the Whipsuppenicke Plantation, which was incorporated as "Marlborow" on May 31, 1660, when he was chosen one of the seven members of the first board of selectmen of which Edmund was the chairman. Little is known of his first wife Anne, save that she died at Sudbury, 1642. He was married, second, at Sudbury on Dec. 26, 1655, to Bridget, widow of Robert Davis. She died at Marborough on March 11, 1685. There is no record of the death of Thomas King in Sudbury or Marlborough but his will signed at Marlborough 12.1.1675 and proved 20.4.16176, shows the approximate time of his death. As he added a codicil on the 15th day of the first mo. 1676. The inventory taken 24.1.1676 totalled £295.10.00, with houses and lands in Marlborough at £200 and lands in Sudbury at £60. In it he mentions "Ann Carly, Mary Rice and Sarah Jocelin, my 3 daughters". [NI16212] Noted as Ann Sufleffe in another record ======================================================================== She is variously said to have been born in 1608/9 in Dunston, Dorset, England, born in Dunston, England, born in Dunston, London, England, and born 22 FEb, 1627/8 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England (Helen Glenn Court, http://www.glenncourt.com/index.html). Frank William Bouley III, [email protected], says she may have been Anne Tyce teh daughter of William Tyce, because of the will of William Tyce, leaving a grant to his sister Anne and the children of Thomas King; he says to see Torrey p 439. No other information. Frank says if she was Anne Collins, see Planters of the Commonwealth (1620-40) by Charles Edward Banks, p 164. Her husband, Thomas King, is said to have been born in 1597 or 1599 in Tarrant, Hinton, Dorset, England, no source of that idea given anywhere. He came to America in 1635 at age 31 on teh ship Blessing, arriving August at Boston, with a sister Susan aged 32. It doesn't mention his wife and children. Listed as "of Cold Norton, Essex", bound for Scituate. He went first to Watertown. He was a founder of Marlborough, and was on the first board of selectmen. Journalist Russ Spooner, who has Thomas King b 24 Feb 1603 at Cold Norton, Essex, England, gives no contact information on his web site. He says that little is known of his first wife, Anne, and that she is "noted as Ann Sufleffe in another record". He gives no source for that idea, and it appears nowhere else on the Internet. Some have her parents, Henry Collins and Maude Whittaker or Whitacker, married on 25 Apr 1608 in St. Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. One person even has parents for Henry Collins, though no birth information for him; no clue where she got it. Not certain which of two or three families from England he was. He settled in Sudbury in 1638 or 1639. Probably not the Thomas King of Watertown in 1640 and 1642; that man's wife was Mary, and he died 1644. Peter King, the elder, of Shaston, Dorset, gentleman, named his brother Thomas King, now dwelling in New England in his will of May 30 1657. An inspection made of the records in Shaftsbury show that some Kings of that place were Burgesses in previous times. He has sometimes been confused w the other Thomas King of Watertown who was one of those involved w Nashaway, but they wre two difft men. That Thomas King came over in 1634 and lived at WAtertown where he died and was buried in 1644 He was a founder of Marlboro, and apparently a favorite of Edmund Rice. In addition to being picked for plum positions by Edmund Rice, he had three daughters marry sons of Edmund Rice. Thomas King of Sudbury and Marlboro had a son Peter, said to hae been man of some prominence in Sudbury, a deacon of the church, a rep to Conial Court in 1689-90. Peter took his deceased sister Elizabeth Rice's son Samuel to raise as his own at the death and by Will of his father Samuel Rice, and this son was known as Samuel Rice "alias" King. Peter had no sons that are known of. Thomas King (Sr?) surveyed the roads and supervised the chopping of trees, Rice and Ward selectmen ea year for six yrs, and Thomas King served as selectman six times, constable twice, timber keeper and higway supervisor. Died at Marlborough around 6/20/1676 (will date), in Middlesex Co Records. His wife's name Bridgett. Mentioned Thomas and Johshua Rice his three grand children Mary Rice a daughter. Thomas King the widower married 26 Dec 1655, widow Mrs. Bridget (Loker) Davis. He owned land in the fourth squadron of the two-mile grant, his lot being no. 50. ... He was one of the petitioners (the Whip-suffrage planters) for the plantation of Marlboro, in 1656. From Puritan Village The Formation of a New England Town, by Sumner Powell, we learn that John Ruddick (leader of the Marlborough group) was given more liberty in forming his town than Peter Noyes (leader of the Sudbury group) had been granted. The General Court required that there be "twenty or thirty families" together with a minister, and that these families had to settle in the new grant within three years. Except for the fact that a committee was appointed to stake out the new town, the rest was left to Ruddock, Rice, and their young citizens. They knew how to proceed. They had learned the necessity of order. Nineteen new names were added. Some had served as town officers, some had not. But they wree considered worthy. Fourteen men who had expressed a "straightness" in Sudbury were on the list. In the fall of 1660, at a full town meeting of "inhabitants and proprietors", athe frist land distribution was made. Ruddock and Rice had been granted a town plot much larger than that of Sudbury, six miles square containing 24,000 acres. and they had a complicated task of distribution. Their inhabitants were 38 in number, and atleast half of them were the sons of ten leading Sudbury families: Rice, Ward, King, Goodenow, Bent, Newton, Maynard, How,Kerley, and Johnsons. [NI16210] Thomas King came to America in 1635 at age 31 on the ship Blessing, arriving August at Boston, with a sister Susan, aged 32. Listed as "of Cold Norton, Essex", bound for Scituate. He went first to Watertown and some three years later moved to the new settlement at Sudbury. He was one of the thirteen petitioners in 1656 for the Whipsuppenicke Plantation, which was incorporated as "Marlborow" on May 31, 1660, when he was chosen one of the seven members of the first board of selectmen of which Edmund was the chairman. Little is known of his first wife Anne, save that she died at Sudbury, 1642. He was married, second, at Sudbury on Dec. 26, 1655, to Bridget, widow of Robert Davis. She died at Marborough on March 11, 1685. There is no record of the death of Thomas King in Sudbury or Marlborough but his will signed at Marlborough 12.1.1675 and proved 20.4.16176, shows the approximate time of his death. As he added a codicil on the 15th day of the first mo. 1676. The inventory taken 24.1.1676 totalled £295.10.00, with houses and lands in Marlborough at £200 and lands in Sudbury at £60. In it he mentions "Ann Carly, Mary Rice and Sarah Jocelin, my 3 daughters". Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date: 2/10/2006