Dear list, my cousin and I have been searching high and low mostly up against the proverbial brick wall for this family. We know for certain by letters written and published that William King moved his family to New Salem in 1755. We believe because of the wording of a letter by his oldest daughter that her father William King had married a second time. We do not have proof of this but clues lead us to believe that when he and his wife had 4 more children that his first wife would have been to old to be the mother of at least the youngest one or two. We know that William King Sr. (IV) married Hannah Mitchel(l)of Haverhill, Essex in 1740. Hannah a daughter was born in 1741 and William Jr. (V) was born in 1743. We do not know where the family was living between 1740 and 1755. William King moved into a house owned by his brother in law Amos Nahum Foster all that we basically know is that he did not own property in New Salem, Hampshire County (Franklin was formed from this county much later).In 1756 Amos a son was born to them the name of the mother has never been mentioned but we do know for certain that she was not Mary Andrew who married his cousin William King and died in 1759. We believe that he named this son to honor his brother in law. In 1759 a daughter Sarah was born named for William's mother followed by Jonathan in 1761 named to honor his father. The family moved to Shutesbury after he was born and in 1765 a son Stephen King was born there. After 1765 and before 1790 the mother died. I have found records for all the children to date and just today (Saturday 4 November 2006 we found the following. It is my desire to persue this person in the hope that he does name his mother in any of the vital records of New Salem or Shutesbury. Can anyone help? Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 Hampshire,County Orange page 170 Stephen King & Sarah Demon, both of New Salem, Nov. 18, 1784