Hi folks, I am seeking someone living close to or planning to travel soon to Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts. As I am seeking information on the location of a cemetery and stone for a Mrs. William King and if possible William King himself who has not been located. The following is what I know at this time: I know that William King first married Hannah Mitchell in Salem about 1740 and they had two children. Some researchers have laid the groundwork that has him married second to Mary Andrews daughter of Captain Nathaniel and Mary (Higginson) Andrews. Something had been niggling at me to try to prove or disprove this theory as there were 7 William King's all cousins or uncles who could have married this particular Mary Andrews. I have disproved it because I found a list of the children by William King and Mary Andrews and they are not the same as the children listed by my William King. I believe that the William King who married Mary Andrews is the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Marsh or the second marriage to Widow Elizabeth ?) King. Also Mary Andrews had died in 1759 while the wife of my William had the children Amos Nahum born 1756, Sarah born 1759, Jonathan born 1761 all in New Salem and then Stephen born after in Shutesbury so you see the mother of these children cannot be [that] Mary Andrews. I have not yet found a second Mary Andrews however. What I now am pursuing is just who is the second wife of William King son of Jonathan and Sarah (Cooke) King? That is if there is a second Mrs. William King of course. I believe but am not sure that there was a second marriage based only on the age that Hannah would have been if she had the children Hannah and William Jr. in 1741 and 1743 then the four younger children starting in 1756. I know that she was living when they moved from one of the homes in New Salem owned by his cousin Amos Nahum Foster and his second wife Abigail King (sister to William King) on to Shutesbury. William then returned to New Salem where he is next listed as a widower later and lived out his life once again with the Foster's. Can you help? I believe that Mrs. King is probably interred at Shutesbury and I have yet to find my William born 1710 interred anywhere but Shutesbury has not been checked as of this time. I have had a few local people scouting the New Salem area looking for them in the past. Thank you in advance. I am still located at PO Box 352, Blue River, Oregon 97413. -- Daniel David Lewis Frommherz Come visit my web site www.McKenzieValleyMarket.com please write and tell me what you think of it. I am the List Administrator for: [email protected] The surnames connected to my paternal and maternal grandfathers are: Lounsbury; Penoyer; Guion; Lauber; Bachle; Baier; Schlageter; Gerspach; Matt and [email protected] The surnames connected to my paternal and maternal grandmothers are: Busse; Pribbernow; Allen; Bangs; Howe; Norton; Haskins or Hoskins; Caswell; Cole; Windthrope; Mitchell; Cooke; Birdsall; Goldthwaite; Scudder; Browne; Tuthill; Swayze; Dibble; Smith; Wood/Woods; Young; Lewis; Fair/Phayre Wise men who refuse to participate in the affairs of government are punished by being made subject to the rules of fools - Abraham Lincoln.