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Birth: 20 May 1765 Haverhill / / MA Death: 02 Dec 1850 bur North Haverhill / Grafton / NH
Qualifying Service Description:
1781, Captain Benjamin Ellis’s Company in Colonel Scammell’s 1st New Hampshire Continental Regiment
Additional References:
Hammond, Isaac W. New Hampshire State Papers, Vol 16, Rolls and Documents Relating to Soldiers in the Revolutionary War (Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1887), pg 246, 252.
Revolutionary War pension file S.22860.
Whitcher, William F. History of the Town of Haverhill New Hampshire (Concord, NH: Rumford Press, 1919), pg 565.
Batchellor, Albert Stillman, New Hampshire State Papers, Vol 30, Miscellaneous Revolutionary Documents of New Hampshire Including the Association Test, the Pension Rolls, and Other Important Papers (Manchester, NH: The John B. Clarke Co, 1910), 409.
Spouse: (1) Elizabeth Young; (2) Eunice XX Children: Edward; Betsey; James; Adaline; Hannah; Mary;
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James King was born on 20 May 1765 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was the son of James and Deliverance (Harriman) King.
He lived in Perrystown (now Sutton) and was credited for Weare, New Hampshire, when he mustered under Moses Nichols on 10 July 1781 for six months of service in the Continental Army at West Point. He was a Private in Captain Benjamin Ellis's Company in Colonel Scammell's 1st New Hampshire Continental Regiment.
He was among the early settlers of Haverhill, New Hampshire, and lived on a farm at the top of Brier Hill along the road leading from Swiftwater.
He married first to Elizabeth Young on 23 November 1786. Their known children:
Edward was born in 1878 and married Eunice Hibbard.
Elizabeth "Betsey" was born in about 1790 and married Moses Atwood.
James Jr. was born in about 1788 and married Hannah Hackett.
Adaline E. was born in 1807 and Ashall Wheeler.
Hannah was born in 1796 and married Leonard Stevens.
Mary was born on 24 September 1793 and married Lewis Hale.
His wife, Elizabeth, died in November 1825. He married second to Eunice XX.
On 01 June 1840, he was listed among the Revolutionary War pensioners who lived in Haverhill, New Hampshire.
The Patriot died on 2 December 1850, aged 85 years. He was buried in Horse Meadow Cemetery in North Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
Sources:
Vital Records of Haverhill Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 1, Births (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1910), pg 199.
Hammond, Isaac W., New Hampshire State Papers, vol. 16, Rolls and Documents Relating to Soldiers in the Revolutionary War (Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1887), pages 246, 252.
Revolutionary War pension file S22860.
Whitcher, William F., History of the Town of Haverhill New Hampshire (Concord, NH: Rumford Press, 1919), pg 565.
Batchellor, Albert Stillman, New Hampshire State Papers, vol. 30, Miscellaneous Revolutionary Documents of New Hampshire Including the Association Test, the Pension Rolls, and Other Important Papers (Manchester, NH: The John B. Clarke Co., 1910), 409.
Find a Grave memorial 60908977.
DAR # A066548.
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