been an appreciated stimulus. For years her home has been with her brother in West Brattleboro, Vt. All her children were born and died at West Northfield, Mass. ISSUE: i. EVERETT EDWARD PRIEST, b. June 15, 1863; d. Dec. 7, 1875. ii. MARY ELVIRA PRIEST, b. June 21, 1865; d. Nov. 18, 1875. iii. FRANK JAMES PRIEST, b. Nov. 5, 1866; d. Nov. 17, 1875. iv. MERRITT KING PRIEST, b. April 7, 1870; d. Dec. 2, 1875. 398 MARY AUGUSTA KING, (Joseph, Ichabod, Capt. Joseph,3 James, William1), born in Marlboro, Vt., Feb. 4, 1844; married in Upton, Mass., Aug 2, 1882, Newcomb Spencer, son of David and Adaline (Corbitt) Spencer, born in Wilmington, Vt., Sept. 3, 1848. No issue. Residence Halifax, Vt. 406 SETH KING, (Seth, Ensign William, Lt. William, James,2 William1), born in Suffield Conn., June 26, 1788; died in Suffield, July 20, 1871; married April 21, 1817, Anne Moore, daughter of Col. Eli (Samuel Goffe, Samuel, John," John,' of Dorchester, 1630) Moore and Anne (Wells) Moore, born Nov. 4, 1796; died Aug. 8, 1865. (See Stiles Ancient Windsor p. 705). Children born in Suffield. 790 i. SARAH ANN, b. Oct. 25, 1822; d. Suf. March 5, 1885. 791 ii. LOUISA MARIA, b. Nov. 26, 1823; d. Suf. Dec. 29, 1864. Unmarried. 792 iii. 793 794 795 ELIZABETH MOORE, b. March 5, 1826; d. June 7, 1898, at Hartford, Conn. iv. HENRY, b. Dec. 25, 1827; d. Hartford, Conn., March 4, 1884. V. MARY BALLENTINE, b. March 4, 1833; d. Dec. 16, 1893; m. Rev. William H. Moore. vi. ADALAIDE WELLS, b. March 17, 1836. (Note-Five other children were born who died in early infancy.) 407 JOHN A. KING, (Seth, Ensign William, Lt. William,3 James, William1), born in Suffield, Conn., Nov. 1, 1790; died in Suffield, Nov. 16, 1869; married (1) Sally Stocking, daughter of Ansel and Prudence (Crosby or Cresby) Stocking, who died June 2, 1828, aged 33 years; (2) Prudence Baker, daughter of Enos Baker. She died Nov. 15, 1875, age 80 years. There were two children by the first marriage and four by the second, but we have been unable to trace them. ISSUE: 796* i. WILLIAM BALLENTINE, b. 1824; d. March 25, 1903; m. Jany. 2, 1856 Mary R. Wright. 797 ii. LYDIA KING, (Seth, Ensign William,* Lt. William, James,2 William1), born in Suffield, Conn., Feby. 4, 1793; died in Suffield, May 17, 1871; married in 1820, Epaphras10 Mather, son of Elijah," (Elijah, Nathaniel,' Dr. Samuel, Rev. Samuel, Timothy, of Dorchester, 1628, Rev. Richard, Thomas, John,1), Mather and Jerusha (Roberts) Mather, born Aug. 16, 1775, at Windsor, Conn.; died in West Suffield, Feb. 1, 1875. (For descendants, see Mather Genealogy by Horace E. Mather.) ISSUE: 2 i. HENRY MATHER, b. April 20, 1822; d. Aug. 1, 1884; m. June, 1851 Clara Stebbins. ii. WILLIAM MATHER, b. Nov. 23, 1823; d. Sept. 18, 1876; m. May 10, 1848 Mary Loomis. ISSUE: iii. CHARLES MATHER, b. Jany. 30, 1825; d. Sept. 25, 1861. Unmarried. 3 iv. CAROLINE MATHER, b. April 21, 1826; d. Feb. 15, 1889; m. Sept. 3, 1859 Benjamin Sheldon. V. ISSUE: I 2 CHARLES BENJAMINS SHELDON. HARRIET ELIZA SHELDON. 3 SARAH JANE SHELDON. 4 JOHN ADAMS SHELDON. GEORGE MATHER, b. April 20, 1828; d. California vi. LYDIA MATHER, b. Jany. 6, 1831; d. Aug. 6, 1888; ISSUE: I 2 CAROLINE LOUNSBURY RANDALL. GEORGE MATHER RANDALL. 3 SAMUEL WINTHROP RANDALL. 4 LYDIA MATHER RANDAll. vii. MARY BALLENTINE MATHER, b. Dec. 26, 1833; m. April 23, 1857 Franklin C. Brownell of Haddam. ISSUE: 5 FRANK CANFIELD BROWNELL. viii. SARAH JANE' MATHER, b. Dec. 17, 1837; d. Nov. 1, 1859; m. Dec. 3, 1858 John Q. Bradish. 6 409 5 MARY BALLENTINE KING, (Seth, Ensign William,* Lt. William, James, William1), born in Suffield, Conn., March 21, 1795; died Sept. 4, 1869; married Aug. 17, 1818, Henry' Loomis, son of Nathaniel, (Graves, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,2 Joseph'), Loomis and Bethena (Bronson) Loomis. (For descendants see Loomis Genealogy by Prof. Elias Loomis p. 153). ISSUE: i. MARIA ELOISE LOOMIS, b. May 3, 1820; m. Feb. 24, 1841 George Augustus Loomis. SEVENTH GENERATION 411 SALLY KING, (David, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, James, James,2 William1), born in Suffield, Conn., May 23, 1781; died in Suffield, Feb. 22, 1832; married in Suffield, Oliver Cromwell Hanchett. ISSUE: i. MARY KINGS HANCHETT, b. —; d. —; m. William H. Canfield of Ohio. 413 CHARLOTTE KING, (David, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, James,3 James, William1), born in Suffield, Conn., May 26, 1785; died in Suffield, Feb. 28, 1819; married in Suffield, Benjamin Austin. ISSUE: ii. i. STEPHEN AUSTIN, (who lived at Buffalo, N. Y). iii. 414 DAVID KING, (David, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, James, James,2 William1), born in Suffield, Conn., April 24, 1787; died in Medina, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1845; married in Windham. Conn., Almyra Lee, who died in Medina, Ohio, Jany. 24, 1873. He died without children, but had adopted Henry Jarvis King and David Hanchett King, the children of his brother Leonard Jarvis King who died at Suffield in 1835 when the children were respectively twelve and six years of age. 415 LEICESTER KING, (David," Ebenezer, Ebenezer, James,3 James, William1), born in Suffield, Conn., May 1, 1789; died in Akron, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1856; married in Hartford, Conn., Oct. 12, 1814. Julia Ann Huntington, daughter of Hon. Hezekiah and Susan (Kent) Huntington. In early manhood he lived at Natchez, Miss., where he saw so much of the evils of slavery that he gave up solid advantages rather than rear his family beneath the influences of that blighting institution. He settled in Warren, Ohio in 1816. In 1835-1839 he was in the Ohio State Senate, where alone he fought for the repeal of the "Black Laws" which were a blot upon the statutes of that State. He was a lawyer and was Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Trumbull Co., Ohio. He was the candidate of the Liberty Party for Governor of Ohio in 1842, and again in 1844. In 1847 he was nominated by the Liberty Party for Vice-President of the United States with John P. Hale, U. S. Senator from New Hampshire, for President, both withdrawing in 1848 in favor of Van Buren and Adams on the Free Soil Ticket. He left a large landed estate in and around Akron. ISSUE: 802* i. 803* ii. 804 iii. HENRY WILLIAM,8 b. Sept. 20, 1815; d. Nov. 20, JULIA ANN, b. Nov. 7, 1817; d. Jany. 8, 1885; m. SUSAN HUNTINGTON, b. July 6, 1820; d. June 17, 805* iv. LEICESTER, b. July 26, 1823; d. Aug. 1893; m. Dec. 806* V. 807* vi. 808* vii. 809* viii. 1844, Eliza Purinton. DAVID LEICESTER, b. Dec. 24, 1825; d. Jany. 29, 1902; HEZEKIAH HUNTINGTON, b. Aug. 3, 1829. CATHERINE BRINLEY, b. July 8, 1832; d. Jany. 17, 1907; m. Sept. 19, 1855, William K. Pendleton. 416 ISRAEL HOLLY' KING, (David, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, James, James, William1), born in Suffield, Conn., April 9, 1791; died in Suffield, Sept. 19, 1817; married in Suffield, Nov. 1813, Lydia Leavitt. His will dated Aug. 14, 1817, is on file in Probate Office, Hartford, Conn. His wife and David King, executors, Son Holly Leavitt is mentioned. |
