Michael King, immigrant

Michael King was born in prob., Norwich, Norfolk, and died ABT 1700 in prob., Nansemond County, Virginia. His wife was Elizabeth and his parents are unknown

Children of Elizabeth and Michael King are:

1. Elizabeth King.
2. John King.
3. Nathan King was born BEF 1674.
4. William King was born BEF 1674, and died BEF 1725.
5. Michael King was born BEF 1674.
6. Henry King was born AFT 1674, and died ABT MAR 1716 in Salmon Creek area, Chowan (now Bertie) County, North Carolina. He married Catherine BEF 1695.

Source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kgevering...

• Sampson County, NC - King Family Biography
• Norwich to Piney Grove
• (The Trail to Charles Shaw King)

The purpose of this article is to show the connection between Michael King of Norwich, England and Charles Shaw King of the Piney Grove Township of Sampson County, North Carolina. Michael King of Norwich (ca.1630-ca.1700) was the first King ancestor of Charles Shaw King to come to America. He is thought to have arrived in the Colony of Virginia with the assistance of a headright (John Wright) about 1646. Once Michael King of Norwich repaid the debt he owed to the headright he ventured forth on his own right and did so very successfully. It so happened that he maintained a friendship with John Wright that lasted until Wright’s death in 1698. One of Michael King of Norwich sons, John King, was called on to assist the family at John Wright’s death.

According to the family Bible of Solomon King (1720-1794) a great grandson of Michael King of Norwich, his great grandfather came out of the city of Norwich, England. He crossed the Atlantic Ocean and settled in Nansemond County, Virginia. The area in which this Michael King lived is just west of the present city limits of Suffolk, Virginia. After Michael King of Norwich worked off his indenture to John Wright, he married Elizabeth Hare (could be Hiry or Hairy as the last name is indistinct in the writings of Solomon King) also of the Nansemond County area. By the year 1675 Michael King had received three land patents which totaled 1800 acres in Nansemond County and he and wife, Elizabeth, had produced a family consisting of five sons. A sixth child was added a year or two later and this was their only daughter. The order of birth of these six children is taken from the Bible records mentioned earlier as this is the best source now available for this information. The children of Michael and Elizabeth (Hare) King were; Nathan (ca.1668-?), William (ca.1670-ca.1725), Michael (#2). (ca.1672-1735), Henry (#1) (ca.1674-ca.1716), John (ca.1675- 1735) and Elizabeth (ca.1677-?). As mentioned earlier most of the information we have about this Michael King, who is the progenitor of most of the Kings of Sampson County, comes from a great grandson Solomon King who for most of his life lived in what is now Gates County, North Carolina. Most official records of Nansemond County, Virginia were destroyed by fires and actions which took place during the Revolutionary War and Civil War. There is a reference made to a will of Michael King, Senior, of Nansemond County, Virginia in the Colonial Records of North Carolina. It was proven in a North Carolina General Court in 1700 on behalf of John King, one of his sons. However, no copy of the actual will is believed to remain in existence. John King claimed that his father had left a legacy for two of his sons in his will and he wanted to make sure his sons received their due. Several of Michael King of Norwich’s sons lived at one time or another in what is now Gates County, North Carolina. These include; Nathan, John, William, and Henry.

http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/sampson/bios/king01.txt

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Family record from Solomon King's Bible (published 1769)

Michael King was born in Old England and came out of the City of Norwich to Virginia and there served his time with John Wright in Nansemond County after that he married with Elizabeth Hiry (indistinct) and lived in the Upper Parish of Nansemond Co. on the Southern Branch of Nansemond River - and he had by his wife six children viz. Nathan William Michael Henry John and Elizabeth and their he bought a plantation with land in the year 1686 and built a large dwelling house with brick and bought several negro slaves and also a large copper still. Written by me Solomon King son of Charles King the said Charles was the son of William which was son of Michael the older.

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There is no proof that Michael King of Norwich, Norfolk Eng./Nansemond, VA is a son of Francis King of Cheshire, Eng/Northumberland, VA. There is no documentation to support a relationship and note: they lived in different counties (in England and in Virginia).

Francis's descendants are thought to be in the "William Alfred King" group.

Michael's parents are still unknown.

about Michael: http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/r/i/g/Carol-P-Rigsbee/GENE4-0001.html

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=reddirtgi...

about Francis: http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/k/i/n/Rebecca-King-KY/WEBSITE-0001/UHP...

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jimscott&...

https://sites.google.com/site/kinggenealogy/kingdescendancychart-ac...

DNA chart: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/KING_FamilyTree_YDNA_Project?i...

King family lines: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/king-family-tree-ydna-project/...

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Michael (1) King was b. norwich, England, m. Elizabeth about 1650.

His birth cert must co-respond.

Do not think he m. @ 1 year of age.

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Michael King I - The Immigrant (from the book "Alvin King: His Ancestors And Descendants" by Allene Hill and Juanita Lowrance About 1646, only thirty-nine years after the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia, Young Michael King of Norwich, England, born about 1630, left his native land for the voyage to the New World: the colon

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Kate Keller IGI The descendants went to

Kate Keller IGI The descendants went to North Carolina. PRF Michael KING # 615660

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!Imigrated to Virginia in 1646 age 16 yr

!Imigrated to Virginia in 1646 age 16 yrs old. !Received land grant of 1800 acres in 1675

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Henry King^2 Son Of Michael King^I - The Immigrant (from "Alvin King: His Ancestors and Descendants" by Allene Hill and Juanita Lowrance) Henry King^2 was born 1650/1655 and died in 1716. He married (1) Elizabeth Clarke and had two songs, William^3 and Henry^3. He married (2) Catherine Clarke born 1670. She was the daughter of John Clar

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SOURCE CITATION: Page: VOL.I,2,3. Title:

SOURCE CITATION: Page: VOL.I,2,3. Title: CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS Call #: 975.5R2N Repository Name: FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY Address: SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH SOURCE CITATION: Page: PG.# 22 Title: WILLIAM RUFUS KING AND HIS KIN Call #: 929.273K58J Repository Name: FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY Address: SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH SOURCE CITATION: Title: WILLIAM RUFUS KING AND HIS KIN Call #: 929.273K58J Repository Name: FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY Address: SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH SOURCE CITATION: Page: PG #83 Title: BIBLE OF SOLOMON KING IN BIBLE RECORDS OF SUFFOLK AND NANSEMOND COUNTIES Call #: 975.553 V29N Repository Name: FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY Address: SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH SOURCE CITATION: Page: VOL.I,2,3. Title: CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS Call #: 975.5R2N Repository Name: FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY Address: SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH CIVIL RECORDS FOR NANSEMOND COUNTY WERE DESTROYED FIRST IN A FIRE IN 1767 (THEY WERE STORED IN THE HOUSE OF THE COUNTY CLERK.) RECORDS AFTER THAT TO 1866 WERE DESTROYED IN ANOTHER FIRE. WHAT SOURCES ARE AVAILABLE ARE BASED ON BIBLE RECORD,WILLS,OTHER COUNTIES'RECORDS OR DEEDS OF THE PERIOD THAT SURVIVED AS THEY WERE KEPT WITH THE COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR. MICHAEL KING FIRST APPEARED IN NORWICH,NORFOLK,ENGLAND IN 1646.HE MADE HIS WAY TO VIRGINIA BY BEING INDENTURED TO JOHN WRIGHT FOR WHOM HE WORKED(PROBABLY FOR SEVEN YEARS) TO PAY OFF HIS TRANSPORTATION DEBT. ALTHOUGH MICHAEL WAS PROBABLY FROM A WEALTHY FAMILY IN ENGLAND HE PROBABLY WAS A YOUNGER CHILD OF HIS FATHER AND ENGLISH LAW GAVE ALL INHERITANCE TO THE ELDEST SON AND ALL OTHER CHILDREN HAD TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES. THIS IS THE REASON SO MANY WELL BORN MEN LEFT THEIR HOMES TO COME TO AMERICA TO TRY TO START THEIR OWN SEARCH FOR WEALTH AND POSITION HERE. THE ONLY REASON THE ELDEST SON WOULD NOT RECEIVE HIS INHERITANCE WAS THAT HE WAS CUT OFF BY THIS FATHER OR THE KING. MICHAEL BUILT A LARGE COPPER STILL WHICH HE PASSED TO HIS SON NATHAN IN HIS WILL AND APPARENTLY STAYED IN NATHANS' DECENDANCY FOR SOME YEARS. IT ALSO SHOULD BE REMEMB ERED THAT BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS OF A WELL TO DO FAMILY IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THEY COULD READ AND WRITE.(SEE COPY HENRY KING WILL). EDUCATION IF ANY WAS USUALLY RESERVED FOR THE ELDEST SON AND THE ENGLISH OF THIS PERIOD WAS PHONIC. NANSEMOND COUNTY IS NOW PART OF SUFFOLK COUNTY.

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Justice of the Peace-Capt. Militia

Justice of the Peace-Capt. Militia

In service to John Wright of Nansemond Co., VA.

Kate Keller IGI The descendants went to North Carolina. PRF Michael KING # 615660

SOURCE CITATION: Page: VOL.I,2,3. Title: CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS Call #: 975.5R2N Repository Name: FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY Address: SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH SOURCE CITATION: Page: PG.# 22 Title: WILLIAM RUFUS KING AND HIS KIN Call #: 929.273K58J Repository Name: FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY Address: SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH SOURCE CITATION: Title: WILLIAM RUFUS KING AND HIS KIN Call #: 929.273K58J Repository Name: FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY Address: SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH SOURCE CITATION: Page: PG #83 Title: BIBLE OF SOLOMON KING IN BIBLE RECORDS OF SUFFOLK AND NANSEMOND COUNTIES Call #: 975.553 V29N Repository Name: FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY Address: SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH SOURCE CITATION: Page: VOL.I,2,3. Title: CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS Call #: 975.5R2N Repository Name: FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY Address: SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH CIVIL RECORDS FOR NANSEMOND COUNTY WERE DESTROYED FIRST IN A FIRE IN 1767 (THEY WERE STORED IN THE HOUSE OF THE COUNTY CLERK.) RECORDS AFTER THAT TO 1866 WERE DESTROYED IN ANOTHER FIRE. WHAT SOURCES ARE AVAILABLE ARE BASED ON BIBLE RECORD,WILLS,OTHER COUNTIES'RECORDS OR DEEDS OF THE PERIOD THAT SURVIVED AS THEY WERE KEPT WITH THE COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR. MICHAEL KING FIRST APPEARED IN NORWICH,NORFOLK,ENGLAND IN 1646.HE MADE HIS WAY TO VIRGINIA BY BEING INDENTURED TO JOHN WRIGHT FOR WHOM HE WORKED(PROBABLY FOR SEVEN YEARS) TO PAY OFF HIS TRANSPORTATION DEBT. ALTHOUGH MICHAEL WAS PROBABLY FROM A WEALTHY FAMILY IN ENGLAND HE PROBABLY WAS A YOUNGER CHILD OF HIS FATHER AND ENGLISH LAW GAVE ALL INHERITANCE TO THE ELDEST SON AND ALL OTHER CHILDREN HAD TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES. THIS IS THE REASON SO MANY WELL BORN MEN LEFT THEIR HOMES TO COME TO AMERICA TO TRY TO START THEIR OWN SEARCH FOR WEALTH AND POSITION HERE. THE ONLY REASON THE ELDEST SON WOULD NOT RECEIVE HIS INHERITANCE WAS THAT HE WAS CUT OFF BY THIS FATHER OR THE KING. MICHAEL BUILT A LARGE COPPER STILL WHICH HE PASSED TO HIS SON NATHAN IN HIS WILL AND APPARENTLY STAYED IN NATHANS' DECENDANCY FOR SOME YEARS. IT ALSO SHOULD BE REMEMB ERED THAT BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS OF A WELL TO DO FAMILY IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THEY COULD READ AND WRITE.(SEE COPY HENRY KING WILL). EDUCATION IF ANY WAS USUALLY RESERVED FOR THE ELDEST SON AND THE ENGLISH OF THIS PERIOD WAS PHONIC. NANSEMOND COUNTY IS NOW PART OF SUFFOLK COUNTY.

!Imigrated to Virginia in 1646 age 16 yrs old. !Received land grant of 1800 acres in 1675

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Justice of the Peace-Capt. Militia

Justice of the Peace-Capt. Militia

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Source: Courthouse at Hampton, Virginia Written: 1735

The Last Will and Testament of John King of Elizabeth City County, Virginia (1735)

In the name of God amen(,) I John King of Elizabeth City C

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Immigrated probably from Norwich, Norfolk Co., Eng.

In service to John Wright of Nansemond Co., VA.

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Records not imported into INDI (individual) Gramps ID I1818:d Line 98696: 2 RIN MH:SC12323