There is no burial information for Thomas King available. This is an amendment of a former entry for him based on the assumption that he died in 1713 and, by default, was buried in Dighton Town Cemetery. Rather than delete this entry, I'm including an explanation of why the 1713 death date is very likely incorrect to help researchers. Again, there is no evidence where he was buried - the Town Cemetery in Dighton is a good guess - but I can't retain this entry without choosing a cemetery.
Thomas King died between 30 March 1713 (Thomas & Mary King, grantor deed to son-in-law John Alger) and 23 February 1718/19 (Mary King, widow, grantee deed from son-in-law Ebenezer Briggs). James Savage's "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," vol. 3 (Boston:1861), p. 26, says the 1713 deed date was his death date. He doesn't cite the deed, but does cite a gravestone, no location, and an age of 70 years. This is the only time such a gravestone is mentioned and there is no other evidence it ever existed. While it's not impossible he drew up a deed, had it acknowledged in front of an official, died the same day and had a gravestone that disappeared after 1861, it's extremely unlikely. Mary's purchase of the Briggs homestead in 1719 was based on Thomas not leaving her enough money to support herself for the rest of her life. If she was in dire straights in 1713, it's also not reasonable to think she waited 6 years to find a solution. If 30 March 1713 is used as a death date for Thomas, it should be prefaced by "maybe."
children of Thomas King and Mary Sprague:
John b. 29 August 1670 (Weymouth vital records)
Mary b. 12 June 1673 (")
Thomas
Joanna
Comfort b. abt 1687
more children have been erroneously attached to this couple.
for more info on Thomas King and his family see http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/king/thomasking.htm
Thomas King died between 30 March 1713 (Thomas & Mary King, grantor deed to son-in-law John Alger) and 23 February 1718/19 (Mary King, widow, grantee deed from son-in-law Ebenezer Briggs). James Savage's "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," vol. 3 (Boston:1861), p. 26, says the 1713 deed date was his death date. He doesn't cite the deed, but does cite a gravestone, no location, and an age of 70 years. This is the only time such a gravestone is mentioned and there is no other evidence it ever existed. While it's not impossible he drew up a deed, had it acknowledged in front of an official, died the same day and had a gravestone that disappeared after 1861, it's extremely unlikely. Mary's purchase of the Briggs homestead in 1719 was based on Thomas not leaving her enough money to support herself for the rest of her life. If she was in dire straights in 1713, it's also not reasonable to think she waited 6 years to find a solution. If 30 March 1713 is used as a death date for Thomas, it should be prefaced by "maybe."
children of Thomas King and Mary Sprague:
John b. 29 August 1670 (Weymouth vital records)
Mary b. 12 June 1673 (")
Thomas
Joanna
Comfort b. abt 1687
more children have been erroneously attached to this couple.
for more info on Thomas King and his family see http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/king/thomasking.htm
There is no burial information for Thomas King available. This is an amendment of a former entry for him based on the assumption that he died in 1713 and, by default, was buried in Dighton Town Cemetery. Rather than delete this entry, I'm including an explanation of why the 1713 death date is very likely incorrect to help researchers. Again, there is no evidence where he was buried - the Town Cemetery in Dighton is a good guess - but I can't retain this entry without choosing a cemetery.
Thomas King died between 30 March 1713 (Thomas & Mary King, grantor deed to son-in-law John Alger) and 23 February 1718/19 (Mary King, widow, grantee deed from son-in-law Ebenezer Briggs). James Savage's "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," vol. 3 (Boston:1861), p. 26, says the 1713 deed date was his death date. He doesn't cite the deed, but does cite a gravestone, no location, and an age of 70 years. This is the only time such a gravestone is mentioned and there is no other evidence it ever existed. While it's not impossible he drew up a deed, had it acknowledged in front of an official, died the same day and had a gravestone that disappeared after 1861, it's extremely unlikely. Mary's purchase of the Briggs homestead in 1719 was based on Thomas not leaving her enough money to support herself for the rest of her life. If she was in dire straights in 1713, it's also not reasonable to think she waited 6 years to find a solution. If 30 March 1713 is used as a death date for Thomas, it should be prefaced by "maybe."
children of Thomas King and Mary Sprague:
John b. 29 August 1670 (Weymouth vital records)
Mary b. 12 June 1673 (")
Thomas
Joanna
Comfort b. abt 1687
more children have been erroneously attached to this couple.
for more info on Thomas King and his family see http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/king/thomasking.htm
Thomas King died between 30 March 1713 (Thomas & Mary King, grantor deed to son-in-law John Alger) and 23 February 1718/19 (Mary King, widow, grantee deed from son-in-law Ebenezer Briggs). James Savage's "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," vol. 3 (Boston:1861), p. 26, says the 1713 deed date was his death date. He doesn't cite the deed, but does cite a gravestone, no location, and an age of 70 years. This is the only time such a gravestone is mentioned and there is no other evidence it ever existed. While it's not impossible he drew up a deed, had it acknowledged in front of an official, died the same day and had a gravestone that disappeared after 1861, it's extremely unlikely. Mary's purchase of the Briggs homestead in 1719 was based on Thomas not leaving her enough money to support herself for the rest of her life. If she was in dire straights in 1713, it's also not reasonable to think she waited 6 years to find a solution. If 30 March 1713 is used as a death date for Thomas, it should be prefaced by "maybe."
children of Thomas King and Mary Sprague:
John b. 29 August 1670 (Weymouth vital records)
Mary b. 12 June 1673 (")
Thomas
Joanna
Comfort b. abt 1687
more children have been erroneously attached to this couple.
for more info on Thomas King and his family see http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/king/thomasking.htm
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