I think we need to "un-tie" Enoch King from John King who married Mary Stowell (by the way, it was the Stowell Book, not the Stowell Bible that the person I spoke with used as a source to disprove the link to Enoch King. Bear with me. The following is a thread of emails, oldest at the bottom, with two ladies, back in 2000. Please check the dates on the messages. There may be duplicates, but I don't want to miss anything:
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From: David and Nickie Cheney [mailto:dcheney@cptelco.net]
Sent: July-08-00 6:50 PM
To: Joan King <jking2000@home.com>
Subject: Re: Mary Stowell-John King
The information in the book says that Elizabeth Stowell (d/o David Stowell) died young?! So she couldn't have married John King, maybe it was a cousin of Mary Stowell King?! Let me know what you think.
Nickie
Joan King wrote:
> Hi Nickie,
>
> Thanks so much for getting back to me. Whether you realize it or not,
> this is a huge help to me. This helps me probably "disqualify" Mary
> Stowell and John King 1690 as my ancestors. It's kind of a shame,
> because I was beginning to grow attached. ;-) And they are the
> grandparents of Rufus King, to whom my aunt always said we were
> related. (That doesn't mean she was right.) Actually, the LDS site
> gives four names of children you don't have listed: Isaac, born June
> 18, 1730; Malatiah, born July 2, 1732; John, born Aug 13, 1732, and
> Samuel, born Apr. 29, 1734. The OTHER John King on the LDS site
> married Mary Clift, and his children were supposedly John, born Aug
> 13, 1732, Thomas, christened Feb 22, 1736/7, and Lydiah, christened
> July 2, 1738. I have a funny feeling that John 1732 doesn't belong to
> either, because his AFN number is quite different. Anyway, back to
> sleuthing.... Thanks so much for your help. It may be that there's a
> relationship farther back, or, as you say, through a different wife.
> "Your" John King also married Elizabeth Stowell, the sister of Mary,
> but I haven't been able to track down any children. It may well be
> that they belong to her. Hey, you don't have anything about the children of Elizabeth, do you?
>
> At 08:26 PM 2000-07-08 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi Joan,
> >
> >This is what I found:
> >
> >Mary Stowell b.p. in Watertown, Mass. on November 20, 1709 d. March 7, 1770 m.
> >in Boston, Mass. on April 2, 1718 to John King (his second marriage)
> >their
> >children:
> >
> >1)Richard King b. in Boston, Mass. in 1718 2)Mary King b. in Boston,
> >Mass. on June 8, 1719 3)Sarah King b. February 27, 1720 4)Mehitable
> >King d. May 15, 1810 5)William King b.p. June 27, 1725 6)David King
> >b.p. August 12, 1726 7)Rebecca King b.p. November 10, 1728 8)Josiah
> >King b.p.April 4, 1731 9)Martha King b.p. September 22, 1733
> >10)Katherine b.p. May 23, 1736
> >
> >Unfortunately I don't have who his first wife was or their
> >children(if they even had any). But if they did it could be that one
> >of their children had the John King you are looking for. That is
> >unless the Stowell book miss putting one child in, which is also
> >another possibility. If I can help you any more let me know, and Good
> >Luck!
> >Nickie
> >
> >Joan King wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Nickie,
> > >
> > > I saw your messages on the Stowell Family at FamilyHistory.com,
> > > and you said you have a lot of the Stowell genealogy. Would you
> > > perhaps do me a favor and take a look and see if you can find Mary
> > > Stowell, daughter of David Stowell and Mary Stedman, christened
> > > Nov 20 1709, and married to John King on April 2, 1718 in Boston?
> > > What I'm interested in especially is when and where this John King
> > > was born, if you have that information, and the names and birthdates of their children.
> > >
> > > I am a descendant of John King, born Aug. 13, 1732, in Ashfield,
> > > MA, who is possibly the son of this couple.
> > >
> > > Thank you so much.
> > >
> > > Joan King
> > > jking2000@home.com
> >
Hi Joan,
Yes I have The Book. Tis no bother to me and feel free to contact or refer contacts to me anytime. I'm delighted to aide you on your quest and will get back to you with an answer by the end of today (or tomorrow at the latest).
I just connected to the web a short while ago and will have to stretch a bit soon but will return after rejuvenating from sitting here for a while.
I'm sure the answer to your question definintely is in the book.
Mary Stowell zbria@earthlink.net
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At 07:58 AM 7/9/00 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Hello Mary,
>
>I hope this is not a bother.
>
>I saw Regina's messages (RKP2000@aol.com) on the Stowell Family at
>FamilyHistory.com, and I contacted her. The copy of the book she has
>is missing some pages--the ones I probably need. She said you have a
>book of the Stowell genealogy, and suggested that I contact you. Would
>you perhaps do me a favor and take a look and see if you can find Mary
>Stowell, daughter of David Stowell and Mary Stedman, christened Nov 20
>1709, and married to John King on April 2, 1718 in Boston? What I'm
>interested in especially is when and where this John King was born, if
>you have that information, and the names and birth dates of their children.
>
>I am a descendant of John King, born Aug. 13, 1732, in Ashfield, MA,
>who is possibly the son of this couple.
>
>Thank you for your attention.
>Joan King
>jking2000@home.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: MStowell [mailto:zbria@earthlink.net]
Sent: July-09-00 4:30 PM
To: jking2000@home.com
Subject:
Joan,
David Stowell is of 2nd generation, son of Samuel of 1st generation (USA) who sailed over here.
Mary Stedman is David's 2nd wife (first wife died after two children). Mary Stowell is the 2nd child between David/Mary, with a total of ten children produced between them though the first two were from David's first marriage.
David/Mary's daughter, Mary Stowell married John King April 2, 1718, and this marriage is confirmed through birth/probate court records (as a result of a confusion with another Mary who was married to a William Stowell. Also David's first wife was also Mary (guess he like the name Mary).
Mary Stowell is John King's 2nd wife. John King, born in Kent, England, came to Boston in the latter part of the 17th century. He had five children by his first wife (being John, Elizabeth, William, Richard and Lydia, though Richard died when three years old). His eldest child by his second wife, Mary Stowell, was also named Richard. These two Richards have led to some confusion as to which was the maternal ancestor of the many prominent descendantsof Richard King of Scarboro, but it was unquestionably Mary Stowell. The exact birth date of Mary's husband, John King is not shown or known.
Mary Stowell King was admittd to New North Church, Boston, June 29, 1725.
Anyway, children by Mary Stowell King/John King (married 4/2/1718) are as
follows:
Richard (b. Boston Mass, 1718; d. Scarboro, Me, 3/27/1775, age 57; m.
Scarboro, Me., 11/29/1753, Sebella (Isabella) Bragdon, dau. of Samuel and _______ (Banks) Bragdon of York, Me., b. there 4/8/1731, d. Scarboro, Me., 10/19/1759, age 28. Richard's 2nd wife is Mary Black and married 1/31/1762.
(Children of Richard and Sebella is Rufus King, born in Scarboro, Me., 3/24/1755, and he had a son by name of John Alsop King born 1/3/1788 - and he is the only other John King in this book).
Mary (b. Boston, Mass, 6/8/1719; m. 6/25/1738 to Joseph Granery of Casco Bay, Me.)
Sarah (b. Boston, Mass, 2/27/1720-1)
Mehitable (birth unknown)
William (b. Boston, Mass. 6/27/1725; m. 11/6/1751 Mary Goldwait)
David (b. Boston, Mass. 8/12/1726; m. Elizabeth Gray)
Rebecca (b. Boston, Mass., bp. 11/10/1728)
Josiah (b. Boston, Mass., bp. 4/4/1731)
Martha (b. Boston, Mass., bp. 9/2/1733)
Katherine (bp. 5/23/1736)
There is no child born or baptized from John King/Mary Stowell King during 1732. This family's location of settlement is obvious from the above, and Ashfield, MA, is never mentioned. This is the only King ever married into Stowell family.
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YOU WROTE:
Mary Stowell, daughter of David Stowell and Mary Stedman, christened Nov 20 1709, and married to John King on April 2, 1718 in Boston? What I'm interested in especially is when and where this John King was born, if you have that information, and the names and birth dates of their children.
I am a descendant of John King, born Aug. 13, 1732, in Ashfield, MA, who is possibly the son of this couple.
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From: MStowell [mailto:zbria@earthlink.net]
Sent: July-11-00 6:56 PM
To: J King <jking2000@home.com>
Subject: Re:
Hi Joan,
What or where is the LDS site? Would like to check that out. It is interesting that John King/Mary Stowell are listed in my book and showed the exact date of marriage as you mentioned. Her mother (Mary) and father Stowell did have a lot of children and her mother was 2nd wife of Stowell with the first wife having died after two children born though the book shows total number of children because Stowell is the father of all of them though one must bear in mind the first two were from the first wife. It also noted that John King came here from Kent, England, and that Mary Stowell was his 2nd wife. The only thing not shown was a chld of the year you mentioned and that surprised me because everything else you mentioned was exactly shown in the book.
Mary zbria@earthlink.net
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At 09:59 PM 7/9/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear Mary,
>
>Thank you so much for going to the trouble of looking this up for me.
>I came across a page at the LDS site which listed two sets of parents
>for "my" John King (1732), both John's and Mary's (one was Mary
>Stowell, the other, Mary Clift). This was on the SAME page, of all
>things. They have
>14 children listed under both couples, so it was very confusing. Plus
>the site has "your" John King as having been born in Plymoth, but
>having his son as Richard, the father of the famous Rufus King. I saw
>in one of Rufus King's biographies on the Net that his grandfather was
>from Kent, England, so I was even more confused. Well, thank goodness,
>your book has cleared up everything for me. Now I have to figure out if
>Mary Clift and the other John King (different dates) were the parents
>of "my" John King. There seems to be another set of John-Mary: Mary
>Bangs, who is the mother of two of the children wrongly attributed to
>Mary Stowell. Perhaps this is your first wife. She was the mother,
>apparently of Isaac King, June 18, 1730, and Malatiah, b. July 2, 1732,
>but these children would have been born AFTER Mary Stowell's, so that
>probably is not the case. Oh, and I have a date for Mehitable, only
>the LDS site has her as "Mahitable": Born Dec. 9,
>1735 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.
>
>Anyway, thanks so much for your help. It has helped me narrow down my search.
>
>Take care.
>
>
>
>At 07:29 PM 2000-07-09 -0400, you wrote:
>>Joan,
>>
>>David Stowell is of 2nd generation, son of Samuel of 1st generation
>>(USA) who sailed over here.
>>
>>Mary Stedman is David's 2nd wife (first wife died after two children).
>>Mary Stowell is the 2nd child between David/Mary, with a total of ten
>>children produced between them though the first two were from David's first marriage.
>>
>>David/Mary's daughter, Mary Stowell married John King April 2, 1718,
>>and this marriage is confirmed through birth/probate court records (as
>>a result of a confusion with another Mary who was married to a William
>>Stowell. Also David's first wife was also Mary (guess he like the name Mary).
>>
>>Mary Stowell is John King's 2nd wife. John King, born in Kent,
>>England, came to Boston in the latter part of the 17th century. He
>>had five children by his first wife (being John, Elizabeth, William,
>>Richard and Lydia, though Richard died when three years old). His
>>eldest child by his second wife, Mary Stowell, was also named Richard.
>>These two Richards have led to some confusion as to which was the
>>maternal ancestor of the many prominent descendantsof Richard King of
>>Scarboro, but it was unquestionably Mary Stowell. The exact birth date
>>of Mary's husband, John King is not shown or known.
>>
>>Mary Stowell King was admittd to New North Church, Boston, June 29, 1725.
>>
>>Anyway, children by Mary Stowell King/John King (married 4/2/1718) are
>>as
>>follows:
>>
>>Richard (b. Boston Mass, 1718; d. Scarboro, Me, 3/27/1775, age 57; m.
>>Scarboro, Me., 11/29/1753, Sebella (Isabella) Bragdon, dau. of Samuel
>>and _______ (Banks) Bragdon of York, Me., b. there 4/8/1731, d.
>>Scarboro, Me., 10/19/1759, age 28. Richard's 2nd wife is Mary Black and married 1/31/1762.
>>(Children of Richard and Sebella is Rufus King, born in Scarboro, Me.,
>>3/24/1755, and he had a son by name of John Alsop King born 1/3/1788 -
>>and he is the only other John King in this book).
>>
>>Mary (b. Boston, Mass, 6/8/1719; m. 6/25/1738 to Joseph Granery of
>>Casco Bay, Me.)
>>
>>Sarah (b. Boston, Mass, 2/27/1720-1)
>>
>>Mehitable (birth unknown)
>>
>>William (b. Boston, Mass. 6/27/1725; m. 11/6/1751 Mary Goldwait)
>>
>>David (b. Boston, Mass. 8/12/1726; m. Elizabeth Gray)
>>
>>Rebecca (b. Boston, Mass., bp. 11/10/1728)
>>
>>Josiah (b. Boston, Mass., bp. 4/4/1731)
>>
>>Martha (b. Boston, Mass., bp. 9/2/1733)
>>
>>Katherine (bp. 5/23/1736)
>>
>>There is no child born or baptized from John King/Mary Stowell King
>>during 1732. This family's location of settlement is obvious from the
>>above, and Ashfield, MA, is never mentioned. This is the only King
>>ever married into Stowell family.
>>
>>
>>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>--------
>>YOU WROTE:
>>
>>Mary Stowell, daughter of David Stowell and Mary Stedman, christened
>>Nov 20 1709, and married to John King on April 2, 1718 in Boston?
>>What I'm interested in especially is when and where this John King was
>>born, if you have that information, and the names and birth dates of their children.
>>
>>I am a descendant of John King, born Aug. 13, 1732, in Ashfield, MA,
>>who is possibly the son of this couple.
>
>Joan King
>jking2000@home.com
More (newer) in my next message....