Lived in Salem Farms (present-day Beverly), Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, per Eben Putnam. A colonial soldier, serving under Captain Lothrop, who died in the Battle of Bloody Brook. The soldiers were guarding a haul of grain that teamsters were moving to storage.
The record about Joseph King is scant; his inventory reveals that he smoked a pipe and owned scythes. He was owed wages by the widow Elizabeth Spooner and by his country. As a soldier he was paid six shillings per week, and was due six weeks' pay: £1 8 shillings and sixpence.
Probate record:
Estate Of Joseph King.
Administration on the estate of Joseph King, who was slain in the wars against the Indians, granted 27 : 4 : 1676, to Mr. John Ruck, who brought in an inventory which was allowed.
—Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, leaf 96.
Inventory of the estate of Joseph King, who was slain with Capt. Lawtrup in the wars against the Indians, taken 13 : 4 : 1676 by Hilliard Veren, sr., and John Rucke, sr., one ould Cloath Coate, 10s.; 2 pair of shoues, 9s.; 3 pair of woren drawrs, 7s.; a large wascote & Briches Worne, 16s.; Coate & Briches of stuf, 2li.; 2 Colard & 1 white neckcloth, A hankecher, 1 pr. glovs, a card buttens & 2 yds. Inkle & a feue tobaco pipes, 5s.; hatt, 5s.; 3 pair ould stockens, 4s.; 10li. Tobacco, 4s. 4d.; 1 pair pocketts, 6d.; 6 shirts, 15s.; 2 pair wore Cloth Briches, 12s.; 2 wascoate, 10s.; 4 Rubstons, 12d.; 1 pair ould drawes, 12s.; cash, 22s.; 2 chests, 8s.; 3 ould seithes, 4s. 6d.; due from the widow Spooner for work, 2li. 10s.; what is due from the Cuntry the time he was out upon the sarvis wth Captin Lawtrup 6 weeks 3 dayes, 1li. 18s. 6d.; total, 11li. 2s. 8d. The Estat is Dr. for his diet had of the widow Spooner for 40 weekes, 8li.
Allowed 30 : 4 : 1676, upon oath of Mr. John Ruck, the administrator.
—Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 25, leaf 54.
Related memorial:
Elizabeth Spooner, employer of Joseph King.
Sources:
Report of the Committee Appointed to Revise the Soldiers' Record, Danvers (Mass.), Committee Appointed to Revise the Soldiers' Record, Eben Putnam, 1895, pp 94-95
The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. Vol. III. 1675-1681, pp 66-67
See cemetery description for further details and bibliographic information.
The record about Joseph King is scant; his inventory reveals that he smoked a pipe and owned scythes. He was owed wages by the widow Elizabeth Spooner and by his country. As a soldier he was paid six shillings per week, and was due six weeks' pay: £1 8 shillings and sixpence.
Probate record:
Estate Of Joseph King.
Administration on the estate of Joseph King, who was slain in the wars against the Indians, granted 27 : 4 : 1676, to Mr. John Ruck, who brought in an inventory which was allowed.
—Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, leaf 96.
Inventory of the estate of Joseph King, who was slain with Capt. Lawtrup in the wars against the Indians, taken 13 : 4 : 1676 by Hilliard Veren, sr., and John Rucke, sr., one ould Cloath Coate, 10s.; 2 pair of shoues, 9s.; 3 pair of woren drawrs, 7s.; a large wascote & Briches Worne, 16s.; Coate & Briches of stuf, 2li.; 2 Colard & 1 white neckcloth, A hankecher, 1 pr. glovs, a card buttens & 2 yds. Inkle & a feue tobaco pipes, 5s.; hatt, 5s.; 3 pair ould stockens, 4s.; 10li. Tobacco, 4s. 4d.; 1 pair pocketts, 6d.; 6 shirts, 15s.; 2 pair wore Cloth Briches, 12s.; 2 wascoate, 10s.; 4 Rubstons, 12d.; 1 pair ould drawes, 12s.; cash, 22s.; 2 chests, 8s.; 3 ould seithes, 4s. 6d.; due from the widow Spooner for work, 2li. 10s.; what is due from the Cuntry the time he was out upon the sarvis wth Captin Lawtrup 6 weeks 3 dayes, 1li. 18s. 6d.; total, 11li. 2s. 8d. The Estat is Dr. for his diet had of the widow Spooner for 40 weekes, 8li.
Allowed 30 : 4 : 1676, upon oath of Mr. John Ruck, the administrator.
—Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 25, leaf 54.
Related memorial:
Elizabeth Spooner, employer of Joseph King.
Sources:
Report of the Committee Appointed to Revise the Soldiers' Record, Danvers (Mass.), Committee Appointed to Revise the Soldiers' Record, Eben Putnam, 1895, pp 94-95
The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. Vol. III. 1675-1681, pp 66-67
See cemetery description for further details and bibliographic information.
Lived in Salem Farms (present-day Beverly), Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, per Eben Putnam. A colonial soldier, serving under Captain Lothrop, who died in the Battle of Bloody Brook. The soldiers were guarding a haul of grain that teamsters were moving to storage.
The record about Joseph King is scant; his inventory reveals that he smoked a pipe and owned scythes. He was owed wages by the widow Elizabeth Spooner and by his country. As a soldier he was paid six shillings per week, and was due six weeks' pay: £1 8 shillings and sixpence.
Probate record:
Estate Of Joseph King.
Administration on the estate of Joseph King, who was slain in the wars against the Indians, granted 27 : 4 : 1676, to Mr. John Ruck, who brought in an inventory which was allowed.
—Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, leaf 96.
Inventory of the estate of Joseph King, who was slain with Capt. Lawtrup in the wars against the Indians, taken 13 : 4 : 1676 by Hilliard Veren, sr., and John Rucke, sr., one ould Cloath Coate, 10s.; 2 pair of shoues, 9s.; 3 pair of woren drawrs, 7s.; a large wascote & Briches Worne, 16s.; Coate & Briches of stuf, 2li.; 2 Colard & 1 white neckcloth, A hankecher, 1 pr. glovs, a card buttens & 2 yds. Inkle & a feue tobaco pipes, 5s.; hatt, 5s.; 3 pair ould stockens, 4s.; 10li. Tobacco, 4s. 4d.; 1 pair pocketts, 6d.; 6 shirts, 15s.; 2 pair wore Cloth Briches, 12s.; 2 wascoate, 10s.; 4 Rubstons, 12d.; 1 pair ould drawes, 12s.; cash, 22s.; 2 chests, 8s.; 3 ould seithes, 4s. 6d.; due from the widow Spooner for work, 2li. 10s.; what is due from the Cuntry the time he was out upon the sarvis wth Captin Lawtrup 6 weeks 3 dayes, 1li. 18s. 6d.; total, 11li. 2s. 8d. The Estat is Dr. for his diet had of the widow Spooner for 40 weekes, 8li.
Allowed 30 : 4 : 1676, upon oath of Mr. John Ruck, the administrator.
—Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 25, leaf 54.
Related memorial:
Elizabeth Spooner, employer of Joseph King.
Sources:
Report of the Committee Appointed to Revise the Soldiers' Record, Danvers (Mass.), Committee Appointed to Revise the Soldiers' Record, Eben Putnam, 1895, pp 94-95
The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. Vol. III. 1675-1681, pp 66-67
See cemetery description for further details and bibliographic information.
The record about Joseph King is scant; his inventory reveals that he smoked a pipe and owned scythes. He was owed wages by the widow Elizabeth Spooner and by his country. As a soldier he was paid six shillings per week, and was due six weeks' pay: £1 8 shillings and sixpence.
Probate record:
Estate Of Joseph King.
Administration on the estate of Joseph King, who was slain in the wars against the Indians, granted 27 : 4 : 1676, to Mr. John Ruck, who brought in an inventory which was allowed.
—Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, leaf 96.
Inventory of the estate of Joseph King, who was slain with Capt. Lawtrup in the wars against the Indians, taken 13 : 4 : 1676 by Hilliard Veren, sr., and John Rucke, sr., one ould Cloath Coate, 10s.; 2 pair of shoues, 9s.; 3 pair of woren drawrs, 7s.; a large wascote & Briches Worne, 16s.; Coate & Briches of stuf, 2li.; 2 Colard & 1 white neckcloth, A hankecher, 1 pr. glovs, a card buttens & 2 yds. Inkle & a feue tobaco pipes, 5s.; hatt, 5s.; 3 pair ould stockens, 4s.; 10li. Tobacco, 4s. 4d.; 1 pair pocketts, 6d.; 6 shirts, 15s.; 2 pair wore Cloth Briches, 12s.; 2 wascoate, 10s.; 4 Rubstons, 12d.; 1 pair ould drawes, 12s.; cash, 22s.; 2 chests, 8s.; 3 ould seithes, 4s. 6d.; due from the widow Spooner for work, 2li. 10s.; what is due from the Cuntry the time he was out upon the sarvis wth Captin Lawtrup 6 weeks 3 dayes, 1li. 18s. 6d.; total, 11li. 2s. 8d. The Estat is Dr. for his diet had of the widow Spooner for 40 weekes, 8li.
Allowed 30 : 4 : 1676, upon oath of Mr. John Ruck, the administrator.
—Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 25, leaf 54.
Related memorial:
Elizabeth Spooner, employer of Joseph King.
Sources:
Report of the Committee Appointed to Revise the Soldiers' Record, Danvers (Mass.), Committee Appointed to Revise the Soldiers' Record, Eben Putnam, 1895, pp 94-95
The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. Vol. III. 1675-1681, pp 66-67
See cemetery description for further details and bibliographic information.
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