Mary King^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1623 - unknown

• Name	Mary King
  Birth	Abt 1623	England   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	unknown	Newtown, Queens, New York, British Colonial America
  Person ID	I218	Scudder
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	William King,   b. 1595, England d. Bef 27 Jun 1650, Salem, Massahusetts, British Colonial America (Age < 55 years)
  Mother	Mrs Dorothy King,   b. 1601, England d. Aft 28 Mar 1684, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America (Age > 83 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1623	England
  	Estimated from birth of eldest child Mary.
  Family ID	F23495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Scudder,   b. Abt 1620, Horton Kirby, Kent, England d. Bef 1698, Newtown, Queens, New York, British Colonial America (Age < 77 years)
  Marriage	1642	Salem, Massachusetts, British Colonial America   [3]
  Children	1. Samuel Scudder, I,   b. Abt 1643, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America d. Nov 1688/1689, Newtown, Queens, New York (Age 46 years)   2. John Scudder,   b. 19 Aug 1645, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts d. 1 Dec 1732, Newtown, Queens, New York (Age 87 years)   3. Mary Scudder,   c. 11 Apr 1648, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts d. Deceased   4. Elizabeth Scudder,   c. 18 Mar 1649/50, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts d. Aft 1712, Monmouth county, New Jersey, Brtish Colonial America (Age ~ 63 years)   5. Hannah Scudder,   b. 16 Jul 1649, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts d. Abt Jul 1679, Hempstead, Queens, New York (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  John Scudder md. at Salem, Massachusetts in 1642 to Mary King, daughter of William King and Dorothy (unknown) of Salem. Undocumented speculations have given Dorothy and William inaccurate identities. For the most recent NEHGS scholarship see The Great Migration, v. 4, I–L, p. 177, that states the problem that came from unproven speculations: "In 1902 Lucy D. Akerly (and apparently Rufus King) took note of the marriage at Sherborne, Dorset, on 17 February 1616/17 of William King and Dorothy H ayne, and suggested that this marriage pertained to this immigrant. In 1918 J. Gardner Baett stated (without proving any evidence or argumentation) that William King had two wives, of whom Dorothy was the second, and that he had four children with each of these wives.... "These two hypotheses are mutually exclusive. The English marriage record is certainly possible, but it seems a few years too early, based on both the approximate age of William and the ages of his children. Bartlett may have based his arrangnt of the family on the apparent gap of six years between the birthdates of the fourth and fifth children. The gap is not, however, as great as this, and the total range of dates of birth for the eight children, from about 1623 [Mary's age at immigration] to 1641, is well within the fertility span of a single woman. We do not subscribe to either of these hypotheses, and simply state that William had a wife Dorothy, surname unknown." The Scudder Association Foundation adds: There are a great many William Kings in England and several who married Dorothys that are more in line with the family's ages at immigration, but discourage speculations for any of them. Also to be considered is how many people in the early time do not have records that survive. In addition, the birth of the first child Mary occurred about 1623, by her emigration record, which is 7 years after the speculative marriage. The family sailed from Dorset's port at Weymouth on a ship primarly composed of people from Somerset and other counties so there is no reason to believe they were from Dorset. Family of parents William King and Dorothy _? King in The Great Migration, v. 4, I–L, pp 174–177. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2496/42521_b158315-00281?pid=1237&backurl=//search.ancestry.com//cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DPOb2%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3DGreatMigration%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3DWillliam%26gsfn_x%3DNN%26gsln%3DKing%26gsln_x%3DNN%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3D5v2%26pcat%3D40%26fh%3D0%26h%3D1237%26recoff%3D4%25205%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=POb2&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=42521_b158315-00281 Mary is the oldest child of William King (Kinge) and Dorothy Hayne, who sailed from Weymouth, England, 20 March 1635. The family lived at King's Cove, Salem, near Royall's Neck, which is now Beverly, Massachusetts.

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] Ancestral File (R). [S1485] William King Family in the Great Migration. [S4] Scudder Family in America: The Beginnings, Vol. I, No. 2, p. 9.