Mrs Dorothy King

1601 - Aft 1684  (> 83 years)

• Name	Dorothy King
  Prefix	Mrs
  Birth	1601	England
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 28 Mar 1684	Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America
  Person ID	I64929	Scudder
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2020

  
  

  Family	William King,   b. 1595, England d. Bef 27 Jun 1650, Salem, Massahusetts, British Colonial America (Age < 55 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1623	England
  	Estimated from birth of eldest child Mary.
  Children	1. Mary King,   b. Abt 1623, England d. unknown, Newtown, Queens, New York, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F23495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Biographical Sketch of William King, wifeDorothy and their children in Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration,volume 4, I–L, 174–177. "ORIGIN: Unknown. IMMIGRATION: 1635 on the Marygould(on 20 March 1634/5), 'William Kinge,' aged 40, 'Dorothy hiswife,' aged 34, 'Mary Kinge his daughter,' aged 12, 'Katherynhis daughter,' aged 10, 'William[ia]m Kinge his son,' aged 8, and'Hanna King, his daughter,' aged 6, were enrolled at Weymouth aspassengers for New England on the Marygould [Hotten 285; GMN 7:9). (SamuelKing, son of this couple, was born in England and should have been included inthis passenger list. The next line is this list, as printed, following theentry for Hannah King, is incomplete, and is simply 'Somm'.' This has beentaken to be an abbreviation for Somerset, the residence of most of thepassengers on this vessel. But this may in fact be the beginning of the entryfor Samuel King, for some reason not completed." These children and thetwo additional children born at Salem, Mehitable and John, and spouses arelisted on p. 176. After mention in her father's will, there is no furtherrecord for Mehitable.   The probate file of William King at Salemin 1650 corroborates the names of his children.   Much ado has surrounded the name ofWilliam King's wife Dorothy unknown. Her name is unknown by any primary sourcethat can be proven to belong to her. The Rufus King data published by Lucy D.Akerly in 1902 in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record33:71 introduced the erroneous guess that William's wife was Dorothy Haynebased on a marriage record in 1616 at Sherborne, Dorset. Great Migrationconsiders this marriage too early based on Dorothy's age in the immigrationrecord. Others have jumped in with their guesses finding 2 women named DorothyHayne from Portisham, England, one christened in 1593 and the other in 1598.They postulated that one of these was the Dorothy Hayne that married a WilliamKing at Sherborne in 1616. However, if one examines the Portisham records theyprove that neither of these women named Dorothy Hayne married William King. ThePortisham PR has marriages for both Dorothys to other named men.    These guesses by those overly eager to assign parentsin England to William and Dorothy (unknown) King of Salem, Massachusetts hasunfortunately created much genealogical misrepresentation on the Internet andin print. It is important to remember, especially in this time period, recordsmay not exist for an event or have not yet come to light. Databases do notcontain all people who were ever born, only those who have been found throughdiligent labor. Serious researchers understand that much diligent labor goesunrewarded.     Preferring to be accurate rather than guessing,we refer the reader to the ancestry link to the sketch of William King in TheGreat Migration that states: John Scudder md. at Salem, Massachusettsin 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 RufusKing) took note of the marriage at Sherborne, Dorset, on 17 February 1616/17 ofWilliam King and Dorothy H ayne, and suggested that this marriage pertained tothis immigrant. In 1918 J. Gardner Bartlett stated (without proving anyevidence or argumentation) that William King had two wives, of whom Dorothy wasthe second, and that he had four children with each of these wives....    "These two hypotheses are mutually exclusive. TheEnglish marriage record is certainly possible, but it seems a few years tooearly, based on both the approximate age of William and the ages of hischildren. Bartlett may have based his arrangement of the family on the apparentgap of six years between the birthdates of the fourth and fifth children. Thegap is not, however, as great as this, and the total range of dates of birthfor the eight children, from about 1623 [Mary's age at immigration] to 1641, iswell 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 agreat many William Kings in England and several who married Dorothys that aremore in line with the family's ages at immigration, but discourage speculationsfor any of them. Also to be considered is how many people in the early time donot have records that survive. See 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