Married 15 Dec 1752 to Elizabeth Fenner, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Smith) Fenner. They were the parents of John, Hezekiah, Elijah, David, George, Elizabeth, Fenner and David.
He was a Captain from Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War.∼In 1762 he accepted a commission from Robert Moncton as First Lieutenant in a company of foot militia of the province of Amenia in Dutchess County and in deeds executed in 1764 and 6 he claimed Amenia as his place of residence. In 1776 he was appointed Captain of the 14th Company in the First Regiment of Militia in Berkshire County, whereof Mark Hopkins in Colonel, and in 1777 was commissioned Justice of the Peace for Berkshire County.
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Ancestor # A066614
Service: MASSACHUSETTS
Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, CAPTAIN
Birth: 9-11-1730 BOLTON HARTFORD CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 5-1-1808 MOUNT WASHINGTON BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 9, P 259; HIST OF BERKSHIRE CO, MA, VOL 2, P 229
Service Description: 1) COLS HOPKINS, JOHN BROWN, JOHN ASHLEY, TACONIC MOUNTAIN CO, 2) 1ST BERKSHIRE CO MILITIA; MEMBER OF COMMITTEE
He was a Captain from Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War.∼In 1762 he accepted a commission from Robert Moncton as First Lieutenant in a company of foot militia of the province of Amenia in Dutchess County and in deeds executed in 1764 and 6 he claimed Amenia as his place of residence. In 1776 he was appointed Captain of the 14th Company in the First Regiment of Militia in Berkshire County, whereof Mark Hopkins in Colonel, and in 1777 was commissioned Justice of the Peace for Berkshire County.
DAR information
Ancestor # A066614
Service: MASSACHUSETTS
Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, CAPTAIN
Birth: 9-11-1730 BOLTON HARTFORD CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 5-1-1808 MOUNT WASHINGTON BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 9, P 259; HIST OF BERKSHIRE CO, MA, VOL 2, P 229
Service Description: 1) COLS HOPKINS, JOHN BROWN, JOHN ASHLEY, TACONIC MOUNTAIN CO, 2) 1ST BERKSHIRE CO MILITIA; MEMBER OF COMMITTEE
Married 15 Dec 1752 to Elizabeth Fenner, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Smith) Fenner. They were the parents of John, Hezekiah, Elijah, David, George, Elizabeth, Fenner and David.
He was a Captain from Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War.∼In 1762 he accepted a commission from Robert Moncton as First Lieutenant in a company of foot militia of the province of Amenia in Dutchess County and in deeds executed in 1764 and 6 he claimed Amenia as his place of residence. In 1776 he was appointed Captain of the 14th Company in the First Regiment of Militia in Berkshire County, whereof Mark Hopkins in Colonel, and in 1777 was commissioned Justice of the Peace for Berkshire County.
DAR information
Ancestor # A066614
Service: MASSACHUSETTS
Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, CAPTAIN
Birth: 9-11-1730 BOLTON HARTFORD CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 5-1-1808 MOUNT WASHINGTON BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 9, P 259; HIST OF BERKSHIRE CO, MA, VOL 2, P 229
Service Description: 1) COLS HOPKINS, JOHN BROWN, JOHN ASHLEY, TACONIC MOUNTAIN CO, 2) 1ST BERKSHIRE CO MILITIA; MEMBER OF COMMITTEE
He was a Captain from Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War.∼In 1762 he accepted a commission from Robert Moncton as First Lieutenant in a company of foot militia of the province of Amenia in Dutchess County and in deeds executed in 1764 and 6 he claimed Amenia as his place of residence. In 1776 he was appointed Captain of the 14th Company in the First Regiment of Militia in Berkshire County, whereof Mark Hopkins in Colonel, and in 1777 was commissioned Justice of the Peace for Berkshire County.
DAR information
Ancestor # A066614
Service: MASSACHUSETTS
Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, CAPTAIN
Birth: 9-11-1730 BOLTON HARTFORD CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 5-1-1808 MOUNT WASHINGTON BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 9, P 259; HIST OF BERKSHIRE CO, MA, VOL 2, P 229
Service Description: 1) COLS HOPKINS, JOHN BROWN, JOHN ASHLEY, TACONIC MOUNTAIN CO, 2) 1ST BERKSHIRE CO MILITIA; MEMBER OF COMMITTEE
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In
memory
of
JOHN KING ESQ
who departed
this life may 1st
1808
in the 78th year
of his
age.
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