Fourth Generation


120. Abiah LEONARD234 was born on 16 December 1720 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 10 September 1756 at the age of 35 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.

Abiah LEONARD and Benjamin KING were married on 22 November 1743 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.235 Benjamin KING221, son of John KING and Alice DEAN, was born on 21 October 1718 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.125 He died on 4 December 1803 at the age of 85 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. Marriage and children also verified by Sanford, "Genealogy of the Family of Kings," p. 17. They lived north of the cemetery and had a large domain of good land bordering on the river. The epitaph on his gravestone is "Beneath this stone my body lies, in the cold clods of clay, and in Christ's life may I arise, in the Great Judgment day." Marriage was at Church of Christ, Raynham.

Abiah LEONARD and Benjamin KING had the following children:

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Sergeant George KING.

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Anna KING was born on 15 November 1746 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 10 April 1823 at the age of 76 in New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA. She married Elisha Haskell b. 22 Feb 1743 in Middleborough, d. 8 Mar 1767 in Middleborough. They had at least one child: Eli Haskell b. 12 May 1775.

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William KING was born on 30 January 1748 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. He died about 1779 at the age of 31.

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Asa KING.

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Hazadiah KING.

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Gaius KING was born on 9 March 1756 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. He died on 16 March 1779 at the age of 23.

Abiah LEONARD and Israel WASHBURN were married on 22 November 1743. Israel WASHBURN was born on 11 August 1718 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. He died on 21 January 1796 at the age of 77 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. Did he also marry Leah Fobes 3 Jan 1739? Mary DeMoranville 29 May 1791? Deborah Bryant 17 Sep 1795? Another Israel Washburn was born 1770.

His household had 1 male and 2 females in the 1790 Census of Raynham.