Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Third Generation74. Alice DEAN was born on 20 Nov 1678 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. She was born on 20 Nov 1678. She died on 22 May 1746 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.115 She was buried in King Cemetery, Raynham, MA. Stover's Raynham VR's has her death as May 22, but her gravestone has itMay 16. Alice DEAN and John KING were married
1 FEB 1699/00 in Raynham, MA.116
John KING (son of Ensign Philip KING and Judith WHITMAN)
was born in 1675 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. He died on 5 Oct 1741
in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.115
He was buried in King Cemetery, Raynham, MA. "The contract
to build the second meeting house in Taunton was taken byJohn King. He drew
logs and timber on the ice of the Taunton River andlanded them at Barney Hill,
a little this side of the village. Thathouse was three stories high, containing,
like the old South in Boston,two tiers of galleries on three sides. It was built
in 1729. Theexpense of the house much exceeded his expectations and to make
up hisloss, the town gave him a present of the "Great Neck", a piece
of land socalled, in Raynham.
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