Fourth Generation

284. Benjamin KING¹¹⁷ was born on 21 Oct 1718 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.¹¹⁶ He died on 4 Dec 1803 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. Marriage and children also verified by Sanford, "Genealogy of the Familyof Kings," p. 17. They lived north of the cemetery and had a largedomain of good land bordering on the river. The epitaph on hisgravestone is "Beneath this stone my body lies, in the cold clods ofclay, and in Christ's life may I arise, in the Great Judgement day."

Morgan Radford, morganradford@@imt.net, seems to be following this line,at least the Barzillai King branch.

Benjamin KING and Abiah LEONARD were married on 22 Nov 1743 in Raynham, MA.²⁰⁸ Abiah LEONARD¹⁹⁶ (daughter of Rev., Capt. Samuel LEONARD and Katherine DEAN) was born on 16 Dec 1720 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 10 Sep 1756 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. Benjamin KING and Abiah LEONARD had the following children:

+428	i.	George KING.
+429	ii.	Anna KING.
430	iii.	William KING.
+431	iv.	Asa KING.
+432	v.	Hazadiah KING.
433	vi.	Gaius KING.

Benjamin KING and Deliverance EDDY were married on 10 Nov 1757 in Raynham, MA. Deliverance EDDY (daughter of Joseph EDDY) was born in 1732 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 1 Nov 1772 in Raynham, MA. Benjamin KING and Deliverance EDDY had the following children:

+672	i.	Stephen KING.
+673	ii.	Eli KING.
+674	iii.	Abigail KING.
+675	iv.	Abiah KING.
+676	v.	Sally KING.
+677	vi.	Barzillai KING.