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19 January 2002

 

 

geoff.mann@btinternet.com

 

 

 

 

 

KING Family Summary

17-19C, Wendlebury, Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire

 

click here for the KING family tree  (see below for index of marriages on the tree)

 

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9 Thomas KING c1670-1743  blacksmith

   m Margaret HADDON 1696 Middleton Stoney

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8 Robert KING 1699-1734

   m Martha GEORGE 1722 Bletchingdon

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7 John KING 1726-1790

   m Martha PEAKE 1750 Oxford

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6 Robert KING 1760-1820 blacksmith

   m Susannah ROUSE 1786 Shipton-on-Cherwell

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5 Martha KING 1784-1856

   m Stephen SOANES 1814 Forest Hill

 

 

 

The earliest known ancestor, Thomas KING was a blacksmith in the Oxfordshire village of Wendlebury.  His gt.grandson, Robert, was also a blacksmith, so it is probable that the two generations in between carried on the same trade.

 

Thomas’ son, Robert, moved to Bletchingdon, 3 miles from Wendlebury, and the family stayed there for three more generations.

 

Robert’s grandson, another Robert, became a the blacksmith at Bletchingdon.  He married Susannah ROUSE in 1786, when Susannah already had a two-year old  daughter, Martha, but it is not known whether Robert was the father or not.

 

Martha took the name KING and married firstly a tailor who died of fever, and then a mason Stephen SOANES of Forest Hill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDEX OF MARRIAGES ON THE KING FAMILY TREE

 

 

SURNAME           DATE/PLACE MARRIAGE    TREE  MARRIED TO:

BRODERTON Ann              13May1694 Stratton Audley OXF         KingT0  KING Thomas

DAVIS Elizabeth            18Apr1834 Kirtlington OXF             KingT0  KING Joseph

FORSTER John                5Nov1810 Bletchingdon OXF            KingT8  KING Ann

GEORGE Martha              26Apr1713 Steeple Aston OXF           KingT0  PAINE Edward

GILBERT Elizabeth          30May1790 Kirtlington OXF             KingT0  KING William

HADDON Margaret                     26Oct1696 Middleton Stoney OXF        KingT0  KING Thomas

LEE Elizabeth              18Mar1813 Bletchingdon OXF            KingT0  KING John

MARLOW John                18Nov1830 Bletchingdon OXF            KingT8  KING Sarah

MILLINGS Elizabeth          3Jul1742 Oxford St Mary Magdalen OXF KingT0  KING John

PAINE Martha (wid)         12Mar1722 Bletchingdon OXF            KingT0  KING Robert

PEAKE Martha               16Oct1750 Oxford St Mary Magdalen OXF KingT0  KING John

ROUSE Susannah             29Nov1786 Shipton-on-Cherwell OXF     KingT0  KING Robert

SMITH Margaret                       26Oct1696 Middleton Stoney OXF        KingT0  KING Thomas

SOANES George              27Dec1814 Forest Hill OXF             KingT0  KING Susannah

SOANES Stephen             12Mar1814 Forest Hill OXF             KingT0  KING Martha

TRAFFORD Mary               4Jan1748 Wendlebury OXF              KingT0  KING Richard

VENNIMOOR Mary             14Jan1727 Wendlebury OXF              KingT8  KING Thomas

 

 

OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS

 

1)       B9.  Origin of Thomas KING who was a blacksmith of Wendlebury, but was of Stratton Audley when he married in 1694; registers of that parish earlier than 1696 have not survived. 

 

2)       B6.  Was Robert the father of Martha (ROUSE)?