Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Family of George King (494) & Joane Lorran

1604. Eld. Thomas King. Born ca 1613. Thomas died on 24 Sep 1691 in Scituate, MA.116 Buried in Scituate, MA GR20. Religion: Joined the Scituate church 25 Feb 1737/8.

Thomas King sailed from London 17 Jun 1635 in the ship Blessing at the age of 21 in the company of Mr. William Vassall and family, whose whife was Anna, Thomas’s sister. He built his house on the top of the hill at Bell house neck, a few rods south of Mr. Vassall’s He was admitted to the church 25 Feb 1638. He succeeded Elder William Hatch as elder in the Second Church. Thomas’s second wife was the widow of Elder Hatch. Thomas also had lands on the north side of Rotten marsh. After the death of Elder Thomas King, the office of Ruling Elder was allowed to lapse, and the duties of that office were merged with those of deacon.39 6 7

"Elder King's will, dated 1691 [30 Jun and proved 16 mar 1692], gives 'to wife Anne—to daughter Sarah Besby land at Gravelly beach—To grandsons John and Thomas Rogers 10 £ each. Item: it is my will that Robin, my negro, be set free, and receive of my estate a bed and 5 £ in money—Item: to son Thomas all my property not otherwise disposed of in New and Old England.'"6

ca 1638 Thomas first married Sarah Tinker (2173) , daughter of Robert Tinker (600) (ca 1565-ca Jun 1624) & Mary Merwin (ca 1575-aft 1648), in Scituate.106 Born ca 1619 in New Windsor, Berkshire. Sarah was baptized in New Windsor, Berkshire, on 26 Jul 1619.106 Sarah died on 6 Jun 1652 in Scituate, MA.116,3 Religion: Joined the Scituate church 14 May 1737.

Their children include:
5888 i. Rhoda King (11 Oct 1639-ca 1662)
5889 ii. George King (Died young) (24 Dec 1642-)
5890 iii. Dea. Thomas King (21 Jun 1645-1 Dec 1711)
5891 iv. Daniel King (4 Feb 1647/8-)
5892 v. Sarah King (24 May 1650-20 Oct 1716)
5893 vi. John King (Died soon) (30 May 1652-26 Jul 1652)

On 31 Mar 1653 Thomas second married Jane Younge, daughter of Edward Younge (ca 1570-) & Janne [Younge], in Scituate, MA.85 Born on 31 Dec 1593 in Thanington, Kent. Jane died in Scituate, MA, on 8 Oct 1653; she was 59.116,3

Jane, of Thanington, Kent, England.65 She married first William Hatch, second Thomas King.

Thomas third married Anne [King]. Anne died aft 1691.

1605. Anna King. Born ca 1593 in Cold Norton, Essex, England.204 Anna died prob. bef. 1655.

On 9 Jun 1613 (licence) Anna married William Vassall, son of Ald. John Vassall (-Sep 1625) & Anna Russell (-5 May 1593), in London, England.204 Born ca 1592 in Stepney, Essex. William was baptized in Stepney, Essex, on 27 Aug 1592.204 William died in 1655/1657 in Barbados.5

William, “the first of his name who went to America, was an assistant in the Massachusetts Bay Company and one of the original patentees of New England lands. At a formal meeting of the Governor and Company, held in July 1629, he, with others, was appointed ‘to go over’, which he did, but returned to England after a short stay in the ship Lyon. On 17-20 June 1635 he again embarked with his wife Ann, five daughters and one son, on board the Blessing, Jo Lecester, master, for New England.
    “Upon his arrival in that country it would seem that he settled first in Roxbury, for in the Church Registry of that town is the following entry made by the Rev. John Eliot in his account of the church members: ‘Mrs Anna Vassaile—the wife of Mr. Willia Vassaile. Her husband brought five children to this land, Judith, Frances, John, margaret, Mary’. (This is an error as there were six children, and in the following order: Judith 6, Frances 12, Jno 10, Ann 6, Margaret 2, and Mary 1, as appears in the list of the passengers of the Blessing on that voyage.)
    “How long he remained in Roxbury is not known. On 28 Nov. 1636 he was connected with the church in Scituate...”204

“William was a man of considerable fortune, son of John Vassall, a man of great wealth, and an Alderman of Longon, who in 1588 fitted out and commanded two vessels to help oppose the Spanish Armada. William Vassall was one of the original patentees of New England lands. He was one of Craddock’s Assistants at the time he was made acting Governor of the Massachusetts Company of London. In 1630 Vassall came to New England with John Winthrop, but returned to London in 1631 in the ship Lyon, being chosen with his brother by the colonists to present their petitions of complaints against Endicott’s government to Craddock in England. He returned in June 1635 in the ship Blessing with his wife and six children, whom he left in Roxbury while he built his house at Scituate on the beautiful location overlooking river, marshes and ocean. It was known as ‘Belle House.’ In 1646, finding himself out of sympathy with the colonial leaders, Vassall went to England, and in 1648, without returning to Scituate, he went to Barbados, where he died in the Parish of St. Michael in 1655.”7

Well-educated and a man of some wealth in England, he and his brother came to Scituate, MA, where he built the "Belle House" on his plantation, "West Newland". He seems to have run afoul of his neighbors in matters of religion, and became a follower of Rev. John Lathrop, a religious refugee from London. After some years of religious controversy, he returned to England in 1646, and later returned to his estates in Barbados and Jamaica where he lived until his death. Some evidence exists that he dealt heavily in slaves.

Their children include:
5894 i. Anna Vassall (Died soon) (6 Sep 1614-22 Sep 1614)
5895 ii. Judith Vassall (ca 1619-Apr 1670)
5896 iii. Frances Vassall (ca 1623-ca 1670)
5897 iv. Samuel Vassall (Died soon) (22 Jun 1624-16 Nov 1624)
5898 v. Mary Vassall (Died soon) (22 Jun 1624-ca 1633)
5899 vi. Capt. John Vassall (ca 1625-1688)
5900 vii. William Vassall (ca 1626/7-)
5901 viii. Ann Vassall (ca 1628-)
5902 ix. Margaret Vassall (ca 1633-)
5903 x. Mary Vassall (ca 1633-)

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