The Kings of Winterton on Sea

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King-Smith.

Abel King married Ann Haylett 31 July 1820 at Winterton.

He was baptized 17 December 1794 son of Abel King and Elizabeth Derry.

He died 9 November 1828 age 34 Buried Winterton
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When James King married Harriet Green  7 December 1837 he gave his father as Abel King fisherman.

His birth is always 1811/1812 so he is too young to be the son of Abel King and Ann unless this Abel had been married before or there was an affair.
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I haven't found James baptism in the Winterton registers (so far)  NFHS transcriptions and FindMyPast.

However he may be the last child of Abel senior and his wife Elizabeth nee Derry who married 24 February 1794 at Winterton.
Children
Abel 1794  died 1828 age 34, married Ann Haylett 1820
Robert 1796
Mary 1797 married Joseph Sutton 23 September 1821 wit. Abel King
Elizabeth 1799 married Simon Sheales  24 April 1825 witness sisters Lydia and  Mary Ann
William 1801
Isaac 1803  died 20 August 1837 age 34,
Lydia 1805 married John Haylett 15 November 1837 Winteron
Benjamin 1807  married Lydia Flaxman 18 July 1831-wit. John King and JAMES KING
John Derry 1809
***Possibly James 1811** did they forget to baptize him?
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1841 census Winterton
Abel King 70 - death 2 December 1845 age 78  Winterton
Elizabeth King 70

1851 Census
Elizabeth King 80 wd. Land Proprietor born Somerton Norfolk
Elizabeth Sheales 51 wd pauper  (this is her daughter)
Christiana A King 14 niece  ( daughter of Benjamin King son of Abel and Elizabeth who married Lydia Flaxman 1831)

Other coincidences are 29 August 1845 Merchant Seaman records National Archives

James King DOB 11 May 1811 resides Winterton  5' 61/2", Light hair, fresh complexion, grey eyes

Benjamin King DOB 19 May 1807 resides Winterton 5' 61/2" Brown hair, fresh complexion, brown eyes. 

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James King who married Harriet Green 7 December 1837
children
Robert Dreary Green King bap. 15 September 1839  - died 25 June 1913
James George Green King  bap 20 September 1841
Harriet Maria Green King  birth reg 1843 East & West Flegg - died 25 February 1921 age 77
Abel William Green King  reg 1846  same  - buried 29 June 1848 age 1 year 9 months.

James senior died 17 February 1900
Harriet his wife died 28 June 1879

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Hi King-Smith  Just to get you started here are some notes I have at hand.  James King b abt 1811 d 17/2/1900
James King (1811-1900) in 1837 married Harriet Green (1813-1879) and had several children including James George Green King born in 1841/2.
James King born 1811 joined his older brother Benjamin King born 1807 in the fishing and beach trade, Benjamin staying in Winterton but his son Robert King born 1834 moved to Caister marrying Mary Ann Smith.

James5 King (Abel4, Abel3, Benjamin2, Jno1) was born Abt. 1811 in Winterton, Norfolk, and died 17 Feb 1900 in Winterton, Norfolk.  He married Harriet Green 07 Dec 1837 in Holy Trinity & All Saints, Winterton, Norfolk, daughter of John Green.  She was born Abt. 1813 in Winterton, Norfolk, and died 28 Jun 1879 in Winterton, Norfolk.

Notes for James King:
Buried aged 88

More About James King:
Burial: 21 Feb 1900, Holy Trinity & All Saints, winterton, Norfolk
Occupation: Fisherman, Beachman

Notes for Harriet Green:
Mar Wit: William Green & James Andrews

More About Harriet Green:
Baptism: 25 Jul 1813, Winterton
Burial: 03 Jul 1879, Holy Trinity & All Saints, winterton, Norfolk

Married 7/12/1837 Harriet Green b abt 1813 d 28/6/1879
James was the Son of Abel King b 6/10/1768 d 24/11/1845

Abel4 King (Abel3, Benjamin2, Jno1) was born 06 Oct 1768 in Winterton, Norfolk, and died 24 Nov 1845 in Winterton, Norfolk.  He married Elizabeth Deary 24 Feb 1794 in Holy Trinity & All Saints, Winterton, Norfolk, daughter of John Derry and Elizabeth Moore.  She was born 17 Apr 1770 in Somerton, Norfolk, England, and died 27 Apr 1853 in Winterton, Norfolk.

Notes for Abel King:
Buried aged 78 years.   Lived in Endways 1794.

WILL:
14/4/1830 to my wife, Elizabeth  all belongings,etc in own occupation and occupation by tenants for her natural life, with free liberty to her to mortgage and take up  reasonable sum she may want incase of sickness, etc  to my wife all my right share and property of any boats or vessels on decease of said wife  all sold for most money equal share to all children  wife sole executor The mark of A (Abel King). 

1804 Sea Fencibles - on themackerel fishing.

More About Abel King:
Baptism: 06 Oct 1768, Winterton
Burial: 02 Dec 1845, Winterton NFK
Census: 1841, Abel & Elizabeth, both aged 70. Abel listed as a Farmer.
Occupation: Fisherman
Will: 14 Apr 1830, Located Norfolk and Norwich Archbishop Wills 1818-1857 (1846 W2-2 ANW (Arch.D. of Norwich MF 363)
Able King who was the son of Abel King b 1740/1741 d 11/12/1783 who was as the son of Benjamin King b Abt 1715/1717 d abt 1777

Abel3 King (Benjamin2, Jno1) was born Abt. 1741 in Winterton, Norfolk, and died 11 Dec 1783 in Norfolk.  He married Jane Hodds 14 Dec 1767 in Holy Trinity & All Saints, Winterton, Norfolk.  She was born Abt. 1746 in Winterton, Norfolk. From Richard King, Jane Hodds drowned at sea 11/12/1783.
Monday one Abel KING, who lived at Hemsby, observing a smuggling cutter lay off the coast, went, in company with another person, on board, but some dispute arising between them and the crew, KING, we hear, by some accident, fell overboard and was drowned.


Benjamin2 King (Jno1) was born Abt. 1717 in Winterton, Norfolk, and died Abt. 1777.  He married Elizabeth Abel 21 Oct 1740 in Hethersett, Norfolk, daughter of Thomas ABEL and Elizabeth.  She was born Abt. 1720 in Hethersett, Norfolk.

More About Benjamin King:
Christening: 15 Jul 1717, Old Meeting House - Goal St, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

More About Elizabeth Abel:
Baptism: 19 Mar 1719, Hethersett

Children of Benjamin King and Elizabeth Abel are:
+   3   i.   Abel3 King, born Abt. 1741 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 11 Dec 1783 in Norfolk.
+   4   ii.   Jimmy King, born 1745.

Benjamin King who was the son of John King (Jno) occupation mariner. 

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John King,
Jno King  He married Margaret.     
Child of Jno King and Margaret is:
+   2   i.   Benjamin King, born Abt. 1717 in Winterton, Norfolk; died Abt. 1777.
a burial for a Benjamin King for 18/12/1723 (Great Yarmouth) with parents as Jno and Marga listed

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This is an interesting one on the note on Christening

Benjamin King 1717
   2.  Benjamin2 King (Jno1) was born Abt. 1717 in Winterton, Norfolk, and died Abt. 1777.  He married Elizabeth Abel 21 Oct 1740 in Hethersett, Norfolk, daughter of Thomas ABEL and Elizabeth.  She was born Abt. 1720 in Hethersett, Norfolk.
Elizabeth poss died 1777

More About Benjamin King:
Christening: 15 Jul 1717, Old Meeting House - Goal St, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

More About Elizabeth Abel:
Baptism: 19 Mar 1719, Hethersett
   
Children of Benjamin King and Elizabeth Abel are:
+   3   i.   Abel3 King, born Abt. 1741 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 11 Dec 1783 in Norfolk.
+   4   ii.   Jimmy King, born 1745.



England & Wales Non-Conformist Births And Baptisms
First name(s)   Benjamin
Last name   King
Birth year   -
Baptism year   1717
Baptism date   15 Jul 1717
Place   Yarmouth
Denomination   Presbyterian
Father's first name(s)   Jno
Mother's first name(s)   Margaret
County   Norfolk
Country   England
The National Archives reference   TNA/RG/4/1973
Description   NORFOLK: Yarmouth, Gaol Street, Old Meeting (Presbyterian): Births & Baptisms
Record set   England & Wales Non-Conformist Births And Baptisms
Category   Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory   Parish Baptisms
Collections from   Great Britain, England

Record Transcription:
Norfolk Banns And Marriages
First name(s)   Benjamin
Last name   King
Sex   Male
Year   1740
Marriage date   21 Oct 1740
Parish   Hethersett
Diocese   Norwich
Spouse's first name(s)   Elizabeth
Spouse's last name   Able
County   Norfolk
Country   England
Archive   Norfolk Record Office
Archive reference   PD 41/4
Archive year range   1730-1782
Page   13
Record set   Norfolk Banns And Marriages
Category   Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory   Parish Marriages
Collections from   England, Great Britain

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Abel King 1740
3.  Abel3 King (Benjamin2, Jno1) was born Abt. 1741 in Winterton, Norfolk, and died 11 Dec 1783 in Norfolk.  He married Jane Hodds 14 Dec 1767 in Holy Trinity & All Saints, Winterton, Norfolk.  She was born Abt. 1746 in Winterton, Norfolk. From Richard King, Jane Hodds drowned at sea 11/12/1783.

Norfolk Chronicle
Extracts from November 15th 1783
Monday one Abel KING, who lived at Hemsby, observing a smuggling cutter lay off the coast, went, in company with another person, on board, but some dispute arising between them and the crew, KING, we hear, by some accident, fell overboard and was drowned.

King, I.R.  The Kings of Winterton.  History and family tree of Abel King born 1741 and Jane Hodds (Hodge) of Winterton, Hethersett and Waxham, with the following surnames, Derry, George, Brown, Salter, Haylett, Amis, Sutton, Sheales, Flaxman, Green and Rex.  Dated 1739-1944 and is in The Norfolk Ancestor. vol. 7 pt. 12, pages 501-503, Family History Library Ref. 942.61 B2j n.6-13

Children of Abel King and Jane Hodds are:
+   5   i.   Abel4 King, born 06 Oct 1768 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 24 Nov 1845 in Winterton, Norfolk.
   6   ii.   William King, born 28 Nov 1770 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 08 Jul 1848 in Winterton, Norfolk.  He married Lydia George 05 Aug 1793 in Holy Trinity & All Saints, Winterton, Norfolk; born 03 May 1771 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 03 May 1840 in Winterton, Norfolk.

Notes for William King:
Mar Wit: John Dybell &  James Symonds.   

WILL for WILLIAM KING(GT.YAR)  1848 W56 67 MF 363   

I, William King, late Fishing Master and Mariner. 25/3/1844   
Nominated Executors - Benjamin King (younger brother)  - William King (son of my elder brother,Abel)   my land and cottages in Winterton (tenanted by John Hodds and William Smith) to William King, one of my executors.my other cottage and land (occupied by John Amiss) to Lydia (the daughter of James and Mary King) formerly of the same parish. To brother Benjamin - all furniture, chattels, personal estate,etc after  payment of funeral expenses/debts. (If Benjamin should depart before -  divided amongst surviving children of Abel (my elder brother)  William X his mark. 
Proved at Great Yarmouth (William King) 17/7/1848 . 

1804 SeaFencibles.

More About William King:
Baptism: 28 Nov 1770, Winterton
Burial: Winterton
Census: 1841, Fisherman - age 70 - Great Yarmouth
Occupation: Fisherman

Notes for Lydia George:
Of Yarmouth on bur

More About Lydia George:
Burial: 07 May 1840, Winterton

   7   iii.   Benjamin King, born 20 Jan 1773 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 03 Jan 1855 in Winterton, Norfolk.  He married Christiana Brown 25 Dec 1797 in Holy Trinity & All Saints, Winterton, Norfolk; born 25 Dec 1774 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 10 May 1828 in Winterton.

More About Benjamin King:
Census: 1841, Aged 65 - Fisherman - Winterton
Occupation: Fisherman

More About Christiana Brown:
Baptism: 25 Dec 1774, Holy Trinity & All Saints, winterton, Norfolk

   8   iv.   Elizabeth King, born 22 Aug 1775 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 27 Dec 1777 in Winterton, Norfolk.
   9   v.   Elizabeth King, born 02 Nov 1780 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 22 Sep 1830 in Winterton, Norfolk.  She married Jonathan Salter 05 Dec 1803 in Holy Trinity & All Saints, Winterton, Norfolk; born Abt. 1777 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 18 Jun 1837 in Winterton, Norfolk.
   10   vi.   Isaac King, born 18 Nov 1778 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 27 Feb 1832 in Winterton, Norfolk.
+   11   vii.   Mary King, born 08 Apr 1783 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 20 Jul 1834 in Winterton, Norfolk.

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Abel King b1768 this is a good one.IF I have the right King, the dates make sense.

Abel4 King (Abel3, Benjamin2, Jno1) was born 06 Oct 1768 in Winterton, Norfolk, and died 24 Nov 1845 in Winterton, Norfolk.  He married Elizabeth Deary 24 Feb 1794 in Holy Trinity & All Saints, Winterton, Norfolk, daughter of John Derry and Elizabeth Moore.  She was born 17 Apr 1770 in Somerton, Norfolk, England, and died 27 Apr 1853 in Winterton, Norfolk.

Notes for Abel King:
Buried aged 78 years.   Lived in Endways

1794.

WILL:
14/4/1830 to my wife, Elizabeth  all belongings,etc in own occupation and occupation by tenants for her natural life, with free liberty to her to mortgage and take up  reasonable sum she may want incase of sickness, etc  to my wife all my right share and property of any boats or vessels on decease of said wife  all sold for most money equal share to all children  wife sole executor The mark of A (Abel King). 

1804 Sea Fencibles - on themackerel fishing.

More About Abel King:
Baptism: 06 Oct 1768, Winterton
Burial: 02 Dec 1845, Winterton NFK
Census: 1841, Abel & Elizabeth, both aged 70. Abel listed as a Farmer.
Occupation: Fisherman
Will: 14 Apr 1830, Located Norfolk and Norwich Archbishop Wills 1818-1857 (1846 W2-2 ANW (Arch.D. of Norwich MF 363)

Notes for Elizabeth Deary:
Mar Wit: Lucretia  ,,? & Sarah Goffin

More About Elizabeth Deary:
Baptism: 17 Apr 1770, Winterton
Occupation: Land Proprietor 1851
   
Children of Abel King and Elizabeth Deary are:
+   13   i.   Abel5 King, born 15 Dec 1794 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 09 Nov 1828 in Winterton, Norfolk.
+   14   ii.   Robert King, born 25 Apr 1796 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 31 Mar 1836 in Winterton, Norfolk.
+   15   iii.   Mary King, born 22 Dec 1797 in Winterton, Norfolk.
+   16   iv.   Elizabeth King, born 27 Aug 1799 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 20 Oct 1857 in Winterton, Norfolk.
+   17   v.   William King, born 14 Dec 1801 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 23 Dec 1892 in Winterton, Norfolk.
   18   vi.   Isaac King, born 04 Oct 1803 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 20 Aug 1837 in Winterton, Norfolk.

Notes for Isaac King:
Unmarried

More About Isaac King:
Baptism: 04 Oct 1803, Winterton

+   19   vii.   Lydia King, born 03 Oct 1805 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 23 Mar 1877 in Caister, Norfolk.
+   20   viii.   Benjamin King, born 19 May 1807 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 21 Jun 1881 in Winterton, Norfolk.
+   21   ix.   John Derry King, born 17 Jun 1809 in Winterton, Norfolk, England; died Abt. 1850 in Sea, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia.
+   22   x.   James King, born Abt. 1811 in Winterton, Norfolk; died 17 Feb 1900 in Winterton, Norfolk.

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HMS Mastiff (1797)
HMS Mastiff was launched at Hull in 1790, as Herald. From there she traded with the Baltic. The British Royal Navy purchased her in 1797, had her fitted at Leith, and named her GB №35, and then Mastiff. She served as a convoy escort in the North Sea until she wrecked in 1800.
After the onset of war with France Britain's merchant fleet provided French, and later Dutch privateers with a target-rich environment. The British Royal Navy needed escort vessels and a quick fix was to buy existing merchant vessels, arm and man them, and then deploy them. Between March and April the Admiralty purchased 10 brigs at Leith, Herald among them. The Royal Navy initially designated these as GB №__, but then gave them names before they actually sailed.
GB №35 underwent fitting at Leith between 20 March 1797 and 11 July. In April Lieutenant John Clements commissioned her for the North Sea. The Navy renamed her Mastiff on 7 November 1797
In January, Mastiff was under the command of Lieutenant James Watson. As she was sailing from Great Yarmouth on 5 January 1800, bound for Leith via the Northern Passage, she rounded the Cockle Buoy. As she did so, the wind died down. A strong ebb tide with a swell then carried her on to the Cockle Sands, wrecking her.[ Hepper, David J. (1994) British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). ISBN 0-948864-30-3]
Two fishermen from Winterton, in Norfolk, Abel King and William Pile, volunteered to go out and try to rescue the crew. Other fishermen from Winterton joined them. In all, and at great risk to their own lives, the fishermen rescued upwards of 30 of the crew (Dodsley, J. (1810) The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1800).

On 7 April, the Lords of the Admiralty gave 25 guineas each to King and Pile, and another 100 guineas to be distributed to the other volunteers, in recognition of their efforts to save Mastiff's crew.

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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 87
F. Jeffries, 1800
P312 Preservation of the Mastiff’s Crew correctly stated.April 1800.
On the morning of the 5th of January, the Mastiff gun-vessel, under the command of Lieut. Watson, coming out of the Yarmouth Roads, and steering Northwards, struck in a thick fog on some part of the Cockle sands. Signals of distress were immediately fired; which being noticed by the sea-faring inhabitants of Winterton, they with all dispatch manned two of their boats, and surmounting, not without considerable difficulty and hazard , the great swell upon the beach, hastened to her assistance. Arriving a near the vessel as her perilous situation and the violence of the sea about her would permit, they perceived the impossibility of rendering her at that time the relief they wished.  In the course of the afternoon, however, they had the good fortune to succour eight of the ship’s company, who in despair had betaken themselves to the ship’s boat, already much injured in the attempt, and nearly filled with water.  With these eight persons they made the nearest shore; and, after having procured for them such accommodations and comforts as they could they went back before day-break the next morning to take their station near the Mastiff, and to watch if, perhaps,  by any favourable change in wind or tide, a momentary opportunity might be found of reducing her brave crew from the destruction which else inevitably awaited them. 
Such an opportunity towards the evening seemed to offer; when two of them, named Abel King and William Pile, volunteered, at the hazard of their lives, to attempt to pass in a larger boat, which they had now obtained (from a just apprehension that the too eager such of the ship’s company might overset or sink their own), through a tremendous sea, towards, the vessel; whilst the rest of the another boat, connected with them by a rope, remainder in smoother water to assist them in returning should have taken out the crew of the Mastiff. 
This courageous project was crowned with the most complete success; and under Divine Providence, these men became the happy instruments of saving Lieut. Watson, with the matter of the vessel, and more than 30 sailors, from that fate which was now drawing on apace, six or seven of their number having already perished through fatigue and cold, and the ship shortly afterwards breaking entirely in pieces.   
Their Lordships’ decision was at once highly honoured to themselves and to the parties in whose favour it was made; and shortly afterwards the Commissions of the Navy ordered, that 150 guineas should be paid, by their Storekeeper at Yarmouth, into the hands of the person by whom the above-mentioned statement was drawn up, to be distributed by him amongst the boatmen of Winterton, “in reward of their intrepid and meritorious exertions in saving their crew of the Mastiff gun-vessel,” in the following proportions , namely to Abel King and William Pile 25 guineas each, and the remaining 100 guineas in equal shares amongst 18 other persons assistant to them on that occasion.