Person Page - 7232

       James/1 King was baptised 7 Nov 1647 at Ugborough, Devonshire.¹ He married, 23 Mar 1674 at Ipswich, MA, Elizabeth Fuller, daughter of John Fuller and Elizabeth Emerson.^1,2 They removed to Suffield, CT, where she died 30 Jun 1715.³ He married (2), 7 Feb 1716 at Westfield, MA,, Hannah/2 Hanchet of Westfield, daughter of Dea. Thomas/1 Hanchet and Deliverance Langton, and widow of ____ Loomis.¹ She died at Suffield in Aug 1720.¹ There he died 13 May 1722 at age 74.⁴

       Sarah/2 Spencer was born circa 1646 at Hartford, CT.^2,1 There she married, May 1667, Thomas/1 Huxley of Suffield, son of Francis/a Huxley and Frances (–?–).^3,1 She died at Suffield 24 Oct 1712.⁴ There he died 21 Jul 1721.⁵

       Thomas/1 Huxley was born in England circa 1641.¹ Of Suffield, CT, he married, in May 1667, Sarah/2 Spencer of Hartford, daughter of Sgt. Thomas/1 Spencer and Sarah Bearding.^2,3 She died at Suffield 24 Oct 1712.⁴ There he died 21 Jul 1721.⁵
     "Thomas Huxley of New Haven, 1660, was a servant of John Wakeman. He was called servant in the will of Wakeman in which he bequeathed his gun to Thomas Huxley, providing Thomas 'carried himself honestly and faithfully.' Mr. Wakeman's will was probated in Hartford, Sept 14, 1661. We have every reason to believe that he accompanied his master to Hartford and that he was given the gun.
     "Thomas Huxley, while seemingly of lowly origin, did nothing to tarnish the name. Rather, he added to it as he advanced steadily in the communities in which he lived.
     "He became the owner of several pieces of land in Hartford; he sold most of this land and removed to a new settlement, Suffield. Here in 1678 he was granted 60 acres of land on High Street facing the Green. He was voted a freeman in 1681, as a 'householder and a member of ye church.' March 6, 1683 Thomas was elected to the office of Selectman, the highest local office of a settlement. In 1681 he was chosen 'a keeper of Public House of Entertainment.¹'"