Richard King

Events

Date of Baptism: 19 February 1608.

Place of Baptism: Painswick.

The baptism is recorded in the parish register. This is the correct baptism if Richard’s father was named Richard. See the Commentary section. 

Date of Burial: 25 May 1669.

Place of Burial: Painswick.

The burial is given in the parish register.

Relationships

Father: uncertain. 

Mother: unknown.

Probably Richard's father was Richard King. See the Commentary section. 

Spouse: Alice.

Alice is named in the baptism record of her daughter, Anne.

Children:

Elizabeth King (baptized 27 November 1658 in Painswick, Gloucestershire).

Elizabeth King (baptized 9 February 1662/63 in Painswick) married John Bates 27 February 1692/93 in Painswick.

Richard King (baptized 9 October 1664 in Painswick).

Daniel King (baptized 11 February 1665/66 in Painswick) married Margaret Cuggley 27 July 1696 in Painswick.

Anne King (baptized 28 October 1667 in Painswick).

Evidence

from the Painswick parish registers:

[1608]

Richard the sonne of Richard Kinge was baptized the xixth day of Februarie 1608./

[1658 baptisms]

Elizabeth daughter of Richard Kinge. Nov 27.

[1662 baptisms]

Elizabeth the daughter of Richard Kinge. Febr: 9

[1665 baptisms]

Daniell the sonne of Richard Kinge Febr: 11

[1667 baptisms]

Anne the daughter of Richard King and Alice his wife. Oct: 28.

[1669 burials]

Richard Kinge glover, May 25.

from the bishop's transcripts to the Painswick parish registers:

[1691 burials]

Alice King vidue May: 21

Commentary

Richard’s parentage:

Richard had children baptized starting in 1659 and was buried there in 1669.

A Richard son of Richard Kinge was baptized in Painswick in 1608. This Richard was mentioned in the 1640 will of his father. The date of the baptism, combined with gaps in the Painswick registers in the 1620s and 1630s, raise the possibility that that baptism belongs with a previous generation, and that the baptism of the Richard of this page is missing. However, the elder Richard had a brother named Daniel the Richard of this page had a son named Daniel, so it is likely that if the elder Richard was not the father of the Richard of this page, he was the grandfather or otherwise closely related.

References

Painswick parish registers. Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 20 December 2020.

Painswick parish registers (bishop's transcripts). Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 20 December 2020.

Will of Richard King. Proved 1641 in the Consistory Court of Gloucester. Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 20 December 2020.