Henry, wife, and 5 children, and a man servant sailed from Weymouth, Dorcetshire, in Rev Joseph Hull's Co arr Jun 7 1635

 

Henry Kingman, aged 40, Joane, his wife, aged 39, Edward Kingman, his son aged 16, Joane his daughter, aged 11, Anne his daughter aged 9, Thomas his son, aged 7, John his son, aged 2 years and John Ford, his servant aged 30, sailed from Weymouth in Dorsetshire on or near 20-Mar-1634-5 in Rev. Joseph Hull's Company and arrived at Dorchester 07-Jun-1635 (Register 25: 14). He was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 03-Mar-1636-7 (Register, 3: 94). Seven lots were granted to him at Weymouth, viz., twelve acres "in the westerneck first given to John Whitmarsh," three acres "first given to William Smith," another three "first given to Edward Poole," four "first given to George ALlen," three "in the Easterneck," two "neere burying Iland," first given to Angell Holland, and six acres in the westerneck first given to Samuel Butterworth (Weymouth Land Grants, 268). he was "lycensed to keepe the saide fferry at Waymothe" during the pleasure of the General Court, 03-Mar-1635-36, and was to take twopence apiece for transportation of people 12-Mar-1637-8 (Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, 1: 165, 225). He was licensed to keep a house of entertainment at Weymouth 06-Jun-1637 (Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, 199). He was a deputy from Weymouth to the General Court 02-May-1638, 27-May-1652, and 26-May-1657; and was one of a committee to lay out a highway from Weymouth to Dorchester 25-Dec-1648. William Richards, for £50, sells him his dwelling house and 20 acres in Weymouth 12-May-1648