Married:Elizabeth
Shaw in 1730.
Elizabeth's marriage settlement concerned a messuage called "Crispes",
in
Frinton.
20 January 1730
Marriage Settlement
GABRIAL SHAW, of Kirby, esq. and Elizabeth his wife
(2) John King, of Thorp, gentleman and Elizabeth his wife. (3) Robert
Price, of Colchester, esq. on marriage of John King and Elizabeth only
daughter of Gabriel Shaw
Messuage called 'Crispes', etc., Frinton
[5 signet seals]
The day before this marriage settlement was signed, the property
"Crispes" had been leased for a year by Gabriel Shaw, of Kirby, from
Robert Price, of Colchester.
Married:Sarah
Pollard.
This was possibly the marriage that took place on 15 November 1792, in
Stoke Damerel, Devon between a Robert King and a Sarah Pollard.
Occupation: Army Officer. Robert served
in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, reaching the rank of Captain.
Robert was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Regiment of
Artillery aged 16 years and 3 months. He was made cadet on 20 February
1777, Second Lieutenant on 9 July 1779, First Lieutenant on 9 Jannuary
1782 (List of officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
p1779), Captain-Lieutenant on 25 September 1793 (London Gazette 28 September 1793 p868)
and Captain on 29 February 1796 (London Gazette 5 March 1796 p228), Robert
served in the Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779-1783).
Death: 2 February 1802, in
Colchester, Essex, England The Gentleman's Magazine March 1802 p274
Obituary, with Anecdotes, of remarkable Persons Feb. 2. At Colchester, Robert
King, esq. captain of the royal artillery.
Robert's early death resulted a lawsuit concerning his parents'
marriage settlement which gave substantial estates to the parents for
their lifetime and then to be split amongst the surviving children.
Robert survived his father, but not his mother, and Robert's wife and
daughter sued after his mother's death to obtain his share of the
estates. The case King vs. Hake was argued all
the way to the High Court of Chancery which found in favour Robert's
wife and daughter.
Sources:
Birth: Aged 16 years 3
months at commission in Royal Artillery on 20 February 1777.
Marriage: Possibly England
Marriages batch M05242-4;
I hesistate to conclude that this is the correct marriage until I can
find something tieing either Sarah or Robert to Stoke Damerel.
Census:
1841: Robt. Shaw King is aged 35 (rounded down to the nearest multiple
of 5), born in Essex
1851: Robert Shaw King is aged 49, born in Colchester
Sources:
Birth:
1851 census, which shows age 49
Parents: Named as a nephew
of Rev. Shaw King in the latter's will (Essex
Archives Online D/DYz 39), and the will of Shaw's wife, Elizabrth
King, is witnessed by R.S. Scott (son of John K. of Colchester esq.) (Essex
Archives Online D/DYz 40)
Death: England Death Index
(2Q1851 Colchester vol 12 p44)
Education: St Mary Hall, Oxford
University. Shaw matriculated on 19 August 1749. Alumni Oxonienses Volume II p796 (Foster,
1891) King, Shaw, s. John, of Thorp,
Essex, gent. ST. MARY HALL,
matric. 19 Aug., 1749, agcd 18.
Married:Elizabeth
Dobson on 17 April 1757 The London Magazine April 1757 p203
MARRIAGES and BIRTHS.
April 17. Shaw King, of Thorpe, near Colchester, in Essex, Esq; to Miss
Elizabeth Dobson, of Clerkenwell, with a fortune of 8000l.
The Gentleman's Magazine April 1857 p189
List of Marriages for the Year 1757.
Shaw King of Thorp, Essex,
Esq; - to Miss Dobson of St John's, Clerkenwell.
Children:
Notes: Shaw held estates at
Comarques near Thorpe-le-Soken in Essex, which he rebuilt c. 1755, and
Mereland in Kirby le Soken, Essex. In 1752, Mereland was a 229 acre
estate.
Married: Elizabeth Sturgeon. Elizabeth
was the daughter of William Sturgeon, who held estates in Birch, Essex,
and Copford, Essex. In William's will, proved in 1767, Elizabeth was
bequeathed "lands in Purleigh and farm and messuage in
Layer-de-la-Haye" and £200.
Elizabeth's will, written on 12 August 1818, was proved on 31 January
1840.
(widow of Shaw King of Thorpe-le-Soken, clerk)
Devises to sister Mary Brett of Wakes Colne, for life, then to her son
Edward B. and daughter Elizabeth B
All freehold and copyhold messuages and land, in Birch, Copford,
Hockley and Canewdon, in occupation of James Hiller, Peter Poulton,
James Creache, Daniel Ardley, John Lewis, Philip Taylor, William Mead,
James Taylor, Solomon Oddy, Peter Coney, Daniel Everett, J. Abbot,
Daniel Brown and John Polley; a wood called Chest Wood (7acres), in
Great Birch; an ash ground in Birch or Copford; and all freehold and
copyhold messuages and land, in Tolleshunt Darcy, Woodham Ferris,
Rettendon, East and West Hanningfield Hockley and Canewdon, in
occupation of [blank] Fenn, John Green, Edward Key, William Law and
Susannah Wade, widow
Residue of personal estate to sister Mary B
Exece. & executor.: Mary B. & Robert Dawson of Great Bentley,
gentleman Witnesses: R.S.King (son of John K. of Colchester, esq.),
J.H. & Thomas Moberty, both of Colchester, solicitors. Occupation: Clergyman
Buried: 23 January 1817, in
Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, England
Will: dated 24 July 1816 with a codicil
dated 7 December 1816; proved 15 June 1817
The will ratified "Marriage Settlement of Messuages and land in Thorpe,
Fordham, Ardleigh and Colchester, all freehold, to wife for life, then
to be auctioned together with free and copyhold estates (210a.) in
Thorpe, and capital messuage called Comarques in Thorpe and (50acres)
land. Legacies to wife Elizabeth King; to nephews John & Robert
Shaw King; to brother John King & wife Sarah; to niece Elizabeth
Pollard King.
Executors: John Leake and James Cole. Witnesses: J. & J. N.Stoney,
W. Mason,
Codicil: appointing Robert Hardy of Tendring Executor and trustee."
Notes:
The cutting shown, from an unknown newspaper, was pasted into a book
given by Shaw King to his nephew, Edward
Brett, in 1811, alought that doesn't help much with the date of the
cutting since it could have been earlier than that, or pasted in later.
Cutting from Unkown newspaper mentioning Rev. Shaw King
image from Mike Poyzer
FEARS OF FRENCH INVASION. 1803. When
Bonaparte had his flat-bottomed boats made and threatened to invade
England, it was thought probable he might attempt a landing on the
Essex coast. It created considerable alarm in this neighbourhood.
Orders were received in the parishes along the coast to appoint
persons to take charge of the live stock, and have it removed, if
necessary, to the upper part of the County on the borders of
Cambridgeshire. Mr. Joseph Ring and Robert Draper daily expected
to be called into service for this parish, being appointed for that
office.
The Rev. Shaw King, residing at Comarques at Thorp, had all his
plate and valuables packed ready for starting. It was said
several families at Colchester made similar preparations.
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