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Contributors: Gayle K Blankenship and L West King. This addendum prepared by Kathy Welder Jun 1997). Jeanne K Galau's manuscript offers ideas on further research for the parents of Henry King.
Almost a year ago I received the above named manuscript. As I also descend from the Henry King line, I was thrilled and thankful to find so much extensive research was done in advance. But me, being me, wanted more. Mostly to verify the information given for myself, and to fill in any missing links, if possible. It has taken a while and I've done much research as well, but I have found some new information I hope will be of value to others.
The mother of young Henry King, herself, was a mystery to me, who were her
parents, where did she come from, and most of all, who was her unknown King
husband? The spelling of her name, Gillien, Julian, Gulian, Juliana, and Jullian is
mostly due to the English spelling inaccuracies. Jeane Galau touches on
this and states (pg 1) that it is she who "added the "a" to denote female".
This in and of its self, is fine, with the exception that on page 15, item 2,
under the Norsworthy section, Jeane indicates that "Tristiam Norsworthy's
wife was named Ann in a grant, could she have been Juliana?" Since it
was Jeane herself who inserted an "a" to Julian, I see no connection. A
Footnote at the bottom of this same page states "the name of Juliana
is only found in the Norsworthy family denoting a female". I did
some checking and found other examples as follows:
 | 1650 Francis Hobbs Patent 1,000 A Rappahannock Riv. For transportation of of 20, among them Julyan Cox (Patent Book 2) (Note: presumably female) |
| Jan 24, 1656 Capt William Caufill, Surry Co. 550 acres awarded on
the Westward side of Lyon's Creek. (Note: also known as Lawnes Creek (K W),
bounding N with Hogg Island and East and westward on the S side of the James River,
bounding with that of his own and that of Lt Wm Cockaram, for transportation of
11 persons, one of whom is Gillien Cornen/Connor. (found in both "Cavaliers and Pioneers" and
"Early Families along the James River" by L Foley.)
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| 1664 Julian Allam (Allain) 200 A Sandy Point, according to ancient and lawful
bounds, land now in the possession of said Julian, at or near
Dancing Point, in James City Co, being part of 700 A previously granted
Benjam Carroll, dec'd. Now granted to the said Julian who hath made HER oath,
June 18, 1663. (Cavalier and Pioneers)
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| 1632 July 27. From the book "Early Child Immigrants" by Hume comes a last reference, #401 Elizabeth Warren, #402 Julian Waterman, #403 Mary Willins "Old Prisoners Common Pilferers, for breaking out of the house at a grate, Warren Parish. The other two are warned and kept till they at their owne request may be sent to Virginia." (Note: although not specifically referred to as "3 girls" one could assume they are.) |
The family of William Knott, Surry Co is also named as possible parents of because of (1) the transport of Darby Stantlin, by 1657, second husband of Julian King and (2) the close proximity of the John and Jane King family. At the time of Jeane's writing only a son William Knott Jr is mentioned. Just recently I discovered the rest of the children of William and Mary Knott of Surry Co. William Knott Sr died by 1666; his widow Mary then wed William Carpinter, a neighbor. Knott and Mary had
| William Jr b by 1645 |
| Anne Knott who wed W Avery |
| Mary Knott who wed
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| Sarah Knott (wed probably William Hunt) |
| Elizabeth Knott who wed
Mary Knott Carpinter died 1696-98, she had a daughter, Catherine by William Carpinter. This information would seem to also exclude the Knotts as parents of Juliana as suggested in Jeane's work. (Mary Knott Carpinter left an Inventory Surry Co dated 1699. William Carpinter left a will Surry Co dated 1695.) So who were her parents? Unknown at this time, however, if we refer back to the transportation of Gillien Cornen/Conner, by 1656 and Capt William Caufill/Caufield, a strong clue emerges. This William Caufill had large tracts of land in the Surry Co/Isle of Wight Co area. It is reasonable to assume this Miss Gillien was transported and lived upon the land of Caufill as his headright. In research sent to me by Gayle Blankenship, assorted information, not included in the final manuscript done by Jeane, was the following: Isle of Wight Co Will book A Jan 12, 1657, Will of Karby Kigan; "wife Catherine and unborn child; if child does not live then to Robert Cowfield, s/o Capt Wm.; legacies to Elizabeth Cowfield, Katherine d/o John Tew, John King, and John Norton's child a cow calf, countryman John Rogers of Middle plantation, 20 shillings which to buy him a ring. Exors: friend, Wm Cowfield and his wife Katherine." It seems evident that "Cowfield is indeed Capt William Caufill who was given credit for the transport of Gillien Cornen/Connor. Thereby establishing that Gillien Connor may well be the mother of young Henry king. She was in the same vicinity as the John and Jane King family; John King was at least acquainted with Capt Caufill through the will of Kigan, and the birth of young Henry occurred about 1657-58. All of this is still circumstantial, but yet presents a strong case for identifying the mother of Henry King. Whether or not Gillien wed a member of the John King family has not yet been determined, but is something to be considered. Only John King Jr has been named as a child of this couple, surely there were more! John King Jr and William Knot JR were lifelong friends as witnessed by the will of John Jr and found as a footnote on page 8 of Jeane Galau's manuscript. The reader of this summary is entitled to draw his or her own conclusions, just as I have, and just as the others who have researched this family have done.
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