PVT Joseph KING Amer. REV. War was born on 15 Apr 1741 in Suffield, Hartford, CT.
He died on 19 Mar 1814 in Suffield, Hartford, CT.
He was buried on 20 Mar 1814 in Suffield, Hartford, CT.
Joseph King was a soldier in the American Rev. War
On the first call of the Lexington Alarm he was in Capt. Elisha Kent’s Co with 18 days service at that time. Thereafter he was in Col. Joseph Spencer’s Regiment, Captain Oliver Hanchet’s Company [of which his brother Eliphalet King was Ensign] from May 8, to Dec 17, 1776. Then in Brig. Gen. Erastus Wolcott’s Brigade at Peekskill, Col. Belden’s Regiment Capt. Edward Griswold’s Co. April 7, to May 11, 1777. Afterward for 8 months in Capt. John Hancock’s Co. of Suffield May 27, 1777 to Jan. 1st, 1778. Then in the 4th Reg. Conn. Line and finally enlisted for 3 years in Sheldon’s Dragoons Jan 7, 1781. He is described on the enlistment rolls as Joseph King of Suffield, 5ft 7in high, light complexion, hair and eyes. [Record of service of CT. men in the war of the Revolution [pp. 22, 52, 187, 283, 495 and 643] compiled by Authority of the General Assembly under the direction of Adj. General of CT. Hartford, 1889] “