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     William "Bill" Nelson married Gertrude Ellen "Trudy" Davis, daughter of Elbert Willard Davis and Alice Marie Kingman, circa 1940. Trudy and Bill Nelson divorced in perhaps the late 1950s or early 1960s and Trudy married again a number of times over the years.

     Katherine Marie "Kitty" Nelson was born on 15 July 1941. She was the daughter of William "Bill" Nelson and Gertrude Ellen "Trudy" Davis. Katherine Marie "Kitty" Nelson died circa 1980.
     
Kitty Nelson was married 4 or 5 times and had numerous children. No one in the family stayed in touch with her after the death of her grandparents, Alice Marie and Elbert Willard Davis. We heard she died of cancer.²

     Barbara Trudy "Barbie" Nelson was born on 18 September 1942. She is the daughter of William "Bill" Nelson and Gertrude Ellen "Trudy" Davis. Barbara Trudy "Barbie" Nelson married William McCain circa 1965. Barbara Trudy "Barbie" Nelson and William McCain were divorced in the early 1980s.
     
When Barbara and Bill McCain divorced, Barbara moved back to Modesto, CA. Kerry located Barbara in early 2007, and found that she still lives in Modesto and had recently retired. She has three or four daughters whose names, I believe, are Caitlin, Moira, and Megan, and they have produced 15 grandchildren!²

     Kenneth Carlyle "Kenny" Nelson was born on 17 April 1949. He was the son of William "Bill" Nelson and Gertrude Ellen "Trudy" Davis. Kenneth Carlyle "Kenny" Nelson died on 2 March 1981 in Las Vegas, Nevada, at age 31 years, 10 months and 13 days.
     
Kenny was a musician (trumpet or clarinet) playing with a big band at the clubs in Las Vegas. There is very scanty information, but the story is that Kenny sadly committed suicide and his wife and children (whose names are unknown) quickly left Las Vegas never to be heard from again.²

     Sarah Ellen Utterback was born on 25 January 1863 in Tabor, Glenwood County, Iowa.^2,3,4 She was the daughter of William Edward Utterback and Caroline McPherson.¹ Sarah Ellen Utterback married Morrison McMillan Kingman, son of Rosalvo Kingman and Agnes Jane McMillan, on 19 November 1891 in Waterville, Washington.^4,5,6 Sarah Ellen Utterback died on 29 August 1943 in Chelan, Chelan County, Washington, at age 80 years, 7 months and 4 days. Cause of death cerebral edema due to ?? and senility.^7,8

     Henry Kingman was born in 1595 in Wales or England. Henry's birth year has been deduced from the list of settlers in the Hull Party Bound for New England from "Waymouth ye 20th of March 1635" where he is listed as "aged 40 years."² He married Joanna or Joane before 1613 in Wales or England.^1,3 Henry Kingman died on 5 July 1667 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He was about 72 years old.⁴
     
Henry Kingman was the immigrant ancestor of our Kingman family line here in America. It is thought he and his family (wife Joane and their children Alice, Edward, Joanne, Anne, Thomas and John) may have been from Wales, but it is definite that on the 20th day of March 1635 they, with their "servaunt aged 30 yeare, J'n Ford" in tow, set sail for New England from Weymouth, Dorsetshire on the west coast of England.

They were on the list of passengers "Bound for New England," and members of the group known as the "Hull Party" or "Hull Company," which was under the leadership of Rev. Joseph Hull, a native of Somersetshire, England, a graduate of St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, and a preacher of note in the south and west of England. During this era there were many sailing off to America to see what life would hold for them as settlers there.

The Hull party was comprised of twenty-one families consisting of 150 people all together. They sailed into Massachusetts Bay on the sixth of May 1635 after an uneventful 46 days on the ocean, and anchored by Governor Winthrop's "little village" of Boston. They stayed in Boston until July 2nd, waiting for permission from the General Court to locate. They chose Wessaguscus as their best location which was later known as Mill Creek. I gather this was a gorgeous place as described by Wood in "New England Prospect," and Morton in "New English Canaan," ("...and when I had more seriously considered of the bewty, of the place, with all her faire indowments, I did not thinke that in all the knowne world it could be paralel'd....dainty fine round rising hillucks; delicate faire large plaines, sweete cristall fountaines, and cleare running streames, that twine in fine meanders through the meads, making so sweete a mumering noise to heare.....[and so on]. After first living in "rude shelters" they built "more substantial dwellings on the farms."

It appears that Wessaguscus where they settled, known also as Mill Creek, finally became known as Weymouth, and the narrative in the Kingman book goes on to say that "soon after [arrival in America?] Rev. Mr. Hull and his Company arrived in Weymouth and "for eight years....to 1643 the town gained rapidly and became one of the most important of any in the Massachusetts Colony." Officially the name of the settlement was changed by order of the General Court to Weymouth on 2 September 1635⁵, and this is where the Kingman family settled. Weymouth is next to Plymouth, the oldest town in Massachusetts.⁶ Henry was very involved as a citizen of the town. He first was admitted as a freeman of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay on 3 March 1636 -- from this it is evident that he was a member of a Congregational church since no one could "exercise the rigfht of suffrage or hold any public office until he was admitted a freeman by the General Court." At the same meeting of the Court, he was also licensed to keep a ferry which appears in this General Court record: "Thomas Aplegate was discharged of keepeing the fferry at Waymothe, and Henry Kingman lycensed to keepe the saide fferry during the pleasure of the Court. March 3, 1636." And on 12 March 1637-8, the records show "Henry Kingman, the ferryman, of Waymoth, is granted for this yeare to take twopence apiece for transportation of people."

As well as being a ferryman, he was also licensed to keep an inn or house of entertainment. His "services were often called into requisition for the public, both in the town and colony, and his frequent appointment on commimttees in laying out roads and other public duties indicates the confidence placed in him as a reliable person, and of good judgment, and that his services were valuable and appreciated."

He became very active in public affairs and one of the leaders in the colony, a prominent and influential man. In 1638 he was chosen by the General Court as Deputy. In 1648 he was a member of a committee appointed for "laying out of a highway for the Country from Weymoth to Dorchester."Again in 1649 he appears in the court records as a member of that highway committee. In 1652 he was again chosen as Deputy for Waymothe, Mass, and once again in May 1657.⁷ Henry's name is found on the record of lands and owners showing the acres they held. Over time he came to possess a lot of land and "became what was called in that time a large owner."⁸

The first conveyance of land to Henry is shown in this deed of property [see attached] located in the section of Weymouth known as "Old Spain" or North Weymouth on lands extending from "Burial Hill" to the sea.⁹.¹⁰

     Joanna or Joane was born in 1596 in Wales or England. Her birth year was arrived at because she is listed as traveling with Henry Kingman as "Joane his wife beinge aged 39," on the list of settlers in the Hull Party setting sail for New England from Weymouth in March 1635.² She married Henry Kingman before 1613 in Wales or England.^3,4 Joanna died on 2 November 1659 in Weymouth, Massachusettes, at age 63 years.⁵
     
Henry Kingman was the immigrant ancestor of our Kingman family line here in America. It is thought he and his family (wife Joane and their children Alice, Edward, Joanne, Anne, Thomas and John) may have been from Wales, but it is definite that on the 20th day of March 1635 they, with their "servaunt aged 30 yeare, J'n Ford" in tow, set sail for New England from Weymouth, Dorsetshire on the west coast of England.

They were on the list of passengers "Bound for New England," and members of the group known as the "Hull Party" or "Hull Company," which was under the leadership of Rev. Joseph Hull, a native of Somersetshire, England, a graduate of St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, and a preacher of note in the south and west of England. During this era there were many sailing off to America to see what life would hold for them as settlers there.

The Hull party was comprised of twenty-one families consisting of 150 people all together. They sailed into Massachusetts Bay on the sixth of May 1635 after an uneventful 46 days on the ocean, and anchored by Governor Winthrop's "little village" of Boston. They stayed in Boston until July 2nd, waiting for permission from the General Court to locate. They chose Wessaguscus as their best location which was later known as Mill Creek. I gather this was a gorgeous place as described by Wood in "New England Prospect," and Morton in "New English Canaan," ("...and when I had more seriously considered of the bewty, of the place, with all her faire indowments, I did not thinke that in all the knowne world it could be paralel'd....dainty fine round rising hillucks; delicate faire large plaines, sweete cristall fountaines, and cleare running streames, that twine in fine meanders through the meads, making so sweete a mumering noise to heare.....[and so on]. After first living in "rude shelters" they built "more substantial dwellings on the farms."

It appears that Wessaguscus where they settled, known also as Mill Creek, finally became known as Weymouth, and the narrative in the Kingman book goes on to say that "soon after [arrival in America?] Rev. Mr. Hull and his Company arrived in Weymouth and "for eight years....to 1643 the town gained rapidly and became one of the most important of any in the Massachusetts Colony." Officially the name of the settlement was changed by order of the General Court to Weymouth on 2 September 1635⁶, and this is where the Kingman family settled. Weymouth is next to Plymouth, the oldest town in Massachusetts.⁷

     John Kingman died in Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth.¹ John Kingman was born in 1633 in Wales or England.² He was the son of Henry Kingman and Joanna or Joane.
     
Henry Kingman was the immigrant ancestor of our Kingman family line here in America. It is thought he and his family (wife Joane and their children Alice, Edward, Joanne, Anne, Thomas and John) may have been from Wales, but it is definite that on the 20th day of March 1635 they, with their "servaunt aged 30 yeare, J'n Ford" in tow, set sail for New England from Weymouth, Dorsetshire on the west coast of England.

They were on the list of passengers "Bound for New England," and members of the group known as the "Hull Party" or "Hull Company," which was under the leadership of Rev. Joseph Hull, a native of Somersetshire, England, a graduate of St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, and a preacher of note in the south and west of England. During this era there were many sailing off to America to see what life would hold for them as settlers there.

The Hull party was comprised of twenty-one families consisting of 150 people all together. They sailed into Massachusetts Bay on the sixth of May 1635 after an uneventful 46 days on the ocean, and anchored by Governor Winthrop's "little village" of Boston. They stayed in Boston until July 2nd, waiting for permission from the General Court to locate. They chose Wessaguscus as their best location which was later known as Mill Creek. I gather this was a gorgeous place as described by Wood in "New England Prospect," and Morton in "New English Canaan," ("...and when I had more seriously considered of the bewty, of the place, with all her faire indowments, I did not thinke that in all the knowne world it could be paralel'd....dainty fine round rising hillucks; delicate faire large plaines, sweete cristall fountaines, and cleare running streames, that twine in fine meanders through the meads, making so sweete a mumering noise to heare.....[and so on]. After first living in "rude shelters" they built "more substantial dwellings on the farms."

It appears that Wessaguscus where they settled, known also as Mill Creek, finally became known as Weymouth, and the narrative in the Kingman book goes on to say that "soon after [arrival in America?] Rev. Mr. Hull and his Company arrived in Weymouth and "for eight years....to 1643 the town gained rapidly and became one of the most important of any in the Massachusetts Colony." Officially the name of the settlement was changed by order of the General Court to Weymouth on 2 September 1635³, and this is where the Kingman family settled. Weymouth is next to Plymouth, the oldest town in Massachusetts.⁴

     Edward Kingman died. He was born in 1619 in Wales or England.¹ He was the son of Henry Kingman and Joanna or Joane.
     
Henry Kingman was the immigrant ancestor of our Kingman family line here in America. It is thought he and his family (wife Joane and their children Alice, Edward, Joanne, Anne, Thomas and John) may have been from Wales, but it is definite that on the 20th day of March 1635 they, with their "servaunt aged 30 yeare, J'n Ford" in tow, set sail for New England from Weymouth, Dorsetshire on the west coast of England.

They were on the list of passengers "Bound for New England," and members of the group known as the "Hull Party" or "Hull Company," which was under the leadership of Rev. Joseph Hull, a native of Somersetshire, England, a graduate of St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, and a preacher of note in the south and west of England. During this era there were many sailing off to America to see what life would hold for them as settlers there.

The Hull party was comprised of twenty-one families consisting of 150 people all together. They sailed into Massachusetts Bay on the sixth of May 1635 after an uneventful 46 days on the ocean, and anchored by Governor Winthrop's "little village" of Boston. They stayed in Boston until July 2nd, waiting for permission from the General Court to locate. They chose Wessaguscus as their best location which was later known as Mill Creek. I gather this was a gorgeous place as described by Wood in "New England Prospect," and Morton in "New English Canaan," ("...and when I had more seriously considered of the bewty, of the place, with all her faire indowments, I did not thinke that in all the knowne world it could be paralel'd....dainty fine round rising hillucks; delicate faire large plaines, sweete cristall fountaines, and cleare running streames, that twine in fine meanders through the meads, making so sweete a mumering noise to heare.....[and so on]. After first living in "rude shelters" they built "more substantial dwellings on the farms."

It appears that Wessaguscus where they settled, known also as Mill Creek, finally became known as Weymouth, and the narrative in the Kingman book goes on to say that "soon after [arrival in America?] Rev. Mr. Hull and his Company arrived in Weymouth and "for eight years....to 1643 the town gained rapidly and became one of the most important of any in the Massachusetts Colony." Officially the name of the settlement was changed by order of the General Court to Weymouth on 2 September 1635², and this is where the Kingman family settled. Weymouth is next to Plymouth, the oldest town in Massachusetts.³

     Thomas Kingman died. He married Rebecca.¹ Thomas Kingman was born in 1628 in Wales or England.² He was the son of Henry Kingman and Joanna or Joane.
     
Henry Kingman was the immigrant ancestor of our Kingman family line here in America. It is thought he and his family (wife Joane and their children Alice, Edward, Joanne, Anne, Thomas and John) may have been from Wales, but it is definite that on the 20th day of March 1635 they, with their "servaunt aged 30 yeare, J'n Ford" in tow, set sail for New England from Weymouth, Dorsetshire on the west coast of England.

They were on the list of passengers "Bound for New England," and members of the group known as the "Hull Party" or "Hull Company," which was under the leadership of Rev. Joseph Hull, a native of Somersetshire, England, a graduate of St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, and a preacher of note in the south and west of England. During this era there were many sailing off to America to see what life would hold for them as settlers there.

The Hull party was comprised of twenty-one families consisting of 150 people all together. They sailed into Massachusetts Bay on the sixth of May 1635 after an uneventful 46 days on the ocean, and anchored by Governor Winthrop's "little village" of Boston. They stayed in Boston until July 2nd, waiting for permission from the General Court to locate. They chose Wessaguscus as their best location which was later known as Mill Creek. I gather this was a gorgeous place as described by Wood in "New England Prospect," and Morton in "New English Canaan," ("...and when I had more seriously considered of the bewty, of the place, with all her faire indowments, I did not thinke that in all the knowne world it could be paralel'd....dainty fine round rising hillucks; delicate faire large plaines, sweete cristall fountaines, and cleare running streames, that twine in fine meanders through the meads, making so sweete a mumering noise to heare.....[and so on]. After first living in "rude shelters" they built "more substantial dwellings on the farms."

It appears that Wessaguscus where they settled, known also as Mill Creek, finally became known as Weymouth, and the narrative in the Kingman book goes on to say that "soon after [arrival in America?] Rev. Mr. Hull and his Company arrived in Weymouth and "for eight years....to 1643 the town gained rapidly and became one of the most important of any in the Massachusetts Colony." Officially the name of the settlement was changed by order of the General Court to Weymouth on 2 September 1635³, and this is where the Kingman family settled. Weymouth is next to Plymouth, the oldest town in Massachusetts.⁴