Records of the Family of King, Formerly of Leigh-Upon-Mendip, Somerset (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Records of the Family of King, Formerly of Leigh-Upon-Mendip, SomersetForty years have now elapsed since the author first began to collect from the older members of the family information relating to its origin and earlier history. In 1911 he and his brother, the late Major Leonard King, who was always so deeply interested in everything concerning his family, determined to make a systematic investi gation into all existing records. In that and the following year they made a series of visits to Somerset, and as a result of their researches, in 1913 they recorded a pedigree of ten generations in the College of Arms. On their subsequent petition to the Earl Marshal, a warrant was issued to the Kings of Arms for the granting and assigning of Armorial Ensigns to be borne by the descendants of the late Edwin King, their father. But with the passage of time it became increasingly probable that this grant would become extinct in the male line, and to prevent this occurring, its limitations were recently extended to include all the descendants of the late Isaac King, their grandfather. The result of these first researches was printed in pamphlet form In 1913, but some of the deductions there made need modification, in the light of further discoveries. Since that date a large number' of letters, from William King of Leigh -upon Mendip, to his eldest son Abraham Dyer King, have come into the hands of the author, and much further information has now been collected. He feels that it is a duty, that he owes to his family, to ensure that this mass of information should not be allowed to pass into oblivion, and he hopes most sincerely that its publication may give pleasure.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.