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Priest Ezra King, ^[1, 2, 3, 4] 1784 - 1867

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• Prefix	Priest
  Suffix	^
  Birth	24 Jul 1784	East Marion, Southold, Suffolk, NY   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Bef 1810	East Hampton, Suffolk, NY   [5]
  	at Clinton Academy
  	He studied under Dr. Lyman Beecher, pastor of the East Hampton Presbyterian Church, and Dr. Aaron Woolworth, pastor of the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church.
  Misc	Abt 1810  [5]
  	was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Long Island
  Occupation	Bef 1810  [5]
  	school teacher
  Occupation	Between May 1810 and Jun 1839	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [6, 7]
  	pastor, South Haven Presbyterian Church
  	His pastorate also included the Middle Island Presbyterian Church. He continued to served the Middle Island Church after his retirement as a Stated Supply from 1839 until 1843. Priest King was the pastor of the South Haven Church when the present building was built. He also was insrumental in the founding of the Bellport Presbyterian Church and the Bellport Academy. In the South Haven Church session book is this reference to "Priest" King, made at the close of his ministry in Fire Place: "The people had been united remarkably in sustaining their pastor, and their expressions of attachment to him had been abundant and continued and his attachment to them seemed to be no less strong and abiding." The South Haven Presbyterian Church Session minutes record that the relationship was formally dissolved in April 1839, and that he preached his last sermon and administered the sacrements at the church in June 1839.
  Military	1812  [8]
  	Inducted as Private; Discharge Private
  	Address: Consolidated Regiment (Smith's), New York Militia
  Occupation	Between 1814 and 1839	Middle Island and South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  	pastor of the Presbyterian Churches
  	From 1811 - 1814, prior to his ordination, he was stated supply to the two congregations.
  Ordained	11 May 1814	Middle Island (Presbyterian Church), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2, 9]
  	He studied at Clinton Academy in East Hampton, and in 1808 commenced the study of theology under the Rev. Aaron Woolworth, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Bridgehampton. He completed his course under the Rev. Lyman Beecher, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at East Hampton, and in 1800 was licensed to preach by the Long Island Presbytery. Bayles records that he he became pastor of the Middletown (Middle Island) and South Haven Presbyterian Churches in the Spring of 1811. However, being only "licensed," he could not have been an installed pastor. Borthwick records that he was ordained and installed as pastor over both churches on 11 May 1814.
  Elected	2 Apr 1816	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [10]
  	an inspector of schools
  Living	Aft 1843	Miller Place, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [11]
  	(According to Borthwick, he gave his house in Middle Island, located near to the Middle Island Presbyterian Church, to his son James, and moved to Miller Place.)
  Died	7 Feb 1867	Miller Place, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2, 3]
  	(After 1843, Borthwick reports him to be in poor health.)
  Buried	Middle Island (Union Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [12, 13]
  Notes	According to Borthwick, Ezra King had five sons and three daughters; however he does not indicate by which wives -- although most would have been by his second wife, Eliza. According to Bayles, he had two children at the time of his wife Lydia's death -- Thomas and Lydia; and six children under the age of 15 at the time of Eliza's death, one of them a baby of 11 months.
  Person ID	I3679	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah King, >,   b. Abt 1738/9,   d. 28 Sep 1786
  Mother	Hannah Young, >,   b. 1753,   d. 15 Oct 1833
  Family ID	F1255	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Lydia Youngs,   d. 24 Sep 1814
  Married	9 Oct 1811  [3, 9, 14]
  	Thomas R. Bayles in his 1961 article for the Patchogue Advance recorded the date as 14 October 1811.
  Children	1. Thomas J. King, <,   b. 6 Aug 1812,   d. 24 Mar 1871   2. Lydia King, <,   b. Abt 1814,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1253	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Eliza Helme,   b. Aug 1793,   d. 21 Dec 1833, {Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}
  Married	10 Sep 1816  [11, 14]
  Children	1. James King, <,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Caleb King, <,   b. 6 Jan 1818,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Ezra S. King, <,   b. 25 Mar 1820, Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Joseph N. King, <,   b. 8 Jun 1823, Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Elisha Elliot King, ^,   b. 30 Dec 1826,   d. 25 Nov 1912, Port Jefferson, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   6. Hannah Youngs King, <,   b. 22 Mar 1830,   d. 26 Jan 1906, Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   7. Maria E. King, <,   b. 22 Jan 1833,   d. 14 Nov 1916, Mills Pond, Head of the Harbor, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., NY
  Family ID	F1254	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Priest Ezra King From the original manuscript of George Borthwick "The Church at the South, A History of the South Haven Church." 1937. Borthwick notes: "A photograph of the portrait of the Rev. Ezra King, now in the possession of his granddaughter, Mrs. Richard M. Bayles of Middle Island.

  
  

  Documents

  Story of the Rev. Ezra 'Priest' King ... by Thomas R. Bayles. Patchogue Advance, 5 Jan 1961.

  
  

  Headstones		#003.King01. Rev. Ezra King Monument Status: Located
  		#003.King02. Rev. Ezra King monument detail. Status: Located
  		#003.King03. Rev. Ezra King Monument, community inscription Status: Located
  		#003.King00. Monuments for Rev. Ezra King and his son Thomas King. ... the King plots are located just to the east of the main Church Rd. entrance. Rev. Ezra King's monument is to the left (north). Status: Located

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Borthwick, p. 178. [S127] Advance, Long Island, Thomas R. Bayles. 5 Jan 1961.. [S135] Portrait and Biographical Record: Suffolk Co., p. 494. [S241] Long Island Genealogy: Surname Database, http://www.longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I08547&tree=Tuttle. [S44] Borthwick, p. 179. [S44] Borthwick, p. 179, 210. [S219] South Haven Church Minutes, VAULT BX9211.N71719 S61., p. 16. [S1078] War 1812 Service Records, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Ezsa&gsfn_x=NN&gsln=King&gsln_x=NP_NN&msidy=1812&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=a62&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=571&recoff=4+5&db=1812muster&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1. His name was transcribed as "Ezsa King." [S44] Borthwick, p. 180. [S214] Brookhaven Town Records, up to 1800, http://historical.library.cornell.edu:80/Dienst/UI., p. 198. [S44] Borthwick, p. 210. [S44] Borthwick, p. 211. [S520] Cemetery: Union Middle Island. [S134] Email: Donald Bayles.