William Colsell King

William Colsell King was born in 1775 in Odeham, Hampshire, England. Rev. He was a graduate of St. Mary's College, Oxford University with the degree of M.A. He moved from England to Nova Scotia in 1797.

Rev. William Colsel King

From 1813 to 1843 Rev. King was Rector of Windsor, Nova Scotia, and during that thirty years did splendid work. He died in 1858 and was buried in the old burial ground in Windsor.

Personal life

It is believe that his first marriage was to an heiress, presumably daughter or granddaughter, of William Zebubuhler of Lunenburg.

He then married Harriet Sophia DeWolf (d/o Benjamin and Rachel (Otis Dewolfe) on August 22, 1799. Harriet died in 1807. Together, they had five children.

• Mary Rachel King b. 21 June 1800
• William Burgess King b. 6 Oct.1801, Rawdon
• Benjamin King b. 15 May 1803
• John Otis King b. 21 March 1806
• Harry King b. 7 July 1807

On Oct 24, 1808, he married Elizabeth Mauger Franklin widow of Dr. John Gould and daughter of Michael Francklin. She died 25 December 1817. They did not have children.

January 8, 1831, he married Anne Dewolfe, widow of George Dewolfe. She d. May 5, 1871 age 76. They had two children:

• James Wyeth King b. 1829, d. 1896
• Mary Grace King b. 1830, d 1904
  • 1st m. George Wiggins 1833 - 1886
    • Issue Alice Wiggins b. 1877 - 1931
  • 2nd m. Lt. Col Hedley Tremain (1854 - 1951)
    • issues 1b. Albert Edward Dunsier Tremain 1899
    • 2b. Mary 1901 - 1917
    • 3b Kenneth Hadley Tremain 1905 - 1960

Death

He died in Nova Scotia and is buried in the Old Parish Burying Ground in Windsor, Nova Scotia.

There was a marble mural tablet in the old Parish Church that was destroyed in the 1882 fire.

To the memory of the

Rev. William Colsell King, A. M. Oxon.,

From 1808 to 1814, Head Master of the Collegiate School,

and for 27 years Rector of this Parish.

This Tablet was placed here in the year 1860,

by some of his old pupils, etc., etc.