John Wesley KING ¹

  General Notes:

John Wesley King was brought up in Forrest hall, Newcastle upon Tyne and went to sea at the age of 14 in May 1864. In 1872 he became the master of the barque 'Berlin'. In 1878 he ws apointed master of the 'Empire of Peace' and by 1882 was master of the 'Fearnought'
In 1882 John and Eliza and their two children sailed from Liverpool to Rangoon with a cargo of coal, returning the following year.

John married Elizabeth CORFIELD, daughter of William CORFIELD and Lucy BANKS, on 28 Aug 1876 in St Gluvias, Penryn. (Elizabeth CORFIELD was christened on 21 Nov 1856 in St Gluvias, Penryn and died in 1924.)