Rebecca
King was christened in Hingham on 29th June 1762, and was the daughter
of William King (1740) and Ann Knight or Knights. She married Hingham
butcher Edmund Houchen (1762) on 25th December 1786. In 1841 she was
living at Thorpe Hall, Hingham with her daughter and son-in-law, Mary
Houchen and Thomas Pomfrey. In 1851 she was living with
her daughter and son-in-law at Hall Moor in Hingham and, in 1861 in her 99th
year, was living with her daughter and grandson Charles at Fleeter's
Hill, Hingham. She died of old age in Hingham on 8th November 1861,
aged 99, and was buried at St Andrew's Church on 12th November 1861.
Her daughter, Mary Houchen, was present at the death.
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