Alexander King was born in 1737 and died in 1802. He married Experience Hitchcock. They had five sons, Orestes, who died as a toddler, Carlos, Alexander, and a second child named Orestes. Dr. King was a Representative to the General Assembly of Connecticut from 1768-1784, was Selectman of the town of Suffield for 30 years and town clerk for 28 years.
