| Administrative History | John King of Swerford, Oxfordshire, was one of the earliest CMS missionaries, leaving for New South Wales, Australia in August 1809. In 1814 he landed at Bay of Islands, New Zealand with Rev S. Marsden, William Hall and Thomas Kendall where he was to be employed as a Catechist. In 1829 he married Hannah Hanson. After service of forty-five years he died in New Zealand in 1854.
References: Register of missionaries (clerical, lay & female) and native clergy from 1804 to 1904 (Church Missionary Society, 1905) |
| Custodial History | Deposited with the CMS by Bishop John Vernon Taylor January 2000 |