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The King Family Property that was known as "Crown Land" situated on No. 2 Highway, included acreage that reached from Campbells Corners, to the Bay, and had been owned by the King family, dating back to the year 1802. Mr. Charles Henry King was willed this farm land by his Grandfather King, when he was five years old. The Crown deed dating back to the year 1802, was recorded in the Registry Office, October 9th, 1802, from George 3rd, to Charles King,and has a heavy seal on it, such as was used by the Government at that time. The original farm consisted of 563 acres in Flamboro [Flamborough] East-Home District. Living in those days was very rugged for these early settlers, who had little to work with, and the Indians besides. Huge trees had to be cut down, land had to be broken up, and cultivated, but in spite of all these difficulties, they grappled with them, and overcame them, long hours of working from sunrise to sunset, with no clocks to go by, they went by the sun to tell the time. Crown Farm was in Mr. Charles Henry King's ownership up until his death in 1919. A few years prior to his death, an acreage was sold to Mr. W. D. Flatt (along the Bay) and was made into a housing development. After Mr. Charles King's death, the property was further subdivided, and one part is now known as Long Acres. At his father's death, the son, Charles Wesley King remained in the old Homestead and worked the remaining part of the farm up until his retirement in 1939. The Homestead, and acreage was then sold to a Mr. and Mrs. Keyzer who now uses the land for growing Nursery Stock. Kings Road, once known as Sand Road, was given the name in honor of Charles King, who was the oldest living resident living in that district at that time. Mr. Wesley King, a son of Charles was a well known citizen of the Town of Burlington, having been a Council Member of the Town, also well known in church circles, and as a public speaker. At the time of selling acreage to Mr. W. D. Flatt, the old family burying ground on Crown Farm had to be disrupted; graves were opened of ancestors who had been buried there years, and the remains were moved to Green-Wood Cemetery. Emma King married George B. Long and had twelve children, Harry, Roy, Charles, Arthur, Eva, Edith, Vernon, Alice, Stanley, Blanche, Raymond and Dora. Charles Henry King was born in May 1839 and was eighty years of age when he died in 1919. He married Lydie Glover and six children, David, Charles Wesley, Emma, Wesley, Mona and James.