383. John1 Johnson;60 born circa 1588 at Eng;145 married Mary Heath, daughter of William Heath and Agnes Cheney, 21 Sep 1613 at Ware, Hertfordshire, Eng;145 married Margery Unknown before 1633 at Eng;61,145 died 30 Sep 1659 at Roxbury, MA.61
He Possible Ancestry of John Johnson:
PARENTS:
John and Alice Johnson
John JOHNSON - b. about 1550, possibly in Wilmington, Co. Kent. Possibly the son of Geoffrey JOHNSON and Bridgett HARBOTTLE. John's will was dated Dec. 14, 1643. In it he names wife Alice, daughter Alice and husband John HOLMDEN, daughter Joane, daughter Susan and husband Jeremy MANNING, and sister Alice ROGERS. Lived at Wilmington Parish, Kent, England. The home (called Barne End) which was the residence of the Johnson family from 1590 to 1648, was originally built about
1460, had a major addition in 1770, and still stands.
Alice -
Children of John and Alice Johnson
1.Abraham - Lived and died in England.
2.William - Perhaps the William JOHNSON who d. Dec. 9, 1677; settled at Charlestown, MA; and had son James (b. 1643).
3.Edward - b. Sep. 1598, Wilmington, Co. Kent; bap. Sep. 16, 1598, Canterbury, Co. Kent; d. Apr. 23, 1672, Woburn, MA. To MA from Herne-Hill, Co., Kent, England. Freeman May 18, 1630; member of artillery company 1637; settled first at Charlestown, then at Woburn, MA. Founder of Woburn 1642; representative from 1643-1671, except 1655; captain; and town clerk about 30 years. Author of a history of New England - the Wonder-Working Providence. Married about 1620 in England to Susan MUNNTER (bap. Oct. 5, 1597, St. Marys, Dover; d. Mar. 7, 1690, Woburn, MA). Children: Edward married Catherine BAKER; William died as infant; George; William died as infant; Martha; Matthew married first Hannah PALFREY (daughter of Peter and Edith, and sister of Rebecca, who married Peter ASPINWALL, ancestor of Pres. Franklin ROOSEVELT), and second Rebecca WISWALL; and John married Bethiah READE.
4.Solomon - Possibly the Solomon JOHNSON of Sudbury, MA 1639, who married Elinor; freeman 1651; and father of twins Joshua (or Joseph) and Nathaniel, Mary, and Caleb (accidentally shot May 4, 1654, Watertown). Solomon lived in "Watertown liberties" in 1654 as a widower, and married second, at Watertown on Feb. 1, 1686/7, Hannah GRAFTE (or CRAFT?).
5.John - Some claim that this is Capt. John JOHNSON of Roxbury, MA. See also his cousin, grandson of Francis Johnson.
6.Alice - Married John HOLMDEN of Darenth. Possible daughter: Mabel.
7.Joane -
8.Susan - Living in 1678 as a widow. Married Jeremy MANNING, son of Jeremy (d. 1651) and Cicely MANNING, and grandson of Henry MANNING (d. 1620). Henry, also called Harry, MANNING was probably the son of William, who descended from Symon MANNING as follows: Symon; Stephen (d. 1309); William (d. 1342) and a daughter of Richard de CHERFHOLT; Simon and Catherina; John and Alicia WALDEN; John and Juliana BROKHILL, daughter of Richard and widow of William WALLYS; Hugh and a daughter of Sir William BRANDON; Richard, father of William, Thomas and John. Children: Jeremy; Anne; and Sara.
GRANDPARENTS:
Geoffrey and Bridgett (Harbottle) Johnson
Geoffrey JOHNSON - b. 1525, possibly in Leicester; bur. Sep. 28, 1585, Chapel of Wigston's Hospital, Leicester. Son of Maurice JOHNSON and Jane LACY. He attended St. John's College, Cambridge, and became an Anglican priest of the Church of England.
Bridgett HARBOTTLE - Daughter of Robert HARBOTTLE and Emma FOWLER, and granddaughter of William FOWLER of Humbledon, Co. Rutland. The order of birth of the children of Geoffrey and Bridgett is uncertain.
Children of Geoffrey and Bridgett Johnson
1.Samuel -
2.Moses -
3.John - b. about 1550, possibly in Wilmington, Co. Kent.
4.Rebecca -
5.Susanna -
6.Elizabeth -
7.Sara -
8.Anne -
9.Alice - Married Mr. ROGERS (d. before Dec. 1643) of Bromley.
GGRANDPARENTS:
Maurice and Jane (Lacy) Johnson
Maurice JOHNSON - b. about 1480, England; d. 1551, probably at Stamford. His will, dated Feb. 20, 1551 and proved Oct. 19, 1551, requests that he be buried at All Hallows Parish, Stamford. Maurice served Constable of Stamford (1507-8), chamberlain (1508-9), member of the Second Twelve (1508-1512, member of the First Twelve (1512-1551), mayor (1517-8, 1538-9), and as a Member of Parliament from Stamford (1523, 1529, 1536). He had interests in both the mercantile and maritime trades, and lived in All Hallows Parish, Stamford, where he was assessed for subsidy in 1546. Maurice was Catholic, and had a sister who married Robert SMITH of Standground, Co. Hunts. His will gives the middle name of Morrice to his three sons.
Jane LACY - b. and d. in England. Daughter of Henry LACY of Stamford, England. Henry was a mayor of Stamford, and a Member of Parliament in 1536.
Except for the birth years for Rev. Robert and Rev. Geoffrey, the order of birth of the children of Maurice andJane is uncertain.
1.Geoffrey - b. 1525, possibly in Leicester; bur. Sep. 28, 1585, Chapel of Wigston's Hospital, Leicester. Son of Maurice and Jane.
2.Katherine - d. Jan. 20, 1629. Married Edward OVERTON of Marcote, Rutland.
3.Francis - b. about 1530. Of Pinchbeck.
4.Henry -
5.Robert - b. 1540; d. Jul. 23, 1625. Archdeacon of the Church of England. Chaplain to Sir Nicholas BACON, and Vicar of North Luffenham for 50 years, he founded two schools and two hospitals of Christ in Oakham and Uppingham, Rutland. Married three times, first to Susanna DAVERS and second to Maria HIRD. Rev. Robert and Maria were the parents of -
Abraham - b. Jul. 6, 1577, North Luffenham, Rutland. Abraham knew Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, Spanish and Italian by age 13, when he entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge. At about age 17 he studied law at Lincoln's Inn. Among other positions, he was the Sheriff of Rutlandshire. Much family information appears in a paper written by Abraham in 1638, including Abraham's opposition to his son Isaac's marriage to Lady Arbella ("that over high match"). Abraham also writes that Isaac "in his covetousness and ambition, unnaturally got from him <Abraham>, his father's <Robert's> whole estate", with the aid of a clerk called "a lewd fellow, ...worthless, ...an enemy to good ministers and religion and goodness." Abraham married first Anna MEADOWS (daughter of Robert of Stamford), who was the mother of Isaac, and died "ere she was 20 years old." Abraham married, second, Elizabeth, only daughter of Dr. Laurence CHADDERTON and Cicely CULVERWELL, first Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and one of the translators of the King James version of the Bible. Abraham and Elizabeth were parents of Samuel, Ezekiel (married and had daughter Anne), Daniel (perhaps married Martha PARKER of Lynn, MA in 1674), James (married Mary and had Daughter Hannah, who married Thomas Jackson), Nathaniel, Francis, and Elizabeth (married Henry SALMON, of Cheshire and Vicar of Standground, and had daughter Elizabeth). Abraham and Anna were the parents Mary, who died in infancy, and of -
Isaac JOHNSON (d. Sep. 30, 1630, Salem, MA) of Chilsham, Co. Rutland, England and Boston, MA, who married Lady Arbella FIENNES (d. Aug. 1630, Salem, MA), daughter of the 3rd Earl of Lincoln, Thomas FIENNES and Elizabeth KNYVETT. Isaac JOHNSON is mentioned in the first chapter of Nathaniel HAWTHORNE's The Scarlet Letter (set in 1647; published 1850): "In accordance with this rule, it may safely be assumed that the forefathers of Boston had built the first prison-house, somewhere in the vicinity of Cornhill, almost as seasonably as they marked out the first burialground, on Isaac Johnson's lot, and round about his grave, which subsequently became the nucleus of all the congregated sepulchres in the old church-yard of King's Chapel." (Note: This fictionalized account is probably inaccurate as to location, as there is no evidence the Isaac JOHNSON was ever in Boston, in life or in death.) Lady Arbella (FIENNES) JOHNSON, a descendant of British royalty, provided the name for Gov. John WINTHROP's flagship, the 'Arbella.' Her sister, Susan FIENNES, married, as his third wife, Maj. Gen. John HUMPHREY, of Chaldon, Dorset, England, founder of Lynn, MA, and Deputy Gov. of MA. (Anne HUMPHREY, only surviving child of Maj. Gen. John's second marriage, to Elizabeth PELHAM, married first William PALMES, and second Rev. John MILES of Swansea, MA. Anne and Rev. John's son, Rev. Samuel MYLES, was Rector of King's Chapel, Boston 1689-1728.)
6.Margaret -
7.Beatrice -.
145 He "Arrived in New England with the Winthrop fleet at Salem, Jun. 22, 1630. He settled at Roxbury, MA and was made Freeman on May 18, 1631. Subsequently served town and colony in many capacities, including Constable (first on Oct. 19, 1630), Surveyor General, Town Clerk, Deputy to the House of Deputies, and Clerk of the Military Company of Massachusetts. The position as Surveyor General of Arms and Ammunitions of the Colonies made Capt. Johnson responsible for the acquisition, maintenance and distribution of the primary means of protection. Gov. John Winthrop wrote in his Journal under the date of Feb. 6, 1645:
"John Johnson, the Surveyor General of Arms and Ammunition, a very industrious and faithful man in his place, having built a fair house in the midst of the town, with divers barns and outhouses, it fell on fire in the day time, no man knowing by what occasion, and there being in it seventeen barrels of the country's powder, and many arms, all was suddenly burnt and blown up, to the value of four or five hundred pounds, wherein a special providence of God appeared, for, he, being from home, the people came together to help and many were in the house, no man thinking of the powder till one of the company put them in mind of it, whereupon they all withdrew, and soon after the powder took fire and blew up all about it, and shook the houses in Boston and Cambridge, so that men thought it had been an earthquake, and carried great pieces of timber a great way off, and some rags and such light things beyond Boston meeting house, there being then a stiff gale south, it drove the fire from the other houses in the town (for this was the most northerly) otherwise it had endangered the greatest part of the town. "
John was one of the founders of the town and church at Roxbury, MA and, together with his sons Isaac and Humphrey, was an original donor to the Free School in Roxbury. His second wife was possibly Margery SCUDDER, daughter of William (d. 1607) and Margery SCUDDER of Darenth, Kent. The will of William SCUDDER was dated July 27,1607, and probated November 4, 1607, naming John JOHNSON, Sr., John JOHNSON, Jr. and daughter Margaret. Married first 21 Sep 1613, Ware, Hertfordshire, England, second by 1633 Margery (b. England; bur. 9 Jun 1655, Roxbury, MA), and third 1655 or later Grace NEGUS (d. Dec. 19, 1671), widow of Barnabas FAWER, and sister of Jonathan and Benjamin NEGUS."
"One major source of information on the Johnson line is the Genealogy of Captain John Johnson of Roxbury, Massachusetts, by Paul Franklin Johnson and edited by Ada Johnson Modern, 1951. This work includes additional materials from various records, and data on over 6000 descendants to 14 generations from Capt. John JOHNSON."
145 He left a will on 30 Sep 1659 at Roxbury, MA; "Will of John Johnson - September 30, 1659
The last will and Testament of John Johnson of Roxbury, this 30th of the 7th, '59, having my perfect memory and understanding by the blessing of my mercyfull Father, whose reconciled face in Jesus Christ my soule waitesth to behold. I dispose of my worldly goods and estate as followeth. My dwelling house and certaine lands I have allready given to my beloved wife during the term of her natural live, according to a deed wh is extant wh deede my will is shall be fulfilled, wherein also I have given her 60 pounds for her household furniture, wh house and lands after my wifes decease I give untomy 5 children to be equally divided, my eldest sonne having a double portion therein, according to the word of God. I give unto my two grandchildren who have lived with me Elizabeth Johnson and Mehitable Johnson, each of them 5 Lbs this to be paide within one yeare after my decease. I have formerly given to my sonnes Isaac Johnson and Robert Pepper a parcel of lands of 55 acres in the third division of the towns which I do hereby confirme. All the rest of my lands debts and moveable goods, my debts and funeral charges being first discharged I doe give unto my five children to be equally divided, my eldest sonne haveing a double portion. Also I make my sonns Isaak Johnson and Robert Pepper my executors of this my last will and Testament, and I request my deare brethren Elder Heath, and Deakon Parke, to be overseers of this my will and Testament, and in token of my love I give you each 10 pounds. If my children should disagree in any thing, I dow order them to choose one man more, to these my overseers, and stand to
theire determination.
the mark of J. J. John Johnson
Witness
John Eliot."
Children of John1 Johnson and Mary Heath were as follows:
There were no children of John1 Johnson and Margery Unknown.
384. Humphrey2 Johnson (John1); born circa 1611 at Eng; married Eleanor Cheney 20 Mar 1641/42; died 24 Jul 1693 at Hingham, MA.
Children of Humphrey2 Johnson and Eleanor Cheney were:
385. Capt. Isaac2 Johnson (John1);61,263 baptized 11 Feb 1615/16 at Ware End, Hertfordshire, Eng;145 married Elizabeth Porter, daughter of Adrian Porter and Elizabeth Allot, 20 Jan 1637 at Roxbury, MA;60,61 died 19 Dec 1675 at Four Corners, RI, at age 59; was k. by the Ind. at the head of his comp. in the gr. Narraganset
He (Suff. Deed XIII: 33) Whereas Captn. Isaac Johnson late of Roxbury, Co. Suff., by his will did leave his whole Estate in the hands of Elizabeth his wife (whome hee appointed his sole Executrix) during her naturall life; Now the sd Elisabeth being deceased, and the Estate according to will being liable to division; The party's concerned Vist. Isaac Johnson Nathaniel Johnson & William Bartholmew in right of Mary his wife, and Henry Bowen with such of his Children as are come of age and in behalfe of those under age (in right of Elisabeth their mother (one of the Children of sd Captn Johnson, being deceased) have agreed to the division.
[Signed] 4ø. Octobr. 1683.
The party's Subscribing Isaac Johnson
all appearing before Nathaniel Johnson a marke
the County Court sitting Henry Bowen
in Boston by Adjournmt. William Bartholmew
4ø. Octobr. 1683 and acknowledgeing Henry Bowen junr. a marke
the Subscription Edward Morris
of their names & John Bowen a marke.
consent to this Agreemt.
Entred 20th. Octo: 1683
on 8 Mar 1673.60 He left a will on 8 Mar 1673 at Roxbury, MA; " The Last Will and testament of Captain Isaac Johnson of Roxbury this 8
of March 1673 I haveing my perfect memory and understanding first I committ
my Soule to God in Jesus Christ, Secondly I committ my body to my beloved
wife and children to be decently buried. Thirdly I doe dispose of my worldy
goods as followeth -- my debts and funerall charges being discharged my will
is that Elizabeth my beloved wife Shall have all my moveable goods except my
apparrell at her owne dispose and the houseing and Land during the time of
her Naturall life and after her decease my will is the houseing and Land bee
divided betweene my fower children my son Isaac or his heires to have double
portion and Soe the portion of the rest to goe to theire heires that is in
case my immediate Children any of them be dead before they come to Injoy
there portion.
Also my will is that my Beloved wife bee Sole Executrix of this my last
will and I request my Brother Edward Porter and Cozen John Weld to bee
Overseers of this my Last will, my will is that all my weareing apparell be
divided betweene my sonne Isaac and my sonne Nathaniell my sonne Isaac to
have two shares or a double portion of my sd apparrell. Witness my hand this
28th of June One Thousand Six hundred Seaventy five.
Isaac Johnson Senior
Mr. Jno. Weld and Sammuell Craft appeared before Symon Bradstreet
Sammuell Danforth and Edw. Tyng Esqrs. this 10th of febr. 1676 made oath
that being will acquainted with the alte Captain Isaac Johnson and his hand
writing that verrily believe and Judge that the above sd whereto his name
is Subscribed is all his owns handwriting this thus deposed as attests.
ffreegrace Bendall, Recorder
Thomas Davenport and Edw. Tyng )Esqrs. Boston 10th
Presnt Symon Bradstreet )of febro. 1676."
145 He "Capt. of the Roxbury Company 1663, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company 1667, and in the Narragansett Expedition 1675. Killed at head of his company in the 'Great Swamp Fight' of King Philip's War. His military career is detailed in Soldiers in King Philip's War, by George M. Bodge (Leominster, MA: 1896), pages 159-163. Married Jan. 20, 1636/7, Roxbury (or Boston?), MA."
Children of Capt. Isaac2 Johnson and Elizabeth Porter were:
386. Mehitable3 Johnson (Humphrey2, John1); born Sep 1646 at Hingham, MA; married Samuel Hinsdale 31 Oct 1660; died 4 Aug 1689 at Weathersfield, CT, at age 42.
Children of Mehitable3 Johnson and Samuel Hinsdale were:
387. Elizabeth3 Johnson (Isaac2, John1);214 born 24 Dec 1637 at Roxbury, MA;214 married Henry Bowen, son of Griffith Bowen and Margaret Fleming, 20 Dec 1658 at Roxbury, MA;214 died before 4 Oct 1683;214 died 20 Apr 1701 at Woodstock, CT, at age 63.145
She "She owned the convenant at the Roxbury Church of Christ on Feb. 12, 1660."
145 She (Suff. Deed XIII: 33) Whereas Captn. Isaac Johnson late of Roxbury, Co. Suff., by his will did leave his whole Estate in the hands of Elizabeth his wife (whome hee appointed his sole Executrix) during her naturall life; Now the sd Elisabeth being deceased, and the Estate according to will being liable to division; The party's concerned Vist. Isaac Johnson Nathaniel Johnson & William Bartholmew in right of Mary his wife, and Henry Bowen with such of his Children as are come of age and in behalfe of those under age (in right of Elisabeth their mother (one of the Children of sd Captn Johnson, being deceased) have agreed to the division.
[Signed] 4ø. Octobr. 1683.
The party's Subscribing Isaac Johnson
all appearing before Nathaniel Johnson a marke
the County Court sitting Henry Bowen
in Boston by Adjournmt. William Bartholmew
4ø. Octobr. 1683 and acknowledgeing Henry Bowen junr. a marke
the Subscription Edward Morris
of their names & John Bowen a marke.
consent to this Agreemt.
Entred 20th. Octo: 1683.
Children of Elizabeth3 Johnson and Henry Bowen were:
388. Mary4 Hinsdale (Mehitable3Johnson, Humphrey2, John1); born 22 Jul 1665 at Medfield, Norfolk, MA; married Thomas Sheldon circa 1685; died Sep 1738 at Northampton, Hampshire, MA, at age 73.
Children of Mary4 Hinsdale and Thomas Sheldon were:
389. Benjamin5 Sheldon (Mary4Hinsdale, Mehitable3Johnson, Humphrey2, John1); born circa 1697 at Northampton, MA; married Mary Strong 12 Jun 1723 at Northampton, MA; died 28 Aug 1773 at Northampton, MA.
Children of Benjamin5 Sheldon and Mary Strong were:
390. Mary6 Sheldon (Benjamin5, Mary4Hinsdale, Mehitable3Johnson, Humphrey2, John1); born circa 1731 at Northampton, MA; married Joseph Lyman Jr. 5 Aug 1756 at Northampton, MA; died 18 Oct 1805 at Northampton, MA.
Children of Mary6 Sheldon and Joseph Lyman Jr. were:
391. Joseph7 Lyman (Mary6Sheldon, Benjamin5, Mary4Hinsdale, Mehitable3Johnson, Humphrey2, John1); born 22 Oct 1767 at Northampton, MA; married Anne Jean Robbins 11 Oct 1811; died 11 Dec 1847 at Northampton, MA, at age 80.
Children of Joseph7 Lyman and Anne Jean Robbins were:
392. Catherine Robbins8 Lyman (Joseph7, Mary6Sheldon, Benjamin5, Mary4Hinsdale, Mehitable3Johnson, Humphrey2, John1); born 12 Jan 1825 at Northampton, MA; married Warren Delano 1 Nov 1843 at Northampton, MA; died 10 Feb 1896 at NY at age 71.
Children of Catherine Robbins8 Lyman and Warren Delano were:
393. Sarah9 Delano (Catherine8Lyman, Joseph7, Mary6Sheldon, Benjamin5, Mary4Hinsdale, Mehitable3Johnson, Humphrey2, John1); born 21 Sep 1854 at NY; married James Roosevelt 7 Oct 1880 at NY; died 7 Sep 1941 at Hyde Park, NY, at age 86.
Children of Sarah9 Delano and James Roosevelt were: