Five of their children: Grace, Richard, Ann, Mary and James emigrated to Canada or the U.S., as well as children of Thomas, Walter William, Susan and Daniel. Their son John Johns, b. 1836, emigrated to New Zealand.  According to Clive Johns (see below), James Johns offered to pay passage for any of his nieces or nephews who wished to emigrate to Canada.  At least five took him up on the offer.

It is clear that the descendants of Richard and Elizabeth Johns number in the thousands. It is hoped that the information gathered here will be of interest to them. My grandmother, Annie Grace Pickard Moore, was one of the 91 grandchildren of Richard and Elizabeth. She grew up in Ontario, and never met her Johns grandparents, or the aunts, uncles and cousins who remained in England.  This page is an effort to gather all the Johns family together in the same place, and is dedicated to Grandma Moore.