Ancestors of Kathleen Lowe Capt. Isaac JOHNSON [Capt] and Elizabeth Porter

Ancestors of Kathleen Lowe Capt. Isaac JOHNSON [Capt] and Elizabeth Porter



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Capt. Isaac JOHNSON [Capt] and Elizabeth Porter


Husband Capt. Isaac JOHNSON [Capt] 1 

           Born:  - Herne Hill (Roxb, London, England (Ma)
     Christened: 11 Feb 1615 - Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England
           Died: 19 Dec 1675 - Gt. Swamp Fight, Old Village , Wickford Near, North Kingston
         Buried: Dec 1675 - Nr 4 Corners, Sakonnet River, Ri, Ft Narraganset
            AFN: 17DN-Q9


         Father: John JOHNSON (1588-1659) 1
         Mother: Mary Heath (1600-1655)


       Marriage: 20 Jan 1636-20 Jan 1637 - Roxbury, Massachusetts


Wife Elizabeth Porter 

           Born: Abt Feb 1609-Feb 1610 - prob Ware, Hertfordshire, England
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Aug 1683 - Roxbury, Massachusetts
         Buried: 
            AFN: 35KQ-68


         Father: Edward Porter (1587-1677)
         Mother: Elizabeth (Rhoda) (1591-      )



         Father: Adrian Porter (Abt 1585-      )
         Mother: Elizabeth Allott (      -      )



Children
1 M Nathaniel Johnson 

           Born: 1 May 1647 - Roxbury, Massachusetts
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Feb 1698-14 Feb 1699 - Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Smith (1643-1732)
           Marr: 29 Apr 1667 - Roxbury, Massachusetts






2  F  Elizabeth Johnson





           Born: 24 Dec 1638 - Roxbury, Massachusetts
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Apr 1701 - Woodstock, Connecticut
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Henry Bowen (      -      )
           Marr: 20 Dec 1658 - Roxbury, Massachusetts








3  M  John Johnson





           Born: 3 Nov 1639
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Dec 1661 - Roxbury, Massachusetts
         Buried: 








4  F  Mary Johnson





           Born: 10 Apr 1642 - Roxbury, Massachusetts
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



         Spouse: William Bartholomew (      -      )
           Marr: 17 Dec 1663 - Roxbury, Massachusetts








5  M  Isaac Johnson





           Born: 7 Nov 1643 - Roxbury, Massachusetts
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Feb 1719-3 Feb 1720 - Middletown, Connecticut
         Buried:  - Riverside Cemetery



         Spouse: Mary Harris (1651-1740)
           Marr: 26 Oct 1669








6  M  Joseph Johnson





           Born: 9 Nov 1645
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Dec 1645 - Roxbury, Massachusetts
         Buried: 











General Notes (Husband)



Isaac was the eldest son of Captain John (1), and came to this country with his father. He was made a Freeman March 4, 1635. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1645, and was chosen its Captain in 1667. He was Captain of the Roxbury Company in the Narragansett Expedition, and was killed at the head of his company in the famous Fort Fight on December 19, 1675, (near Four Corners, Sakonnet River, Rhode Island, Ed.). He was an original donor of the Free School.

From John Johnson Genealogy, citing History of Hingham:

Among those companies in the Indian War was on e commanded by Capt. Isaac Johnson of Roxbury (Humphrey's brother) already a distinguished officer, who had led a company of preying Indians in the earlier days of the conflict.   He was known as the brave Captain Johnson, and in his command, it was the good fortune of a part of the men from our town (Hingham) to serve."

Illustration caption: (from an old wood cut of the attack on the Indians) Captain Isaac Johnson was Killed in the "Great Swamp Fight" Dec. 19, 1675, "gallantly leading his men across the fatal tree-bridge at the entrance to the Fort".... "the companies of Captain Davenport and Johnson came first to this place.... Johnson fell dead at the log,"... "in the bloodiest battle of Colonial history." (see "Mass. Archives.")

Sources: Coe-Ward memorial, pp 62-67.
History of Roxbury, by Ellis, pp. 16, 20.
Roxbury, Mass. to 1850 -- Marriages, p. 223, Deaths, p. 563.
Records of Mass. Bay, Vol. V, pp. 175, 379.
Town of Roxbury.
Thirty-fourth Report Boston Records, p. 17.
"American Colonies in 17th Century," by Osgood, Vol. I, p. 510: "The years 1634 and 1636, while Massachusetts Bay still possessed only an infantry force, witnessed the organization of trained bands (hence "Train Band") and regiments. In December, 1636, an act was passed which definitely accomplished this result. One of these included the companies of Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Weymouth, and Hingham, with John Winthrop as Colonel, Thomas Dudley as Lieutenant Colonel" (and Isaac (2) Johnson as Captain).

SML Comment: The battle took place in South Kingstown, not "near Four Corners, Sakonnet River, Rhode Island" as the author states.

He served as a representative to the Massachusetts General Court.

He married Elizabeth Porter, daughter of Adrian Porter & Elizabeth Allott, on Jan 20, 1636/7 in Roxbury, Mass. Died Roxbury, Mass., on 13 Aug 1683.

Isaac was the eldest son of Captain John, was baptized in Ware, Hertfordshire,  and came to this country with his father. He was made a Freeman March 4, 1635. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1645, and was chosen its Captain in 1667. He was Captain of the Roxbury Company in the Narragansett Expedition, and was killed at the head of his company in the famous Fort Fight on December 19, 1675, (near Four Corners, Sakonnet River, Rhode Island, Ed.). He was an original donor of the Free School.

 Captain Isaac Johnson was Killed in the "Great Swamp Fight" Dec. 19, 1675, "gallantly leading his men across the fatal tree-bridge at the entrance to the Fort".... "the companies of Captain Davenport and Johnson came first to this place.... Johnson fell dead at the log,"... "in the bloodiest battle of Colonial history." (see "Mass. Archives.")

Sources: Coe-Ward memorial, pp 62-67.
History of Roxbury, by Ellis, pp. 16, 20.
Roxbury, Mass. to 1850 -- Marriages, p. 223, Deaths, p. 563.
Records of Mass. Bay, Vol. V, pp. 175, 379.
Town of Roxbury.
Thirty-fourth Report Boston Records, p. 17.

"American Colonies in 17th Century," by Osgood, Vol. I, p. 510: "The years 1634 and 1636, while Massachusetts Bay still possessed only an infantry force, witnessed the organization of trained bands (hence "Train Band") and regiments. In December, 1636, an act was passed which definitely accomplished this result. One of these included the companies of Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Weymouth, and Hingham, with John Winthrop as Colonel, Thomas Dudley as Lieutenant Colonel" (and Isaac (2) Johnson as Captain).

He married Elizabeth Porter, daughter of Adrian Porter & Elizabeth Allott, on Jan 20, 1636/7 in Roxbury, Mass.


General Notes (Wife)



I have one version of her marriage and its date and place, but two versions of her parents.

ADRIAN PORTER was baptized at Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire 13 February 1586 and died after March 1624. He married twice: first 28 April 1696, ELIZABETH ALLOTT, born at Ware 1582 and buried there 1517; and second, by March 1618 AGNES (----). His first wife was the mother of his children Edward and Elizabeth who emigrated to America. ( Information from Douglas, Ancestry of Edw. Porter) ELIZABETH PORTER was baptized at Ware, Hertfordshire, England and died "suddenly" 15 August 1684 at Roxbury Mass. She married, at Roxbury 20 January 1637, CAPTAIN ISAAC2 JOHNSON

She was also from Ware, Hertfordshire; she came to New Englandwith her brother Edward.








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Sources






1
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM) (July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996). 





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