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JOHNSON, Edward

JOHNSON, Edward

Male 1593 - 1687  (94 years)

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  1. 1.  JOHNSON, EdwardJOHNSON, Edward was born in 1593 in England; died on 9 Jan 1687 in York, York, Maine, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Differentiator: Great Migration; Immigrant; Original Wessagusset settler and one of the leaders; Weymouth; original settler of York, Maine
    • Great Migration: https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/rd/12107/1096/235185650
    • Web Address: https://amongourancestors.com/wessagusset/
    • Departure: 1622; Advance party sent by Thomas Weston
    • Residence: 1622, Wessagusset, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
    • Arrival: 1623, Maine, USA
    • Residence: 1634, York, York, Maine, USA
    • Burial: 9 Jan 1687

    Notes:

    Capt. Edward Johnson, Woburn, Mass & Descendants
    By Marta Johns(t)on PattersonNovember 13, 2005 at 09:39:13

    Capt. Edward Johnson
    Author of the celebrated history of New England, Called the "Wonderworking Providence," was baptized in Canterbury, County Kent, England, Sept. 16 or 17, 1598, and died in Woburn, Apr. 23, 1672. His father was William Johnson.

    1.Feb. 17, 1593-4, Matthew, son of William
    2.22d of ---, 1594, George, son of William
    3.Jan. 18, 1595-6, George , son of William
    4.Sept. 16 or 17, 1598, Edard, son of William
    5.Sept. 6, 1601, Elizabeth, dau. of William, bur. 14th.
    6.Aug. 8, 1602, Thomas, son o fWilliam
    7.March 18, 1602-3, Daniel and Bartholomew, son of William

    Apr. 10, 1604, is noted the burial of Susan, wife of William Johns. Under Aug. 25, 1617, I found noted a license for William Johnnson, of St. Geroge's, Canterbury, joiner, and Ann Cobb, widow and their marriage noted under August 24. Sept 27,

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    Sorry, I missed coping page 4-5, I will do so next vist to the library.

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    3. GEORGE JOHNSON(Capt. Edward), baptized Apr. 3, 1625, in Canterbury, England, married Katherine---, who survived him. He died in Somerset County, Maryland, in 1681.

    a.Daughter Katherine

    4. WILLIAM JOHNSON(Capt. Edward), baptized Mar. 22, 1628-9, in Canterbury, England, married, May 16, 1655, Esther, or Hester, daughter of Elder Thomas Wiswall of Dorchester and Newton. She died Dec. 27, 1707. He died May 22, 1704. He attained to high civic office, was one of the magistrates or assistants of the Colony, and a military officer of the several ranks from ensign to major.

    a. William, b. 2/26/1656
    b. Edward, b. 3/19/1658
    c. Ebenezer, b. 3/29/1660
    d. Esther, b. 4/13/1662; m. 12/17/1685, Lieut. Seth Wyman;d. 3/31/1742.
    e. Joseph, b. 6/14/1664
    f. Benjmain, b. 10/15/1666
    g. Josiah, b. 1/15/1669
    h. Susanna, b. 6/29/1671; m. 6/6/1704, Daniel Reed, as his second wife.
    i. Abigail, b. 10/4/1674; m. 6/14/1705, Samuel Pierce

    5. MATTHEW JOHNSON(Capt. Edward), baptized Mar. 30, 1633, in Canterbury, England, married first, Nov. 12, 1656, Hannah, daughter of Peter Palfrey of Salem and Reading, who died Aug. 1, 1662; and married second, Oct. 23, 1662, Rebecca, daughter of Elder John Wiswall of Boston, who died Dec. 25, 1709. He was a sergeant and lieutenant in Woburn. He died July 19, 1696, aged 62.

    a. Rebecca, b. 3/1/1665; m. 1692, Samuel Wyman
    b. Matthew, b. 3/18/1667
    c. Hannah, b. 4/23/1669; m. Samuel Simonds
    d. Samuel b. 4/28/1672
    e. Ruth, b. 1/1/1675; m. 1/10/1697, John Reed
    f. Sarah, b. 4/14/1677; m. 1/17,1699-1700, Daniel Reed; d. 1703.
    g. Lydia, m. Sanuel Blogget
    h. Henry, b. 4/7/1683.

    6. JOHN JOHNSON (Capt. Edward)was baptized May 10, 1635, in Canterbury, England, and died in Canterbury, Conn. He married,

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    April 26, 1657, Bethia, daughter of William and Mabel Reed. She died in Canterbury, Conn., about 1718.

    a. John, b. 1/24/1659; m. Mary, daug. of William Carley of Lexington.
    b. Bethia, b. 1/20/1660; m. (1) Jonathan Knight of Cambridge; (2)---Woolcott, of Cambridge, 1697.
    c. William, b. 9/29/1662; of Canterbury, Conn.
    d. Obadiah, b. 6/15/1664; of Canterbury, Conn.
    e. Joseph, b. about 1666
    f. Samuel, b. 10/29/1670
    g. Nathaniel, b. 5/15, 1673.

    7. WILLIAM JOHNSON (Maj. William, Capt. Edward)born Mar. 19, 1658, married first, Jan. 12 1687, Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Reed) Walker, wo died May 31, 1704; and married second, Abigail (Gardner) Thompson, widow of James Thompson and daughter of Richard and Anna (Blanchard) Gardner. He was an ensign, lieutenant, and captain of a Woburn military company, between 1693 and 1724. He died Aug. 7, 1725, in Woburn.

    Children by first wife:
    a. Edward, b. 10/12,1687; d. 1/3/1688
    b. Edward, b. 5/4/1689
    c. Sarah, m. (1) John Simonds; (2) Samuel Richardson
    d. Esther, b. 1/26/1694; m. 1716, John Stearns of Billerica
    e. Samuel, b. 2/21/1696
    f. Abigail, m. 12/11/171, Timothy Richardson
    g. Susanna, b. 1/14/1701; m. 5/23/1722, Samuel Jones; resided in Wilmington and Marlborough.
    h. Ichabod, b. 4/22/1703; killed 5/8/1725, in Lovewell's Fight. Of six Woburn men in Lovewell's company, one was killed and three were wounded.

    Children by second wife:
    a. Elizabeth, b. 11/6/1705; m. 1/1/1723, Joseph Winn. Resided at Nottingham West, N.H.
    b. Joseph, b. 6/22/1708.

    9. EBENEZER JOHNSON (Maj. William, Capt. Edward), b. March 29, 1660, married, Apr. 13, 1691, Sarah, daughter of Ensign Joseph and Rebecca (Reed) Winn of Woburn. She died Oct. 23, 1733. He was a sergeant. He died March 17, 1737.

    a. Ebenezer, b. 4/11/1692; d. 4/14/1692
    b. Sarah, b. 9/28/1693
    c. Abigail, b. 6/13/1697; m. (1) 1/24/1717, Oliver Farmer of Billerica; (2) 5/27/1766, Capt. James Lane of Bedford;d. 2/25/1773, a. 75.
    d. Ebenezer, b. 9/7/1699
    e. William, b. 9/7/1699; d. 2/11/1708
    f. Joseph, b. 2/9/1702
    g. Timothy, b. 7/15/1705
    h. Rebecca, d. 12/10/1739, aged about 31 years (gravestone)
    i. William

    10. BENJAMIN JOHNSON (Maj. William, Capt. Edward), born Oct. 15, 1666, married, Nov. 22, 1699, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Wyman)Walker of Billerica. He died Apr. 22, 1733; and she died Jan. 17, 1749. He was known as sergeant from 1700 to the time of his death.

    a. Benjmain, b. 10/8/1700
    b. Josiah, b.7/28/1702;m. Elizabeth---;resided in Billerica
    c. Seth, b. 4/23/1707
    d. Sarah, b. 3/19/1709; m. David Comee of Lexington
    e. Hannah, b. 9/7/1710
    f. Esther, b. 2/2/1715; m. 10/21/1736, John Wood

    11. JOSIAH JOHNSON(Maj. William, Capt. Edward), born Jan. 15, 1669, married first, Jan. 24, 1706, Martha Whitmore of Medford, who died Aug. 25, 1716, aged 30; and married second, Deborah (Fifield) Jackson, widow of Lieut. John Jackson of Cambridge and daughter of Giles and Judith (Carter-Converse) Fifield of Charlestown. She died Feb. 5, 1724; and he died Dec. 16, 1739.

    Children from first wife:
    Martha, b. 11/3/1706; m. Gershom Flagg
    b. Abigail, b. 4/4/1708; m. 7/24/1728, Zurishaddai Pierce
    c. Josiah, b. 2/24/1710
    d. Francis, b. 2/13/1712
    e. Hannah, b. 8/19/1716; m. 11/16/1743, Benjamin Tufts of Medford; d. 2/2/1796, aged 80.

    Child by second wife:
    a. Giles, b. 4/12/1718

    12. MATTHEW JOHNSON (Lieut. Matthew, Capt. Edward), born Mar. 18, 1667, married first, Dec. 12, 1695, Mary, daughter of George and Hannah (Rockwell) Reed of Woburn, who died Oct. 4, 1703; married second, Nov. 30, 1704, Alice Ward, who died July 31, 1727; and married third, Hannah, daughter of John Trask of Beverly. He died Aug. 8, 1740. His will, dated June 3, 1737, probated Sept. 1, 1740, mentions wife Hannah; daughters, Mary Knight, Hannah Cooper, and Sarah Blogget; and grandson Matthew Johnson. His widown Hannah was executrix, with the assistance of her brother Nathaniel Trask of Lexington.

    a. Mary, b. 9/12/1696; m. 11/1717, Ebenezer Knight
    b. Hannah, b. 11/28/1699; m. (1) 10/21/1725, John Cooper of Cambridge; (2) int. 9/30/1738, Benjamin Crackbone.
    c. Matthew, b. 9/3/1702
    d. Sarah, b. 9/15/1703; m. 5/14/1722, John Blogget

    13. SAMUEL JOHNSON(Lieut. Matthew, Capt. Edward), born Apr. 28, 1672, married Mary ---. He removed to Lancaster, where he died about 1740.

    a. Samuel, b. 7/7/1705; of Dorchester; was admr. of estate of his father, Samuel Johnson of Lancaster, in 1740. It was probably he who m. Mary Snow, in Lancaster, July 25, 1734. On Mar. 5, 1739, he, then of Boston, calling himself a soldier, conveys land in Lancaster to Daniel Johnson (his brother) of Boston, Tailor. He m. Aug. 16, 1739, Rebecca Niles of Dorchester, and had a son Henry, b. in Dorchester, 9/6/1740, who is mentioned in the will of Henry Johnson. IN 1740 and 1741, Samuel Johnson of Dorchester, Mary Johnson of Scituate, Daniel Johnson of Lancaster, Joshua Johnson of Lancaster, and Mary Johnson of Lancaster, widow of Samuel, convey land in Lancaster to Eleazer Flagg, of Boston, Retailer.
    b. Mary, b. 1/8/1707; of Scitnate, Mass., in 1740
    c. Daniel, b. 9/20/1708; of Boston and Lancaster
    d. Joshua, b. 4/17/1712; of Lancaster
    e. Elizabeth, b. 12/20/1717; not living in 1740

    14. HENRY JOHNSON(Lieut. Matthew, Capt. Edward, born Apr. 7, 1683, died in 1754.

    15. WILLIAM JOHNSON(William, Maj. William, Capt. Edward), born 8/28/1686, married first, Jan. 1, 1708, Sarah, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Greenleaf) Dole of Newbury, who died Oct. 14, 1710, aged 29, in Woburn; and married second, Hannah, daughter of Joseph and REbecca (Patten) Davis of Billerica (Middx.Co. Prob., Vol. 25, p. 156). He removed with his family from Woburn to Mansfield, Conn., where he died Feb. 29, 1752.

    Children from first wife:
    a. Sarah, b. 5/3/1709; m. John Noyes of Newbury
    b. Dole, b. 9/30/1710; m. 1/26/1748, Abigail Freeman; resided in Mansfield, Conn.

    Children from second wife:
    a. William, b. 3/27/1718; m. 1/26/1748, Abigail Freeman; resided in Mansfield, Conn.
    b. Hannah, b. 3/31/1719
    c. Joseph, b. 4/28/1720; m. Abigail Slafter; resided in Mansfield, Conn.
    d. Enoch, b. 9/16/1721
    e. Rebecca, b. 4/8/1723; m. as his third wife, PrinceFreeman of Mansfield, Conn.
    f. Hezekiah, b. 5/12/1724; m. Dorothy Slafter of Mansfield, Conn.; d. at Norwich, Vt.

    Pages 3,6,7,8,9,10,11,
    Captain Edward Johnson
    of Woburn, Massachusetts
    and some of His descendants
    By Edward Francis Johnson
    Boston
    Press of David Clapp & Son
    1905

    Edward married UNKNOWN, Priscilla about 1646. Priscilla was born in 1617; died in Oct 1706 in York, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. JOHNSON, Deborah  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1653 in York, York, Maine, USA; died in 1697 in York, York, Maine, USA.
    2. 3. JOHNSON, Benjamin  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1646; died on 11 Dec 1677.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  JOHNSON, DeborahJOHNSON, Deborah Descendancy chart to this point (1.Edward1) was born about 1653 in York, York, Maine, USA; died in 1697 in York, York, Maine, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Differentiator: Lived through Candlemas Massacre
    • Web Address: https://mainegenealogy.com/york/casualties-of-the-candlemas-day-massacre-in-york-maine.htm

    Deborah married HARMON, John on 21 Jun 1680 in Saco, York, Maine, USA. John (son of HARMON, James and CLARKE, Sarah) was born in 1639 in Saco, York, Maine, USA; died on 2 Apr 1695 in York, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. HARMON, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1688 in York, York, Maine, USA; died on 15 Nov 1766 in York, York, Maine, USA.
    2. 5. HARMON, Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1682 in Saco, York, Maine, USA; died on 23 Dec 1701 in Ocean City, Ocean, New Jersey, USA.

  2. 3.  JOHNSON, Benjamin Descendancy chart to this point (1.Edward1) was born in 1646; died on 11 Dec 1677.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  HARMON, MaryHARMON, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (2.Deborah2, 1.Edward1) was born in 1688 in York, York, Maine, USA; died on 15 Nov 1766 in York, York, Maine, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Differentiator: Lived through Candlemas Massacre
    • Web Address: https://mainegenealogy.com/york/casualties-of-the-candlemas-day-massacre-in-york-maine.htm
    • Burial: 15 Nov 1760, York, York, Maine, USA

    Mary married DONNELL, Benjamin in 1704 in York, York, Maine, USA. Benjamin (son of DONNELL, Thomas and WEARE, Elizabeth) was born in 1666 in York, York, Maine, USA; died on 21 Sep 1707 in Biddeford, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. DONNELL, Deborah  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 May 1705 in York, York, Maine, USA; died on 25 Jun 1771 in York, York, Maine, USA; was buried in York, York, Maine, USA.
    2. 7. DONNELL, Darcos  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Sep 1706 in York, York, Maine, USA; died in 1714 in York, York, Maine, USA.

    Mary married HOLT, Joseph on 28 Dec 1709 in York, York, Maine, USA. Joseph was born on 5 Mar 1686 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Apr 1774 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  HARMON, Thomas Descendancy chart to this point (2.Deborah2, 1.Edward1) was born in 1682 in Saco, York, Maine, USA; died on 23 Dec 1701 in Ocean City, Ocean, New Jersey, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  DONNELL, Deborah Descendancy chart to this point (4.Mary3, 2.Deborah2, 1.Edward1) was born on 5 May 1705 in York, York, Maine, USA; died on 25 Jun 1771 in York, York, Maine, USA; was buried in York, York, Maine, USA.

    Deborah married DUNNING, William on 10 Oct 1724 in York, York, Maine, USA. William (son of DUNNING, Andrew and BOND, Susan) was born in 1700 in Wexford, Ireland; died on 13 Jun 1783 in York, York, Maine, USA; was buried in York, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. DUNNING, Deborah  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 May 1732 in York, York, Maine, USA; died on 2 Sep 1820 in York, York, Maine, USA.
    2. 9. DUNNING, Jenny  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jun 1743 in York, York, Maine, USA.
    3. 10. DUNNING, Benjamin  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jan 1736 in York, York, Maine, USA; died on 8 Jan 1808 in Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, USA.
    4. 11. DUNNING, Mercy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Nov 1734 in York, York, Maine, USA.
    5. 12. DUNNING, Capt. Deacon Andrew II  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jul 1727 in York, York, Maine, USA; died on 27 Mar 1808 in Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, USA; was buried in Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, USA.
    6. 13. DUNNING, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jan 1729 in York, York, Maine, USA; died in 1739.
    7. 14. DUNNING, William  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jan 1745 in York, York, Maine, USA; died in 1784.
    8. 15. DUNNING, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Apr 1739 in York, York, Maine, USA; died on 10 Sep 1823 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA.
    9. 16. DUNNING, Benjamin  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Aug 1725 in York, York, Maine, USA; died on 27 Oct 1730 in York, York, Maine, USA.
    10. 17. DUNNING, James  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Mar 1741 in York, York, Maine, USA; died on 9 Jul 1775.

  2. 7.  DONNELL, Darcos Descendancy chart to this point (4.Mary3, 2.Deborah2, 1.Edward1) was born on 26 Sep 1706 in York, York, Maine, USA; died in 1714 in York, York, Maine, USA.


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