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JACKSON Captain887,888 was christened on 3 Feb 1605 in St Dunstan's, Stepney,
Middlesex, England.42 He
died on 17 Jun 1681 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.42,889
Edward was a nailer from the Whitechaple Parish in London. Capt. Edward Johnson's
History od New England contains a short notice of the characters of many of the
leading of his time, among whom he classes Edward Jackson, and says, "he
could not endure to see the truths of Christ trampled under foot, by the erroneous
party."
Source: "History of Newton Massachusetts" by Francis Jackson Parents:
Christopher JACKSON and Susan JOHNSON.Spouse: Frances.
Edward JACKSON Captain and Frances were married about 1629 in London, Middlesex,
England.11,42 Children were: Israel
JACKSON, Margaret JACKSON, Hannah JACKSON, Rebecca JACKSON,
Caleb JACKSON, Joseph JACKSON, Jonathan
JACKSON, Seabas JACKSON, Frances JACKSON. Spouse: . Edward JACKSON Captain and Elizabeth
NEWGATE were married on 14 Mar 1649 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.11,889,890 Surname also "Oliver"
wid. Oliver Children were: Sarah JACKSON, Edward JACKSON, Lydia JACKSON, Elizabeth
JACKSON, Ruth JACKSON.
Edward JACKSON was born on 14 Jan 1650/51 in Newton,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.90
He died on 21 Feb 1676 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.
Parents: John JACKSON and Margaret.Spouse: .
Edward JACKSON was born on 15 Dec 1652.
Parents: John WARD and Hannah JACKSON.
Elizabeth JACKSON was born on 12 Jan 1642 in Ipswich,
Essex, Massachusetts, USA. She died on 12 Oct 1708 in Beverly, Essex,
Massachusetts, USA. Parents: John
JACKSON and Margaret.Spouse: . Thomas
WEST and Elizabeth JACKSON were married on 12 Dec 1661 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts,
USA.
Frances JACKSON was born in 1644 in Newton, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA.22 No
date given She died on 5 Oct 1648 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.22 Parents: Edward JACKSON Captain and Frances.
Hannah JACKSON was christened on 1 May 1634 in St Mary's,
Whitechapel, London, England.891
She died on 27 Apr 1704 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.81 She was buried on 27 Apr 1704 in Newton, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA. Parents: Edward
JACKSON Captain and Frances.Spouse:
John WARD. John WARD and Hannah JACKSON
were married in 1650 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.11 Children were: Hannah
WARD, Edward JACKSON, John WARD, Rebecca WARD,
John WARD, Elizabeth
WARD, Deborah WARD, William WARD, Richard WARD,
Mercy WARD, Edward
WARD, Eleazer WARD, Jonathan WARD, Hannah WARD,
Joseph WARD.
Hannah JACKSON was born on 7 Jun 1646 in Cambridge,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.90
She died on 1 May 1727 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
Parents: John JACKSON and Margaret.Spouse: John
HYDE. John HYDE and Hannah JACKSON were married on 20 Jan 1682 in Newton,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Spouse: .
Isabel JACKSON was born on 12 Feb 1660/61 in Newton,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.90
She died on 12 Feb 1660/61 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.90 Parents: John JACKSON and Margaret.
Israel JACKSON was christened on 9 Mar 1631 in St
Mary's, Whitechapel, London, England.886
Died in infancy.
Source: "History of Newton Massachusetts" by Francis Jackson Parents:
Edward JACKSON Captain and Frances.
John JACKSON887
was christened on 6 Jun 1603 in St Dunstan's, Stepney, Middlesex, England.42 He died on 30 Jan 1674/75 in
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.42,82 JOHN JACKSON
ORIGIN: Unknown.
MIGRATION: 1635 on the Blessing (on 13 July 1635, "Jo[hn]
Jackson," fisherman, aged 40, "Margaret Jackson," aged 36, and
"John Jackson," aged 2, were enrolled at London as passengers for New
England on the Blessing [Hotten 108]).
FIRST RESIDENCE: Salem.
OCCUPATION: Mariner. On about 21 June 1637, Roger Williams reported the
presence of several ships in Narragansett Bay, including "the other whereof
_____ Jackson of Salem is master" [WP 3:434]. About a month later, Richard
Davenport reported that he and others were on their way back from action in the
Pequot War "aboard Goodman Jackson" [WP 3:454]. On 15 December 1640,
Gov. John Winthrop related the travails of the pinnace Coach, skippered
by "one Jackson, a godly man and an experienced seaman," on a voyage
from Salem to New Haven [WJ 2:23].
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: On 17 May 1638, "John Jackson" and "Margeret
Jackson" were admitted to Salem church, both with the annotation "dead"
[SChR 7].
FREEMAN: On 26 February 1649/50, "John Jackson" was one of four
men admitted to freemanship at Salem court (the other three being members of
Salem church) [EQC 1:184].
OFFICES: Salem petit jury, 30 December 1645 [EQC 1:89; STR 1:139].
Salem constable, 1 May 1647 [STR 1:147].
ESTATE: In the 1636 Salem land distribution, "Mr. Jackson" received
fifty acres [STR 1:23]. On 16 January 1636/7, "Mr. Jackson" was one
of eight men who were granted "each 1/2 an acre of land ... at Winter Harbor
for fishing trade, & to build upon" [STR 1:33]. In the 25 December 1637
division of meadow, "Jo[hn] Jackson" received three-quarters of an
acre for a household of four [STR 1:102].
On 30 September 1644, "John Jackson" was one of four persons granted
"so much of the wet marsh or swamp as lies before their ground" [STR
1:132]. On 30 May 1649, "Goodman Jackson" was one of several persons
granted "fifty acres of meadow to be divided among them" [STR 1:158].
On 20 November 1651, "John Jackson of Salem ..., planter," sold to
"Jeffry Massy of the same, planter, a certain parcel of upland and meadow
near Winter Harbor in Salem" [ELR 1:19]. On 2 October 1654, "John Jackson
of Salem, mariner," sold to "Jonathan Porter ... three-quarters of
an acre of salt marsh lying in the south field" [ELR 1:26].
In his will, dated 31 January 1655[/6] and proved 24 June 1656, "Jno. Jackson
Senior" bequeathed to "my wife Mary Jackson five pounds sterling";
to "Margarett Neve thirty shillings"; "my dearly beloved son Jno.
Jackson [to be] my sole executor" [EPR 1:240-41].
The inventory of the estate of John Jackson, taken 10 March 1655/6, totalled
£20 6s., of which £9 was real estate: "2 acres of salt marsh,"
£9 [EPR 1:241].
BIRTH: About 1595 (aged forty on 13 July 1635 [Hotten 108]).
DEATH: Between 31 January 1655[/6] (date of will) and 10 March 1655/6
(date of inventory).
MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1633 Margaret _____. She died after 27 July 1646
(when she witnessed the nuncupative will of John Thorne [EQC 1:101]). (The assertion
has been made that her maiden name was Cartwright [NYGBR 13:145], but in 1939
Herbert F. Seversmith demonstrated that this misidentification was based on a
misreading of the 2 May 1640 will of Bethia Cartwright [EQC 1:18; EPR 1:12; TAG
15:].)
(2) After 27 July 1646 Mary (_____) Goose , widow of William Goose. On 29 December
1656 and on 13 July 1657, the town of Salem provided for the maintenance of "widow
Jackson" [STR 1:195-202]. On 28 June 1664, the town of Salem took from the
estate of William Goose the expenses they had incurred from 1656 to 1663 in maintaining
"widow Jackson, formerly the wife of William Goose, [who] was not capable,
owing to her present distemper of head, to look after herself" [EPR 1:435-36;
EQC 3:138, 176-77].
CHILD:
With first wife
i JOHN JACKSON, b. about 1633 (aged two on 13 July 1635 [Hotten 108]; deposed
on 25 May 1655 "aged about twenty-one years" [EQC 1:391]); living on
31 January 1655[/6], when named in father's will; no further record.
COMMENTS: Pope identified this immigrant with the man of the same name
who lived in Cambridge [Pope 254], but this cannot be correct. The family description
in the passenger list matches exactly that of the Salem family. Also, this immigrant
sailed with the family of Richard Hollingsworth, who also settled in Salem, and
with whom the Jackson family had continued association [Hotten 108; GM 2:2:380-84;
TAG 78:241-44; EQC 1:391].
In October 1636, Gov. John Winthrop reported that "two houses were burnt,
and all the goods in them to a great value; ... the other one Jackson of Salem,
both professors" [WJ 1:238-39].
In his will, John Jackson made a bequest to "Margaret Neve," without
stating a relationship. She came to New England in 1637 from Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk [Hotten 293]. Barbara MacAllan has recently demonstrated that William
Goose and his wife Mary were also from Great Yarmouth, and were named in the
same ecclesiastical visitation record as Margaret Neave [NEHGR 154:215-17].
Source: The Great Migration Newsletter Online Mar 2004, Robert Charles Anderson
Deacon John Jackson was baptised in the Parish of Stepney, London June 6, 1602;
the first settler of Canah Village, who remained and died in it. He brought a
good estate with him from England. He bought a dwelling house and eighteen acres
of land, of Miles Ives of Wat., in 1639. This estate was situated on the Rox.
road, very near the line which now divides Newton from Brighton. He took the
Freeman's oath, in 1641,--was one of the first deacons of the church, --gave
one acre of land for the Church and burial place upon which the forst M.H. was
erected, in 1660, , and which now the oldest part of the Centre Cemetery. He
was the s. of Christopher Jackson of London, who was buried on the 5th of Dec.
1633. He had in this country, by two wives, five sons and ten daughters, and
at the time of his decease, about fifty grandchildren. There may have been and
probably were some transient dwellers in the Villiage before he came, but they
were not known to the record, and left no descendants there. The coming of John
Jackson, in 1639, may properly be considered the first settlement of Newton.
He d. Jan 30, 1674-5. Counting from the record of his baptism, in England, his
age was 73. How old he was when baptised is uncertain. He left an estate, valued
at 1,230 pounds. His widow, Margaret died Aug.28 1684 (Gravestone). She could
not therefore have been the other of his son John who was born in 1639. His old
mansion house was pulled down about 1800. ...His estate was settled by agreement,
amoug the survivng children in Dec 1676. ....He had labored long and earnestly,
by petitioning the General Court and otherwise, to have Cambridge Village erected
into an independent town, but did not live to see it acccomplished.
From "History of the Early Settlement of Newton", by Francis Jackson,
p. 326-7
"Jackson was a magistrate and large landholder, for seventeen years Deputy
to the General Court, a surveyor of land, husband to the widow of Chelsea's first
ministor, ancestor of sixty grandchildren, and a slaveholder withal, leaving
at his death two male slaves. This notable personage was thus characterized in
"The Wonder-working Providence of Sion's Savior in New England": "He
could not endure to see the truth of Christ trampled under foot by the erroneous
party."
From "King's Handbook of Newton" by M.F. Sweetster, 1889, p. 50-52.
Parents: Christopher JACKSON and Susan JOHNSON.Spouse: . John JACKSON
and Unknown were married by 1639.42 Spouse:
Margaret. John JACKSON and Margaret were
married by 1643 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.11,82 Children
were: Elizabeth JACKSON, Theodocia JACKSON, Caleb JACKSON,
Hannah JACKSON, Anna JACKSON, Abigail JACKSON,
Margaret JACKSON, Edward JACKSON, John JACKSON,
Mary JACKSON, Abraham
JACKSON, Deliverence JACKSON, Joshua JACKSON, Isabel JACKSON.
John JACKSON was born about 1652 in Newton, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA. He died on 17 Oct 1675 in Cambridge, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA. Parents: John
JACKSON and Margaret.
Jonathan JACKSON was born in 1641 in Prob. Stepney,
London, London, England.22
No date given He died on 28 Aug 1693 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.892 Supposed born on passage.
Source: "History of Newton Massachusetts" by Francis Jackson Parents:
Edward JACKSON Captain and Frances.Spouse: . Jonathan JACKSON and Elizabeth BAKER were
married in 1668 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Spouse:
. Jonathan JACKSON and Elizabeth MORRIS were married on 6 Jun 1671.
Joseph JACKSON was christened on 13 Sep 1639 in St
Mary's, Whitechapel, London, England.886
Parents: Edward JACKSON Captain and
Frances.
Joshua JACKSON was born on 15 Sep 1659 in Cambridge,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.90
Cambridge and Newton are the same place Parents: John
JACKSON and Margaret.
Margaret JACKSON was christened on 1 Jan 1632/33 in
St Mary's, Whitechapel, London, England.886
Parents: Edward JACKSON Captain and
Frances.
Margaret JACKSON was born on 20 Jun 1649 in Cambridge,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.82,90,166
She died on 16 Sep 1727 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.166
Daughter of Dea. John Jackson
Source: History of Newton Massachusetts, by Francis Jackson Parents: John JACKSON and Margaret.Spouse:
James TROWBRIDGE. James TROWBRIDGE and
Margaret JACKSON were married on 30 Jan 1674 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts,
USA.11,166 Children were: Experience
TROWBRIDGE, Thomas TROWBRIDGE, Deliverance TROWBRIDGE, James TROWBRIDGE, William
TROWBRIDGE, Abigail TROWBRIDGE, Increase TROWBRIDGE, Caleb TROWBRIDGE, Mary TROWBRIDGE,
TROWBRIDGE, James
TROWBRIDGE, William TROWBRIDGE.
Mary JACKSON was born on 7 Sep 1653 in Cambridge, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA. She died after 1700 in , , Massachusetts, USA.
given name may be Martha Parents: John JACKSON
and Margaret.Spouse: . Samuel TRUESDALE
and Mary JACKSON were married in 1671.
Miles JACKSON887
was christened on 28 Jun 1607 in St Dunstan's, Stepney, Middlesex, England.42 Parents: Christopher JACKSON and Susan
JOHNSON.
Rebecca JACKSON was christened on 12 Oct 1636 in St
Mary's, Whitechapel, London, England.886
Parents: Edward JACKSON Captain and
Frances.Spouse: . Spouse: .
Seabas JACKSON893
was born in 1642 in On The Passage. He died on 6 Dec 1690 in Cambridge,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.22
Sometimes calles "Seaborn" Supposedly born on passage.
Source: "History of Newton Massachusetts" by Francis Jackson Parents:
Edward JACKSON Captain and Frances.Spouse: . Seabas JACKSON and Sarah BAKER were married
on 19 Apr 1671 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.806
Theodocia JACKSON was born in 1644 in Cambridge, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA. She died on 27 Nov 1725 in Newton, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA. Parents: John
JACKSON and Margaret.Spouse: Noah WISWALL. Noah WISWALL and Theodocia
JACKSON were married on 10 Dec 1664 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.749,894 Spouse:
. Samuel NEWMAN and Theodocia JACKSON were married on 18 Jun 1709.
Frances JEFFRIE was born about 1572 in , Pemburie,
Kent, England. Parents: James
JEFFRIE and Jane JEFFRIE.Spouse:
John GOLDSTONE. Children were: Robert GOLDSTONE, Roger GOLDSTONE,
Sarah GOLDSTONE, Jane GOLDSTONE, Elizabeth
GOLDSTONE, Frances GOLDSTONE.
James JEFFRIE.895Spouse:
Jane JEFFRIE. James JEFFRIE and Jane
JEFFRIE were married in , of Pepingburie als Pemburie, Kent, England.895 Children were: Frances JEFFRIE.
Jane JEFFRIE896
had her estate probated on 11 Mar 1623 in , Pemburie, Kent, England.895
JANE JEFFERIE of Pepingburie als Pemburie, Kent, widow, 28 April, 21 James, proved
11 March 1623. The poor of Pemburie. To my daughter Francis the now wife of John
Gouldstone my gold ring and my best suit of apparel, that is to say, gown, petticoat,
kirtle, hat and band of cambric or holland. To Susan the now wife of my son Roger
Thompson my second suit of apparel &c. To Susan the now wife of my son William
Jefferie my third suit of apparel. The rest of my apparel I give to Jane and
Martha Baldocke daughters of my daughter Margaret. To Jane Gouldstone my god
daughter, the daughter of my daughter Francis, five shillings and one pair of
sheets. My god daughter Elizabeth Wood the daughter of my sister Wood. All the
children of my daughter Francis. All my other godchildren. John Jeffrey the son
of my son John Jefferie. John Jefferie the son of my son William Jefferie. Ten
shillings each to my son John Jefferie and to my son Roger Thompson. All tbe
children of my two sons Wailer Tompson and Roger Tompson. John Baldocke and the
said Jane and Martha Baldocke, the three children of my daughter Margaret deceased,
to have thirty pounds divided equally between them in full payment and satisfaction
of all such duties and demands which they or any of them shall or may claim or
demand by and after the death of Roger Tompsou their deceased grandfather or
by and after me the said Jane as administratrix after the death of the said Roger
Tompson or by gift, promise or otherwise of me or of John Jefferie my late husband
deceased, the same to be paid unto them by my executors hereafter named at the
age of twenty and two years of them the said John, Jane and Martha Baldocke or
at their day of their several marriage if they or any of them sbsll marry before
their said age &c. with the advise and consent of my sister Elizabeth Wood
and of my daughter Francis Gouldstone. My son Thomas Jefferie. Edward and Thcholas
Jefferie my sons. Every of my servants. To my said son Thomas Jefferie my silver
cup and to William Jefferie my son my silver salt. Other gifts. I make Thomas
Jeffrey and Edward Jeffrey my sons executors &c. Then follows the disposition
of landed property. Land in Capell. House or cottage and lands in Pepingburie
als Pemburie. To son Thomas Jeffrey the house wherein I now inhabit called Crowherst.
I appoint my well beloved friends Stephan Jefferie of Grays Inn, gent., and Edward
Jefferie of Tunbridge, yeoman1 my brothers in law, Thomas Wood of Capefl my brother
in law and John Gouldstone of Tudely my son in law to be my faithfnl overseers.
Rochester Wills, Vol. xxi. (1606-81), fol. 20.Spouse: James JEFFRIE. James JEFFRIE and Jane JEFFRIE were married in
, of Pepingburie als Pemburie, Kent, England.895
Children were: Frances JEFFRIE.
Abigail JOHNSON was born on 4 Oct 1674 in Woburn, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA.331,897 She died on 16 Mar 1787 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut,
USA. Parents: William JOHNSON
and Esther WISWALL.Spouse: . Samuel
PIERCE and Abigail JOHNSON were married on 14 Jun 1705 in Woburn, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA.331,897
Agnes JOHNSON was christened on 25 May 1564 in St
George's, Canterbury, Kent, England.898
Parents: John JOHNSON and Joan HUMPHREY.
Alice JOHNSON was christened on 2 Apr 1562 in St George's,
Canterbury, Kent, England.898
Parents: John JOHNSON and Joan HUMPHREY.
Azariah JOHNSON was born on 18 Nov 1726 in Woburn,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.331
Birth source: FHL film #859998 births p. 82 Parents: William JOHNSON and Hannah
DAVIS.
Bartholomew JOHNSON twin was christened on 18 Mar
1603 in St Georges, Canterbury, Kent, England.899 Died Young Parents: William
JOHNSON and Susan PORREDGE.
Bartholomew JOHNSON was christened on 4 Dec 1558 in
St George's, Canterbury, Kent, England.898
Parents: John JOHNSON and Joan HUMPHREY.
Benjamin JOHNSON was born on 15 Oct 1666 in Woburn,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.897
He died on 22 Apr 1733 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
Parents: William JOHNSON and Esther WISWALL.Spouse: . Benjamin JOHNSON and Sarah WALKER
were married on 22 Nov 1699 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.331
Benjamin JOHNSON900
was born about 1696 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He
died on 23 Jan 1771. Parents: William
JOHNSON and Esther GARDNER.Spouse:
.
Catherine JOHNSON was christened in 1588 in Canterbury,
Kent, England. She was buried on 6 Nov 1610 in St George's, Canterbury,
Kent, England.901 She was
born in St Georges, Canterbury, Kent, England. Parents: William JOHNSON and Susan
PORREDGE.
Daniel JOHNSON twin was christened on 18 Mar 1603/4
in St Georges, Canterbury, Kent, England.899
Died Young Parents: William JOHNSON
and Susan PORREDGE.
Daniel JOHNSON was buried on 4 Oct 1574 in St George's,
Canterbury, Kent, England.898
Parents: John JOHNSON and Joan HUMPHREY.
Daughter JOHNSON.902
Parents: William JOHNSON and Alice FORFLOD.Spouse: . Cuthbert WRAY and Daughter JOHNSON
were married about 1562.902
Ebenezer JOHNSON was born on 29 Mar 1660 in Woburn,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.897
He died on 17 Mar 1737. Parents: William
JOHNSON and Esther WISWALL.Spouse:
. Ebenezer JOHNSON and Sarah WINN were married on 13 Apr 1691 in Woburn, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA.331
Children were: Joseph JOHNSON.
 Capt. Edward
JOHNSON903 was christened
on 16 Sep 1598 in Saint George, Canterbury, Kent, England.166,904 He died
on 23 Apr 1672 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.166,331,904 He was a joiner.905
CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHNSON, OF WOBURN, MASS.,
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS.
By Hon. EDWARD FRANCIS JOHNSON, LL.B., of Woburn.
1. Capt. Edward Johnson. author of the celebrated history of New Enaland, called
the "Wonderworking Providence,"** was baptized in Canterbury, County
Kent. England, Sept. 10 or 17, 1598, and died in Woburn, Apr. 23, 1672. His father
was William Johnson.t
He was a man of mutch influence in the colony at large, held many offices, and
no citizen of Woburn of his time was better known. At the first meeting of the
commissioners for the settlement of the new town, He presented a plot or plan
of the territory to be included within its limits, and was chosens the first
recorder or town clerk,he was also active in founding the first church, and commanded
the first military company of Woburn. He was the author of some unique lines
at the beginning of the first volume of the Woburn town records. His verse-making,
when corn-pared with the work of other writers of his time in this country, was
no better, or no worse, than theirs. No fuller account of the origin and settlement
of a town of equal age in New England has been given than that by him of Woburn
in his "Wonderworking Providence."
He came to Charlestown with the first immigrants, and soon returned to England;
and on his second voyage to New England, about 1636 or 1637, brought the members
of his family, consisting of a wife, seven children, and three servants. He was
famous as a surveyor and an early explorer of the forest territory of New England.
and the eminent antiquary, John Farmer, in an article about him, published on
June 16, 1819, in the " Columbian Centinel," and reproduced in Farmer
and Moore's New Hampshire Collections, in 1822, says, "The fathers of New
England are among the first entitled to our grateful recollections. To them belongs
the honor of first exploring our country, and preparing it for the abodes of
civilized life." Capt. Edward Johnson was appointed, in 1665, by the General
Court, to make a map of the Colony, in conjunction with William Stevens. In 1672,
after his death, the General Court passed an order regarding a chronicle of the
early history of the Colony, which reads substantially as follows: "The
Court considering how many ways the providence of God hath mercifully appeared
in behalf of his people in these parts, since their coming into this wilderness;
and us of this colony in particular, do judge it our duty to endeavor that a
register or chronicle be made of tile several passages of God s providence, protecting
of and saving from many eminent dangers, as well in transportation, as in our
abode here, making provision beyond what could, in reason, have been expected,
and preventing our fears many a time; that so our posterity and the generation
that shall survive, taking a view of the kindness of God to their fathers, it
may remain as an obligation upon them to serve the Lord their God with all their
hearts and souls." The Court., therefore, appointed a committee "to
make diligent inquiry in the several parts of this jurisdiction concerning anything
of moment that has passed, and in particular of what has been collected by Mr.
John Winthrop, Sen., Mr. Thomas Dudley. Mr. John Wilson, Sen., Capt. Edward Johnson,
or any other; that so, matter being prepared, some meet person may be appointed
by this court to put the same into form; that so, after perusal of the same,
it may be put to press."* His will, dated the 15th of the 3d month, 1671,
names wife Susan; eldest son Edward; sons George, William, Matthew, and John
sons-in-law, James Prentice and .John Amee; daughters and daughters-in-law (they
were not mentioned by name); the wife of son Edward (her name not given); grandchildren,
Edward, son of his son Edward, son Matthew s eldest son (not mentioned by name),
George, son of his son George, William and Edward, sons of his son William, John,
son of his son .John, William, son of his son John, James Prentice. son of James
Prentice, and John Amee, son of John Amee, Katherine, daughter of his son Edward,
Katherine, daughter of his son George, Hester (or Esther), daughter of his son
William, Rebecca, daughter of his son Matthew, Bethiah, daughter of his son John,
Susan, daughter of his son-in-law James Prentice, Hannah, another daughter of
James Prentice, and the eldest daughter (not mentioned by name) of his son-in-law
John Amee. Tile inventory, returned May 11, 1672, gives as the amount, £706.
05. 06; homestead, £159; debts, £9. 10. 00; rents supposed to be due
in England, £132; houses and lands in England, £800.
The will of his wife Susan, or Susanna, dated Dcc. 14, 1639, probated March 2,
1690-1, mentions her son John, her husband Capt. Edward .Johnson, and states
that her son John, with whom she dwelt, had taken care of her since her husband
was deceased, and was entitled to all, because site judged it was his due. She
died March 7, 1689-90.
**Wonderworking Providence of Sion's Savior in New England." first printed
in London, 1653 (imprint, 1654); modern edition by W. F. Poole, Andover, Muss,
1867. There have been varous critical estimates of this work. For a list of references
and a brief account, see Cutter s ‘ Bibliography of Woburn," 1892..
For an explnuation of the connection of Sir Ferdinando Gorges with this work,
See preface of Hon. James Phinney Baxter to his monograph on Gorges (Boston,
189(3), vol. ii., pp. 175, 185.
t There is no doubt of this fact, but whether the persons assigned by various
writers are his sons, other than Capt. Edward, seems problematical. The records
of Canterbury, England, contain the names of many persons by the name of Johnson
other than those apparently connected with the family of this Wiiliam Johnson,
and in the absence of better evidence than any yet found it does not seem wise
to make any further statements at this time.
*Compare W. R. Cutter, in Hurd's hist, of Middx. County, vol. i, p. 339, etc.;
"Winchester Press," April 26, 1901, and many other authorities.
Printed from NEHG Register, Volume 59, January 1905, New England Historic Genealogical
Society & Broderbund Software, Inc., Banner Blue Division, March 10,2001
Parents: William JOHNSON and Susan PORREDGE.Spouse: Susan
MUNTTER. Capt. Edward JOHNSON and Susan MUNTTER were married about 1618 in
, , Kent, England.166,906,907 Children
were: Edward JOHNSON, William JOHNSON, George JOHNSON,
Susanna JOHNSON, William JOHNSON, Martha JOHNSON,
Matthew JOHNSON, John JOHNSON.
Edward JOHNSON was christened on 18 Feb 1620 in , Canterbury,
Kent, England.166,908,909 He died
on 15 Sep 1692 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Parents:
Capt. Edward JOHNSON and Susan MUNTTER.Spouse: . Edward JOHNSON and Katherine BAKER
were married on 10 Jan 1649 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.331,908
Edward JOHNSON was born on 19 Mar 1658 in Woburn, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA.331,761,897 He was
christened on 19 Mar 1658 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
He died on 22 May 1704 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
Parents: William JOHNSON and Esther WISWALL.Spouse: . Edward JOHNSON and Sarah WALKER were
married on 12 Jan 1687 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.331,910 Edward
Johnson and Sarah Walker, both of Woburn, by John Brown, Esq., of Reading, J.
P., Jan. 12, 1687. Spouse: Esther GARDNER.
Edward JOHNSON and Esther GARDNER were married on 12 Jan 1687 in Woburn, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA. Spouse: Abigail
GARDNER. Edward JOHNSON and Abigail GARDNER were married in Apr 1704 in Woburn,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.761
Elizabeth JOHNSON was christened on 6 Sep 1601 in
St Georges, Canterbury, Kent, England.899
She was buried on 14 Sep 1601 in St George's, Canterbury, Kent, England.899 Parents: William JOHNSON and Susan
PORREDGE.
Enoch JOHNSON was born on 16 Sep 1721 in Woburn, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA.331
Birth source: FHL film #859998 births p. 74 Parents: William JOHNSON and Hannah
DAVIS.
Ester JOHNSON was born on 13 Apr 1662 in Woburn, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA.331,897 She died on 31 Mar 1742 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts,
USA.897 given name may
be Hester Parents: William JOHNSON and
Esther WISWALL.Spouse: . Lieut. Seth
WYMAN and Ester JOHNSON were married on 17 Dec 1685 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts,
USA.331,897
Esther JOHNSON was born about 1688 in Woburn, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA. She died on 16 Nov 1710 in Woburn, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA.900
Parents: William JOHNSON and Esther GARDNER.
Esther JOHNSON was born on 30 Dec 1727 in Woburn, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA.331
Birth source: FHL film #859998 births p. 84 Parents: William JOHNSON and Hannah
DAVIS.
Experience JOHNSON was born on 19 Jul 1729 in Woburn,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.331
He died on 3 Mar 1755 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, USA. Children:
Elizabeth b jan 3 1754 d nov 27 1762.
Birth source: FHL film #859998 births p. 87 Parents: William JOHNSON and Hannah
DAVIS.Spouse: . Experience JOHNSON and Elizabeth SARGENT were married
on 20 Feb 1753 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, USA.911
George JOHNSON was christened on 2 Jan 1594 in St
Georges, Canterbury, Kent, England.899
Parents: William JOHNSON and Susan PORREDGE.
George JOHNSON was christened on 18 Jan 1595/96 in
St Georges, Canterbury, Kent, England.899
He died after 1616 in , Canterbury, Kent, England.899 Parents: William
JOHNSON and Susan PORREDGE.
George JOHNSON was christened on 3 Apr 1625 in Canterbury,
Kent, England.166,908 He died in 1681 in , Somerset, Maryland, USA.
Parents: Capt. Edward JOHNSON and Susan MUNTTER.Spouse: .
Hannah JOHNSON was born about 1693 in Woburn, Middlesex,
Massachusetts, USA. Parents: William
JOHNSON and Esther GARDNER.Spouse:
. Joseph DAVIS and Hannah JOHNSON were married on 24 May 1722.900
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