Syrena (Brown) Johnson (1818 - 1894)

Born 1 Feb 1818 in Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

Wife of Nathan Johnson — married 2 Jun 1842 in Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

Died 21 Jan 1894 at age 75 in Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

Biography

Syrena Brown was born in 1818, the daughter of Joseph Brown and Sally Greenleaf of Hampstead, NH.^[1] On 2 June 1842, Syrena married Nathan Johnson, of Atkinson, NH.^[2]

Syrena and Nathan had five children:

1. John Franklin, b. 4 Mar. 1843; d. 29 Jan. 1915 (Boston)
2. Abbie Ann, b. 24 Mar. 1846; d. 1926
3. Lucy Sarah, b. 4 Nov. 1850; d. 1938
4. Mary, b. 8 Aug. 1852; d. 2 Oct. 1852, and
5. Alice, b. 8 Mar. 1854; d. 13 Nov. 1864.

This family was living at Hampstead, NH when the 1850,^[3] 1860,^[4] 1870^[5] and 1880^[6] censuses were taken.

Syrena lost her husband when Nathan died 6 Apr. 1884 at Hampstead, NH, at age 66.^[7] Widow Syrena B. Johnson died 21 Jan. 1894 at Hampstead, NH, at age 75.^[8] They were buried together in Hampstead Center Cemetery, Hampstead, NH.^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLLH-CFM : 10 March 2018), Syrena Brown, 01 Feb 1818; citing Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,488.
2. ↑ New Hampshire Marriages| Marriage, Johnson - Brown
3. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, State of New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Hampstead, House Nbr. 157, Line 7| 1850 US Census, "Syrena Johnson, Age 32"
4. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census, State of New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Hampstead, Page 41, Line 25| 1860 US Census, "Syrena B Johnson, Age 42"
5. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census, State of New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Hampstead, Page 13, Line 14| 1870 US Census, "Cyrene Johnson, Age 52"
6. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census, State of New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Hampstead, Page 185C, Line 2| 1880 US Census, "Syrena B Johnson, Age 62"
7. ↑ New Hampshire Death Records| Death, Nathan Johnson
8. ↑ New Hampshire Death Records| Death, Syrena B. Johnson
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #93946883 for Nathan Johnson
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #93946994 for Syrena Brown Johnson

Other References:

• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts, by Alfred Poor, 1858, Reprinted in 1986 by Parker River Researchers,| Page 107, right-hand column
• Family Search | Syrena Brown

Acknowledgments

• Many thanks to Chris H. Bailey, Accredited Genealogist, Eustis, Florida, for the "Descendants of Ebenezer Bailey's Daughters", dated October 2019