Ebenezer Johnson (abt. 1645 - 1726)

Born about 1645 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Husband of Elizabeth (Wooster) Johnson — married 16 Nov 1671 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT

Husband of Hannah (Holbrook) Johnson — married 23 Nov 1676 in Derby, New Haven, CT

Descendants

Died 18 Sep 1726 at about age 81 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Colonel Ebenezer JOHNSON was born calculated 1645. He died 18 Sep 1726 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut and was buried in Derby Colonial Cemetery, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut. Ebenezer married Elizabeth WOOSTER on 16 Nov 1671 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut.

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Ancestral File Number

Ancestral File Number: HQ97-3F

Ancestral File Number: 18P0-4R6

Ancestral File Number: VH69-N7

Name

Name: Ebenezer /Johnson/^[1][2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1645

Place: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States^[3][4]

Death

Death:

Date: 18 Sep 1726

Place: Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, United States^[5]

Marriage

Marriage:

Date: 1671

Place: CT^[6][7]

Note

Note: ebenezer Johnson

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Sources

• WikiTree profile Johnson-11937 created through the import of Keller-Freeland-Ferris Family .ged on Feb 27, 2012 by Elizabeth Tapia. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Elizabeth and others.

• Source: S-2040999901 Repository: #R-2138563101 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Note: APID: 1,4725::0
• Repository: R-2138563101 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
• Source: S-2040999917 Repository: #R-2138563101 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived Note: APID: 1,7836::0
• Source: S-2041173149 Repository: #R-2138563101 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=18704240&pid=743

• Norman Litchfield, History of St. Peter's Church in Oxford, Connecticut (1955-56), p. 2. . http://www.our-oxford.info/Churches/history-of_saint_peters_church/sp_002.html.

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 84. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.

• Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 1-10, 23, 44. . http://www.oxfordpast.com/hp1.htm

http://www.oxfordpast.com/hp23.htm http://www.oxfordpast.com/hp44.htm.

• Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), 3, 5. . http://www.oxfordpast.com/p3.htm

http://www.oxfordpast.com/p5.htm.

• Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), p. 114. . "..1678...Rock Rimmon..." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/114.html.

• Litchfield & Hoyt, History of the Town of Oxford, p. 299. Indian Deed - 1687

http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/299.html.

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 88. "Dec. 23, 1700, Ebenezer Johnson, Wm. Tomlinson and Samuel Riggs were appointed a committee to buy the mortage of Nicholas Camp. On Jan. 15, 1701/2 it was voted 'That Capt. Ebenezer Johnson, Ensigne Samuel Riggs, Sergeant Brinsmade, John Bowers, Timothy Worster & John Riggs survey & measure ye tract off ye Indian Purchase bought off Mr. Nicholas Camp off Milford.'." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/088.html.

• Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901.), p. 4. . http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/004.html.

• Phillips, Derby Town Records, p. 4. "...Isaac Nichols of Stratford guniar have Sold.. unto Ebenezer Johnson of Pagasett, ... which was formerly Given to me by my honared mother in Law ElizaBeth Fowler .. hogges Meadow.." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/004.html.

• Phillips, Derby Town Records, p. 23. 11 Apr 1672 - Pagasett

http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/023.html.

• Phillips, Derby Town Records, p. 32. "Decem : 20 : 1677 : at atown meting at Derby the town hath Chosen jer : Johnson cunstable for the were inSueing : & Samuell Riggs Ebenezer Johnson & John hulls Towns men for we were inSueing : & Abell Gun Recorder." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/032.html.

• Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 594.

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, pp. 88 - 89. "... this sixt day of Agust in ye year of our lord christ one thousand Six hundred eighty and Seaven... Between cockapatouce: John banks: Jack chebrook... indians propriewtars of wesquantack & puttatuck... Ebenezer johnson edward woster & Abell Gunn agents for the town of derby.. to be paid att MR. Nicoles Campes att Milford... sold to the sd lieut eb: Johnson, ed: Woster & Abell gunn together with the inhabetants of Derby propietors with them: one percell of land being & liing in the great Neck: at Derb: Bounded on the South east with the four mile Brook & another littel Brook that fals into the littel River & Bounded North & North east with the little river that Runs into the nagatuck River: & Bounded north west & west with the eight mile Brook: & Bounded west & South west with the west channill of the puttatack River, & woodbury path from the six mile Brook to the four mile Brook: ...

Signed b Cockapatouce John Banks, Joshua Lee, John Sristen, Jack..." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/088.html.

• Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), pp. 340-342.

• Oxford Land Records Vol. I, p. 7. "march 20th 1726 ... for the heir of Colonel Ebenezer Johnson deceased ... north end of Toantuck Hill ..."

• Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), pp. 608 - 611.

• Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 17.

• Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 9. "1678, Apr. 22, Ebenezer Johnson became the first owner of land in Seymour, purchased of the Indians, near Rock Rimmon."

• Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 10. "1708, Division made of land at Rock Rimmon and Pinesbridge between Eb. Johnson and Sam. Riggs."

• Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Old Fairfield, vol 1, p 339.

• Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of CT Families, vol 3, p 589.

• Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 272. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan272.html.

• Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 272. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan272.html.

• Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 810. "Here lyes ye | body of Colo | Ebenezer Johnson | died Sept 18 1726 in ye 81st | year of his age."

• Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem25.html.

• Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, p. 818.

• Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of CT Families, vol 3, p 589.

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2. ↑ Source: #S-2040999901 Page: Birth year: 1652; Birth city: Derby; Birth state: CT. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4957084&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1652 Birth place: Derby, New Haven, CT Death date: 1676 Death place: CT Marriage date: 1670 Marriage place: Derby, New Haven, CT APID: 1,4725::4957084
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