John Mercer Johnson (abt. 1795)

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JOHNSON: John Mercer Johnson born c1791 in Liverpool, England, d. 14 Mar 1859: came to NB about 1819 and settled in Chatham, Northumberland County: m. (1st) Ellen Johnson, m. (2nd) 1840 Elizabeth (Grahl) Blackstock, the widow of Richard Blackstock born 1790, died 1877: Children of first marriage:

1. Ann Johnson married Alexander P. Henderson of Chatham:
2. Catherine Johnson b. c1818 in England:
3. John Mercer Johnson Jr. born Oct 1818 in Liverpool, England, d. 8 Nov 1868, married 9 Oct 1845 Henrietta Shirreff d/o Adam Dixon Shirreff of Chatham, NB and had three daughters and nine sons: they settled at Chatham:
4. William Cross Johnson was baptized in 1822:
5. there may have been additional children.

Sources: MC80/2184 W.D. Hamilton’s Dictionary of Miramichi Biography: see MC1286 Volume IX Dictionary of Canadian Biography, pages 413-414: see also MC216 Kathleen Willis Williston fonds, MS 1B2 Notebook with short biographies of early Miramichi doctors, priests, ministers, etc., 1 page. JOHNSON: