John Johnson (abt. 1607 - aft. 1683)

Born about 1607 in England

Husband of Susanna (Unknown) Johnson — married about 1631 in Kent, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 12 Sep 1683 after about age 76 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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John Johnson migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 4, p. 78) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Disputed Parents and Spouses

A previous version of this profile had Davy & Elizabeth Johnson attached as parents, without supporting evidence. See: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/680346/davy-johnson-parent-john-johnson-died-1683-andover-and-others Similarly Susannah Munter, his wife shown on FindAGrave, is actually wife of Edward Johnson, and has been removed.^[1]As well, there is no reliable source for the surname "Asherst" for his wife.

Take care. Do not make a profile conglomeration of the several John Johnsons who lived in New England in this time period.

John Johnson was born about 1607, since he was recorded as age 26 on July 13, 1635.^[2]

He married Susan _____ (unknown surname) by 1631. Susan was born about 1611 since she was aged 24 on July 13, 1635. She died at Andover, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on September 12, 1683.^[2]

John Johnson migrated to New England in 1635 on the James (on 13 July 1635, John Johnson, aged 26, Suzan Johnson, aged 24, Eliza[beth] Johnson, aged 2, and Thomas Johnson, aged 18 months, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the James, says Robert Charles Anderson, citing Hotten 108. Anderson indicates his origin at the time of migration was Strood, Kent, England.^[2]

A shoemaker, he settled initially in Ipswich, removing to Andover by 1657. ^[2]

He died after 12 September 1683 (wife's death record called her wife, not widow). Robert Charles Anderson names no probate for him.^[2]

He was buried in the Old North Parish Burying Ground, North Andover, Essex, MA (presumed). A more recent headstone has been placed in the cemetery for John and his wife Susanna.^[1]

Children:^[2]

1. Elizabeth bp Strood, Kent 1 Nov 1631; migrated with parents, no further record after passenger list
2. Thomas, bp Strood, Kent, 28 Jul 1633; migrated with parents; m Andover 5 Jul 1657 Mary Holt, dau of Nicholas Holt
3. Mary, b abt 1638; m Andover 29 December 1660 Ephraim Davis
4. Stephen, b abt 1640; m Andover 5 Nov 1661 Elizabeth Dane.
5. Hannah, b abt 1642; m Andover 24 Jun 1662 Samuel Hutchins[on]
6. Timothy Johnson, b abt 1644; m Andover 15 Dec 1674 Rebecca Aslebee
7. Susanna Johnson, b abt 1648; m Andover 26 Feb 1667/8? Walter Wright
8. Joanna Johnson, b abt 1651; m Andover 23 Oct 1671 Moses Haggett
9. William Johnson, b abt 1653; m Andover 23 May 1678 Sarah Lovejoy

Research Notes

• "Savage suggested that this John Johnson was 'brother of Edmund, a fellow passenger, but it must be left for larger inquiry to reach certainy' [Savage 2:554], and he has been followed in this hypothesis by others. Edmund Johnson {1635, Newbury} resided first at Newbury and then at Hampton, and there is no indication of any genealogical connection between these two Johnson families. (Savage had no entry for John Johnson of Ipswich and Andover, and improperly assigned the 1683 death record for Susanna to a grandson of the immigrant [Savage 2:554-55].)^[2]
• "No probate record has been found for John Johnson and there are no birth records for the seven children proposed to have been born in New England, all probably at Ipswich. There is plentiful evidence for Thomas as son of John, given above. There is also direct evidence for the existence of Hannah. On 29 November 1664, Shoreborne Wilson and John Wilson deposed that 'Hannah, daughter of John Johnson of Andover,' was at a certain place, and she made reference to 'her cousin William' [EQC 3:226]. On 26 Septmeber 1665, 'John Johnson brought in his daughter Hannah Hutcheson and was discharged his bond for her goode behavior and appearance' [EQC 3:274]^[2]
• "One record associates Thomas Johnson, a known son of John Johnson, with Stephen Johnson. On 27 March 1666, 'Court being informed that the widow Presto had put out two of her sons, one to Thomas Jonson and another to Stephen Johnson, until twenty-one years of age, upon terms agreed, it was allowed and Mr. Bradstreet to see it done' [EQC 3:309]. For the remainder of the children listed for this immigrant, we know only that John Johnson was the only man of that surname in Andover at the appropriate time."^[2]

• A possible, unconfirmed baptism for him:
  

First name(s) John

Last name Johnson

Gender Male

Baptism date 24 Dec 1609

Residence Faversham, Kent, England

Father's first name(s) Richard

Father's last name Johnson

Mother's first name(s) -

Mother's last name -

Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Parish Baptisms

Collections from England, Great Britain ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #36810177
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. p. 78-81.subscription
3. ↑ FindMyPast.co.uk

See also:

• Johnson, William W. . Johnson Genealogy: Records of the Descendants of John Jonson of Ipswich and Andover, Massachusetts, 1635-1892 (North Greenfield, WI: 1892) Internet Archive- focuses on sons Thomas and Timothy. Citing these sources:
  • Bailey's History of Andover, pp. 107, 116, 144, 152.
  • Felt's History of Essex, Hamilton, and Ipswich. p. 12.
  • Andover Townsman, 1889-04-12.
• Frances Davis McTeer & Frederick C. Warner. Children of John Aslebee's Daughters: Browne, Johnson, Frye, Cole, in TAG 41:12-16. View with NEHGS Membership. Anderson calls this a carefully prepared study.
• Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012) year, ship, destination, in Ancestry.com database: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry Record pili354 #1436193
• POPE, CHARLES HENRY. The Pioneers of Massachusetts, A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1998. 550p. b. 1612, arr. 1635 age 23. Ancestry Record pili354 #683983
• "NEW ENGLAND SHIP AND PASSENGER LISTS." In Boulder Genealogical Society Quarterly (Boulder, CO). Vol. 5:3 (Aug. 1973), pp. 35-40 (1635).Ancestry Record pili354 #683984
• Bailey, Sarah L. Historical Sketches of Andover: (comprising the Present Towns of North Andover and Andover). Boston: Houghton, 1880.,[1]
• Felt, Joseph. History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton (Charles Folsom, Cambridge, 1834). Page 12.