Elizabeth (Thompson) Johnson (abt. 1800)

Born about 1800 in Pennsylvania or Ohio

Ancestors

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Biography

Andrew Thomson, born ; died . He first

settled at Thompsontown, Juniata County, Pa., but sold his land and in 1803 went to Ohio, settling at Chillicothe. He married on June 30, 1798, Jane Stewart (born April 17, 1778, in Scotland; died Dec. 21, 1874, aged 96 years, 9 months; buried at Monmouth, III.), daughter of William and Elizabeth Stewart and granddaughter of Archibald and Margaret Stewart. William Stewart with his parents came to America from Newry, Ireland, in Oct., 1752. In 1753 they moved to Cumberland County, Pa., and occupied a tract of land on what was later known as Stewart's Branch of the Little Juniata Creek. In 1765 William and Elizabeth Stewart occupied a plantation adjoining the west end of the Bark tract south of the Mahonoi Mountain, on both sides of the Little Juniata Creek, in Rye Township, then Tyrone, Cumberland County, as shown by an affidavit made before Justice David Walker at Andrew Thompson's in Greenwood Township, Mifflin County, Pa., Aug. 3, 1810. This land was known as the Bark Tavern tract and contained 348 acres. On Nov. 17, 1761, William Stewart purchased a tract of 300 acres one mile above what is now Thompsontown and in Sept., 1763, he warranted 43 acres adjoining. On Aug. 13, 1768, he purchased additional land on the opposite side of the river from his settlement. He served in the Fourth Class of Cumberland County Militia in 1778. He died July 29, 1784, and his wife Elizabeth whom he married in 1765 died Aug. 12, 1822. Three of their daughters were married to Thompsons, as follows : Jane to Andrew Thompson — (10) ; Rachel to John Thompson — 52, and Rebecca to Andrew Thompson — 55. See "History of Juniata and Susquehanna Valleys in Pennsylvania," pp. 866, 867, 871 and 1083. The family name is spelled at times Stuart, and some of the members \_ claim descent from the Royal House of England. Children of Andrew and Jane (Stewart) Thompson, (i) John, (2) Elizabeth, (3) William, (4) Mary, (5) Stewart, (6) Julia Ann, (7) Andrew Patterson, (8) Mary Jane, (9) Rebecca Stewart, (10) Margaret Stewart, (11) Gracy. (12) Thomas Boston. The name is spelled "Stuart" by many of the descendants. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ The Descendants of John Thompson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter. Compiled by Adams S. McAllister, New York, 1917 Can be found on-line: https://archive.org/stream/descendantsofjoh00mcal/descendantsofjoh00mcal_djvu.txt