Susanna (Unknown) Johnson (abt. 1611 - 1683)

Born about 1611 in Kent, England [uncertain]

Wife of John Johnson — married about 1631 in Kent, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1683 at about age 72 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Susanna, the wife of John Johnson, was born about 1607. (She was recorded as aged 24 as a passenger in 1635). Her last name, parents and place of birth are unknown. (See Research Notes ) A 19th-century genealogy claims that "[t]he Johnsons who settled here [Andover], and at Charlestown and Woburn, were emigrants from Hern Hill in Kent County England."^[1] Their first two children were baptized in Strood, Kent, some 30 miles from Hernhill, giving some credence to their natal places being Kent.^[2]

Immigration

13 July 1635 John Johnson, 26, Suzan Johnson, 24 [b. c. 1611], Eliza: Johnson, 2, and Tho: Johnson 18 months enrolled at London as passengers aboard the James bound for New England,^[3]

The family first settled in Agawam (Ipswich), Massachusetts, and then removed to Andover, Massachusetts, by 1657.^[2]

Children

Children: Note that Anderson mentions that there is proof that Elizabeth, Thomas and Hannah are children of this couple, but the others are based on the fact that John was the only available Johnson in Andover to be their father.^[2]

1. Elizabeth bp Strood, Kent 1 Nov 1631; no further record after passenger list
2. Thomas, bp Strood, Kent, 28 Jul 1633; m Andover 5 Jul 1657 Mary Holt, dau of Nicholas Holt
3. Mary, b say 1638; m Andover 29 December 1660 Ephraim Davis
4. Stephen, b abt 1640; m Andover 5 Nov 1661 Elizabeth Dane.
5. Hannah, b say 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 say 1648; m Andover 26 Feb 1667/8? Walter Wright
8. Joanna Johnson, b say 1651; m Andover 23 Oct 1671 Moses Haggett
9. William Johnson, b say 1653; m Andover 23 May 1678 Sarah Lovejoy

Death

Susanna died, 12 September 1683 in Andover.^[4][5]

Research Notes

Disputed Last Names: A couple of last names at birth have been claimed for Susan. As there is no reliable evidence supporting either, she is currently Unknown.

• Susanna Asherst: ^[6][7] A Susan Asherst m. 29 Apr 1631, John Power in Faversham, Kent, England^[8] suggests that there was an Asherst family in Kent, but provides no association to the Susan who married John Johnson.
• Susannah Munter ^[9] This is probably the result of confusion with Susan (Munter) Johnson (bef.1597-1689) who married Edward Johnson.

Claimed birth date: FindAGrave claims without source that John Johnsons wife was Susanna "Munter" was born 8 Mar 1611 in Herne Hill, Kent, England.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Bailey, Sarah Loring. Historical sketches of Andover, (comprising the present towns of North Andover and Andover).(Boston: Houghton, 1880) p. 116
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 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. Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
3. ↑ Hotten, John Camden (editor). The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others, who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. (London: John Camden Hotten, 1874.) p. 108
4. ↑ Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686 (The Essex Institute, 1911-1975) p. 428
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMR-P57 : 17 January 2020), Susanna, 1683.
6. ↑ https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&p=susanna&n=asherst
7. ↑ https://minerdescent.com/2010/06/07/john-johnson/
8. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NN46-Y26 : 11 March 2020), Susan Asherst in entry for John Power, 1631.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36810469/susanna-johnson: accessed 20 September 2023), memorial page for Susanna Munter Johnson (8 Mar 1611–12 Sep 1683), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36810469, citing Old North Parish Burying Ground, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568). Find A Grave: Memorial #36810469 A memorial stone erected later in the Old North Parish Burying Ground Andover