John Johnson

Born [date unknown] in Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died before 14 May 1640 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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John Johnson migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 186) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

This profile is part of the New Haven Colony One Place Study.

Immigration and Origins

John Johnson and his brothers Robert and Thomas, settled early in New Haven Colony. They are said to have come from Hull, Yorkshire, England.^[1] John was associated with Reverend Ezekiel Rogers and his company, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1638 and were invited to travel to New Haven with Eaton and Davenport, but instead founded the town of Rowley.

Boston

27. 4. 1638 John Jolliffe and William Chesebrough granted a house and lot next to Mr Cotton "in nature of a mortgage" to four Yorkshire men and their heirs^[2]

7 Oct 1639 (after he and Punderson move to New Haven) "Thomas Barker, John Johnson, Francis Lambert, and John Punderson & William Chcsebrough sell the house dwelling house and lott conteyning neare an acre lying in Boston next adjoyning to Mr Cotton's lott to Srgeant Thomas Savage of Boston & his heires."^[2]

New Haven

John Johnson signed the fundamental agreement of New Haven 4 June 1639. He hadn't been admitted as a planter on the first day of the proceedings leading up to the signing. A covenant was drawn up the first day and John and several others agreed to said covenant on the 4th.^[3]

He had a homelot in the top middle square,^[4] and after his death was granted a lot in the East Meadow 17 March 1741.^[3]

Death

14 May 1640. Thomas Barker and Francis Lambert gave Srgt Thomas Savage "releases and acquittances for themselves and John Johnson's children." ^[5]

3 Nov 1641. Robert Johnson made a claim "to the house and lott of his brother John Johnson, late planter of this towne deceased, by vertue of a contract betwixt them." ^[3]

Children^[5]

• John Johnson m. Hannah Crosby
• Elizabeth m. Jonathan Platts

Sources

1. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. (Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932). p. 1029. Three Johnson brothers, said to have come from Hull, Yorkshire, settled early in New Haven. Robert, Thomas and John who rem to Rowley; d. 1641, leaving issue,
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Lechford, Thomas, Note-book kept by Thomas Lechford, esq., lawyer, in Boston, Massachusetts bay, from June 27, 1638, to July 29, 1641 (Cambridge, J. Wilson and son, 1885) pp 1, 2, [208]
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Hoadly, Charles J, MA. (editor) Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, From 1638 to 1649. (Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857.) pp. fundamental agreement 13, 17; lot 50; deceased 59.
4. ↑ See attached image.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} George Brainard Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Page 208. Also available at: [1]

• Great Migration Directory: Anderson: "Unknown; 1640; New Haven, Rowley. NHCR 1:13, 31, 50, 93; Lechford 208; Fanh 1029; Rowley Fams 208; TAG 20:237-8