Eleanor (Cheney) Johnson (abt. 1626 - 1678)

Born about 1626 in Suffolk, England

Wife of Humphrey Johnson — married 20 Mar 1642 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1678 at about age 52 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Eleanor (Cheney) Johnson immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

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Eleanor Cheney was born about 1626 in Suffolk, England the daughter of William and Margaret Cheney who were ancestors of President Taft. She married Humphrey Johnson 20 March 1642 at Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She died 29 September 1678 at Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Children of Eleanor and Humphrey:

1. Mehitable, b. Sept. 1644, (or Jan. 29, 1646), Roxbury, Mass.; m. Samuel Hinsdale, son of Deacon Robt. Hinsdale, who with three sons, one of whom was Samuel, was killed by the Indians, who attacked them while they were working in their cornfields, on the same day as the Battle at Bloody Brook. She married 2nd Robt. Root, who was also killed by Indians.
2. Martha, bapt. Sept. 12, 1647, Roxbury, Mass.; d. 1714.
3. Deborah, b. Jan. 20, 1650. Roxbury, Mass.
4. John, b. Mar. 1653, Roxbury, Mass.; d. June 12, 1674, drown at Hingham, Mass.; m. Rebecca Hershey June 11, 1683. Her sister, Deborah, m. Samuel Lincoln, brother of Mordacai, ancestor of Abraham Lincoln.
5. Benjamine b. Aug 27, 1657. Scituate,. Mass. d. Mar. 26, 1707
6. Margaret Johnson, b. Dec. 2'2, 1659, Scituate, Mass.
7. Deborah, b. 1661, Scituate, Mass.; d. Apr. 1, 1669.
8. Mary, b. Apr. 19, 1663, Scituate, Mass.
9. Nathaniel, b. Jan., 1666; bapt. July, 1666, Hingham, Mass.
10. Isaac, b. Feb. 18, 1667/8; d. 1735.
11. Joseph, b. ; d. Sept. 6, 1676, Hingham, Mass.

Sources

• 'Early Families of New England. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.)
• Essex Institute, compiler, VRs of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1926), Vol. 2, p. 224.
• Genealogy of Captain John Johnson of Roxbury, Massachusetts GENERATIONS I TO XIV By PAUL FRANKLIN JOHNSON, Editor 1945 INCLUDING THE GENERATIONS I TO IX From the 1932 and 1935 Manuscripts of FRANK LEONARD JOHNSON GENERATIONS IX TO XIV Compiled by PAUL FRANKLIN JOHNSON Completed with Additions and Corrections by ADA JOHNSON MODERN 1948. pgs 6-7.
• Alonzo Leroy Johnson, Johnson Family Thirteen Generations of Descendants of Captain John Johnson and Margery Scudder of Roxbury, Mass. 1630-1971.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHDL-XJH : 13 July 2016), Eleanor in entry for Nathaniel Johnson, 19 Jan 1665; citing Birth, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,520.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZ3D-MM2 : 4 December 2014), Eleanor in entry for Isaac Johnson, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FH19-R2G : 13 July 2016), Eleanor Johnson, 29 Sep 1678; citing Death, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,520.

See also:

• Smith, Dean Crawford. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908 (NEHGS, Boston, 1996), p231.