Benjamin Johnson (1705 - 1769)

Born 18 Jun 1705 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Bolling (Moorman) Johnson — married 18 Feb 1748 in Camp Creek MM, Louisa, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1769 at about age 63 in Bedford County, Virginia

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Biography

Benjamin Johnson was a Virginia colonist.

Marriage intentions of Benjamin Johnson and Mary Moorman, February 18, 1748, Virginia Colony. Quaker monthly meeting. The metadata mentioned Twelfth month 1748 as the date of the marriage. The twelfth month in the Quaker calendar system was February. The date in the original document was not legible.

Transcription...

Where as Benjamin Johnson of the County of Hanover in the Colony of Virginia and Mary Moorman of the County of Louisa in the Colony afore'sd having declared there[sic] intentions of marriage with each other before several monthly meeting[s] of the people called Quakers as is aforesaid according to the good order used amongst them and having the consent of parents, there sd. Proposal of marriage was allowed by the sd. Meeting.

Now these are to certify whome[sic] it may concern that for the full accomplishing there sd. intentions this 14 of the 8 M. in the year of our Lord 1748 the sd. Benjamin Johnson and Mary Moorman appearing in a public meeting of the people and the sd. Benjamin Johnson did take sd. Mary Moorman by the hand and in a Sollomon [solemn?] manner openly declare that he took her the sd. Mary Moorman to be his wife, promising with the Lord acceptance to be unto her a faithful and loving husband until death shall separate them.

And then and there in the same assembly the said Mary Moorman did in like manner declared that she took the sd. Benjamin Johnson to be her husband promising with the Lord assistance to be unto him a faithful and loving wife until death shall separate them ???? over the ???...

Benjamin and Mary she according to the custom of marriage assuming the name of her husband as a further confirmation....???? then and there to these presents set there hand and in whose names are here ?????????? also present at the sd. Marriage and subscribed and have as witnesses. There unto set our hand the day and year above ?????

Thos. Moorman David Terrell Benjamin Johnson Chas. Moorman Edward Clark Mary Johnson Xpher Clark Chas. Douglas Char?? Moorman Rachal[sic] Moorman John Moore Ann Moon James Johnson Agness Johnson Benj. Johnson Penelope Clark Elizabeth Moorman Sarah Johnson

DNA Results

Recently a descendant of Benjamin Johnson "of Hanover County" and Mary Moorman, [daughter of Thomas and Rachel (Clark)] who married in 1748 (according to the minutes of the Camp Creek Meeting), had his DNA tested. He did the test, even though everyone was in agreement with Dr. Lorand, Hinshaw's work, etc. that this Benjamin was the son of John and Elizabeth (Massie) Johnson. Much to his amazement, and then dismay as the implications sunk in, his DNA proves this Benjamin is NOT related to John and Elizabeth. He wrote Suzanne Johnston, asking how this could be / what happened? She set to work, going over the transcriptions of Quaker records from microfilm she is working on, then turned to the Brown papers when she couldn't find this Benjamin in meeting records prior to his marriage. ^[1]

• National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 21; Volumes 27-30 Descendants of William and John Johnson of Viriginia, by William Wade Henshaw, Washington DC

• Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records 

• Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes.

• Earlham.edu Friends Collection and College Archives Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes.

• Haverford.edu Special Collections Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records

• Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Vol. IISharing Link

• U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943Sharing Link^[2]

• Benjamin Johnson in the U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935Marriage Promise Sharing Link^[3]

• U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994Death of Benjamin Sharing Link^[4]

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970^[5]

• Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900Sharing Link^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Problems with Hinshaw, by Linda Sparks Starr April 2005
2. ↑ U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943: Ancestry.com. U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Hinshaw, William Wade, et al., compilers. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. 6 vols. 1936–1950. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991–1994. Hinshaw, William Wade. Marshall, Thomas Worth, comp. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Supplement to Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: n.p. 1948. Ancestry Record 3753 #338412
3. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935: Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania Ancestry Record 2189 #1101759848
4. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935: Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania Ancestry Record 2189 #1101710880
5. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970: Volume: 290 Ancestry Record 2204 #1214774
6. ↑ Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900: Collection of Twenty-Three Wills, Abstracts From Dinwiddie Papers, and Radio Broadcast Transcription For Bedford County, Virginia; Author: Parker, Lula Eastman Jeter; Probate Place: Bedford, Virginia Ancestry Record 62347 #786793

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