Capt.
James
Johnson
Born in Weymouth, Dorset, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Margaret (UNKNOWN) Johnson
— married
1641 [location unknown]
Husband of
Abigail (Oliver) Johnson
— married
before 1644 in Boston, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Died
at about age 64
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
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| James Johnson migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 4, p. 66) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm |
Disputed Origins
Raymon Tingley Meyers,[1] notorious for false genealogies, claimed that James was the daughter of Davy Johnson and Elizabeth Cole without citing any evidence. Anderson (GMB) says that Mr. Davy Johnson had no recorded children, and that James' parents are unknown.
Biography [2]
- James Johnson: origin Little Bowden, Northampton. Emigrated 1635 based on church membership. Leather dresser, glover.
- Birth: abt. 1612, he deposed 17 Sep 1662 aged about 48 years
- 1st wife Margaret Unknown died 28 March 1643. 2nd Wife Abigail Oliver. Brother-in-laws Peter and James Oliver, Merchants.
- Children: Joseph 27 Sep 1644, died young; Abigail 25 Nov 1645, died young; Abigail 12 Feb 1646/7; Elizabeth 29 April 1649-11 Nov 1653; Samuel 16 March 1650, m 1670 Phebe Burton; James and John 7 March 1652/3; Elizabeth 12 April 1655-23 Jan 1663/4; Mary March 1657; Hannah 23 Nov 1659-3 August 1660; Hannah 3 June 1661.
- 14 Dec 1635 James Johnson granted eight acres at Muddy River
- 25 May 1636 James Johnson, freeman
- 1 April 1638 James Johnson allowed a garden space
- 1638 Member, Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts
- 1645 in the Book of Possessions, James Johnson held four parcels, one house and a garden.
- Following years his wife Abigail with free consent sold to Thomas Marshall, cordwainer some marsh land
- 12 Sep 1650 James Johnson elected deacon of the Boston Church.
Sources
- ↑ Tingley, Raymon Meyers, 1870-. Some Ancestral Lines: Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley And His Wife, Martha Pamelia Meyers. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing Co., 1935. Johnson pp 165,166
- ↑ New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 for James Johnson Great Migration, Vol 4, I-L pp 66 Joh-74
New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 for James Johnson Great Migration, Vol 4, I-L pp 66-74
See also:
- Cutter, William. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., Massachusetts, 1910). Vol. 4. Page 2429. Citing: "(IV) Captain James"
- Ancestral File Number: 8SXW-H4
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