Hannah Johnson (1788 - abt. 1857)

Born 10 Oct 1788 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States

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Died about 1857 at about age 68 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Hannah was a Friend (Quaker)

Hannah was born in 1788.

The Quaker meeting minutes from Cane Creek NC MM referenced below contain the genealogy of Hannah's family as follows:

Jesse Johnson (parents John and Elizabeth) b. 10 Jul 1745 in Pennsylvania m. in 1769 Hannah Hadley (parents Joshua and Patience Brown) b. 26 Feb 1749 in Pennsylvania

Their children:

• John b 23 Jul 1767
• Isaac b. 14 Jul 1774
• Jesse b. 9 Feb 1776
• Jeremiah b. 1 Apr 1779
• Simon b. 19 Nov 1783
• Lydia b. 10 Apr 1786
• Hannah b. 10 Oct 1788
• (There is also a Jonathan born in 1781 who appears in later Quaker records as a son.)

Research Notes

The family bible referenced below records the births, deaths marriages of only Jesse Johnson, his wife Hannah Johnson (does not say Hadley or give her maiden name), their daughter Hannah and her two sons Enos Johnson and Matthias Johnson, with their spouses and children.

There is no spouse recorded for Hannah Johnson in any of the references below and a Hannah Johnson is found in the Bastardy Bonds records from the year 1811 (when her son Enos was born), with bonds posted from Thomas Hadley (if her mother was Hannah Hadley Johnson, this could be her uncle), Aaron Johnson (brother Isaac Johnson had a son Aaron in 1801 but he would be too young?) and S. Culberson).

Quaker records for Women's MM 1 May 1813 include a complaint against Hannah Johnson for having a child in an unmarried state and disowned 5 June 1813. (They also include two siblings - Jonathan and Jesse Jr - who removed from Cane Creek MM to Miami Ohio MM in 1807 and 1810, and a record from 1807 that a Hannah Johnson, with husband and children who did the same, and Elizabeth Johnson and husband in 1810.)

Could she have married Joshua Johnson (Johnson-8553), son of David Johnson and Ruth McPherson, as his second wife? There are some family histories that say this but with no evidence. The estate file for Joshua Johnson who died 1830 in Chatham County leaves a widow Hannah.

There is an 1820 Census for a Joshua Johnson in Chatham County:

• 2 males < 10, 1 boy 10-16, 1 male 26-44
• 3 females < 10, 1 female 10-16
• 2 females 16-26

There is a Hannah Johnson b. 1795 who seems to be a widow in the 1840 Census in Chatham County and could be widow of Joshua Johnson:

1 male <5, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30 1 female 10-15, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 50-60

In the 1850 Census she has living with dau. Phebe Whitt (b. 1825) with her husband John. Also in 1850 Census - son Joseph (b. 1827) with wife Ann Maria (Henderson) and infant dau. Jerusha.

This Hannah has a probate record in 1857 with admins James Johnson, Joshua Johnson, Hezekiah Henderson (husband of step-dau Annie), with John Whitt (husband of dau. Phoebe) mentioned.

Sources

• Kimrey, Graces Saunders. The Duncan-Johnson Family Tree. Self published around 1955 ("Sources of information: OLD Family Bibles; Living families; Guilford College Library; Chatham County Records at Pittsboro, North Carolina and old deeds.")
• Jesse Johnson Family Bible Record in North Carolina Family Records Collection (Digital)http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15012coll1/id/6231/rec/32
• North Carolina Bastardy Bonds from the North Carolina Family Records Collection, page 59 https://archive.org/details/northcarolinabas1990cami/page/58/mode/2up/search/hannah%2Bjohnson
• Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogy Vol 1 Page: 357.
• Cane Creek Women's Meeting Minutes 1804-1874
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYZ-QWF : 2 March 2021), Hannah Johnson, Chatham, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 184, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B4-2MP : 24 December 2020), Hannah Johnson, Chatham, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH6X-BR3 : 8 March 2021), Hannah Johnson, 1857; citing Chatham, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,064,743.