Keziah (Randall) Johnson (1743 - aft. 1802)

Born 14 Mar 1743 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Hovey — married 13 Sep 1763 in Falmouth, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died after 5 Jul 1802 after age 59 in Oneida county, New York, United States

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Biography

Birth
Keziah Randall was born 14 Mar 1743, Preston, Connecticut to parents David Randall and Keziah Davison. ^[1] She was baptized 30 July 1743 at Griswold, Connecticut in the presence of her father David. ^[2]

Family's relocation to Nova Scotia
In 1766 the David and Keziah Randall family relocated to Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia where David had secured a land grant.^[3]

Marriage, Return to Connecticut and Children
Keziah Randall married 1st Daniel Hovey 13 Sep 1763, Falmouth, Nova Scotia and they returned to Connecticut where their children were born ^[4] ;

1. Ann Hovey, bap. 9 Oct 1771, Mansfield, Tolland, CT. (Same date as Ezra)
2. Ezra Hovey, bap. 9 Oct 1771, Mansfield, Tolland, CT. (same date as Ann) ; m. Rachel Wetmore, dau of Amos & Rachel.
3. Lucy Hovey, b. 3 Aug 1769, Mansfield, Tolland, CT. named for. Keziah's sister
4. Lavina 'Vine' Hovey, b. 8 Jun 1771, Mansfield, Tolland, CT. ^[5] ; she m. Daniel Williams, 24 Feb 1794, Congregational Church, Westmoreland, Oneida county, N.Y. ^[5] ; residences: Whitestown, Oneida, N.Y., removed 1799 to Lima, N.Y., removed abt 1814-1815 to Rush, Monroe county, N.Y.
5. Daniel Hovey, (Jr.) b. 17 Feb 1774, Mansfield, Tolland, CT.

Other Residances, Widowhood and Remarriage
In 1790 Daniel and Keziah Hovey removed from Connecticut to Oneida county, New York. Daniel and Keziah "were charter members of the Baptist Church in Whitestown, Oneida county, when it formed 18 June 1786".

Daniel Hovey died shortly after their latest relocation and on 7 Feb 1798 widow Keziah Hovey marrried 2nd Deacon John Johnson, (abt 1722-5 Jul 1802) who was baptized into the Whitestown Baptist Church on 4 Nov 1797. She was his 2nd wife (his 1st wife being Grace ____ (1720-). ^[5] They remained in New York state.

Death
The exact death of Keziah (Randall) Johnson aka Hovey is not known but author Williams writes:

... in Vol. 2 of "Early Settlers of N.Y. State, pg.37 is the record of Keziah Johnson on a list of names belonging to Elder Nathan Tanner's Church at Battenkill (now Greenwich) Washington county, N.Y. which was dated prior to 1815. It is known that Josiah Southworth, whose wife was Miriam Hovey a sister of Keziah's husband, Daniel Hovey, had removed from Argyl, Washington county to Mexico, Oswego county, N.Y. and whose lot #119 adjoined that of DAVID WILLIAMS, brother of DANIEL WILLIAMS, who had married Keziah's daughter LOVINA HOVEY.

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection); Preston Vital records, Vol.2, pg.9; indexed page image of Preston VRs Part 1, 1687-1850. "Randall, Randal, Randell, children of David & Kezia" Reprinted (online db) Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2006, Provo, UT, USA. Accessed 19 Jun 2020.
2. ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1620-1920; Vol. 34; pg.188. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Accessed 19 Jun 2020.
3. ↑ SMITH, LEONARD H., JR., and NORMA H. SMITH. "Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867"; Vol.I; Part 1; Surname Q-R; pg. 201. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. 546p. Reprinted by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Online db subscription service. Accessed 4 Oct 2019.
4. ↑ Hovey, Richard (1864-1900), comp. "The Hovey Book, describing the English Ancestry and American descendants of Daniel Hovey of Ipswich, Massachusets" Pg.194; Pub. 1913, Haverhill, Mass; Press of L.R. Hovey. E-book in the public domain at: https://archive.org/details/hoveybookdescrib00dani/page/194/mode/1up?q=History+of+the+Hovey+Family
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Williams, Deward Charles, comp. "The Ancestors & Descendants of Daniel & Lovina (Hovey) Williams of Wethersfield, Connecticut, Whitestown, Lima and Rush, New York, 1647-1964" Pg.22,189; pub. 1964, Mt. Carmol, Ill., USA. Williams quotes from: "Records of the 1st Church, Westmoreland, now Congregational Records of Preston, Conn., NEHGR; 35:339. Gen. of Mass. 2:986. Hovey Genealogy. Encyclo. Amer. Biog., 13:259-61. Soldiers of king Philip's War, 113. Text Reprinted by Genealogy of the LDS Church. Image reprint in "North American Family Histories, 1500-2000". Online db Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016, Provo, UT, USA. Accessed 18 Jun 2020. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61157/46155_b290266-00236/2852742?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/70991019/person/48353055162/facts/citation/602281471513/edit/record

• Randall, Paul King, comp. "Genealogy of a Branch of the Randall Family, 1666-1879" Pub. 1879, Norwich, N.Y., Chenango Union. Pg. 18 [list of m. & children].; pub. 1964; Mt. Carmol, Ill., USA., E-book available in the public domain at: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofbranc00rand/page/n23/mode/2up?q=A+Genealogy+of+a+Branch+of+the+Randall+Family%2C+1666+to+1879

See also

• Duncanson, John V. “Township of Falmouth (Hants) Nova Scotia” Belleville, Ontario, Canada: Mika Publishing Co., 1983. P.267. ‘’Note Falmouth borders Fort Windsor (Pisiquid) and Kings county.’’ https://archive.org/details/townshipoffalmou0000dunc/page/267/mode/1up?q=Hovey

Acknowledgements

• gedcom upload by [Blanckenburg-1 | Rosie Blanckenburg]], Saturday, February 1, 2014.
• Contributions by g...niece descendant Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear