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Biography
Elizabeth ______, Widow of Peter Johnson. Peter died in 1650. In 1652 Elizabeth was in prison, for adultery with Thomas Newton. She had there a child Benoni Newton by Newton, who was apprenticed to Nathaniel Ruscoe. Peter Johnson's estate was divided among "the Mother and Children" 1 Mar 1654/5.
Elizabeth m. 2nd John Fossecar.
Birth estimated 1620 based on estimated births of children. She affirmed her sons inventory 12 Aug 1659 and died somtime after that date.
Children
- John Johnson d. unmarried in 1659. His inventory was taken 12 Aug 1659. Elizabeth swore to this inventory
- Moses Johnson b. about 1641
- Ebenezer Johnson b. about 1645
- Benoni Newton. b. 1652
Notes for profile of John Fossecar
At New London in 1648; removed to Fairfield and bought land (recorded 29 May 1656) from Edward Adams. He sold land to Giles Smith before 6 Nov 1658. John married Elizabeth (____) widow of Peter Johnson.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines, MA (compiler, editor.) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (Fairfield, Conn.: The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930.) Fossecar p. 208; Johnson p 339; Newton p 432.