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 TiiKRK wore three brothers by the name of Johnson quite early at New 
 Ilaviii, Couu., viz. : 1. .Inn\. '2. Houkkt. 3. Thomas. 
 
 1. J(»n\' .ToiiN^ON eonsiiited tu the covt-nant at New Haven in in.'in. At 
 
 a eourt lioM the third of Nov., Kjll, KulK-rt .lolnison made claim to 
 the housti and lot that was hh brother's, John .lohnson's deceaseil. 
 'I'he said Johnson had, l>efnre hirt dealli, removed to ''the Bay" 
 (Mas8ac!iU8CtU>), luul bettle*! at Kuwley. 
 
 2. RonKUT* .IoiiN:JOX is saiil to have eome from Yorkshire, Entjland 
 
 (Hee Salisbury's ** Family llisturie^," Vol. '2, p. "JHS). as early :is 
 It) 11, with his four sous, viz. : 
 
 4. i. John,* 
 
 5. ii. UouKitr. 
 C. lil. Thomas. 
 7. Iv. William. 
 
 They are ijenerally namod in the onler here f;iven. but the order of 
 their birth U uncertain. The only clew we have to tJie date of birth of 
 Kobert's <-hildren i>; that Dr. Stein«r says William was "born about 
 lli.'Wf." that KitlH-rt's son Hobert irradualfvl from Harvard in the 
 class of It'll."), and that I'liouKUs, the son of 'I'humas, is <-alle«l '* Thomas 
 Senr." in the n-eonl of his second marriajje at New Haven, in 1603, 
 tln-reby showiiii; that ho was oldi-r than 'I'homas the son of Robert. 
 The d»'ath record at Newark, N. J., of Thomas Senr., makes the 
 date of his birth Ifi.Jd. Thomas the son of Robert w:ls probably 
 born soon aft**r K't.'JU, aiwl juilju'iiii; from the collcije record, his I)rother 
 Robert was a numl»er of years older. The first we find of Rol>ert 
 .K)hn>on in New Haven is when he made claim to his brother's house, 
 in HMl, upon which he had a verlwil claim to se«"ure a loan made in 
 Knijland to his brother John. Robert appears to have iR-en uiide- 
 cideil as to whetiier he would remain in New Haven or go with his 
 brother to "the Bay." In 1044 he was appointe<l by the General 
 Court a viewer of damage done by "cattell and hoggs " in the York- 
 shire ([uarter; in 1(')48 he was on a committee entrusted by die Gen- 
 enil Court to devise means for eftectually protecting from such 
 damage; and in 1641) he was made a committee to ascertain '"what 
 (|uantitv of »'orne every man hath sowen or plante<l this yere that he 
 is to be paid for." In lt>4'.i he "desired that he might haue libertie 
 to make a well in ye streete neere his house." In 1640 he bought 
 six and a half acres of land " in the Necke," and in that year it was 
 recorded that " Thomas yale hath sold unto Robert Joluisou 02 acres 
 of upland." (lloadly's New Haven Colony Records, Vol. 1.) 
 
He lived in that part of New Haven then called Yorkshire quarter, 
 now represented liy York Street. The name of this quarter may have 
 been derived from Johnson's former residence in England. He died 
 in 1661. The inventory of his estate is dated Nov. 26, 1661, and 
 amounts to £404, 04, 03. His will is recorded at New Haven, in Vol. 
 1, first i)art, page 101, and is as follows — 
 
 " A writing exhibited as the last Will and Testament of Kobert John- 
 son of New Haven, Deceased." 
 
 " Imp. I bequeath my soul to Jesus Christ and my body to the Dust. 
 Also I give to my son Thomas twentie pound as ye other two John and 
 William have had and then my Sonne Tliomas after my wife has had 
 her tliirds to make an eqnall division among ye sd, three brothers and 
 the land in ye sd. yorkshire quarter I would have my soun Thomas 
 to have that is ye nine acres belongs to ye housse in part of his por- 
 tion and I give Jeremiah Johuson a little red cow. 
 The witnesses, Egbert Johxson 
 
 ^ William Bradly. his p mark. 
 
 Christopher Tod, his C T mark." 
 
 Jeremiah Johnson, to whom Robert Johnson gave " a little red 
 cow " in his will, was probably Robert's nephew, the son of liis de- 
 ceased brother Thomas. 
 
 The name of Robert Johnson's first wife is unknown. He left a 
 widow Adeline, who became the second wife of Robert Hill of New 
 Haven, Jan. 7, 1662. He died in Aug., 1663. On May 22, 1666, 
 she became the second wife of John Scranton of Guilford, Ct., who 
 died Aug. 27, 1671. She deeds land, on Oct. 21, 1781, to "her 
 two sons-in-law, sons to * * * Robert Johnson, of New Haven de- 
 ceased, to wit, Thomas Johnson and John Johnson husbandman," 
 thereby showing that she was not the mother of the said sons. In 
 this deed she is described as " Adelin Scranton Widow & Relict of 
 John Scranton." She was therefore the step mother of Thomas and 
 John, and after successively marrying three widowers, we find her a 
 widow in 1681. She died in April, 1685. 
 
 3. Thomas^ Johnson was early in New Haven, and was di-owned, with 
 
 Thomas Ashley, in the harbor, in 1640. It is said that he came 
 with his brother Robert, and he left four sons : i. Thomas,^ of New 
 Haven and Newark, N. J., 1666, the progenitor of the New Jersey 
 . Johnsons. He died Nov. 5, 1694, aged 64. ii. Daniel, of New 
 
 V Haven, iii. William, of New Haven and Wallingford, Ct., married 
 
 Sarah Hall, and had 14 cliildreu. iv. Jeremiah, of New Haven. 
 Another account omits Jeremiah,'and places John of Guilford as the 
 1 first son; and still another says that William was an indej^endent 
 emigrant from Co. Essex, England, and no relation to these John- 
 sons from Hull. I have been unable to find any original record of 
 the cliildri'U of Tliomas who, according to Hoadly's New Haven 
 Colony Records. Vol. 1, died in 1640. The children of William, 
 and liis descendants in tlie line of Jacob, are given in the Register, 
 \o\. 5/), page 36*J; and the family of William's son John is given 
 in the Street Genealogy, of 1895, page 15. 
 
 4. JoiiN^ Johnson {Robert^) doubtless was born in England. He mar- 
 ried Hannah, daughter of John and Hannah Parmlee of Guilford, 
 Ct., Sept., 30, 1651. According to the General Index No. 1, of the 
 New Haven Probate Records, his estate was pi'obated in 1687. His 
 
name is in the Index of Vol, 2, with references to pages 5 and 20, 
 but pai^e .J is misusing. The oriijinal pai^'e 20 is now tlie first ivmain- 
 in«^ I»ai:e of records in the said voUinie, and refere to a petition of 
 John llodkiiis, 'I'hunias Tuttle and John Peiiderson, npon which 
 the Conrt ordt-rs the administrators of the estate of Jolni Johnson 
 deceased, namely, Samuel Johnson and John dohusou, to five au 
 account of their administration within 21 days. This is the only 
 matter concerning his estate that now remains in tlie Probate Rec- 
 ords. No date is given, but the New llavcu County Court Records 
 show tliat his estate was probatinl as early as I68'j. On June 17, 
 IGHl), " Samll .Johnson and John .lohnson Adni. to the estate of their 
 late lather John Johnson late of New Haven deceased, intestate, 
 appearing in court was euquireil of why they Iiad not put an issue 
 to tlieir paymt- of Debts & deviding of lands according to court order. 
 • * * After much debute idiout the matter Samll. Johnson pro- 
 pounded thai they might choose two uieu to divide the land iV he 
 shouM be satistitnl tliereui. Whereupon Saudi. .lohnson chose En- 
 sgn. Sandl. Mun-on «fc Jo!:n Johnson chose Lieut. Abraham Dick- 
 inson, which the Court ap;)!0ve«l." (County Court l{e«-ords, V<d. 1, 
 p. 171.) Wiiat interest, il any, John llodkins, Thomas Tuttle :uid 
 John Punderson had in the estate is still unknown. 
 
 'I'here was some dilliculty about the e.state, and Samuel left for parts 
 unknown IkjIoiv .lune II. li'.'Jtt. win n he wa> >uunnoned to appi-ar be- 
 fore the court "for his breach of tlie pe;ice, but it was sd he had 
 withdrawn hiniK.rlf out of towne. • • • J«.liii appe^rin" but his 
 brother Samll. being gone it w:is referral to another time." (County 
 Court Heconls, \'ol. I, p. 17U.) This is the last reconi found ap- 
 pertaining to the estate. Their mother, the widow Hannah .lolin- 
 .son, was also present at this liearing. Sevenil deed-, i i the land re- 
 cords by Samuel and .lohn Johnsiui aihninistraioi-s, slii.w that they 
 were the sons of the di-ceaseil .lohn, an<l their mother Hannah was 
 living as late a-s March 1.'), 1 •'.'.».■». 
 
 The children of John and Hannah Johnson were : 
 
 i. l»AVii»,' h. Feb. — . hapt. Mar. 1. H;:>2. 
 
 il. Sa.mi i:i., |j. Kil). IT., l(;53, bapt. Mar. followhig; left New Haven be- 
 fore June II, KJlio. 
 
 iil. II ANN All, b. Feb. 4, 1656. 
 
 iv. 1I.VXXAH, ni. Samuel Ilumma-'-n. .inn.- .- 1 . 1C77. 
 8. V. .loiix, b. Auj:. 27. Itlf.i ; lu. Mat)el (Jrannis, Mar. 2. 1684-'.. 
 
 vi. Sakaii. h. An;;., •.><;. ICiU, baptized the next dav ; m. Johu Wolcott of 
 New Haven. Feb. 8, ICsy. 
 
 vii. lU-Tii, b. A|>nl 3, UUu; ni. Benjamin Dorman, Oct. 10, 1C98. 
 
 viii. Aiiir.Aii., b. Apr. t», 1G70; m. Joseph Foot of Branford, before March 
 15, 16".t3. 
 
 ix. Daxiki., b. Feb. 21. 1671 ; ni. Mary. dau. of Andrew Saiiford of Milford, 
 Dec. '2:\, 1707. She wa^s the widow of Thomas Tuttle. (.Tuttle Fam- 
 ily, page 141.) 
 
 o. Ronr.RT'^ Joii.nson (Hobert^), .says Dr. Samuel Johnson, " was bred at 
 Cambridge whose name you see near tlie beginning of their cata- 
 logue. He went to his unkle at Rowley and was said to be a very 
 promising c^mdidate for the ministry and was to be settled there but 
 died young."' He graduatetl in tlie class of 104.^. His will was 
 made i;j Sept., l(>4'.t, and probated March, 1G.30. This explains why 
 he is not mentioned in his father'.s will. 
 
Thomas^ Johnson (Eohert^) diedJan. 4, 1694-5. The " Tuttle Fam- 
 ily " gives him several childi-en, but he gave his homestead, thatvpas 
 his father's, and other lands, to his nephew John Johuson, son of 
 John, before his death ; and after his decease his nejahew John, with 
 wife Mabel, appeared before the Probate Court and swore that it 
 was the will of their imcle Thomas Johnson that all his cattle should 
 be given to his brother William, of Guilford. This disposition of 
 his property indicates that he had no children living at the time of 
 his death ; and this inference is corroborated by Dr. Samuel Johnson, 
 who said, in 1757, that this Thomas died a batchelor. The children 
 given in the " Tuttle Family " belong to Thomas the son of Thomas, 
 and the three sons recorded to Thomas Johnson in New Haven, 
 between 1651 and 1664, are, according to Mrs. Salisbury, named 
 in the will of Thomas of Newark. 
 
 William^ Johnson (^oJeri'), born about 1630, settled at Guilford, 
 Conn., as early as 1653. He was deacon, town clerk, and many times 
 deputy, from 1665 to 1694. He married Elizabeth, daughter.of Fran- 
 cis Bushnell, and died Oct. 27, 1702. (Steiner's History of Guilford, 
 Conn., page 128). He had eleven children, of whom SamueP was 
 the father of the celebrated divine, and first President of Columbia 
 College, Dr. Samuel* Johnson of Stratford, Conn. For his family, 
 and other Guilford Johnsons, see Dr. Alvin Talcott's mss. geneal- 
 ogies of Guilford, Conn., families, at the rooms of the New Haven 
 Colony Historical Society, at New Haven, or the copy of the same 
 at the Town Clerk's ofiice at Guilford. 
 
 John Johnson^ {John," Rohert^) was born Aug. 27, 1661, and mar- 
 ried, March 2, 1684-5, jMabel, daughter of Edward Granniss and 
 (according to Savage) his second wife Hannah, daughter of John 
 Wakefield of New Haven, Conn. Although sometimes called 
 " Mabel," her name was Mehitable, as appears by numerous deeds, 
 &c. These names are sometimes used interchangeably, and that they 
 belong to the same person in this case is shown by the fact that her 
 brothers John and Joseph Granniss, on Feb. 17, 1721, deed her a 
 piece of laud under the name of Mabel Johnson, and on May 14, 
 1725, she sells the same land under the name of Mehitable Johnson. 
 John and Mabel Johnson at one time lived in what is now West- 
 field, New Haven, and he had also his grandfather Robert's home- 
 stead in Yorkshire quarter, which was given him by his uncle 
 Thomas. He made his will Dec. 10, 1712. His widow Mehitable 
 was ap])ointed administratrix, the first Monday of Feb., 1712-13. 
 His will is recorded at New Haven, Vol. 4, page 117, and is as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 " In the name of God Amen. I John Johnson Senior of Nev? Haven 
 being at this time Siclv and wealv in my Body Yet of perfect mind and 
 memory tlianks be to God for it I Do make and ordain tliis my Last will 
 and Testament. In manner and form following — lir.stly and principally 
 I Give my Sonl to (toiI hoping for Acceptence and mercy through the 
 merits and righteousness of Christ Jesus my Lord and my body I com- 
 mit to the Earth to be hurried Decently at ye discrestion of my Exrt 
 hereafter named and as Concerning ye disposing of all such Tcnupora'l 
 Estate as it liath pleased God to bestow upon me I give and dispose tliere- 
 of as followitli— lirstly that all my just debts and funeral Expenses 
 shall be paid and Dyschai'gcd. 
 
item, I {jjive and bequeath all my Estate both personall and Real that 
 I shall Dye in my possession of to my persent Dear and Loving Wife 
 Muhitabell Johnson to be wholly and Intirely at her Dispose and Use 
 for her own Coniff)rl or for ye bringing up my children or otherwise to 
 dispose of as they may need and as She Can spare, ytt my will is that 
 the whole of my Estate be Intirely at my wife's Dispose So Long as 
 Shee shall Live a widdow and at her deceajse or marriage my will is 
 that shee shall have Intiri-ly at her Dispose onetiiird p;irt of what Shall 
 then be Kemiiining of my Estate and the rest Divitled Equally amongst 
 my children Excepting twenty ponnds wliich I do hereby Give of my Es- 
 tate to my Daughter Sarah J<)hnsoii more than her Eciuall Share with the 
 Rest of my children and also my will further is that my Son John John- 
 son Shall have his Equall Share with the Rest of my Children besides 
 What he hath already Had of me and I do N'oniinate and appoint and 
 hereby Con>litute my i'resenl Dear and Loving Wife Sole Executrix of 
 this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby Revoke all former 
 Wills liy me at any time made before this. In Witness whereof I have 
 hereunto Set mv hand and Afllxed my seal this 10th. Day of December 
 1712. 
 
 his 
 John X Johnson. 
 mark 
 Signed Sealed and pnblishfd 
 
 to be the Last will and Te.stammt of the al)Ove said John 
 
 .lohnsiin. 
 HefiMe ye witness. Witiie.-ses Sworn In Court in the 
 
 Joii.N' I'l'ndkhsox Usual form. 
 
 Jons L.vTiiKop Test Jos' Whiting. Clerk." 
 
 " Children naineM, 
 
 John. Tliunias, .\nn. S.trah, Joseph 14, Benjamin 11, Robert 8, James 
 
 8. Mahitubell fi. Hannah 3, year old." 
 
 N'arious de*'<l.> show lliat widow Meliitable resided in New Haven 
 uniil 17"-".I or later, l)ut in 17.'i2 wan livintj in .MiiMletown, Conn., 
 and in IT.IK at Hraulord, Conn. In a ciee<l dated Dec. .'51, 17;"»I, 
 'lliouias of Middltiown, .lox-jdi of Hartlord. Benjamin of Durham, 
 RoImtI of Mi<ldletown. Timothy Hose of Woo«lbury and Meliitable 
 his wife, j^ive to "our brotln;r in law Benjamin Hands of Middle- 
 town land that was "our Honnl. Father's Mr. John Johnsou of 
 N«*\v Haven, deed.," and uUo hind sohl by Mo.ses Blackslce to ** our 
 Honrd. Mother Mrs. Mehitabh- .lohnson, deed.," thus showiiij,' that 
 she die<l Ix-tweeti I7.'>s and 17.'»1. Her looibstoiie at Durham, Conn., 
 says she dieil Dee. \K 17 l">, aged 7'.'. 
 
 The chihlreu of John and MaUd Johnson were : 
 
 y. I. .loiiN.* b. .March 3, 1686-7. He is John of Wallingford. 
 
 H. Thomas, U. Jan. 12. ICSU-ito ; removed to Middletown, Conn., in or 
 before 1722. He was called Capt. 
 -Jil. .\XNK. b. Feb.. If.'.tl: m. Willet Ranney of Middletown, Conn., April 20, 
 1 72U. 
 
 iv. S.\KAH, b. April 9. 1604. 
 
 v. Danikl. b. April 22, 1696: not named in the list of children appended 
 to his father's will. 
 
 vl. JosKi'H. b. Dec. 2. 161(8; was livini: in Durham, Conn., in 1732, Middle- 
 town. Conn.. 1738, and Hartford. Conn., in 1751. 
 
 vii. Bkx.iamix. b. .March 9, 1701; removed to Durham. Conn. 
 
 viii. RoBKKT. b. June 5. 1703; lived at Middletown. Conn.. 1732. 
 
 ix. Ja.mes. b. Sept. 3, 1705. 
 
 X. .Mkiiitaui.k, b. Feb. 29, 1707-8; m. Timothy Rose of Branford, Conn., 
 Sept. 22. 1730. She was living there in 173S, but lived at Woodbury, 
 Conn., in 1751. 
 
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 xi. Hannah, b. May 23, 1710; m. Benjamin Hands of Middletown, Conn., 
 between 1732 and 1738. (New Haven Land Records, Vol. 9, p. 277, 
 and Vol. 10, p. 460.) He was son of Beujamia and Sarah (Ward) 
 Hands, b. Oct. 4, 1706. (Steiner.) 
 
 John* Johnson (John,^ John? Roherf) was born March 3, 1687-8. 
 He removed to Wallingford, and there married, Jan. 12, 1711, 
 Sarah Jennings, the widow of Nathaniel Hitchcock wlio died May 
 12. 1710. She at that time had three Hitchcock children, viz.: 
 i. Sarah, born March 31, 1705; married Aaron Cook, June 14, 
 1722. ii. Elizabeth, born Jan. U, 1707. iii. Hannah, born Jan. 11, 
 1709 ; married Caleb Mathews, March 7, 1727 ; died Dec. 5, 1731. 
 The John Johnson of Wallingford (see John,'^ son of AValter,^ post), 
 who married Mary Chatterton in 1710, should not be confounded with 
 this (No. 9) John, who lived in the south western part of the town, 
 by " Fresh medows," near the Cheshire line ; while the former lived 
 at what is now Meriden. I find no record after 1722 of moi-e than 
 one John Johnson in Wallingford. He is identified by two deeds 
 in New Haven Land Records. Vol. G, pages 644-5, in the first of 
 which Mehitable Johnson, of New Haven, gives her " loving son 
 John Johnson of the toM'u of Wallingford" 9 acres of land, being 
 part of land laid out to '■' my Honoured ffather-in-law John Johnson 
 late of New Haven deceased," dated April 30, 1725. The same 
 day, John Johnson of Wallingford deeds this land to Benjamin Todd, 
 and describes it as part of the land of " my Honoured grand ffather 
 John Johnson Deed." 
 
 In Mrs. Evelyn MacCurdy Salisbury's " Family Histories and 
 Genealogies" (Vol. 2, page 288), containing much valuable infor- 
 mation, but some mistakes, is a letter from a great-grandson of 
 Robert^ Johnson, Dr. Samuel* Johnson of Stratford, written to his 
 son Hon. William SamueP Johnson, and dated Jan. 6, 1757, a part 
 of which (with generation numbers added to indicate the line of 
 John of Wallingford) is as follows: 
 
 "* * And now I proceed to set down to yon all I know of our pro- 
 genitors. The Father of onr Family in this country was John [Robert] 
 Johnson, one of the first founders of New Haven, and lived on the 
 northwest Corner of the Square of Lots Mr. Mix and the Colleges are 
 on, over against Darling's. He came from the noted town of Hull {al 
 Kingston-npon-IIuU) near York in Yorkshire, and it was said he had 
 two Brotliei-s, one the Father of the Johnsons at Newark in the Jersies, 
 the other the Father of those in Boston Government, who settled at 
 Rowdey about 20 miles eastward of Boston. John [Robert] our an- 
 cestor"had John^, Robert^ Thomas.- and William. ^ Jokn^ had John,^ 
 Samuel,' and Daniel, » the two last * * died * * leaving no male issue. 
 * * * [John'] was Fatlier to John* (who settled at Wallingford * * *) 
 and Thomas'*, who is Capt. Johnson of Middletown • * * " 
 
 It is interesting to note that the male line as given by Dr. John- 
 son, largely from his personal knowledge, is identical with the line- 
 age as here worked out from the records, in 1897, one hundred and 
 forty years later, and without any knowledge of that letter. This 
 is especially important, as all published Johnson genealogy of thi.* 
 branch omits one generation, leaving out the middle John. This 
 was probably caused by Ids living at New Haven, cotemporaneously 
 \ with John the son of William, or AVingle.* 
 
 See Register, ante, Vol. 65, page 369.— Editoe. 
 
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 "Wliile John' (John,'^ Robert') may have l>eou obsrurc in a sense, 
 as stated, he was by no means an unworthy man. The large 
 aranunt of property received by deeds of gift from his uncle 
 Thomas shows him to have Ix'en a favorite with that uncle, and he 
 nniRt have been in some respects the superior of ids cousins and 
 brothers, in order to have merited these favors. The numerous 
 deetls given by his widow after his decease shows that he was a large 
 land owner. His son John, ^ of Wallingfonl, left an unusually large 
 estate for those times, over three thousand p(>uiid>. and although 
 tliere was another John Johnson in "Wallingfoixl with him, for more 
 tlian ten years, he was consiflerefl of such importance that any refer- 
 ence to John Johnson of Wallingford was always understood as re- 
 ferring to John the son of John, Jr. One deed in the Wjillingford 
 records describes John Johnson as a weaver, ami, jmlging from the 
 inventory, this John was the one who ditsl in 1741. John Johnson, 
 of Wallingford, dii-d Oct. 17, 1744. His widow died July 14, 1748. 
 His will, date<l Feb., 1743-4, is rocordtni in New Haveu, Vol. 6, page 
 57.'}. It names wife Sandi, >«on Daniel, son Jennings, sou Amos, 
 daughter liarbary, wife of Abraham Ives, daughter Kster, wife of 
 Merriinan Miinson, daughter Phebe, wife of Dydimos Parker, daugh- 
 ter Kuth. wife of Abel Mall, daughter Patience, '• nv'io is unmarried." 
 The land given to his three sons was to *' l)e eiit.iiled unto my said 
 sons and to their heirs for ye space of one Iiundri'd years from 
 ye date of this present will," but notwithstanding this |)rovi8ion, most 
 of it ' out of the family in a few ytrars. The inventory of his 
 
 estai lilted to the unu-iiallv large sum of i.'.iUl7. 7. 1. 
 
 The children of John and Sarah Johnson were : 
 
 1. KsTiiKit.* b. Mav 4. 1712; m. Merrinm Mnnson. Jan 2t. 1733. 
 
 il. UMtii\UA.b. Kef), .'i, 1714; lu. .\l>r:ilinni Ives. May 11, 1736. 
 
 ill. Dammus, h. .Inn. 31. 171(J; ni. Wait Kheriiaiitlia. Dec. 2l», K.^T. 
 
 Iv. DwiKi.. 1). I)ti-. 14. 1717; m. Kiilh Tod.l, Dec. 2G, 1744. Hod. in 1761. 
 
 v. I'MKUK, b. April 28, 1720; n>. Dvilinius Parker. 
 
 vi. Jknxinos. h. Jan. 7, 1722; m. Sarali Johnson, Oct. 20, 1748. He re- 
 moved to Soutiilnirtou. Conn., where tlie land lie left is still owned 
 l)y ills ilescendants. Hl.s family is given iu Timlow's History of that 
 town. pa;:e exxxvii. 
 
 vil. Ki IM, 1). Oft. 1, 172;J; m. .M.el Hall. 
 10. vlii. .\Mos. b. Mar. 4, 172(5; m. .\bitfail Holt, .\pr. 24. 1746. 
 
 Ix. 1'atikxck, b. July '2S. 172S; m. Daniel Culver, Dec. 17, 174tJ. 
 
 We thus lind that Sanih (Jennings) Johnson was the mother of 
 
 twelve children, three by her Hrst and nine by her second husband. 
 
 lu. A.Mii.s^ Johnson (Joint,* John,* Johnr RobcrO), hoTW March 4, 172('t ; 
 married April 24, 1740, Abigail, daughter of Joseph and Abigail 
 (Curtis) llolt. This parent;ige is shown by a deed from William 
 Johnson and Tamer (Holt) Johnson of Durham, and Amos Johnson 
 and Abigail ( llolt) Johnson of Wallingford, conveying" Two Kights 
 of land whicli formerlv belonjred to Ensign Thomas Curtiss late of 
 Wallingfonl Doeeas.Vl," J:in.""l 0, 174.S-9. (Wallingford Land Re- 
 cords, Vol. 11, p. .'i^l.) He resideil in the parish of Northford, in 
 the town of W:illingford, near the Branford town line. He served 
 in the French and Indian war. 17."»S_f». Davis's Ili-^tory of W:dling- 
 ford says that he died in the Revolutionary War, at White Plains, 
 K. Y., 1770, but this is au error, because he was living at Northford, 
 
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 Dec. 9, 1783, when he and his wife Abigail leased their house, &c., 
 at Northford, to Moses and Esther Peck. (Wallingford Land Re- 
 cords, Vol. 23, page 423.) It is certain, however, that one Amos 
 Johnson of Wallingford, Conn., was in Capt. James Peck's Co., Sept. 
 17, 1777, but I do not know whether it was this Amos or his son. 
 Amos Johnson who died at White Plains was probably from Bran- 
 ford, Conn., and son of Edward and Elizabeth (Barnes) Johnson. 
 (Woodruff's Litchfield, Conn., Register, page 113.) Amos of Wal- 
 lingford gave numerous deeds of laud, between 1747 and 1785, the 
 last of which bears date April 27, 1785. Family tradition says that 
 he removed west, about 1785, where he died, and that his widow re- 
 turned and married Jonah Todd. Jonah Todd of Woodbridge, 
 Conn., died between 1802 and 1804, leaving a widow Abigail. 
 
 The children of Amos and Abigail Johnson were : 
 
 i. Lucy,'' b. Sept. 11, 1747; m. Samuel Preston, Sept. 7, 1769. 
 
 ii. EsTHKR, b. Nov. 16, 1749; m. Moses Peck. 
 
 iii. Sibyl, b, Sept. 16, 1751. 
 
 iv. Amos, m. at Wallingford, Eunice Daly, Sept. 15, 1777; bought land at 
 
 Farmington, Conn., Oct. 14, 17S0. 
 V. Simeon, m. Merriam Johnson, March 4, 1773. His father deeds him 
 
 land in 1772. 
 vl. Eliuu, b. June 7, 1773. 
 
 1. Walter^ Johxson. Savage says he was at Middletown, Conn., 1684, 
 but no record of him is now found there, neither has his parentage 
 or previous history been learned. He was at AVallingford, Conn., 
 as early as Feb. 23, 1691-2, when he agrees "with Roger Tyler for 
 a certain piece of land that was granted to him in lieu of a home lott 
 at the north end of said town." (Widlingford Land Records, Vol. 
 1, page 151.) Several other pieces " laid out to Walter Johnson" 
 are referred to on page 175, the same book, under date May 4, 1692. 
 Several deeds to and from his sons Lambert and John are also of re- 
 cord, on various dates up to 1718. Two deeds in 1714 give each of 
 his sons their portion of his estate, and refer to land they had already 
 received that was their " own mother's." His wife was a daughter 
 of Neliemiah Roys of Wallingford, as is shown by the will of the 
 said Roys, which gives 5 shillings to his grandson John Johnson, and 
 a cross cut saw to John's father, Walter Johnson. (Wallingford 
 Land Records, Vol. 2, page 75.) In a deed dated April 11, 1721, 
 John Johnson refers to land " that has, may or should come unto 
 jjjg * * * jjj t^i^g right of my Honored grandfather Mr. Nehe- 
 miah Roys.'' {Ibid, Vol. 3, page 401.) Walter Johnson died Feb. 
 G, 1731. 
 
 His children were : 
 
 2. i. .Ioiix,2 111. Mary Chatterton, Nov. 2, 1710. 
 
 3. ii. Lambert, m. Rebecca Curtis, Mar. 1, 1716. 
 
 2. John- Johnson ( Walter^). No birth record. He married Mary, 
 daugliter of John and Mary (Clements) Chatterton of New Haven, 
 Conn., who was born April 28, 1092. Davis's History of Walling- 
 ford says "she died within that year," the year of lier marriage, but 
 she was living March 19, 1719, when "John Johnson and Mary his 
 wife, formerly Mary Chatterton," deed a portion of the estate of 
 
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 •John Chattt-rton her father, aud Lydia C'hattertoii her sister, to 
 Hiinialtas Baldwin. (New Haven I^nd Rt-cords, Vol. .'), page 
 270.) Thi- ;j«Mifalo;j;ie8 in Davis's History wt-n- compiU'd by Elihii 
 YaK', and he appt-ars to have r.'peaUidly .ivercome seemingly con- 
 flicting records by putting some one out of the way and creating for 
 them a «ieath record. Thus, w^lien he suppo-i-d that h.- had found one 
 John .Johnson witli two wives, he disposed ol the matter hy saying 
 the Hrst wife *'<Ued," and so Mr. Yale got out of trouble by making 
 trouble foe all who consult these premature death records in his work, 
 liut this did not kill Mary .Iohn>oii. lor in fact she lived until Sept. 21, 
 1774, when she died a widow in New Jersey. In8tea<l of one John 
 with two wives, there were two Johns each with his own wife, living 
 at Wallingford at tlie same time for over ten years; just as there 
 had l)een in the prior generation two .lolin .Iolin>ons living at tlie 
 same time in New Haven. 
 
 John,^ the son of Walter.' lived in the north part of ^y:llHngfon^, 
 which is now Meriden. He removinl to \Vhippenn\. N. J.. l)efore 
 JuiK' '.>. 1722. as is shown by a d.-e<l of that date. (New Haven 
 Lan.l Reconls. Vol. I. jiage'll.'..) This is tlie second branch of 
 Connecticut .b>hnsiins in New .lersey. 
 
 His children, reconled at Wallingford. Conn., wer.- : 
 
 i. .loiiN.* b. Aufi. 12. 1711 ; d. in N. J.. May 4, 177«;. 
 
 ii. Hannah. I). Dec. :U, 1712. 
 
 lii. Kl-lsilA. b. Sept. H, 1714. 
 
 Iv. Mo.«iF:H. b. July 20. 17ir.. 
 
 V. C'aziaii. b. .Vpril 22, 17 is. 
 
 vi. EsTiiKK. b. .\pril 2<i. 172 . 
 
 3. Lamiu:kt- Johnson ( Ifij/Zfr'). No birth record. He married Re- 
 iKM-ca. daughter of Tliom:u« ami Mary (.Merriman) Curtis. March 1, 
 I7ir>. who was U.ni .Vug. 21, ir.'.t7. He died at Wallingford, Conn., 
 Nov. 27, 172f.. His widow " UiUckiUi " was appointed to admin- 
 isler on his estjite, April :{. 1726. (New Haven Probate Reconls, 
 Vol. .'), page ."iOU.) His will is recorded in the same V<d., page 12r.. 
 and names Henjamin. .-Idest son. son Cornelius, and daughters M.iry. 
 .\nna anil licbekah. 
 His children were : 
 
 i. HKN.IAMIN.' b. Doc. 10. 17H:. 
 
 ii. CoKNKi.irs, b. Feb. i:t. 17r.». 
 
 ill. Mauv. b. .June .">, 1720. 
 
 ^iv. .\NNv. no birtli record. 
 
 V. KKHKCtA, no l)irth rec»>rd. 
 
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