Generation 1

CAPT. JOHN JOHNSON (d. 1659) of Roxbury

Parents:

John Johnson died after 30 (7) 1659, when he made his will, and 15 Oct 1659, when it was deposed. [Ref]

A John Johnson is listed on both the 19 Oct 1630 and 18 May 1631 lists of freemen. [Ref]

John Johnson is on a 1634/1643 list of Roxbury goat owners. [Ref]

He had land in Roxbury in 1634/43. [Ref]

On 21 Feb 1648 an on 23 Feb 1652 On 21 Feb 1648 he was appointed a rater. [Ref]

Capt. John Johnson married Mary Heath.

In his will, John mentions his wife, two grandchildren - Elizabeth and Mehitable - who live with him, his sons Isaac and Robert Pepper, and his "five children". [Ref]

Children of Capt. John Johnson:

1. Isaac Johnson is mentioned in his father's will. An Isaac Johnson had land in Roxbury in 1634/43. [Ref] An Isaac Johnson is on the 4 Mar 1634/5 list of freemen. [Ref]
2. Sgt. Humphrey Johnson was baptised on 5 Nov 1620 in England. married Ellen Cheney.
3. Daughter Johnson married Robert Pepper.

Generation 2

SGT. HUMPHREY JOHNSON (bp. 1620) of Roxbury, Scituate and Hingham

Parents: Capt. John Johnson and Mary Heath

Sgt. Humphrey Johnson was baptised on 5 Nov 1620 in Great Amwell. [Ref][Ref does not give the location] He married Ellen Cheney on 20 Mar 1641/2 in Roxbury. [Ref] She died on 28 Sep 1687 in Hingham. [Ref] He married second Abigail (Stansfull) May, the widow of Samuel May, on 6 Dec 1678 in Roxbury. [Ref]

He moved to Roxbury on 20 Mar 1641/2. [Ref] He moved to Scituate in 1650. [Ref] He purchased land there on 1 Dec 1650. [Ref] He moved to Hingham in 1673. [Ref]

Humphrey and Ellen were ancestors of Franklin D. Roosevelt. [Ref]

Is it his daughters Mehitable and Elizabeth who lived with their grandfather?

Children of Humphrey Johnson and Ellen Cheney:

1. Mehitable Johnson was born in Roxbury in (7) 1644. [Ref]
2. Nathaniel Johnson was born in Jan or Jul 1666. He died on 4 May 1755. He married first Abigail Unknown. He married second Mrs. Mary Laurens.
3. Daughter Johnson baptised on 20 Jan 1649/50 in Roxbury. [Ref]

Generation 3

NATHANIEL JOHNSON of Sherborn and Pomfret

Parents: Sgt. Humphrey Johnson and Ellen Cheney.

Nathaniel Johnson was born in Jan or Jul 1666. [Ref] He died on 4 May 1755 [Ref] in Pomfret. [Ref] He married firstAbigail Unknown. [Ref] She was born in Jul 1666. [Ref] She died on 9 Apr 1745 in Pomfret, CT. [Ref][Ref] He married second Mrs. Mary Laurens on 13 May 1747 in Pomfret. [Ref]

Nathaniel and Abigail lived in Hingham, Sherborn and Pomfret. [Ref] Nathaniel went on the Canada Expedition in 1690 under Capt. Andrews. [Ref]

Children of Nathaniel Johnson married Abigail Unknown. [Ref]

1. Abigail Johnson was born in Jul 1683. [Ref] She died young. [Ref]
2. Lieut. Joseph Johnson was born on 9 Sep 1685. He died on 25 Mar 1745 in Holliston. He married Lydia Twitchell.
3. Abigail Johnson was born on 1 Apr 1687. [Ref] She died on 15 Jan 1782 in Pomfret. [Ref][Ref]
4. Elisha Johnson was born on 12 Mar 1688. [Ref] He married Abigail Wel on 25 May 1708/9. [Ref] Abigail, the daughter of John Weld, was born on 27 Aug 1663 in Roxbury. [Ref] Elisha was one of the first settlers of Sutton, MA. [Ref]
5. Thomas Johnson was born on 12 Mar 1690. [Ref]
6. Mary Johnson was born on 11 Mar or May 1691. [Ref] She married Noah Morse on 12 Jul 1705. [Ref]
7. Jonathan Johnson was born on 16 Mar 1692. [Ref] He died on 6 Jan 1702 in Sherborn. [Ref]
8. Nathaniel Johnson married Mary Haven, the daughter of John and Hannah (Hitchens) Haven of Lynn, on 23 Nov 1708. [Ref]
9. Martha Johnson was born on 19 Feb 1697. [Ref] She died on 2 Oct 1745. [Ref] She married Timothy Sabin on 5 Feb 1717/8 in Pomfret. [Ref says 1 Feb][Ref] Timothy, the son of Benjamin and Sarah (Parker) Sabin was born on 27 Jul 1694 in Woodstock, CT. [Ref] He died on died 9 May 1780, age 85, and is buried in the Sabin cemetery in Pomfret. [Ref]
10. Mehitable Johnson was born on 15 Oct 1699. [Ref] She married Humphrey Goodell on 12 Jan 1726/7. [Ref] Humphrey, the son of Thomas and Sarah Goodell, was born on 30 Oct 1699 in Pomfret and died on 20 Apr 1759. [Ref][Ref]

Generation 4

LIEUT. JOSEPH JOHNSON (1685 - 1745) of Sherborn

Parents: Nathaniel Johnson and Abigail Unknown

Lieut. Joseph Johnson was born on 9 Sep 1685. He died on 25 Mar 1745 in Holliston. [Ref] He married Lydia Twitchell on 13 May 1709 [Ref] in Sherborn. [Ref][Ref]

Children of Joseph Johnson:

1. Lydia Johnson was born on 27 Jul 1709 [!] in Sherborn. [Ref]
2. Moses Johnson was born on 18 Nov 1711 in Sherborn. He married Sabilla Plympton.
3. Isaac Johnson was born on 28 Mar 1714 in Sherborn. He married first Abigail Leland. He married second Elizabeth (Bullard) Jones.
4. Joseph Johnson was born on 22 May 1716 in Sherborn. [Ref] He died young. [Ref]
5. David Johnson was born on 8 Jul 1719 in Sherborn. [Ref] He died on 7 Feb 1719/20 in Sherborn. [Ref]
6. Elisha Johnson was born on 20 Nov 1720 in Sherborn. [Ref] He married Mary Gay in 1741. [Ref]
7. David Johnson was born on 28 Aug 1723 in Sherborn. [Ref]

Generation 5

MOSES JOHNSON (1711-1764)

Parents: Lieut. Joseph Johnson and Lydia Twitchell

Moses Johnson was born on 18 Nov 1711 in Sherborn. [Ref] He died in 1754. [Ref] He married Sabilla Plympton on 18 May 1732 in Holliston. [Ref][Ref]

Children of Moses Johnson and Sabilla Plympton. All of the births are recorded in Holliston. [Ref] The births can also be found in Johnson and Johnson. [Ref]

1. Simeon Johnson was born on 22 June 1733. He married first Elizabeth Gardner on 19 Aug 1756 in Holliston. [Ref] He married second Elizabeth Stone. [Ref]
2. Sabilla Johnson was born on 4 Oct 1734. She married Benjamin Marshall on 28 Sep 1756 in Holliston. [Ref] Benjamin was of Marblehead. [Ref]
3. Elizabeth Johnson was born on 14 Oct 1736. She married Micah Morse on 17 May 1764 in Hollliston. [Ref]
4. Moses Johnson was born on 5 Oct 1738. He died on 17 Nov 1803 in Leicester, VT. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Underwood on 29 Jan 1752 [!]. [Ref]
5. Zedekiah Johnson was born on 5 Dec 1740. He died on 5 July 1745 in Holliston. [Ref]
6. Lydia Johnson was born on 15 Sep 1742 in Holliston. She died on 31 May 1817 in Hopkinton. She married Reuben Johnson.
7. Mary Johnson was born on 24 Feb 1744-5. Mary and Asa Fisk Jr. published their intention on 24 Jun 1766 in Holliston, but did not marry. [Ref] Mary had an illegitimate child on 6 Sep 1766 in Holliston. [Ref] Asa Fisk married Mercy Jones on 8 May 1771 in Holliston. [Ref] Mary married Timothy Unknown on 11 May 1780. [Ref]
8. Anne (Anna) Johnson was born on 20 Jul 1747. She married Silas Pratt on 25 May 1772 in Holliston. [Ref]
9. Asa Johnson was born on 9 Sep 1749. Asa Johnson of Hopkinton married Hannah Mellen on 2 Jul 1778 (int. 15 Mar) in Holliston. [Ref]
10. Ithamer Johnson was born on 10 Jan 1752. Ithamer was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. [Ref]
11. Nathan Johnson was baptised on 25 Aug 1754. He died on 28 Aug 1819. [Ref] Nathaniel Johnson married Persis Gibbs of Hopkinton after 24 Dec 1784 (int.) in Holliston. [Ref]

ISAAC JOHNSON of Holliston (1714 - bef 1792)

Parents: Lieut. Joseph Johnson and Lydia Twitchell

Isaac Johnson was born on 28 Mar 1714 [Ref] in Sherborn. [Ref] He died before 1792. He married first Abigail Leland [Ref] on 15 Feb 1736 in Holliston. [Ref] She died on 23 Aug 1745. [Ref] He married second Elizabeth (Bullard) Jones on 21 Sep 1749 in Holliston. [Ref] The widow Elizabeth Johnson died on 9 Jan 1792 [Ref], age 70 years, 9 months, in Holliston. [Ref] Elizabeth married previously Aaron Jones [Ref] on 17 Mar 1736/7 in Holliston. [Ref] Aaron died on 30 Jul 1742 in Holliston. [Ref]

Isaac Johnson was a farmer in Holliston. [Ref]

Children of Isaac Johnson. All of the births are recored in Holliston. [Ref] The names and birthdates can be found in Johnson and Johnson [Ref]; the names can be found in Leland [Ref].

1. Abner Johnson was born on 10 Sep 1737. He died on 12 May 1777 [Ref gives the year] in Holliston. [Ref] He married Mirriam Jones [Ref] on 19 Mar 1761 in Holliston. [Ref] Abner and Miriam had six children born in Holliston. [Ref] He was a farmer in Holliston, MA. [Ref]
2. Isaac Johnson was born on 8 May 1739. He married Penelope Marsh [Ref gives her last name] on 31 Dec 1769 in Holliston. [Ref] Leland says that he was a farmer in Berlin, MA. [Ref]
3. Hannah Johnson was born on 7 Feb 1740/1. She married Ezekiel Hayward [Ref] after 26 Apr 1767 in Bellingham, Norfolk, MA. [Ref, also recorded in Medway] Hannah and Ezekiel had four children born in Bellingham. [Ref also recorded in Medway] They had a child born in Holliston on 22 Dec 1779. Leland says that Ezekiel was a farmer in Hopkinton. [Ref]
4. Abigail Johnson was born on 26 May 1743. She died on 29 Jul 1745. [Ref]
5. Reuben Johnson was born on 12 Apr 1745. He died on 8 Jan 1816 in Hopkinton. He married Lydia Johnson.

Generation 6

LYDIA JOHNSON (d. 1817)

Parents: Moses Johnson and Sabilla Plympton

Lydia Johnson was born on 15 Sep 1742 in Holliston. [Ref] She died on 31 May 1817 in Hopkinton. [Ref] She married Reuben Johnson on 13 Oct 1763 in Hopkinton. [Ref]

REUBEN JOHNSON (1745 - 1816) of Holliston and Hopkinton

Parents: Isaac Johnson and Abigail Leland

Reuben Johnson was born on 12 Apr 1745 in Holliston. [Ref][Ref gives only the year] He died on 8 Jan 1816 in Hopkinton of apoplexy. [Ref] He married Lydia Johnson on 13 Oct 1763 in Hopkinton. [Ref]

Children of Reuben Johnson:

1. Amos Johnson was born on 30 Dec 1763. He died on 4 Sep 1845. He married Elizabeth Child.
2. Hollis Johnson was born on 12 Oct 1775. [Ref]
3. Silas Johnson [Ref]
4. Levina Johnson died on 5 Sep 1831. [Ref] She was unmarried. [Ref]
5. Deborah Johnson was unmarried. [Ref]
6. Catherine Johnson was unmarried. [Ref]

Generation 7

AMOS JOHNSON (1763 - 1845) of Southboro and Framingham

Parents: Reuben Johnson and Lydia Johnson

Amos Johnson was born on 30 Dec 1763 [Ref] in Holliston. [Ref] He died on 4 Sep 1845 [Ref] in Framingam. [Ref] Amos Johnson of Southboro married first Elizabeth Child on 6 Aug 1786 [Ref does not give the day][Ref does not give the day] in Southboro. [Ref] He married second Puah (Hayden) Farrington after 29 Jan 1837 (int.) [Ref] Puah, the daugher of John and Hannah (Claflin) Hayden and widow of Elijah Farrington, was born on 8 Feb 1779 and died on 12 Aug 1856. [Ref]

Children of Amos Johnson and Elizabeth Child:

1. Anna Johnson was born on 3 Mar 1787 [Ref] in Southboro. [Ref][Ref] She died on 11 Oct 1828. [Ref] She married Zenas Johnson on 3 Jun 1823. [Ref] Zenas, the son of Nathan and Bulah (Wood) Johnson of Berlin, was born on 8 May 1787. [Ref] Zenas and Anna had one child. [Ref]
2. Betsey Johnson was born on 5 Sep 1788 [Ref][Ref says the year is about 1788] in Framingham. [Ref] She died on 30 Dec 1858. [Ref] She married Ezekiel Gay of Hopkinton on 11 Apr 1811 in Framingham. [Ref] Ezekiel, the son of Benjamin and Sarah (Morse) Gay, was born on 2 Aug 1774 in Dover and died on 17 Sep 1840. [Ref] Both Betsey and Ezekiel are buried in Hopkinton. [Ref] They had three sons and six daughters. [Ref]
3. Patten Johnson was born on 1 Sep 1790 [Ref says 1 Sep 1780] in Framingham. [Ref says 9 Jul 1792] He died on 5 Nov 1868. [Ref] He married Phebe Davis on 1 Oct 1816. [Ref] Phebe, the daughter of Edward and Huldah (Healy) Davis, was born on 24 Mar 1797 in Dudley and died on 21 Apr 1879. [Ref] Patten and Phebe had two sons and a daughter. [Ref]
4. Capt. Amos Johnson was born on 9 Jul 1782. [Ref][Ref] He died on 2 Mar 1885 in New Haven, CT. [Ref] He married Eunice Brintnell of Dudley on 21 Jan 1819 in Framingham. [Ref] Eunice was born on 1 Jan 1790 and died on 29 Sep 1875. [Ref] Amos and Eunice had one son and five daughters. [Ref]
5. Susan ("Sukey") Johnson was born on 23 Dec 1794 [Ref][Ref] in Framingham. [Ref] She married first Nathan Fairbanks on 15 Oct 1821. [Ref] Nathan, the son of John and Mary (Whiting) Fairbanks, was born on 27 Nov 1788 and died on 5 Sep 1825. [Ref] Nathan and Susan had one son. Susan married second Gardner Kellogg on 1 Jul 1835. [Ref]
6. Emily Johnson was born on 30 Aug 1796 [Ref] in Framingham. [Ref]
7. Experience ("Pede") Johnson was born on 21 Oct 1798 [Ref][Ref] in Framingham. [Ref] She died on 30 Sep 1854. [Ref] She married Capt. Ebenezer Child as his second wife on 18 Mar 1835. [Ref] Ebenezer was born on 2 Jul 1787 and died on 1 Sep 1874. [Ref] Pede had two sons. [Ref]
8. Millicent ("Milly") Johnson was born on 20 Oct 1800 [Ref][Ref] in Framingham. [Ref] She died on 9 Sep 1886 in Hopkinton. [Ref] She married Rev. Calvin Newton of Bellingham on 26 Nov 1828 [Ref] in Framingham. [Ref] Calvin was born on 26 Nov 1800 and died on 9 Aug 1853 in Worcester. [Ref]
9. Sarah ("Sally") Johnson was born on 3 Jun 1803 [Ref][Ref] in Framingham. [Ref] She married Timothy Chapman of Maine. [Ref]
10. Willard Bemis Johnson was born on 15 Aug 1805 [Ref][Ref] in Framingham. [Ref] He died on 1 Jan 1888 in Denver, CO. [Ref] He married first Lavinia Leland on 11 Apr 1832. [Ref] Lavinia, the daughter of Lemuel and Clarissa (Perry) Leland, was born on 12 May 1799 and died on 7 May 1835. [Ref] Willard married second Sarah Evelyn Hill. [Ref] Sarah, the daughter of Priam and Amanda Hill of Wilwaukee, was born in 1825 and died in Sep 1854. [Ref] Willard and Sarah had a daughter. [Ref] Willard married third Phebe Jane Carpenter, the daughter of John T. and Esther Carpenter, on 3 Mar 1857. [Ref] Willard and Phebe had two daughters. [Ref]
    In 1850, he was a 45-year-old farmer, born in Massachusetts, living next to his brother Sumner in Milwaukee. He had a 27-year old wife Sarah, who was born in New York. [Ref]
11. George Washington Johnson was born on 10 Nov 1807 [Ref] in Framingham. [Ref] He died on 26 Dec 1829 [Ref] in Framingham. [Ref]
12. Sumner Read Johnson Johnson was born on 22 Jan 1809 in Framingham. He died on 4 Feb 1866 in Milwaukee, WI. He married first Achsa Davis. He married second Lucretia Walker.

Generation 8

SUMNER REID JOHNSON (1809 - 1866) Parents: Amos Johnson and Elizabeth Child. Sumner Read Johnson was born on 22 Jan 1809 in Framingham. [Ref][Ref says New Hampshire][Ref] He died on 4 Feb 1866 in Milwaukee. [Ref][Ref] His son Arthur's passport application gives the year of his death as 1876 and says he was born in New Hampshire. [Ref] He married first Achsa Davis on 23 Aug 1847 in Farmington, ME. [Ref][Ref says 24 Aug in Strong, ME][Ref says 22 Aug] Achsa was of Strong. [Ref] Achsa was born on 7 May 1821. [Ref] She died on 29 Oct 1851 [Ref] in Milwaukee, aged 30 years, five months and 22 days. [Ref] Sumner married second Lucretia Walker on 12 Mar 1857 [Ref] in Bethel, ME. [Ref] In 1850 Sumner R. and Achsa D. Johnson were living in Milwaukee. Sumner was a 41-year-old farmer, born in Massachusetts [!] with real estate worth $3,000 and Achsa was 28 and born in Maine. They lived next to Sumner's brother Willard. [Ref] In 1860 Sumner R. and Lucretia W. Johnson were living in Milwaukee. Sumner was a 51 year old farmer and carrier [?] and Lucretia was 35. With them lived 8-year-old George H. D. Johnson and Lucretia's younger sister, Hannah F. Walker. [Ref]

Children of Sumner Read Johnson and Achsa Davis:

1. George Henry Davis Johnson was born on 15 Aug 1851 [Ref] in Milwaukee, WI. [Ref]

Children of Sumner Read Johnson and Lucretia Walker:

1. Infant son born on 26 Jul 1860 and died on 31 Jul 1860 in Milwaukee, WI. [Ref]
2. Arthur Walker Johnson was born on 18 Feb 1863 [Ref] in Milwaukee, WI. He died on 14 Dec 1926 in Seattle, WA. He married Stella Cramer Aikens.

Generation 9

ARTHUR WALKER JOHNSON (1863 - 1926) Parents: Sumner Reed Johnson [Ref] and Lucretia Walker Arthur Walker Johnson was born on 18 Feb 1863 [Ref] in Milwaukee, WI. He died on 14 Dec 1926 in Seattle, WA. He married Stella Cramer Aikens on 22 Oct 1889. [Ref gives her name as Stella A. Eidlitz] In 1910, Arthur claimed to be a 47-year-old widower, working as a salesman. He was living in Seattle with his children Alice M. (19), Donald (16) [!], John H. (15) and Ruth W. (14). He claimed that his father was born in England and his mother in Wisconsin. [!] [Ref] In 1920, Arthur W. Johnson claimed to be a 47-year-old [!] widower, living as a lodger in San Francisco. He said that he was a planter, that his father was from New Hampshire and his mother was from Maine. [Ref] Arthur Walker's 1920 passport application says that he was born on 18 Feb 1873, an obvious error given his marriage date. However, he also claims to be 46. It says that he was 5'10-1/2" tall with blue grey eyes and dark hair. It says that he was a planter and going to Mexico to grow agricultural products. It gives his father's name. [Ref] more photos

Children of Arthur Walker Johnson and Stella Cramer Aikens:

1. Marian Alice Johnson was born on 7 Oct 1890 in Tacoma, WA. She died on 19 Dec 1974 in Mercer Island, Seattle, WA. She married Clarence Franklin Larsen.
2. John Howland Johnson was born on 25 Oct 1891. [Ref]
3. Donald Sumner Johnson was born on 5 Jan 1893. [Ref] His obituary
4. Ruth Walker Johnson was born on 4 Sep 1895. [Ref] She married Christian Ernest Larsen on 26 Feb 1920. [Ref] Christian was the brother of her sister's husband.

Generation 10

MARIAN ALICE JOHNSON (1890 - 1974) Parents: Arthur Walker Johnson and Stella Cramer Aikens Marian was born on 7 Oct 1890 [Ref] in Tacoma, WA. She died on 19 Dec 1974 in Mercer Island, Seattle, WA. She married Clarence Franklin Larsen on 27 Apr 1916 in St. Clement's Church, Seattle. [Ref] more photos

References

Cemeteries

Windham County Cemeteries, Windham County, US GenWeb project.

Census

Bureau of the Census, Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1850.

Bureau of the Census, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1860.

Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1910.

Bureau of the Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1920.

Family Genealogies

Gates, Horatio, The Aikens Monograph, privately printed, no date.

Johnson, Paul Franklin and Frank Leonard Johnson, Genealogy of Capt. John Johnson of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Commonwealth Press, Los Angeles, 1951.

Leland, Sherman, Leland Magazine or a Genealogical Record of Henry Leland and His Descendants, Bostonn, Wier and White, 1850

Newspapers

"Donald S. Johnson dead at 83," Seattle Times, 30 Dec 1976.

Personal Records

old Johnson family record of uncertain origin

Public Records

Ancestry.com, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, Provo, UT, The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.

Vital Records

Barbour Vital Records for Windham County, Connecticut.

Marriage Certificate for Marian Alice Johnson and Clarence Franklin Larsen

Marriage Certificate for Sumner Reed Johnson and Achsa Davis

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.

Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Wisconsin Vital Record Index, pre-1907, Madison, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Vital Records Division.