William Johnson
(1606-1658)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Hannah Throckmorton
2. Elizabeth Bunker

3. Elinor Elizabeth Croft
4. Susan Aealy

William Johnson 2 3

  • Born: 1606, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
  • Marriage (1): Hannah Throckmorton
  • Marriage (2): Elizabeth Bunker on 14 Oct 1630 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England 1
  • Marriage (3): Elinor Elizabeth Croft in 1638 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
  • Marriage (4): Susan Aealy on 7 Oct 1655 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  • Died: 29 Dec 1658, Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA at age 52

  General Notes:

Born by about 1605 (based on date of marriage). Brickmaker from Dunstable, Bedfordshire, who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1634 & settled in Charlestown MA. ("W[illia]m Johnson" was admitted as an inhabitant of Charlestown in 1634. Died in Charlestown, 9 Dec 1677.
Married in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, 14 Oct 1630, Elizabeth Bunker. She married (2) in Charlestown, 24 Oct 1679, Thomas Carter, son of THOMAS CARTER 1636, Charlestown. She died at Charlestown on 6 Oct 1684, aged "77."

ORIGIN: Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
MIGRATION: 1634 ("William Johnson" was admitted as an inhabitant of Charlestown in 1634 [ChTR 11]).
OCCUPATION: Brickmaker [ChVR 1:100].
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: On 13 February 1634/5, "William Johnson and Elizabeth his wife" were admitted to Charlestown church ChChR 8].
FREEMAN: 4 March 1634/5 (fourth in a sequence of five Charlestown men) [MBCR 1:370].
DEATH: Charlestown 9 December 1677 [ChVR 1:100]. 4

  Noted events in his life were:

• Migrated: England, 1634, Massachusetts, USA. 3


William married Hannah Throckmorton. (Hannah Throckmorton was born in 1570 in Wilmington, Kent, England and died in 1667 in Wilmington, Kent, England.)


William next married Elizabeth Bunker on 14 Oct 1630 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.1 (Elizabeth Bunker was born about 1607 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England and died on 6 Oct 1684 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.)


William next married Elinor Elizabeth Croft in 1638 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. (Elinor Elizabeth Croft was born in 1605 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA and died in 1654 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.)


William next married Susan Aealy on 7 Oct 1655 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.


Sources


1 U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 - Ancestry.com.

2 Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/).

3 New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635.

4 https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Johnson_%28391%29.


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