Johnson

This is a page of data about the Johnson family, who were among the earliest European-American settlers of Wendell, Massachusetts.  The status of this page is IN PROGRESS.

Everts doesn’t mention this family as among the early settlers, but they clearly were

 

here’s info from the Johnson family tree on RootsWeb:

FIRST GENERATION

1. [CS: this is Ebeneezer Sr. – see below] JOHNSON.

He was married to Prudence. JOHNSON and Prudence had the following children:

2 i. Rachel JOHNSON was born on 1 May 1777 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts.

3 ii. Nathaniel JOHNSON was born on 20 Jan 1779 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts.

  • 4 iii. Ebenezer JOHNSON (born on 11 Jan 1781).

5 iv. Prudence JOHNSON was born on 28 Mar 1783 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts.

6 v. Kendall JOHNSON was born on 15 Jun 1785 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts.

  • 7 vi. David JOHNSON (born on 27 Oct 1787).
  • 8 vii. Ruth JOHNSON (born on 25 Jan 1790).
  • 9 viii. Seneca JOHNSON (born on 8 Jul 1792).

SECOND GENERATION

4. Ebenezer JOHNSON (-1) was born on 11 Jan 1781 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts. He Int. Marriage on 23 Jun 1800 in Wendell, Franklin,

Massachusetts.

He was married to Mary in 1800.

7. David JOHNSON (-1) was born on 27 Oct 1787 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts. He Int. Marriage on 15 May 1815 in Wendell, Franklin,

Massachusetts. Certificates of marriages published from under the hands of Town Clerk of Wendell, MA, 25 Apr 1787 to 15 September 1890.

of Wendell, Mass.

 

He was married to Charlotte GOLDTHWAIT in 1815 in , Franklin, Massachusetts.

David JOHNSON and Charlotte GOLDTHWAIT had the following children:

10 i. Rachel Diana JOHNSON was born on 9 Jan 1820 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts.

11 ii. Kendall Augustin JOHNSON was born on 25 Mar 1825 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts.

12 iii. Sylvanus Edwin JOHNSON was born on 3 Aug 1828 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts.

 

8. Ruth JOHNSON (-1) was born on 25 Jan 1790 in Wendell, Franklin,

Massachusetts. Certificates of marriages published from under the hands of

Town Clerk of Wendell, MA, 25 Apr 1787 to 15 September 1890.

of Wendell, Mass.

She was married to William HARRIS in 1811 in , Franklin, Massachusetts.

William HARRIS Int. Marriage on 19 Jan 1811 in Wendell, Franklin,

Massachusetts. Certificates of marriages published from under the hands of

Town Clerk of Wendell, MA, 25 Apr 1787 to 15 September 1890.

of Moretown, Vt.

9. Seneca JOHNSON (-1) was born on 8 Jul 1792 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts. He Int. Marriage on 21 Oct 1826 in Wendell, Franklin,

Massachusetts. Certificates of marriages published from under the hands of Town Clerk of Wendell, MA, 25 Apr 1787 to 15 September 1890.

of Carmel, Maine.

History of The Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, by John Montague Smith, prepared by Henry W. Taft & Abbie T. Montague. Press of E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, Mass., 1899. p. 246.

of Maine

He was married to Lucinda WILDER (daughter of Bezaleel WILDER and Sarah ADAMS) in Oct 1826 in , Franklin, Massachusetts.

Lucinda WILDER was born on 21 May 1798 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died in 1880.

Certificates of marriages published from under the hands of Town Clerk of Wendell, MA, 25 Apr 1787 to 15 September 1890.

of Wendell, Mass.

there are two Johnsons in “Shutesbury” (poss. including Wendell) in the 1771 tax valuation:

  • Joseph Johnson
    • 1 acre of pasture, capable of keeping 1 cow
    • 1 acre of tillage
    • 3 acres of “English and upland mowing land” on which he produced 2 tons of “English and upland hay”
    • no house
    • 10 bushels of grain produced
    • 1 horse, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 4 goats and sheep, 1 swine
    • property assessed as worth 2 pounds
  • Eben’r (Ebeneezer)
    • no houses, tillage
    • 1 acre of English/upland mowing land producing 1 ton of English/upland hay
    • 1 cow
    • no value showing for property yet

this seems to be the Ebeneezer who was cultivating land in 1771:

b. c.1743?

Wendell birth records show: “Mr. Ebenezer Johnson and wife Prudence their Children’s Births:”

  • Rachel b. May 1, 1777
  • Nathaniel b. Jan. 20, 1779
  • Ebenezer b. Jan. 11, 1781
  • Prudence b. March 28, 1783
  • Kendall b. June 15, 1785
  • David b. Oct. 27, 1787
  • Ruth b. Jan. 23, 1790
  • Seneca b. July 8, 1792

looks as though Ebenezer Jr. married Ruth Washburn Dec. 14, 1804

d. Moretown, Washington County, VT, Nov. 23, 1826

youngest son Seneca is farming in Carmel, Maine (near Bangor) by 1850 – farm was worth $1500, well above the average

he married Lucinda Wilder from Wendell and their children were born in Maine, suggesting the couple struck off into new territory looking for land of their own

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