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Elizabeth Johnson

Female 1654 - 1739  (85 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elizabeth Johnson was born in 1654 in Wicomico, Charles, Maryland (daughter of John Johnson and Susan); died in 1739 in Somerset, Maryland.

    Notes:

    From the book: Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland : a study in foundations and founders" In May, 1667, Elizabeth Johnson was fined "for bearing a bastard child" and "Peter Calloway for getting a bastard child of Elizabeth Johnson (AZ, p. 67, listed and recorded at court held February 2, 1671/2). Elizabeth Johnson's peculiar conduct of wandering "to and againe amongst ye Indians and layeth in ye Marses" was reported to court, November 26, 1667, and Thomas Ball was ordered "to getch her in & deliver her to ye next magistrate," who was to give her "[correction] for her idleness alsoe to pvide her a service that she may worke for her living.

    Residents Appearing the Provincial Court (1665-1668); Somerset Co., Maryland.
    http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/somerset/court/res1665-68.txt
    1666-67 Peter Calloway admits to bastardry w/Elyzabeth Johnson
    1666-67 Elyzabeth Johnson charged w/ bastardry

    Elizabeth married Peter Callaway on 26 Mar 1667 in Somerset, Maryland. Peter (son of Edmund Callaway) was born in 1649 in Somerset, Maryland; died in 1719 in Somerset, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. William Callaway was born between 1614 and 14 Mar 1688 in Wicomico, Maryland; died in 1758 in Somerset, Maryland.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Johnson

    Notes:

    Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland by Torrenee Regional Pub Co. page 279: By May 116, the settlement on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland was apparently well established, at which date an official report states that the two section s thereof-Manokin and Annemessex-numbered fifty tithable persons. . ... The following list contains the names -far discovered-of these "first settlers" (from 1661/2 to the erection of Somerset County, August 1666), classified according to the se ctions of the area in which they apparently settled. . . Annamessex: . . . John and Susan Johnson p468-9. . John Johnson, Johnson's Lott 200 A Feb 12, 1663

    Residents Appearing the Provincial Court (1665-1668); Somerset Co., Maryland.
    http://files.usgwarchives.org/md/somerset/court/res1665-68.txt
    John Johnson action of debt against John Elzey estate; acts as witness; registers livestock mark
    Mrs Susan Johnson wife of John Johnson

    John married Susan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Susan

    Notes:

    Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland by Torrenee Regional Pub Co. page 279: By May 116, the settlement on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland was apparently well established, at which date an official report states that the two section s thereof-Manokin and Annemessex-numbered fifty tithable persons. . ... The following list contains the names -far discovered-of these "first settlers" (from 1661/2 to the erection of Somerset County, August 1666), classified according to the se ctions of the area in which they apparently settled. . . Annamessex: . . . John and Susan Johnson p468-9. . John Johnson, Johnson's Lott 200 A Feb 12, 1663

    Residents Appearing the Provincial Court (1665-1668); Somerset Co., Maryland.
    http://files.usgwarchives.org/md/somerset/court/res1665-68.txt
    John Johnson action of debt against John Elzey estate; acts as witness; registers livestock mark.
    Mrs Susan Johnson wife of John Johnson

    Children:
    1. 1. Elizabeth Johnson was born in 1654 in Wicomico, Charles, Maryland; died in 1739 in Somerset, Maryland.


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