Marriage WFT Est. 1618-1648

Arrived in Virginia in 1622 on the ship "Southhampton", as the servant of Thomas Paulett. Capt. Paulett appeared in the first assembly at Jamestown, Va. in 1619. John was given 200 acres of land in Elizabeth City, Va. and later was made commander of Northumberland Co.. In 1644 he was appointed High Sheriff and then tax collector in 1656.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~johnsonsofva/varivers/backriverjohnson.htm

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