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Nathaniel Johnson

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: January 16, 1760 (68)
Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Deacon John Johnson and Lydia Johnson
Husband of Mehitable Johnson
Father of Lydia Johnson, (died young); Lydia Johnson, (again); Ephraim Johnson; Dea. Seth Johnson; Mehitable Sparks and 6 others
Brother of Mary Haseltine and Sarah Dustin
Half brother of Lydia Chase; William Johnson; Ruth Johnson; Maverick Johnson; Timothy Johnson and 9 others

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About Nathaniel Johnson, of Haverhill

Nathaniel Johnson

  • BIRTH 31 Oct 1691 Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
  • DEATH 16 Jan 1760 (aged 68) Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
  • BURIAL Old Stafford Street Cemetery Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
  • Son of Lieut. John JOHNSON, Jr. 1657-1723 and Lydia CLEMENT 1668-1696.
  • Husband of Mehitable Guile (1 Dec 1692 - 27 Feb 1788)

The other Nathaniel Johnson (son of Joseph Johnson & Hannah Johnson)


From Nathaniel's will dated 1760 "item 1--I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife MEHITABLE, the whole of my household moveables that are within Dores to her own Dispose and the use of half an acre of land which I purchased of Lieut. Daniel Blogget, Lying near my Son Nathaniel, and the use of my Mare, one Cow and 5 sheep so long as she shall live. "

Family

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141289091/mehitable-johnson

Mehitable Guile was the Daughter of Ephraim GUILE (both Gild and Gile were also observed in various records) 1661-1720 and Martha BRADLEY 1666-1708.

Married Nathaniel JOHNSON on 29 Dec 1715 in Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Lieut. John JOHNSON, Jr. 1657-1723 and Lydia CLEMENT 1668-1696.

Children of Mehitable Guile and Nathaniel Johnson:

  1. Lidia / Lydia JOHNSON b. 29 Dec 1716 Haverhill, Essex Co., MA – died in infancy
  2. Lydia JOHNSON 3 Nov 1717 Bradford, Haverhill, Essex Co., MA 1717–31 Mar 1728 Windham, Windham Co., CT.
  3. Ephraim JOHNSON b. 3 Aug 1718 OR or 30 Jul 1718 Bradford-Haverhill, MA - d. ? m. Sarah BARSTOW/BASTRO 1721-1880.
  4. Dea Seth JOHNSON 12 Jul 1720 Haverhill, Essex, MA d 29 Dec 1804 Stafford, Tolland, CT m. 1) Hannah EATON 1719-1757 on 13 Oct 1742 in Killingly, Windham, CT. They had 6 children, - 2 boys, 3 were girls, 1 unknown gender. m. 2) Mary EDSON 1730-1790 on 20 Apr 1758 in Stafford, Tolland, CT. They had 6 daughters, no sons.
  5. Mehitable JOHNSON Sparks, b. 20 Apr 1723 Thompson, Windham, m. Joseph Sparks in 1747.
  6. John JOHNSON 1725–1759
  7. Lieut Nathaniel JOHNSON b. 12 Feb 1727/28 Killingly, Windham, CT- d. 6 Jun 1795 Stafford, Tolland, CT m. Anna CHILD.
  8. Mary JOHNSON Clough? b. 3 Mar 1727 Thompson, Windham, CT
  9. Lydia JOHNSON Wilson b. 7 Mar 1731 • Killingly, Windham, CT -
  10. Hannah JOHNSON Eaton 1733–1803 (m. John Eaton)
  11. Sarah JOHNSON Hall b. 3 Nov 1736 Killingly, Windham, CT -1824, m. Moses Hall.

Disambiguation

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Johnson-14184

Research Note: Two Nathaniel Johnsons

There two Nathaniel Johnsons born in Haverhill, one on 15 August 1683, to Joseph Johnson and Hannah Tenney, and the other on 31 Oct 1691 to John Johnson, Jr and Lydia Clement. [3]

There were two marriages: One Nathaniel married Ruth Guile (before 1715), and the other Nathaniel married Meheteble Guild, 19 December 1715. [4]

Children born in Haverhill (all children of a Nathaniel):

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Haverhill/cBirthsJ.shtml

  1. Sarah, daughter of Ruth, 21 March 1715
  2. Lydia, daughter of Meheteble, 29 December 1716
  3. Joseph, son of Ruth, 24 February 1717
  4. Ephraim, son of Meheteble, 30 July 1718
  5. Nathaniel, son of Ruth 18 November 1718
  6. Seth, son of Meheteble, 12 July 1720
  7. Mary, daughter of Ruth 16 June 1721
  8. Ruth, daughter of Ruth, 5 May 1723
  9. Ebenezer, son of Ruth, 14 August 1727

References

  • Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. AncestryImage Name: Nathaniel Johnson Event Type: Birth Birth Date: 31 Oct 1691 Birth Place: Haverhill, Massachusetts Father Name: John Johnson Mother Name: Lidia Clements
  • "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHK-NY7 : 24 January 2020), Ruth Guile in entry for Nathaniel Johnson, 1714.
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141289293/nathaniel-johnson “ Son of Lieut. John JOHNSON, Jr. 1657-1723 and Lydia CLEMENT 1668-1696.”
  • Book Title: History and Genealogy of the Rix family of America : containing biographical sketches and genealogi. Page 199.AncestryImage Mehitable Gile b Dec 1 1692 m Nathaniel Johnson. (Daughter of Ephraim Gile and Martha Bradley.)
  • *Burleigh, Charles, The Genealogy and History of the Guild, Guile, and Gile Family, Portland, Maine: Brown Thurston and Company (1887) Page 224 GoogleBooks 8 EPHRAIM GILE? (Samuell), son of Samuel and Judith (Davis) Guile, born at Haverhill, Mass., Mar. 21, 1661-2, married Jan. 5, 1686, MARTHA BRADLEY. He lived at Haverhill, and in 1711 was one of the soldiers supplied with snow shoes for emergency in case of attack by the Indians.” He was probably the Ephraim Gile who cut the first way to Cheshire, and was admitted an inhabitant of Chester in 1720. Children born at Haverhill : 29 Mehitable, b. Dec. 1, 1692; m. Dec. 29, 1715, Nathaniel Johnson of Haverhill. Children : (1) Lydia, b. Dec. 29, 1716; (2) Ephraim, b. July 30, 1718; (3) Seth, b. July 12, 1720.
  • http://www.rocksvillage.org/families/johnson-family/ 5. Nathaniel, s. John, jr. and Lidia (Clement), Oct. 31, 1691.marries Mehetable Guile (1 Dec 1692 – ), Dec. 29, 1715. (Uncle to Lydia Johnson who marries Ebenezer, Mehtible’s brother) Lydia, d. Nathaniel and Meheteble (Guile), Dec. 29, 1716 Ephraim, s. Nathaniel and Mehetable (Guile), July 30, 1718. Seth, s. Nathaniel and Mehetable (Guile), July 12, 1720
  • Death seen as Jan 16 1769 - Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States - but that’s the same date as the other Nathaniel.
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141289293/nathaniel-johnson
  • Per the "Ancestors and descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England : first settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts." Page 88-89, Nathaniel Johnson, son of John Johnson and Lydia Clement, married Ruth Guild, daughter of James and Ruth (Parker) Guild. Their children listed: Sarah, b. 1715, Joseph, b. 1717, Nathaniel, b. 1718, Ruth, b. 1723, and Ebenezer, b. 1727.
  • The "History and Genealogy of the Rix Family of America: Containing Biographical Sketches and Genealogies of Both Males and Females." simply states that Mehitable, daughter of Ephraim Gile and Martha Bradley, married Nathaniel Johnson. https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy02rixg#page/n5/mode/2up, pages 199 .
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Nathaniel Johnson, of Haverhill's Timeline

1691
October 31, 1691
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1716
December 29, 1716
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1717
March 31, 1717
Bradford, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1718
July 30, 1718
Haverhill, Essex County , Massachusetts, Colonial America
1720
July 12, 1720
Haverhill, Essex County , Massachusetts, Colonial America
1723
April 20, 1723
Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, Colonial America
1725
March 1, 1725
Killingly, Windham, CT, United States
1727
March 3, 1727
Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut, Colonial America
1728
February 12, 1728
Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States