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Catharine Johnson (Skipper)

Also Known As: "Catherine", "Catherene", "Katherine Maverick"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lincolnshire, England
Death: August 29, 1708 (65-74)
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts (Killed by Indians)
Place of Burial: Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev. William Skepper, of Boston and 1st wife of Rev. William Skepper
Wife of John Maverick and Lt. John Johnson
Mother of Jotham Maverick; Sarah Maverick; Elizabeth Maverick; Anna Nancy Phillips; Skipper Maverick and 2 others
Sister of Elizabeth Phillips; Mary Skepper; John Skipper, Twin?; Theophilus Skepper; Theophilus Skipper, of Lynn and 1 other
Half sister of Sarah Fairfield

Occupation: 3rd wife of John Johnson
Managed by: David Lee Kaleita
Last Updated:

About Catharine Johnson

Catherine Skipper was born ABT 1638, and died 29 Aug 1708 in Haverhill, , Massachusetts (Killed by Indians). She was the daughter of 2. William Skepper (Rev) and 3. N.N.. She and her husband both died in an Indian attack on Haverhill on August 29, 1708. They were both shot while standing in their doorway.

She was also known as Katherine.

Married

  1. 9 Apr 1656 in Boston, Massachusetts to John Maverick.
  2. 8 Sep 1680 in Massachusetts to John Johnson.

The six children of John Maverick and Catherine Skipper:

  1. Jotham Maverick,
  2. Elizabeth Maverick,
  3. Sarah Maverick,
  4. Anna Maverick,
  5. Skipper Maverick
  6. Katherine Maverick

The child of John Johnson and Catherine Skipper:

  1. John Maverick Johnson

From "The Pioneers Of Massachusetts, A Descriptive List, Drawn From Records Of The Colonies, Towns And Churches And Other Contemporaneous Documents". 2017. Archive.Org. Accessed April 8 2017. https://archive.org/stream/pioneersofmassac00pope#page/417/mode/1up

SKIPPER, SKEPPAR, Mr. William, [Lynn,] had writings made 14 (3) 1640 for his 4 children. [L.] He d. and admin, was gr. to Mr. Cotton and Mr. Cobbett by Gen. Court 16 Oct. 1650, at request of Zaehary Phillips and his wife who was a daughter. Perhaps Theophilus, an apprentice to Benjamin Keayne, Jr., of Lynn, whose rights were guarded by Gen. Court 4 Nov. 1646, and Jane, spinster, Boston, a creditor of Valentine Hill. 18 (11) 1651, were also children of William.



From Richardson, Douglas (2011) Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Ed., Vol. III, p. 217 Line18.

[Rev.] WILLIAM SKEPPER (or SKIPPER), younger son by his father's 2nd marriage, baptized at Boston, Lincolnshire 27 Nov. 1597. He obtained a B.A. degree at Sidney College, Cambridge University, 1617-8. He served a Rector of Thorpe-in-the-Marsh, Lincolnshire, 1630-8. He married (1st) _____. They had three sons, John, Theophilus (1st of name), and Theophilus (2nd of name), and four daughters, Elizabeth (wife of Zachariah Phillips), Mary, Jane (wife of Abraham Brown), Katherine (wife of John Maverick and John Johnson). He married (2nd) at Boston, Lincolnshire 17 Jan. 1638/9 SARAH FISHER. They had one daughter, Sarah (wife of Walter Fairfield). He and his family immigrated to New England in 1639, where he died intestate sometime before 1646.


  • Great Migration, Vol 4, I-L Page 88
  • http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Skepper-52
    • Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. IV p. 33
    • The American Genealogist Whole Number 78 Vol. XX No. 2 October 1943 pp. 84-85 Skepper Famil
  • Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 1 2016, 23:26:55 UTC
  • Reference: RootsWeb's WorldConnect - SmartCopy: Apr 8 2017, 23:52:17 UTC
  • Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1910), 2:427. "Johnson, Katherine, w. Lt. John, "killed by ye enemy", Aug. 29, 1708. [in her 70th y. GR1] [Age 69 so birth about 1638-1639. GR1=Pentucket Cemetery]
  • Holman, Mary Lovering. "The Skepper Family", in The American Genealogist. (Demorest, Habersham, Georgia, United States: D.L. Jacobus), 20:84-5. "Children of William Skipper and first wife ---: 7)Katherine, b. abt. 1638 [aged 42 in 1680], d. Haverhill 29 Aug 1708, m. (1) Boston 9 Apr 1656 John Maverick, m. (2) 8 Sep 1680 as 3rd wife Lt. John Johnson."
  • Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Apr 9 2017, 5:05:51 UTC
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Catharine Johnson's Timeline

1638
1638
Lincolnshire, England
1660
March 30, 1660
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1662
October 17, 1662
Boston, Suffolk, MA
October 17, 1662
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1670
September 21, 1670
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1674
May 4, 1674
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1676
September 18, 1676
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1680
1680