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About Elizabeth Johnson
Elizabeth (Porter) Johnson migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 269)
Biography
Updated 14 January 2024
Elizabeth Porter, daughter of Adrian Porter and Elizabeth Allott, was baptized 10 February 1610/11 at Ware, Hertfordshire, England. She died 13 August 1683 age 73 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
She was the granddaughter of Robert Porter and Margaret (Plomer) Porter of Landham, Essex and Watton-at-Stone, Ware, Hertfordshire, England in 1624.
Unfortunately for Elizabeth, both of her parents and her stepmother Agnes died at young ages. She was raised in Ware, and was living with her brother Edward Porter and his family there when they elected to sail to America and the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636.
At Roxbury, Isaac and Elizabeth were married less than a year after her arrival, on 20 January 1637 to Isaac Johnson. She was at the time 20-years old.
Isaac Johnson, farmer, was also of Roxbury. He was christened 11 Feb 1615/6 at Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England. In 1630 Isaac Johnson arrived at Roxbury, Massachusetts at the age of 15 with his parents John Johnson and Mary Heath and siblings Humphrey, Hannah, Sarah, Elizabeth and Mary Johnson. When he turned twenty on 4 March 1635 he was made a Freeman in Roxbury.
Isaac Johnson was killed at head of his company in the 'Great Swamp Fight' in King Philip's War on 19 December 1675.
The known children of Isaac Johnson and Elizabeth Porter were:
- Elizabeth b. 24 Dec. 1638. Elizabeth m. 20 Dec. 1658, Henry Bowen.
- John, 3 Nov. 1639, d. 18 Dec. 1661; married Eleanor Brackett.
- Mary, bapt. 10 (tho. town rec. says b. 24) Apr. 1647; Mary m. 17 Dec. 1663, William Bartholomew
- Isaac, bapt. 7 Jan. 1644; married Mary Harris.
- Joseph, 9 Nov. 1645, d. in few wks.;
- Nathaniel, b. says town rec. 1 May, bapt. says ch. rec. 2 May 1647, by name of Nehemiah, which Savage thinks is error. He was of ar. co. 1645, its capt. 1667, rep. 1671; was k. by the Ind. at the head of his comp. in the gr. Narraganset fight, 19 Dec. 1675. See Hutch. I. 299, or Mather, VII. 50. Married Mary Smith.
Elizabeth's husband Isaac Johnson was killed while serving as Captain of his military company in the 'Great Swamp Fight' of King Philip's War. His military career is detailed in Soldiers in King Philip's War. [3] [4] He was buried December 1675 near 4 Corners, Sakonnet River, RI, Ft Narragansett, Rhode Island. His will, of 8 March 1673, probated 10 Feb. 1676, provides for the widow Elizabeth and the four surviving ch: double portion to eldest, Isaac.
Elizabeth died 13 Aug. 1683.
Comments
Detached an inappropriate image (the Union Jack) 2/27/2021; attached a map of Roxbury 1650 instead [Hatte Blejer, volunteer curator]
Deleted an unverified middle initial (R) 2/27/2021 [Hatte Blejer, middle names were extremely rare in New England in this era]
Deleted an inappropriate suffix ("to US in 1636") [Hatte Blejer, this information belongs in the About section, or could be put in a custom field that a user creates, but it does not belong in the suffix. Also there was no US until after the Civil War.]
References
- WikiTree contributors, "Elizabeth (Porter) Johnson (bef.1610-1683)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Porter-577 : accessed 14 January 2024).
- Harris, Gale Ion. "The Brothers William and Daniel Harris of Middletown, Connecticut", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society) 164:283. < AmericanAncestors > Children of Daniel Harris and Mary Weld: "Mary3 Harris, b. Rowley 2 Apr 1651, d. Middletown 1 Aug 1740, She m. Roxbury, Mass., 26 Oct 1669 Isaac3 Johnson, … son of Isaac2 (John1) and Elizabeth (Porter) Johnson.(document attached).
- https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Elizabeth_Porter_%281%29 Cites
- Richardson, Douglas. The English Ancestry of Edward(1) Porter of Roxbury, His Sister, Elizabeth (Porter) Johnson, and Their Cousin, Elizabeth (Dowell) Payson. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan 1994):148:50. “Elizabeth was unmarried and living in England 22 Dec. 1630 when she was named in the will of her stepmother, Agnes Porter. She came to New England probably in 1636 with her brother Edward, his wife and two children. She married Isaac Johnson early the following year.” (GMB 2:1108; NEHGR (1994) 148:45; 146:274)
- Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1925-1926) 2:563. Johnson, Elisabeth ["old Sister." (church record, First Religious Society, Unitarian)], wid. Capt. Isaac, suddenly, Aug. 13, 1683.
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Elizabeth Johnson's Timeline
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February 10, 1611
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Of, Ware, Hertfordshire, England
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February 20, 1611
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Ware End, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England
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February 20, 1611
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Ware, Hertfordshire, England
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February 10, 1618
Age 6
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Ware, Hertford, England
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1635
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New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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December 24, 1637
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Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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April 10, 1642
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Roxbury (within present Boston), Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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January 7, 1644
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Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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November 9, 1645
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Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
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