Jeremiah Johnson

Thomas Johnson and Ellen Bostwick had the following child:

10. i. JEREMIAH6 JOHNSON was born in 1646 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. He died in 1704 in Derby, Fairfield, Connecticut.

He married Sarah Hotchkiss, daughter of Samuel Hotchkiss and Elizabeth Cleverly on 16 May 1662 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. She was born in 1648 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. She died in 1712 in Massachusetts.

JEREMIAH, came from New Haven and was accepted as an inhabitant of Paugassett, and a grant of land made him on Sentinel Hill, joining Samuel Riggs, Mar. 2, 1672. The births of five of his children are recorded in New Haven. His wife's name was Sarah. He was not living in 1713. He was chosen constable in 1683, and was an influential man in the town. "Jeremiah Johnson hath a bay sorrel horse; a stone horse to his brother Joshua Hogkis, ten years old Mar. 4. 1680." (Town Rec.)

Children:

• 1. Jeremiah, b. Apr. 25, 1664.
• 2 William, b, Sept. 15, 1665.
• 3. Child, b. 1666.
• 4. John, b. July 20, 1667.
• 5. Samuel, b. Mar. 25, 1671.
• 6. Moses.
• 7. Ebenezer.
• 8. Elizabeth, b. May 2, 1684.

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• Families of Ancient New Haven by Donald Lines Jacobus, pg. 1030
• http://www.bostwickfamilyhistoryandvalues.com/resources/DescendantR...
• Genealogies from "The History of the old town of Derby, Connecticut, 1641-1880;" with biographies and genealogies HOLBROOK to LYMAN