Johanna Laughton

Biography

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Johanna was born about 1612.

Research Notes

Johanna's maiden name is unknown. She was the widow of Simon Boyer and married the widower George Munnings(married by 1657).[1] After he passed away in 1658 she married a third time. This marriage occurred on the 21st of Sep 1659 in Boston to John Laughton.[2][3]

Johanna's birth date is unknown. An estimated birth date is set as 1612 for now, considering she was of child-bearing age in 1655, and a widow. More research will have to be done to determine the actual date.

Johanna married her third husband, John Leighton/Lawton/Laughton on 21 Sep in Boston.[4]

Her first husband, Simon Boyer, was listed in Colonial State Papers with 'Names of those who have not paid their adventure for Frobisher's third voyage to the North-west.' [5]

There was a Hannah Boyer, no date listed, that came to Colonial Massachusetts as a 'Convict Servant Woman... about 23 years of age. Pitted much with Small Pox, has a Scar in one of her Eye Brows, not very tall, but strong, fresh colour'd, robust, masculine Wench.'[6]

References

1. WikiTree contributors, "Johanna (Unknown) Laughton (abt.1612-)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-398084 : accessed 28 February 2024).
   1. Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985), 89. Limited view on Google Books
   2. Torrey, p 89.
   3. Torrey, p 454. Note: on p 456 this marriage to Laughton is listed twice - once in Boston, once in Kittery, ME with the same date and different spellings on his last name.
   4. Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985), 456. Limited view on Google Books
   5. Sainsbury, W Noel. Calendar of State Papers: Colonial Series, East Indies, China and Japan : Preserved in her Majesty's public record office, and elsewhere, Volume 2 (London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1862), 37. Available on Google Books
   6. Jones, Ann. Women Who Kill (NY: The Feminist Press, 2009), 49. On Google Books.
   7. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (Massachusetts Town Records : accessed 1 December 2017), John Laughton and Johanna Mullings, 21 Sep 1659; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 818,093.
   8. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (Mass Births : accessed 30 November 2017), George Munning in entry for George Munning, 24 Nov 1655; citing BOSTON,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 397,042. Son George's birth.
   9. Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P., Online database, American Ancestors, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010 (Great Migration : accessed 30 November 2017); citing The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007.
   10. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Suffolk County Wills: Abstracts of the Earliest Wills Upon Record in the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 2005), 138. Available on Google Books. George's will.
   11. Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors : accessed 30 November 2017). New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) George's Probate
   12. Lucy Hall Greenlaw. "The Genealogical Advertiser." Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore (1898). Vol. 1-4 p. 92.see at archive.org