Thomas Johnson

Biography

New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the ..., Volume 4 edited by William Richard Cutter. Page 2020. GoogleBooks

III) Thomas, son of Joseph Johnson, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, December 11, 1670. He was a farmer, and he owned a large amount of property, part of which he inherited. There are thirteen deeds of land purchased by him, and seven of land sold, besides deeds of gift to his sons. He had a farm of over a hundred acres in Haverhill and about three hundred acres of land in Amesbury, part of a tract of five hundred once owned by him and his brothers, with a saw-mill. On April 30, 1705, he was administrator of his brother John's estate, of which he received a portion. When the new church was formed in the North Parish he was ordained a deacon, and became a member of its foundation, with his wife and family. He died, according to the gravestone, February 18, 1742, aged seventy-one years, and he was buried in the North Parish cemetery, now partly in Haverhill and partly in Plaistow. He disposed of his estate before his death.

He married, May 1, 1700, Elizabeth Page, of Haverhill, born there September 14, 1679, daughter of Cornelius and Martha (Clough) Page. Martha Clough was daughter of John and Jane Clough, of Salisbury, Massachusetts; John Clough was born in 1613 and came from London in the ship "Elizabeth" in 1635. and died July 26, 1691; Jane Clough died January 16, 1679-80. Elizabeth (Page) Johnson inherited from her grandfather land in Haverhill which she sold; also she had three acres from her father which also was sold; also a marriage fitting-out.

Children:

1. Mehitabel, born February 26. 1701-02;
2. Cornelius, January 17, 1703-04;
3. Thomas, January 6, 1705-06;
4. Abigail, May 15, 1707;
5. Ruth, August 24, 1709;
6. John, mentioned below:
7. Susannah, January 25, 1714-15;
8. Jabez, April 24, 1716;
9. Jeremiah. June 30, 1717;
10. Elizabeth, January 2, 1720-21.

References

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Elizabeth_Page_%2838%29
• Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1910) 237. PAGE, Elizabeth, d. Cornelius and Martha (Clough), [born] Sept. 14, 1679.
• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~pattyrose/genealogy/engel/gen/fg16/f...

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