Elizabeth Johnson

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• Religion: 12 Feb 1660; She owned covenant at the Roxbury Church.

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Died:
Bowen (1960) gives her death date as 13 August 1683.

Elizabeth married Lt. Henry Bowen on 20 Dec 1658 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Henry (son of Lt. Griffith Bowen and Margaret Fleming) was born in 1633/34 in Llangenydd (now Llangennith), Glamorganshire, Wales; died on 13 Mar 1723/24 in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry Bowen was born on 13 Oct 1659 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was christened on 12 Feb 1659/60 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
2. Elizabeth Bowen was born on 26 Jan 1660/61 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was christened on 27 Jan 1661 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Nov 1743 in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut.
3. John Bowen was born on 1 Sep 1662 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was christened on 7 Sep 1662 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died in 1718 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
4. baby boy Bowen was born on 4 May 1664 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 4 May 1664 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
5. Margaret Bowen was christened on 28 May 1665 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died in Sep 1665 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
6. Maria Bowen was born on 12 Sep 1666 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was christened on 23 Sep 1666 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
7. Margaret Bowen was born on 26 Jan 1667/68 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was christened on 1 Mar 1668 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Feb 1726/27 in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut.
8. Abigail Bowen was born on 1 Aug 1669 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died in in infancy.
9. Abigail Bowen was christened on 21 Aug 1670 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 16 Apr 1736 in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut.
10. Penuel Bowen was born on 8 Mar 1671 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was christened on 10 Mar 1672 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
11. Esther Bowen was born on 8 Mar 1675 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was christened on 14 Mar 1675 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
12. Isaac Bowen was born on 20 Apr 1676 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died in Dec 1726 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

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• Will: "The last will and Testament of John Johnson of Roxbury, this 30th of the 7th, '59, having my perfect memory and understanding by the blessing of my mercyfull Father, whose reconciled face in Jesus Christ my soule waitesth to behold. I dispose of my worldly goods and estate as followeth. My dwelling house and certaine lands I have allready given to my beloved wife during the term of her natural live, according to a deed wh is extant wh deede my will is shall be fulfilled, wherein also I have given her 60 pounds for her household furniture, wh house and lands after my wifes decease I give unto my 5 children to be equally divided, my eldest sonne having a double portion therein, according to the word of God. I give unto my two grandchildren who have lived with me Elizabeth Johnson and Mehitable Johnson, each of them 5 Lbs this to be paide within one yeare after my decease. I have formerly given to my sonnes Isaac Johnson and Robert Pepper a parcel of lands of 55 acres in the third division of the towns which I do hereby confirme. All the rest of my lands debts and moveable goods, my debts and funeral charges being first discharged I doe give unto my five children to be equally divided, my eldest sonne haveing a double portion. Also I make my sonns Isaak Johnson and Robert Pepper my executors of this my last will and Testament, and I request my deare brethren Elder Heath, and Deakon Parke, to be overseers of this my will and Testament, and in token of my love I give you each 10 pounds. If my children should disagree in any thing, I dow order them to choose one man more, to these my overseers, and stand to theire determination. the mark of J. J. John Johnson Witness John Eliot"
• Immigration: 6 Apr 1630, London, England; John and his son Isaac sailed from London on board the Arabella with the Winthrop Fleet, landing at Salem on 12 June 1630.
• Freeman: 4 Mar 1635, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Military: 1645; He was a member of the Artillery Company.
• Military: 13 Jun 1653; He was elected Captain of his militia company.
• Offices Held: 1671, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; He was the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court from Roxbury.
• Will: 8 Mar 1673, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Captain Isaac's will read: "The Last Will and testament of Captain Isaac Johnson of Roxbury this 8 of March 1673 I haveing my perfect memory and understanding first I committ my Soule to God in Jesus Christ, Secondly I committ my body to my beloved wife and children to be decently buried. Thirdly I doe dispose of my worldy goods as followeth -- my debts and funerall charges being discharged my will is that Elizabeth my beloved wife Shall have all my moveable goods except my apparrell at her owne dispose and the houseing and Land during the time of her Naturall life and after her decease my will is the houseing and Land bee divided betweene my fower children my son Isaac or his heires to have double portion and Soe the portion of the rest to goe to theire heires that is in case my immediate Children any of them be dead before they come to Injoy there portion. Also my will is that my Beloved wife bee Sole Executrix of this my last will and I request my Brother Edward Porter and Cozen John Weld to bee Overseers of this my Last will, my will is that all my weareing apparell be divided betweene my sonne Isaac and my sonne Nathaniell my sonne Isaac to have two shares or a double portion of my sd apparrell. Witness my hand this 28th of June One Thousand Six hundred Seaventy five. Isaac Johnson Senior Mr. Jno. Weld and Sammuell Craft appeared before Symon Bradstreet Sammuell Danforth and Edw. Tyng Esqrs. this 10th of febr. 1676 made oath that being will acquainted with the alte Captain Isaac Johnson and his hand writing that verrily believe and Judge that the above sd whereto his name is Subscribed is all his owns handwriting this thus deposed as attests. ffreegrace Bendall, Recorder Thomas Davenport and Edw. Tyng )Esqrs. Boston 10th Presnt Symon Bradstreet )of febro. 1676"
• Probate/Proved: 10 Feb 1676, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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Died:
He was killed while leading his company across fallen logs to assault the Indian fortifications in the "Great Swamp Fight" of King Philip's War.

Isaac married Elizabeth Porter on 20 Jan 1636/37 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Adrian Porter and Elizabeth Allott) was christened on 10 Feb 1610/11 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England; died on 15 Jun 1683 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 22 Dec 1630, Ware, Hertfordshire, England; She was mentioned in her step-mother's will.
• Complier's Note: 1631; Elizabeth was unmarried and living in England when her step-mother died.
• Immigration: 1636; She may have come to New England with her brother, Edward, in 1636.

Notes:

Died:
Bodge (1906) gives her death date as 13 August 1683.

Richardson (1994) gives her death year as 1683/84.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Abt 1612, London, England; He joined the Honourable Artillery Company of London after 21 April 1612, but before 1613.
• Immigration: 6 Apr 1630, London, England; John and his son Isaac sailed from London on board the Arabella with the Winthrop Fleet, landing at Salem on 12 June 1630.
• Offices Held: 19 Oct 1630, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; He was appointed a Constable.
• Freeman: 18 May 1631, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Occupation: say 1632; He was a farmer and a tavern keeper.
• Offices Held: 1634, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; He was elected the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court from Roxbury, and he served for 15 years thereafter.
• Offices Held: 1638 to 1640; He was the Clerk of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company.
• History: 6 Feb 1645; The following was written by Governor John Winthrop in his Journal dated 6 February 1645: "John Johnson, the Surveyor General of Arms and Ammunition, a very industrious and faithful man in his place, having built a fair house in the midst of the town, with divers barns and outhouses, it fell on fire in the day time, no man knowing by what occasion, and there being in it seventeen barrels of the country's powder, and many arms, all was suddenly burnt and blown up, to the value of four or five hundred pounds, wherein a special providence of God appeared, for, he, being from home, the people came together to help and many were in the house, no man thinking of the powder till one of the company put them in mind of it, whereupon they all withdrew, and soon after the powder took fire and blew up all about it, and shook the houses in Boston and Cambridge, so t hat men thought it had been an earthquake, and carried great pieces of timber a great way off, and some rags and such light things beyond Boston meeting house, there being then a stiff gale south, it drove the fire from the other houses in the town (for this was the most northerly) otherwise it had endangered the greatest part of town."
• Will: 30 Sep 1659, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; "The last will and Testament of John Johnson of Roxbury, this 30th of the 7th, '59, having my perfect memory and understanding by the blessing of my mercyfull Father, whose reconciled face in Jesus Christ my soule waitesth to behold. I dispose of my worldly goods and estate as followeth. My dwelling house and certaine lands I have allready given to my beloved wife during the term of her natural live, according to a deed wh is extant wh deede my will is shall be fulfilled, wherein also I have given her 60 pounds for her household furniture, wh house and lands after my wifes decease I give unto my 5 children to be equally divided, my eldest sonne having a double portion therein, according to the word of God. I give unto my two grandchildren who have lived with me Elizabeth Johnson and Mehitable Johnson, each of them 5 Lbs this to be paide within one yeare after my decease. I have formerly given to my sonnes Isaac Johnson and Robert Pepper a parcel of lands of 55 acres in the third division of the towns which I do hereby confirme. All the rest of my lands debts and moveable goods, my debts and funeral charges being first discharged I doe give unto my five children to be equally divided, my eldest sonne haveing a double portion. Also I make my sonns Isaak Johnson and Robert Pepper my executors of this my last will and Testament, and I request my deare brethren Elder Heath, and Deakon Parke, to be overseers of this my will and Testament, and in token of my love I give you each 10 pounds. If my children should disagree in any thing, I dow order them to choose one man more, to these my overseers, and stand to theire determination. the mark of J. J. John Johnson Witness John Eliot"
• Probate/Proved: 15 Oct 1659, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Inventory: 15 Oct 1659, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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John married Mary Heath on 21 Sep 1613 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. Mary (daughter of William Heath and Agnes Cheney) was christened on 24 Mar 1593/94 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England; was buried on 15 May 1629 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Living: 1624; The last record of Adrian, was when he served as a bondsman at the probate of his father's estate on 17 March 1623/24.

Adrian married Elizabeth Allott on 28 Apr 1606 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Allott and Joan) was christened on 17 Mar 1582/83 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England; was buried on 28 Mar 1617 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 13 Feb 1596/97, Ware, Hertfordshire, England; She was mentioned in her father's will.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 6 Mar 1592/93, Little Amwell, Ware Parish, Hertfordshire, England; He is mentioned in the will of his father, Edward Heath.

William married Agnes Cheney on 9 Jun 1580 in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. Agnes (daughter of Robert Cheney and Joan Harrison) was born about 1560 in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 1 Oct 1567, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England; She was mentioned in the will of her father, Robert Cheney.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Graduation: 1566/67, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; He graduated from Cambridge University receiving a BA. He later received in MA in 1570 and his BD in 1577 from Trinity College.
• Ordained: 21 Sep 1567, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England; He was ordained a deacon.
• Ordained: 8 May 1569, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; He was ordained a priest.
• Offices Held: 1571 to 1572, Langham, Essex, England; He was the Rector.
• Offices Held: 1572 to 1575, Standon, Hertfordshirem England; He was the Vicar.
• Offices Held: 1575 to 1624, Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire, England; He was the Rector.
• Probate/Proved: 17 Mar 1623/24, Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire, England

Robert married Margaret Plomer about 1575 in England. Margaret (daughter of father Plomer) was born in say 1547 in England; was buried on 30 Oct 1610 in Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Legal: 1591; She was fined in 1591 for misuse of lands.

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Buried:
In her burial record she is styled as the wife of Robert Porter clerk [minister].

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 17 May 1566, Ware, Hertfordshire, England; He is mentioned in the will of his father, Morgan Allot.
• Will: 13 Feb 1596/97, Ware, Hertfordshire, England; He mentions his wife, Joan, and his three daughters: Sarah, Joan, and Elizabeth.

Robert married Joan on 15 Dec 1577 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. Joan was buried on 22 Mar 1610/11 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 13 Feb 1596/97, Ware, Hertfordshire, England; Joan was mentioned in her husband's will.