Some Descendants of Joseph Johnson (Lieut. Joseph, Nathaniel, Sgt. Humphrey, John) of Holliston and

Mercy Cousins

  1. Mercy (Mary) Johnson was born on 19 May 1758 in Holliston. [MVRH2] She died on 18 May 1840. [J, p. 72] She married Timothy Leland, Jr. on 11 May [presumably] 1780 in Holliston. [MVRH2, intention dated 8 Apr 1780]
  2. Joseph Johnson was born on 18 Dec 1761 in Holliston. [MVRH2] He was killed by a falling tree in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. [J, p. 72] He married Susanna Learned after 10 Nov 1787 (int.) in Holliston. [MVRH2]
  3. Silvanus Johnson was born on 26 Apr 1760 in Holliston. [MVRH2] He died on 25 Nov 1831, age 70, in Holliston. [MVRH2] He married Marcy Smith of Shrewsbury after 16 Apr 1791 (int.) in Holliston. [MVRH2] She died on 12 Jul 1850 in Hopkinton. [J, p. 72]
    1. Joseph Johnson was born on 10 Mar 1792 in Holliston. [MVRH2]
    2. Melinda Johnson was born on 7 Jun 1794 in Holliston. [MVRH2]
    3. Pamela Johnson was born on 1 Dec 1795 in Holliston. [MVRH2]
    4. Alethina Johnson was born on 29 Jul 1797 in Hopkinton. [MVRH1]
    5. Azubah Johnson was born on 15 Apr 1799 in Hopkinton. [MVRH1]
    6. Susanah Smith Johnson was born on 20 Sep 1801 in Hopkinton. [MVRH1]
    7. Lucinda Johnson was born on 22 Sep 1804 in Hopkinton. [MVRH1] She married Horatio Carlton of Medway on 3 Jul 1823 in Hopkinton. [MVRH1]
    8. Unnamed Child Johnson died on 22 Oct 1807, age ten weeks, in Hopkinton. [MVRH1]
    9. Julia Johnson was born on 31 Jul 1809. [J, p. 72]
  4. Azubah Johnson was born on 27 Sep 1763 in Holliston. [MVRH2] She may be the Mrs. Azubah Johnson who died on 5 Mar 1842, age 78, in Holliston. [MVRH2] Azubah and John Harris of Boston published their intention on 12 Mar 1785 in Holliston. [MVRH2]
  5. Rhoda Johnson was born on 10 Jun 1765 in Holliston. [MVRH2] She married Samuel Rockwood on 24 Aug 1782 in Holliston. [MVRH2]
  6. Lois Johnson was born on 3 Jun 1767 in Holliston. [MVRH2] She died on 14 Oct 1842. [J, p. 72] She married Capt. Moses Rockwood on 1 Jul 1798. [J, p. 73] He died on 12 Mar 1854, age 80. [J, p. 73]
  7. Eneas Johnson was born on 10 May 1769 in Holliston. [MVRH2] He died of a fever on 1 Nov 1805, age 36, in Holliston. [MVRH2] He married Sarah (Allen) Allen on 29 Apr 1801. [J, p. 73] Sarah was the daughter of Nathan and Rachel (Carriell) Allen and the widow of Oliver Allen. [J, p. 73]

Keziah Pratt

  1. Phebe Johnson was born on 1 Jan 1782 in Holliston. [MVRH2] She died on 23 Aug 1842. [J, p. 73] She married John Fisher on 4 Nov 1806. [J, p. 73] John was the son of John and Mary (Clark) Fisher. [J, p. 73] He was born on 14 Jun 1779 and died on 1 Feb 1841. [J, p. 73]
  2. Jesse Johnson was born on 2 Sep 1784 in Holliston. [MVRH2] He died on 23 Oct 1805. [J, p. 73] He married Sibil Corson on 1 Aug 1805. [J, p. 73] Sibil, the daughter of Gilbert and Sibil Corson, was born on 28 Feb 1787 in Medfield. [J, p. 73]
  3. Eleazer Johnson was born on 22 Apr 1787 in Holliston. [MVRH2] He married Sally Fairbanks on 20 Dec 1810? Sally, the daughter of Seth and Relief (Sawyer) Fairbanks, was born on 13 Jun 1786. [J, p. 73]
  4. Kezia Johnson [J, p. 37] She married Abishai Crossman on 3 Aug 1823. [J, p. 73] Abishai, the son of Abishai and Ruth (Wheeler) Crossman, was born on 2 Aug 1796 in Boylston and died on 25 Mar 1857 in Shirley. [J, p. 73]

References

J Johnson, Paul Franklin and Frank Leonard Johnson, Genealogy of Capt. John Johnson of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Commonwealth Press, Los Angeles, 1951.
MVRH1 New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, town of Hopkinton, online database, AmericanAncestors.org, 2001-2010.
MVRH2 New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Holliston, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Boston, Stanhope Press, 1908.