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Silas JOHNSON

Silas JOHNSON

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  • Name Silas JOHNSON 
    Born Bef 1750 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1771  Pownalborough, Lincoln, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • JOHNSON, SILAS

      Town of Pownalborough, Lincoln (Maine) County
      Dwelling Houses and Shops Adjoining: 1
      Acres of English and Upland Mowing Land: 6
      Tons of English and Upland Hay per Year: 4
      Cows: 1
      Annual worth of the Whole Real Estate (Pounds): 3

      Pownalborough Assessment 1771
      https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1055547?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      Massachusetts State Archives collection, colonial period, 1622-1788
      Authors: Massachusetts. State Archives
      v. 133 -- Valuation of Towns (from p.105), 1771 ; v. 134 -- Valuation of Towns, 1771.
      Granite Mountain Record Vault
      United States & Canada Film
      2400780
      https://familysearch.org/search/film/007703444?cat=1055547
      [171/683]
      Jacob Carlow 2 polls Log house
      Silas Johnson 1 poll Frame house
      David McKenny 1 poll Framed house
      John McKenny 1 poll Log house
      Daniel McKenny 1 poll Log house
      John Decker Junr 2 polls Framed house
    Residence 1 Jan 1777  Pownalborough, Lincoln, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Massachusetts State Archives collection, colonial and post colonial period 1626-1806
      Author: Massachusetts. State Archives
      Volume 322 -- Valuations and taxes (continued--page 131-3), 1738-1777 ; v. 323 -- Valuations and taxes (continued--page 141), 1778-1787.
      Family History Library
      United States & Canada Film
      2293888
      https://familysearch.org/search/film/007704986?cat=1050952
      [719/1604]
      The number of the male Inhabitants of the Town of Pownalborough which will be Sixteen years old & upwards on the first day of January next [1778] whether at home or abroad
      No of males in each family 16 years & upwards


      Massachusetts State Archives Collection
      Volume 322 Page 180
      Census of men 16 years and upwards
      # men in each family, Quakers, Male Indians, Negroes & Mulattoes, Boston Men
      John Johnson 1
      Joseph Tomson 1
      Silas Johnson 1
    Person ID I39507  4 February 2018
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2016 

    Father Pownalborough WISCASSET 
    Family ID F11418  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • ME Marriages: Nil
      Census 1790: York?
      Census 1790: Eastport?
      Eastport Sentinel: Nil
      Massachusetts Soldiers: 2 Silas Johnson Volume 8 Page 873. Not apparently him. See below
      Kennebeck Petition 1752: John Johnson, James Johnson, William Johnson
      Pownalborough 1766: Nil
      Pownalborough 1783: Nil
      Lincoln County Grantors 1767-1795: Nil

      Silas Johnson m Hannah Follansbee?
    • m Hannah Nye 15 December 1785
      m Celia Howard 24 February 1799

      Silas Johnson
      in the 1790 United States Federal Census
      Name: Silas Johnson
      Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts
      Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
      Free White Persons - Females: 2
      Number of Household Members: 3
      Year: 1790; Census Place: Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 323; Image: 362; Family History Library Film: 0568144

      Silas Johnson
      in the 1800 United States Federal Census
      Name: Silas Johnson
      Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts
      Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
      Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 [1756-1774]
      Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [Before 1755]
      Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
      Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
      Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
      Number of Household Members: 6
      Year: 1800; Census Place: Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts; Series: M32; Roll: 16; Page: 299; Image: 310; Family History Library Film: 205617

      Silas Johnson
      in the 1810 United States Federal Census
      Name: Silas Johnson
      Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts
      Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
      Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
      Number of Household Members: 2
      Year: 1810; Census Place: Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 22; Page: 841; Image: 00201; Family History Library Film: 0205630

      Silas Johnson
      in the 1810 United States Federal Census
      Name: Silas Johnson
      Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts
      Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 5
      Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2
      Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
      Number of Household Members Under 16: 6
      Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
      Number of Household Members: 10
      Year: 1810; Census Place: Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 22; Page: 841; Image: 00201; Family History Library Film: 0205630

      Silas Johnson
      in the 1820 United States Federal Census
      Name: Silas Johnson
      Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts
      Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
      Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
      Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 2
      Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 4
      Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 2
      Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
      Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 3
      Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures: 1
      Free White Persons - Under 16: 3
      Free White Persons - Over 25: 3
      Total Free White Persons: 10
      Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 10
      1820 U S Census; Census Place: Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts; Page: 82; NARA Roll: M33_55; Image: 95

      Silas Johnson
      in the 1830 United States Federal Census
      ame: Silas Johnson
      Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Herdwick, Worcester, Massachusetts
      Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
      Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
      Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
      Total Free White Persons: 4
      Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 4
      1830; Census Place: Herdwick, Worcester, Massachusetts; Series: M19; Roll: 68; Page: 565; Family History Library Film: 0337926

      Silas N Johnson
      in the 1840 United States Federal Census
      Name: Silas N Johnson
      Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts
      Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 3
      Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 80 thru 89: 1
      White Persons - Deaf and Dumb - 25 and over: 1
      White Persons - Insane and Idiots at Private Charge: 1
      Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
      Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 4
      Total Free White Persons: 11
      Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 11
      Year: 1840; Census Place: Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 202; Page: 185; Image: 1073; Family History Library Film: 0014682
    • Dunstable

      Silas Johnson
      in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
      Name: Silas Johnson
      Event Type: Birth
      Birth Date: 19 Jul 1745
      Birth Place: Dunstable, Massachusetts
      Father Name: Seth Johnson
      Mother Name: Mary Johnson
      Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

      Silas Johnson
      in the 1790 United States Federal Census
      Name: Silas Johnson
      [Pilar Johnson]
      Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts
      Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
      Free White Persons - Females: 1
      Number of Household Members: 3
      Year: 1790; Census Place: Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 183; Image: 212; Family History Library Film: 0568144

      Silas Johnson
      in the 1800 United States Federal Census
      Name: Silas Johnson
      Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts
      Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
      Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [Before 1755]
      Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
      Number of Household Members Under 16: 4
      Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
      Number of Household Members: 6
      Year: 1800; Census Place: Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Series: M32; Roll: 17; Page: 925; Image: 226; Family History Library Film: 205615

      Silas Johnson
      in the 1810 United States Federal Census
      Name: Silas Johnson
      Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts
      Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
      Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
      Number of Household Members Under 16: 1
      Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
      Number of Household Members: 6
      Year: 1810; Census Place: Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 20; Page: 89; Image: 00088; Family History Library Film: 0205628

      A history of the town of Dunstable, Massachusetts
      p 166
      On the 8th of October 1814 Mr Silas Johnson was accidentally killed by falling from an apple-tree on the northerly side of Forest Hill. The sad even is this recorded on his headstone in the Central Cemetery
      "In Memory of Mr Silas Johnson who was killed by a fall from a tree Oct 8 1814 aged 69 years"
      His widow Rebecca Johnson died Oct 19 1823 aged 60 years.
    • Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War: A ..., Volume 8
      By Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State

      Johnson, Silas. Marine, frigate "Boston," commanded by Capt. Samuel Tucker; engaged Feb. 17, 1779; reported in the prize " Boyd." Roll made up for advance pay for 1 month.

      Johnson, Silas. Return dated Boxford, of men mustered by John Cushing, Muster Master for Essex Co., to join the Continental Army for the term of 9 months, agreeable to resolve of June 9, 1779 also descriptive list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 9 months, agreeable to resolve of June 9, 1779, returned as received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Capt. Christopher Marshall, at Springfield, July 16, 1779; Capt. Town's co., Col. Thorndick's (Thorndike's) regt.; age, 54 yrs [1725].; stature, 5 ft. 10 in.; complexion, light; engaged for town of Danvers; also, list of 9 months men; entered service July 10, 1779; discharged April 10, 1780; also, return of men raised in Essex Co. for Continental service, agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780; engaged for town of Danvers; engaged March 7, 1781; term, 3 years.