Josiah JOHNSON

[1701] - 1764

• Name	Josiah JOHNSON
  Born	[1701]
  Gender	Male
  Military	1725
  	Josiah JOHNSON New England Historical and Genealogical Register Journals and Periodicals RECORD : 1909 VOLUME : 63 PAGE : 290 TEXT : Lovewell's Men p 288 Lovewell's Men By Hon Ezra Scollay Stearns, AM, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts The official rolls of the three companies commanded by Capt John Lovewell are not preserved... 18. Josiah Johnson, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Walker) Johnson, was born at Woburn July 28, 1702. He enlisted from Woburn, and was severly, but not mortally, wounded in the engagement. Subsequently he preferred several petitions to the General Court, and was pensioned. With wife Elizabeth, by whom he had ten children, he subsequently lived in Woburn and in Billerica, where he died about 1783. He was a cousin of John Fitch for whom Fitchburg was named, their mothers being sisters. In Butler's Groton the author relates that, in the latter part of her life, the wife of Josiah Johnson lived in the family of his father in Pelham, New Hampshire. History of the Town of Groton: Including Pepperell and Shirley By Caleb Butler [b Pelham, NH] Press of T R Marvin. Boston. 1848 p 105 This account of "Lovell's fight" is taken principally from printed sources; but some of the incidents are from the lips of the wife of Josiah Johnson, one of the men. This woman was thirteen years old, when the battle was fought, lived in Woburn, where Johnson belonged, afterwards married him, and they had a number of children. In the latter part of her life she lived in my father's family, often told the story, and always told it alike, agreeing with the printed accounts in general, and adding some particulars. Josiah JOHNSON New England Historical and Genealogical Register Journals and Periodicals RECORD : 1905 VOLUME : 59 PAGE : 85 TEXT : Captain Edward Johnson of Woburn, Mass., and some of his Descendants Josiah Johnson [s Benjamin Johnson m Sarah Walker] b 28 July 1702 m Elizabeth r Billerica [He was the Josiah Johnson of Woburn who being a volunteer in the service under Capt Lovewell at the fight of Piggwackett in 1725, was then wounded by the enemy in his right arm, which wound gave him much trouble. He received an allowance from the Province. He petitioned for aid several times. Massachusetts Archives Volum 72 Pages 310-312, 462. Latterly he call himselg of Billerica. He was allowed a pension. Volume 72 Page 646. Provincial Laws Volume 10 Page 656
  Residence	15 May 1756	Tewksbury, Middlesex, MA
  	Josiah JOHNSON - JONSON Essex Genealogist, The Journals and Periodicals RECORD : 1996 VOLUME : 16 (1996) PAGE : 131 Tewksbury Warnings out 1756-1781 p 340 May the 15 1756 Josiah Johnson his wife & four sons & four Daughters all warned out of Town & Caution Entered may 18 1756
  Will	14 May 1764	Pelham, Hillsborough, NH
  	Josiah Johnson in the New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 Name: Josiah Johnson Probate Date: 14 May 1764 Probate Place: New Hampshire, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1764 Inferred Death Place: New Hampshire, USA Item Description: Probate Records, Vol 22-23, 1760-1765 Table of Contents 2 images Will Papers 1-2 Province [New Hampshire] Deeds and Probate Records From 1623-1772; Author: New Hampshire (Colony); Probate Place: New Hampshire Josiah Johnson yeoman Pelham wife Elizabeth sons Josiah, David, William, Ezra daughters Elizabeth, Sarah Hawood, Susanna Sheed, Hannah 14 May 1764
  Died	14 Jun 1764	Pelham, Hillsborough, NH
  	Josiah Johnson in the New Hampshire, Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949 Name: Josiah Johnson Gender: Male Birth Date: abt 1701 Death Date: 14 Jun 1764 Death Age: 63 Clerk Locality: Pelham, New Hampshire Event Type: Death FHL Film Number: 1001087 Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
  Person ID	I50119	4 February 2018
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	DNA JOHNSON
  Family ID	F12644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth
  Children	1. Elizabeth JOHNSON,   b. 19 Feb 1733   2. Sarah JOHNSON,   b. 10 Nov 1734   3. Josiah JOHNSON,   b. 15 Sep 1736,   d. 2 Jun 1780, Pelham, Hillsborough, NH  (Age 43 years)   4. Ezra JOHNSON,   b. 26 Apr 1738,   d. 13 Jul 1770, Pelham, Hillsborough, NH  (Age 32 years)   5. Susannah JOHNSON,   b. 16 Jul 1741   6. David JOHNSON,   b. 4 Aug 1743   7. William JOHNSON,   b. 12 Oct 1745   8. William JOHNSON,   b. 4 Jan 1749   9. Rhoda JOHNSON,   b. 18 Sep 1754,   d. 18 Mar 1759, Pelham, Hillsborough, NH  (Age 4 years)   10. Hannah JOHNSON,   b. 13 Sep 1751   11. Mary JOHNSON,   d. Bef 14 May 1764?
  Family ID	F15303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors: Nil s Benjamin Johnson m Sarah Walker? See below Strafford County (N.H.) land records, 1773-1901 Authors: Strafford County (New Hampshire). Register of Deeds Grantor index A-Z 1773-1817 Family History Library United States & Canada Film 16374 [317/645] 7 December 1778 Josiah Johnson to Ebenezer Bickford Lot 23 Division 2 Range 2 New Durham Deed Volume 3 Page 208 21 January 1788 Josiah Johnson et als to Nathaniel Weed Eaton Tax Deed Volume 9 Page 188 21 September 1801 Josiah Johnson to Samuel Johnson Lot #32 Middleton Deed Volume 37 Page 179 No Johnson Grantors in Lee No Josiah Johnson Grantees Josiah JOHNSON - JONSON Essex Genealogist, The Journals and Periodicals RECORD : 1996 VOLUME : 16 (1996) PAGE : 131 Tewksbury Warnings out 1756-1781 p 340 May the 15 1756 Josiah Johnson his wife & four sons & four Daughters all warned out of Town & Caution Entered may 18 1756 Rockingham County Land Records Volume 74 Page 122 Caleb Blogget gentleman Woburn Josiah Jonson Junr husbandman Woburn 32 pounds 161 acres at Beaver Brook described 8 June 1733 Caleb Blogget Wit: Joseph Blanchard, Thomas Cumings Volume 112 Page 331 Ezra Johnson Pelham brother Josiah Johnson 100 pounds acquit all real & personal estate of my father Josiah JOhnson late deceased 16 December 1766 Ezra Johnson Wit: Henry Snow, Rebecca Butler Volume 108 Page 72 Josiah Johnson yeoman Pelham Aaron Wyman yeoman Pelham 4 pounds Land in Pelham described 19 May 1773 Josiah Johnson Wit: John Mussey, Timothy Ladd Volume 141 Page 282 Josiah Johnson blacksith Kensington and wife Abigail Johnson Abigail Steward widow Kensington 15 pounds 10 shillings 20 acres in Pittsfield part of lots 22 & 73 in the division of her late father's estate 11 June 1790 Josiah Johnson Abigail Johnson Wit: Jere Fogg, Jona Steward Volume 239 Page 278 Isaiah Johnson [sic] yeoman Springfield, Cheshire Caleb Sever gentleman Kingston 16 pounds 6 acres in Kingston 7 February 1794 Josiah Johnson Wit: Alexander Stevens, John Stevens Hillsborough County Deeds https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/428923?availability=Family%20History%20Library Grantor index E-K 1771-1849 Family History Library United States & Canada Film 15915 7836187 https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007836187?cat=428923 Nil Josiah or Elizabeth -1800 Johnson begins 660/ Johnston begins 670/ Grantee index F-K 1771-1849 Family History Library United States & Canada Film 15924 7836191 https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007836191?cat=428923 Johnson begins 493/ [498/585] 17 August 1775 Samuel Campbell Josiah Johnson 3 346 Deed Nottingham West 35 acres