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 Bef 1616 - 1637 (~ 21 years)
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| Name |
JOHNSON John [1, 2] |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Birth |
Bef 1616 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
bed 1637 |
| Notes |
- FIRST GENERATION
1 JOHN JOHNSON was an early settler of Jamestown, his presence being recorded there as early as 1616. Records of the Virginia company note a commission sealed in May 1619 for his passage from England to Virginia in the ship Bona Nova and we assume that this was a return trip.2 John Johnson, his wife Ann, daughter aged 4, son John aged 1, and maidservant Alice Kean were living on James Island in February 1624. John Johnson, Yeoman and Ancient Planter of James City, was granted 100 acres located on Archer's Hope Creek (on James Island east of Jamestown, of James City) on January 12, 1624. The title of Ancient Planter indicates that he was in fact present in Virginia before or during the time of Governor Sir Thomas Dale (1611-1616). Ancient Planters were entitled to have free land and special legislation in 1623-1624 exempted them from military service and taxes, church duties excluded. John Johnson's title of Yeoman infers that he was a freeholder next under the rank of gentleman and anciently meant that he owned property and was entitled to vote, serve on juries, etc. He died before 1637.
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3 1 ANN b. 1620 m. Edward Travis before 1637
4 2 JOHN b. 1623 [2]
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| Person ID |
I9819 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
22 Aug 2013 |
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| Sources |
- [S1099] Brenda Johnson Duckwall Notes, Brenda Johnson Duckwall Notes.
- [S1191] William Adler Fox and Bertha Johnson Bartlett, Some Johnsons of Surry by William Adler Fox, (Copied and reprinted by verbal permission to Gene C. Harris by the author 7/13/2013 :
William A. Fox, December 1978) (Reliability: 3).
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