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JAMES  B(J\V1-:N  J(JHNS0X. 


M  MUm  M$101(IAL. 


JEREMIAH  JOHXSOX 

AND 

THOMAZLX  BLAXCHAKD  JOHXSOX, 

HIS  WIFE. 


An  Account  of  their  Lineage 

FROM 

JOHN  ALDEN, 

THOMAS  BLANCH ARD, 
SAMUEL  BASS, 

THOMAS  THAYER, 

ISAAC  JOHNSON,  .^xd 

JAMES  GIBSON. 


By    JAMES    BOWEM    JOHXSOX. 


WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

HOWARD     UNIVERSITY     PRINT 
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TO  THE  MEMORY 

OF   ALL   THOSE   MEMBERS   OF   THIS   FAMILY 

WHO    HAVE   PASSED   INTO   THE   LIFE   IMMORTAL, 

WHOSE  EXAMPLES  OF  BENEFICENCE,    PATRIOTISM,    AND   FAITH, 

ARE  THE   BEST  TREASURES   OF   THEIR   CHILDREN 

AND  CONSTANTLY   STIMULATE   THEM   TO   BE   MORE 

BENEFICENT,    PATRIOTIC,    CHRISTIAN. 


INTRODUCTORY  CHAPTER 


Oae  of  my  reasons  for  preparing  this  history  is  to  prevent  the 
memory  of  my  grandparents  from  lapsing  into  obscurity,  as  it  would 
tiatu'rally  in  the  course  of  a  few  years  more,  and  to  preserve  for  the 
younger  and  future  descendants  a  record  of  the  patriotism,  indus- 
try-, and  christian  character  of  their  ancestors.  An  English  historian 
once  said  that  "A  man  that  has  no  ancestry  of  whom  he  is  proud, 
will  have  no  descendants  to  be  proud  of  him."  Whether  that 
is  true  or  not,  it  is  great  inspiration  to  the  young  to  knov/  that 
their  ancestors  helped  to  lay  the  foundation  of  this  Republic  and 
and  that  they  bore  an  honorable  and  patriotic  part  of  the  burdens  in 
every  struggle  for  liberty  and  its  preservation  from  1620  to  the  War 
of  iS6i-'65;  and  that  in  the  company  that  signed  the  compact  in 
the  cabin  of  the  Mayflower  they  had  two  representatives;  that  in 
the  first  Legislature  (General  Court)  of  ISIassachusetts,  they  had  at 
least  two  representatives;  that  in  two  instances  their  ancestors  suf- 
fered for  their  religion  in  the  Huguenot  persecution  in  France.  In 
several  instances  they  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  first  church 
in  the  town  where  they  settled.  It  may  be  truly  said  that  this 
country  was  founded  by  people  who  suffered  on  account  of  their  reli- 
gion. The  Committees  of  Safety:  the  militia  of  the  Colonial  Period; 
and  the  French  and  Indian  Wars;  the  patriots  of  the  Revolution 
and  tlie  War  of  18 12  were  imbued  with  a  spirit  of  true  freedom  and 
rcli^^'ious  lil)erty.  We  do  not  know  that  our  ancestors  had  royal  blood 
in  their  veins,  nor  do  we  claim  descent  from  the  nobility.  We  came 
irom  a  race  of  tillers  of  the  soil.  Our  emigrant  ancestors  who  settled 
the  towns  around  Boston  from  1620  to  1640  were  mostly  farmers, 
,"*>  well  as  patriots.  President  John  Adams,  (who  was  a  grandson  of 
^V'iih  Alden  Bass,)  when  his  literary  cousin,  Hannah  Adams,  refer- 
r^'l  to  their  humble  origin,  said  that  he  would  much  prefer  to  come 
i'j-n  a  line  of  sturdy  New  England  farmers  for  a  hundred  and  fifty 
yc.irs,  than  to  come  from  a  line  of  royal  scoundrels  from  the  flood. 
The  two  persons  whose  names  appear  on  the  title  page  of  this  book, 


6  THE   JOHXSON     MEMORIAI,. 

and  in  memory  of  whom  it  was  prepared,  were  bom  in  what  is  now 
Quincy,  Mass.,  formerly  "Old  Braintree."  They  were  married 
in  Charlstown.  N.  H.,  and  spent  the  most  of  their  lives  in  Reading. 
Windsor  Co.,  Vt.  They  may  or  may  not  have  known  each  other 
in  early  youth,  but  circumstances  indicate  that  they  did.  Xehemiah 
Blanchard,  the  father  of  Thomazin,  left  his  native  town  about  nine 
years  after  his  marriage,  and  settled  in  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  where 
his  family  were  living  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred 
while  on  a  journey  to  the  State  of  Maine.  He  was  drowned  in 
attempting  to  cross  the  Kennebec  river  on  the  ice.  His  oldest 
daughter  afterwards  married  and  settled  in  Charlestown,  N.  H., 
and  in  the  course  of  tim.e  the  widow,  with  her  two  younger  daugh- 
ters, joined  her  in  that  place. 

We  learn  from  the  history  of  Charlestown,  N.  H.,  that  many 
of  the  first  settlers  of  that  place  caine  from  Lunenburg.  We 
also  learn  from  other  histories  that  Lunenburg  was  settled  by  people 
who  came  from  the  towns  around  Boston.  We  therefore  conclude 
that  "Old  Braintree"  did  her  part  in  settling  Charlestown,  and 
from  other  and  varied  circumstances  we  are  led  to  believe  that  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Johnson  knew  each  other  in  their  childhood.  Their 
family  records  are  probably  destroyed,  or  at  least  their  present 
whereabouts  is  unknown.  After  the  death  of  Thomazin,  in  1825,  Mr. 
Johnson  married  Sybil  Kimball,  and  they  had  one  son,  who  with 
his  mother  settled  in  Wisconsin  in  1849  after  Mr.  Johnson's  death. 
She  died  the  second  winter  after  removal,  and  the  son  was  mar- 
ried. They  lived  on  a  farm  ten  miles  east  of  Mineral  Point. 
After  the  war,  in  which  the  son  served  in  the  17th  Wisconsin  Regi- 
ment, he  emigrated  to  Kansas,  and  aftenivards  to  Nebraska,  where 
he  died  within  the  last  ten  years. 

Jeremiah  is  believed  to  have  descended  from  Gen.  John  John- 
son, who  settled  in  Roxbury  with  Winthrop  in  1630.  His  son- 
Isaac  served  as  Captain  of  a  company  of  Roxbury  troops  for  twen- 
ty years  and  was  killed  Dec.  19th,  1775,  i"  the  final  battle  with  the 
Narragansetts.  Capt.  Isaac  had  one  son,  who  went  with  the  Rox- 
bury emigrants  to  Woodstock,  Conn.;  also  ore  daughter,  who 
married  Lieut.  Henry  Bowen.  The  name  of  the  other  son  does  noi 
appear  in  the  Roxbury  records  very  long  afterwards,  but  he  did  not 
go  to  Woodstock,  having  remained  in  some  of  the  towns  around 
Boston.  On  account  of  the  loss  of  the  Johnson  family  record  it  is 
probable  that  a  true  history  of  his  lineage  will  always  remain  a 
matter  of  conjecture. 


INTRODUCTORY   CHAPTER.  7 

In  this  work  I  have  attempted  to  record  all  the  facts  as  I  have 
found  them,  and  to  trace  onr  ancestry  through  Thomazin  to  the 
following  named  families,  who  came  to  this  country  in  its  early 
days  :  John  Alden  and  Priscilla  Mullens,  who  came  in  1620;  Samuel 
Bass  and  Annie,  his  wife,  1630;  Thomas  Blanchard,  1639;  Thomas 
Thayer  and  his  wife,  1638;  Capt.  James  Gibson  and  his  wife,  who 
came  in  1740.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson  were  married  in  Charlestown. 
N.  H.,  April  15th,  1788,  and  lived  there  until  the  birth  of  two 
daughters,  Mar}-  Duesbury,  who  afterwards  married  Robert  White, 
and  Thomazin,  who  died  in  early  childhood.  The  other  children 
were  all  born  in  Reading,  in  the  State  of  Vermont,  where  they 
probably  settled  in  1791. 

The  description  of  the  beautiful  valley  in  which  they  lived, 
and  their  location  in  the  township,  as  well  as  some  historic  re- 
■  ference  to  the  same  will  not  be  out  of  place  here  They  lived  in 
the  extreme  southeast  corner  of  the  town  of  Reading.  Directly  to 
the  east  lies  the  town  of  Windsor.  The  town  of  Cavendish  is  directly 
south  of  the  town  of  Reading,  and  on  the  east  of  Cavendish  is  the 
town  of  Weathersfield.  The  four  towns  comer  a  few  hundred 
feet  east  of  the  Johnson  homestead.  The  valley  of  the  north 
branch  of  the  Black  River  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  in  the  State 
of  Yennont.  The  Ascutney  mountains  rise  to  a  height  of  over  four 
thousand  feet  on  the  east,  and  on  the  west  the  Cavendish  moun- 
tauis,  though  not  as  high,  are  not  less  beautiful.  The  great  North 
and  South  road  which  runs  through  Felchville,  Greenbush,  Down- 
er's, and  Perkinsville,  from  Woodstock  to  Springfield,  is  located 
on  the  west  side  of  the  north  branch.  The  township  line  which 
divides  Reading  from  Windsor  and  Cavendish  from  Weathersfield 
runs  to  the  west  of  south  about  20  degrees,  so  that  the  road  which 
^  runs  nearly  south  in  passing  the  town  of  Reading  coming  within  a 
few  rods  of  the  southeast  corner  of  the  town,  runs  a  little  distance 
in  the  town  of  Cavendish,  thence  into  the  town  of  Weathersfield. 
The  Johnson  House  is  situated  on  this  road  within  a  hundred  feet 
of  its  intersection  with  the  road  from  Cavendish,  nine  miles  away, 
which  drops  down  from  a  height  of  about  two  thousand  feet  into 
this  valley  in  the  course  of  three  miles.  Accompanying  it  is  a  lit- 
tle mountain  stream  which  runs  down  a  very  rocky  bed  into  the 
north  branch  of  the  Black  River,  and  across  the  north  and  south  road 
as  above  stated. 

On  .this  road  le.s,s  than  two  miles  south  from  the  Johnson  house, 


ti   T  u-  >.-/   ■■:{•.,  al 


8  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAI.. 

is  the  farm  once  owned  by  Robert  White.  A  little  farther  down  the 
road  is  the  little  cemetery,  where  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson  and  their 
daughter,  Ann,  are  buried.  It  also  contains  the  remains  of  my  ma- 
ternal grandparents,  Daniel  Bowen  and  his  wife  :  of  my  uncle  Silas 
Bowen  and  his  wife,  who  were  life-long  residents  of  Reading. 

Mr.  Bowen  settled  on  a  farm  of  three  hundred  acre.-,  which  ad- 
joined the  Johnson  homestead.  At  the  intersection  of  the  Oavendish 
road  with  north  and  south  road,  a  marble  slab  informs  the  traveller 
that  on  the  brook,  one  half  mile  up  this  road.  Captive  Johnson 
was  bom  August  31st,  1754.  Capt.  James  Johnson,  his  wife,  three 
daughters  and  a  younger  sister,  with  other  persons,  were  captured  in 
Charlestov.-n,  N.  H. ,  by  the  Indians  on  the  3otli  August,  1754-  They 
camped  with  their  captives  at  the  place  above  mentioned  on  tl:e  night 
of  the  31st,  when  Mrs.  Johnson  gave  birth  to  a  female  child  which 
was  afterward  named  Captive.  The  next  day  the  Indians  with  their 
prisoners  continued  their  journey  up  the  mountain  towards  Rutland, 
crossing  the  state  and  Lake  Champlain,  on  the  western  bank  of 
which  they  rested  three  daws.  From  this  point  tliey  \:-ere  taken  to 
Montreal  and  held  as  prisoners  for  three  years,  at  the  end  of  which 
time  they  were  ransomed  by  friends. 

Mrs.  Johnson  survived  the  trial,  although  expecting  to  be  put  to 
death  on  account  of  her  inability  to  walk.  The  Indians  had  stolen 
a  horse  at  Charlestown,  and  Mrs.  Johnson  was  permitted  to  ride 
for  three  days,  when  the  horse  was  killed  for  food,  and  she  was 
compelled  to  w^alk  the  balance  of  the  distance.  This  narrative 
is  given  at  great  length  in  the  histories  of  Reading  and  Charles- 
town,  and  a  monument  in  memory  of  the  event  has  been  erected  by 
the  village  of  Charlestown.  Captive  lived  to  womanhood  and  visited 
the  place  a  few  years  afterward.  This  historic  even:  is  referred  to 
here  as  a  part  of  the  history  of  the  early  settlement  of  New  England, 
that  the  rising  generation  may  know  something  of  the  trials,  endur- 
ance, and  suffering  of  their  ancestors.  I  visited  this  valley  in  August, 
1865,  and  again  in  August,  1S94.  On  my  last  trip  I  was  very  much 
gratified  to  see  in  visiting  the  cemetery,  th.it  the  graves  of  the  Rev- 
olutionary soldiers  were  decorated  with  American  tiagsby  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic  while  performing  similar  services  in  memory 
of  their  own  comrades. 

The  published  history  of  Reading  contains  a  list  of  all  Ministers 
of  the  Gospel,  who  lived  in  the  town  since  its  first  settlement,  and 
another  list  which  contains  the    names  of  its  citizens,    who   served 


INTRODUCTORY    CHAPTER.  9 

the  conntry  in  the  Revolutionar}-  War.     Jeremiah  Johnson's   name 
i.s  included  in  both  Hsts. 

From  the  records  of  the  Government  at  Wa.shington  we  leani 
that  he  enlisted  in  Keene,  N.  H.,  in  March,  17S1,  in  Capt.  Moody 
Dustin's  company,  First  N.  H.  regiment,  under  Col.  Cilley;  that 
he  performed  honorable  service,  and  was  discharged  in  June,  17S3, 
in  Charlestown,  N.  II.;  that  previous  to  his  discharge  he  had  been 
ordered  with  dispatches  across  the  State  to  a  military  board  sitting 
at  Keene,  after  which  he  was  to  return  and  receive  his  discharge: 
that  on  the  19th  Jan.,  1S13,  he  again  enlisted  in  Capt.  Marston's 
company,  Twenty-first  regiment  U.  S.  infantry,  and  was  honorably 
discharged  on  the  surgeon's  certificate  of  inability,  Oct.  5th,  1S14, 
at  Fort  Erie  in  Canada;  that  he  was  5ft.  10  inches  high  and  had 
brown  hair  and  blue  eyes.  He  received  a  pension  during  the  last 
25  or  30  years  of  his  life. 

During  the  last  part  of  his  terra  of  service  in  1S14,  on  account  of 
his  age  and  peculiar  fitness  for  the  position,  he  was  assigned  to  duty 
in  the  Medical  Department,  and  was  inxharge  of  the  wounded  for 
some  time  previous  to  his  discharge 

His  son-in-law,  Abel  Sanderson,  vv'as  killed  in  the  battle  of  Fort 
Erie,  and  a  young  man  named  Robert  White  lost  both  arms  by  a  can- 
non ball  about  the  same  time.  Mr.  Johnson  nursed  young  White, 
and  when  able  to  be  moved  he  took  him  across  the  state  of  New 
York  on  horseback  to  his  home  in  Reading,  Vermont. 

(The  full  history  of  this  will  appear  in  its  proper  place.) 

The  facts  relative  to  the  capture  of  Captain  James  Johnson  and 
family  in  1754,  and  the  tradition  current  among  the  old  settlers 
of  Reading  that  Captain  James  Johnson  was  an  ancestor  of  Jere- 
miah, and  the.  fact  that  Captain  James  came  from  near  Boston,  is 
but  one  of  the  circumstances  that  induce  the  belief  that  they  were 
related,  and  that  they  descended  from  the  "brave  and  intrepid  Cap- 
tain Isaac  Johnson  of  Roxbury . ' ' 

James  Bowen  Johnson, 

Howard  University, 

Washington,  D.  C. 


GENEALOGICAL  HISTORY. 


HON.  JOHN  ALDEN. 

There  are  several  volumes  of  genealogical  histories  of  the  Aldeii, 
Thayer  and  other  families  that  intermarried  uith  the  Aldens  in  the 
first  three  or  four  generations.  The  different  lines  usually  trace 
their  branch  only.  I  take  the  liberty  to  quote  from  all  of  them, 
and  in  their  exact  language;  also  from  published  and  unpublished 
records  of  towns. 

Among  these  are  the  Alden  Memorial,  Thayer  Memorial,  the 
Adams,  and  many  others  that  intermarried  with  John  Alden 's 
children,  grand-children  and  great-grand  children;  also  wich  the 
history  of  Quincy  (Old  Braintree,)  Abingtou,  Weymouth,  Roxbury, 
and  others. 

I  quote  largely  from  the  memoir  of  Thomazin  Blanchard  Johnson, 
written  by  her  son.  Rev.  Lorenzo  D.  Johnson,  in  1835,  though  I 
did  not  obtain  dates  from  his  work.  He  was  evidently  in  posses 
sion  of  the  family  record,  but  as  he  omitted  dates  entirely,  I  have 
obtained  them  from  the  works  I  have  mentioned. 

"Hon.  John  Alden,  the  youngest  of  the  Mayflower  band,  was  the 
ancestor  of  all  the  Aldens  in  this  country."  President  John  Adams 
said:  "He  was  the  stripling  who  first  leapt  on  Plymouth  Rock." 
He  was  bom  in  1597. 

"He  was  a  hopeful  young  man  and  nmch  desired." 

"He  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  compact  on  the  Mayflower  in 
1620;  after  living  many  years  at  Plymouth,  he  settled  on  the  north 
side  of  Duxbnry;  he  died  Sept.  12,  16S7,  at  the  age  of  90,  in  a  good 
old  age,  an  old  man  and  full  of  years,  and  was  gathered  to  his 
fathers,  and  his  sons  buried  him."  His  third  son  Jonathan  settled 
his  estate,  and  the  old  records  of  the  town  contain  a  receipt  in  full 
from  the  said  Jonathan  for  their  share  of  the  estate  signed  by 
eight  children,  of  which  Jonathan  v/as  one.  This  receipt  bears 
date  June  13,  1688. 


HON.    JOHN    ALDEN.  II 

There  are  traditions  that  he  had  eleven  children;  but  the  names 
of  eight  are  all  that  have  been  found. 

His  marriage  to  Priscilla  Mullens,  daughter  of  William  Mullens, 
is  known  to  every  school  boy  who  has  read  Longfellow's  poem, 
"'The  Courtship  of  Miles  Standish." 

COURTSHIP  OF  CAPTAIN  MILES  STANDISH. 
A  TRUE  HISTORICAI^  ROMANCE- 


Miles  Staudish  in  the  Mayflower  came 

Across  the  stormy  wave; 
And  in  that  little  band  was  none 

More  generous  or  brave. 

Midst  cold  December's  sleet  and  snow, 

On  Plymouth  Rock  they  land, 
Weak  were  their  hands,  but  strong  their  hearts, 

That  pious  pilgrim  band. 

Oh,  sad  it  was  in  their  poor  huts 

To  hear  the  storm  wind  blow; 
And  terrible  at  midnight  hour. 

When  yelled  the  savage  foe. 

And  when  the  savage,  grim  and  dire, 

His  bloody  work  began, 
For  a  champion  brave,  I  have  been  told. 
Miles  Standish  was  the  man. 

But  oh  his  heart  was  made  to  bow 

With  grief  and  pain  full  low; 
For  sickness  on  the  pilgrim  band, 

Now  dealt  a  terrible  blow. 

In  arms  of  death  so  fast  they  fell 

They  scarce  were  buried. 
And  his  dear  wife,  whose  name  was  Rose, 

Was  laid  among  the  dead. 

His  sorrow  was  not  loud  but  deep, 

For  her  he  did  bemoan; 
And  such  keen  anguish  wrung  his  heart. 

He  could  not  live  alone. 

Then  to  John  Alden  he  did  speak: 

John  Alden  was  his  friend; 
And  said,  "Friend  John,  unto  my  wish 
I  pray  thee  now  attend. 


THE   JOHNSON   MEMORIAL-  I 

"My  heart  is  sad,  'tis  vcri,'  sad. 

My  poor  wife  Rose  has  gone; 
And  in  this  wild  and  savage  laud 

I  cannot  live  alone. 

"To  Mr.  William  Mullens,  then, 

I  wish  you  would  repair, 
To  see  if  he  will  give  nie  leave 
To  wed  his  daughter  fair." 

Priscilla  was  this  daughter's  name. 

Comely  and  fair  was  5he, 
And  kind  of  heart  she  was  with  all. 

As  any  maid  could  be. 

John  Alden,  to  oblige  his  friend. 

Straightway  to  Mullens  went. 
And  told  his  errand  like  a  man,  ! 

And  asked  for  his  consent. 

Now  Mr.  Mullens  was  a  sire 

Quite  rational  and  kind,  i 

And  such  consent  would  never  give  ' 

Against  his  daughter's  mind. 

He  told  John  Alden  if  his  child 

Should  feel  inclined  that  way. 
And  Captain  Standish  was  her  choice. 

He  had  no  more  to  say. 

He  then  called  in  his  daughter  dear 

And  straightway  did  retire. 
That  she  might  with  more  freedom  speak  < 

In  absence  of  her  sire.  ' 

John  Alden  had  a  bright  blue  eye 

And  was  a  handsome  man. 
And  when  he  spoke  a  pleasant  look  '  ', 

O'er  all  his  features  ran.  ", 

He  rose,  and  in  a  courteous  way,  •; 

His  errand  did  declare,  j 

And  said,  "Fair  maid,  v,-hat  word  shall  I  ! 

To  Captain  Standish  bear?"  i- 

Warm  blushes  glowed  upon  the  cheeks  i 

Of  that  fair  maiden  then,  ' 

At  first  she  turned  away  her  eyes,  s 

Then  looked  at  John  again.  | 

And  then,  with  downcast,  modest  mien,  : 

She  said  with  trembling  toue,  | 

"Now  prithee  John,  v.-hy  dost  thou  not  j 

Speak  for  thyself  alone  ?"  \ 


BON.    JOHN   ALDEN.  13 

Deep  red  then  grew  John  Alden's  face,. 

He  bade  the  maid  good  by, 
But  well  she  read  before  he  went. 

The  language  of  his  eye. 

No  matter  what  the  language  said 

Which  in  that  eye  was  rife — 
In  one  short  month  Priscilla  was 

John  Alden's  loving  wife.  * 

"What  report  he  made  his  constituent,  tradition  does  not  unfold, 
but  it  is  said  the  captain  never  forgave  him  to  the  day  of  his  death. 
Through  a  long  protracted  life  John  Alden  was  almost  continually- 
engaged  in  public  employments.  In  the  patent  for  'Plymouth  in 
New  England,' dated  i6th  January,  1629,  signed  Robert  Earle, 
Myles  Standish,  John  Alden  and  others,  any  of  them  are  named  as 
the  true  and  lawful  attorneys  of  the  council  established  at  Ply- 
mouth. 

"John  Alden  was  one  of  the  court  of  assistants  in  1633,  and  suc- 
cessively for  a  number  of  years,  1641-49  inclusive,  he  was  chosen  to 
represent  Duxbury  in  general  court.  In  1653  and  several  succes- 
sive years  he  was  member  of  the  council  of  war  to  defend  the  colo- 
ny against  the  incursions  of  the  Indians.  He  was  assistant  to  all 
the  governors  of  his  period  except  Car\'er,  being  elected  to  that 
office  for  thirty-six  years  as  senior  assistant.  He  was  the  stripling 
that  first  leaped  upon  Plymouth  Rock.  He  was  the  subject  of  an 
elegy  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  or  more  lines,  written  by  Rev.  John 
Cotton,  of  Plymouth.  Among  the  Alden  collections  is  the  follow- 
ing John  Alden  Anagram  : 

"Death  puts  an  end  to  all  this  world  enjoys. 
And  frees  the  saint  from  all  that  here  annoys, 
This  blessed  saint  hath  seen  an  end  of  all 
Worldly  perfection.     Now  his  Lord  doth  call 
Him  to  ascend  from  earth  to  Heaven  high 
Where  he  is  blest  to  all  eternity. 
Who  walked  with  God  as  he,  shall  so  be  blest. 
And  evermore  in  Christ  his  arms  shall  rest. 
Lord,  spare  thy  remnant,  do  not  us  forsake; 
From  us  do  not  thy  Holy  Spirit  take; 
Thy  cause,  thy  interest  in  this  land  shall  own 
Thy  gracious  presence  aye  let  be  our  crown." 

*  The  above  poem,  on  which  Longfellow  founded  his  poem,  was  written  in 
«76i,  and  printed  in  the  New  York  Rover. 


14  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

In  my  search  of  the  Aldeu  and  Tha\-er  histories  I  found  that 
Alexander  Standish,  son  of  Captain  Miles  Standish,  married  Sarah 
Alden,  the  fifth  child  of  John  and  Priscilla. 

The  parents  of  Priscilla  both  died  in  Febniar}-  following  the  land- 
ing. 

John  and  Priscilla  were  married  in  162 1. 

The  following  is  from  an  article  published  in  the  American 
Magazine  for  March,  1S93,  read  by  one  of  the  Alden  descendants 
before  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  in  ?»Iinneapolis, 
Minnesota  : 

John  Alden  seems  to  have  attached  himself  from  the  first  to  Cap- 
tain Standish,  and  in  spite  of  the  difference  in  their  ages,  there  was  a 
life  long  friendship,  disturbed  only  tor  a  short  time,  and  then  for  the 
usual  cause — a  woman.  During  the  winter  Miles  Standish  lost  his  wite 
Rose.  Among  other  deaths  were  those  of  William  Molines,--'  or 
Mullines,  his  wife,  his  son  Joseph,  and  a  servant,  Robert  Cartier, 
leaving  as  the  only  survivor  of  this  family  a  daughter,  Priscilla. 

The  Molines  family  was  of  French  descent,  Huguenots  who  had 
fled  from  persecution.  Historians  differ  as  to  whether  this  family 
had  lived  in  England  prior  to  embarking  on  the  Mayflower,  or 
whether  they  joined  the  Separatists  in  Leyden.  The  latter  seems 
more  probable,  as  their  servant  was  a  Frenchman  In  the  spring, 
the  necessity  arose  of  rearranging  the  households  and  protecting  the 
widows  and  fatherless,  and  to  this  end  all  the  able-bodied  men  in 
the  settlement  were  urged  to  marry;  Edward  Winslow  setting  the 
example  by  marrying  the  widow  of  William  White  when  only  seven 
weeks  a  widower.  Captain  Standish  thought  seriously  upon  the 
subject,  and  finally  took  his  friend,  John  Alden,  into  his  confidence, 
asking  him  to  be  his  ambassador.  Of  how  John  Alden  sped  on  his 
delicate  errand,  and  of  the  Captain's  wrath  at  the  result.  Longfellow 
has  told  us,  and  Priscilla 's  coquettish  answer  to  this  wooing  b}- 
proxy  has  become  a  household  tale.  It  was,  indeed,  a  family  tra- 
dition before  the  poet  made  it  famous,  having  been  handed  down 
from  Priscilla  herself  through  two  generations  to  her  great-great- 
grandaughter,  who  died  in  1845,  at  the  age  of  loi  years.  She, 
Abigail  Alden  Leonard,  often  told  the  story  to  her  children  and 
grand-children.     There   was  also  a    great-grandson,  who    died  in 

*  Written  "Molines,"  "Mullins,"  "Mullens." 


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HON.    JOHN    ALDEN.  IJ 

182 £,  aged  102,  making  but  two  lives  between  the  heroine  of  the 
story  and  persons  now  living.  Nor  was  Longfellow  the  first  to  use 
this  little  romance  as  the  subject  of  a  poem. 

Captain  Standish  consoled  himself  v.-ith  a  campaign  against  the  In- 
dians, and  John  and  Priscilla  were  married  in  162 1.  Longfellow's 
account  of  the  wedding  procession  through  woods  and  fields  to  the 
new  house,  with  the  bride  mounted  on  a  snow-white  bull  is  an  an- 
achronism. At  that  time  the  whole  of  Plymouth  was  within  sound 
of  Alden's  voice  as  he  stood  at  his  door,  and  the  first  cattle  arrived 
in  March,  1624.  It  was  not  until  1627  that  there  were  enough  cat- 
tle to  divide  among  the  colonists;  and  even  then  John  and  Priscilla, 
with  their  two  children,  owned  only  four-thirteenths  of  a  heifer 
called  Raghorn,  sharing  her  with  the  Hovvland  families  and  with 
some  others. 

It  was  also  in  1627  that  a  contract  was  made  to  buy  the  rights  of 
the  "Company  of  Adventurers"  in  the  colony.  This  responsibility 
was  assumed  by  eight  of  the  leading  men  on  behalf  of  the  colonists. 
They  were  Bradford,  Wmsiow,  Standish,  Allerton,  Brewster,  How- 
land,  Prence,  and  Alden. 

In  162S  Standish  and  Alden  moved  to  Duxbury.  The  Captain 
had  married,  several  years  before,  his  cousin  Barbara  Standish,  a 
sister  of  his  first  wife,  coming  from  England.  He  built  on  Captain's 
Hill,  and  John  Alden  near  Eagle  Tree  Pond,  where  some  of  his  de- 
scendants still  live.  With  the  marriage  of  Alexander,  the  eldest  son 
of  Miles  Standish,  to  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Priscilla  Alden, 
the  two  families  were  drawn  still  closer  together;  and  in  1629  we 
find  Alden  acting  for  Miles  Standish  in  the  matter  of  "Warwick 
Patent." 

NVe  hear  nothing  of  Alden's  exercising  his  trade  as  a  cooper. 
Probably,  by  the  time  there  was  much  demand  for  his  services 
another  had  arrived.  He  was  from  the  first  employed  by  the  heads 
«jt  the  colony  as  a  clerk,  as  he  seems  to  have  been  better  educated 
than  many  of  the  Pilgrims.  He  was  assistant  to  every  Governor, 
aitcr  the  first,  for  forty-three  years;  he  succeeded  Standish  as  treas- 
Drerof  the  colony,  holding  that  office  thirteen  years;  and  was  eight 
times  deputy  from  Duxbury,  sometimes  holding  two  of  these  posi- 
u'jus  at  the  same  time.  In  later  Hfe  he  took  some  part  in  the  rigo- 
rous measures  against  the  Quakers,  but  the  sins  of  the  father  were 
vii'ted  upon  the  children,  v.'hen,  in  a  still  more  tolerant  age,  his 
c*destson,  Captain  John  Alden,  of  Boston,  was  imprisoned  for  witch- 


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l6  THE  JOHNSON    MEMORIAI.. 

craft.  John  Alden's  house  in  Duxbury  was  bunied  a  few  years  be- 
fore his  death,  and  he  moved  to  the  dwelHng  of  his  fourth  son, 
Jonathan,  not  far  distant.  Here  he  died  in  16S7,  last  of  the  signers 
of  the  pilgrim  compact. 

He  left  four  sons  and  four  daughters.  Of  the  sons,  the  eldest,  John, 
went  to  Boston,  and  became  the  Naval  commander  of  the  colony  of 
Massachusetts  Bay,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  old  South  Church. 
His  slate  headstone  is  imbedded  in  the  wail  of  the  porch  of  the  New 
Old  South.  The  second  son,  Joseph,  settled  in  Bridgewater,  and 
married  a  daughter  of  Moses  Simmons,  who  came  in  the  Fortune  in 
162 1.  David  married  a  daughter  of  Constant  Southworth,  Governor 
Bradford's  stepson,  and  was  one  of  the  last  magistrates  of  Plymouth 
as  a  separate  colony.  Jonathan,  the  fourth  sou,  was  executor  of  his 
father's  will,  and  remained  on  Duxbury  estate,  where  his  descend- 
ants still  live,  in  the  old  house  which  was  built  by  his  son;  and  still 
use  the  old  well  which  John  Alden  dug.  Of  the  daughters,  Elizabeth 
married  WiUiam  Paybody,  and  lived  to  see  her  great-great-grand 
children.  Sarah  married  Alexander  Standish;  Ruth  married  John 
Bass,  of  Braintree;  and  Mary  married  Thomas  Delano,  of  Duxbury, 
son  of  a  young  Frenchman  named  De  la  Noye,  who  came  in  the 
Fortune.  The  next  generation  were  scattered  over  new  England, 
and  later  wandered  even  further  afield.  Sons  of  the  fourth  and  fifth 
generation  fought  in  the  War  of  Independence,  and  the  annals  of 
our  wars  since  then  have  not  been  without  the  name  of  Alden; 
showing  their  devotion  to  the  country  for  which  their  forefathers 
labored  and  suffered. 

FIRST  GENERATION  FROM  JOHN  ALDEN. 

Ruth  Alden. 

Ruth  Alden,  seventh  child  of  John  and  Priscilla,  was  married  to 
John  Bass,  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  Bass,  of  Roxbury  and  Braintree, 
Feb.  3,  1857.  He  was  bom  in  Roxbury  in  1632,  and  died  Sept.  12, 
1716.     She  died  Dec.  8,  1674. 

Samuel  Bass  came  from  England  with  his  wife  Ann  in  1630  with 
Gen.  John  Johnson  and  Winthrop.  He  with  Gen.  Johnson  were 
among  the  organizers  of  the  Eliot  Church  of  Roxbury;  was  admitted 
freeman  in  1634,  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  organization  of  the 
town.     He  removed  to  Braintree  (now  Quiucy)  in  1640,  presenting 


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SECOND    GENERATION     FROM    JOHN    ALDEN.  17 

liis  letter  to  the  church  there  July  5,  1640.  The  history  of  Quincy 
(old  Braintree)  pays  a  noble  tribute  to  his  character  as  a  christian, 
patriot,  citizen  and  neighbor. 

He  must  have  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  his  fellow  citizens,  hav- 
ing been  elected  a  member  of  the  legislature  twelve  years  in  suc- 
cession and  to  the  office  of  deacon  fifty  years.  He  died  at  94  and 
his  wife  at  the  age  of  90.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  had  one 
hundred  and  sixty  living  descendants,  and  one  of  the  great  grand- 
children wasjohn  Adams,  afterwards  President  of  the  United  States. 

There  are  probably  as  many  persons  now  Hving  who  trace  their 
ancestry  to  him,  as  to   any  other  one  of  our  colonial  heroes. 


SECOND  GENERATION  FROM  JOHN  ALDEN. 

Sarah  Bass. 

Sarah  Bass,  daughter  of  John  Bass  and  Ruth  Alden  Bass  was 
bora  in  Braintree  (Quincy)  March  29,  1672,  married  Ephraim  Thay- 
er Jan.  7,  1692.  He  was  a  native  of  the  same  town;  born  Nov.  17, 
1669.     He  died  June  15,  1757.     She  died  in  1751. 

Ephraim  Thayer  was  the  son  of  Shadrack  and  Deliverance  Priest 
Thayer,  and  grandson  of  Thomas  and  Margery  Thayer,  who  are  re- 
ferred to  in  several  histories  as  the  "progenitors  of  a  numerous  oflf- 
spring." 

Thomas  and  Margery  came  from  Gloucestershire,  England,  in 
1640,  with  three  children,  admitted  freeman  in  1647,  lived  in 
the  northern  part  of  "old"'  Braintree  near  the  Montiquoit  river  on 
a  farm  now  owned  by  his  descendants. 

"The  Thayer  family  was  of  Saxon  origin,  spelHng  their  name 
originally  Taire;  Thair;  Thear:  Theyer,  and  Their -."^  did  not  take 
k-indly  to  the  Norman  invasion,  and  refused  the  offer  of  knighthood; 
acver  had  a  coat  of  arms;  were  yeomen." 

Another  author  says,  "a  coat  of  arms  was  conferred  on  one  of 
the  family  in  the  county  of  Essex." 

Nearly  every  generation  of  Thayers  has  had  prominent  men  in 
the  various   avenues  of  life.     The    founder  and  first  commander  of 


The  family,  under  these  various  names,  are  traced  back  in  England  for 
ararly  one  thousand  vears. 


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1 8  THE   JOHNSON   MEMORIAI.. 

"West  Point  Military  Academy  was  a  descendant  of  Epbraira  Thayer. 
There  are  several  Thayer  memorials  in  existence  published  by 
the  different  lines  of  descendants,  and  as  far  as  I  have  seen,  they 
all  quote  the  following  in  relation  to  Ephraim's  death  and  his  fam- 
ily, including  the  poem  which  was  written  soon  after  his  death.  I 
quote  from  the  memoirs  written  by  uncle  Lorenzo  Dow  Johnson. 
It  was  originally  found  in  the  records  of  Braintree:  "1757,  June  15, 
dyed  Ephraim  Thayer,  suddenly  in  the  SS  year  of  his  age,  occa- 
sioned as  is  supposed,  by  a  violent  blow  on  his  forehead  with  the 
sharp  end  of  a  rail  at  the  bam  door  where  he  was  found  dead.  A 
great  concourse  of  people  attended  his    funeral." 

"This  happy  couple,  another  2;acharias  and  Elizabeth  as  to  their 
life  and  conversation  were  blessed  with  a  numerous  family  of  chil- 
dren remarkable  for  their  piety.  They  enjoyed  the  peculiar  satis- 
faction of  living  to  see  the  fourteen*  unanimously  make  the  resolution 
of  Joshua,  "As  for  me  and  ray  house  we  will  serve  the  Lord."  On 
one  communion  occasion  they  enjoyed  the  singular  felicity  of  pre- 
senting themselves,  M'ith  the  fourteen  children  God  had  given  them 
at  the  table  of  the  Lord  to  receive  the  emblems  of  redeenung  love." 
A  similar  incident  has  seldom  been  found  in  the  annals  of  the 
church." 

"The  frequent  struggles  between  the  English  and  French,  from 
time  to  time,  called  most  of  the  seven  sons  into  the  field  of  battle, 
through  which  they  all  lived  to  return.  And  it  is  recorded  as  a  re- 
markable instance  of  Divine  Providence  that  after  passing  through 
all  the  dangers  in  which  these  men  had  been  exposed,  the  whole 
familj',  sixteen  in  number,  were  seen  in  Braintree  Church,  sitting  to- 
gether at  the  table  of  the  Lord.  These  fourteen  children,  like  the 
sons  of  Jacob,  all  lived  to  settle  down  in  the  world,  and  to  have 
large  families.  The  number  of  //;-?/>  children  was  132;  averaging 
nine  and  ten  to  a  family;  and  what  is  not  a  little  singular  we  again 
meet  in  their  children  an  equal  number  of  the  sexes — sixty-six  sons 
and  sixty-six  daughters.  One  of  these  sons  was  Nehemiah  Blanch- 
ard." 

"The  parents  of  these  fourteen  children  and  one  hundred  and 
thirty-two  grand  children,  the  influence  of  whose  character  was  about 
to  be  felt  by  so  many,  deserved  still  further  notice,  which,  however, 

*The  traditiou  that  there  were  seven  of  each  sex  is  not  correct.  There- 
were  six  sons  and  eight  daughters.— j.  b.  j. 


III. 


SECOND   GENERATION    I^KOM   JOHN   ALDEN.  19 

must  be  short.  Imbued  with  the  spirit  of  their  ancestors,  they 
walked  before  God  with  integrity  of  heart,  and  left  a  name  among 
their  friends  more  to  be  valued  than  great  riches.  The  consort  of 
their  grandson,  the  writer's  grandmother,  saw  the  last  days  of  Mrs. 
Thayer,  who  outlived  her  husband.  Though  Mrs.  Blanchaad  was 
but  a  youth  at  the  time  of  ]Mrs.  Thayer's  death,  yet  she  caught  the 
odor  of  this  aged  matron's  fame  and  has  transmitted  it  down  to  us. 
And  though  these  personages  are  cherished  with  religious  venera- 
tion, and  are  regarded  by  their  descendants  as  proper  v^'ay-marks 
to  heaven,  yet  few,  and  perhaps  none,  now  live  who  ever  saw  these 
devoted  persons." 

"There  has  fallen  into  our  hands  a  poetic  effusion,  eulogizing,  not 
only  Mrs.  Thayer  and  her  husband,  but  her  venerable  ances- 
tors. It  is  here  inserted,  not  only  to  show  how  much  the  persons 
were  beloved  whose  praise  it  sings,  but  also  for  the  testimony  it 
bears  to  the  truth  of  the  preceding  narrative.  Perhaps  the  reader 
may  imagine  our  poet  has  'wooed  the  muse  in  vain,'  but  it  is  too 
valuable  a  relic  of  antiquity  to  be  thrown  into  the  shade. 


Good  people  all,  I  pray  atteud, 

To  what  I  have  to  say 
Concerning  one  that's  dead  and  gone. 

Death  summoned  her  away. 

An  ancient  hand  maid  of  the  Lord, 
The  wife  of  Ephraim  Thayer, 

Who  lately  from  us  has  deceased, 
Her  praise  I  will  declare. 

The  person,  now  of  whom  I  write, 

Is  worthy  of  our  praise; 
With  God  she  walked,  in  Christ  she  died, 

She  sprang  from  Godly  race. 

Her  grandsire  was  a  holy  man 

Who  did  the  truth  reveal, 
And  to  defend  Christ's  kingdom  great 

He  burned  with  holy  zeal. 

Like  holy  Abraham  of  old. 

Left  land  and  kindred  all; 
And  wandering  up  and  down  he  went 

Wherever  God  did  call. 


20  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAl,- 

From  old  England  he  did  come  o'er 

Where  heathen  did  posess, 
For  to  enjoy  religion  tree. 

This  man  the  Lord  did  bless. 

And  made  him  a  good  ruler  here; 

Let's  not  forget  his  fame; 
He  lived  above  the  age  of  man, 

John  Alden  was  his  name. 

Also  her  father  was  a  man 

"Who  lived  to  good  estate; 
He  lived  an  honest,  holy  life. 

And  died  a  hopeful  saint. 

She  wedded  was  in  youthful  days 

To  Mr.  Ephraim  Thayer; 
He  lived  a  good  religious  life, 

This  truth  I  can  declare^ 

They  lovingly  together  lived. 

And  never  did  provoke; 
And  like  two  lambs  they  did  agree,. 

And  both  pull'd  in  one  yoke. 

The  years  she  lived  a  married  life 

Was  fifty-nine  and  more; 
The  whole  time  of  his  pilgrimage 

Lacked  some  months  of  fourscore. 

She  also  was  a  fruitful  vine, 
;-  The  truth  I  may  relate 

And  fourteen  children  she  did  bear 
Who  lived  to  man's  estate. 

From  these  did  spring  a  numerous  race, 

One  hundred  thirty-two; 
Sixty  and  six  each  sex  alike, 

As  I  declare  to  you. 

This  poem  was  written  soon  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Thayer  by 
Edward  Chessman  of  Braintree. 

The  Thayer  Family  Memorial  contains  much  that  I  have  not 
space  to  quote.  I  insert  the  following  extract  from  the  will  of 
Ephraim,  dated  April  lo,  1751  : 

"I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter  Hannah  Blanchard,  one 
half  an  acre  of  land  adjoining  *  *  also  two  acres  of 


THIRD   GENERATION   FROM   JOHN   ALDEN.  21 

meadow  land,  bounded  (here  follows  the  long  description  which 
indicates  that  the  half  acre  of  land  was  suitable  for  house  and 
garden,  and  the  meadow,  a  little  out  of  the  village,  and  suitable 
for  pasturage  only),  also  my  best  feather  bed,  and  furniture  belong- 
ing thereto." 


THIRD  GENERATION  FROM  JOHN  ALDEN. 

Hannah  Thayer. 

Hannah  Thayer,  fourth  child  of  Ephraim  and  Sarah  (Bass) 
Thayer,  of  Braintree,  was  bom  Jan  13,  169S,  married  Nathaniel 
Blanchard,  also  of  Braintree,  in  1724.  He  was  born  May  19, 
1701.  His  grandfather,  Nathaniel,  was  bom  in  I^ondon,  in  1636, 
came  to  Boston  when  three  years  old,  with  his  father,  Thomas 
Blanchard,  "in  the  ship  Jonathan,"  in  1639,  settled  in  Braintree 
in  1646,  went  to  Charlestown  in  165 1  and  purchased  200  acres 
of  land  on  the  Mystic  river,  dying  there  in  1654.  Nathaniel 
married  Susannah  Bates,  Dec.  16,  1658,  in  Charlestown,  removed 
to  Weymouth,  and  died  there  Aug.  1676.  He  had  two  sons,  John 
and  Nathaniel.  John  settled  in  Abington,  Nathaniel  in  Braintree. 
As  long  as  the  family  remained  in  Braintree  there  was  a  Nathaniel 
in  the  family.  His  father  was  John  Blanchard  and  his  mother  Abi- 
gail  . 

[The  prevailing  customs  of  this  period  were  such  th  at  all  citizens 
felt  it  to  be  a  duty  to  accept  the  election  to  town  o?ttce  and  per- 
form the  duties,  however  light.  The  records  of  Brai\vtree  and 
Abington  contain  the  names  of  Nathaniel  and  other  Blanchards  as 
fining  the  office  of  constable,  surveyor  of  highways,  and  several 
others.  John  Adams,  afterwards  President,  also  appears  as  hold- 
ing town  office  repeatedly.] 

The  original  Thomas  Blanchard  was  a  Huguenot,  and  fled  from 
Paris  to  London  in  1630  to  escape  persecution.  He  was  a  direct 
descendant  of  Alain  Blanchard,  who  was  put  to  death  in  141 8  by  the 
British  at  the  capture  of  Rouen,  France.  The  Blanchard  family 
^vas  ennobled  in  Lorraine,  France,  in  1609,  and  granted  a  coat  of 
arms.     Several  of  the  family   attained  the  dignity  of  IMarquises. 

The  last  one  died  at  Nantes  in  1825,  in  the  person  of  Francois 
^Vrisin  Gabrielle  Blanchard,  Marquis  du  Bois  de  la  Musse.  Thom- 
as, the  immigrant,  was  a  Protestant,  and  was  obhged  to  leave  France 
c 


22  THE   JOHNSON     MEMORIAL. 

in  1630,  when  he  came  to  London.  His  wife,  Agnes  Bent  Barnes, 
her  infant  daughter,  and  her  mother,  died  on  the  passage  in  the  ship 
"Jonathan"  and  were  buried  at  sea. 

Nathaniel  died  Ma}-,  1765.  They  (Nathaniel  and  Hannah)  had 
seven  children.  Nehemiah,  the  sixth  child,  was  bom  in  Brain- 
tree,  Feb.  10,  1736. 

After  the  death  of  her  husband  Hannah  married  William  Noyes. 


FOURTH  GENERATION  FROM  JOHN  ALDEN. 

Nehemiah  Blanchard. 

Nehemiah  Elanchard,  sixth  child  of  Nathaniel  and  Hannah 
.(Thayer)  Blanchard,  was  bom  in  Braintree,  Mass.,  Feb.  ic.  1736, 
and  married  ^Mary  Duesbury  Gibson,  daughter  of  Captain  James 
Gibson,  a  retired  officer  of  the  British  araiy  and  prosperous  mer- 
chant of  Boston,  in  1757  or  1758.     She  was  bom  Dec.  7,  1737. 

She  had  been  previously  married  to  C.  W.  Hayden,  in  July,  1756, 
but  was  left  a  widow  in  a  few  months  without  children.  Her  history 
is  a  mournful  one. 

•Captain  Gibson  was  largely  interested  in  importing  merchandise 
from  the  \Yest  Indies,  often  making  the  voyage  in  person..  He  died 
at  sea  on  one  of  these  trips  enroute  for  home.  He  left  but  one 
child,  and  that  a  daughter  ten  or  twelve  years  of  age. 

[A  biographical  sketch  of  Capt.  James  Gibson,  with  a  copy  of  his 
Journal,  will  appear  in  the  Appendix.] 

The  following  account  is  taken  from  the  memoirs  by-  Lorenzo  D. 
Johnson,  heretofore  mentioned  : 

"Her  parents  being  foreigners,  Mary  Duesbury  had  not  a  single 
relation  in  the  United  States  to  mourn  with  her  for  the  loss  of  her 
father  and  mother.  Thus  was  she  left,  when  a  Uttle  more  than  ten 
years  of  age,  alone  and,  as  it  would  seem,  without  friends  in  the 
world.  She,  together  with  her  large  estate,  to  which  she  was  the 
only  heir,  was  committed  into  the  hands  of  a  guardian,  who  proved 
to  be  a  cormpt  and  fraudulent  man.  She  was,  however,  placed  un- 
der the  care  of  Rev.  Mr.  Niles,  of  Braintree,  with  whom  an  agree- 
ment was  made  to  superintend  her  education.  •   " 


FOURTH  GENERATION  FROM  JOHN  AI,DEN.  23 

[Rev.  Samuel  Niles  was  born  in  Rhode  Island  in  1673;  graduated 
from  Harvard  in  1 7 1 1 ;  minister  of  the  Gospel  over  50  years,  and 
died  in  Braintree  in  1762. — j.  b.  j.] 

"It  was  fortunate  for  her  that  'Mr.  Niles  was  a  clergyman  of  hos- 
pitable feelings  and  unusual  piety  for  those  days.'  He  received  her 
into  his  family  and  gave  her  every  advantage  of  learning  and  im- 
provement which  the  time  afforded,  until  he  died.  NVhether  he 
ever  received  a  full  remuneration  for  the  expenses  of  her  education, 
we  are  not  prepared  to  say. 

"It  was  in  this  town  she  entertained  a  hope  in  Christ,  formed  the 
circle  of  her  youthful  associates,  was  married  first  to  a  gentleman  by 
the  name  of  Hayden,  with  whom  she  lived  but  a  little  while,  before 
the  companion  of  her  youth  was  taken  away  by  death.  Having  no 
family  she  was  left  again  alone  in  the  world.  She  was  afterwards 
married  to  Mr.  Blanchard,  who  was  her  second  husband. 

"Efibrtswere  made  from  time  to  time  by  herself  and  friends  to 
obtain  her  property;  but  their  exertions  were  mostly  fruitless.  It 
was  once  published  in  this  country,  by  order  of  Parliament,  that  if 
there  were  any  heirs  to  the  property  of  James  Gibson  in  the  United 
States,  by  proving  their  claims  there  was  money  ready  for  them. 
This  induced  a  renewed  effort.  A  man  was  sent  to  England, 
proved  the  heirship  of  Mrs.  Blanchard  and  received  a  sum  of  mon- 
ey; how  much  we  are  not  able  to  state;  but  it  was  a  sufficient  sum 
to  induce  the  agent  to  elope,  and  nothing  more  has  been  seen  of 
him  since.  As  he  carried  off  with  him  the  most  important  papers,  it 
was  thought  difficult  for  Mrs.  Blanchard  to  obtain  any  more  of  her 
property  abroad;  so  that  all  foreign  efforts  were  given  up.  Her 
cruel  guardian  had  so  managed  her  property  that  she  could 
never  obtain  but  little  of  it  after  she  was  married,  except  the  small 
rent  of  a  building, —  which,  we  believe,  she  received  until  she  died. 
There  remained  therefore  but  one  more  hope  of  gain  from  being 
heiress  to  a  large  estate.  Either  for  service  done  in  the  war,  or 
from  the  legacy  of  his  friends  in  England,  Mr.  Gibson  had  a  tract  of 
land  fall  to  him  lying  in  the  province  of  Maine.  After  Mr.  Blanch- 
ard moved  to  Lunenburg,  from  want  of  proper  means  to  bring  up  his 
little  family,  he  was  induced  to  take  a  journey  down  to  the  Province, 
and  see  if  he  could  find  and  learn  the  worth  of  that  land.  This  was 
the  object  of  his  journey  when  he  was  drowned  in  the  Kennebec 
river." 


24  THE  JOHNSON   MEMORIAL. 

We  will  now  give  a  little  of  our  space  to  the  history  of  our  ances- 
tor, Captain  James  Gibson,  who  came  to  Boston  prior  to  1735. 

He  had  held  a  commission  in  the  Royal  Army  in  the  West  Indies, 
and  now  entered  into  the  mercantile  and  importing  business.  He 
was  a  public  spirited,  enterprising  citizen,  and  took  a  deep  interest 
in  the  welfare  of  the  colonies. 

Here  again  we  are  indebted  to  Lorenzo  D.  Johnson,  who,  for  his 
indefatigable  perseverance  in  obtaining  the  history  of  this  ancestor, 
and  publishing  it  in  book  form  in  1S47,  under  the  title  of  "A  Boston 
Merchant  of  1745:"     He  says  : 

"Mary  Duesbury  Gibson,  his  grandmother,  died  while  he  was 
but  a  boy.  He  has  a  letter  written  when  she  was  eighty  years 
of  age,  in  which  she  tells  him  of  the  manner  of  her  father's  death, 
and  of  her  misfortunes — the  loss  of  her  estate." 

He  was  then  in  possession  of  the  only  copy  of  Gibson's  Journal  of 
the  siege  of  Louisburg  and  Cape  Breton  in  America.  It  was  printed 
in  London  the  year  following  its  date,  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine, 
and  a  copy  kept  b}'  his  daughter  was  the  one  he  had. 

He  presented  me  with  a  copy  of  his  book  on  the  occasion  of 
my  visit  to  Washington  in  March,  1S61,  to  witness  the  inauguration  of 
Abraham  Lincoln.  It  has  always  interested  me,  and  in  1893  I  had  it 
reprinted  in  pamphlet  form.  I  reproduce  it  in  the  Appendix  of  this 
history,  and  use  the  following  page  for  a  facsimile  of  his  coat  of 
arms. 


The  James  Gieson  Coat  of  Arms. 

The  original,  beautifully  drawn  and  colored  on  parchment,  of  evi- 
dent antiquity,  though  very  much  faded,  hung  on  the  w*all  of  the 
log  house  in  which  I  was  bom,  from  ray  earliest  recollection.  My 
father,  then  the  only  descendant  bearing  his  name,  held  it  by  com- 
mon consent.  I  have  often  heard  him  tell  of  a  portrait  of  his  ances- 
tor that  hung,  in  his  childhood,  on  the  walls  of  the  Johnson  home 
in  Reading,  Yt.,  and  the  fond  remembrance  that  he  was  named 
James  Gibson  on  account  of  his  resemblance  to  the  portrait. 

The  Coat  of  Arras,  it  appears,  had  been  in  the  family  since  about 
the  year  1300  A.  D.  It  is  now  in  possession  of  ray  cousin,  Rev. 
James  Gibson  Johnson,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  the  New  England  Congre- 
gational Church,  Chicago,  111. 


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THE  GIBSON  COAT  OF  ARMS. 


FIFTH    GENERATION    FROM    JOHN   ALDEN.  25 

The  following  description  is  on  the  back  of  the  board  ou  which 
the  Coat  of  Arras  is  fastened: 

"The  Ancient  and  Honorable  faniil}-  of  Gibson:  Three  Hun- 
dred  Years. 

"Azure,  three  storks  rising  on  the  wing.  Argent  beaked  and 
leg'd  gules,  the  tip  of  the  wings  sable. 

CREST. 

"Out  of  a  Ducal  Coronet,  or  Lion's  Claw,  gules  holding  an  engine 
of  war,  called  a  Holy  Water  Sprinkler;  zone  spiked  and  tipped 
argent. 

MOTTO. 

"Courage.     Virtue.     Charit^^" 


FIFTH  GENERATION  FROM  JOHN  ALDEN. 


Rev.  Jeremiah  Johnson. 

Rev.  Jeremiah  Johnson  was  born  in  Quincy,  (formerly  Braintree) 
Mass.,  in  1763.  He  was  married,  April  15,  1788,  in  Chariestov.-a, 
N.  H.,  to  Thomaziu  Blanchard,  daughter  of  Nehemiah  and  Mary 
(Duesbury)  Blanchard,  and  granddaughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Han- 
nah (Thayer)  Blanchard  and  also  granddaughter  of  Captain  James 
Gibson,  late  of  Boston,  Mass.  She  was  bom  in  Quincy,  Mass., 
Sept.  20,  1765. 

We  know  nothing  of  Mr.  Johnson's  early  Hfe  until  he  was  seven- 
teen years  of  age,  when  he  enlisted  in  Col.  Cilley's  First  Regiment 
New  Hampshire  Line,  and  serv-ed  with  his  regiment  until  the  close 
of  the  revolutionary  war,  as  stated  in  the  introductory  chapter. 

It  appears  that  his  family  had  made  Charlestov/n  their  home  for 
some  years.  He  had  two  brothers  and  two  sisters  living  there  in 
178S,  and  his  oldest  brother  had  five  children  bom  there. 

One  sister  married   a   man   named  Bingham;    the  other  a  man 


"    TO   / 


26  THE  JOHNSON   MEMORIAL. 

named  Kimball,  and  their  descendants  are  now  scattered  along  the 
Connecticut  river. 

Thomazin  lived  there  with  an  older  sister  for  some  time  previous 
to  her  marriage.  The  family  were  living  in  Lunenberg  at  the  time 
of  her  father's  death,  but  removed  to  Charlestown  in  a  few  years  to 
join  the  daughter  who  had  married  and  settled  there. 

Children  bom  in  Charlestown  were — 

Mary  Duesbury,  horn  Feb.  17,  1789. 

Thomazin^  born  Jan.  25,  1790;  died  in  early  childhood, — proba- 
bly before  she  was  four  years  old. 

Children  born  in  Reading,  Yt. — 

Sa*-ah,  the  oldest,  date  unknown.  She  married  a  man  named 
Bemis,  and  removed  to  Ontario  Co.,  New  York,  in  18 14,  and  died 
soon  after. 

Anna,  bom  Dec.  4,  1796. 

Thomazin,  bom  Oct.  3,  1797. 

James  Gibson,  bom  Sept.  29,  1799. 

Susan,  born  Sept.  29,  1803. 

Lorenzo  Dow,  born  Aug.  21,  1805. 

Thomas  Skeils,  bom  Dec.  6,  1807. 

His  tombstone  bears  the  following  inscription: 

"Rev.  Jeremiah  Johnson.     Died  Nov.  2,  1847,  age  84." 

Her  tombstone  reads  as  follows: 

"Thomazin,  wife  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  Johnson  Died  Dec.  10, 
1824,  age  61.'' 

She  met  her  death  by  an  accident.  She  had  been  spending  the 
night  with  a  sick  friend,  about  three  miles  from  home,  travelling 
with  a  horse  she  had  driven  many  times.  "When  she  arrived 
within  about  a  mile  of  home,  while  going  quickly  down  a  hill,  the 
wheel  struck  a  rock  which  projected  into  the  road,  broke  the  axle- 
tree,  and  threw  her  with  velocity  to  the  ground. 

"Her  head  struck  directly  upon  the  edge  of  a  sharp  stone,  which 
penetrated  the  brain,  and  she  was  no  more.  About  fifteen  minutes 
after  she  passed  the  last  house  she  was  found  dead.  It  was  sup- 
posed she  died  instantly. 


■^(U  /!!' 


SIXTH   GENERATION   FROM   JOHN   ALDEN.  27 

Of  Mr.  Johnson's  second  marriage,  there   seems  to  be  no  data,  a 
least  none  of  his  descendants  now  living  seem  to  have  any. 

He  married  Sybil  Kimball,  a  distant  relative,  about  1826.  The 
Kimballs  were  among  the  first  settlers  of  Charlestown,  N.  H.,  as 
early  as  1750.  It  is  not  impossible  that  his  ancestors  had  inter- 
married, in  the  generations  preceding. 

As  his  children  left  Vermont  before  1S34  we  do  not  know  much 
of  his  history  after  that  time.  But,  from  all  we  can  learn,  he  was 
forever  disabled  in  the  war  of  1S12  from  performing  manual  labor, 
and  during  the  latter  years  of  his  life  was  confined  to  his  room  much 
of  the  time. 

Only  one  child  was  boru  to  him  by  his  second  wife.  She  and 
her  son  Solon  sold  the  old  homestead  in  1848  or  1849,  and  emi- 
grated to  the  State  of  Wisconsin. 

They  settled  on  a  small  farm  about  ten  miles  east  of  Mineral 
.Point,  Iowa  County,  in  185 1.  After  spending  a  winter  in  Michigan 
with  his  half  brother,  James  Gibson,  they  set  out  for  their  new 
home,  in  a  two-horse  farm  wagon;  riding  the  entire  di.^^tance 
of  nearly  five  hundred  miles,  over  muddy  roads  and  through  all 
kinds  of  weather. 

She  died  there  in  1852,  and  he  married  soon  afterwards. 

He  enlisted  in  1862  in  the  17th  Regiment  Wisconsin  Infantry, 
and  served  through  the  war.  After  the  war,  he  removed  to  wes- 
tern Nebraska,  where  he  died  about  ten  years  ago. 

I  am  informed  by  cousin  James  Gibson  White  that  he  lived 
neighbor  to  him  a  few  years;  that  he  was  a  good  man,  and  much 
respected  in  the  communitj'. 

He  left  a  son  named  Gibson,  and  other  children,  near  Hastings, 
Nebraska. 

All  efforts,  however,  to  communicate  with  his  son  Gibson  have 
failed. 


SIXTH  GENERATION  FROM  JOHN  ALDEN. 

Mary  Duesbury  Johnson. 

Mary  Duesbury,  eldest  daughter  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  and  Thomaziii 
(Blanchard)  Johnson,  was  bom  in  Charlestown,  N.  H.,  Feb.  19^ 
1789.  She  was  married  to  Abel  Sanderson,  of  Springfield,  Vt., 
about  1812. 


28  THE  JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

They  had  one  child  bora  in  Reading,  Vt.,  Nov.  lo,  1S12,  whom 
they  named  Lucinda.  She  married  Nye  Barlow,  of  Sandwich, 
Mass. 

Mr.  Sanderson  enlisted  in  the  war  of  1S12,  and  was  killed  at  the 
battle  of  Fort  Erie,  Canada,  opposite  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  1S14. 

Lucinda  died  Feb.  10,  1S85. 

Mary  Duesbury  was  married  the  second  time  July  31,  1S15,  to 
Rev.  Robert  White,  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  1812.  He  was  of  Scotch- 
Irish  descent,  bom  in  the  North  of  Ireland,  though  he  came  to  Bos- 
ton in  his  boyhood.  He  was  born  April  15,  1795.  He  lost  both 
arms  in  the  siege  of  Fort  Erie,  Aug.  17,  1814.  We  copy  the  fol- 
lowing from  the  records  of  the  Pension  Office  : 

"Robert  White,  was  allowed  a  pension  of  S40  per  month,  com- 
mencing March  5,  1815,  by  special  act  of  Congress,  having  lost  both 
his  arms  at  the  siege  of  Fort  Erie. 

"Abel  Sanderson,  of  the  nth  Regiment,  U.  S.  Infantry,  enlisted 
Jan.  16,  1 8 13,  for  during  the  war,  and  was  slain  by  the  enemy  Aug. 
15,  1814. 

"In  July,  1820,  Jeremiah  Johnson,  in  his  application  for  a  pen- 
sion, stated  that  he  had  lived  for  five  years  with  his  son-in-law,  Rob- 
ert White,  who  lost  both  arms  by  a  cannon  ball  at  Fort  Erie,  Aug. 
17,  1814." 

It  appears  that  after  they  were  married,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  White  re- 
mained with  her  parents  some  years. 

In  the  memoirs  by  her  son  Lorenzo,  he  says:  "In  the  course  of 
time,  Mr.  Johnson  broke  up  housekeeping  and  united  what  little  in- 
terests he  had  with  his  son  in-law,  so  that  his  eldest  daughter,  Mrs. 
White,  with  her  husband  had  the  entire  charge  of  the  temporal  af- 
fairs of  the  family. " 

After  that,  he  settled  on  a  farm  less  than  two  miles  distant,  in  the 
village  of  Greenbush,  town  of  Weathersfield,  where  he  remained 
until  the  spring  of  1S34.  He  then  removed  with  his  family  to  Ches- 
ter village  to  give  his  children  the  advantages  of  better  schools.      ^ 

In  September,  1835,  he  emigrated  to  Preble  County,  Ohio, 
where  he  remained  until  he  removed  to  Morrison,  Whiteside  Co., 
111.  While  living  in  Preble  Co.,  his  sons  were  at  Oberlin  College, 
three  of  them  preparing  for  the  ministry. 

All  except  the  two  youngest  of  the  children  were  bom  in  Reading, 
Vt.,  or  Weathersfield. 


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SIXTH   GENERATION    FROM   JOHN   ALDEN.  29 


CHILDREN. 

Priscilla,  bora  Alay  4,  18 16. 
Joseph  Johnson,  bora  June  4,  1S17. 
Sarah,  bora  Sept.  6,  18 18. 
Mary,  bora  Jaii.  14,  1820. 
SusaUy  born  Feb.  22.  1S21. 
James  Gibson,  bora  Jan.  20,  1S23.- 
Elizabeth,  bora  Dec.  6,  1824. 
/t;/i/z   Wesley,  bora  May  iS,  1826.. 
Lorenzo  Johnson,  bora  Aug.  31,  1828. 

David  and  Jonathan ,^  tivin  brothers,  bora  March  12,  1S30..  Died 
same  day. 

Caroline  Afatihia,  bora  Dec.  3,  1831.   Died  in  Ohio,  Nov.  6,  1836- 
Thomas,  bora,  Preble  County,  March  6,  1837.    Died  Feb.  7,  1838. 

'     His  personal  history  is  better  told  by  his  eldest  daughter,  Priscilla. 
She  writes  : 

"Dear  Cousin  : 

"My  father,  Rev.  Robert  White,  was  of  Scotch-Irish  origin.  He 
was  born  April  5,  1795.  Boston,  Mass.,  was  the  home  of  his  child- 
hood and  youth.  His  father  died  when  he  was  a  small  child,  and 
he  lost  his  mother  at  an  early  age. 

"He  enhsted  early  in  the  war  of  18 12,  and  passed  through  some 
sanguinary  battles,  won  the  esteem  of  his  superiors  as  a  brave  and 
faithful  soldier,  and  was  being  promoted,  when  he  lost  both  of  his 
arras  at  the  siege  of  Fort  Erie  by  a  cannon  ball  from  the  enemy. 
This  same  ball  wounded  another  man  by  his  side,  and,  passing  on, 
killed  four  others.  He  fainted,  and  was  conveyed  to  the  haspital. 
Amputation  was  found  necessary;  and  as  a  mark  of  his  fortitude, 
when  the  surgeons  were  proceeding  to  bind  him  to  his  place,  as 
was  their  custom  in  such  cases,  he  requested  them  to  leave  him  un- 
bound, and  he  calmly  stood  the  operation  without  it.  He  was  laid 
on  a  little  couch;  and  the  surgeon  said  to  the  nurse,.  "Please  take 
particular  notice  of  that  young  man,  who  is  pale  and  weak  from  the 
loss  of  blood." 

"He  was  placed  in  care  of  our  grandfather  Johnson,  whose  patriot- 
ism had  led  him  through  the  war  of  the  revolution,  and  into  the 
present  one.  He  was  now  found  from  his  rare  qualifications,  to  be 
the  very  man  needed  to  care  for  the  wounded  and  dying. 

"His  tender,  fatherly  care  of  the  sufferer  was  a  priceless  blessing 


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to  him,  and  aided  much  in  his  recovery;  was  the  means,  it  mav  he, 
of  saving  his  life,  and  was  not  forgotten. 

"At  the  close  of  the  war.  a  special  pension  was  granted  by  Con- 
gress for  my  father  and  two  others,  who  had  during  the  war  been 
wounded  in  the  same  way. 

"After  the  war,  he  settled  in  Greenbush,  Windsor  Co..  Vt.,  near 
the  home  of  his  father-in-law,  our  venerated  grandfather,  Rev. 
Jeremiah  Johnson,  whom  he  loved  as  his  own  father,  and  wb.ose 
eldest  daughter,   Mary  Duesbury,  he  had  married 

"Greenbush,  a  locality  a  mile  or  a  mile  and  a  half  in  extent,  em- 
braces small  parts  of  the  towns  of  Reading.  Cavendish  and  Weath- 
ersfield.  My  parents  settled  first  in  the  Reading  division,  where 
most  of  their  children  were  born,  and  afterwards  in  Weathersfield, 
but  were  still  in  Greenbush.  This  accounts  for  an  occasional  dis- 
crepancy in  places  by  various  members  of  the  family. 

"My  father,  as  t  remember  him,  was  one  of  nature's  noblemen. 
In  person  he  was  tall,  and  of  manly  bearing,  with  a  kind  and  gener- 
ous heart  and  an  innate  love  of  the  good  and  beautiful.  The  war 
had  crushed,  for  himself,  his  high  hopes  of  the  future;  but  he  con- 
secrated himself  to  God  and  rose  above  his  loss,  determined,  by 
His  blessing,  to  make  the  most  of  that  which  remained  to  him.  He 
loved  books  and  read  much,  the  Bible  always  first.  My  earliest 
recollections  are  of  our  family  worship,  and  'the  Bible  that  lay  on 
the  stand.' 

"He  superintended  his  farm,  and  did  all  his  own  writing.  He  in- 
vented a  little  machine,  which  he  called  his  penholder,  and  by 
holding  this  in  his  mouth,  he  wrote,  readily,  a  fair  manuscript. 

"He  was  a  leader  in  the  religious  services  of  the  place.  He  was 
an  authorized  preacher;  often  preached  in  his  own  and  other 
places;  and  his  services  in  this  way  were  much  in  demand, — but 
were  always  and  only  labors  of  love.  My  mother  was  a  devoted 
Christian,  and  a  ready  and  efficient  helper  in  every  good  work. 
They  kept  an  open  house  for  ministers,  and  all  who  came  to  do 
good,  were  a  blessing  to  the  community,  and  beloved  and  esteemed 
by  all  who  knew  them.  ^ 

"In  the  spring  of  1834,  they  removed  to  Chester,  Vt.,  for  the  bet- 
ter education  of  their  children;  but  in  1835  they  removed  to  Ohio,  and 
settled  near  Winchester,  in  Preble  County.  They  gave  the  name 
of  Greenbush  to  their  new  place,  in  memory  of  their  old  home 
in  Vermont.     In  1856,  they  removed  to  Morrison,   Whiteside  Co., 


A" 


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SIXTH   GENERATION    FROM   JOHN   ALDEN.  3 1 

Illinois,  where  some  of  their  family  had  preceded  them.  There, 
with  several  of  their  family  settled  around  them,  they  remained 
while  they  lived. 

"My  mother  died  as  previously  stated.  Sept,  27,  1S66;  my  father 
died  Aug.  28,  1870." 

From  Lossing's  Field  Book  of  the  War  of  1S12,  I  extract  the 
following  in  reference  to  the  siege  of  Fort  Erie  : 

"There  are  two  survivors  of  that  army  yet  living  with  whom  I 
have  had  correspondence,  who  are  worthy  of  notice  because  of  their 
remarkable  escape  from  death;  having  been  wounded  so  desperately 
that  no  hope  could  ever  be  entertained  of  their  recover^-,  yet  for 
over  fifty  years  they  have  lived  as  useful  members  of  society. 

"I  refer  to  Robert  White,  of  Morrison,  Whiteside  County,  111., 
as  one  of  them.  He  had  both  arms  shot  oflf  above  the  elbows  on 
the  evening  of  August  15.  'Just  at  twilight,'  says  White,  in  a  let- 
ter to  a  friend — 'just  as  my  arms  were  extended  in  the  act  of  lifting 
a  vessel  on  the  fire,  a  twenty-four  pounder  came  booming  over  the 
ramparts  and  struck  oft'  both  arms  above  the  elbows.  The  blow 
struck  me  so  numb  that  at  first  I  did  not  know  what  had  happened; 
and  the  dust  and  ashes  raised  b}'  the  force  of  the  ball  so  filled  my 
face  that  I  could  not  see.  My  left  arm,  I  was  subsequently  informed, 
was  carried  from  my  body  some  ten  rods,  and  struck  a  man  in  the 
back  with  such  force  as  nearly  brought  him  to  the  gromid.  This 
same  shot  took  off  the  right  arm  of  another  soldier  standing  not  far 
from  me,  and  passing  on  to  the  other  side  of  the  encampment  killed 
four  others.' 

"White  was  then  about  twenty  years  of  age.  His  wounds  were 
dressed  by  Dr.  Hunt,  and  in  a  week  afterwards  he  was  taken  to 
Buffalo  and  placed  in  the  care  of  Jeremiah  Johnson,  who  was  then 
in  charge  of  the  hospital  at  that  place.  That  kind-hearted  gentle- 
man nursed  him  tenderly,  and  became  his  benefactor;  and  he  was 
chiefly  instrumental  in  procuring  for  the  young  soldier  a  life  pension 
of  four  hundred  and  eighty  dollars  a  year. 

"After  the  war  he  settled  in  Vermont,  and  married  the  widowed 
daughter  of  Mr.  Johnson,  whose  young  husband  was  killed  at 
Fort  Erie. 

"Mr.  White  contrived  an  apparatus,  composed  of  a  pen  fixed  in 
a  triangular  piece  of  wood,  by  which,  holding,  it  between  his 
teeth,  he  was  soon  enabled  to  write,  not  only  with  facility,  but  with 


32  THE  JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

remarkable   clearness.     His    penmanship  failed  in    elegance  only 
when  he  lost  his  teeth." 

Tbe  following  was  written  by  him,  in  a  fair,  plain  hand,  much 
better  than  the  average  farmer  at  that  time,  I  include  it  in  his 
history  to  show  the  character  of  the  man  under  the  difficulties 
which  he  experienced  without  arms. 

"Necessity  is  said  to  be  the  mother  of  invention;  so  that  those 
faculties  which  God  in  His  providence  sees  fit  to  remove  from  his 
creatures,  He,  many  times,  makes  up  by  imparting  new  ones,  or 
strengthening  those  that  remain;  so  you  see,  as  in  the  specimen  be- 
fore you,  the  mouth  is  made  use  of  in  writing,  to  supply  the  want 
of  the  fingers. 

"It  matters  but  little  what  we  sufier  in  this  world,  or  what  hopes 
we  sustain,  provided  we  get  well  out  of  the  world,  and  gain  heaven 
at  last.  An  eternity  of  glory  at  the  right  hand  of  God,  will  more 
than  compensate  us  for  what  we  can  possibly  lose  in  time.  As  God 
designs  that  all  his  providential  dealings  toward  us  should  turn  to 
our  spiritual  advantage,  and  that  all  things  shall  work  together  for 
our  good,  if  we  love  Him,  we  may  well  be  reconciled  to  all  the  ills 
of  this  life,  and  rest  in  quietude  under  the  happy  reflection  that  what- 
ever affliction  we  pass  through  here  (and  patiently  endure  for 
Christ's  sake,)  it  will  prepare  us  for  a  more  blessed  state  of  enjoy- 
ment hereafter. 

The  signature,  date,  and  couplet  above  are  a  fac  simile  of  his 
handwriting  at  the  date  mentioned. 


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SIXTH    GlENERATION   FROM   JOHN    ALDEN.  ^i 


Anna  Johnson. 

Anna  Johnson,  daughter  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  and  Thoraazin  (Blanch- 
ard)  Johnson,  was  born  in  Reading,  Vt.,  Dec.  4,  1796,  and  married 
Edmund  Davis,  of  Cavendish,  Vt.,  April  25,  1816,  who  was  born 
there  September  iS,  17S6,  and  died  Sept.  25,  1S65.  She  died  Jul,v 
12.  1833, 

CHILDREN.       BORN    IN    CAVENDISH. 

Jiuf/i,  born  Jan.  i,  181S,  died  Nov.  12,  1818. 

Persis,  bom  Feb.  25,  1S22,  died  March  24,  1822. 

Jemima,  bom  April  4,  1S23. 

Permela,  bom  March  7,  1824,  died  March  12,  1824. 

Roxana,  bora  May  21,  1S26. 

Matilda,  born  March  2,  182S,  died  April  12,  1S2S, 

ZTarr/^/,  bornjan.  25,  1829. 


Thomazin  Johnson, 

"Thomazin,  daughter  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  and  Thomazin  (Blanchard) 
Johnson,  was  born  in  Reading,  Vermont.,  October  3,  r79  7.  She 
married  Calvin  Grandy,  of  Reading,  Vt.,  in  March  1S19.  He  was 
bom  there  March  17,  1792;  occupation,  farmer,  carpenter,  and 
lime  manufacturer;  lived  in  Warren  and  Fayston.  Their  remains 
lie  in  the  churchyard  at  Waitsfield,  near  Fayston.  After  his  death, 
April  26,  1859,  she  Hved  with  her  eldest  daughter  in  East  Charles- 
ton, Vt.,  where  she  died  April  11,  187 1. 

CHILDREN. 

Z^att^/t/ifr,  bom  Sept.  20,  1820.     Died  same  day. 
Cordelia,  bom  in  Reading,  Feb.  23,  1823. 
Louise  Maria,  bom  in  Warren,  October  12,  1826. 
Lucinda,  bom  in  Warren,  July  6,    1831. 
Lorenzo  Calvin,  bom  in  Warren,  April  5,  1833. 
Daughter,  bom  March  23,  1837,  died  the  same  day. 
Ziba   Boynton,  bom  in  Fayston,  Aug.  9,  1840. 
Cyrus  Elbridge,  bom  in  Fayston,  April  7,  1842. 


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34  'THE  JOHNSON   MEMORIAI,, 

James  Gibson  Johnson. 

James  Gibson  Johnson,  son  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  and  Thoniazin 
(Blanchard)  Johnson,  was  bom  in  Reading,  Vt.,  Sebt.  29,  1799: 
married,  Sept.  13,  1826,  Susannah  Bowen,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Eowen  and  Mehetable  (Packard)  Bowen,  of  same  place.  She  was 
born  there  Sept.  i,  1799. 

The  two  families  Uved  all  their  married  lives  on  adjoining  farms. 

The  Bowen  family  Bible  says  : 

"Sept.  13,  1S26,  Susannah  Bowen  married  to  James  Gibson  John- 
son.    Set  out  for  Michigan  same  day" 

I  quote  from  a  pamphlet  printed  in  1S91: 

"This  journey  to  the  territory  of  Michigan  occupied  three  weeks. 
It  was  made  in  a  farm  wagon,  with  a  load  of  furniture,  to  the  'Erie 
Canal;'  thence  by  boat  to  Buffalo,  N.  Y.:  thence  by  the  old  steam- 
er 'Walk  in  the  ^Yater'  to  Detroit;  and  from  there  furniture  was  car- 
ried on  a  sled,  drawn  by  oxen,  and.  the  bride  of  three  weeks  was 
carried  on  the  back  of  an  Indian  pony  through  woods  and  swamps 
to  the  place  where  she  spent  her  life  and  reared  her  family.  This 
was  in  the  township  of  Royal  Oak,  in  the  County  of  Oakland, 

CHILDREN.       BORN    IN    ROYAL   OAK,  MICH. 

Samantha  Ellen,  bom  Sept.  2,  1827. 

James  Bmven,  bom  Oct.  14,  1830. 

Susan  Mehelable,  bom  Oct.  21    1832,  died  April  25,  1852, 

John  Reed,  bom  June  21,  1835. 

Joseph  Benson,  bom  Sept.  28,  1837. 

Jerome  Fletcher,  born  Dec.  3,  1S40. 

Their  journey  to  Michigan  was  begun  by  a  forty  mile  ride  over 
the  mountains  towards  White  Hall,  N.  Y.,  in  a  farm  wagon,  on  the 
wedding  day.  After  arrival  in  Michigan,  tliey  were  kindly  cared 
for  by  a  family  Mr.  Johnson  had  known  in  his  New  York  home,  whp 
had  preceded  him  by  two  years,  and  now  lived  about  three  fourths 
of  a  mile  through  the  woods  from  the  land  he  had  selected  two 
years  previously,  and  who  was  to  be  their  nearest  neighbor  for 
three  years. 


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SIXTH    GENERATION   FROM    JOHN   ALDEN.  35 

The  settlers  for  three  miles  around  turned  out  and  built  his  log 
house  with  "shake"  roof  and  "stick"  chimney  in  a  few  days. 

[This  custom  prevailed  for  years  afterward.  While  the  men 
were  cutting  trees  and  hewing  logs,  their  wives  were  enjoying  a  so- 
cial time  together  and  assisting  in  cooking.] 

When  about  fourteen  years  of  age,  he  left  his  Green  Mountain 
home  with  Mr.  Bemiss,  who  had  married  his  sister  Sarah  and  emi- 
grated to  Ontario  Co.,  New   York  State. 

Mr.  Bemiss  was  a  blacksmith,  and  he  was  to  live  wuth  them  until 
he  was  "oi  age"  and  learn  the  trade. 

His  sister  Sarah  died,  however,  within  a  year,  and  he  was  left  an 
"orphan."  With  a  sad  heart,  but  a  courageous  spirit,  he  deter- 
mined to  remain  in  the  locality  and  become  a  farmer.  He  often 
referred  to  this  period  as  the  saddest  experience  of  his  life. 

But  he  found  a  friend  in  the  person  of  John  Reed,  a  farmer,  to 
whom  he  hired  himself  and  with  whom  he  remained  ten  or  more 
years.     No  period  of  his  life  was  so  clear  in  his  memory  as  this. 

His  strong  hope  and  courageous  manly  spirit,  did  not  fail  hira, 
and  in  1824  he  went  west  "looking  land"  with  a  party  of  young 
men  of  the  locality,  and  located  the  land  on  which  he  settled  two 
years  later.  His  associates  bought  land  in  the  same  county,  and 
settled  from  a  mile  to  six  miles  from  him  in  the  then  town  of  Troy, 
Oakland  Co. ,  Territory  of  INIich.  His  purchase  was  from  the  United 
States,  his  deed  being  signed  by  John  Quincy  Adams  with  his  own 
hand. 

[This  may  seem  strange  to  those  who  know  that  deeds  are  signed 
now  by  a  clerk  in  the  Land  Office  in  Washington.] 

His  experience  as  a  boy  and  young  man,  working  faithfully  from 
the  death  of  his  sister  till  his  own  marriage,  prepared  him  for  the 
arduous  labors  and  trials  which  he  was  able  to  endure  and  overcome 
in  his  new  home. 

The  country  where  he  settled  was  covered  with  heavy  timber, — 
beech,  maple,  oak,  elm,  hickory;  and  it  needed  a  stout  heart,  strong 
hands  and  a  mighty  courage  to  clear  it  up. 

The  nearest  place  to  get  corn  and  wheat  ground  for  food  was 
twelve  miles  distant,  and  it  took  two  days  to  make  the  journey,  with 
a  yoke  of  oxen  and  sled.  On  one  occasion  his  only  hog  followed 
the  team  the  entire  distance,  sleeping  at  night  with  the  oxen,  while 
Mr.  Johnson  slept  on  the  floor  of  the  mill,  with  blankets  which  he 
carried  for  the  purpose. 


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S6  THE   JOHNSON'   MEMORIAI,. 

The  experiences  of  the  pioneer  settlers  have  been  rehearsed  by 
writers  of  every  generation  in  ever}-  variety  of  climate  and  condi- 
tion, from  the  rugged  hills  of  New  England  to  the  prairies  of  the 
West.  Their  hardships,  trials,  constant  labor,  social  starvation,  and 
every  conceivable  condition,,  are  familiar  to  all,  and  realized  by  few. 
Mr.  Johnson  and  his  patient  wife  labored  under  as  adverse  condi- 
tions as  the  majority  of  them.  With  friendly  Indians  all  around 
thera,  going  in  and  out  of  their  house  at  all  times  of  day  or  night, 
often  sleeping  on  the  floor  before  the  fire  of  logs,  leaving  the  house 
while  they  were  asleep — how  could  they  feel  secure  ?  What  if  they 
should  prove  treacherous,  and  the  scenes  of  the  early  years  of  New 
England  be  enacted  over  again  ?  In  a  wilderness,  with  a  growth 
of  trees  nearly  one  hundred  feet  high,  with  bears  and  wolves  looking 
for  a  meal  in  the  hog  pen,  or  eyeing  them  when  at  their  work, 
how  could  they  feel  at  ease,  or  rest  with  composure? 

Their  experiences  and  trials,  with  the  strain  of  constant  labor, 
care  and  anxiety,  and  the  exposure  incident  thereto,  had  their  ef- 
fect on  Mr.  Johnson's  strong,  healthy  vigorous  physique,  and  at  the 
age  of  fifty-one  he  succumbed  to  rheumatism  and  paralysis  and  was 
an  invalid  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

His  strong  Christian  nature,  his  great  heart  of  love,  his  quiet, 
patient  endurance,  his  hope  for  the  best  in  this  world,  and  his  assur- 
ance of  faith  in  God,  all  combined,  made  him  a  man  to  be  admired 
and  loved.     If  he  had  an  enem)'  his  family  were  not  aware  of  it. 

He  was  too  upright  and  benevolent  to  accumulate  much 
property. 

In  the  year  1S28,  he  saw  that  the  settlers  around  being  obliged 
to  go  long  distances  with  their  sawlogs  to  have  their  lumber  sawed, 
conceived  the  idea  of  building  a  saw  mill  on  a  little  stream  that  ran 
through  his  farm. 

As  the  nearest  mill  was  ten  miles  away,  his  was  patronized  very 
largely,  especially  by  settlers  in  the  opposite  direction.  Financially, 
it  was  an  unfortunate  venture,  and  resulted  in  considerable  loss  to 
him,  although  of  great  benefit  to  his  neighbors. 

After  the  failure  of  his  health,  in  1851,  he  was  confined  to  his 
bed  and  chair  for  about  two  years, — recovering  gradually,  until  in 
1855,  he  was  able  to  work  in  his  garden  and  take  care  of  his  horse 
and  cow. 

The  last  four  years  of  his  life  I  resided  less  than  three  miles  from 
him,  and  saw  him  often.     He  failed  gradually  during  February  and 


SUSANNAH  (BOWEN)  JOHNSON. 


SIXTH   GENERATION    FROM    JOHN    ALDEN.  37 

March,  1872,  and  we  saw  that  he  could  not  live  very  long.  April 
15, 1  went  to  the  house  with  the  physician,  to  consult  \\ith  reference 
to  my  proposed  absence  for  ten  days. 

We  found  him  walking  about  the  yard,  as  cheerful  as  usual;  and 
after  leaving  the  house  the  doctor  assured  me  that  he  would  live 
two  or  three  months.  Consequently,  I  took  the  noon  train  the  next 
day  to  attend  the  International  Sunday  School  Convention  at  In- 
dianapolis, Indiana;  and  on  leaving  the  train  a  half  hour  later  at 
Detroit,  I  was  met  with  a  telegram  informing  me  of  his  death. 

His  funeral  sermon  v.-as  from  the  text:  "And  David,  when  he 
had  served  his  generation,  fell  on  sleep,"  and  was  preached  by  an 
old  friend — Rev.  John  Arnold,  of  Detroit,  a  superannuated  minister 
of  the  M.  E.  Church,  who,  when  a  boy,  was  a  circuit  preacher, 
with  headquarters  at  Mr.  Johnson's  house. 

Thus  the  brave,  noble  soul  was  laid  to  rest.  He  died  sitting  in 
his  chair,  April  16,  1872. 

His  beloved  wife,  with  her  brave  heart,  and  wnth  devotion  and 
courage  seldom  excelled,  maintained  her  natural  cheerfulness  dur 
ing  this  trying  experience,  and  outlived   him   seven  years. 

They  had  lived  and  labored  together  on  the  same  farm  fort\'-six 
years.  They  had  seen  the  country  change  from  a  dense  forest  and 
"blossom  as  the  rose,"  and  from  a  wilderness  to  one  of  the  best 
agricultural  counties  in  the  west. 

All  the  Christian  graces  that  I  have  mentioned  as  exhibited  by 
my  father,  were  also  possessed  by  my  mother. 

Her  father,  Daniel  Bowen,  was  bom  in  Woodstock,  Conn.;  to 
quote  from  the  family  record,  "Oct.  21,  on  Sunday  evening,  A.  D. 
1750,  and  deceased  April  13,  1829."  This  was  evidently  written 
at  diflferent  times;  the  first  by  Esq.  Silas,  his  father,  and  the  last  by 
one  of  his  children. 

"He  enlisted  from  Woodstock,  Conn.,  April  i,  1777,  in  Capt. 
Manning's  company,  3rd  regiment,  Conn.  Line,  and  was  discharged 
April  2,  1780.  He  served  during  the  summer  and  fall  of  '77  under 
Putnam,  along  the  Hudson;  was  at  the  battle  of  Wliitemarsh,  Dec. 
8;  wintered  at  Valley  Forge;  was  at  the  battle  of  Monmouth,  N. 
J.,  July,  '78;  spent  the  second  winter,  '78-79,  at  Reading,  having 
been  in  camp  at  White  Plains;  served  under  Gen.  Heath  on  rhe  east 
side  of  the  Hudson;  wintered '79-80  at  Morristown." — Connecticut 
Archives. 

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38  THE  JOHNSON   MEMORIAL. 

His  oldest  brother,  Henry,  enlisted  in  Gen.  Putnam's  regiment 
in  1775,  sen,nng  two  years,  and  was  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 

His  ancestors  were  among  the  "explorers"  that  set  out  from 
Roxbury,  Mass.,  in  1686,  to  form  a  colony,  and  settled  in  Wood- 
stock, Conn.  He  was  fourth  in  descent  from  Lieut.  Henry  Bowen, 
who  came  from  Wales,  in  1638,  at  the  age  of  four  years,  with  his 
father,  Griffith  Bowen.  He  (Lt.  Henry)  married  Elizabeth  Johnson, 
daughter  of  Capt.  Isaac  Johnson,  of  Roxbury,  and  was  at  the  great 
"Swamp  Fight,"  where  the  Narragansetts  were  destroyed,  Dec. 
19.  i775>  ^^^  where  Capt.  Isaac  was  killed. 

[If  the  lineage  of  Rev.  Jeremiah,  as  given  in  the  Introductory 
Chapter  is  correct,  then  James  Gibson,  and  Susannah  Bowen  traced 
back  six  generations  to  the  same  ancestors.] 

Griffith  Bowen,  father  of  Lieut.  Henry,  settled  in  Boston,  in  1638. 
To  quote  from  Justin  Windsor's  Memorial  History  of  Boston : 
* 'Griffith  Bowen,  and  Margaret,  his  wife  w^ere  taken  in  to  the  first 
church  of  Boston,  on  ye  6  of  ye  12  month  1638." 

A  map  of  Boston  of  that  period  shows  his  house  and  garden  on 
the  comer  of  Washington  and  Essex  Sts.,  where  the  "Liberty  Tree  " 
was  planted  on  his  soil  in  1646. 

In  the  genealogy  of  the  Bowen  family  by  one  of  the  sons  of 
Henry  C.  Bowen,  of  the  New  York  Independent,  and  cousin  Daniel 
Bowen,  of  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  his  lineage  is  traced  back  in  Wales 
for  several  generations,  and  states  that  he  had  a  coat  of  arms. 

In  Woodstock,  Ct.,  Daniel's  father  and  grandfather  were  Justices 
of  the  Peace,  Members  of  the  Legislature  of  Ct.,  and  held  church 
office;  his  great  grandfather  Isaac  Bowen,  turned  aside  from  the  rest 
of  the  family  for  a  few  years  and  settled  in  Framingham,  Mass., 
and  was  one  of  iS  organizers  of  the  first  church  of  the  place  in  1701, 
but  settled  in  Woodstock  about  1704. 

In  Roxbury,  Lieut.  Henry  was  a  member  of  the  church,  founded 
by  Eliot,  the  apostle  to  the  Indians,  and  to  the  records  of  this 
church,  kept  in  EHot's  own  writing,  we  are  indebted  for  the  history 
of  two  generations. 

The  children  of  Lieut.  Henry  were  all  baptized  by  Eliot,  as  well 
as  other  members  of  the  family. 

Capt.  Isaac  Johuson  and  his  father.  General  John  Johnson  were 
members  of  the  same  church,  the  latter  being  one  of  the  organizers. 


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SIXTH   GENERATION    FROM   JOHN   ALDEN.  29 


Susan  Johnson. 

Susan,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Thomaziu  (Blanchard)  Johnson, 
was  bom  in  Reading,  Vt.,  in  1S03,  and  married  Linas  Thaj-er.  Ke 
was  bom  in  Warren,  Yt.,  in  1805,  and  died  at  West  Elkton, 
Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  Nov.  2,  1S5S.  She  died  Nov.  15,  1S62.  They 
lived  in  Vermont  and  in  Michigan  before  settUng  in  Ohio. 

They  had  but  one  child  : 

Afar}'  Thomazin,  bora  in  Windsor  Co.,  Yt.,  March  25,  1828. 


Rev.  Lorenzo  Dow  Johnson. 

Rev.  Lorenzo  Dow  Johnson,  son  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  and  Thomazin 
(Blanchard)  Johnson,  was  bora  in  Reading,  Yt.,  Aug.  26th,  1805; 
married,  November  13,  1832,  in  Rochester,  Mass.,  Mary  Burges 
daughter  of  Abraham  Burges  and  the  niece  of  Tristam  Burges,  after- 
wards member  of  Congress  from  Rhode  Island,  and  professor  in 
Brown  University.  She  was  a  sister  of  Walter  Burges,  a  Justice 
of  the  Rhode  Island  Supreme  Court.    She  was  boru  March  9,  1810, 

CHILDREN. 

Arnold  Burges.  born  in  Rochester,  Mass.,  June  17,  1S34. 
Jeremiah  Augustus,  bora  in  Boston,  Mass.,  June  3,  1836. 
fames  Gibson,  bora  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  June  25,  1839. 
Lorenzo  M.,  bora  in  New  York  City,  Jan.  22,  1843. 
Joseph  Tabor,  horn  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  June  30,  1845, 
John  Burges,  born  in  Rochester,  Mass.,  Nov.  29,  1847. 

Mr.  Johnson  enjoyed  such  advantages  as  could  be  had  in  those 
days  in  the  public  schools  of  Yermont.  He  became  a  member  of 
his  father's  church  when  but  14;  at  18  he  was  licensed  to  exhort,  at 
19  he  was  licensed  to  preach,  and  at  21  he  was  ordained.  For  the 
next  8  years  he  was  in  active  service  as  a  minister  of  the  gospel, 
laboring  with  great  acceptance. 


40  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAL,  < 

In  1834  the  denomination  witli  which  Mr.  Johnson  was  connected, 
having  suffered  unfavorable  changes,  he  gave  up  the  charge  of  the 
Methodist  Church  at  Pocasset,  Mass.,  and  practically  left  the  minis- 
try, it  having  become  necessary  to  do  so  to  sustain  his  growing  fami- 
ly. From  this  time  on  he  was  engaged  in  educational  and  literary 
pursuits,  but  while  teaching,  lecturing  or  writing,  constantly  strove 
for  the  good  of  man  and  the  glory  of  God.  He  was  a  man  of  enor- 
mous industry,  indomitable  will,  and  tremendous  power  of  concen- 
tration. Every  cause  that  had  for  its  end  the  strengthening  of  the 
weak,  the  elevation  of  the  downcast,  or  that  tended  to  the  ameliora- 
tion of  any  form  of  suffering,  found  in  him  an  earnest  friend.  In 
1848-49  he  traveled  much  in  Europe,  spending  some  time  in  Italy. 
He  also  visited  the  Azores,  Madeira,  the  Canaries,  and  the  Cape 
de  Verde  Islands,  where  he  interested  himself  in  the  persecuted 
protestants.  Many  by  his  encouragement  came  from  Maderia  and 
Funchal  to  this  country,  where  he  aided  them  in  finding  opportuni- 
ty to  earn  their  hving. 

He  was  in  the  clerical  emplo}'  of  the  Government  from  say  1851 
until  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run,  when  he  gave  up  a  lucrative 
position  and,  there  then  being  an  urgent  demand  made  for  assis- 
tance for  the  wounded,  he  went  to  the  front,  and  from  that  time  to 
the  close  of  the  war,  devoted  himself  to  the  care  of  the  sick  and 
wounded  in  and  about  Washington.  It  was  during  this  time  that  he 
made  an  earnest  effort  for  the  reform  of  Army  Chaplaincy.  He 
brought  the  matter  to  the  personal  attention  of  leading  members  of 
Congress  and  to  that  of  President  Lincoln  himself:  and  the  result 
was  that  the  position  which  had  been  brought  into  disrepute  and 
was  likely  to  be  abolished,  was  revolutionized  and  continued,  and 
it  is  likely  to  remain  as  a  great  educational  force  in  the  army. 

The  following  are  among  the  titles  of  the  books  bearing  his  name 
as  author: 

The  Spirit  of  Roger  Williams. 

Memoirs  of  Mrs.  Thomazin  Johnson  of  Mass.  J.  Loring,  pub- 
lisher. 1835. 

The  Art  of  Memory. 

Memoria  Technica,  the  Art  of  Abbreviating  Difficult  Studies. 
Boston  :   1847. 

Chaplains  of  THE  American  Government.     New  York  :   1866. 

Churches  and  Pastors  of  Washington. 


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Associate  Justice  Supreme  Court  of  Rhode  Island. 


SIXTH    GENERATION    FROM   JOHN   ALDEN.  4 1 

His  name  appears  between  1S34  and  1S51  as  editor  or  associate 
editor  of  several  educational,  or  temperance  periodicals,  and  he  was 
for  a  year  in  the  40 's  State  Temperance  lecturer  in  Massachusetts. 

After  the  war  was  over,  his  family  being  grown,  he  returned  to 
the  active  ministry  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and  was  as- 
signed to  the  charge  of  the  last  church  over  which  he  had  presided, 
that  at  Pocasset,  Mass.  Here  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days. 
His  remains  were  laid  in  the  little  cemetery  adjoining  the  church, 
among  those  of  four  generations  of  those  who  had  been  his  pari- 
shioners. 

He  practically  died  in  harness.  During  the  first  week  of  1867  he 
had  been  somewhat  ailing,  but  he  left  his  room  to  preach  his  last 
sermon.  On  the  following  Sabbath  nothing  but  the  severity  of  a 
raging  snow  storm,  which  prevented  the  opening  of  the  church,  de- 
terred him  from  a  like  act.  On  the  third  day  after,  January  8,  1867, 
he  entered  into  his  reward  His  heart  had,  as  he  well  knevv',  long 
been  affected;  and  he  anticipated,  and  was  read}-  for  a  sudden  end. 
It  came  in  the  rupture  of  an  anurism  of  the  arch  of  the  aorta. 

He  was  a  man  of  wonderful  and  of  constantly  increasing  devotion. 
He  left  to  his  bereaved  family,  his  mourning  church  and  an  almost 
limitless  circle  of  friends,  a  spotless  record  and  the  result  of  a  conse- 
crated life. 


Rev.  Thomas  S.  Johnson. 

Rev.  Thomas  Skeils  Johnson,  youngest  son  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  and 
Thomazin  (Blanchard)  Johnson,  was  bom  in  Reading,  Windsor  Co., 
Vt.,  Dec.  6,  1S07.  He  died  in  Middletown,  O.,  Feb.  12,  1S74.  His 
life  business  was  shoemaking,  but  he  occupied  a  pulpit  and  traveled 
a  circuit  in  the  interest  of  the  Methodist  Protestant  Church  for  a 
good  many  years  of  his  middle  life;  returning  to  the  shoe  bench 
afterwards  and  working  as  long  as  he  was  able.  He  was  held  in 
great  respect  by  his  neighbors  as  an  honest,  conscientious  man. 
He  married  Anna  Parker  Ewer  of  Sandwich,  Mass.,  April  4,  1836. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eemuel  Ewer,  of  that 
place. 


42  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAI^ 


CHILDREN. 

Charles  Brayton,  born  in  Warwick,  R.  I.,  Dec  ii,  183^. 
Edward  Pay  son,  born  in  Greenbush,  Ohio,  Aug.  21,  1S43. 
Mary  J^y/zVt-,  bom  in  Greenbush,  Ohio,  Feb.  24,  1845. 
Harriet  Ann,  bom  in  Greenbush,  Ohio.  Nov.  16,  1853. 
Marshall  Eli' er,\><y[VL  in  Middletown,  Ohio,  Oct.  15,  1855. 


The  following  additional  narrative  of  Mr.  Johnson  has  been  furn- 
ished by  his  son,  Charles  B.  Johnson  : 

"Mr.  Johnson,  learning  the  trade  of  shoemaker  at  Windsor,  Vt., 
also  became  a  minister  (of,  I  think,  the  Methodist  Protestant  Church.) 
He  moved  from  Windsor,  Yt.,  when  a  young  man  to  South  Sand- 
wich, Mass.,  where  he  became  acquainted  wath  Miss  Fear  D. 
Fish,  whom  he  married  June  28,  1S83,  and  with  whom  he  lived  not 
quite  a  year,  she  dying  of  consumption  April  4,  1S34,  leaving  no 
children.  After  remaining  a  widower  two  years,  he  married  Ann 
P.  Ewer,  Arpil  4,  1S36,  who  was  the  mother  of  all  his  children,  and 
who  still  survives  him.  About  the  spring  of  1S40,  his  father-in-law,. 
Ewer,  who  had  acquired  a  large  tract  of  land  from  the  Republic  of 
Texas,  returned  to  Massachusetts,  and  persuaded  his  son  in-law  and 
one  (X  two  of  his  sons  to  return  with  him  to  Texas.  They  went  by 
sea  to  New  Orleans  and  up  the  Mississippi  to  Shreveport.  Father, 
becoming  discouraged,  and  out  of  money,  remained  working  at  his 
trade.  He  visited  Natchez  and  Yicksburg,  and  worked  his  way  up 
the  Mississippi  and  Ohio  rivers  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  near  where  his 
sisters  Mary  and  Susan  were  living.  He  was  so  well  pleased  with 
Ohio  that  he  moved  his  family  to  near  Middletown,  where  he  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  days,  preaching  and  working  at  his  trade," 


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SEVENTH  GENERATION  FROM  JOHN  ALDEN.         43 


SEVENTH  GENERATION  FROM  JOHN  ALDEN. 


Priscilla  White. 

Priscilla  \\Tiite,  oldest  daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary  Dues- 
bury  (Johnson)  White,  was  bom  in  Reading,  Vt.,  May  4,  i8r6. 
She  married  in  Greeubush,  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  Aug.  24,  1837,  Rev. 
Ancel  Henry  Bassett,  D.  D.,  of  same  county. 

Priscilla  was  educated  in  Chester,  Yt.,  and  taught  school  in  Sand- 
wich, Mass.,  for  a  time,  but  went  ^mth  her  parents  to  Greenbush, 
Ohio,  in  1834. 

They  had  no  children. 


The  following  sketch  of  Mr   Bassett  is  furnished  by  his  widow : 

"Rev.  Ancel  Henry  Bassett,  D.  D.,  was  bom  in  Sandwich,  Mass., 
July  I,  1809.  His  parents,  Elisha  and  Abigail  Bassett,  were  both 
from  old  New  England  families.  The  genealogy  of  the  Bassetts  ex- 
tends directly  back  to  the  times  of  the  Pilgrim  fathers.  His  father  was 
a  descendant  of  William  Bassett,  who  came  over  in  the  ship  Fortune, 
the  vessel  next  after  the  Mayflower.  The  records  say  that  his  daugh- 
ter, Sarah  Bassett,  was  married  to  Peregrine  White,  noted  as  the 
first  English  child  bom  in  New  England,  his  birth,  occurring,  as 
every  one  knows,  on  the  Mayflower  previous  to  the  landing.  His- 
tory informs  us  that  he  became  a  useful  and  honored  member  of  the 
colony,  held  several  military  and  civil  offices,  and  that  his  mother's 
subsequent  marriage  to  Gov.  Winslow,  was  the  first  marriage  in  the 
new  colony. 

"Mr.  Bassett 's  parents  were  exemplary  Christians.  His  father 
was  a  leading  member  in  the  church  where  they  worshipped.  He 
was  also  patriotic  and  did  some  valuable  service  on  the  coast  in  his 
vicinity  in  the  Revolutionary  war. 

"In  1810,  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Ohio,  and  settled  in  the 
vicinity  of  Cincinnati,  where  he  died  in  a  few  years.  His  son,  An- 
cel Henry,  after  the  marriage  of  older  members  of  the  families, 
lived  with  his  mother   in   Cincinnati,    and    received   his  education 


"r.-ii'-. 


44  THE   JOHNSON    ME^NIORIAL, 

there.  In  1830,  he  entered  the  ministrj'  of  the  Methodist  Protestant 
Church,  and  continued  to  preach  for  fifteen  years  ;  was  seven  years 
secretary  of  the  Ohio  conference,  and  five  years  its  president.  In 
1837,  he  was  chosen  to  be  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Western  Re- 
corder, the  western  church  paper  of  his  denomination,  then  pub- 
lished at  Zanesville,  Ohio  :  but  in  1S55,  it  was  removed  by  order  of 
the  church  to  Springfield,  Ohio, — the  editor  then  having  charge  of 
its  'Book  Concern'  also.  The  name  of  the  paper  was  changed  to 
'Western  Methodist  Protestant,'  and  then  to  'Methodist  Recorder,' 
its  present  name.  The  paper  and  'Concern'  prospered  here  for 
many  3'ears,  but  were  in  1S71  removed  to  Pittsburg,  as  a  larger  cen- 
ter. In  1872,  Mr.  Bassett's  health  having  failed,  he  resigned  his 
position,  and  returned  to  his  home  in  Springfield  ;  but  as  requested 
by  one  of  its  general  conferences,  he  wrote  a  history  of  the  Metho- 
dist Protestant  Church — which  is  now  a  standard  work. 

"He  was  a  lifelong  student.  In  1877,  the  Western  Academy  of 
Natural  Sciences  in  Cincinnati  made  him  a  corresponding  member. 
In  1887,  Adrian  College,  Mich.,  conferred  on  him  the  degree  of  Doc- 
tor of  Divinity.  He  was  elected  to  almost  all  the  general  councils 
of  the  church.  Rev.  Dr.  Scott,  his  biographer,  says  :  'The  church 
recognized  his  worth,  and  honored  him  with  the  highest  position  of 
trust  within  her  gift.  All  these  honors  were  un.sought  and  modestly 
worn, 

"He  died  Aug.  30,  1S86,  at  the  home  of  our  niece,  Mrs.  Carrie 
Matthis,  in  Casstown,  Ohio,  whose  husband,  Rev.  F.  A.  Matthis, 
was  at  the  time  pa.stor  of  a  church  there." 

He  was  buried  in  the  beautiful  Feni  Cliff  Cemetery,  Springfield, 
Ohio — our  home. 

His  brother,  Elisba,  and  four  sisters  lived  near  Cincinnati. 

Col.  Bassett  Langdon,  of  ist  Ohio  Regiment,  wounded  at  the 
storming  of  Missionary  Ridge,  v/as  a  nephew — a  son  of  his  sister, 
Catherine  Langdon,  of  Lin  wood.  He  was  promoted  to  Brigadier 
General  for  bravery. 


Rev.  Joseph  Johnson  White. 

Rev.  Joseph   Johnson    White,  son  of    Rev.    Robert    and    Mary 
Duesbury  (Johnson)  White,  was  bom  in  Reading,  Vt.,  June  4,  1817, 


SEVENTH    GENERATION    FROM   JOHN   ALDEN.  45 

and  died  at  his  home,  86,  South  3rd  street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Dec. 
5>    1893. 

He  married  Kliza  Patterson,  in  Cincinnati,    Ohio,   Nov.    3,  1S41. 

He  was  educated  at  Oberlin,  Ohio,  and  entered  the  ministry  in 
Indiana  in  1839,  and  died   in  harness. 

They  had  four  children  ;  but  the  dates  of  their  births  are  not 
known  to  the  compiler  of  this  history. 

Charles  Wesley,  who  died    at  23  years  af  age. 
Robert  Bassett,  died  at  17. 

Jennie,  (married  Jacob  Oglesby)  v/ho  died  in  1884. 
Ida  Bell,  who  resides  with  her  widowed  mother. 

Jennie  Oglesby  has  one  son  named  Stanley  White  Oglesby,  who 
was  bom  in    1873. 

The  following  sketch  of  his  life  was  printed  in  the  Methodist 
Recorder,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  October,  1S94: 

"The  subject  of  this  report,  Bro.  Joseph  J.  White,  was  the  eldest 
of  the  ministerial  brothers,  and  was  converted  at  a  camp- meeting 
near  German  town,  Ohio,  and  United  with  the  Methodist  Protestant 
Church.  He  was  educated  in  the  east,  and  soon  after  his  conver- 
sion, about  the  year  1839,  was  received  into  the  Indiana  Confer- 
ence and  appointed  to  Lawrenceburg  Circuit.  Subsequently,  he  re- 
sided a  few  years  in  Iowa,  and  in  1S43  he  entered  the  Ohio  Confer- 
ence, Methodist  Protestant  Church.  In  this  Conference  he  occu- 
pied prominent  positions,  serving  Sixth  Street  and  George  Street 
stations,  Cincinnati,  about  ten  years.  He  was  also,  for  several 
years  pastor  of  Lebanon  and  Middletown  stations,  and  served  one 
year  as  president  of  the  conference.  He  was  very  efficient  in  the 
general  councils  of  the  church,  as  an  evidence  of  which,  in  the 
passing  history  of  the  church  he  was  elected  a  member  of  five  gen- 
eral conventions  and  three  General  Conferences,  serving  them  sev- 
erally as  secretary.  He  was  a  man  of  fine  personal  presence  and 
strong  personal  attractions,  and  an  interesting  preacher. 

"After  serving  the  Ohio  Conference  for  about  a  quarter  of  a  centu- 
ry, he  was  invited  to  New  York,  and  in  that  city  and  Brooklyn  he 
was  employed  for  twenty-two  years.  For  several  years  after  his 
removal  he  retained  his  connection  with  this  body,  but  was  finally 
transferred  to  the  New  York  Conference.  After  his  removal,  with 
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46  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

the  exception  of  an  occasional  visit  to  his  old  home,  he  was  meas- 
urably lost  sight  of  by  the  members  of  this  body. 

"His  death  was  quite  sudden  and  unexpected,  and  he  appears  to 
have  had  premonitory  impressions  that  the  end  was  near  ;  and  so, 
with  the  weight  of  seventy-six  years  upon  him,  he  lay  down  upon 
his  death  bed,  to  exchange,  as  we  trust,  an  earthly  for  a  heavenly 
home. 

"An  editorial  note  in  the  Brooklyn  Times,  after  speaking  of  his 
death,  says  :  'This  announcement  will  occasion  general  regret  ;  for 
few  men  were  better  known  in  Brooklyn,  or  held  in  higher  esteem, 
than  the  venerable  clergyman  who  now  lies  dead.' 

"The  funeral  services  conducted  in  the  Central  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church,  Brooklyn,  were  very  impressive.  The  Brookly  Times 
says  :  'The  Rev.  Dr.  Bristol  delivered  the  funeral  address,  and 
referred  to  the  many  good  qualities  of  the  deceased,  as  a  father  and 
friend  ,  and  also  referred  to  the  work  he  did  in  the  reUgious  field. 
He  was  assisted  by  the  Revs.  Thompson  and  Woodruff.  The  choir 
sang  'Rest  in  the  Lord'  and  'Asleep  in  Jesns,'  and  other  favorites  of 
the  departed.  The  Floral  pieces  were  beautiful.  The  Ladies' 
Aid  Society  of  the  Bedford  Avenue  Tabernacle  gave  a  beautiful 
anchor  on  a  pedal,  with  the  inscription,  'Our  Pastor.'  Services  will 
be  continued  to-day  at  the  grave  in  Cedar  Grove  Cemetery,  near 
Corona,  Long  Island.' 

^'Your  committee  present  the  following  resolutions: 

1.  That  we  remember  with  pleasure  the  earnest  and  persevering  industry 
of  our  brother  as  pastor  and  teacher,  and  his  efficiency  in  the  general  coun- 
cils of  the  church. — qualities  of  commanding  interest,  and  essential  to  the 
prosperity  of  our  beloved  Ziou. 

2.  That  we  are  prompted  by  sincere  sympathy  to  offer  our  condolence  to  Sis- 
ter White  and  her  daughters  in  their  severe  domestic  afdiclion,  culminating 
in  the  death  of  a  beloved  husband  and  father,  and  we  sympathize  with  other 
relatives  left  behind,  a::iong  whom  none  have  felt  this  bereavement  more 
keenly  than  our  beloved  Sister  Bassett,  who  sincerely  mourns  a  brothers 
death. 

May  the  Saviour  take  these  sorrowing  ones  into  his  arms  of  affection,  and 
lead  them  through  the  shadows  to  the  bright  light  beyond,  where  broken  tics 
will  be  united  in  blended  beautv  forever. 


SEVENTH    GENERATION    FROM    JOHN    ALDEN.  47 


Sarah   White. 

Sarah  White,  daughter  of  Rev.  Robert  and  Man,'  Duesbury  (John- 
son) \Vhite,  was  born  in  Reading.  Yt.  Sept.  6th,  iSiS,  and  was 
married  to  Amos  Aurelius  Hulett  of  Preble  County.  Ohio,  May 
20th,    1S3S.     He  was  bom   in  Chester,  Vermont,   April  7th,    1S12. 

They  Hved  on  a  farm  in  Preble  County  until  June,  1S53,  when 
they  removed  to  Morrison,  Whiteside  County,  111.,  and  settled  on 
a  farm,  where  they  now  reside. 

His  grandfather,  Joseph  Hulett,  served  in  the  Revolutionary'  War. 

They  have  had  five  children,  four  of  whom  were  bom  in  Preble 
Count}',  as  follows  : 

Ancel,  bom  Aug.   25th,    1839,  died  in  infancy. 
James  Henry,   bom  July  5th,    1S41. 
William,  bom  January  5th,    1S43. 
Robert  Gordon,  born  March  Sth,    1847. 
John    Wesley,  born  March  30th,  1855,  in  Morrison,  111. 


riary  White^ 

Mary  White,  daughter  of  Rev.  Robert  and  Mary  Duesburj-  (John- 
son) White,  was  born  in  Reading,  Yt.,  June  14,  1S20;  married  in 
Greenbush,  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  May  27,  1S42,  to  John  Wesley  Riner, 
of  same  place.     He  was  bom  there  Dec.  7,  181 7. 

Mr.  and  ?vlrs.  Riner  are  spending  their  declining  years  in  the 
beautiful  city  of  Greene,  Butler  Co.,  Iowa,  with  their  daughter 
Ida,  who  remains  with  them.  With  her  cheerful  disposition  and 
christian  character,  she  is  active  in  every  good  work,  especially 
that  of  the  church. 

They  have  had  three  children  bam  to  them  as  follows- : 

William    Wesley,  bom  June  2,  1849. 
John  Alden,  bom  Oct.  12,  1 85 3. 
Ida,  bom  Oct.  24,  1857. 


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Susan  White. 


Susan  White,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary  Duesbury  (Johnson) 
White,  was  born  in  Reading,  Yt.,  Feb.  20,  1821;  removed  to  Green 
bush,  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  with  her  parents.  Sept.,  1S35.  She  mar 
ried  Benjamin  Bonebrake,  Sept.  2,  1S41.  They  lived  in  German 
town  and  Miltonville,  Ohio,  and  in  1S56  removed  to  Morrison 
Whiteside  Co..  111.,  where  she  died  of  consumption,  March  i,  1858 
He  married  again  in  1S61,  and  removed  to  Uniontown,  111.,  where 
he  died,  Jan.  19,  1894. 

They  had  two  children  : 

Caroline  Elizabeth,   born  in  Germantown,   Ohio,   Sept.  21,  1842. 
Lorenzo  Larjse,  born  in  Miltonville,  Ohio,  Nov.  12,  1850. 

Mr.  Bonebrake  was  of  French  Huguenot  ancestry.  His  maternal 
grandfather,  Larose,  was  bom  in  .\lsace,  France.  He  fled  there- 
from in  time  of  persecution,  (secreting  their  son,  Jacob  in  a  wine 
cask  to  prevent  his  being  forced  into  the  French  army);  setiled  in 
North  Carolina,  where  the  son  afterward  fought  in  the  Revolution- 
ary war,  under  Gen.  Marion  ;  was  with  him  on  the  occasion  of  his 
feast  of  roasted  sweet  potatoes. 

He  was  highly  educated,  and  became  a  minister  in  the  German 
Reformed  Church.  He  had  six  sons,  who  were  all  ministers  of  the 
same  denomination. 


James  Gibson  White. 

James  Gibson  White,  of  Salem,  Ore.,  son  of  Robert  and  Mary 
Duesbury  (Johnson)  White,  v/as  bom  in  WeathersSeld,  Vt.,  Jan.  20, 
1823.  He  married  in  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  Rebecca  Hanger,  of  same 
place,  Nov.  10,  1853. 

He  removed  to  Morrison,  Whiteside  Co.,  111.,  in  1854  and  settled 
on  a  farm,  where  his  wife  and  only  child  died  in  1855. 


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He  married  a  second  time,  Aug.  28,  i860,  Lydia  Augusta 
Towne,  of  Morrison,  111. 

CHILDREN. 

fames  Gibson,  Jr.,  born  in  Morrison,  Aug.  i,  186 r. 
John  Hilton,  boni  in  ^lorrison,  Nov.  23,  1S62. 

Lorenzo  Johnson,  born  in  Morrison,  July  26,  1864. 

Afary  Elizabeth,  born  in  Morrison.  July  25,  t866. 

Fannie  Isabel,  born  March  18,   1869. 

William  Lebaron,  born  in  Decatur,  Kas.,  Nov.  14,  1872. 

Sophia  Anne,  horn  in  Decatur,  Kan.,  Sept.  21,  1876. 

He  was  educated  at  Oberlin  College,  Ohio,  and  followed  teaching 
for  a  few  years;  but  finally  became  a  farmer. 

He  removed  from  Morrison,  111.,  to  Buena  Vista,  Iowa,  in  the 
spring  of  1870;  in  1 8 79  to  Decatur,  Kan.,  and  in  1888  to  Salem,  Ore. 

While  residing  in  Kansas  he  was  obliged  to  emigrate  to  save  his 
stock  from  perishing,  on  account  of  the  dry  weather.  Taking  his 
flocks  and  herds,  he  removed  to  western  Nebraska,  and  settled 
temporarily,  prior  to  his  removal  to  his  present  residence  in  Oregon. 

While  in  Nebraska  his  house  was  blown  down  by  a  cyclone  and 
scattered  over  the  ground  one  fourth  of  a  mile  distant.  The  family 
were  in  the  cellar;  with  the  exception  of  his  son,  Lorenzo,  who 
was  blown  with  the  pieces  a  quarter  of  a  mile.  He  was  so  bruised 
that  his  life  was  despaired  of;  but  he  recovered,  and  is  now  a  min- 
ister of  the  gospel. 


Elizabeth  White. 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Rev.  Robert  and  Mary  Duesbury  (John- 
son) White,  was  bom  in  Reading,  Vt.,  Dec.  6,  1824  ;  married  John 
Wesley  Riner,  of  Greenbush,  Ohio,  Feb.  8,  1853. 

Mr.  Riner  is  a  native  of  Virginia,  and  a  cousin  of  his  namesake, 
who  married  Mary  White,  May  27,  1842.  He  has  always  been 
a  farmer,  and  has  resided  at  Greenbush  and  Eaton,  Ohio,  until  1857, 
when  he  removed  to  a  farm  near  Morrison,  111. 

In  1868  he  changed  the  family  residence  to  the  city  of  Morrison, 


5©  THE  JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

where  they  have  social  and  church  opportunities   for  their  comfort 
and  happiness. 

Their   daughter    Lizzie,  Uke    her   cousin    Ida,    is    devoting    her 
strength  and  genial  presence  to  her  parents  in  their  declining  years. 

CHILDREN. 

Florence,  bom  Nov.  ii,  1853,  at  Greenbush,   Ohio.     Died  in  in- 
fancy. 

Lizzie,  bom  April  23,  1856,  at  Eaton,  Ohio. 

Edward  Fayson^\i0.m  Nov.  ii,  1857,  near  Morrison,  III. 


Rev.  John  Wesley  White. 

Rev.  John  Wesley  White,  son  of  Rev.  Robert  and  Mary  Dues- 
bury  (Johnson)  White,  was  born  in  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  May  18,. 
1826.  He  married,  May  i,  1849,  Harriet  Russell  Ewer,  of  Sand- 
wich, Mass.     She  died  Aug.  22,  1854. 

They  had  but  one  child  bom  to  them  : 

Caroline  Matilda,  born  in  Greenbush,  Preble  Ca.,  Ohio,  Jan.  21,. 
1851. 

He  married,  second,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Bonar  Reed,  in  Mt.  Vernon,. 
Ohio,  Sept.  10,  1 85 7.  She  was  a  widow,  with  one  child,  Alice, 
who  married,  June  21,  1S77,  Hiram  Jones,  of  CHnton,  Iowa.  They 
now  reside  in  Pueblo,  Col. 

They  have  had  bom  to  them  five  children,  as  follows  : 

Two  sons,  who  died  in  infancy. 
Anna  Belle,hora  at  Morrison,  111,  Dec.  9,  1859. 
Sarah  Josephine,  bom  at  Morrison,  111.     Died  Feb.  1878,  at  Belle- 
vue,  Ohio. 

Edith  Elizabeth,  bom  at  Clinton,  Iowa,  May  8,  1870. 

Mr.  White  died  Feb.  11,  1889,  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hiram  Jones,  Pueblo,  Col. 


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REV.  JOHN  WESLEY  WHITE. 


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Ihat  place  on  Suuday,  Feb.  17,  1SS9. 


EXTRACTS    FROM    THE    ADDRESSES    MADE  ON  THAT  OCCASION  BY  REV.  W.  O. 
THOMPSON  AND  REV.   H.  E.  TllAYER, 

"John  \Vesle3^  White  was  born  in  Vermont,  May  iS,  1826.  His 
early  home  was  of  the  typical  New  England  kind.  The  parents 
were  Christians  and  believed  that  the  children  should  also  accept 
the  faith  of  Christ.  And  though  there  were  ten  children  who  grew 
to  mature  age,  by  the  careful,  loving  and  prayerful  counsel  of  the 
parents,  the  whole  number  were  early  led  to  Christ.  John  Wesle}'- 
White  was  the  9th  in  this  family  of  to,  seven  of  whom  are  to-day 
living. 

"When  Mr.  White  was  about  nine  years  old  the  family  moved  to 
Ohio.  There  the  parents  determined  to  give  what  advantages  they 
could  to  their  children,  and  though  the  country  was  new,  and  doubt- 
less the  help  of  the  sons  was  needed  at  home,  yet  three  of  the  four 
sons  were  educated  for  the  Christian  ministry,*  two  of  whom  are  now 
in  active  pastorates. 

"Mr.  White  entered  Oberlin  College  about  the  year  1S50,  and 
took  his  college  and  seminary  courses  at  that  institution.  He  was 
ordained  to  the  Christian  ministry  at  Morrison,  Illinois,  in  1S5S. 
He  remained  with  that  church  nearly  nine  years,  doing  faithful 
earnest  work,  when  he  was  called  to  the  Congregationrd  church  at 
Clinton,  Iowa.  Here,  for  a  time  he  enjoyed  a  pleasant  and  pros- 
perous pastorate,  but  the  disease  which  he  fought  against  the  re- 
mainder of  his  days,  began  to  take  firm  hold  of  him,  and  the  fifth 
year  of  his  stay  at  Clinton  he  was  oblidged,  because  of  ill  health, 
to  resign  his  charge  and  take  a  rest  of  one  year.  At  tlie  end  of  the 
year,  not  feeling  strong  enough  for  a  great  responsibility,  he  took 
charge  of  a  small  church  at  Boonesborough,  which  he  served  for  two 
and  a  half  years,  accepting  a  call  in  1S73  from  the  Congregational 
church  at  Bellevue,  Ohio.  Here  again  failing  health  led  him  to 
think  of  severing  himself  from  a  pastorate,  which  had  been  to  the 
advantage  of  the  church.  His  people  were  loth  to  let  him  go,  and 
that  he  might  have  the  benefit  of  change  and  rest,  sent  him  for 
three  months  to  Colorado,   to  try  the  virtue  of  its  pure  air  and   sun- 

*Joh.n  Wesley  and  Joseph  Johnson  since  deceased. 


52  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

shine.  He  spent  the  vacation  in  Cheyenne  and  Lamont,  and  M-as 
so  much  improved  in  health  that  he  thought  he  could  endure  the 
strain  of  his  pastorate  in  Ohio.  He  returned  to  Bellevue,  anxious 
to  complete  the  work  he  had  so  far  done  so  well.  This,  however, 
was  not  to  be.  His  health  rapidly  declined  on  his  return,  and  he 
saw  that  his  life  depended  upon  his  immediate  removal  from  the 
East.  But  God  had  many  years  of  work  yet  awaiting  his  sevrant, 
and  he  quickly  opened  a  new  field  when  he  gave  our  brother 
strength  to  labor  for  him. 

"The  church  at  Longmont  had  been  made  vacant  in  '78  by  the 
death  of  the  Rev.  Martin  K.  Holbrook.  In  its  hour  of  sore  afflic- 
tion, God  directed  it  to  call  our  brother  to  its  help.  It  seemed  to 
him  the  door  of  opportunity  opened  by  the  Lord,  and  he  entered. 
Rev.  John  W.  White  became  pastor  of  this  church  in  the  autumn  of 
1878,  and  for  seven  years  was  the  wise  and  efficient  leader  and 
teacher  of  this  people. 

"Here  it  is  in  order  to  look  more  particularly  at  the  man,  regard- 
ing him  as  he  lived  and  acted  among  us.  His  was  a  constant  strug- 
gle with  ill  health.  Though  he  took  the  most  perfect  care  of  his 
bodily  condition,  and  could  never  be  accused  of  indiscretion,  yet 
disease  was  constantly  consuming  his  vitality  and  he  was  hindered 
from  doing  all  that  he  would  gladly  have  done. 

"As  a  teacher  he  was  earnest  to  hold  forth  only  the  truth.  He 
was  faithful  to  his  study  of  the  scriptures  and  other  sources  of  know- 
ledge, that  he  might  be  able  to  set  the  truth  apart  from  error.  And  in 
the  search  for  truth  he  took  no  account  of  his  own  feelings  or  de- 
sires. He  allowed  no  predisposition  to  weigh,  knowing  indeed  that 
men  did  not  need  his  sentiments  or  his  speculations,  but  the  truth 
only.  He  was  loyal  to  truth.  Did  he  seem  at  times  to  state  the 
truth  with  sternness,  it  was  because  he  felt  that  it  was  every  man's 
duty  to  do  even  as  he  had  done — stand  by  the  facis  at  whatever  cost. 

"As  preacher  he  showed  no  effort  at  display.  Rather,  he  wished 
to  set  forth  the  truth  so  that  others  might  see  with  the  same  clear- 
ness that  he  did.  And  in  this  he  was  successful.  His  power  of  an- 
alysis was  keen;  his  definitions  were  exact;  and  his  development 
of  his  theme  left  the  minds  of  his  hearers  clear  as  to  duty.  And 
withal,  the  dignified  bearing  of  the  man  in  the  pulpit,  caused  his 
hearers  to  feel  great  respect  for  the  message  which  came  to  them. 
His  theology  was  that  which  the  best  modern  scholarship  has  sup- 
ported. It  was  founded  on  the  teachings  of  the  scriptures,  taken 
as  a  whole.     To  him,  God  was  benevolent. 


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SEVENTH  GENERATION  FROM  JOHN  AI,DEN.         53 

"But  the  spring  of  1885  found  Mr.  White  rapidly  weakening  in 
health.  It  became  apparent  to  himself  and  friends  that  his  work 
was  nearly  done.  He  accepted  for  a  time  the  kind  offer  of  assist- 
ance from  his  neighbor,  Rev.  \V.  O.  Thompson,  pastor  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  who  joined  the  two  congregations  in  evening  ser- 
vice. Mr.  White  became  for  a  while  confined  to  the  house,  and 
each  day  his  friends  thought  would  be  his  last.  But  he  rallied,  and 
was  able  to  be  about  again,  but  it  was  evident  that  he  would  not  be 
able  to  bear  the  responsibility  of  his  pastorate.  He  talked  of  re- 
signing his  charge,  but  his  parishioners  would  listen  to  nothing  of 
the  sort.  In  June,  finding  himself  no  better,  he  felt  that  the  inter- 
ests of  the  church  .should  be  considered  first  of  all,  and  he  there- 
fore sent  in  his  resignation  of  his  pastorate,  to  take  effect  September 
ist,  18S5.  The  church,  however,  declined  to  accept  his  resigna- 
tion, hoping  that  his  health  would  improve,  and  voted  him  two 
months  vacation.  But  September  found  Mr.  White  unable  to  return 
to  church  work.  His  release  was  permitted,  and  he  gave  himself 
to  rest,  and  to  seeking  health. 

"Thus  closed  one  of  the  most  faithful,  most  earnest,  most  God- 
relying  ministries  that  ever  was  known.  It  was  a  struggle  with  ill 
health  from  the  firht.  But  the  courage,  the  zeal,  and  the  wise  use 
of  bodily  and  mental  strength,  caused  him  to  be  one  of  earth's 
most  useful  men." 

"Relieved  from  pastoral  responsibility,  he  improved  somewhat  in 
health.  He  spent  part  of  his  time  with  his  daughters  in  Pueblo, 
but  made  his  home  with  his  people  in  Longmout.  His  health 
seemed  better  here  than  elsewhere.  He  served  society  and  church 
as  well  as  his  health  would  allow.  His  interest  never  left  the 
church  over  which  he  had  been  pastor.  He  watched  its  growth  with 
eagerness,  and  among  the  parishioners  there  was  none  more  ready  to 
enter  into  plans  for  its  growth  than  he.  At  all  times  he  was  the  pas- 
tor's friend. 

"Last  December,  feeling  that  it  would  be  pleasant  to  spend  a  few 
months  with  their  daughters  in  Pueblo,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  White  bade 
us  good-by.  As  we  took  their  hands,  we  could  not  but  feel  that  we 
should  not  see  his  face  again.  Hs  also  evidently  felt  that  he  should 
not  return.  He  seemed  to  know  that  he  was  near  his  end.  Before 
reaching  Pueblo  he  was  taken  very  ill,  and  upon  arrival,  immediate- 
ly took  to  his  bed.  He  rallied  a  little ,  but  gave  no  hopes  of  any  long 
continuation  of  life.  His  daughter  from  the  east  was  summoned, 
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54  THE  JOHKSON    MEMORIAL. 

and  together  the  family  waited  for  the  event  which  they  believed 
was  not  far  away. 

"His  last  days,  however,  in  spite  of  pain  and  violent  coughing, 
were  peaceful.  He  had  the  tenderest  care  that  wife  and  children 
could  besiow;  and  he  often  said,  'Oh,  how  good  you  all  are  to  nie.' 
Mrs.  White  writes  :  "His  favorite  passages  from  the  Bible  were 
read  to  him  daily,  and  he  frequently  spoke  of  his  coming  release 
from  suffering.  He  seemed  to  feel  a  great  sense  of  his  own  un- 
worthiness,  and  would  often  say :  'It  is  not  that  I  am  worthy  ;  it 
is  only  through  the  abounding  grace  of  Christ  that  I  have  ni}'  hopes. 
My  trust  is  in  the  Savior. ' 

"About  three  weeks  ago,  being  weaker  than  usual  one  morning, 
his  wife  repeated  to  him  Miss  Carey's  lines  : 

Nearer  my  Father's  house, 
Where  many  mansions  be, 
I^earer  the  great  white  throne, 
Nearer  the  crjstal  sea. 

As  she  ceased  he  said.  'If  I  can  only  have  a  home  in  my  Father's 
house,  how  happy  I  shall  be.  I  shall  probably  see  the  great  white 
throne  before  the  close  of  this  week.'  Death  had  no  terror  for  him. 
He  longed  to  be  free  from  pain,  and  to  be  with  Christ. 

"Sunday  night  last,  his  wife  and  one  daughter  were  watching  by 
his  side.  He  had  rested  but  little.  Asking  for  some  little  favor,  he 
immediately  began  one  of  his  violent  paroxysms  of  coughing.  His 
wife  raised  his  head  to  her  shoulder  to  ease  his  coughing,  but  his 
life  went  out  as  he  received  her  kindness.  She  held  in  her  arras 
the  lifeless  form  of  her  husband. 

"Wednesday  morning  friends  met  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  Hiram 
Jones,  son-in-law  of  Mr.  White,  to  perform  the  last  sad  duties. 
Three  clergymen,  friends  of  the  deceased,  paid  loving  tributes  to  his 
memory,  and  six  other  ministers  of  Christ  bore  the  precious  form  to 
rest." 


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SEVENTH   GENERATION   FROM   JOHN   ALDEN.  55 


Rev.   Lorenzo  Johnson  White. 

Rev.  Lorenzo  Johnson  White,  son  of  Robert  and  Mary  Daes- 
bury  (Johnson)  White,  was  born  in  Reading,  Yt.,  Aug.  31,  182S. 
His  parents  moved  to  southern  Ohio,  where  he  spent  most  of  his 
youth,  and  whence,  in  company  with  his  brothers,  James  and  John, 
he  went  to  OberHn  College.  Graduating  in  1851,  he  went  at  once  to 
Washington,  D.C.,  beginning  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Salmon 
P.  Chase,  whom  he  also  served  as  private  secretary.  Becoming 
dissatisfied,  however,  with  the  alms  and  methods  of  the  legal  profes- 
sion, his  whole  thought  and  energy  were  concentrated  upon  the 
gospel  ministry.  He  returned  to  Oberlin  for  his  theological  studies, 
and  graduated  from  the  seminary  in  1S55.  He  married  Jan.  2S, 
1857,  Eliza  Dudley,  daughter  of  Augustine  W^ashington  and  Jane 
Dudley  Kewhall,  of  Lyndon.  111.,  the  union  being  blessed  with  four 
children,  one  daughter  and  three  sons,  all  of  whom,  together  with 
his  wife,  survive  him.  He  began  his  life  work,  May  i,  1S57,  at 
Lyons,  Iowa,  where  he  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  the 
Congregational  church,  June  7,  1S5S.  Leaving  this  church  of  his 
"first  love"  in  July,  i860,  because  of  ill  health,  he  pursued  post- 
graduate studies  as  Resident-Licentiate  at  Andover,  1860-1862. 
He  was  pastor  at  Amboy,  111.,  1862-1866;  at  St.  Paul,  Minn  ,  1866- 
1871;  at  Ripon,  Wis.,  1871-1S76;  at  Reading,  Mass.,  1876-188^2 
at  Green  Bay.  Wis.,  1S82-1392.  During  his  pastorate  at  St.  Paul 
he  was  elected  chaplain  of  the  State  senate  for  two  successive  terms 
i866-i86S.  His  pastorates  were  all  singularly  fruitful.  A  ministe: 
of  absolute  singleness  of  aim  ;  of  unflinching  boldness,  yet  of  deli 
cate  courtesy,  in  proclaiming  the  truth;  with  a  fine  literary  style  and 
a  keen  sense  of  artistic  proportions;  frail  in  frame  yet  vigorous  iu 
delivery;  of  deep  spiritual  insight  and  of  impressive  personality;  he 
was  among  the  choicest  spirits  and  most  efficient  workers  of  his 
generation.  Several  of  his  occasional  discourses  were  published, 
and  found  wide  distribution;  among  them,  '/The  Nation's  Loss, "'a 
discourse  on  the  death  of  President  Lincoln,  1865;  a  sermon  on  the 
death  of  President  Garfield,  1881;  "God's  Leadership  in  Our  Hist- 
ory," 1889;  "An  Historical  Discourse,"  at  the  fiftieth  anniversary 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Green  Bay,  Wis.  Resigning  at 
Green  Bay  in  1S92,  he  sailed  for  a  year  abroad,  in  July  of  that  year. 
He  died  of  pleuro-pneumonia,  in  London,  Eng.,  Jan.  10,  1S93,  and 


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56  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

was  buried  in  Norwood  Cemetery,  near  the  graves  of  Moffat  and 
Spurgeon.  Since  his  death  a  beautiful  window  in  honor  of  his  ser- 
vice has  been  placed  in  the  church  at  Lyons,  Iowa:  to  which  church 
he  was  twice  recalled,  and  to  which  he  suggested  most  of  the  minis- 
ters who  succeeded  him. 

CHILDREN. 

Frank  Ne'd'hall,  born  Oct.  25,  1S5S,  at  Lyons,  Iowa. 
Alfred  Lorenzo,  bom  Aug.  15,  1S62,  at  Aniboy.  111. 
Jennie  Priscilla,  bom  July  10,  1S64,  at  Amboy,  111. 
John  A/den,  bom  Nov.  6,  1S73,  at  Ripon,  Wis. 


Jemima  Davis. 

Jemima  Davis,  daughter  of  Edmund  and  Anna  (Johnson)  Davis, 
was  born  in  Cavendish,  Yt.,  April  4th,  1S23,  and  was  married  to 
Ezra  Bo\'nton  of  Ludlow  Vt.,  b\-  whom  four  children  were  bom  in 
Ludlow,  where  he  died  in  1S84.     She  died  Feb.  4th,  1874. 

CHILDREN. 

Nathan,  bom  June  nth,  1848,  and  died  at  the  age  of  18  months. 

Ann  Ely,  bom  May,  1850,  married  Charles  Kneeland;  had  one 
child,  and  died  1872. 

Bulh,  bom  about   1853,    married  Charles  Kneeland  in   1874,  who 

•died  in  1875.     She  was  married  to Flanders  after  Kneeland 

died.  Ruth  and  Ann  Ely  had  one  child  each,  both  of  whom  are 
married. 

Nathan,  bom  in  1861,  lives  in  Ludlow,  never  married. 


Roxanna  Davis. 

Roxanna  Da-vis,  daughter  of  Edmund  and  Anna  (Johnson)  Davis 
was  bom  May  21,  1826,  married  William  Farr  of  Hubbardton,  Vt.; 
died  Jan.  5th,  1885.     She  had  two  children. 

E.  M.  Russell,  bom  186S,  and  lives  in  Dakota. 
Emma  Roxana,  bom  about  two  years  later;  is  married,  and  lives 
in  Canada. 


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SEVENTH    GENERATION    FROM    JOHN   ALDEN.  57 


Harriett  Davis. 

Harriett  Davis,  daughter  of  Edmund  and  Anna  (Johnsou)  Davis, 
was  bom  in  Cavendish,  Vt.,  Jan.  25th,  1826;  married  March  13th, 
1859,  to  Charles  Warfield  of  Perkinsville,  Vt.  He  was  bom  in  Wor- 
cester Co.,  Mass.     They  had  one  child — 

Samuel  Luther,  bora  Nov.  24tli,  1S63;  died  April  24th,  1864. 

The  compiler  is  indebted  to  her  (as  the  only  descendant  of  our 
grandparents  in  that  part  of  the  State)  for  a  delightful  ride  across  the 
mountains  to  the  farm  where  our  grandparents  spent  their  lives,  and 
the  cemetery  where  they  are  buried,  as  well  as  for  entertaining  him 
in  her  hospitable  home  for  three  days. 


Louise  Maria  G  randy. 

Louisa  Maria  Grandy,  daughter  of  Calvin  and  Thomazin  (John- 
son) Grandy,  was  bora  in  Warren,  Yt.,  Oct.  12,  1S26.;  married  Jan. 
I,  1850,  Alexis  Cady  Bates,  of  Derby,  Yt.  He  was  engaged  as  an 
engineer,  constructing  railroads,  and  lived  at  various  places  in  Yer- 
mont  and  Ohio;  finally  returned  to  his  fine  farm,  in  Derby,  Yt., 
where  he  died  Feb.  5,  1S67. 

CHILDREN. 

Pascal  P  ,  bora  in  Fayston;  died  in  Bristol,  O. 

Joseph  Johnson,  bom  in  Fayston,  July  23,  1856;  died  in  Derby, 
Vt.,  Aug.  25,  1869. 

Charles  Calvin,  bom  in  Derby,  Yt,,  June,  1866;  died  April  22, 
1875- 

Married,  second,  to  Sydney  Dustin  Bates,  brother  of  Alexis, 
Sept.  25,  1868;  he  died  May  8,  1881.  She  continued  to  live 
on  the  farm  until  Feb.  2,  1892,  when  she  died,  after  severe  suf- 
fering from  paralysis. 


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Cordelia  Grandy. 

Cordelia,  daughter  of  Calvin  and  Thomazin  (Johnson)  Grandy, 
was  boru  in  Reading,  Yt.,  Feb.  23,  18-3.  Married,  Sept.  14,  1S43, 
Robert  Campbell,  of  Fayston.  He  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  lumber  and  shingles  until  1S60,  when,  in  order  to  enlarge  his 
business,  he  removed  to  Echo  Lake,  in  I£ast  Charleston,  Vt.,  where 
in  July,  1865,  he  was  instantl}^  killed  by  the  machinery  in  his  mill. 

Her  children  were  all  boru  in  Fayston. 

CHILDREN. 

Jasiah  Calvin,  bom,  Aug.  23,  1844. 

William  Ephraini,  born  Feb  10,  184S;  died  Jan.  18,  1859. 
Alexis  Robert,  boru  Jan  3,  1S55. 
Cordelia  Betsy,   born  Nov.  i,  1859. 

She  married,  second,  Simeon  Locke,  of  Barton,  Yt.,  Sept.  11, 
1876.     She  died  of  consumption  Nov.  20,  18S5, 


Lucinda  Grandy, 

lyUcinda,  daughter  of  Calvin  and  Thomazin  (Johnson)  Grandy, 
was  bom  in  Warren,  Yt.,  July  6,  1831;  was  married  in  Fayston,  Nov. 
I,  1854,  to  Gilbert  Alanson  Steams,  of  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  a  lineal 
descendant  of  Charles  Stearns,  who  came  over  with  Winthrop  in 
1630,  and  settled  in  \Vatertovvn.  They  live  in  Hopkinton,  where 
all  their  children  were  born,  except  the  oldest,  who  was  bora  in 
Upton. 

They  have  six  sons,  in  whom  any  parents  might  have  a  just  and 
commendable  pride. 

The  two  eldest  are  married  to  amiable  christian  wives,  and  have 
happy  christian  homes;  they  are  in  business  together,  and  employ 
the  four  younger  brothers  in  their  store. 

They  are  influential  members  of  the  Congregational  Church,  and 
highly  respected  members  of  the  community. 


SEVENTH  GENERATION  FROM  JOHN  ALDEN.  59 


CHILDREN. 

Frank   Gilbert,  born  May  24,  1S56. 

Arba  Bates,  boni  Oct.  23,  iS57;died  July  21,  1S64. 

Allie  J/^T,  bora  Sept.  i,  1S59;  died  June  i,  1S64. 

Alanson  Batiki,  born  Jan.  7,  1S62. 

Loton  Grant,  bora  Jan.  31,  1S64;  died  Aug.  27,  1S66. 

Fred  Lincoln,  born  Aug.  3,  1S66. 

Arba   Grant,  born  Oct.  16,  1S6S. 

Otis   Thayer,  bora  Dec.  9,  1S72. 

Archie  Carl,  bora  Oct.  4,  1S75. 


Lorenzo  Calvin  Grandy. 

Lorenzo  Calvin  Grandv,  sou  of  Calvin  and  Thomazin  (Johnson) 
Grandy,  was  born  in  Warren,  Vt.,  April  5th,  1S33;  v/as  married 
Dec.  15,  1857,  to  Harriet  M.  Griggs;  she  was  bora  in  Fayston, 
Nov.  21,  183S,  (great  granddaughter  of  Stephen  Griggs,  of  Wood- 
stock, Conn.,  who  married  Miss  Chandler  about  1775,  and  daughter 
of  John  C.  Griggs,  who  was  born  in  Woodstock,  Conn.,  December 
16,  1807,  and  settled  in  Fayston,  Vt.,  in  1809).  Mr.  Grandy 
was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  lumber  and  shingle?  in  Bar- 
ton, Vt.,  for  several  years,  and  succeeded  so  well,  that  he  moved 
to  Newport,  Vt.,  and  established  a  verj'  large  lumber  mill  on 
the  shores  of  Lake  Memphremagog,  often  employing  over  one 
hundred  men  in  his  business.  He  was  engaged  in  increasing  the 
capacity  of  his  mills,  superintending  a  pile  driver,  when  he  was 
accidentally  tilled,  August  9th,  1886. 

CHILDREN.       BORN    AT   NEWPORT,  VT. 

Jennie  De  Ette,  born  Jan.  18,  1859;  died  April  3d,  i860. 

Jessie  Frei?iont,  born  Nov.  Sth,   1S61. 

Ellsworth  Calvin,  born  April  2Sth,  1864;  died  June  19th,  1864. 

Merton  Calvin,  bom  May  19th,  1865. 

Albion  Lorenzo,  born  March  5th,  1867. 

George  IF.,  bora  Jan.  22d,  1870. 

Flora  Orissa,  born  July  8th,  1874. 


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Ziba  Boynton  Grandy. 

Z'lha.  Boynton  Grandy,  of  Upton,  Mass.,  son  of  Calvin  and  Thoma- 
zin  (Johnson)  Grandy,  was  boni  in  Fayston,  Yt.,  Aug.  8,  1S40  ; 
married  to  Ellen  Lorinda  Fisk,  of  Upton,  Mass.,  Feb.  4,  1S64.  He 
is  a  machinist  by  trade,  and  possessed  of  great  ingenuity. 

CHILDREN.      BORN    IN    UPTON,    MASS. 

Son,  born  1S65,  died  in  infaucj-. 
Li//ie  Mabel,  bom  March  22,,  1S66. 
Jennie  Louise,  born  Oct.  10,  1S67. 
Nettie  Ann,  bom  April  11,  1S72. 
Walter  Philo,  bora  Sept.  25,  18S0. 


Cyrus  Eibridge  Grandy, 

Cyms  Elbridge  Grandy,  of  Newport,  Yt.,  son  of  Calvin  and 
Thomazin  (Johnson)  Grandy,  was  bora  in  Fayston,  Yt.,  April  7th, 
18423  married  Grace  M.  Alexander,  July  25,  1867.  She  was  born 
in  Bennington,  Yt.,  June  30th,  1846. 

He  is  a  general  machinist  and  manufacturer  of  engines.  He  is 
proprietor  of  a  foundry,  and  has  published  mechanical  works.  He 
has  lived  in  Stafford,  Conn.,  Barton  Landing,  Yt.,  but  mostly  in 
Newport,  Yt. 

CHILDREN, 

Harry,  born  in  Stafford,  Yt.,  Aug.  31,  1873;  died  Oct.  22,  1873. 
Gertrude  Ethel,   born    in  Barton  Landing,    Yt.,  April    23,   1877; 
died  Sept.  13,  1877. 

Calla  W.,  bora  in  St.  Johnsbury,  Yt.,  Oct.  7,  1878. 

Ethel  G.,  born  in  Barton,  Yt.,  June  31,  1881;  died  May  2,  1881. 


5amantha  Ellen  Johnson. 

Samantha  Ellen,  daughter  of  James  Gibson  and  Susannah  (Bowen) 
Johnson,  was  bora  in  Royal  Oak,  Oakland  County,  Territory  oi 
Michigan,    Sept.    2,    1827;  married  Feb.   19,  1852,   Charles  Finch 


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JAMES  BOWEN  JOHNSON. 
(At  the  age  of  50. ) 


SEVENTH   GENERATION   FROM   JOHN   AI.DEN.  6 1 

D.  Comfort,  of  Birmingham,  Mich.  Mr.  Comfort  was  an  energet- 
ic, successful  young  fanner.  He  taught  school  for  several  years 
prior  to  his  marriage. 

To  have  a  farm  of  his  own  was  his  ambition,  and  the  year  before 
their  marriage,  he  purchased  i6o  acres  of  prairie  land  in  Iowa 
County,  Wisconsin,  about  12  miles  northwest  of  Mineral  Point,  and 
soon  after  their  marriage,  they  set  out  in  a  two-horse  farm  wagon  and 
travelled  the  entire  distance.  His  land  was  very  productive,  and 
after  accumulating  a  fair  amount  of  property,  he  returned  to  his 
native  place. 

He  purchased  the  farm  formerly  owned  by  his  father,  near  Bir- 
mingham, and  settled  down  in  his  native  place,  with  prospects  of  a 
IcMig  and  useful  life  in  the  home  of  his  youth. 

His  death  occurred  suddenly,  Dec.  25,  1867,  caused  by  cutting 
his  foot  with  an  axe  while  chopping. 

His  loss  was  felt  deeply  by  the  church  and  community. 

He  died  childless.  He  was  a  sincere,  honest,  devoted  christian. 
They  were  members  of  the  M.  E.  Church. 

She  married,  Dec.  16,  1S68,  Rev.  Hiram  Hood,  a  retired  minis- 
ter of  the  M.  E.  Church.  They  live  in  Birmingham  Village,  Oak- 
land County,  Mich. 


James  Bo  wen  Johnson. 

James  Bowen  Johnson,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  son  of  James 
Gibson  and  Susannah  (Bowen)  Johnson,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Royal 
Oak,  Oakland  County,  Territory  of  Michigan,  Oct.  14,  1830;  was 
married  to  Louisa  E.  Williams  of  Grand  Blanc,  Mich.,  Sept.  29, 
1854.  She  was  bom  in  Rochester,  New  York,  Sept.  2,  1827;  died 
Feb.  2,  1872.  She  was  a  school  teacher,  educated  at  Grand  Blanc 
and  Rochester,  Mich, 

Married,  second,  in  Bridport,  Addison  Co.,  Vermont,  May  6, 
1873,  to  Emma  Eamira  Crane,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Amanda 
(Hamilton)  Crane,  of  same  place. 

She  was  bom  there  Nov.  18,  1841.  Her  Grandfather,  Asa 
Crane,  of  New  Jersey,  was  a  revolutionary  soldier,  and  drew  a  pen- 
sion while  he  lived.  He  served  in  the  First  Regiment,  N.  J.  Line 
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62  THE  JOHNSO>;   MEMORIAL. 

in  the  campaign  in  N.  J.,  and  Pennsylvania,  including  the  battle  of 
Monmouth. 

Miss  Crane  was  educated  in  the  Seminary  at  Middlebury,  Vermont, 
and  taught  in  the  common  schools  of  Addison  County,  and  in  the 
Seminary;  and  later  in  Washington,  D.  C,  several  years  at  Howard 
University,  in  charge  of  the  Model  School  in  connection  with  the 
Normal  Department. 

Mr.  Johnson's  educational  advantages  were  limited  to  three 
months  in  school  each  year  and  before  the  age  of  17. 

At  the  age  of  18,  and  for  the  succeeding  five  years,  he  taught  (or 
*'kept")  a  winter  school  for  3  months  in  each  year,  laboring  on  the 
home  farm  the  remaining  nine  months. 

In  1856,  he  purchased  a  "run  down"  country  store  in  his  native 
town,  which  he  managed  successfully  until  August,  1S61,  when  he 
disposed  of  his  stock  and  enlisted  in  the  3rd  Regiment  Michigan 
Cavalry  as  a  private  soldier. 

During  the  five  years  he  was  engaged  in  business,  he  was  elected 
Township  Clerk  four  successive  times;  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and 
Deputy  Postmaster  of  the  village. 

His  politics  not  being  in  harmony  with  the  Buchanan  administra- 
tion, he  could  not  hold  the  office  of  postmaster,  but  after  the  inau- 
guration of  Mr.  Lincoln,  he  received  the  appointment  to  that  office. 

He  served  in  Missouri,  Kentucky  and  Tennessee;  was  in  the  cam- 
paign of  New  Madrid  and  Island  No.  10;  the  siege  of  Corinth  and 
the  Mississippi  campaign;  was  promoted  to  ist  Lieutenant,  April 
I,  1862;  Regimental  Commissary,  Nov.,  1S62. 

He  was  commissioned  Captain  in  the  8th  Michigan  Cavalry,  in 
Dec,  1862;  but  owing  to  severe  illness  from  typhoid  fever,  could  not 
accept  it,  and   in  the  following  January  was  honorably  discharged. 

In  March,  1863,  he  visited  his  brother  Jerome  in  Baltimore,  where 
he  was  confined  in   a  hospital  from  a  wound  received  at   Antietam. 

In  connection  with  this,  he  visited  Washington  for  a  few  days. 
He  found  a  demand  for  one  hundred  clerks  in  the  War  Department, 
and  was  appointed  to  a  first  class  clerkship  (the  lowest  in  the  classi- 
fied service)  at  $1,200  per  year. 

He  was  promoted  one  grade  annually  for  three  successive  years. 

During  his  residence  in  Washington,  from  1863  to  186S,  he  took 
an  active  interest  in  promoting  the  cause  of  education  among  the 
freed  people,  organizing  night  schools  and  Sunday  schools;  was  one 
of  fifteen  government  clerks  that  organized  not  less  than  a  dozen 


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SEVENTH   GENERATION    FROil   JOHN    ALDEN.  63 

night  schools,  which,  within  one  year,  were  taken  up  by  teachers, 
sent  from  the  northern  Freedmen's  Relief  Associations,  and  became 
regular  day  schools:  and  later,  when  colored  schools  were  establish- 
ed by  law,  were  incorporated  into  the  public  school  system  of  the 
District  of  Columbia. 

Resigning  in  June  1S6S,  he  returned  to  Michigan,  and  re-establish- 
ed himself  in  trade,  where  he  left  it  in  1S61. 

On  his  arrival  in  his  native  town,  he  learned  that  he  had  been 
elected  Superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School  of  the  Congregational 
Church,  and  was  expected  to  officiate  the  next  Sunday. 

He  succeeded  in  his  business  and  prospered  as  well  as  could  be 
expected,  in  so  small  a  town,  until  Feb.  1S72,  his  wife  died  sudden- 
ly, and  in  April  following,  his  father  passed  away. 

Meeting  with  an  opportunity  to  dispose  of  his  business,  he  con- 
cluded to  rest  from  active  labor  for  a  time,  and  was  preparing  for 
a  trip  in  the  west,  when  he  received  notice  of  his  election  to  the 
position  of  Treasurer  of  Howard  University  at  Washington,  an  in- 
stitution which  he  helped  to  organize  in  1S66  and  1S67. 

Accepting  that  important  office,  he  found  it  had  a  debt  of  more 
than  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  was  increasing  it  at  the 
rate  of  $35,000.00  a  year.  Before  he  had  been  three  months  in 
the  position,  the  Trustees  held  a  meeting,  at  which,  on  his  recom- 
mendation, plans  for  a  more  economical  administration  were  made 
and  in  the  month  of  May,  1S73,  another  meeting  was  held,  at  which 
more  rigid  plans  were  adopted  and  put  into  effect  after  June  30  of 
that  year. 

As  a  result,  the  institution  was  free  from  debt  in  1878,  and  is  so 
at  the  present  time,  (1S95). 

Mr.  Johnson  was  elected  Secretary  of  the  University  in  1S74,  and 
one  year  later,  he  was  assigned  to  the  additional  duty  of  the  charge 
of  the  buildings  and  grounds. 

He  has  continued  thus  the  business  manager  under  the  general 
direction  of  the  Executive  Committee  and  Board  of  Trustees, 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  ;  the  Mili- 
tary Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  ;  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution ;  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars ;  besides  the  American  His- 
torical Association,  and  the  National  Geographic  Society. 

The  First  Congregational  Church,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the 
organizers  in  1S65,  has  now  nearly  one  thousand  members. 

He  has  been  honored  by  it  in  his  election  to  the  office  of  deacon 


64  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAL- 

from  1S76  to  1S93,  and  again  in  1S95  for  a  term  of  three  j-ears  more. 
He  has  also  been  a  trustee  and  superintendent  of  one  of  its  mission 
schools,  having  from  nine  hundred  to  one  thousand  scholars,  for  five 
years,  and  then  declining  a  further  re-election  on  account  of  his 
health. 

By  his  second  marriage  two  children  were  bora  to  them  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

CHILDREN. 

Flora  Louise  Pris cilia,  bora  July  14,  1875. 
Faul  Bow  en  Aid  en,  March  23,  1S78. 


Susan  Mehetable  Johnson. 

Susan  Mehetable  Johnson,  daughter  of  James  Gibson  and 
Susannah  (Bou-en)  Johnson,  was  bora  in  Royal  Oak,  Mich.,  Oct. 
21,  1832. 

She  became  a  school  teacher  very  young  ;  was  a  child  that  was 
specially  loved  by  all  the  family  for  uniform  gentleness,  her  mild 
disposition  and  Christian  character. 

She  died  of  consumption,  April  25,  1852;  three  weeks  after  her 
sister  started  on  her  western  jouraey. 


John  Reed  Johnson, 

John  Reed  Johnson,  son  of  James  Gibson  and  Susannah  (Bowen) 
Johnson,  was  bora  in  Royal  Oak,  Mich.,  June  21,  1835. 

He  married,  Feb.  i,  i860,  Eliza  Ann  Quick,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Hegerman  and  Dimmis  Jane  (Stevens)  Quick. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  always  fond  of  farming,  and  followed  it  from  his 
boyhood. 

About  eight  years  after  his  marriage,  he,  being  desirous  of  trying 
a  new  countrj^  purchased  a  farm  five  miles  west  of  Traverse  City, 
Mich.,  and  hewed  him  a  home  out  of  the  wilderaess  in  the  frait- 
growing  section  of  Northern  Mich.  Anxious  to  live  nearer  his  son, 
and  to  enjoy  church  privileges,  he  sold  his  farm  in  1892,  and  now 


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lives  in  the  suburbs  of  Traverse  Cit}',  on  a  small  farm  less  than 
half  a  mile  from  that  beautiful  sheet  of  water — Grand  Traverse 
Bay. 

They  have  but  two  children  living. 

CHILDREN. 

James  Gibson,  bom  in  Royal  Oak,  Nov.  15,  1S60. 
Joseph  Quick,  born  in  Royal  Oak,  April  13,  1863. 
Charles  (7/-^^/,  bom  March,  1S71;   died  in  infancy. 
John  Reed,  born  June  15,  1S79;  died  in  infancy. 


Joseph  Benson  Johnson. 

Joseph  Benson  Johnson,  son  of  James  Gibson  and  Susannah 
(Bowen)  Johnson,  was  bom  in  Royal  Oak,  Mich.,  Sept.  28,  1837. 

He  married,  in  Birmingham,  Mich.,  Dec.  10,  1S62,  Martha 
Comfort,  sister  of  Charles  Finch  D.  Comfort, 

Previous  to  his  marriage  he  had  been  in  Iowa  aud  Grant  Coun- 
ties "breaking  prairie"  (as  it  was  termed,)  and  soon  purchased  land 
aud  made  himself  a  home. 

He  was  remarkably  successful,  and  soon  owned  several  hundred 
acres  of  land;  dealt  largely  in  horses,  cattle  and  hogs.  In  1S74, 
when  I  visited  him,  he  had  one  hundred  or  over  of  three-year-old 
steers,  with  a  large  number  of  other  animals — horses  and  hogs. 

He  sold  his  large  farm  and  purchased  one  adjoining  the  village  of 
Monfort,   Grant  Co.,  and  handled  real  estate. 

Was  elected  to  the  legislature  in  1S92  and  served  two  years. 

They  had  nine  children  born  to  them,  as  follows  : 

CHILDREN. 

Susie  Emma,  born  Oct.  26,  1863. 

Jerome  Comfort,  bom  May  4,  1S66  ;  died  Sept.  23,  1867. 

Joseph  Frank,  born  March  13,  1S69  ;  died  Aug.  15,  1870. 

/.  Bert,  born  Feb.    13,  1871. 

Minnie  Louise,  bom  Sept.  16,  1872  ;  died  Jan.  3,  1875. 

Charles  Bowen,  born  Aug.  10,  1874  ;  died  Dec.  26,  1874. 


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Mina  May,  born  April  4,  1S77. 
Nellie  Odell,  bom.  Jan.   15,  1S79. 
Ethel  Comfort,  born  Nov.  14,  1SS4. 


Jerome  Fletcher  Johnson. 

Jerome  Fletcher  Johnson,  son  of  James  Gibson  and  Susannah 
(Bowen)  Johnson,  was  bom  in  Royal  Oak,  Mich.,  Dec.  3,  1S40. 

He  married  at  \Vashington,  D.  C,  Sept.  25,  1S66,  Eliza  Janet 
Woodruff,  daughter  of  J.  B.  Woodmff,  formerly  of  Litchfield,  Conn., 
where  she  was  bom  May  31,  1845. 

He  went  to  Iowa  Co.,  Wis.,  when  nineteen  years  of  age,  propos- 
ing to  settle  ;  taught  school  and  cultivated  the  soil,  until  the  war 
broke  out. 

He  enlisted  in  May,  1861,  in  the  second  regiment,  Wisconsin  In- 
fantry, and  served  until  December,  1863,  when  he  was  discharged  on 
account  of  a  wound  received  at  Gettysburg.  He  was  also  wound- 
ed at  the  battle  of  Antietam,  and  was  in  the  hospital  at  Baltimore 
until  the  following  Febmary.  On  account  of  these  wounds  he  re- 
ceives a  pension.  The  wound  received  at  Gettysburg  was  through 
the  right  shoulder,  carrying  away  a  portion  of  the  bone;  while  that 
received  at  Antietam  was  in  the  left  knee  joint. 

With  the  exception  of  the  time  of  his  confinement  in  hospitals, 
he  served  in  all  campaigns  of  the  First  Corps,  and  was  at  the  second 
battle  of  Bull  Run  where  his  regiment  lost  two  hundred  and  seventy- 
five  men  in  seventy-five  minutes.  He  was  discharged  from  the  hos- 
pital in  Washington,  D.  C,  in  Dec,  1863,  and  received  an  appoint 
ment  to  a  clerkship  in  the  Treasury  Department,  which  he  held  for 
about  twelve  years.  After  this  he  engaged  in  the  grocery  business, 
in  which  he  remained  for  several  years.  He  is  now  special  agent  of 
the  Equitable  Life  Insurance  Co.  of  Xew^  York.  He  is  prominent  in 
Sunday  School  work,  and  is  now  and  has  been  for  several  years,  the 
Superintendent  of  the  Sunda}'  School  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church,  which  church  he  has  served  as  Tmstee  and  Treasurer.  He 
was  also  one  of  its  organizers. 

They  have  six  living  children,  and  have  lost  one.  They  were 
all  bora  in  Washington,  D.  C. 


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CHILDREN. 

Harry  Woodruff,  bom  March  31,  1S6S. 
Grace  Bowen,  born  Nov.  2,  1870. 
Stuart  Clark,  born  April  15,  1874. 
Jerome  B  lakes  ley,  born  June  28,  1878. 
Ralph  Grant,  bom  iMarch  19,  1SS2. 
Fred  Rankin,  bom  Sept.  14,  1884. 


riary  Thomazin  Thayer. 

Mary  Thomazin  Thayer,  daughter  of  Linas  and  Susan  (Johnson) 
Thayer,  was  bora  in  Windsor  Co.,  Vermont,  Jan.  25,  1858;  married 
March  19,  1846,  Levi  Stabbs  of  Greenbush,  Ohio. 

He  was  bora  in  Butler  Co.,  Iowa,  Nov.  17,  1S26. 

They  have  resided  in  Ohio,  and  are  now  living  in  Sterling,  Kan- 
sas. They  have  seven  living  children.  Mrs.  Stubbs  wrote  me  that 
she  had  thirty  grandchildren. 


CHILDREN.       BORN   IN   PREBLE   CO.,  O. 

John  Edwin,  bora  March  2,  1847;  died  May  28,  1850. 

Linas  Edgar,  born  Oct.  12,  1848. 

Ira  Sylvester,  bom  Nov.  22,  1850. 

Charles  Riner,  bora  Feb.  12,  1853. 

Isaac  Walter,  born  April  7,  1S55. 

Mary  Luella,  bora  in  Butler  Co.,  Jan.  18,  1857;  died  June  8,  1880. 

Aaron  Albert,  bora  Dec.  13,  1859. 

Elizabeth  Ann,  born  Oct.  27,  1863. 

Sarah  Margaret,  bora  June  16,  1867. 


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Arnold   Burges  Johnson. 

Araold  Burges  Johnson,  eldest  son  of  Lorenzo  Dow  and  Mary 
(Burges,)  Johnson,  was  born  in  Rochester,  INIass.,  June  17,  1834. 
He  was  married  May  12,  1857,  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  to  Harriet  M, 
Barrows,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Mary  Freeman  Barrows,  both 
originally  of  Plymouth  Co.,  Mass.,  both  of  Pilgrim  stock,  and  both 
direct  descendants  of  Revolutionary  stock.  Ebenezer  Barrows 
served  in  the  war  of  rSi2,  and  the  basis  of  his  fortune  came  from 
prize  money  earned  on  privateers.  He  had  commanded  a  regiment 
of  Massachusetts  militia,  and  was  usually  known  as  Colonel  Barrows. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  educated  at  the  Rochester  Academy,  "the 
Methodist  Prostestant"  office  at  Putnam,  Ohio,  where  he  learned 
the  trade  of  printer,  at  Madison  College  in  Pennsylvania,  and  the 
Columbian  College  Law  School,  from  which  last  he  was  graduated 
IvL.  B.,  in  1886.  He  served  as  Chief  Clerk  of  the  Light-House 
Board  from  1869  to  this  date,  except  for  a  year,  '73-74,  when  he  was 
editing  the  Republican  at  Hackensack,  N.  J.,  and  practising  law. 
He  returned  to  the  Light- House  Board  in  March,  '74,  at  the  request 
of  the  Department,  being  allowed  to  finish  up  afterwards  the  cases  he 
had  pending  in  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court.  He  is  a  member  of 
several  scientific  societies  and  the  Cosmos  Club.  He  has  ^v^itten 
somewhat  on  scientific  subjects,  much  of  which  has  been  published 
in  England,  France,  and  Spain.  He  is  the  author  of  The  Modem 
Light-House  Service,  and  many  Magazine  articles. 

There  were  bom  to  them  six  children. 

CHII.DREN. 

Mary  Arnold,  bom  Feb.  28,  1858,  at  97  Willoughby  Street,  N.  Y. 
Willard  Drake,  bom  May  3,  1859,  same  place. 
Blanchard  Free^nan,  bom   at   No.  1405  L  St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Dec.  27,  1864;  died  in  Chicago,  111.,  Oct.  5,  1884. 

Alice  Burges,  bom  Oct.  14,  1868,  at  Chestnut  Hill,  D.  C. 
Stuart  Phelps,  bom  Aug.  12,  1870,  at  Chestnut  Hill,  D.  C. 
Gertrude  Sumner,  bom  May  20,  1872,  at  Chestnut  Hill,  D.  C. 


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Jeremiah  Augustus  Johnson. 

Jeremiah  Augustus  Johnson,  son  of  Rev.  Lorenzo  Dow  and  Aviary 
(Burges)  Johnson,  was  boru  in  Boston,  Mass.,  June  3,  1S36.  In 
1857  he  was  married  to  Sarah  M.  Barclay  of  Albermarle  County, 
Va.,  who  was  the  daughter  of  James  T.  Barclay,  and  great  grand- 
daughter of  Thomas  Barclay,  who  was  sent  to  Europe  and  Africa 
on  various  missions  under  the  administration  of  Washington.  (See 
McMaster's  History  of  the  American  People,  Vol.  i.) 

Sarah  Barclay,  died  in  Greenwich,  Conn.  April  21,  1SS5, 

CHILDREN, 

Margaret  Holt,  born  in  Philadelphia  in  185S;  died  in  Syria,  1859. 

Mary  Burges,  bom  in  Syria,  1S60;  died  there  in  1861. 

Barclay,  born  in  Syria,  1S61;  died  in  Greenwich,  Conn.,  Apr.  21, 
1885. 

Eleanor  Burges,  bom  in  Syria,  1S66;  died  in  Greenwich,  Conn., 
April  21,  1885. 

Julia  Barclay,  bom  in  Syria,  1S70;  died  in  1883. 

Tristan  Burges,  bora  at  Clarendon  Springs,  Yt.,  July  3rd,  1S81. 

He  was  married  a  second  time  November  15,  1886,  to  Fannie 
Valeda  Matthews,  daughter  of  Watson  Matthews,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Gen.  Hart  L  Stewart  of  Chicago,  111.,  a  sketch  of 
whose  life  appears  in  the  Appendix  to  this  volume. 

CHILDREN   BY   THIS   MARRIAGE. 

Hallet,  bora  in  New  York,  Nov.  25,  1887. 

Valeda  Augusta,  bom  in  Greenwich,  Conn.,  Aug.  8,  1889. 

He  resides  at  present  in  New  York  city,  spending  his  summers  at 
his  country  home  in  Greenwich,  Conn. 

Mr.  Johnson  attended  village  school  and  academy  at  Rochester, 
Mass.;  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  U.  S.  Supreme 
Court  in  Washington,  D.  C,  and  in  the  state  and  Federal  Courts  of 
New  York  and  other  states.  Occupied  post  of  private  secretary  to 
several  Senators  and  IMembersof  Congress  in  i855-'6,  until  appoint- 
ed clerk  in  the  Interior  Department,  from  whence  after  several  pro- 
motions he  was  appointed  U.  S.  Consul  at  Beimt,  Syria,  in  1858,  by 
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President  Buchanan;  promoted  to  be  Consul  General  in  Syria,  1S67, 
by  President  Johnson:  was  sent  to  Jaffa  by  Secretary  Seward  as 
Special  Commissioner,  and  later  to  Cypnis  under  President  Grant's 
administration  for  the  settlement  of  matters  in  dispute  between  the 
United  States  and  the  Ottoman  Government.  For  his  services  he 
received  the  thanks  of  President  Lincoln  in  a  despatch  from  Secre- 
tary Seward,  in  1S62.  In  1S70  he  discovered  the  Hamath  inscrip- 
tions at  Hamath.  in  Northern  Syria,  in  respect  to  which  inscrip- 
tions many  books  have  since  been  written  to  show  their  great 
value  as  relating  to  a  historic  period  prior  to  the  invention  of  the 
Phenician  or  other  alphabets.  [See  Johnson's  Encyclopedia,  article 
Hamath  Inscriptions.] 

He  resigned  from  the  Consular  ser\-ice  in  1870,  and  is  still  a  prac- 
ticing lawyer  in  New  York  City;  was  elected  to  membership  in  the 
Union  League  Club  1873,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Lawyers'  Club, 
The  New  England  Society,  the  Colonial  Wars  Society,  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution,  the  Civil  Ser\'ice  Reform  Association, 
The  City  Club,  and  other  clubs  and  associations  of  the  same  hu- 
manitarian character;  is  president  of  Good  Movement  Club  E, 
and  president  of  the  Council  of  Confederated  Good  Government 
Clubs,  and  a  member  of  the  New  York  Citizens'  Committee  of 
Seventy.*  He  has  written  for  the  magazines  and  newspapers  of  the 
City,  and  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  public  schools  and 
municipal  politics,  without  holding  any  office  in  New  York.  Re- 
publican in  politics;  member  of  Congregational  church;  resides  in 
New  York  City. 

*The  Citizens'  Committee  of  Seventy  of  New  York  City  was  called  into  being 
by  a  mass  meeting  of  prominent  citizens  in  the  summer  of  1S94,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  reforming  the  city  government  and  overthrowing  the  rule  of  Tammanv 
Hall;  which  was  done  in  the  November  elections  by  a  majority  of  50,000  votes. 
The  committee  is  still  continued,  and  is  devising  reform  measures  for  action 
by  the  legislature. 


Rev.  James  Gibson  Johnson,  D.  D. 

Rev.  James  Gibson  Johnson,  D.  D.,  of  Chicago,  111.,  .son  of  Rev. 
Lorenzo  Dow  and  Mary  (Burgess)  Johnson,  was  bom  in  Providence, 
R.  I.,  June  25,  1839;  graduated  from  Union  Theological  Seminary, 
Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  A.  B.  in  1863;  A.  M.  in  1S66;  graduated  from 
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pastor  2nd  Presbyterian  Church,  Newburyport,  Mass.,  Dec.  27, 
1866;  in.stalled  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  Church,  Rutland, 
Vt.,  April  21,  1870;  pastor  2nd  Congregational  Church,  New  Lon- 
don, Ct.,  July  8,  1885;  New  England  Congregational  Church,  Chi- 
cago, 111.,  March  17,  1 89 1;  Phi-Beta-Kappa,  North  \Yestern  Uni- 
versity, Chicago,  111.,  1S92:  Corporate  member  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.; 
Trustee  Middlebury  College;  Trustee  Hartford  Theological  Semi- 
nary; Trustee  Chicago  Theological  Seminar)-;  Trustee  Ripon 
College. 

He  married,  June  30,  1870,  Mary  A.  Rankin,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Rankin,  LL.D.,  and  Ella  Hope  Stevens.  She  was  bom  in 
Cincinnati,  O.,  March  21,  1842.  Her  father  was  bom  Sept.  15, 
1 8 10,  and  her  mother  April  i,  1S18.  They  were  married  June  i, 
1841. 

Mr.  Rankin  was  Treasurer  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign- 
Missions  thirty-eight  years. 

CHILDREN. 

Eleanor  Hope,  bom  May  12,  187 1,  at  Rutland,  Yt. 
Grace  Burgess,  born  Sept.  2,  1872;  died  Oct.  22,  1873.- 
Rankin,  bom  Oct.  16,  1873,  at  Rutland,  Vt. 
Edith,  bora  Sept.  18,  1876;  died  Feb.  22,  1877. 
Burgess,  bom  Nov.  9,  1877,  at  Rutland,  Yt.  ■ 

Hilda  May,  bom  June  g,  188 1,  at  Rutland,  Vt. 


Lorenzo  M.  Johnson. 


Lorenzo  M.  Johnson,  son  of  Rev.  Lorenzo  Dow  and  Mary  (Burges) 
Johnson,  was  bom  in  the  city  of  New  York,  Jan.  22,  1843.  He 
was  married  April  22,  1878,  to  Helen  Wolcott  Stewart,  daughter  of 
Gen.  Hart  L.  Stewart,  of  Chicago,  111.,  a  sketch  of  whose  life  ap- 
pears in  the  appendix  to  this  work.  The  home  of  his  parents  at 
the  time  of  his  birth  was  in  Plymouth  County,  Mass.,  where  he 
lived  and  went  to  school,  and  worked  on  the  family  farm  until  i860, 


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wheu  he   was  appointed  an   assistant  in  the   United  States  Coast 
Survey.     They  have  four  children. 

CHILDREN. 

Helen  Stewart,  bom  1879. 

/.  A.  Stewart,  born  iSSo. 

Dorothea  Friscilla  Stewart,  born  1SS2. 

Lesley  Stewart,  born  1SS3. 

He  was  engaged  in  the  Coast  Surve%'  service  during  the  sur\-eys 
of  Mobile  Harbor;  the  projected  Canal  across  the  base  of  Cape 
Cod,  office  work  in  Washington,  and  volunteer  guard  duties  until 
assigned,  the  27th  September,  1S61,  to  duty  in  the  Pay  Department 
of  the  Army.  In  this  capacity  he  was  with  the  Army  of  the  Poto- 
mac at  the  capture  of  Yorktown  by  McClellan,  and  during  the  Seven 
Days  Battles  on  the  Peninsular,  and  at  the  capture  of  Vicksburg 
the  13th  December,  1863. 

At  the  end  of  that  year  he  was  ordered  to  the  Pacific  Coast  via  the 
Isthmus,  and  while  there  travelled  over  Oregon  and  the  Territories  of 
"Washington  and  Idaho.  After  an  examination  at  the  State  Depart- 
ment, he  was  appointed  one  of  the  thirteen  Consular  Pupils,  12th 
September,  1S67,  under  a  law  intended  to  create  a  permanent  Con- 
sular and  Diplomatic  service,  and  was  assigned  to  duty  in  Syria, 
wiiere  he  served  as  Vice  Consul  at  Bierut,  Jaffa,  Jerusalem  and  Da- 
mascus, and  was  promoted  13th  July,  1870,  to  Consul  General  at  Bie- 
rut. Realizing  that  this  service  would  not  under  our  system  become 
a  certain  career,  he  returned  to  America  in  the  year  1871  after  ex- 
tensive travel  in  Asia  and  Europe,  with  intention  of  entering  a  law 
office,  as  leisure  hours  had  been  spent  in  systematic  law  study,  but 
he  was  advised  that  there  were  already  too  many  lawyers,  while 
rapid  railway  extensions  then  in  progress  presented  attractive  pros- 
pects for  Civil  Engineers.  This  vocation  was  in  view  when  he 
first  left  his  New  England  home,  hence  the  congenial  coast  sur- 
vey ser\'ice  interrupted  by  the  war.  There  was  no  disappointment 
in  the  abandoment  of  legal  studies.  He  entered  the  Scientific  De- 
partment of  Yale  University  with  the  first  term  of  187 1,  his  resigna- 
tion as  Consul  General  not  being  effective  until  the  4th  December, 
187 1,  To  do  this  required  a  daily  review  of  primary  mathematics 
in  connection  with  advanced  class  studies,  and  some  embarrassment 


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SEVENTH    GENERATION    FROM   JOHN    ALDEN.  73 

in  standing  to  recite  in  the  presence  of  students  mostly  several  years 
younger  and  more  ready  with  answers. 

But  he  had  come  there  to  learn  all  he  could,  whereas  with  many 
students  the  main  object  appeared  to  be  to  study  little  as  possible 
and  avoid  expulsion.  He  was  spending  his  own  slowly  accumulat- 
ed eaniings  and  knew  what  each  day  and  year  cost  in  dollars,  yet 
those  College  years  were  very  happy.  Study  and  recitation  were 
always  congenial,  after  years  of  contact  with  the  world,  and  his 
remembrance  of  Collge  life  is  yet  full  of  exhilaration. 

With  his  Diploma  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1S74,  after  a  fours  years 
course  in  three  years,  and  of  Civil  Engineer  in  1S75,  he  went  to  Iowa 
immediately  after  graduating  and  entered  the  service  of  the  Keokuk 
and  Des  Moines  Railway  Co.  ist  September,  1S74,  where  he  passed 
throng  the  various  grades  of  Engineer,  Chief  Engineer,  Paymaster, 
Acting  General  Superintendent,  and  Assistant  General  Superintend- 
ent, and  accepted  the  appointment  of  General  Manager  of  the 
Cairo  &  St.  Louis  R.  R.,  effective  7th  December,  1071,  and  con- 
tinued there  until  the  ist  January,  1S81,  when  he  was  appointed 
Assistant  to  the  President  of  the  Pullman  Palace  Car  Co.,  his  work 
being  especiall}-  to  attend  to  all  disbursements  for  the  Company, 
and  the  construction  of  the  town  of  Pullman,  having  been  also  elect- 
ed Vice-President  of  the  above  Railway  Compan\%  both  of  which 
positions  he  also  held  until  ist  December,  1883,  when  he  accepted 
the  appointment  of  General  Manager  of  the  Mexican  International 
R.  R.  Co.  To  this  has  been  added  the  management  in  Mexico  of 
the  Construction  Company  and  of  the  three  Coal  Companies  which 
have  been  developed  under  his  charge,  producing  annually  about 
300,000  tons  coal  and  40,000  tons  coke,  which  is  the  only  product 
of  this  class  in  the  Republic  of  Mexico.  To  secure  the  coal  it  was 
necessary  to  purchase  a  tract  of  about  225,000  acres,  and  this  has 
been  stocked  with  about  10, coo  cattle,  all  under  the  same  manage- 
ment. 

The  railway  now  extends  nearly  to  the  Pacific  Ocean,  and  is  des- 
tined to  form  another  trans- Atlantic  line. 

He  was  married  the  2  2ud  of  April,  1878,  to  Helen  Wolcott 
Stewart,  daughter  of  General  Hart  E.  Stewart  of  Chicago.  Her 
birth  day  is  also  the  22nd  January,  a  commendable  convenience  in 
a  growing  family  as  to  celebrations,  because  the  anniversaries  of 
four  children  and  other  duties  have  left  hardly  any.  time  for  vaca- 
tions during  a  career  of  continuous  service. 


74  THE   JOHNSON   MEMORIAL. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers, 
the  New  England  Society,  the  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution,  the  Chicago  Club,  and  of  other  Societies. 


Dr.  Joseph  Taber  Johnson,  M.  D.,  Ph.  D. 

Dr.  Joseph  Taber  Johnson,  son  of  Rev.  Lorenzo  Dow  and  Mary 
(Burgess)  Johnson,  was  bom  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  June  30,  1845. 
Married,  in  \Vashington,  D.  C,  May  i,  1873,  Edith  Maud  Ba.<^com, 
daughter  of  Prof.  \Y.  F.  Bascom  and  Anne  Field  (Strong)  Bascom. 

She  was  bom  in  Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  4,  1849.  She  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 
She  is  the  great  granddaughter  of  Asa  Field,  who  was  born  in 
Northfield,  Mass.,  Nov.,  1757,  and  who  served  in  Capt.  Sam 
Merriam's  company,  of  Col.  Israel  Chapin's  regiment,  in  the  cam- 
paign along  the  Hudson  River.  His  ancestors  fought  in  the  French 
and  Indian  wars.  His  uncle,  Seth  Field,  was  Town  Clerk  and 
Treasurer  of  Northfield,  Mass.,  for  forty  years. 

Her  great  grandfather,  Elias  Bascom,  was  bora  at  Hatfield, 
Mass.,  in  May,  1738;  married  Eunice  Allen,  a  relative  of  Ethan 
Allen.  He  settled  in  Northfield,  Mass.,  in  1760:  served  in  the 
French  and  Indian  wars,  and  in  Col.  Wright's  regiment  in  the 
Revolutionary  war-     Was  in  the  battle  of  Saratoga. 

Their  children  were  all  born  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

CHILDREN. 

Frank  Sumner,  bom  March  5,  1S74;  died  Aug.  26,  1874, 

Lorenzo  Bascom,  bom  June  15,  1875. 

Bascom,  bom  Jan.  17,  1878. 

Edith,  born  May  13,  1880. 

J/^zr§-izr<r/,  born  July  14,  1884.  .      • 

Josephine  Isabel,  bora  May  13,  1886. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  Medical  Department 
of  Georgetown  University,  in  1865,  and  from  the  Bellevue  Hospital 
Medical  College  in  1867.     He  held  the  position  of  Acting  Assistant 


JOSEPH  TABHR  JOHNSON,   M.   D. 


SEVENTH  GENERATION    FROM   JOHN   ALDEN.  75 

Surgeon  United  States  Array,  and  was  assigned  to  the  Freedman's 
Hospital  after  the  close  of  the  war,  and  for  three  years  was  profes- 
sor of  Obstetrics  and  Diseases  of  Women  in  the  Howard  University, 
Washington.  In  1S70  he  visited  Europe,  and  spent  much  time  in 
the  Hospitals  of  Dublin,  Edinburgh,  Eondon,  Paris,  Berlin,  and 
Vienna.  He  passed  his  examination  before  Prof.  Carl  Braun.  in  Vi- 
enna, and  received  a  diploma  for  proficiency  in  obstetric  operations, 
in  18 7 1,  since  which  date  he  has  practiced  his  profession  in  Wash- 
ington, making  a  specialty  of  obstetrics  and  gynecology.  He  has 
been  coniiected  with  many  of  the  city  hospitals  and  dispensaries: 
was  surgeon  to  the  Columbia  Hospital  for  Women,  which  he  reor- 
ganized in  1 89 1,  and  from  which  he  resigned  in  1892.  He  is  at 
present  Gynecologist  to  the  Providence  Hospital;  Consulting  Gyn- 
ecologist to  the  Emergency  Hospital  and  Central  Dispensary,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Woman's  Dispensary;  in  charge  of  his  own  private  Hos- 
pital for  Gynecological  and  Abdominal  Surgery;  and  Professor  of 
Gynecology  in  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Georgetown 
in  which  he  has  lectured  since  1874.  He  is  a  Fellow  of  the  Ameri- 
can Gjmecological  Society,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  founders, 
and  was  its  secretary  and  editor  of  its  transactions  for  three  years; 
Fellow  of  the  Southern  Surgical  and  Gynecological  Society:  Fellow 
of  the  British  Gynecological  Society;  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical 
Association;  of  the  Virginia  Medical  Society;  American  Medical  As- 
sociation; Medical  Society,  and  Medical  Association  of  the  District 
of  Columbia;  Washington  Obstetrical  and  Gynecological  Society, 
of  which  he  was  president  for  two  years;  he  was  also  president 
of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  District  of  Columbia  and  Alumni 
Societies  of  his  own  Alma  Maters;  member  of  the  Philosophical 
and  Anthropological  Societies  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  and 
received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy  from  Georgetown 
University,  in  1S90.  He  is  author  of  many  papers,  addresses  and 
reports  of  important  cases,  mostly  on  subjects  relating  to  his  spec- 
ialty. Dr.  Johnson  has  opened  the  abdomen  over  400  times. — From 
Eminent  Surgeons  of  the  United  States. 


76  THE  JOHNSON   MEMORIAL. 


Capt.  John  Burgess  Johnson. 

Capt.  John  Burgess  Johnson,  son  of  Rev.  Lorenzo  Dow  and  Mar\' 
(Burgess)  Johnson,  was  bom  at  Rochester,  Plymouth  Co.,  Mass., 
Nov.  29,  1S47.  He  married  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Oct.  9,  1S73, 
Laura  Minnie  Curtis,  who  was  born  in  Chicago,  of  New  Kngland 
parentage,  July  31,  1S47.     He  is  captain  in  the  third  U.  S.  Cavalry. 

CHILDREN. 

Frederick  Curtis,  bom  at  Fort  D.  A.  Russell,  Wyoming,  August 
20,  1874. 

Harold  Biirges,  bom  at  Fort  Laramie,  Wyoming,  Nov.  13,  1877. 

John  Burges,  Jr.,  bora  at  Camp  Penn,  Colorado,  Texas,  Jan. 
18,  1887. 

He  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  and  the  academy  of  his 
native  town  until  1859,  when  his  family  removed  to  Washington, 
where  he  attended  private  schools. 

He  was  greatly  attracted  by  even,'thing  pertaining  to  military  life, 
and  never,  when  he  could  help,  missed  a  drill  or  review.  When 
he  was  about  sixteen  and  a  half  years  old,  he  presented  himself, 
without  his  parents'  knowledge,  for  examination  for  a  commission 
in  the  colored  troops  then  being  raised,  and  passed  so  high  on 
tactics  that  he  was  told  afterwards  by  the  general  at  the  head  of 
the  examining  board  that  if  he  had  been  sufficienth^  old  he 
would  have  been  recommended  for  a  captaincy.  As  it  was,  be 
was  mustered  in  on  Sept.  8,  1S63,  as  second  lieutenant  of  the  6th 
U.  S.  Colored  Infantry,  and  was  soon  after  sent  to  the  army  then  on 
James  River.  Within  a  year  he  was  assigned  to  a  company  of 
sharpshooters,  and  served  much  on  the  extreme  front.  He  partici- 
pated in  many  battles,  and  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Cold 
Harbor  so  severely  that  he  was  for  some  time  in  hospital. 

On  his  partial  recovery,  he  again  went  to  the  front,  where  he 
served  part  of  the  time  on  staff  duty  until  the  end  of  the  war,  when 
he  was,  on  Sept.  20,  1865,  with  his  regiment,  honorably  mustered 
out  of  the  service. 

On  April  23,  1866,  he  was  commissioned  in  the  regular  army  as 
second  heutenant  of  the  6th  U.  S.  Infantry,  and  joined  his  regiment 


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SEVENTH   GENERATION   EROil    JOHX  ALDEN.  77 

in  Florida.  On  Oct.  12,  1S67,  he  v»'as  made  first  lieutenant.  He 
did  much  duty  on  court  martials  as  judge  advocate,  and  as  A.  Q. 
M.  he  wound  up  the  great  military  depot  at  Vicksburg,  Miss. 

On  the  reorganization  of  the  army^  he  was,  at  his  own  request^ 
on  I  Jan.,  1871,  assigned  to  the  3rd  U.  S.  Cavalry,  and  on  May  15, 
1871,  he  was  made  adjutant  of  the  regiment  and  acting  assistant 
adjutant  general  of  the  Military  Department;  which  positions  he 
held  until  April  4,  1S7S,  when  he  was  made  captain. 

He  saw  much  service  during  the  Indian  troubles,  and  distin- 
guished himself  in  numerous  small  affairs,  in  which  he  happened 
to  hold  independent  commands. 

He  was  noted  for  having  acquired  the  Indian  sign  language  so- 
thoroughly  that  he  needed  no  interpreter.  In  his  intercourse  with 
the  Indians,  though  he  often  had  to  punish  them  severely,  they 
felt  that  the}^  had  his  sympathy,  and  thai  they  could  rely  upon  his 
justice  if  not  on  his  generosity.  Thus  they  came  to  believe  in  him 
implicitl_y,  and  he  was  known  among  them  by  a  name  which,  liter- 
ally translated,  means,  "Long  Knife  but  Short  Tongue,"  or  freely 
rendered,  "The  Fighting  Captain  Who  Never  Lies."  This  name 
stood  him  in  good  stead  when  he  followed  and  captured  the  North- 
ern Cheyennes,  who  outnumbered  his  command  more  than  three 
to  one,  and  brought  them  in  and  turned  them  over  to  his  command- 
ing officer. 

Early  in  the  eighties,  the  Indian  troubles  being  over,  he  was  or- 
dered to  Fort  Leavenworth,  with  his  troop,  where  he  was  assigned 
to  duty  at  the  Cavalry  School  and  made  instructor  in  hipology  and 
tactics.  After  some  five  years  of  this  work,  which  he  did  well,  though 
it  was  never  to  his  taste,  he  was  at  his  earnest  request,  sent  with  his 
troop  to  the  field.  Here  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  so-called 
Fort  at  Penna,  Colorado,  in  Texas.  He  found  his  command  under 
canvas;  vv'hen  he  left  the  soldiers  were  in  adobe  houses,  built  under 
his  directions.  In  the  late  eighties  he  was  ordered  to  Fort  Sam 
Houston,  a  ten  company  post  near  San  Antonio,  Texas,  where  he 
remained  for  some  years,  most  of  the  time  as  the  ranking  cavalry 
officer.  About  1890,  he  was  transferred  to  and  put  in  command  of 
Fort  Brown,  on  the  Rio  Grande.  Grave  duties  were  imposed  upon 
him  here,  especially  during  the  Garza  frontier  troubles.  But  he  so 
conducted  him.self  as  to  meet  the  approval  of  his  superiors;  and  the 
people  of  Brownsville,  who  are  usually  at  odds  with  the  authorities 
at  Fort  Brown,  held  a  public  meeting,  when  he  was  ordered  away, 

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78  THE   JOHNSON   MEMORIAL. 

and  passed  highly  commendatory  resolutions;  in  addition,  they  sent 
him  a  valuable  watch  and  chain  as  evidence  of  their  high  apprecia- 
tion. 

Captain  Johnson  studied  the  true  welfare  of  his  command  and 
was  eminently  successful  in  making  his  men  contented  and  com- 
fortable, while  he  held  them  to  a  high  standard  of  discipline  and 
subordination.  He  preferred  ser\-ing  with  his  company  to  accept- 
ing the  comfortable  assignments  offered  him  as  marks  of  high  ap- 
proval at  Chicago  and  Washington. 

^Yhen,  in  1SSS-S9,  it  was  ordered  that  the  captain  from  whose 
troop  there  had  been  fewest  desertions  during  the  preivous  year 
should  be  sent  east  on  recruiting  duty,  this  mark  of  distinction  fell 
to  him;  but  he  asked  that  he  might  be  allowed  to  serve  with  his 
colors — or  in  other  words,  declined  the  honor. 

When,  in  1S93,  the  3rd  and  6th  Cavalry  changed  stations,  Capt. 
Johnson  went  with  his  command  to  Fort  Reno  in  Oklahoma,  and 
was  immediately  put  on  duty  in  maintaing  order  in  the  Cherokee 
Strip;  which  he  did  quite  acceptably. 


Charles  Brayton  Johnson. 

Charles  Brayton  Johnson,  son  of  Rev.  Thomas  Skiels  and  Anna 
Parker  (Ewer)  Johnson,  druggist,  and  vice-president  of  the  First 
National  bank  of  Middletown,  Ohio,  was  born  in  Warwick,  R.  I., 
Dec.  II,  1838,  and  married  Sarah  Margaret  Hanger,  May  26, 
1863. 

CHILDREN. 

William  Hanger,  bom  Oct.  30,  1864. 

Wallace,  bom  May  2,  1867. 

Bertha  Belle,  bora  Oct.  29,  187 1. 

Edna,  bom  Aug.  19,  1879;  died  June  10,  189 1. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  bora  in  Warwick,  R.  I.,  Dec.  11,  1838.  Soon 
afterwards  his  parents  moved  to  Greenbush,  in  Preble  Co.,  Ohio, 
where  he  was  raised,  and  obtained  a  common  school  education, 
which  he  afterward  supplemented  by  a  course  at  Oberlin  College, 
Ohio. 


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CHARLES  B.  JCKNSCN. 


SEVKNTH   GENERATION-   FROM    JOHN   ALDEN.  79 

At  the  age  of  17  years  lie  went  to  Middletown,  Ohio,  and  en- 
tered the  general  store  of  Oglesb}-  &  Bamitz.  Afterward  he  was 
empl03-ed  in  Cincinnati  by  the  John  Shilito  Dry  Goods  Co..  and  by 
John  D.  Park,  a  dealer  in  patent  medicines.  Whe^i  this  latter 
firm  failed,  he  drove  in  a  buggy  over  the  states  of  Ohio  and  Indi- 
ana, making  collections  for  the  assignees. 

On  May  26,  1S63,  he  married  Sarah  Margaret  Hanger,  at  her 
home  near  Greenbush,  Ohio.  Then  he  moved  to  Middletown,  and 
was  employed  as  book-keeper  in  the  Middletown  Agricultural 
Works.  Since  then  he  has  resided  in  Middletown.  On  Dec.  3, 
1863,  he  formed  a  partnership  with  J.  G.  Clark  and  entered  the  re- 
tail drug  business.  On  Januar3'5,  1S64,  the  firm  name  was  changed 
to  Peck  &  Johnson.  Mr.  Peck  died  soon  afterward,,  and  since 
then  the  firm  has  continued  under  the  name  of  Johnson  Sz.  Co.,  C. 
B.  Johnson  being  the  sole  owner  till  he  divided  the  ownership  with 
his  son,  William  H.  Johnson,  Jan.  i,  1SS9.  At  that  date  he  began 
datj  as  yice -president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Middletown; 
the  president  being  absent,  the  management  of  the  affairs  of  the 
bank  depended  on  him,  and  he  successfully  carried  it  through  the 
panic  of  1S93,  when  one  other  bank  and  several  large  business 
firms  in  Middletown  were  forced  to  assign. 

He  has  held  few  public  offices,  but  in  Feb.,  18S0,  was  appointed 
deputy  internal  revenue  collector  in  the  3rd  District  of  Ohio;  which 
office  he  held  until  the  change  of  administration,  when  he  turned 
over  a  set  of  books  that  were  easily  examined,  and  with  no  deficits. 

He  was  appointed  one  of  a  building  committee  to  act  with  the 
county  commissioners  in  erecting  a  new  court  house  in  Butler  Co. 
He  is  a  staunch  republican  in  politics,  and,  while  not  a  public 
speaker,  has  been  many  years  the  treasurer  of  the  local  Republi- 
can club. 

In  1882  he  was  given  power  of  attorney  by  the  heirs  of  Marshall 
Ewer  to  settle  up  a  homestead  estate  in  Texas.  After  some  months 
labor,  this  almost  forgotten  tract  of  land  was  sold  and  the  proceeds 
divided  among  the  heirs,  one  of  whom  was  his  mother,  Mrs.  Anna 
Parker  Johnson. 

He  is  a  prominent  member  of  both  the  Ohio  State  and  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Associations. 

At  an  early  age  he  joined  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  has  al- 
ways been  greatly  interested  in  local  church  work.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  committee  for  building  a  fine  stone  church,  now  just  com- 


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8o  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

pleted  at  Middletown.  Also,  was  the  originator  of  a  plan  for  a 
mission  church  at  Middletown.  To  this  church  he  was  a  large 
contributor,  and  now  it  has  become  an  independent  Second  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Middletown. 


Edward  Pay  son  Johnson. 

Edv.-ard  Paysou  Johnson,  son  of  Rev.  Thos.  Skielsand  Anna  Park- 
er (Ewer)  Johnson,  was  born  Aug.  21,  1S43,  in  Greenbush,  Ohio; 
married  Susan  Riner,  daughter  of  Henrj-  Paner,  of  Greenbush, 
May  6,  1S6S.  He  graduated  from  the  law  school  of  the  University 
of  Michigan,  at  Ann  Harbor,  in  June,  1S67,  and  located  to  prac- 
tice his  profession  at  Denver,  Col.;  but  soon  afterwards  removed  to 
Che\-enne,  Wyo.  He  was  appointed  U.  S.  District  Attorney  for 
the  Territor}-,  and  was  afterwards  elected  to  the  office  of  Attorney 
for  the  Territory. 

Mr.  Johnson  entered  the  army  when  he  was  quite  \-oung,  enlist- 
ing in  the  93rd  Regiment,  Ohio  Vols.  He  was  engaged  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Perrj'ville,  Ky.;  was  at  the  battle  of  Stone  River,  and  in 
all  the  battles  around  Chattanooga,  the  storming  of  Missionary 
Ridge,  and  in  the  campaigns  from  Chattanooga  to  Atlanta;  was  with 
Gen.  Thomas  in  the  campaign  of  Nashville,  where  ended  the  war 
in  the  West  with  the  annihilation  of  Hood's  army. 

He  saved  his  money  during  the  war,  and  wdth  it  was  enabled  to 
study  law  at  the  University  of  Michigan.  He  opened  his  office  at 
Denver,  but  followed  the  trend  of  the  Union  Pacific  rail  road,  ou 
its  projection  to  the  point  of  his  last  settlement. 

He  died  from  brain  trouble,  induced  by  ovenvork  in  his  new 
field,  and  in  his  immense  private  practice,  aside  from  the  office 
which  he  held.     He  died  Oct.  3,  1S73,  at  Cheyenne,  Wyo. 

They  had  four  children,  all  born  in  Cheyenne. 

CHILDREN. 


Percy,  born  May  15,  1870;  died  Jan.  31,  1871. 
Edith,  born  April  4,  1872. 
Clarence y  bom  Jan.  15,  1875, 
Florence,  born  Sept.  16,  1876. 


SEVENTH   GENERATION    FROM   JOHN    AI.DEN. 


Mary  White  Johnson. 

Mary  White  Johnson,  daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Skiels  and 
Anna  Parker  (Ewer)  Johnson,  was  born  in  Greenbush,  Ohio,  Feb.  24, 
1S45,  and  was  married  to  \Villiam  Oscar  Smith,  June  9th,  1S67,  in 
Middletown,  Ohio.  Mr.  Smith  served  during  the  civil  war  in  the 
second  Kentucky  infantry,  receiving  a  wound  in  the  battle  of  vStone 
River,  and  was  mustered  out  June  S,  1S64.  His  trade  is  that  of  a 
carriage  painter. 

CHILDREN. 

Anna  Delia,  bom  in  Middletown,  Ohio,  Jane  7,  1S6S;  died  March 
3,  1889. 

Carrie  Bertha,  bom  June  26,  1S70,  at  Middletown,  Ohio. 

Eva  Bhinchard,  born  in  Middletown,  Ohio,  July  28,  1S71. 

Hattie  Durbin,  bom  July  4,  1875,  at  Middletown,  Ohio;  died 
Aug.  14,  1887. 

Alma  Faires,  born  Aug.  2,  1877,  at  Middletown,   Ohio. 

Marshall  Edward,  born  Dec.  24,  1SS3,  at  Cheyenue, 


Harriet  Ann  Johnson, 

Harriet  Ann  Johnson,  daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Skiels  and  Anna 
Parker  (Ewer)  Johnson,  was  born  in  Middletown,  Ohio,  Nov.  16, 
1853,  and  was  married  to  Thomas  Franklin  Durbin,  at  Cheyenne, 
Wyo. 

CHILDREN. 

Charles  Elmer,  bora  Oct.  22,  1874;  died  March  27,  1878. 
Raymond  E.,  born  Aug.  iS,  1882;  died  Oct.  9,  1888. 
Edward,  bom  Oct.  19,  1S84. 


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Marshall  Ewer  Johnson. 


Marshall  Ewer  Johnson,  son  of  Rev. Thomas  Skiels  and  Anna 
Parker  (Ewer)  Johnson,  was  bom  in  Middletown,  Ohio,  Oct.  15, 
1855,  and  married  Tillie  Smith,  Jan.  24,  1SS2. 

He  is  an  expert  accountant,  but  more  recently  engaged  in  stock- 
raising  in  Montana.     His  home  is  in  Denver. 

They  have  no  children. 


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EIGHTH  GENERATION  FROfl  JOHN  ALDEN. 


The-children  belonging  to  the  eighth  generation  under  13  years  of  age  will  be  omitted  here. 
The  dates  of  births  are  given  with  their  parents  in  the  seventh  generation. 


Jennie  White. 

Jennie  White,  daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph  Johnson  and  Eliza  (Pat- 
terson) White,  was  bom  in  Ohio.  Married  Jacob  Oglesby,  who 
died  in  1S84. 

She  now  resides  with  her  mother  and  sister  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

They  had  one  child  : 

.  Stanley,  born  in  Ohio  about  1S70. 


Ida  Belle  White. 

Ida  Belle  White,  daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph  Johnson  and  Eliza 
-(Patterson)  White,  was  bom  in  Ohio. 

She  is  the  youngest  daughter,  and  resides  with  her  mother,  at 
86  South  3d  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


James  Henry  Hulett. 

James  Henry  Hulett,  son  of  Amos  Aurelius  and  Sarah  (White) 
Hulett,  of  Hall  Co.,  Neb.,  was  bom  in  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  July  5, 
1 84 1.  He  served  in  the  navy  during  the  Civil  War,  and  was  mar- 
ried Feb.  8,  1866,  in  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  to  Anna  Maria  Olds.  He 
is  a  farmer. 

CHILDREN. 

Rexford  Earl,  bora  March  8,  1873,  in  Whiteside  Co.,  111. 
Howard  Leroy,  bom  June  11,  1878,  in  Hall  Co.,  Neb. 
Effie  Jeanette,  bora  Sept.  3,  1882,  in  Hall  Co.,  Neb. 


84  THE  JOHN-SON    MEilORIAL, 


William  Hulett. 


William  Hulett,  son  of  Amos  Aurelius  and  Sarah  (White)  Hulett, 
was  born  in  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  Jan.  5,  1843,  He  is  engaged  in  the 
boot  and  shoe  business  in  Ames,  Iowa,  and  is  unmarried.  He 
served  in  the  late  war. 


Robert  Gordon  Hulett. 

Robert  Gordon  Hulett,  son  of  Amos  Aurelius  and  Sarah  (White) 
Hulett,  of  Morrison,  III.,  was  bom  in  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  March,  8, 
1847.  He  married  Man,-  Jane  Haslam,  of  Lasalle  Co.,  111.,  Sept. 
10,  1889.     She  died  July  25,  1S90,  leaving  one  child. 

Mr.  Hulett  came  from  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  with  his  parents  to 
Morrison,  111.,  where  he  attended  both  the  common  and  the  high 
schools,  and  spent  two  years  at  the  State  University  at  Champaign, 
Illinois.  He  was  a  clerk  in  a  store  for  three  years;  a  farmer  from 
1874  to  1878;  in  partnership  with  his  brother,  William,  in  the  boot 
and  shoe  business,  at  Ames,  Iowa,  for  one  year;  then  returned  to 
Morrison,  and  again  became  a  farmer;  and  in  connection  with  his 
father  manages  the  home  farm  of  160  acres,  and  another  smaller 
one  in  an  adjoining  township. 

He  has  held  several  town  offices.  He  is  supervisor  of  Union 
Grove  Township;  has  been  school  director,  commissioner  of  high- 
ways four  5'ears;  assessor  for  four  years,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Republican  County  Committee. 

He  has  one  child  : 


James  Aurelius,  born  July   20,  1890. 


John  Wesley  Hulett. 


John  Wesley  Hulett,  son  of  Amos  Aurelius  and  Sarah  (White) 
Hulett,  was  born  in  Whiteside  County,  111.,  March  30,  1855;  mar- 
ried, Dec.  II,   1878,  Belle  C.   Twombley,  daughter  of  Titns   and 


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EIGHTH    GENERATION    FROM   JOHN   ALDEN.  8^ 

Rosena  Twomble}-,  who  were  bom  in  Vermont,  but  are  now  resi- 
dents of  Unionville,  Whiteside  Co.,  111.  He  is  engaged  in  fanning 
near  Morrison,  111. 

They  have  five  children,  all  bom  in  Whiteside  County. 

CHILDREN. 

Pluma  Belle,  bom  Oct.  lo,  1S79, 
Ethel  May,  bora  Jan.  14,  1881. 
Rosena  Estelle,  bora  Feb.  2,  1S83. 
Raymond    Wesley,  born  July  29,  1S88. 
Earl  De  Witt,  bora  Nov.    7,  1S90. 


William  Wesley  Riner. 

William  Wesley  Riner,  hardware  merchant  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal.^ 
son  of  John  and  Mary  (White)  Riner,  was  born  in  Greenbush, 
Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  June  2,  1844;  was  married  to  AnnaL.  Thompson, 
of  W^oonsocket,  R.  I.,  Sept.  10,  1877.  She  died  July  11,  1878, 
leaving  one  child  : 

William  Addison,  bora  June  27,  1878. 

Married  the  second  time  to  Alice  Kancher,  of  Germantown,  Ohio, 
June  I,  1 88 1,  who  was  bora  there  May  11,  1S51. 
They  have  children  born  to  them  as  follows  : 

Grace  Lucille,  born  June  27,  18S3. 
Alma  Lizzie ^  born  Aug.  6,  1885. 


Judge  John  Alden  Riner. 

Judge  John  Alden  Riner,  of  Cheyenne,  Wyoming,  son  of  John  and 
Mary  (White)  Riner,  was  bora  in  Greenbush,  Ohio,  Oct.  12,  1853,  and 
was  educated  for  the  bar  at  Ann  Harbor,  Mich.,  where  he  gradu- 
ated in  1879.  He  married  Mary  Augusta  JilHch,  who  was  born  in 
Monroe ville,  Ohio,  in  1861. 

Mr.  Riner  was  elected  attorney  for  the  city  of  Cheyenne  In  1881; 
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86  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

appointed  U.  S.  Attorney  for  the  Territory  of  Wyoming  in   1887; 
elected  State  Senator  in  1SS6;  re-elected  in  1890,  and  was  appoint- 
ed to  a  U.  S.  Circuit  Judgeship  by  President  Harrison  in  1890. 
His  children  were  born  in  Cheyenne,  Wyo. 

'  CHILDREN 

Ida  May,  bom  May   13,  1S83. 
Gertrude,  born   Nov.  3,  1885. 
Dorothy,  born  Oct.  25,  1SS7. 
John  Alden,  Jr.,  bom  June  3,  1893. 


Ida  Riner. 

Ida  Riner,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (White)  Riner,  was  bora 
in  Greenbush,  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  Oct.  24,  1857.  She  lives  in  the 
.city  of  Greene,  Butler  Co.,  Iowa,  with  her  parents,  to  cheer  and 
bless  rhem  in  their  feeble  health  and  declining  years. 

She  is  engaged  in  every  branch  of  church  work  usual  for  young 
people  of  an  enthusiastic  and  vigorous  nature  who  love  the  cause. 


Caroline  Elizabeth  Bonebrake. 

Caroline  Elizabeth  Bonebrake,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Susan 
(White)  Bonebrake,  was  bom  in  Germantown,  Ohio,  Sept.  21,  1842. 
Her  mother  died  in  1858.  She  was  adopted  and  educated  by  her 
aunt,  Mrs.  Priscilla  Bassett,  who  lived  at  that  time  in  Springfield, 
Ohio.  She  graduated  from  the  Methodist  Female  College  of  that 
city  in  1863.  She  married  Rev.  Frederick  Amiel  ^vlatthis,  in  Preble 
Co.,  Ohio,  July  I,  1871.    The  children  bora  to  them  are  as  follows; 

Priscilla  Carrie,  bom  April  15,  1872. 
Jennie  Gertrude,  bom  Feb.  26,  1874. 
Frederick  Bassett,\)Qm^\Ay  ~^,  1876. 
Benjamin  Larose,  bom  Nov.  3,  1878. 

Her  father,  Benjamin  Bonebrake,  was  a  lineal  descendant  of 
Jacob  Larose,  who  was  born  in  Alsace,  France;  his  parents  being 


JOHN  ALDEN  RINER,  U.  S.  District  Judge, 
Cheyenne,  Wyo. 


EIGHTH   GENERATION    FROM   JOHN   ALDEN.  87 

Huguenots,  were  compelled  to  flee  from  France  to  escape  persecu- 
tion. Jacob,  when  a  boy,  was  hidden  by  his  parents  in  a  wine  cask, 
and  shipped  to  America,  to  prevent  his  being  captured  by  the  con- 
srciption  officers  of  the  French  army. 

The  Larose  family  settled  in  North  Carolina,  and  Jacob  Larose 
served  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  under  Gen,  IMarion,  the  "Swamp 
Fox  of  the  Revolution,"  and  was  present  at  his  famous  dinner  of 
roasted  sweet  potatoes  ser\-ed  on  bark,  to  which  he  invited  an 
officer  of  the  British  army  who  visited  him  under  a  flag  of  truce. 
He  was  thorough-  educated,  and  spoke  several  languages.  He  left 
North  Carolina  on  account  of  slavery,  and  made  his  home  in  Preble 
Co.,  Ohio. 

His  daughter,  Catharine,  married  Frederick  Bonebrake,  father 
of  Benjamin  Bonebrake.  In  1856  Mr.  Bonebrake  removed  with 
his  family  to  Morrison,  111.,  where  Rev.  Robert  White  and  his  fam- 
ily had  gone  some  time  before.  After  the  death  of  Susan  (White) 
Botiebrake,  Mr.  Bonebrake  married  !Mrs.  Harriet  Fry  Baker,  Feb. 
28,  1S61,  in  Morrison,  111.,  where  he  died  on  Jan.  9,  1894. 

The  following  interesting  sketch  of  Mr.  Matthis'  history  is  kindly 
furnished  : 

Rev.  Frederick  Amiel  Matthis,  who  married  Caroline  Flizabeth 
Bonebrake,  was  bom  in  Prussia,  May  24,  1843.  His  father  was  a 
mechanic,  and  his  mother  was  a  native  of  Berlin;  her  family  name 
was  Wagner.  His  parents  immigrated  to  Quebec  when  he  was 
three  years  old,  remaining  there  for  a  short  time;  then  moved  to 
Western  New  York;  thence  to  Cincinnati,  where  they  both  died 
of  cholera  in  1856.  He  was  thus  left  an  orphan  at  the  age  of  thir- 
teen.    He  found  a  home  in  a  Christian  family,  wher5  he  lived  until 

1 86 1,  when  he  enlisted  in  an  Ohio  regiment  and  served  through  the 
war,  being  mustered  out  as  sergeant.     He  was  wounded  July  28, 

1862,  at  the  battle  of  Moorse  Mill,  Mo.  After  the  war  he  entered 
Wittenberg  College,  at  Springfield,  Ohio,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1871,  He  is  now  a  minister  of  the  Lutheran  Church,  and  has 
been  pastor  at  the  following  places  in  Ohio  :  Cairo,  Allen  Co.; 
Bryan,  William  Co.;  Republic,  Seneca  Co.;  Casstown,  Miami  Co.> 
and  is  now  pastor  at  New  Knoxville,  Auglaize  Co. 


88  THE  JOHNSON   MEMORIAL. 


Lorenzo  Larose  Bonebrake. 

Lorenzo  Larose  Bonebrake,  sou  of  Benjamin  and  Susan  (White) 
Bonebrake,  was  born  in  Aliltonville,  Ohio,  Nov.  12,  1S50.  Mar- 
ried Flora  Compton,  in  Ottawa,  Ohio,  in  1S75.  They  had  one 
child  : 

Orrah,  bom  in  1S77,  in  Ames,  Iowa. 

His  wife  Flora  died  at  Los  Angelos,  California,  in  1S61. 
He  has  been  in  the  boot  and  shoe  business  for  several  years. 


James  Gibson  White,  Jr. 

James  Gibson  ^Yhite,  Jr.,  son  of  James  Gibson  and  Lydia  Augus- 
ta (Towne)  White,  was  bora  in  Morrison,  111.,  August  ist,  iS6r.  He 
is  a  dentist  by  profession,  resides  in  Salem,  Ore.,  and  is  unmarried. 


John  Hilton  White. 

John  Hilton  White,  son  of  James  Gibson  and  Lydia  (Towne) 
White,  of  Salem,  Ore.,  was  born  in  Morrison,  111.,  Nov.  23,  1862. 
He  is  a  school  teacher,  and  is  unmarried. 


Rev.  Lorenzo  Johnson  White. 

Rev.  Lorenzo  Johnson  White,  son  of  James  Gibson  and  Lydia 
Augusta  (Towne)  White,  of  Scott's  Mill,  Ore.,  was  born  in  Mor- 
rison, 111.,  July  26th,  1864.  He  married,  in  Decatur  Co.,  Kansas, 
July  i8th,  1887,  Minnie  Frazier  of  the  State  of  Iowa. 

When  a  boy,  living  in  Western  Nebraska,  his  father's  house  was 
wrecked  by  a  cyclone,  in  which  it  was  entirely  destroyed.  He  was 
found  bruised  and  seriously  injured  one  fourth  of  a  mile  distant 
amid  the  ruins  of  the  house,  so  that  his  life  was  despaired  of. 


EIGHTH   GENERATION   FROM   JOHN   AI.DEN.  89 

He  is  Pastor  of  Baptist  Church  in  Scott's  Mill,  Ore.  Minnie 
Frazier  was  the  daughter  of  Joseph  Frazier,  and  grand  daughter  of 
James  Frazier  of  South  Carolina,  who  was  a  famous  minister  in  the 
Society  of  Friends.     They  have  two  children. 

CHUDREN. 

Edna  Josephine^  bom  July  26th,  18SS. 
Leland  Jo:>eph,  born  August  23rd,  1S93. 


Mary  Elizabeth  White. 

Mary  Elizabeth  White,  of  Salem,  Ore.,  daughter  of  James  Gibson 
and  Lydia  (Towne)  White,  was  born  Juh--  25th,  1866;  is  living  with 
her  parents  and  unmarried. 


Fannie  Isabel. 

Fannie  Isabel  White,  daughter  of  James  Gibson  and  Lydia 
(Towne)  White,  was  bom  March  i8th,  1669,  lives  with  her  parents 
in  Salem,  Oregon. 


William  Lebaron. 

William  I,ebaron  White,  son  of  James  Gibson  and  Lydia 
(Towne)  White,  was  bom  in  the  State  of  Iowa,  Nov.  14th,  1872. 
He  lives  in  Salem,  Oregon. 


Sophia  Annie. 

Sophia  Annie  White,  daughter  of  James  Gibson  and  Lydia 
(Towne)  White,  was  born  in  Buena  Vista  Co.,  Iowa,  April  21st, 
1876,  is  also  with  her  parents. 


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Lizzie  Riner. 

Lizzie,  daughter  of  John  Wesley  and  Elizabeth  (White)  Riner, 
was  bom  at  Eaton,  Ohio,  April  23,  1856. 

She  resides  in  Morrison,  111.,  with  her  parents,  kindly  aiding  and 
comforting  them  in  their  feeble  health  and  declining  years. 


Edward  Payson  Riner. 

Edward  Payson  Riner,  son  of  John  Wesley  and  Elizabeth 
(White)  Riner,  was  bom  Nov.  11,  1S57,  near  Morrison,  111.,  where 
he  now  resides.  He  married  Anna  L.  Williams,  June  26,  1883,  of 
Exeter,  Neb.  His  occupation  is  book-keeper  in  a  mercantile  es^ 
tablishment. 

CHILDREN, 

John  Alden,  bom  May  28,  1884. 
Alice  Fris cilia,  bom  June  25,  1 886, 
Dwight  Stafford,  bora  Oct.  12,  1888. 
Anna  Lucile,  bora  Sept.  2c,  1892. 


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Caroline  Matilda  White. 

Caroline  Matilda,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Wesley  and  Harriet 
Russel  (Ewer)  White,  was  bora  in  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  June  21,  185 1; 
was  married  to  Frederick  Joel  Savage,  June  21,  1877. 

They  live  in  Moline,  Illinois,  where  Mr,  Savage  has  been  en- 
gaged for  twenty  years  travelling  in  the  interest  of  a  firm  of  plow 
manufacturers.     He  was  born  in  the  State  of  Maine. 

They  have  one  daughter  : 

Ruth  Arah,  bom  March  30th,  1882, 


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EIGHTH   GENERATION    FROM   JOHN   ALDEN.  91 


Anna  Belle  White. 

Anna  Belle,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Wesley  and  Elizabeth  Bonar 
(Reed)  White,  was  born  at  Morrison,  Ilhuois,  Dec.  9,  1859. 

Married  Charles  Hicks  Stickney,  May  2,  1882.  Mr.  Hicks  was 
a  native  of  the  State  of  Maine.  He  is  a  banker  in  Pueblo,  Colora- 
do. 

They  have  one  child  : 

William,   born  Oct.  26,  18S3,  at  Longmont,  Colorado. 


Edith  Elizabeth  White. 

Edith  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Wesley  and  Elizabeth 
Bonar  (Reed)  White,  was  born  at  Clinton,  Iowa,  May  8,  1870. 

She  was  for  two  years  at  Oberlin,  Ohio,  studying  Art  and  French. 
Her  mother  accompanied  her  to  Paris,  where  she  continued  her 
studies  under  the  best  French  masters,  in  private  schools,  and  took 
private  lessons  in  elocution,  perfecting  herself  in  accent  by  spend- 
ing a  large  part  of  her  time  in  a  French  family. 

She  passed  a  successful  examination  before  a  member  of  the 
French  Academy,  receiving  an  excellent  certificate  both  for  scholar- 
ship and  accent,  besides  other  certificates  from  teachers  of  repute. 
She  is  at  present  in  Moline,  111.,  giving  private  lessons  in  the  line 
of  her  profession. 


Rev.  Frank  Newhall  White. 

Rev,  Frank  Newhall  W^hite,  of  BurHngton,  Iowa,  son  of  Rev. 
Lorenzo  Johnson  and  Eliza  (Dudley)  White,  was  bom  at  Lyons, 
Iowa,  October  25,  1858,  was  married  in  Sparta,  Wis,,  September  27, 
188 1,  to  Jennie  Isabella,  daughter  of  James  Hervey  and  Electa 
Bixby  Allen,  of  that  place,  later  president  of  the  Commercial 
National  Bank  of  Eau  Claire,  Wis.,  who  died  in  Florida,  Novem- 
ber, 1892.     Mr.  White  received  the  degree   of  B.  A.  from  Ripon 


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College,  in  Wisconsin,  in  1S78;  graduated  from  Andover  Theologi- 
cal Seminar}-  in  18S1 ;  was  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  Church 
of  Hancock,  Mich.,  1SS1-S6;  missionary  of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.,  at 
Sendai  Tsu  and  Osaka,  Japan,  1SS6-93;  pastor  of  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church,  Burlington,  Iowa,  since  May  i,  1894. 

CHILDREN. 

Dudley  Allen,  bom  at  Hancock,  Mich.,  Aug.  4,  1882. 
Margaret  Jean,  bom  at  Sendai,  Japan,  Oct.  15,  1889. 
Marion  NewJiall,  bom  at  Kyoto,  Japan,   March  22,  1891. 
Dorothea,  bom  at  Beliot,  Wis.,  Dec.  14,  1893. 


Alfred  Lorenzo  White. 

Alfred  Lorenzo  Wliite,  son  of  Rev.  Lorenzo  Johnson  and  Eliza 
(Dudlej')  White,  was  bora  at  Amboy,  Illinois,  Aug.  15th,  1862. 

He  entered  the  Preparatory  Department  of  Ripon  College,  at  an 
early  age,  but  his  parents  removed  to  Reading,  Mass.,  and  he  be- 
came a  student  of  Phillips  Academy,  at  Andover. 

On  account  of  impaired  health,  he  was  obliged  to  leave  school  and 
tried  sea  voyages  for  his  health.  He  spent  many  months  on  the 
ocean,  travelled  in  different  climates,  and  finally  tried  the  famous 
mineral  springs  of  Cambridgeboro,  Pennsylvania,  which  so  greatly 
benefitted  his  health  that  he  settled  there,  and  became  one  of  the 
proprietors  of  the  New  Cambridge  House,  a  modem  summer  hotel, 
on  a  magnificent  scale. 

He  is  immarried.     His  mother  spends  much  of  the  time  with  him. 


Jennie  Priscilla  White. 

Jennie  Priscilla  White,  daughter  of  Rev.  Lorenzo  Johnson  and 
Eliza  (Dudley)  White,  was  bom  in  Amboy,  Illinois  July  loth, 
1864.  While  her  father  was  pastor  in  Ripon,  Wis.,  she  entered 
upon  the  study  of  music,  the  history  of  which  is  given  in  the  fol- 
lowing sketch  by  an  intimate  friend  : 


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EIGHTH  GENERATION  FROM  JOHN  ALDEN.         93 

Miss  Jennie  Priscilla  White  of  Boston,  who  thus  early  in  her  ar- 
tistic career,  has  taken  rank  as  one  of  the  finest  singers  on  the  Con- 
tinent, is  the  only  daughter  of  Lorenzo  J.  White,  and  Eliza  D. 
White. 

Bom  in  Amboy,  Illinois,  on  the  loth  of  July,  1S64,  she  inherited 
from  her  parents  on  either  side,  fine  mental  powers,  as  well  as  refin- 
ed and  cultivated  tastes,  and  early  in  life  began  to  show  those  quali- 
ties which  have  in  a  large  measure  contributed  to  her  success. 

A  child  of  immense  enthusiasm,  tireless  energy,  and  endless  fer- 
tility of  resources,  she  was  ever  the  leader  in  childish  sports.  No 
obstacle  ever  too  difficult  for  her  to  surmount,  no  discouragement 
great  enough  to  dishearten  her.  When  this  unbounded  energy  and 
undaunted  spirit  was  turned  into  serious  channels  of  thought  and 
action,  her  achievements  were  marked.  She  early  displayed  an 
ardent  love  for  music,  and  her  parents  determined  to  give  this  talent 
careful  guidance.  At  the  age  of  eight,  she  began  her  lessons  in 
music  in  Ripon,  Wis.,  where  her  father  was  pastor  of  the  First  Con- 
gregational church,  and  from  that  time  she  has  been,  with  few  in- 
terruptions, constantly  engaged  in  musical  study. 

It  would  be  inspiring  to  any  young  girl  who  treasures  ambitions 
for  worthy  attainment  in  art  to  follow  the  incidents  of  Miss  White's 
life.  As  early  as  fifteen  years  of  age  she  proved  herself  an  excel- 
lent teacher  in  Piano.  Possessed  of  many  gifts,  when  she  at  length 
decided  to  de\elop  her  powers  through  a  broad  and  comprehensive 
study  of  music,  she  applied  herself  to  her  purpose  with  earnestness 
and  zeal.  She  went  to  Boston  and  there  laid  a  broad  foundation 
for  her  art  by  a  thorough  course  in  piano  and  harmony.  Her  first 
serious  study  of  the  voice  was  begun  while  she  was  a  student  in 
Wellesley  College,  under  the  teaching  of  Miss  Clara  E.  Munger  of 
Boston.  !Miss  White  was  most  fortunate  in  her  teacher.  While 
Miss  Munger  is  second  to  no  one  in  America  as  voice  trainer,  she 
is  also  a  musician  of  the  highest  culture,  and  finding  in  Miss  White 
a  pupil  of  great  promise,  she  entered  with  enthusiasm  into  her  plans 
for  extended  study,  and  prophesied  for  her  a  brilliant  future,  which 
prophecy  has  been  fulfilled.  During  this  period  of  study  Miss 
White  continued  her  teaching,  accepting  the  position  as  head  of  the 
vocal  department  of  Dana  Hall,  Wellesley,  Mass.,  and  also  taking 
private  pupils  in  Boston.  Miss  White  has  twice  been  abroad  and 
studied  with  the  best  teachers  of  London  and  Paris.  Among  them 
Henschel,  Randegger,  and  Oliviere.     Since  her  return  from  her  last 

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visit  in  I,ondon,  she  has  accepted  frequent  engagements  to  sing  in 
concert  and  oratorio  in  the  East.  Singing  at  festivals  under  the 
leadership  of  Carl  ^errahn,  and  appearing  a  number  of  times  as 
soloist  with  the  Boston  Symphonj'  Orchesrta,  receiving  high  praise 
from  the  distinguished  conductor,  Mr.  Zsikisch,  who  recognized  in 
her  one  of  the  great  vocal  artists  of  America.  Flattering  offers 
have  been  made  Miss  White  to  induce  her  to  enter  the  operatic 
field.  Indeed  teachers  and  critics  agree  that  onl}'  through  these 
great  master  pieces  of  vocal  composition  can  she  fuU}^  employ  her 
splendid  powers,  but  she  prefers  to  confine  her  efforts  to  concert 
and  oratorio  work.  It  has  been  said  that  the  name  Priscilla  is  ad- 
mirably suited  to  Miss  White's  character.  Of  an  affectionate  dispo- 
sition, she  wins  friends  wherever  she  goes,  and  in  her  pupils  and 
those  who  know  her  well,  she  inspires  an  enthusiasm  of  devotion. 

Miss  White's  appearance  before  an  audience  is  marked  by  ex- 
quisite beauty  and  charm.  One  of  the  many  favorable  press  noti- 
ces which  she  has  received  speaks  of  her  as  follows  : 

"Miss  White  enters  at  once  into  delightful  sympathy  with  her 
audience.  Her  voice  possesses  that  peculiar  carrying  quality  which, 
even  in  its  lightest  notes,  penetrates  to  every  part  of  the  house.  To 
her  matchless  brilliancy  of  execution  is  added  a  breadth  and  full- 
ness of  tone  unusual  in  a  soprano  voice  of  such  high  range.  Her 
trill-agility,  and  ability  to  sustain  a  flute-like  tone  without  change 
of  coloring,  is  not  surpassed  on  the  concert  stage  to-day." 


John  Alden  White. 

John  Alden  White,  youngest  son  of  Rev.  Lorenzo  Johnson  and 
Eliza  (Dudley)  White,  was  born  at  Ripon,  Wis.,  Nov.  6,  1S73. 

He  is  pursuing  the  college  course  at  Beloit  College,  Wis.,  and 
will  graduate  in  1895. 


Josiah  Calvin  Campbell,  fl.  D. 

Dr.  Josiah  Calvin  Campbell,  son  of  Robert  and  Cordelia  (Grandy) 
Campbell,   was  born  in  the  town  of  Fayston,  Vt.,  Aug.  23,  1844. 


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Married  Lura  Gilson,  of  same  place,  Oct.  i,  1S65.     She  was  born 
there  Sept.  6,  1S44;  died  April  20,  1S71.     They  had  one  child  : 

Wilbur  Josiah,  born  Aug.  9,  1S69. 

He  taarried,  second,  Mary  Jane  Goodwin,  of  Charlesto-vvn,  Ver- 
mont, Dec.  9,  1S72.     She  was  bom  May  21,  1851. 

Her  skull  was  fractured  by  a  fall  down  a  flight  of  stairs  in  1S69, 
causing  partial  insanity,  which  developed  until  about  1S79,  when  it 
became  violent.  Her  death — which  occurred  Jan.  2S,  iSSS — was 
caused  b\-  an  overdose  of  morphine,  which  she  obtained  clan- 
destinely. 

They  had  bom  to  them  three  children. 

CHILDREN. 

Rosa  ^Tay,  bom  Dec.  18,  1874. 
Lillian  Delia,  born  Sept.  7th,  1876. 
Myrtle  Bell,  bora  July  26th,  1S78. 

He  was  married  the  third  time,  Nov.  29,  1888,  ta  Helen  Vance, 
of  Albany,  Vt.,  daughter  of  Steven  Vance.  She  was  bom  there 
Aug,  27th,  1859. 

She  was  a  graduate  of  the  Methodist  Seminary  of  Montpelier, 
and  taught  school  for  twenty  terms. 

They  had  one  child,  bora  Julv  i6th,  1891,  who  died  in  infancy. 

He  received  a  common  school  education,  and  removed  with  his 
parents  to  Echo  Pond,  in  1S60,  where  with  his  father  he  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  lumber,  &c.  On  his  father's  death, 
July,  5th,  1S65,  he  was  appointed  administrator  of  the  estate,  con- 
tinuing the  business  with  his  brother's  assistance  until  1870, 
during  which  time  the  property  increased  in  value  from  $2,000  to 
^5,000.  He  removed  to  Morgan,  Vt.,  and  engaged  in  the  same 
business  with  increased  facilities  until  the  depression  of  1S73,  when 
he  retired  from  business  and  attended  the  academy  at  Derby,  Vt., 
preparatory  to  the  studying  of  Medicine  at  the  University  of  Ver- 
mont, and  at  Howard  University,  Washington,  D.  C,  graduating 
from  the  latter  institution  in  March,  1877. 

He  settled  in  Albany,  Vt.,  in  Nov.  1877,  to  practice  his  profes- 
sion, which  is  large  and  remunerative. 


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Alexis  Robert  Campbell. 

Alexis  Robert  Campbell,  son  of  Robert  and  Cordelia  (Grandy) 
Campbell,  was  bora  in  Fayston,  Vt.,  Jan.  3d,  1855. 

Married  Delia  Isabella  Lang,  ]May  ist,  1879.  She  was  born  June 
4th,  1 85 7,  at  Island  Pond,  Essex  Co..  Vt.  She  was  the  daughter 
of  George  and  Cordelia  (Young)  Lang  of  Island  Pond. 

Mr.  Campbell  ser\-ed  three  years  as  an  apprentice  with  J.  D. 
White,  watchmaker  and  jeweler,  1S74-1877. 

He  then  went  west  with  a  couple  of  young  friends  and  travelled 
in  Nevada  and  Montana  and  settled  in  \Yhite  River  Co.,  Nevada. 
200  miles  from  the  nearest  railroad,  and  hung  out  his  shingle. 

His  trunk  and  tools  were  mortgaged  to  the  Stage  Co.,  for  his  fare, 
He  succeeded  well  till  the  town  collapsed  in  Nov.  1S78:  he  had 
just  enough  to  pay  his  fare  back  to  Vermont,  and  he  returned  to 
the  Green  Mountain  State. 

In  Jan.,  1879,  he  purchased  the  stock  in  trade  from  his  old  friend, 
J.  D.  White,  and  Ma\-  of  that  year  he  was  married. 

Disposing  of  his  stock  and  closing  up  his  business  in  Aug.  iSSo, 
lie  went  west  again  as  far  as  Montana.  Not  satisfied  there,  he  tried 
Salt  Lake  City  and  different  parts  of  Colorado,  and  opened  a 
jewellery  store  at  the  terminus  of  the  D.  &  R.  G.  R.  R.,  where  his 
wife  joined  him.  Again  he  removed  his  business  to  South  Pueblo, 
Colorado. 

At  that  place,  he  became  partner  in  a  firm  and  added  stationery, 
books  &c.,  under  the  firm  name  of  Jones  &  Campbell. 

In  the  course  of  six  months,  he  exchanged  his  business  for  real 
estate,  but  after  six  months,  returned  to  Albany,  Vermont,  and  en- 
gaged in  farming. 

In  1S90,  he  entered  the  business  of  watchmaker  and  jeweller  in 
Morrisville,  Lamoile  Co.,  Vermont,  where  he  is  doing  well,  with 
an  increasing  business. 

Morrisville  is  a  growing  incorporated  village;  and  in  May,  1893, 
Mr.  Campbell  was  elected  one  of  the  trustees  to  manage  the  village 
affairs. 

They  have  one  child  : 

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Delia  B.  Campbell. 

Delia  B.  Campbell,  of  Barton  Landing,  Vermont,  only  daughter  of 
Robert  and  Cordelia  (Grandy)  Campbell,  was  bom  in  Fayston,  Ver- 
mont, Nov.  ist,  1S59.  Married  Pontus  B.  Bayley  of  Derby,  Ver- 
mont, May   22d,  1S79.     He  was  born  in  Derby,  Dec.   5th,    1850. 

They  own  a  fine  farm,  on  which  they  reside,  and  are  in  good  cir- 
cumstances, except  as  to  health.  She  has  been  an  invalid  for 
eight  years  with  a  spinal  affection. 

They  have  one  child  : 

Franklin  R,,  bom  in  Albany,  Vt.,  Jan.  ist,  1885. 


THE  STEAR.N5  BROTHERS. 

The  Steams  Brothers'  "Cyclone  Store"  is  an  institution  in  South 
Framingham,  Mass.,  on  the  Boston  and  Albany  R.  R.,  about  21 
miles  from  Boston. 

The  proprietors  are  Frank  Gilbert  and  Alanson  Banks  Steams, 
and  the  working  force  consists,  besides  themselves,  of  three  of  their 
younger  brothers,  and  in  busy  seasons  of  the  year,  the  4th,  and' 
youngest,  and  in  addition  to  these,  they  employ  other  help. 

They  are  enterprising  young  business  men  and  highly  respected 
in  the  community. 

They  are  the  sons  of  Gilbert  Alanson  and  Lucinda  (Grandy) 
Steams  and  grandsons  of  Calvin  and  Thomazin  (Johnson)  Grandy. 


Frank   Gilbert  Stearns. 

Frank  Gilbert  Steams,  was  bom  in  Upton,  Mass.,  May  24th, 
1856. 

Married  Nellie  Marietta  Hubbard,  of  Hopkinton,  June  i6th, 
1881. 


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She  was  born  there  Ma\-  25th,  1S58.  They  have  lived  in  South 
Framingham  since  1SS5. 

She  was  a  school  teacher,  and  is  prominent  in  Sunday  School 
work  as  an  infant  class  teacher. 

One  child  has  been  bom  to  them: 

Charles  Henry,  bom  April  27th,  1884. 


Alanson  Banks  5tearns. 

Alanson  Banks  Stearns  was  bom  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  June  7th, 
1862. 

Married  Lucia  Mary  Works  of  Southboro,  Mass.,  June  22,  1SS5. 
The  marriage  took  place  at  Lake  View  Camp  grounds  near  South 
Framingham. 

She  is  the  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  Works  of  Southboro. 

They  have  two  children: 

Lazira  May,  bom  July  i6th,  1889. 
Carl  Alanson,  bom  July  loth,  1S93. 


Fred  Lincoln  Steams. 

Fred  Lincoln  Steams,  the  third  surviving  son,  was  bom  in 
Hopkinton,  August  3,  1866.  He  graduated  from  the  Massa- 
chusetts School  of  Technology,  in  Boston,  June,  1894,  and  is  fully 
equipped  as  a  civil  engineer.  He  is  one  of  the  six,  and  in  vacation 
seasons  assists  in  the  store.  He  has  some  experience  in  govern- 
ment work  in  Boston  Harbor,  and  on  the  waters  of  the  Maine 
coast,  and  on  Vineyard  Sound;  and  on  Jan.  i,  1895,  was  appointed 
assistant  engineer  in  the  Street  Department,  New  York  city.  He 
is  mimarried. 


Arba  Grant  Stearns. 

Arba  Grant  Steams,  the  third  surviving  son,  was  bom  in  Hop- 
kinton, Mass.,  Oct.  16,  1868.  He  is  unmarried,  and  in  the  employ 
of  Steams  Brothers. 


EIGHTH    GENERATION   FROM   JOHN   ALDEN.  99 


Otis  Thayer  Stearns. 

Otis  Thayer  Stearns,  the  fourth  son,  was  born  in  Hopkinton, 
Mass.,  Dec.  9,  1S72;  is  in  the  employ  of  the  same  firm,  and  is  un- 
married. 


Archie  Carl  Stearns. 

Archie  Carl  Steams,  the  "Benjamin"  of  the  family  and  pride  of 
his  parents,  was  born  Oct.  4,  1S75.  He  graduated  at  the  Hopkin- 
ton High  School  in  1S94,  and  is  in  the  employ  of  the  proprietors  of 
the  "Cyclone  Store,"  in  So.  Framingham. 


Jesse  Fremont  Grandy. 

Jesse  Fremont  Grandy,  daughter  of  Lorenzo  Calvin  and  Harriet 
M.  (Griggs)  Grandy,  was  bom  in  Brownington,  Vt.,  Nov.  8,  1861; 
was  educated  at  Barton  Landing  common  school,  and  Lyndon 
Academy;  then  entered  the  academy  at  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  where 
she  graduated  in  1S84. 

In  1877  she  entered  the  Mary  Fletcher  hospital  and  training  school 
for  nurses,  in  Burlington,  Vt.,  and  received  a  diploma  from  that 
institution,  passing  the  examination  at  the  head  of  her  class. 


Merton  Calvin  Grandy. 

Merton  Calvin  Grandy,  son  of  Lorenzo  Calvin  and  Harriet  M. 
(Griggs)  Grandy,  was  bom  in  Brownington,  Vt.,  May  19,  1864, 

"Was  married  to  Nellie  May  Miller,  July  27,  1S92.  She  was  bora 
in  Westfield,  Vt.,  Aug.  26,  1866. 

He  received  his  education  at  Lyndon  Academy,  St.  Johnsbury 
Academy,  in  Vermont,  and  Bryant  and  Stratton's  Commercial 
College,  Boston,  Mass. 


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He  became  familiar  with  the  lumber  business  vrhile  his  father  was 
engaged  in  that  trade,  and  is  now  a  book-keeper  in  the  office  of  a 
lumber  firm  in  Burlington,  Yt.,  where  the  family  now  reside. 


CHILDREN.      BORN   IN   BURLINGTON. 


Daniel  Robinson,  May  iS,  1893. 
Ruth^  Aug.  3,  1894. 


Albion  Lorenzo  Grandy- 

•  Albion  Lorenzo  Grandy,  son  of  Lorenzo  Calvin  and  Harriet  M. 
(Griggs)  Grand\%  was  bom  in  Barton  Landing,  Vt.,  May  5,  1S67. 
Was  married  to  Ida  Louisa  Culver,  Sept.  27,  1S92.  She  was  born 
in  WelHngtou  Co.,  Out.,  Feb.  21,  1872.  He  attended  school  at  the 
Lyndon  and  St.  Johnsbury  Academies,  graduating  in  1884:  after 
which  he  studied  civil  engineering,  and  studied  law  part  of  one  year. 

In  1877  he  went  to  Michigan,  and  was  employed  in  raihoad  sur- 
veys in  the  northwestern  part  of  the  lower  peninsula. 

He  is  now  in  the  employ  of  the  Chicago  and  West  Michigan 
railroad,  making  a  re-survey  of  its  one  thousand  miles  of  track  and 
branches. 


George  W.  Grandy. 

George  W.  Grandy,  son  of  Lorenzo  Calvin  and  Harriet  M.  (Griggs) 
Grandy,  was  bom  at  Barton  Landing,  Yt,  Jan.  22,  1870.  He  at- 
tended the  schools  at  the  place  of  his  birth,  and  the  graded  schools  of 
Newport,  Yt. 

He  is  in  the  employ  of  Wells,  Richardson  &  Co.,  of  Burlington, 
Vt.,  as  a  book-keeper  and  accountant. 

Is  unmarried. 


EIGHTH    GENERATION    FROM   JOHN   ALDEN. 


Flora  Orissa  G randy. 

Flora  Orissa  Grandy,  daughter  of  Lorenzo  Calvin  and  Harriet  M. 
(Griggs)  Grandy,  was  bom  at  Barton  Landing,  Vermont,  July  Sth, 
1874. 

She  attended  school  at  Lyndon  and  Newport,  and  graduated 
from  the  High  School  at  Burhngton,  Vermont,  in  June,  1894. 

She  is  at  home  with  her  mother  at  41  South  Prospect  Street, 
Burlington,  anticipating  pursuing  a  college  course  at  the  State  Uni- 
versity. 


Flora  Louise  Priscflla  Johnson, 


Flora  Louise  Priscilla  Johnson,  daughter  of  James  Bowen  and 
Emma  Lamira  (Crane)  Johnson,  was  bom  in  Washington,  D.  C, 
July  14th,  1875. 

She  passed  through  the  graded  schools  of  the  city  and  spent  t«'0 
years  in  the  High  School. 

She  is  now  pursuing  a  three  years'  course  at  Abbott  Academy, 
Andover,  Mass.,  where  she  will  graduate  in  1896,  if  her  health 
continues  good.  .  . 


Paul  Bowen  Alden  Johnson. 

Paul  Bowen  Alden  Johnson,  son  of  James  Bowen  and  Emma 
Lamira  (Crane)  Johnson,  was  bora  in  Washington,  D.  C,  March 
23,  1878. 

He  graduated  in  1894  from  the  Washington  High  School,  and  is 
taking  an  advanced  course  preparatory  to  entering  Yale  College, 
(at  the  age  of  18,)  in  1896.  .  . 

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THE  JOHXSOX   MEilORlAI.. 


Dr.  James  Gibson  Johnson. 


Dr.  James  Gibson  Johnson,  Druggist,  of  Traverse  City,  Mich., 
son  of  John  Reed  and  Eliza  Ann  (Quick)  Johnson,  was  born  in  Royal 
Oak,  Mich.,  Nov.  15th,  1S60.  He  was  married  in  Empire,  Mich., 
Dec.  14th,  1SS5,  to  Jennie  E.  Patterson,  who  was  born  Dec.  14th, 
1855,  in  Port  Colborne,  Ont.,  daughter  of  Robert  Patterson,  a 
minister  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  Mary  C.  Putnam  Patterson,  a 
descendant  of  Gen.  Israel  Putnam. 

Dr.  Johnson  sen,-ed  his  time  in  a  drug  store  in  Traverse  City, 
passed  the  necessary  examination  and  received  his  diploma  from 
the  authorities  of  the  State  of  Michigan.  He  has  the  largest  and 
best  equipped  drug  store  in  northern  Michigan,  and  is  widely 
known  as  druggist  and  a  citizen.  He  has  been  very  successful 
in  business,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church. 

They  have  no  children. 


Joseph  Quick  Johnson. 

Joseph  Quick  John.son,  son  of  John  Reed  and  EHza  Ann  (Quick) 
Johnson,  was  bom  at  Royal  Oak,  Mich.,  April  13th,  1863.  He 
married  Ida  Wollen  Avery.  He  learned  the  trade  of  machinist  in 
iron  and  steel,  and  is  engaged  in  one  of  the  largest  manufacturing 
establishments  in  Detroit. 

They  have  two  children  : 


Ethel  ^/z«,  born  in  Detroit,  Oct.  23,  1891. 
James  Gibson,  born  in  Detroit,  1893. 


5usan  Emma  Johnson. 


Susau'Emm-a  Johnson,  daughter  of  Joseph  Benson  and  Martha 
(Comfort)' Job-nson,  was  born  at  Montfort,  Wis.,  Oct.  26th,  1864.  She 
-vas  educated  at  Plattville,  finishing  her  course  in  the  State  Normal 


Dr.  JAMES  GIESDN  JOHXSCri. 


TUAVERSE   CITV,   MICH 


EIGHTH    GENERATION    FROM   JOHN   ALDEN.  1 03 

School  in  18S5.  She  married  Mr.  John  C.  NeCollins,  Aug.  nth, 
189 1.  Mr.  NeCollins  was  born  in  Hazelgreen,  Grant  Co.  Wis., 
Feb.  nth,  1S59.  He  was  the  grandson  of  an  old-time  Methodist 
preacher.  He  was  educated  at  the  Stats  Normal  School  at  Piatt - 
ville,  teaching  to  pay  his  expenses.  His  father  died  when  he 
was  fifteen  years  old,  so  that  he  had  to  work  his  CAvn  way.  He  has 
taught  school  for  twelve  years,  and  is  now  the  Principal  of  the 
Fourth  Ward  Public  school  at  Racine,  Wis.,  and  is  a  very  success- 
fill  manager. 

They  have  no  children. 


J.  Bert  Johnson^ 

J.  Bert  Johnson,  son  of  Joseph  Benson  and  Martha  (Comfort) 
Johnson,  was  born  at  Montfort,  Wis.,  Feb.  19th,  1871;  married  Lilly 
May  Miller  of  Mifflin,  Wis.,  Sept.  13th,  1893,  where  she  was 
bom  April  i6th,  1870.  He  was  brought  up  on  a  large  farm, 
and  is  at  present  engaged  in  farming  with  his  father.  He  is  very 
vigorous  and  strong,  being  six  feet  high  and  large  in  proportion, 
and  possessed  of  great  physical  strength  and  endurance. 


riina  riay  Johnson. 

Mina  May  Johnson,  daughter  of  Joseph  Benson  and  Martha 
(Comfort)  Johnson,  was  bom  at  Montfort,  Wis.,  April  4th,  1877. 

She  is  with  her  parents,  and  faithfully  pursuing  the  regular  course 
of  study  at  the  High  School  in  Montfort. 


Nellie  Odell  Johnson. 

Nellie  Odell  Johnson,  bora  Jan.   15th,  1879,  is  also  pursuing  the 
same  course. 


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Ethel  Comfort  Johnson. 


Ethel  Comfort  Johnson,  born  Nov.  14th,  1SS4,  is  the  youngest  of 
this  trio  of  charming  girls,  who  are  a  source  of  happiness  and 
pleasure  to  their  parents. 


Harry  Woodruff  Johnson. 

Harry  Woodruff  Johnson,  son  of  Jerome  Fletcher  and  Eliza  Janet 
(Woodruff)  Johnson,  was  bom  in  Washington,  D.  C,  March  31, 
1868.  He  received  his  primary  education  in  the  graded  and  high 
schools  of  Washington,  where  he  prepared  for  college,  and  entered 
Middlebury  College,  Yt.,  as  a  freshman  in  1SS7;  entered  Williams 
College  in  Massachusetts  in  iSSS,  as  a  sophomore,  graduating  in 
1891.  He  entered  Chicago  Theological  Seminary  in  1892,  and 
Yale  Theological  Seminary  in  1893;  will  graduate  from  the  latter 
in  June,  1895. 


Grace  Bowen  Johnson. 

Grace  Bowen  Johnson,  only  daughter  of  Jerome  Fletcher  and  Eliza 
Janet  (Woodruff)  Johnson,  was  bom  in  Washington,  D.  C,  Nov.  2, 
1870.  She  prepared  for  College  in  the  graded  and  high  schools  of 
Washington;  entered  Boston  University  in  1890;  Wellesley  College 
in  1 89 1,  graduating  in  1893. 


Stuart  Clark  Johnson. 

Stuart  Clark  Johnson,  son  of  Jerome  Fletcher  and  Eliza  Janet 
(Woodruff)  Johnson,  was  bom  in  Washington,  D.  C,  April  15th, 
1874.  He  was  educated  in  the  graded  and  High  Schools  of 
Washington,D.  C,   and    at    PhilUps   Academy,    Andover,   Mass. 


EIGHTH   GENERATION    FROM   JOHN    ALDEN.  105 

He  is  now  a  student  in  the  Medical  Dept.,  of  Georgetown  College, 
from  which  he  will  graduate  in  1897. 


Jerome  Blakesley  Johnson. 

Jerome  Blakesley  Johnson,  son  of  Jerome  Fletcher  and  Eliza  Janet 
(Woodruff),  was  born  in  Washington,  D.  C,  June  2Sth,  1S7S.  He 
is  a  student  in  the  Washington  High  School. 


Linas  Edgar  Stubbs. 

Linas  Edgar  Stubbs,  son  of  Levi  and  Mary  Thomazln  (Thayer) 
Stubbs,  of  Middletown,  Ohio,  was  bom  in  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  Oct. 
12,  1848;  was  married  in  Middletown,  Ohio,  to  Nellie  Butterfield, 
of  the  same  place,  Dec.  24,  1872. 

CHILDREN. 
Florence^  Bertha,  Elmer,  Lillie,  Hollie, 


Ira  Sylvester  5tubbs. 

Ira  Sylvester  Stubbs,  son  of  Levi  and  :Mary  Thomazin  (Thayer) 
Stubbs,  of  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  was  bom  there  Nov.  22,  18503  mar- 
ried Florence  Butterfield  of  the  same  place,  Dec.  27,  1872. 

CHILDREN. 
Wilbur^  Myrtle,  Eva,  Alice. 


Charles  Riner  5tubbs. 

Charles  Riner  Stubbs,  son  of  Levi  and  Mary  Thomazin  (Thayer) 
Stubbs,  of  Henry  Co.,  111.,  was  bora  in  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  Feb.  12, 
1853;  married  Mary  Purviane,  Aug.  12,  1873. 

CHILDREN. 
Levi,  Louise,  Berrie,  Maggie,  Lela. 


Xo6  THE  JOHNSON   MEMORIAL. 


Isaac  Walter  Stubbs. 

Isaac  Walter  Stubbs,  son  of  Levi  and  Mary  Thomazin  (Thayer) 
Stubbs,  of  Sterling,  Kansas,  was  bom  April  7,  1855;  married  Emma 
Overholts,  Nov.  26,  1S79,  in  Preble  Co.  She  was  bom  in  Preble 
Ca.,  Ohio,  June  30,  1S61;  is  of  German  parentage. 

CHIUDREN. 

Oscar  Lawrence y  bom  in  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  Jan.  i,  18S1;  died 
Feb.  9,  1882. 

Clarence  Albert,  bora  in  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  July  7,  18S2;  died  Oct. 
1882. 

Chester  Inuin,  bom  in  Henry  Co.,  III.,  April  5,  18S4. 

Arthur  Ashby,  bom  in  Henr>'  Co.,  111.,  Jan.  7,  1S86. 

Harry  Maxwell,  bom  in  Sterling,  Kansas,  July  12,  1892. 


VxltXq  Stubbs. 

Lizzie  Stubbs,  daughter  of  Levi  and  Mary  Thomazin  (Thayer) 
Stubbs,  was  bora  Oct.  27th,  1863;  married  Joel  E.  Conorvoe,  Dec. 
23,  1880. 

CHII.DREN. 

Williatny^  Edgar,  Levy^  Florence^  Sadie. 


Aaron  Albert  Stubbs. 

Aaron  Albert  Stubbs,  son  of  Levi  and  Mary  Thomazin  (Thayer) 
Stubbs,  of  Middletown,  Ohio,  was  bora  Dec.  13th,  1859;  married 
Sarah  Barrett  March  ist,  1883,  in  Preble  Co.,0. 

CHILDREN. 
Levif  Benjamin,  {Infant,  died.)  Luella. 


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EIGHTH   GENERATION    FROM    JOHN   ALDEN.  T07 

Sarah  flargaret  Stubbs. 

Sarah  Margaret  Stubbs,  daughter  of  Levi  and  Mary  Thoniazin 
(Thayer)  Stubbs,  bom  June  16,  1867;  married  a  Mr.  Walker,  of 
Michigan. 


riary  Arnold  Johnson. 

Mary  Arnold  Johnson,  daughter  of  Arnold  Burges  and  Hattie  M. 
(Barrows)  Johnson,  was  bom  the  2Sth  of  Febraary,  1S5S,  at  97 
Willoughby  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  She  was  educated  at  Oxford 
Female  Seminary,  Oxford,  Ohio,  and  at  Bellevue  College  Hospital, 
New  York  City.  She  is  a  professional  trained  nurse,  and  was  invited 
to 'St.  Louis,  Mo.,  to  open  a  nurses'  training  school  in  connection  with 
the  city  hospitals,  and  remained  there  until  they  were  well  estab- 
lished. She  has  declined  invitations  to  occupy  similar  positions 
elsewhere,  one  in  London  and  one  in  Rome,  Italy.  She  is  now, 
and  has  been  for  some  time,  the  superintendent  of  the  Sanitarium  of 
her  uncle.  Dr.  Joseph  Taber  Johnson,  in  Washington,  D.  C. 


Willard  Drake  Johnson. 

Willard  Drake  Johnson,  son  of  Arnold  Burges  and  Hattie  M. 
(Barrows)  Johnson,  was  bom  May  3,  1S59,  at  97  Willoughby  St., 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  was  educated  at  Xewburgon  the  Hudson,  and 
at  Yale  College.  He  is  somewhat  known  for  his*  invention  of  a 
plain  table  head,  which  is  used  aiuiust  exclusively  by  the  Geological 
Survey,  and  by  his  papers  on  various  scientific  subjects  read  before 
scientific  societies.  He  has  lectured  before  classes  at  Harvard,  at 
the  Boston  School  of  Technology,  and  the  State  University  at 
Berkley,  California,  and  before  scientific  societies  in  the  city  of 
Washington.  He  is  now  in  charge  of  the  Topographical  Survey  of 
the  United  States  in  Cahfornia.     He  is  unmarried. 


Io8  THE    JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

Btanchard   Freeman  Johnson 

Blanchard  Freeman  Johnson,  son  of  Arnold  Burges  and  Hattie 
M.  (Barrows)  Johnson,  was  bom  at  1405  L  St.,  Washington,  D.  C, 
Dec.  27,  1S64.  He  was  educated  in  the  Washington  pubHc  schools 
and  at  the  classical  school  of  Rev.  Mr.  Alexander,  near  Culpeper, 
Va.  He  commenced  the  study  of  law,  and  was  much  interested  in 
natural  history;  was  also  proficient  in  drawing.  In  the  summer  of 
1882,  he  accepted  a  position  in  the  office  of  the  Chicago  &  Rock 
Island  Railroad  Co.,  at  Chicago,  and  was  promoted  twice,  when 
he  died,  Oct.  5,  18S4,  of  typhoid  fever.  His  funeral  took  place 
from  the  Gurley  Memorial  Church,  in  Washington,  D.  C,  and  his 
remains  were  interred  in  the  Rock  Creek  Cemetery. 


Alice  Burges  Johnson. 

Alice  Burges  Johnson,  daughter  of  Arnold  Burges  and  Hattie  M. 
(Barrows)  Johnson,  was  bom  Oct.  14,  1868,  at  a  place  called  Chest- 
nut Hill,  near  Washington,  D.  C.  She  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Washington,  going  through  the  various  grades,  and  end- 
ing with  the  high  school. 

She  was  married  to  Arthur  Merrill  Hood,  on  April  16,  1S95.  Mr. 
Hood  was  bora  of  New  England  parents,  in  IndianapoUs,  Ind.  He 
was  graduated  as  B.  S.  from  Rose  Polytechnic  Institute,  and  later  as 
LI/.  B.  from  Columbian  University.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  H.  P.  Hood  and  A.  M.  Hood,  patent  attorneys,  of  Indian- 
apolis, Ind. 


Stuart   Phelps  Johnson. 

Stuart  Phelps  Johnson,  son  of  Amold  Burges  and  Hattie  M. 
(Barrows)  Johnson,  was  bora  Aug.  12,  1S70,  near  Washington,  D.  C. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Washington,  and  left  the 
High  School  to  accept  a  position  with  the  U.  S.  Geological  Survey, 
and  was  sent  at  once  to  California.  His  work  has  been  in  connec- 
tion with  the  surveys  of  the  mountainous  regions  of  Colorado, 
Nevada,  New  Mexico,  and  California,  and  many  of  the  maps  are  in 
his  name.     He  resigned  his  place  in  the  Geological  Survey  in  the 


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STUART  P.  JOIIXSOX  AND  HIS  DAUGHTER 
ALICE  BLAXCHARD  JOHXSOX. 


EIGHTH   GENERATION    FROM    JOHN   ALDEN.  109 

summer  of  1894,  to  do  similar  work  for  private  parties  on  a  mnch 
more  remunerative  scale. 

He  was  married  April  7,  1S93,  to  Henrietta  E.  Rogers,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Rogers,  who  holds  a  high  position  in  the  Treasury 
Department  at  Washington,  D.  C.     They  reside  near  Berkley,  Cal. 

They  have  one  child  : 

Alice  Blanchard,  born  at  Berkley,  Cal  ,  April  i,  1894. 

This  is  the  only  great  grandchild  of  Rev.  Lorenzo  Dow  and  Mary 
{Biirges)  Joohnson. 


Gertrude  Sumner  Johnson. 

Gertrude  Sumner  Johnson,  youngest  daughter  of  Arnold  Burges 
and  Hattie  M.  (Barrows)  Johnson,  was  born  near  Washington,  D.  C, 
May  10,  1872. 

She  has  always  been  frail  in  health,  so  she  has  been  educated  at 
home  by  her  mother  and  private  teachers. 

She  becam.e  stronger  as  she  grew  older:  so,  in  1893,  she  was  gradu- 
ated from  the  Froebel  Kindergarten  Normal  Institute,  of  Wash- 
ington^  D.  C.  She  proposes  to  devote  herself  to  teaching  as  a 
profession. 


Tristam  Burges  Johnson. 

Tristam  Burges  Johnson,  son  of  Jeremiah  Augustus  and  Sarah 
(Barclay)  Johnson,  was  born  at  Clarendon  Springs,  near  Rutland, 
Vt.,  July  3,  1881. 
Is  preparing  for  Yale  College. 


Eleanor  Hope  Johnson. 

Eleanor  Hope  Johnson,  daughter  of  Rev.  James  Gibson  and  Mary 
A.  (Rankin)  Johnson,  was  born  in  Rutland,  Vt.,  May  12,  1871. 
Graduated  from  Smith  College,  Mass.,  June,  1894. 


THE    JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 
Rankin  Johnson. 


Rankin  Johnson,  son  of  Rev.  Jaraes  Gibson  and  Mary  A.  (Rankin) 
Johnson,  was  born  at  Rutland,  Vt.,  Oct.  i6,  1S73.  Graduated  from 
Yale  College,  June,  1S95. 


Burges  Johnson. 

Burges  Johnson,  son  of  Rev.  James  Gibson  and  Mary  A.  (Rankin) 
Johnson,  was  bom  Nov.  9,  1S77,  at  Rutland,  Yt.  Will  enter  the 
freshman  class  at  Yale  College  in  Sept.,  1895. 

Lorenzo  Bascom  Johnson. 

Lorenzo  Bascom  Johnson,  son  of  Dr.  Joseph  Taber  and  Edith 
Maud  (Bascom)  Johnson,  was  bora  in  Washington,  D.  C,  June  15, 
1875.  He  prepared  for  college  in  the  Worcester  Academ\',  iN.Iass., 
and  entered  the  freshman  class  of  Yale  College  in  Sept.,  1S94. 

Bascom  Johnson. 

Bascom  Johnson,  son  of  Dr.  Joseph  Taber  and  Edith  Maud  (Bas- 
com) Johnson,  was  born  in  Washington,  D.  C,  Jan.  17,  1878. 

He  is  preparing  for  Yale  College  at  the  Worcester  Academy, 
Mass.,  and  expects  to  entei  in  Sept.,  1896. 


Dr.  William  Hanger  Johnson. 

Dr.  William  Hanger  Johnson,  druggist,  son  of  Charles  Brayton 
and  Sarah  Margaret  (Hanger)  Johnson,  v.'as  bora  in  Middletown, 
Ohio,  Oct.,  30,  1S64:  married  Ida  Mabel  Fisher,  of  Montclair, 
N.  J.,  Sept.  20,  1892. 

Mr.  Johnson  graduated  from  the  Middletown  High  School,  Ju'.ie, 
1882,  and  from  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy  in  18S4.  He 
entered  the  drug  business  immediately  after  graduation,  in  company 
with  his  father,  in  the  same  store  where  his  father  commenced  busi- 
ness over  thirty  years  ago.     They  have  one  child  : 

Edna  Margaret,  born  Feb.  26,  1894. 


EIGHTH   GEiNERATION    FROM   JOHN   ALDEN. 


Dr.  Wallace  Johnson.. 

Wallace  Johnson,  M.  D.,  son  of  Charles  Brayton  and  Sarah  Mar- 
garet (Hanger)  Johnson,  u-as  bom  in  Middletown,  Ohio,  May  2,  1867, 
graduated  from  the  Middletown  High  School,  June  22,  18S3,  after 
which  he  studied  at  home  one  yedr,  took  one  year  in  the  prepara- 
tory department  at  Wooster  University,  graduated  from  Wooster 
with  the  degree  of  Ph.  D.,  June  21,  1SS9;  entered  Georgetown 
Medical  College,  at  Washington,  D.  C,  in  October,  18S9;  entered 
Ohio  Medical  College,  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Sept.  1890,  from  which 
he  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.,  April  7,  1S92;  served  as  ex- 
teme  at  the  Cincinnati  Hospital  from  Oct.  10,  189 1,  to  April  10, 
1892;  served  as  interne  from  April  10,  1S92,  to  April  10,  1893; 
matriculated  at  the  Frederick  Wilhelm  University,  Berlin,  May,. 
1893,  and  continued  his  studies  at  Vienna,  Aus.,  from  Sept.,  1893, 
to  March,  1894. 

He  is  now  located  in  the  practice  of  his  professional  1732  K  st.,. 
N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C, 


Bertha  Belle  Johnson. 

Bertha  Belle  Johnson,  daughter  of  Charles  Brayton  and  Sarah- 
Margaret  (Hanger)  Johnson,  was  bom  at  Middletown,  Ohio,  Oct. 
29,  1871.  Graduated  from  the  Middletown  High  School  in  June,. 
1889;  attended  the  Glendale  Female  College  for  one  year. 

She  resides  with  her  parents. 


Edith  Johnson. 

Edith  Johnson,  daughter  of  Edward  Payson  and  Susan  (Riner) 
Johnson,  was  bom  in  Cheyenne,  Wyoming,  April  4,  1872, 

She  has  lived  in  Omaha,  Neb.,  with  her  mother,  and  attended 
school  at  Oberlin,  Ohio,  until  she  was  prepared  for  teaching,  at 
which  she  is  now  engaged,  near  Cheyenne,  Wyo. 


THE  JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 


Clarence  Johnson. 


Clarence  Johnson,  school  teacher,  son  of  Edward  Payson  and 
Susan  (Riner)  Johnson,  was  bom  in  Cheyenne,  Wyoming,  January 
15,  1876. 

He  is  engaged  in  teaching  school  near  Cheyenne,  though  he  lives 
in  Omaha  a  portion  of  the  time.  He  received  his  education  at 
Oberlin,  Ohio. 

(The  following  correction  in  the  date  of  the  death  of  his  father  is 
made  here  :     He  died  Oct.  3,  1879. — See  p.  80.) 


This  concludes  the  names  of  the  adults  of  the  eighth  generation 
as  far  as  I  have  any  information. 

There  are  others  of  the  eighth  generation  whose  names  I  would 
gladly  have  inserted  in  their  proper  places,  if  the  facts  had  been 
in  my  possession. 

■  They  are  soon  to  take  our  places  in  all  stations  in  life,  and  some 
one  else  will,  I  hope,  keep  up  this  family  record,  and  gain  by  the 
defects  they  may  find  in  this. 


NINTH   GENERATION    FROM   JOHN   ALDEN.  1 13 

NINTH  GENERATION  FROM  JOHN  ALDEN. 

Wilbur  Josiah  Campbell. 

Wilbur  Josiah  Campbell,  son  of  Dr.  Josiah  Calvin  and  Lura 
(Gilson)  Campbell,  farmer,  of  East  Burke.  Caledonia  Co.,  Vermont, 
was  bom  in  Charleston,  Vt.,  Aug.  9,  1S69. 

He  was  married  to  Mary  Searls,  Aug.  14,  1S88. 

He  is  a  well-to-do  farmer,  owning  the  land  he  tills,  and  has  it 
well  stocked. 

They  have  two  children  : 

Lura  J/.,  bom  March  18,  1S90. 
Foster  jr.,  bom  Oct.  13,  1S92. 

Note. — These  two  children  are,  so  far  as  I  know,  the  only  great- 
great-greatgrandchildren  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  andThomazinBlanchard 
Johnson.      T/ic;j  belong  to  the  tenth  generation /r^v/^  John  Alden. 

J.   B.  J. 

It  unll  be  observed  that  in  numbering  the  successive  generations 
I  have  not  counted  our  emigrant  ancestors — Blanchard,  Thayer, 
Bass,  and  Alden — but  count/rom  them.  This  is  the  method  adopt- 
ed by  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  and  societies  of  Col- 
onial Wars. 

Some  genealogists  would  have  added  one,  and  thus  the  children 
of  Jeremiah  Johnson  would  have  been  the  seventh  instead  of  the 
sixth. 


APPENDIX.  117 


APPENDIX. 


Mrs.  Thomazin  Blanchard  Johnson. 

The  following  is  an  extract  from  the  memoirs  of  Mrs.  Johnson, 
by  her  son  Lorenzo  Dow  Johnson^  published  in  1835. 

THE   INFI,UENCE   SHE   EXERTED   IN   HER    FAMILY. 

In  matters  of  religion,  her  own  family  was  her  field  of  labor. 
Holding  sweet  communion  with  God  herself,  she  ever  endeavored 
to  make  her  children  feel  that  "Thou  God  seest  Me."  Taught 
thus  to  believe  that  God  is,  wherever  they  might  be,  in  this  place, 
they  were  made  to  fear,  early  in  life,  to  sin  against  him;  early  in  life 
they  felt  remorse  for  sin,  and  were  burdened  with  a  guilty  con- 
science. Their  parents  were  united  in  pointing  them  to  a  Saviour.. 
Family  worship  was  a  place  where  the}'  both  took  an  active  part. 
Though  Mr.  Johnson  generally  took  the  lead  in  the  family  devo- 
tions, yet,  at  the  evening  exercises  especially,  she  would  often  follow 
her  husband  in  prayer,  in  which  she  would  most  fervently  present 
her  supplications  in  behalf  of  each  child;  very  often  calling  them  by 
name,  in  presenting  them  before  the  Lord,  as  she  thought  each  case 
required.  The  wnter  of  these  sheets  has  often  listened  to  these  fer- 
vent supplications  until  his  own  case  came  up,  when  his  heart  has 
been  so  filled  with  penitential  grief,  that  he  would  resolve  in  tears 
to  seek  the  salvation  of  his  soul. 

All  the  children,  except  one,  who  died,  made  a  public  profession 
of  religion  before  they  were  seventeen  years  old.  Like  as  their  mo- 
ther had  watched  over  them,  and  had  tenderly  brought  them  from 
infancy  to  manhood,  so  did  she,  every  way  in  her  power,  labor  to 
do  in  a  spiritual  sense.  Were  any  of  them  cast  down  in  their  minds, 
she  was  ready  to  bring  something  from  the  rich  fund  of  her  own  ex- 
perience in  things  of  God,  to  console  them  and  encourage  them  on 
their  way.  "Were  any  of  them,  from  the  peculiar  circumstances  in 
which  they  were  placed,  exposed  to  temptation,  greater  than  she 
feared  they  were  able  to  bear,  she  would  surmount  many  obstacles 
and  go  to  their  relief.     Were  they  triumphing  in  the  grace  of  God, 


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her  tears  of  joy  would  tell  that  she  could  "weep  with  them  that  weep 
and  rejoice  with  such  as  do  rejoice."  Ready  as  she  ever  was,  to  do 
as  much  as  was  in  her^power  to  meet  the  temporal  wants  of  her 
children,  she  was  no  less  ready,  and  abundantly  more  able,  through 
the  assisting  grace  of  God,  to  do  some  spiritual  good. 

HER    GROWTH    IN    GRACE    AND    SPII^ITUAL    ATTAINMENTS. 

Though  deeply  convinced  of  her  sinfulness  and  unworthiness, 
so  that  her  mourning  led  her  to  the  borders  of  despair  before  she 
found  a  satisfying  evidence  of  her  acceptance  with  God,  yet  when 
she  received  the  spirit  of  adoption,  all  was  given  up  for  that.  She 
afterwards  seemed  to  prize  the  inward  testimony  of  good  conscience 
above  every  other  thing.  Her  constant  labor  was  to  have  her  eye 
single  to  the  glory  of  God,  which  caused  her  way  to  become  Hght 
in  the  Lord. 

Though  the  best  of  Christians  have  had  their  trials,  and  "great 
heaviness  through  manifold  teniprations."  yet  it  was  ever  maintain- 
ed by  Mrs.  Johnson,  that  if  v.-e  walk  in  Christ,  we  shall  «<:?/' walk  in 
darkness;  and  unbelief  and  disobedience  are  the  only  sources  of  it, 
indeed,  ever  after  experiencing  the  favor  of  God  in  the  forgiveness 
of  sins,  she  placed  her  trust  in  the  great  and  precious  promises  of 
the  gospel,  and  maintained  the  hopeful  and  believing  rather  than 
the  doubtful,  despairing  side  of  the  question;  and  like  the  apostle, 
"though  sorrowful,  3-et  always  rejoicing." 

There  is  what  divines  have  termed  a  "negative  and  a  positive 
salvation."  Negative  to  be  redeemed  "from  all  iniquity:"' and  posi- 
tive,to  be  "filled  with  all  the  fullness  of  Christ. ' '  Negative  to  put  off 
the  old  man  with  his  deeds:  and  positive,  to  put  on  the  new  man 
Christ  Jesu%,  with  the  armor  of  light.  Like  a  vessel,  emptied  and 
cleansed  of  its  filthiness,  and  then  filled  with  pure  water.  This 
seems  to  compare  with  Mrs.  Johnson's  experience.  Her  constant 
labor  was,  for  some  years  before  she  finished  her  course,  that  the  old 
leaven  might  be  wholly  cast  out,  and  that  she  might  become  a  new 
lump  in  the  Lord.  She  has  often  been  heard  to  observe,  that  for 
eight  years  together  her  mind  was  seldom  beclouded;  and  when  it 
was,  "the  anguish  of  her  mind  was  such  that  she  could  not  rest  day 
or  night,  until  the  Lord  smiled  upon  her."  If  love  to  the  people  of 
God  be  an  evidence  that  we  are  his  children,  surely  Mrs.  Johnson 
must  have  been  one  of  them;  for  ever  since  the  writer  has  been  ac- 
quainted with  her  Christian  exercises,  if  she  excelled  in  either  of 


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the  graces  it  must  have  been  this.  She  loved  her  brethren  with 
whom  she  was  associated  in  the  church;  but  her  love  was  not  con- 
fined to  these  alone.  Wherever  she  found  a  child  of  God,  of  whatever 
name,  she  regarded  him  with  Christian  esteem  and  affection.  Re- 
gardless of  ^circumstances  or  sect,  wherever  she  found  a  character 
that  had  been  enstamped  with  the  image  of  her  Master,  thai  char- 
acter fell  within  the  emlirace  of  her  Christian  charity.  It  appeared 
to  be  the  delight  of  her  soul  to  greet  all  such  as  fellow  travellers  to 
a  better  world.  We  have  frequently  heard  her  obser\-e,  "When  I 
go  to  pray,  after  praying  for  myself  and  family,  my  mind  is  drawn 
out  to  pray  for  the  dearcliildren  of  God  ofever}-  name,  and  then  far 
the  whole  world." 

Nor  was  she  less  wanting  in  faith.  When  we  have  tried  the 
veracity  of  a  friend,  and  have  found  that  friend  faithful  to  his  word, 
our  doubts  naturally  disperse,  and  our  confidence  becomes  unwaver- 
ing. So  it  is  in  the  things  of  God.  In  the  course  of  her  life  INIrs. 
Johnson  had,  like  Abraham  of  old,  many  things  to  exercise  her 
faith  and  confidence  in  God,  whereby  it  became  vigorous  and 
Strong;  so  that  it  might  be  said  of  her,  that  she  became  "strong  in 
faith,  giving  glory  to  God."  In  the  last  few  years  of  her  life,  she 
abundantly  confirmed  this  statement,  b}-  her  many  remarkable  an- 
swers to  prayer. 

We  are  aware  that  it  is  what  the  incredulous  world  would  be 
unwilling  to  believe,  should  instances  be  named  in  confirmation  of 
her  strength  of  faith  ;  especiall}-  the  many  cases  of  recovery  from 
sickness  which  the  persons  themselves  believe  were  in  answer  to 
her  prayers.  And  passing  over  many  instances  which  might  be 
related,  we  Vv-ill  mention  one  circumstance  which  is  fresh  in  our  re- 
collection. 

A  poor  but  pious  woman  lived  near  by,  whom  Mrs.  Johnson 
used  frequently  to  visit.  Calling  one  day  she  notice*  that  her 
neighbor  appeared  more  than  usualh-  cast  down,  and  interrogated 
her  as  to  the  cause.  The  answer  was,  "School  has  begun  and  my  lit- 
tle girl  ought  to  go,  but  she  has  no  gown  fit  to  wear.  I  have  noth- 
ing to  get  her  one,  and  therefore  she  has  to  stay  at  home."  At 
this  account  Mrs.  Johnson's  feelings  were  somewhat  moved;  and 
after  conver.sing  a  few  minutes,  said  she  wished  to  spend  a  few  mo- 
ments in  prayer  before  she  left.  They  kneeled  together  and  called 
fervently  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord.  Then  said  Mrs.  Johnson,  as 
she  was  about  to  go,  "You  need  not  be  cast  down  any  longer  about 


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your  little  girl,  for  I  have  evidence  that  herv^-ants  will  be  supplied." 
The  same  day  before  night,  a  sister  called  upon  this  woman  and 
told  her  that  she  felt  her  mind  impressed  to  come  and  make  her  a 
present  of  some  cloth,  which,  she  said,  "I  think  is  a  sufficient  pat- 
tern for  your  little  daughter's  gown."  This,  among  many  other 
instances  of  the  kind,  which  to  us  illustrate  the  declaration  respect- 
ing the  strength  of  her  faith. 

Though  the  providence  of  God  never  put  it  within  her  power  to 
bestow  very  bountifully  upon  the  destitute,  yet  her  heart  was  ever 
open  to  bestow,  as  much  as  her  ability  would  allow.  Her  sympa- 
thy was  unbounded.  When  it  was  not  in  her  power  to  supply  their 
wants  from  her  own  resources,  she  has  not  unfrequently  gone  to 
those  who  had  the  means  to  do  so,  pleaded  the  cause  of  the  desti- 
tute, begging  for  them,  (a  task  not  of  the  most  pleasing  kind)  and 
got  their  wants  supplied.  Her  argument  with  her  children  against 
all  superfluity  or  excess,  in  which  she  would  never  suffer  them  to 
indulge,  was  the  wants  of  the  destitute. 


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APPENDIX. 


Family  history  of  Helen  Wolcott  Stewart,  who  married  Lorenzo 
M.  Johnson  April  22,  1878. 

Hart  L.  Stewart. 

Hart  L.  Stewart  was  born  Aug.  29,  1S03,  married  Feb.  5,  1829. 
and  died  in  Chicago  in  1882. 

His  father,  William  Stewart,  was  born  in  1772,  served  in  the  war 
of  i8i2,and  in  the  Black  Hawk  War.  In  the  year  1795  he  mar- 
ried Valida,  daughter  of  Timothy  Turner,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary War,  whose  wife  was  Miss  Carpenter,  sister  of  the  late  Sena- 
tor Carpenter's  grandfather.  Four  of  the  sons  of  Timothy  served 
in  the  war  of  18 12. 

His  grandfather,  Samuel  Stewart,  married  Patience  Hungerford, 
of  Connecticut,  and  died  in  18 16,  at  the  age  of  82, 

His  uncle,  Warren  Stewart,  married  a  daughter  of  Gov.  Oliver 
"Wolcott,  of  the  same  family  from  whom  descended  Senator  Ed. 
"Wolcott,  of  Colorado. 

His  aunt  Anna  married   ^accheus  Waldo. 

His  aunt  Patience  Stewart  married  Elijah  Thompson,  one  of 
whose  daughters  married  Ichabod  Hinckley,  and  another,  Nathan 
Waldo,  whose  sons  were  named  Horatio  and  Nelson. 

This  Mr.  Waldo  was  a  relative  of  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson. 

Warren,  son  of  Warren  his  uncle,  was  killed  during  the  war  of 
the  rebellion,  while  servnng  as  colonel  of  cavalry. 

Alice  Stewart,  daughter  of  James,  sou  of  his  uncle  Allen  Stew- 
art, resided  for  many  years  in  South  Windsor,  Conn.,  in  the  family 
of  her  uncle  Samuel  Tudor  Wolcott,  whose  wife  was  Mariah  Stew- 
art, daughter  of  his  uncle  Allen  Stewart,  whose  daughter  Julia  is 
the  mother  of  Edwin  Pelton,  editor  of  the  Eclectic  Magazine,  of 
New  York. 

Lizzie  Ludlem,  granddaughter  of  his  brother  Alanson  C.  Stewart, 

married  Yilas,    brother   of  Senator  Yilas,     of  Wisconsin, 

formerly  of  President  Cleveland's  cabinet.  General  Stewart  was 
also  a  connection  of  George  William  Curtis. 

While  never  seeking  office,  he  was  always  a  prudent,  energetic, 
and  able  leader,  though  quite  kind  and  gentle  in  his  manners.  He 
was  intimately  associated  with  the  early  development  of  Michigan 
and  IlHnois,  after  leaving  his  home  in  Connecticut  to  engage  in  con- 


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122  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

of  public  works  in  the  States  of  Xew  York  and  Pennsylvania.  In 
Michigan  he  served  snccessfully  as  county  judge,  circuit  judge,  colo- 
nel of  the  nth  Regiment  in  the  Black  Hawk  War,  where  Lincoln 
was  captain,  and  brigadier-general  commanding  the  i4Lh  Brigade, 
commissioner  of  internal  improvements,  member  of  the  convention 
of  1836  for  reforming  the  Constitution,  and  delegate  to  Washington 
to  secure  the  admission  of  the  Territory  of  ^vlichigan  as  a  State, 
whereby  a  large  amount  of  public  funds  Vv-as  secured  for  tlie  State. 
While  in  Washington,  he  became  accmainted  with  President  Jack- 
son, Vice-president  Van  Buren.  Webster,  Clay,  Calhoun,  and  oihers. 

He  came  to  Illinois  in  1S39,  and  was  a  member  of  the  state  legis- 
lature and  postmaster  of  Chicago,  besides  being  engaged  in  many 
public  works — such  as  construction  of  the  Ohio  &  Mississippi  R. 
R.,  the  Belleville  &  Alton  R.  R.,  the  North  Missouri  R.  R.,  and 
the  Illinois  &  Michigan  Canal. 

WilHam  Nelson  was  grandson  of  the  sister  of  Sir  Robert  Walpole, 
-Earl  of  Oxford.  On  the  death  of  his  brother,  Admiral  Lord  Hora- 
tio Nelson,  William,  who  was  a  relative  of  Admiral  Hood  of  Revo- 
lutionary fame,  was  created  Earl  Nelson  and  Viscount  ^Morton, 
with  a  grant  of  7^5,000  per  annum,  and  was  given  ^^120,000  for 
purchase  of  an  estate.  He  married  Mary  Harvey,  an  Irish  lady 
with  separate  income,  and  came  to  America  and  located  in  Frank- 
lin Co.,  Pa.,  where  he  died  in  1803,  when  the  income  of  his  widow 
ceased,  and  all  her  efforts  to  recover  it  were  defeated. 

One  of  the  sons  of  William  and  Mary  Llarvey  Nelson  married 
William  Irwin,  of  Penusylvrnia,  and  a  large  number  have  descend- 
ed from  them. 

Mary  Harvey  Nelson  lived  in  the  famih-  of  Gen.  Stewart  during 
the  six  or  seven  years  before  her  death,  and  was  buried  by  him, 
with  his  daughter  Amelia,  at  St.  Joseph,  Berrien  Co.,  Mich. 

Hattie  Sanger,  who  married  George  M.  Pullman,  on  the  the  13th 
of  June,  1856,  daughter  of  Mary  Catherine,  who  was  daughter  of 
Mary  Ester  Nelson  ZvIcKibbin,  daughter  of  Mary  Harvey  Nelson, 
has  a  beautiful  painted  portrait  of  her  great-grandmother,  Mary 
Harvey  Nelson. 

Mary  Ester  Nelson  McKibbin  also  lived  during  her  later  years 
with  Gen.  Stewart,  and  was  buried  by  him  in  his  lot  in  Rose  Hill 
Cemetery,  Chicago,  where  he  now  rests  with  many  whom  he  ten- 
derly laid  away  before  his  end. 

James  McKibbin,  brother  of  Gen.  Stewart's  wife,  was  a  civil  en- 


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APPENDIX. 


123 


gineer,  employed  by  the  General  in  the  survey  of  St.  Joseph  River 
for  slack  water  navigation, and  died  at  Xiles,  Mich.,  in   1S40. 

Hannah  Bhiir,  daughter  of  Mary  Ester  Nelson  McKibbin,  and 
granddaughter  of  Mary  Harvey  Nelson,  was  fourteen  years  of  age 
when  her  father  died,  married  Hart  L.  Stewart  February  5,  1S29, 
and  died  in  1S51,  after  having  had  twelve  children,  two  only  of 
whom  are  now  living. 

An  old  friend  has  recently  written  of  her  to  one  of  Gen.  Stewart's 
daughters: 

"Your  mother  was  of  fine  presence,  with  a  cordial,  sincere  manner, 
a  fond  mother,  and  very  domestic  in  her  tastes.  As  your  father 
was  so  much  in  public  life,  tliere  Vv-ere  many  demands  upon  her 
time  and  hospitality,  which  were  most  cheerfully  met.  Her  home 
was  always  full  of  suubhine.  V»'e  all  lived  near  your  home  on  the 
on  the  corner  of  State  and  Washington  Streets — later  Adams  and 
and  Michigan  Avenue — the  Matterons,  Starkweathers,  Sanders, 
Tuttles,  Pecks,  Eldridges,  Pattersons,  and  many  other  families, 
whose  names  are  now  recognized  as  of  the  old  settlers." 

Helen  Wolcott  Stewart,  daughter  of  Hart  L.  Stewart  and  Han- 
nah Blair  McKibbiu,  married  Lorenzo  M.  Johnson,  April2  2,  1S78. 
They  have  four  children. 

CHILDREN. 

Helen  Stewart,  bom  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  July  18,  1879. 
John  Alden  Stetvart,  born  in  the  same  place,   Dec.  10,  18S0. 
Dorothea  Priscilla  Stewart,  bom  in  Chicago,  111.,  May  4,  1882. 
Lesley  Stewart,  also  bom  in  Chicago,  Dec.  14,  1883. 


124  THE  JOHNSON   MEMORIAI.. 


THE  CARPENTERS  IN  AMERICA. 

Carpenter. 

William,  bom  in  England,  1576,  sailed  from  Southampton  in  the 
"Bevis"  in  May,  1638,  and  landed  probably  in  Boston.  He  was 
accompanied  by  his  son  William,  age  ^^,  who  had  a  wife  Abigail 
and  four  children.  William  (ist)  settled  at  Weymouth,  Mass.  Be- 
came a  freeman  in  May,  1640  to  1643,  died  16 — 

William  (2nd)  took  up  his  abode  with  his  family  and  servants  at 
Rehoboth,  Mass.  Among  his  four  children,  William  (3rd)  married, 
October  5th,  Priscilla  Bonnette.  Of  their  children,  Benjamin,  bom 
October  20th,  1663,  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Jedediah  Strong. 
Benjamin's  tenth  child,  Ebenezer,  bom  at  Coventry,  Conn.,  Nov. 
9th,  1709,  married  Eunice  Thompson. 

Among  their  children  was  James,  bom  at  Coventry,  Conn.,  April 
13th,  1741,  who- married  Irene  Ladd.  They  had  fourteen  children. 
Rachael  Uved  at  Millington,  married  Timothy  Turner  of  Mansfield, 
Aug[ust  20th,  1776.  Their  eighth  child,  Yalidia,  married  William 
Stewart,  in  Mansfield,  Windham  Co.,  Conn.,  in  1795.  They  had 
thirteen  children.  Their  ninth  child.  Hart  Ee  Eas,  married  Han- 
nah Blair  McKibbin,  in  Westmoreland  Co.,  Penn.,  February  5,  1S29. 
They  had  ten  children:  Mary,  Esther,  Amelia,  Matt,  Jane,  Frances, 
Validia,  Catherine,  Anna  Waldo,  Hannah  McKibbin,  and  Helen 
Wolcot^  who  married  Lorenzo  M.  Johnson. 


Turner. 


Isaac  Turner,  whose  father  came  from  England,  was  bom  in  Bed- 
ford, Mass.     He  had  three  sons:  Isaac,  John,  and  Stephen. 

Stephen  had  one  son,  Timothy,  who  was  bom  in  Willington, 
Conn.,  August  18,  1757.  He  married  Rachel  Carpenter,  August 
20,  1786.     She  was  from  Willington,  Conn. 

RECORDS    FOUND   IN   MANSFIELD   CENTER,   CONN. 

"Timothy  Tumer  served  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution;  in  the 
Lexington  Alarm  Party,  from  Mansfield,  Conn.  Record  of  said 
service  to  be  found  on  page  16  of  the  records  of  'Connecticut  Men 
in  the  War  of  the  Revolution.'  " 


APPENDIX.  125 

Rachel,  wife  of  Timothy,  died  in  Mansfield  Center,  Windham 
Co.,  June  22,  1799. 

Timothy  Turner  and  Rachel  Carpenter  had  ten  children.  Their 
eighth  child,  Validia,  married  William  Stewart,  in  Mansfield, 
Windham  Co.,  in  1795.  The}-  had  twelve  children.  Their  ninth 
Hart  Le  Las,  married  Hannah  Blair  McKibbin,  in  Westmoreland 
Co.,  Pa.,  Feb.  5,  1829.  They  had  ten  children:  Mary,  Esther, 
Francis,  Validia,  Hannah  McKibbin,  Catherine  Amelia,  Matt, 
Anna  Waldo,  Jane,  and  Helen  Wolcott. 

The  last  married  Lorenzo  ^L  Johnson,  and  they  have  four  chil- 
dren: Helen  Stewart,  John  Alden  Stewart,  Dorothea  Priscilla  Stew- 
art and  Lesley  Stewart. 


HEADQUARTERS,    DEPARTMENT   OF  TEXAS, 

San  Antonio,  Afay  22,  iSg^, 
My  Dear  Cousin : 

I  sent  to  Worcester,  Mass.,  for  one  of  the  E.  B.  Crain's  "Memoirs 
of  the  Rawson  family."  It  has  come,  and  goes  to  you  tomorrow. 
By  reference  to  which,  you  will  see  that  your  Aunt  Eleanor 
and  my  mother,  Amelia  Murrill  Wheaton,  were  granddaughters  of 
Elizabeth  Rawson.  Mr.  Crane  has  several  pamphlets  on  the  gene- 
alogy of  this  family.  There  are  in  the  United  States — or,  rather, 
were,  some  years  ago — more  than  four  thousand  descendants  of 
Edw-ard  Rawson,  the  first  secretary  of  the  Massachusetts  Colony, 
who  flourished  as  such  in  1638. 

Should  you  care  at  any  time  to  go  back  to  that  date  and  learn 
the  family  history  since  1377,  in  time  of  Richard  Second,  when 
Robert  Rawson  of  Trystone,  Yorkshire,  whose  grandson,  Richard, 
was  sheriff  of  London  in  1476,  you  will  find  that  the  latter's  grand- 
son, Nicholas  Rawson,  married  Beatrice,  daughter  of  Sir  Phihp 
Coake.  Knight  of  Gildea  Hall,  Essex,  and  his  daughter,  Anne  Raw- 
son,  married  Sir  Philip  Stanhope,  Knight  of  Shelford,  Notts,  who 
was  governor  of  Hull,  Eng.,  Steward  of  the  Hou.sehold  in  1544, 
Chief  Gentleman  of  the  Privy  Chamber  to  the  King  in  154S,  and 
who  was  beheaded  February  26,  1552,  mainly  because  he  was  a 
brother-in-law  of  the  Duke  of  Somerset,  who  was  beheaded  a  month 
earlier.  A  grandson  of  this  Anne  Rawson — she  had  eleven  chil- 
dren— was  appointed    Gentleman  to  the  Privy  Chamber  to   Queen 


126  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

Elizabeth,  and  was  created  Lord  Stanhope  of  Harrington,  in   1605. 
Her  eighth  granddaughter,   Jane,  married  Sir  Roger  Townsend. 

Anne  Rawson'sson,  Thomas,  was  knighted  at  Kenilworth  Castle, 
in  1575.  He  married  a  daughter  of  Sir  John  Port,  whose  grandson 
was  PhiHp  Stanhope,  the  first  Earl  of  Chesterfield — and  so  on. 
There  are  many  indications  that  the  Rawsons  were  once  considered 
very  respectable  people,  closely  allied  to  some  of  the  most  promi- 
nent names  in  English  history.  Only  persons  of  some  importance 
could  indulge  in  the  luxury  of  having  their  heads  cut  off  in  the  i5tb 
and  1 6th  centuries. 

Truly,  your  cousin, 

Erank  Wheaton. 
To  L.  M.  Johnson,  Esq., 

Ciudad  Porfiro  Diaz,  Mexico. 


APPENDIX.  127 

THE  CAPTURE  OF  LOUISBURG, 
1745. 


"That  remarkable  expedition  to  Cape  Breton,  and  the  siege  and 
capture  of  Louisburg,  the  strongest  armed  fortress  in  our  western 
world,  was,  in  very  fact  and  deed,  the  most  man,'elous  feat  in  all 
our  naval  histor3^  .  .  .  It  is  gratifying  to  know  that,  at  last, 
after  a  century  and  a  half,  the  Society  of  Colonial  ^Yars  purpose  to 
celebrate  the  victory  in  June  next,  and  to  rescue  from  forgetfulness 
and  give  a  history  to  our  people  of  one  of  the  grandest  episodes  of 
our  history." — [Rear  Admiral  F.  A.  Roe,  in  "The  Spirit  of  1776"  for 
March,  1S95. 

Colonel  James  Gibson, 

For  the  younger  generations  of  this  ancestry,  I  will  state  that 
Rev.  Lorenzo  Dow  Johnson  preserved  to  us  the  history  of  our  ances- 
tor whose  name  stands  at  the  head  of  this  chapter  by  publishing  in 
1847,  under  the  title  of  "A  Merchant  of  1745,"  a  narrative  of  his  life 
and  his  journal  of  the  siege  and  capture  of  Louisburg  from  the  French. 

He  is  accorded  a  place  in  our  American  history  second  only  to 
General  Pepperell  himself. 

James  Gibson  was  bom  in  London  about  the  year  1700,  and  be- 
longed, so  says  the  inscription  on  his  coat  of  arms,  "to  the  ancient 
and  honorable  family  of  Gibson,  of  Cumberland,  Essex,  and  Lon- 
don," and  relative  of  Edward  Gibson,  the  eminent  antiquarian,  and 
Bishop  of  London. 

When  a  young  man,  he  held  a  commission  in  the  royal  army, 
which  was  ordered  to  the  island  of  Barbadoes.  Here  he  remained 
some  time,  and  married  a  young  and  wealthy  widow,  in  the  month 
of  October,  1730.  The  original  of  the  following  certificate  is  now 
in  the  hands  of  the  writer  : 

"These  are  to  certify  to  whom  it  may  concern,  that  Mr.  James 
Gibson  and  Mrs.  Thomazine  Barton,  widow,  of  this  parish,  were 
joined  together  in  the  holy  state  of  matrimony,  according  to  the 
canons  of  the  Church  of  England,  on  the  3cth  day  of  October,  1730, 
by  me, 

"Thomas  Warrex,  Curate, 
"Barbadoes,  Parish  of  St.  Michael." 


128  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

Through  this  connection,  James  Gibson  became  possessor  of  a 
large  plantation  in  the  island  of  Jamaica.  After  a  few  years,  he  re- 
tired from  his  situation  in  the  army,  and  remained  in  the  West 
Indies. 

Having  often  heard  of  the  new  colonies,  and  becoming  acquainted 
with  merchants  who  visited  the  islands  for  the  purpose  of  trading, 
he  was  induced  to  come  to  New  England  with  his  lady;  and,  being 
pleased  with  the  thriving  appearance  of  the  northern  colonies,  he 
brought  his  wealth  and  family  to  Boston,  and  became  an  extensive 
trader  between  that  place  and  the  islands  of  Barbadoes  and 
Jamaica. 

Mr.  Gibson  was  also  a  stockholder  in  the  enterprise  of  building 
long  wharf,  and  inhabited  one  of  the  finest  buildings  then  to  be 
seen  on  Beacon  Hill.^     He  had  but  one  child,  a  daughter. 

In  the  year  1 744,  war  was  declared  between  France  and  Great 
.  Britain.  George  II  was  upon  the  throne,  and  Sir  \Yilliam  Shirley, 
then  governor  of  Massachusetts 

The  news  reached  Cape  Breton,  by  a  fast  sailing  packet,  three 
weeks  before  it  was  received  in  Boston;  and  this  afforded  the  French 
a  fine  opportunity  of  making  incursions  into  the  neighboring  prov- 
ince of  No\-a  Scotia.  In  this  manner,  Canso,  a  small  fishing  town, 
was  taken  by  surprise;  and  the  inhabitants  and  a  large  number  of 
vessels  were  captured,  and  taken  to  Louisburg,  as  prisoners  of  war. 

These  early  attacks  awakened  the  English  Colonies  to  their  dan- 
ger; and  it  soon  became  apparent  that  Nova  Scotia,  and  perhaps  all 
the  English  settlements  in  North  America,  depended  on  the  con- 
quest of  Eouisburg,  the  strong  fortress  and  capital  of  Cape   Breton. 

Some  of  the  colonists,  however,  in  defending  the  town  of  Annap- 
olis, in  a  second  incursion  from  the  French,  obtained  some  prisoners, 
whom  they  exchanged  for  the  inhabitants  of  Canso,  taken  in  the 
spring,  and  who  brought  an  accurate  account  of  the  strength  of  the 
fortifications  of  Louisburg,  to  Boston. 

From  this  account,  Sir  William  Shirley,  governor  of  Massachu- 
setts, conceived  the  idea  of  taking  the  city  by  surprise,  before  any 
further  aid  could  be  obtained  from  France.  In  this  he  was  encour- 
aged, particularly  by  those  who  were  engaged  in  the  cod  fisheries  of 

*It  will  be  seeu  by  referring  to  the  Probate  records,  at  Boston,  that  the 
administrator  had  two  dilTerent  times  of  rendering  an  invoice  of  Gibson's 
estate.  In  one  of  them  the  building  referred  to  is  called  "the  mansion  house 
on  Beacon  Hill,  Boston."  Among  other  articles,  "a  brass  sword  and  bcit, 
and  a  silver  snuff-box,"  are  mentioned, 


APPENDIX. 


C29 


Massachiisett*^  and  New  Hampshire;  as  this  branch  of  trade  must  be 
utterly  suspended  while  Louisburg  remained  in  the  hands  of  the 
French. 

To  obtain  the  opinion  of  the  General  Court,  Sir  William,  early  in 
January,  requested  its  members  to  bind  themselves,  under  oath  of 
secrecy,  to  receive  from  him  an  important  communication.  This 
was  complied  with,  and  he  proposed  his  plan  of  attacking  Louisburg, 
and  asked  their  consent.  This  was  kept  a  secret  for  a  number  of 
days  from  the  public.  At  last  it  was  discovered  by  an  honest  dea- 
con, whose  whole  soul  was  so  filled  with  the  plan  of  the  expedition 
that  he  inadvertently  made  mention  of  it  at  his  family  devo- 
tions, by  praying  for  its  success.  The  boldness  of  the  proposal 
astonished  every  one.  It  was  referred  to  a  committee,  who 
reported  against  it.  This  report,  after  some  debate,  was  accepted 
by  a  considerable  majority,  and  it  was  supposed  that  the  subject 
was  put  to  rest.  The  Governor,  however,  was  not  thus  to  be  defeat- 
ed; he  was  a  man  of  perseverance  as  well  as  decision.  James 
Gibson  he  knew  to  be  a  man  of  weighty  character,  as  well  as 
weighty  purse. 

"After  a  few  days,"  says  Mr.  Gibson,  "I  saw  the  Governor  vv-alk- 
ing  slowly  down  King  Street,  with  his  head  bent  down,  as  if  in  deep 
study.  He  entered  my  counting-room,  and  abruptly  said,  'Gibson, 
do  3'ou  feel  like  giving  up  the  expedition  to  Louisburg?'  'I  wish 
the  vote  might  be  reconsidered,'  was  my  reply;  'for  unless  the 
colonies  make  a  bold  strike,  we  may  all  suffer  the  same  fate  of  Can- 
so  and  Annapolis. ' 

"  'You  are  the  very  man  I  need,'  said  the  Governor,  springing 
from  his  chair.  'I  have  been  thinking  if  a  petition  were  drawn 
up  and  sigiied  by  the  merchants  of  Boston,  asking  a  recousider- 
a;ion  of  the  whole  matter,  the  result  would  be  successful.''  " 

Before  he  left,  Sir  William  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  the  petition 
drawn  up  and  signed  by  one  bold  man,  and  before  night  it  was  ready 
for  presentation. 

The  next  day  it  was  read  in  the  General  Court,  and  another  com- 
mittee voted  a  reconsideration.  This  report  was  argued  two  whole 
days,  during  which  time  its  advocates  presented  the  prospects  of 
success,  and  the  advantages  Massachusetts  would  receive  from  it,  the 
importance  of  immediate  action,  and  the  certainty  that  they  would 
be  amply  remunerated  by  Parliament,  v/hen  it  was  known  to  his 
Majesty  what  proof  of  loyalty  his  American  subjects  had  given. 


.f  '   i;;-.-;;!.* 


I30  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

On  the  other  side  it  was  argued  with  much  greater  plausibility,, 
that  the  scheme  was  chimerical,  that  inexperienced  militia  could 
never  reduce  so  impregnable  a  fortress,  that  by  reason  of  fogs  and 
ice  the  island  could  not  be  approached  at  that  season  of  the  year, 
that  they  should  incur  the  displeasure  of  Parliament  by  such  a  rash 
undertaking,  that  the  province  was  exhausted  by  previous  cam- 
paigns, and  if  this  were  unsuccessful,  it  would  prove  its  ruin.  The 
question  was  taken  on  the  26th  of  January,  and  the  expedition  was 
voted  by  a  majority  of  a  single  vote;  several  members  who  were 
known  to  be  opposed  being  absent.  No  sooner,  however,  was  this 
done  than  a  degree  of  unanimity  upon  the  subject  prevailed;  and  those 
who  had  previously  opposed  it,  like  true  patriots, came  forward,  and 
gave  their  aid  in  carrying  it  into  effect.  Never  were  a  people  more 
enthusiastic,  or  entertained  stronger  hopes  of  success,  than  the 
people  of  Massachusetts  at  that  time.  Letters  were  immediately 
■  sent  to  Pennsylvania  and  other  colonies,  requesting  their  assistance. 

Governor  Shirley  soon  made  proclamation  for  raising  the  neces- 
sary forces;  and  measures  were  taken  for  equipping  the  small  fleet 
then  owned  by  the  province,  for  the  purpose  of  conveying  the  troops. 
The  Governor  also  sent  to  the  commander  of  the  British  fleet  at  the 
West  Indies,  requesting  aid. 

The  island  of  Cape  Breton,  on  which  Louisburg  is  situated,  con- 
stitutes at  present  a  part  of  the  Province  of  Nova  Scotia.  It  is  of 
triangular  form,  and  eighty  leagues  in  circumference.  Its  western 
and  northern  shores  are  steep,  rocky,  and  inaccessible ;  while  its 
southeastern  is  indented  with  beautiful  bays  and  harbors,  safe  for 
ships  of  the  largest  size.  Its  soil  is  barren,  and  a  large  portion  of 
the  year  the  island  is  either  enveloped  in  fog,  or  locked  up  with 
snow  and  ice.  Its  entire  population  at  the  present  time  does  not 
exceed  30,000,  most  of  whom  are  engaged  in  the  fisheries,  and  iu 
the  coal  and  lumber  trades. 

Louisburg  has  frequently  been  called  the  "Dunkirk  of  America." 
For  a  description  of  it,  I  use  the  words  of  Dr.  Belknan:  "It  was 
two  miles  and  a  half  in  circumference,  fortified  in  every  accessible 
point,  with  a  rampart  of  stone,  from  thirty  to  thirty-six  feet  high, 
and  a  ditch  eighty  feet  wide.  A  space  of  two  hundred  yards  was 
left  without  a  rampart,  on  the  side  next  the  sea,  and  enclosed  by  a 
simple  dyke  and  pickets.  The  sea  was  so  narrow  at  this  place 
that  it  made  only  a  narrow  channel,  inaccessible,  from  its  immerous 
reefs,  to  any  shipping  whatever.  On  an  island  at  the  entrance  of 
the  harbor,  which  was  only  four  hundred  yards  wide,  was  a  battery 


APPENDIX.  131 

of  thirty  cannon;  and  at  the  bottom  of  the  harbor,  directly  opposite 
to  the  entrance,  was  tlie  ground,  or  ro\'al  battery,  of  twenty-eight, 
forty-two,  and  eighteen  pounder  cannon.  On  a  high  cUff,  opposite 
the  island  battery,  stood  the  light-house;  and  at  the  northeast  part 
of  the  harbor  was  a  magazine  for  naval  stores. 

"The  town  was  regularly  laid  out  in  squares.  The  streets  were 
broad,  and  the  houses  mostly  built  of  wood  and  stone.  The 
entrance  to  the  town  was  at  the  west  gate,  over  a  draw-bridge,  which 
was  protected  by  a  circular  battery  of  cannon. 

"These  works  had  been  twenty  five  years  in  building,  and,  though 
not  finished,  had  cost  France  not  less  than  thirty  millions  of  livres. 
It  was  in  peace  a  safe  retreat  for  the  French  ships  bound  homeward 
from  the  East  and  West  Indies;  and  in  v/ar,  a  source  of  distress  to 
the  northern  English  colonies,  its  situation  being  extremely  favor 
able  for  privateers  to  seize  their  fishing  vessels,  and  interrupt  their 
coasting  and  foreign  trade,  for  which  reason  the  reduction  of  it  is 
said  to  have  been  as  desirable  an  object  as  that  of  Carthage  ever 
was  to  the  Romans." 

Such  was  the  place  that  the  people  of  New  England  proposed  to 
take  by  surprise  in  1745.  It  was,  perhaps,  as  impregnable  as  nature 
and  art  could  make  it;  and  was  probably  considered  as  safe  by 
France  then  as  Gibraltar  is  by  the  English  at  the  present  day.  Its 
reduction  was  suggested  and  accomplished  by  a  train  of  circum- 
stances as  remarkable  as  the  event  was  glorious.  It  was  very 
properly  said  by  a  writer  of  the  day,  that  "if,  in  this  expedition, 
any  oae  circumstance  had  taken  a  wrong  turn  on  the  French  side, 
it  must  have  miscarried." 

In  all  this  preparation,  James  Gibson  was  not  an  idle  spectator. 
Seeing  the  difficulty  of  raising  volunteers  from  the  poor  and  hard- 
working men  of  the  colony,  he  also  became  a  volunteer.  Already 
possessing  the  commission  of  captain  of  the  royal  array,  he  actually 
hired  a  company  of  three  hundred  men,  whose  wages  he  paid  regu- 
larly from  his  own  property. 

Thus  four  thousand  men  were  raised  in  the  several  colonies.  The 
time  was  appointed  for  the  fleet  to  sail.  The  greatest  difficulty 
to  be  surmounted  was  the  appointment  of  a  commander-in-chief. 
This  was  attended  with  some  difficulty,  as  they  were  raw  soldiers, 
taken  from  all  the  New  England  provinces,  and  feeling  in  some 
degree  a  jealousy  of  each  other.  The  choice  at  length  fell  upon 
William  Pepperell,  of  Kittery,  then  a  colonel  of  the  militia,  and  a 


1J2  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

merchant  of  good  reputation,  known  extensively,  both  in  ]\rassachn- 
setts  and  New  Hampshire. 

Before  accepting  the  appointment,  Pepperell  consulted  the  famous 
George  \Vhitfield,  who  was  then  traveUng  tlirough  New  England, 
upon  its  expediency.  Whitfield  told  him  that  he  did  not  think  the 
situation  very  promising;  that  the  eyes  of  all  would  be  upon  him: 
that,  if  it  should  not  succeed,  the  widows  and  orphans  of  the  slain 
would  reproach  him;  and  if  it  should  succeed,  many  would  regard 
him  with  envy,  and  endeavor  to  eclipse  his  glory — that  he  ought, 
therefore,  to  go  with  a  single  eye,  and  then  he  would  find  his 
strength  proportioned  to  his  necessity.  After  some  time,  he  gave 
a  motto  for  the  flag,  which  was  "Nil  desperandum,  Christo  duce;" 
thereby  giving  the  expedition  an  air  of  a  crusade.  It  is  said  that 
a  large  number  of  the  followers  of  Whitfield  enlisted,  and  as  a  proof 
of  the  religious  feeling  by  which  they  were  actuated,  one  of  them, 
^  clergyman,  carried  upon  his  shoulder  a  hatchet  for  the  purpose  of 
destroying  the  images  in  the   French  churches. 

Few  men  could  leave  their  families  under  more  trying  circum- 
stances than  James  Gibson.  Without  a  single  relative  in  North 
America  nearer  than  the  West  Indies,  his  wife  was  to  endure  alone 
the  suspense  of  this  hazardous  and  doubtful  expedition,  and  remain 
behind  with  her  little  daughter  in  Boston.  But,  in  the  midst  of 
present  trial  or  future  solicitude,  the  firm  hearts  of  the  colonists  did 
not  quail.  Under  these  circumstances,  on  the  25th  of  March,  Mr. 
Gibson  took  leave  of  his  family,  of  his  tender  and  confiding  wife 
and  child,  and  joined  the  troops  which  on  that  day  left  Boston  for 
the  island  of  Nantasket,  the  rallying  point  of  the  expedition. 

The  fleet  sailed  from  Nantasket  with  4,300  men,  4,000  being 
furnished  by  the  colonies,  and  300  by  Mr.  Gibson.  After  a  pros- 
perous voyage,  it  appeared  in  view  of  the  little  town  of  Can.so.  As 
it  was  yet  in  the  early  spring,  the  ice  rendered  the  bay  impassable, 
and  they  were  thus  prevented  from  landing  at  the  intended  point. 
In  this  hour  of  perplexity,  commodore  Warren,  the  commander  of 
the  British  troops  at  the  West  Indies,  unexpectedly  arrived  with  a 
man-of-war,  to  their  assistance.  This  aid  inspired  the  arm}'  with 
new  courage,  and  elated  them  with  a  prospect  of  success.  On  the 
29th  of  April,  the  ice  having  broken  up,  the  fleet  sailed  for  Louis- 
burg,  a  distance  of  about  sixty  miles,  where  they  arrived  the  next 
morning. 

This  was  the  first  notice  to  the  inhabitants  of  lyOuisburg  of  the 
intended  invasion. 


APPENDIX.  133 

An  alarm  was  instantly  given,  and  our  fleet  was  ushered  into  the 
bay  by  a  ringing  of  bells  and  discharge  of  cannon.  A  detachment 
of  159  men  were  sent  to  oppose  ther  landing,  but  were  soon  repulsed 
by  the  New  Englanders,  who,  without  further  molestation,,  landed 
their  troops  and  militar}-  stores,  about  four  miles  below  the  city. 

On  the  following  night,  two  merchants  from  the  colonies,  James 
Gibson  and  Capt.  Yaughan,  with  400  men,  marched  through  the 
woods  and  round  the  hills,  to  the  northeastern  part  of  the  harbor, 
and  burned  many  large  warehouses,  containing  a  quantity  of  wine 
and  brandy,  making  a  fine  beacon  Hght. 

This  siege  continued  forty-eight  days,  and  was  carried  on  by 
undisciplined  colonists  against  a  well- trained  army,  and  a  fortifica- 
tion stronger  than  almost  any  in  the  world. 

Of  the  events  of  this  siege,  in  which  our  army  gained  a  glorious 
triumph,  Mr.  Gibson  kept  a  regular  journal,  which  was  published 
afterward  at  London,  and  a  copy  presented  to  King  George.  A 
notice  of  this  journal  appeared  in  a  contemporary  number  of  the 
"Gentleman's  Magazine,"  a  periodical  which  has  been  continued 
for  upward  of  200  years. 

This  journal  has  never  been  reprinted  in  America.  After  search- 
ing through  the  principal  libraries  of  New  England,  we  are  certain 
that  few  persons  have  ever  seen  it  in  this  country. 

We  have  learned  of  late  that  societies  are  seeking  to  obtain  more 
extended  information  respecting  this  expedition,  and  therefore  give 
this  Journal  entire  to  our  readers. 


13-4  THE  JOHNBON   ilEMORIAL, 

A 

JOURNAL 

OF  THE 

LATE    SIEGE 

BY   THE 

"TROOPS  T^ROM  NORTH  AMERICA, 

AGAINST 

THE  FRENCH  AT  CAPE  BRETON,  THE  CITY  OF 

LOUISBURG,  AND  THE  TERRITORIES 

THEREUNTO  BELONGING. 

Surrendered  to  the  English,  on  the  17TH  of   June,  1745, 

AFTER    A   SIEGE   FORTY-EIGHT   DAYS. 


BY  JAMES  GIBSON, 

GENTLEMAN  VOLUNTEER   AT    THE   ABOVE  SIEGE. 


LONDON 

Printed  for  J.  Newbury,  at  the  Bible  and  Sun, 

IN  St.  Paul's  Church-yard. 

MDCCXLV. 


APPENDIX,  135 


DEmCATION. 

TO    THE   COMMISSIOXnD-    OFFICERS   OF   THE   TROOPS   AT   THE   LATE 
SIEGE    AGAINST    THE    CITY    OF    LOUISBURG,    AND   THE   TERRI- 
TORIES  THEREUNTO   BELONGING,    IN    NORTH    AMERICA. 

Afy  Dear  Brethren  and  Fellow  Soldiers: 

Pursuant  to  your  request,  I  here  present  you  with  a  Jounial  which 
I  kept  whilst  the  siege  was  laid  against  the  city  above  mentioned. 
If  it  should  contribute  in  the  least  to  your  pleasure  in  the  recollec- 
tion of  that  signal  victory  which  you  obtained,  by  the  blessing  of 
God,  through  your  great  courage  and  good  conduct,  over  your 
enemies  at  Cape  Breton,  or  be  of  service  to  you  in  any  other  respect 
whatever,  I  shall  not  think  my  labor  ill  bestowed. 

Gentlemen,  as  you  voluntarily  left  your  families,  your  fortunes, 
your  occupations,  and  whatever  else  you  held  most  dear,  to  enter 
the  field  in  the  service  of  3'our  country  against  the  strongholds  of  a 
potent  enemy;  against  a  well-walled  and  against  a  well-garrisoned 
city;  against  strong  batteries,  in  short,  and  large  cannons,  I  heartily 
congratulate  you  on  your  good  success,  and  doubt  not  but  that  your 
heroic  achievements  will  be  transmitted  dowm  with  honor  to  latest 
posterity. 

In  regard  to  the  poor  soldiers,  who  left  their  families  and  their 
respectable  callings  for  no  other  consideration  than  fourteen  shillings 
sterling  per  month,  besides  the  prospect  of  a  little  plunder,  as  occa- 
sion offered,  of  which  they  were  disappointed — I  hope  they 
will  be  taken  care  of,  and  meet  with  a  reward  in  some  degree  pro- 
portioned to  their  service  and  their  merit;  since  their  disappoint- 
ment was  w^holly  owing  (as  you  are  sensible)  to  our  generous  treat- 
ment of  the  enemy,  even  when  we  had  secured  our  conquest;  for  b}' 
the  terms  of  capitulation,  the  French  were  not  onlyallow^ed  to  carry 
off  all  their  effects,  without  the  least  molestation,  but  were  trans- 
ported at  our  expense  to  Old  France — insomuch  that  the  soldiers, 
as  I  before  hinted,  had  no  opportunity  of  making  any  advantage 
of  their  good  success,  which  otherwise  they  might  have  considerably 
improved. 

The  place,  gentlemen,  which  we  have  thus  happily  made  our  own, 
may  with  propriety  be  called  the  key  of  Canada  and  North  America. 
The  island  is  near  a  hundred  miles  long,  and  has  several  fine  harbors 


136  THE  JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

in  it,  very  commodious  for  the  fisher;  whereof  that  of  Louisburg  is 
the  principal.  The  city  is  not  only  well  walled,  but,  as  it  has  wide 
trenches  and  Rankers,  it  may  properly  be  said  to  be  completely 
garrisoned.  There  is  likewise  a  very  grand  battery,  directly  opposite 
to  the  mouth  of  the  harbor,  the  ordnance  whereof  consists  of  above 
thirty  pieces  of  cannon,  all  forty-two  pounders. 

The  island  battery,  moreover,  which  is  planted  at  the  mouth  of 
the  harbor,  is  of  equal  strength  and  force. 

Opposite  to  the  island  battery  there  is  also  a  very  fine  and  com 
modious  light-house,  as  well  as  a  noble  harbor  for  the  largest  ships. 

Near  the  shore  and  grand  banks,  which  are  about  twenty  leagues 
distance,  there  are  fish  in  abundance.  As  to  the  cHmate,  it  is  ex- 
ceeding fine  for  curing  fish,  and  rendering  them  fit  for  a  foreign 
market.  Here  are  mackerel  and  herrings  in  plenty,  both  fat  and 
large,  for  baits. 

■  The  land  here  produces  very  good  wheat,  rye,  and  barley;  and 
the  meadows  the  best  of  grass.  Besides  these  commodities,  here 
are  fine  beechwood  and  fiake  for  the  mutual  benefit  of  the  industrious 
fisherman  and  the  farmer. 

This  port  commands  not  only  Cape  Sable  Shore,  Canso,  and 
Newfoundland,  but  the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence,  and  by  consequence, 
Canada.  It  is  a  safeguard  likewise  to  the  whole  fishery,  as  well  as 
to  foreign  vessels. 

I  have  been  informed  by  a  French  gentleman,  that  the  settlement 
of  the  island  of  Gaspey  cost  his  Most  Christian  ^vlajesty  nine  million 
and  a  half  of  money;  and,  since  the  war  commenced,  the  repairs 
that  have  been  made  to  all  the  several  batteries  have  been  attended 
with  great  expense.  As  to  ray  own  particular  part,  no  sooner  was 
the  expedition  proposed  at  Boston  in  Xev/  England  by  the  govern- 
ment, but  I  instantly  promoted  the  same;  and  through  my  means 
some  hundreds  entered  into  the  service. 

And  as  I  had  the  honor  to  bear  his  Majesty's  commission  in  the 
royal  regiment  of  foot  guards  in  Barbadoes,  by  virtue  of  that  com- 
mission I  voluntarily  engaged  in  this  expedition,  without  the  least 
pay  or  allowance  for  my  service  or  provision  during  the  whole  siege. 
And  no  sooner  was  it  over,  but  I  assisted  in  tlie  transportation  01 
the  inhabitants  to  Old  France;  having  pasbcd  my  word  to  proceed 
in  a  transport  both  to  France  and  England.  Give  me  leave  here  to 
remind  you  of  my  readiness  to  serve  this  expedition  in  all  respects. 
You  remember,  I  doubt  not,  the  tedious  marches  which  I  made  after 
the  enemy,   and  the  imminent  danger   I   was  in  at  the   northeast 


APPENDIX,  137 

bar"bor,  whicli  is  about  ten  miles  from  the  grand  battery,  where, 
w-ith  four  only,  I  was  loading  a  scliooner  with  plunder.  Whilst  we 
were  busy  in  the  house  where  our  cargo  lay,  no  less  than  a  hundred 
and  forty  French  and  Indians,  with  a  shout,  fired  a  volley  against  it; 
whereupon  two  of  the  men  jumped  out  of  the  window,  and  were  shot 
dead,  even  after  they  had  cried  out  quarter.  After  this,  though  the 
French  and  Indians  entered  the  hoase.  the  two  other  men  and  my- 
self so  happily  concealed  ourselves  as  that  we  were  not  discovered. 
Some  short  time  after  the}'  withdrew,  and  we  made  our  escape  to 
the  grand  battery,  though  with  great  fatigue,  for  we  were  forced  to 
take  to  a  thick  wood,  and  run  through  great  swamps,  not  daring  to 
appear  in  the  road,  for  fear  of  surprise.  At  last,  God  be  thanked, 
we  arrived  safe  at  the  grand  battery,  and  received  the  repeated 
congratulations  of  our  friends  on  account  of  our  happy  deliverance, 
which  was  looked  upon  as  almost  miraculous. 

.  I  hope,  gentlemen,  I  shall  not  be  thought  vain  in  making  mention 
of  one  other  dangerous  exploit,  in  which  likewise  I  came  off  -u-ith 
success.  At  about  two  o'clock  in  the  morning,  with  the  assistance 
of  but  five  men,  I  carried  a  fire-ship  under  the  guns  of  the  city  bat- 
teries to  the  King's  Gate,  where  I  set  fire  to  the  train,  and  so  quick 
was  the  efiect  of  it,  that  I  lost  my  breath  until  I  got  upon  deck. 
After  this  we  went  in  our  boat  under  the  guns  of  the  circular  battery, 
before  we  could  go  over  to  the  west  side  of  the  harbor,  for  fear  of 
being  discovered  by  the  fire.  The  French,  indeed,  fired  several  times 
at  us,  but  we  happily  received  .10  damage.  We  arrived  safe  soon 
after  at  the  grand  battery:  and  no  sooner  had  the  fire  took  the  pow- 
der, but  it  tore  up  the  decks  of  the  ship,  and  threw  such  a  quantity 
of  stone  into  the  city  that  they  not  only  broke  down  a  large  spire  of 
of  the  King's  Gate,  but  the  end  of  a  large  stone  house,  and  burnt 
three  small  vessels,  &c.,  besides. 

As  the  morning  was  very  dark,  the  inhabitants  were  strangely 
surprised  at  such  an  unexpected  act  of  hostility,  I  have  nothing 
further  to  add,  but  that  I  have  prefixed  to  this  Journal  a 
plan  of  the  city,  the  garrisons,  the  harbor,  and  light-house,  &c., 
which  I  hope  will  meet  with  a  favorable  reception  from3-ou,  and  be 
thought  at  the  same  time  an  acceptable  ser\nce  to  the  pubhc.  As 
to  what  batteries  shall  hereafter  be  thought  necessary  to  be  built,  or 
what  repairs  ought  immediately  to  be  made  to  those  that  are  still 
standing,  I  hope  a  true  and  faithful  account  thereof  will  speedily  be 
delivered  unto  those  whom  it  may  more  immediately  concern,  and 
that  proper  persons  who  are  well  wishers  to  their  king  and  country 


jv,'  ■.•:  ir,^- 


138  THE  JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

may  be   appointed,  as  soou   as  conveniently   may   be,   to  put  the 
same  in  execution.     I  am,  with  all  due  respect,  gentlemen, 
Your  humble  servant, 

J.\MEs  Gibson. 
Dated   July  3,  1745,  in  Louisburg  harbor,   on  board   the   Speed- 
well, bound  for  France  with  French  inhabitants. 

P.  S. — I  shall  here  take  the  liberty  to  transcribe  a  letter  verbatim, 
which  I  received  from  Major  William  Hunt. 

Royal  Grand  Battery  of  King  George  the  Second,  at 
~  Cape  Breton,  in  North  America,  July  4,  1745. 

Capt.  Jarnes  Gibson  : 

I  do,  in  behalf  of  myself  and  others,  the  comissioned  officers, 
return  you  hearty  thanks  for  the  copy  of  your  Journal  during  the 
siege  against  the  city  of  Louisburg,  at  Cape  Breton,  and  as  you  are 
going  to  France  with  the  French  inhabitants,  and  so  for  England, 
■we  wish  you  success,  and  that  you  may,  for  your  charge  and  courage, 
have  great  encouragement,  as  you  did  so  voluntarily  proceed  in  the 
above  expedition  at  3-our  own  expense.  I  am,  sir. 
Your  most  humble  serv-ant, 

William  Hunt,  Major, 


APPENDIX.  139 


A  JOURNAL 

OF   THE 

SIEGE  OF  THE  CITY  OF  LOUISBURG. 

Tuesday,  April  joth,  i~4S. — This  da\-  our  men-of-war,  privateers, 
and  transports,  arrived  safe  at  Caboruch  Bay  in  Cape  Breton,  from 
Canso,  where  we  lay  from  the  second  day  of  this  instant  April,  to 
the  2Sth,  at  which  time  we  anchored,  within  five  miles  of  the  city  of 
Louisburg. 

Wednesday,  May  i.  Our  troops  marched  towards  the  grand  bat- 
tery, and  set  fire  to  ten  houses,  the  inhabitants  being  fled  into  the 
city.  The  flames  so  surprised  the  soldiers  in  the  aforesaid  battery, 
that  both  they  and  their  captain  (one  Carey  by  name)  made  the  best 
of  their  -way  by  water  into  the  city;  whereupon  several  of  our 
companies  took  possession  of  the  place,  and  at  daybreak  hoisted  up 
King  George's  flag. 

Saturday,  4.  The  city  batteries,  &c.,  played  as  fast  as  possible 
with  bombs  and  cannon  against  our  grand  battery.  As  we  had  two 
of  our  guns  drilled,  we  fired  against  the  city  with  good  effect;  for  we 
took  St.  John's  and  St.  Peter's,  and  burnt  them.  We  took  likewise 
about  twenty  prisoners:  but  the  others  made  their  escape  in  the 
woods.    We  took,  moreover,  several  small  vessels  and  some  plunder. 

Monday,  6.  Our  compan}-,  consisting  of  ninety -six  men,  marched 
to  the  northeast  harbor,  which  was  ten  miles  from  the  grand  battery, 
and  drove  the  inhabitants  into  the  woods.  Our  grand  battery, 
having  several  guns  drilled,  fired  smartly  against  the  city  and 
island  battery;  they,  however,  fired  but  seldom  at  us. 

Tuesday,  7.  Our  scout  at  the  northeast  harbor  loaded  a  schooner 
with  plunder,  and  a  shallop  with  excellent  fish.  Though  the  city 
aud  other  batteries  fired  smartly  against  the  grand  battery,  yet  they 
did  no  damage.  We,  on  the  other  hand,  having  several  guns 
drilled,  fired  smartly  againt  the  city  and  island  battery,  and  every 
gun  did  execution. 

Friday,  10.  A  small  scout  of  twenty-five  men  got  to  the  north- 
east harbor.  I  and  four  more  being  in  a  house  upon  plunder,  140 
French  and  Indians  came  down  upon  us  first,  and  fired  a  volley,  with 
a  great  noise.  Two  jumped  out  of  the  window,  and  were  shot  dead. 
With  great  difficulty  the  other  two  and  myself  got  safe  to  the  grand 


■y.J'.  i 


140  THE   JOHXSON    MKMORIAL. 

batteT3\     The}'  after^-ards  killed  nineteen  of  tlie  remaining  t\vent_v. 

Saturday,  ii .  A  company  this  day  marched  to  the  northeast  har- 
bor and  buried  the  men  that  were  killed  yesterday.  They  burnt 
likewise  every  house  in  the  place,  ^vith  the  mass-house,  fish  stages, 
and  warehouses.  They  destroyed,  raorever,  about  100  shalloways 
and  took  forty  prisoners.  The  grand  battery  fired  smartly  against 
the  city. 

Su?iday,  12.  Xot  one  gun  fired  from  the  island  battery  this  day. 
The  grand  batter^-,  however,  and  our  other  batteries  fired  smartly 
against  the  city,  to  very  good  eflect;  for  not  a  gun  was  returned. 
\Ve  had  a  sermon  in  the  mass-house  at  the  grand  batters^  The 
text  was  taken  from  the  27th  verse  of  the  ninth  chapter  of  Hebrews  : 
"And  it  is  appointed  unto  men  once  to  die,  but  after  this  the  judg- 
ment. So  Christ  was  once  offered  to  bear  the  sins  of  many;  and 
unto  them  that  look  for  him  shall  he  appear  the  second  time  with- 
out sin  unto  salvation." 

Monday,  ij.  At  three  o'clock  this  afternoon,  a  large  French 
snow*  came  around  the  light- house,  the  wind  being  east-northeast 
She  was  obliged  to  run  into  the  harbor  of  Louisburg.  Though  our 
grand  battery  and  another  batter}-  fired  at  her,  yet  she  kept  close 
aboard  the  island  battery  and  the  city,  till  she  grounded  against  the 
King's  Gate.  This  vessel  came  from  France,  laden  with  stores  for 
the  fishermen.  This  was  the  only  vessel  that  got  in  after  we  had 
taken  possesion  of  the  grand  batten,-.  The  cit}-  and  island  batter}' 
fired  as  fast  as  possible  against  the  grand  battery  till  the  snow 
grounded.  At  night  we  got  a  large  schooner,  filled  with  combusti- 
bles, put  a  small  sail  on  her,  and  carried  her  between  the  island 
battery  and  the  city.  So  soon  as  the  fire  took  the  train,  the 
French  fired  from  the  city  and  island  batter}'  against  the  schooner 
and  the  grand  battery,  no  less  than  thirty  shot.  One  of  our  men 
was  killed  by  landgrage,  and  several  were  wounded.  Our  gunner 
likewise  was  killed  at  our  fascine  battery,  through  the  misfortune  01 
a  gun  splitting. 

Sunday,  ig.  This  day  a  sad  accident  happened  at  our  fascine 
battery.  Two  barrels  of  powder  took  fire  and  killed  seven  of  our 
men.  Though  all  our  batteries  fired  smartly  against  the  city,  yet 
the  island  battery  did  not  fire  a  gun  for  several  days;  and  the  last 
shells  they  threw  were  half  filled  with  bran;  from  whence  we  might 
reasonably  conjecture,  that  they  grew  short  of  powder.  We  had  a 
sermon  preached  today,  and  the  text  was  the  nth  verse  of  the  17th 

♦Vessel. 


APPENDIX.  141 

chapter  of  Exodus  :  "And  it  came  to  pass  wheu  Moses  held  up  his 
hand,  that  Israel  prevailed;  and  when  he  let  down  his  hand, 
Amalek  prevailed." 

Tuesdjy,  21.  This  day  the  scout  of  200  men  returned  to  the 
grand  battery,  and  brought  with  them  a  French  doctor,  and  seven 
other  captives,  having  first  burned  the  mass-house,  and  all  the  other 
houses;  as  also  destroyed  a  considerable  number  of  fishing  shallops 
and  the  fish  stages.  Commodore  Warren  sent  in  the  French  man- 
of-war  that  had  been  chased  for  several  days.  She  is  a  fine  new 
ship,  of  sixty -four  guns,  called  the  Vigilant,  and  laden  with  stores, 
a  great  number  of  large  guns,  and  a  large  quantity  of  powder, 
besides  stores  for  the  city  of  Louisburg,  and  other  stores  for  a  sev- 
enty-gun ship,  which  is  building  at  Canada.  A  large  brigantine 
arrived  this  day  from  France,  and  came  into  our  fleet  through  mis- 
take, as  the  weather  was  very  foggy.  She  was  laden  with  brandy 
and  stores.  A  scout  of  200  men  marched  out  after  some  hundreds 
of  French  and  Indians,  who  were  coming  down,  as  we  heard,  upon 
our  camp.  The  scout  returned,  the  enemy  moving  off,  and  brought 
in  seven  cows  and  several  calves  and  goats,  &:c.  Our  small  batterj/, 
with  two  pieces  of  cannon,  fired  on  the  city,  and  did  great  execu- 
tion; and  nothwithstanding  our  other  battery  fired  smartly  against 
the  city  with  good  effect,  yet  the  city  did  not  return  a  gun;  neither 
had  the  island  battery  fired  a  gun  for  several  days.  At  the  King's 
Wharf  we  found  thirty  pieces  of  cannon  sunk,  from  six  to  tv/elve 
pounders.  This  is  the  place  where  the  men-of-war  heave  down.  It 
is  a  long  wharf,  that  is  planked  for  spreading  and  mending  of  sails; 
and  a  large  ship  may  He  alongside  it.  The  Vigilant  lost  sixty  men, 
we  only  five. 

Friday,  24.  The  fleet  this  day  appearing  off  the  mouth  of  the 
harbor,  made  a  gallant  show.  At  night,  five  of  our  men  and  my- 
self \\-ent  on  board  a  ship  which  ^ve  first  filled  with  combustibles, 
and  then  carried  her  under  a  small  sail  by  the  iron  battery  till  we 
grounded  her  against  the  King's  Gate,  belonging  to  the  cit\-.  Xa 
sooner  was  the  train  set  on  fire,  but  the  city  fired  smartly-  against  us; 
and  when  v/e  took  boat,  we  were  obliged  to  rov/  under  the  mouth  of 
their  cannon,  till  we  got  on  the  western  side  of  the  harbor.  This 
fire  ship  did  as  much  execution  as  we  could  reasonably'  expect;  for  it 
burnt  three  vessels,  and  not  only  beat  down  the  pinnacle  of  the 
King's  Gate,  but  a  great  part  of  a  stone  house  in  the  city;  and  as 


f  --3  IJ 


T42  THE   JOHXSON    MEMORIAL. 

this  was  transacted  in  the  dead  of  night,  it  put  the  inhabitants  into 
an  uncommon  consternation. 

Sunday,  26.  This  day,  a  scout,  consisting  of  153  men,  besides 
myself,  marched  to  the  west-northwest  part  of  this  island,  which 
is  twent3'-five  miles  distance,  or  thereabouts,  from  the  grand  battery. 
We  found  two  fine  fanns  upon  a  neck  of  land  that  extended  near 
seven  miles  in  length.  The  first  we  came  to  was  a  very  handsome 
house,  and  had  two  large  barns,  well  finished,  that  lay  contiguous 
to  it.  Here,  likewise,  were  two  very  large  gardens,  as  also  some 
fields  of  corn  of  considerable  height,  and  other  good  land  thereto 
belonging,  besides  plenty  of  beech  wood  and  fresh  water.  In  this 
house  we  took  seven  Frenchmen  and  one  woman  prisoners.  It  was 
not  much  more  than  five  hours  before  our  arrival  that  1^0  French 
and  Indians  had  been  killing  cattle  here,  and  baking  bread,  for  pro- 
visions in  their  march  against  our  men,  who  were  at  that  time  pos- 
.sessed  of  the  light-house.  These  were  the  ver}-  same  band,  or 
company,  that  murdered  nineteen  of  our  men  at  the  northeast  harbor 
on  the  loth  instant,  and  shot  the  two  men  that  jumped  out  of  the 
window,  as  is  more  particularly  mentioned  in  the  article  of  that  day. 
At  that  unhappy  junction  they  took  one,  sergeant  Cockrin,  prisoner; 
and  notwithstanding  he  had  made  it  his  whole  study  from  that  time 
to  humor  and  oblige  them,  yet,  after  a  dance  this  day,  they  fell  upon 
him,  and  in  a  most  barbarous  manner  cut  off  the  ends  of  his  fingers; 
after  that  they  had  sphtthem  up  to  his  hand.  \Vhenthis  scene  of 
cruelty  was  over  they  entered  upon  a  new  one;  and  in  the  first 
place  cut  off  the  tip  of  his  tongue,  and  in  an  insulting  manner  bade 
him  speak  English;  after  that,  they  cut  off  some  part  of  his  flesh, 
and  made  one  of  his  fellow-prisoners  eat  it:  they  then  cut  his  carcass 
up,  like  a  parcel  of  inhuman  butchers,  and,  to  show  their  last  marks 
of  malice  and  resentment,  threw  ii  into  the  sea. 

Monday,  27.  This  day  we  returned  with  our  scout,  consisting  of 
154  men,  to  the  grand  battery,  all  well,  and  in  high  spirit.  At 
twelve  o'clock  our  whale  boats  were  well  fixed  with  ladders:  and 
two  hundred  men  at  least,  if  not  more,  attempted  to  scale  the  walls 
of  the  island  battery.  The  French  discovered  the  same;  and  as 
soon  as  our  boats  came  near  to  shore,  the  French  fired  their  large 
cannon,  loaded  with  landgrage,  which  destroyed  several  of  our  boats 
as  well  as  our  men.  Those  that  actually  landed  fought  till  sunrise, 
aud  then  called  for  quarter.  Out  of  the  number  that  went  to  the 
island  battery,  154  of  our  men  were  missing.  By  tw^o  that  deserted 
from  the   French,    we   were  informed  that   118  of  our  men  were 


I..-  fc. 
-'jnii  LTi 


.  .     ;;.  •  y^r 


APPENDIX.  I4J 

taken  and  carried  prisoners  into  the  city;  so  thai,  in  that  bold 
attempt,  we  lost  only  six  and  thirty  men.  The  French  who  were 
at  that  time  in  the  battery  were  between  300  and  500. 

Mo^iday,  June  J.  This  day  a  vessel  arrived  from  Boston  with  a 
large  mortar  piece,  which  was  landed  and  drawn  to  the  light- 
house battery.  We  had  advice  from  the  captain  that  loco  men 
were  voluntarily  raised  to  reinforce  our  troops  here,  and  that  we 
might  expect  them  very  soon.  We  had  farther  advice  that  the 
French  fleet  of  men-of-war  were  stopped  at  Brest  by  our  Fiiglish 
raen-of  war.  We  had,  tnoreover,  600  barrels  of  powder,  arrived  from 
Boston,  besides  stores  for  the  army.  This  supply  of  ammunition 
came  very  opportunely;  for  we  had  not  powder  sufficient  for  any- 
more than  four  rounds  at  the  grand  battery.  This  puts  new  life  and 
spirits  into  all  of  us. 

IVednesday,  j.  Last  night  was  taken  and  brought  in  a  French 
ship  of  fourteen  carriage  guns,  and  above  300  ton,  laden  with  beef, 
pork,  butter,  cheese,  pease,  beans,  brandy,  salt,  and  other  stores  for 
the  fisher\'.  This  was  the  ship,  it  seems,  which  we  heard  in  the 
engagement  yesterday.  The  fascine  batter}^  played  smartly  with 
their  bombs  and  cannons,  and  to  very  good  effect.  In  the  morning 
the  French  drank  to  us  from  the  cit}'  wall,  we  being  so  near  that  we 
could  speak  to  each  other.  ' 

Saturday,  ij.  This  day  our  whole  fleet  of  men-of-war,  privateers, 
and  transports,  made  a  gallant  appearance  before  the  harbor.  A 
flag  of  truce  came  from  the  city  at  4  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  to  our 
camps,  and  oflfered  to  deliver  up  the  city  on  the  terms  we  proposed 
on  our  demand  of  the  city,  and  the  territories  thereunto  belonging, 
in  the  name  and  on  the  behalf  of  our  Sovereign  Lord  King  George 
the  Second.  The  consideration  of  so  important  an  afiair  was  post 
poned  till  8  o'clock  the  next  morning,  at  which  time  the  flag  of 
truce  agree  to  attend.  Whereupon  all  om-  batteries  ceased  firing 
until  further  orders. 

Sunday,  16.  The  French  flag  of  truce  came  out  of  the  city  to 
our  camps,  at  8  o'clock  this  morning;  and  it  was  then  finally  agreed 
and  determined  by  capitulation,  that  the  French  should  have  all 
their  personal  efiects,  and  likewise  be  transported  to  France  at  the 
expense  of  the  English.  The  said  articles  being  thus  settled  and 
adjusted,  we  have  now  liberty  to  march  into  the  city  with  our  land 
army.  The  men-of-war,  likewi.se  the  privateers  and  transports, 
may  now  without  interruption  anchor  in  the  harbor,  &c.,  &c. 


144  THE   JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

Monday,  ij.  This  daj'  the  French  flag  was  struck,  and  the  Eng- 
lish one  hoisted  up  in  its  place  at  the  island  battery. 

We  took  possession  early  m  the  morning.  We  hoisted  likewise 
the  English  flag  at  the  grand  battery,  and  our  other  new  batteries; 
then  fired  our  cannon  and  gave  three  huzzas.  At  two  o'clock  in  the 
afternoon,  Commodore  Warren,  with  all  the  men-of-war,  as  also  the 
prize  man-of-war  of  sixty-four  guns,  our  twenty-gun  ships,  likewise 
our  snows,  brigantines.  privateers,  and  transports,  came  into  Louis- 
burg  harbor,  which  made  a  beautiful  appearance.  When  all  were 
safely  moored,  they  proceeded  to  fire  on  such  a  victorious  and  jo\ful 
occasion.  About  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  our  land  army 
marched  to  the  south  gate  of  the  city,  and  entered  the  same,  and 
so  proceeded  to  the  parade  near  the  citadel,  the  French  troops  at 
the  same  time  being  all  drawn  up  in  a  very  regular  order.  Our 
army  received  the  usual  salute  from  them,  every  part  being 
performed  with  all  the  decency  and  decorum  imaginable.  And  as 
the  French  were  allowed  to  carry  off  their  effects,  so  our  guard  took 
all  the  care  they  possibly  could  to  prevent  the  common  soldiers 
from  pilfermg  and  stealing,  or  otherwise  giving  them  the  least  mol- 
estation. The  guard  and  watch  of  the  city,  the  garrisons,  &c.,  were 
delivered  to  our  troops. 

Tuesday,  i8.  Last  night  a  ship  came  against  the  mouth  of  the 
harbor,  and  lay  there  becalmed.  In  the  morning,  a  man-of-war 
towed  out  and  fired  two  shot  at  her.  She  answered  with  one,  and 
then  struck.  Whereupon  she  was  towed  into  the  harbor  by  our 
boats.  She  proved  to  be  a  storeship  of  twenty  guns,  about  300  tons, 
from  France,  and  verj'  valuable. 

Wednesday,  18 .  This  day,  upon  the  nearest  computation  that 
could  be  made,  it  was  agreed  on  both  sides  that,  since  the  English 
had  laid  siege  to  the  city,  &c.,  nine  thousand  shot  and  six  hundred 
bombs  had   been  discharged  by   the   English  against  the  French. 

July,  4.  This  day  eleven  transports  set  sail,  together'  with  the 
Launceston  man-of-war,  a  forty -gun  ship,  Captain  Man,  who  was 
our  convoy  commander.  There  were  several  occurrences,  which 
were  ver}^  remarkable,  during  the  siege.  In  the  first  place,  all  the 
houses  in  the  city  (one  only  excepted)  had  some  shot  through  them, 
more  or  less;  some  had  their  roofs  beat  down  with  bombs.  As  for 
the  famous  citadel  and  hospital,  they  were  almost  demolished  by 
bombs  and  shot.  The  next  thing  remarkable  was,  that  from  the 
first  day  we  began  the  siege  to  that  of  our  marching  into  the  city, 
it  was  such  fine  weather  that  we  did  not  lose  one  single  day  in  the 


APPENDIX.  145 

prosecatlou  of  our  design.  And,  moreover,  that,  from  the  17th  of 
June  to  the  4th  of  July  (wliich  \VaS  the  day  we  sailed  for  France 
with  the  French  inhabitants)  it  either  rained  or  was  foggy.  Upon 
which  a  Frenchman  made  the  following  remark :  that  the  Virgin 
Mary  is  peculiarly  kind  to  the  English,  in  sending  them  fair  weather 
during  the  whole  siege,  and  then  in  changing  it  to  rain  and  fog  as 
soon  as  it  was  over. 

I  shall  conclude  my  Jour!:al  of  the  late  expedition  and  siege 
against  the  city  of  Louisburg,  and  tlie  territories  thereunto  belonging, 
with  the  following  addition.  After  we  had  marched  into  the  city, 
I  waited  upon  a  gentleman  who  was  inviolably  attached  to  the  king 
of  France  in  Queen  Anne's  War.  This  gentleman  had  taken  the 
New  England  Country  Galle}-;  he  had  assisted  likewise  in  the  taking  ■ 
of  seventy  sail  of  vessels  more  on  the  coast  of  New  England;  and 
now,  in  the  above-mentioned  siege,  he  came  out  of  Louisburg  with 
fourscore  and  seven  men,  in  order  to  prevent  our  troops  from  laud- 
ing, but  was  happily  beat  off.  This  gentleman,  I  say,  told  me  that 
he  had  not  had  his  clothes  off  his  back,  either  by  night  or  day,  from 
the  first  commencement  of  the  siege.  He  added,  moreover,  that  in 
all  the  histories  he  had  ever  read,  he  never  met  with  an  instance  of 
so  bold  and  presumptous  an  attempt;  that  it  was  almost  impractic- 
able, as  any  one  would  think,  for  3000  or  4000  raw,  undisciplined 
men  to  lay  siege  to  such  a  strong,  well-fortified  city,  such  garrisons, 
batteries,  &c.;  "for  should  any  one  have  asked  me,"  said  he,  ''what 
number  of  men  would  have  been  sufiicient  to  have  carried  on  that 
very  enterprise,  I  should  have  answered,  no  less  than  30,000. '  "  To 
this  he  subjoined  that  he  never  heard  of,  or  ever  saw,  such  courage 
and  intrepidity  in  such  a  handful  of  men,  who  regarded  neither  shot 
nor  bombs;  but  what  was  still  more  surprising  than  all  the  rest,  he 
said,  was  this,  namely,  to  see  the  batteries  raised  in  a  night's  time; 
and  more  particularly,  the  fascine  battery,  which  was  not  five  and 
twenty  roods  from  the  city  vv'all:  and  to  see  guns  that  were  forty-two 
pounders,  dragged,  by  the  English  from  their  grand  battery,  not- 
withstanding it  was  two  miles  distant  at  least,  and  the  road,  too, 
very  rough.  Maj^  courage,  resolution,  life,  and  vigor,  be  forever 
conspicuous  in  all  our  English  oScersand  soldiers  !  for  victory,  under 
God,  depends  principally  on  their  care  and  conduct;  and  ma}'  the 
example  of  the  above-named  French  captain  animate  us  to  be  bold 
and  daring  in  a  just  cause  !  In  a  word,  may  it  induce  us  faithfully 
to  discharge  the  great,  the  important  trust  reposed  in  us,  by  virtue 


146  THE  JOHNSON   ME^IORIAL, 

of  the  commissions  which   we  bear  under  our  most  gracious  Sov- 
ereign Lord   King  George  ! 

Should  this  be  the  happy  elTect  of  that  gentleman's  example, 
then  we  may  daily  expect  to  make  large  additions  to  his  majesty's 
dominions;  then  we  may  hope,  with  just  grounds,  to  defeat  the 
common  disturber  of  our  peace  and  tranquilit}';  to  humble  his  piide, 
and  make  him  tributary  to  us:  :hen.  in  short,  we  may  reasonably 
expect  to  see  halcyon  days  tl;ougl:cut  his  majesty '3  extensive  domin- 
ions, and  secure  our  most  excellent  constitution  both  in  church  and 
state.  In  order  to  gi\'e  our  readers  a  transient  idea  of  tlie  ill-treat- 
ment we  met  with  at  Roclubrt  in  France,  I  shall  here  take  the  lib- 
erty, not  only  to  transcribe  a  letter  v/hich  I  wrote  on  that  subject  to 
an  intimate  friend,  but  the  petition  v.hich  twelve  of  us,  in  behalf  of 
ourselves  and  fellow-sufferers,  sent,  in  the  most  submissive  manner, 
to  Commodore  McLemarrough,  who,  like  an  inhuman  savage,  tiinied 
■a  deaf  ear  to  our  complaints,  and  rather  added  to  our  misery  than  in 
any  way  relieved  us. 

THK    COPY    OF    THE    LETTER. 

Honored  Sir  : — Pursuant  to  your  request,  I  here  give  you  a  true 
and  impartial  account  of  the  cruel  and  barbarous  treatment  which 
we  met  with  from  the  French  at  Rochefort  in  France. 

On  the  fourth  of  July  last,  fourteen  cartels,  with  the  Launceston 
man-of-war,  set  sail  from  Louisburg,  at  Cape  Breton,  for  France, 
with  French  inhabitants.  No  sooner  were  we  arrived  in  the  road- 
stead of  Rochfort.  but  Commodore  McLemarrough,  in  a  ship  of 
seventy-four  guns,  obliged  us  to  come  to  under  his  stem,  in  thirteen 
fathoms  of  water.  We  obeyed,  and  showed  our  passports,  which, 
when  he  read,  he  insisted  that  every  master  should  deliver  into  his 
hands  his  particular  journal.  Some  looking  on  it  as  an  unreasonable 
demand,  with  resolution  opposed  it,  but  were  confined  in  irons  on 
his  ship  for  their  refusal.  Soon  after,  he  sent  for  me  on  board:  and 
I  attended  accordingly.  Being  admitted  into  the  cabin,  he  ordered 
me  to  sit  down  at  his  green  table  and  give  an  account  of  my  own 
proceedings  in  writing;  which  orders  I  readily  complied  with.  Hav- 
ing finished  my  declaration,  I  delivered  it  into  his  hands;  and  upon 
the  receipt  of  it,  he  told  me  in  direct  terms,  that  the  cartels  could 
expect  no  favor  at  Rochfort:  and  that,  as  for  ray  own  particular  part, 
since  he  was  credibly  informed  by  several  of  the  passengers,  that  I 
had  been  a  very  busy,  active  fellow  against  the  interest  of  his  luost 


APPENDIX.  X47 

Christian  Tvlajest}-  at  Louisbur<^,  in  case  lie  could  find  out  any  arti- 
cle whatever  that  was  in  the  least  contradictory  to  the  declaration  I 
had  delivered,  that  lie  would  send  nie  to  the  tower.  Whereupon, 
he  immediately  sent  on  board  for  my  trunk,  and  insisted  on  my  giv- 
ing him  the  key.  I  did,  and  he  took  out  all  my  papers,  and  read 
them  over,  in  the  first  place.  After  that  he  broke  open  the  letters 
which  I  had  directed  for  London.  Those,  indeed,  he  sealed  up 
again,  and,  having  put  them  into  the  trunk,  dismissed  me.  His 
next  orders  were,  that  the  cartels  should  not  presume  to  go  on  board 
their  convoy,  the  Launceston,  on  any  pretence  whatever,  v.-ithout 
his  permission.  He  charged  us,  likewise,  not  to  go  on  shore,  and 
gave  strict  orders  to  the  garrison  to  watch  us  night  and  day:  and  in 
case  any  of  us  attempted  to  set  foot  on  shore,  the  guards  v/ere 
directed  to  shoot  us  without  asking  any  questions  about  the  matter. 
His  severity,  in  short,  extended  so  f:?r  as  not  to  permit  a  boat  to 
bring  us  the  least  supply  of  any  nature  or  kind  whatsoever,  inso- 
much that  we  were  obliged  to  live  wholly  on  salt  provisions,  and 
drink  water  that  was  ropy,  and  very  offensive  to  the  smell,  for 
above  six  weeks  successively.  When  this  cruel  commodore  set  sail 
with  his  fleet,  with  about  two  hundred  sail  of  merchantmen  and 
several  men-of-war,  for  Hispaniola,  another  commodore  supplied  his 
place.  On  Sunday  eve  he  sent  out  a  yawl,  u-itli  orders  for  all  the 
cartels  to  unbend  their  sails.  We  did  as  directed,  and  on  Tvlonday 
morning  his  men  came  in  their  long-boat,  and  carried  all  our  sails  on 
shore  into  the  garrison;  which  surprised  us  to  the  last  degree,  as  we 
had  been  detained  so  long,  and  lived  in  expectation  of  our  pass- 
ports every  day.  At  this  unhappy  juncture,  Capt.  Robert  Man,  who 
was  commander  of  the  Launceston,  was  taken  violently  ill  of  a  fever; 
and  nothwithstauding  that  intercession  was  made  that  he  might  be 
moved  on  shore,  as  the  noise  on  board  affected  his  head  too  much, 
yet  the  favor  was  inhumanly  denied  him;  and  every  officer  in  the 
ship  besides.  As  to  the  poor  English  prisoners,  they  were  used 
in  a  most  barbarous  manner;  for  their  principal  food  was  horse- 
beans  and  about  an  inch  of  beef  once  in  about  twenty-four  hours. 
Besides,  they  were  so  close  imprisoned  that  some  of  them  fainted 
away  for  want  of  air;  and  had  it  not  been  for  the  private  charitable 
relief  which  they  received  from  a  good  old  protestant  lady,  several 
of  them  must  have  actually  starved.  Na\',  moreover,  when  anj'  of 
them  were  sick,  she  would  visit  them,  and  bring  them  prayer-books, 
and  other  books  of  devotion,  which  .she  concealed  in  a  chest  under- 
ground; and   then  would  exhort  them  to  put  their  trust   and  confi- 


T4S  THE   JOnXSOX    MEMORIAL. 

dence  iu  God,  \vho,  in  his  own  due  time  would  deliver  them  out  of 
the  hands  of  their  arbitrary  and  bloodthirst}-  enemies.  And  if  any 
died,  she  would  ser.d  cofilns  privately  by  night  for  the  removal  of 
their  bodies,  and  bury  them  at  her  own  expense.  One  of  these  poor 
wretches  was  in  such  a  vreak  and  sickl>-  condition  that,  being  thirsty, 
and  inclining  his  head  to  drink  out  of  a  stone  font,  he  had  not 
strength  to  raise  it  again,  and  by  that  means  was  unhappily 
strangled.  All,  in  short,  that  lived  to  come  on  board,  were  so  weak 
that  they  could  scarce  crawl  upon  the  deck.  As  our  treatment  from 
the  French  was  in  every  respect  so  cruel  and  inhuman,  a  petition  or 
remonstrance  ^^•as  drawn  up,  and  signed  on  the  25th  of  August, 
1745,  by  twelve  of  us,  the  purport  whereof  was  as  follows: 

That  the  petitioners  v/ere  taken  up  at  the  city  of  Louisburg,  in 
his  Brittanic  Majesty's  service  on  the  20th  of  June  then  last  past,  in 
order  to  transport  the  French  ixihabitants  of  that  city  to  Rochfort. 

That  the  petitioner?  were  well  assured  by  General  Pepperell  and 
Commodore  Warren,  as  also  by  the  commanding  ofncer  of  Louis- 
burg, that  as  the  terms  of  the  capitulation  were  so  generous,  in 
regard  to  the  inhabitaats,  that  there  was  no  doubt  to  be  made  of 
their  meeting  Vv-ith  a  like  generous  treatment  in  France,  and  that 
the  petitioners  would  be  dispatched  to  England  without  delay. 

That  the  petitioners  had  been  arrived  twenty  days,  and  that  they 
and  their  men  suffered  very  severe!}-  for  want  of  fresh  provisions: 
and  that  great  numbers  of  them  lay  sick;  and  that  the  cause,  as  they 
humbly  conceived,  was  their  living  on  salt  provisions  entirely,  and 
drinking  nothing  but  ropy  water,  that  was  noisome  to  the  smell. 

That  the  petitioners  had  been  denied  all  manner  of  supplies  for 
their  vessels,  though  never  so  absolutely  necessary-.  That,  if  peti- 
tioners had  leave  to  sail  directly  for  England,  it  would  be  some 
considerable  time  before  they  could  be  dispatched  from  thence. 

That,  as  the  petitioners  return  to  New  England  would  at  best  be 
very  late  in  the  year,  and  their  voyage  by  consequence  very  cold. 
comfortless,  and  dangerous,  ever}-  day  was  very  valuable  to  them; 
and,  besides,  that  their  being  detained  so  long  was  very  expensive. 

The  petitioners  therefore  prayed,  that  his  honor  would  take  the 
premises  and  their  unhapp\'  sufferings  into  his  serious  consideration, 
and  order  such  relief,  in  regard  to  their  provision,  necessaries  for 
their  vessels,  a:id  their  speedy  dispatch,  as  to  his  honor  v.'ould  seem 
most  meet. 

Instead,  however,  of  meeting  with  any  favor  or  indulgence. 
by  virtue  of  the   above  petition,  all  the  cartels   were    ordered    to 


APPENDIX.  149 

unbend  their  sails;   their  sails  were  carried  on  shore  into  the  gar- 
risons, and  the  guards    directed  to  shoot  every    Englishman   that 
attempted  to  go  on  shore,  without  asking  any  questions  whatever. 
I  am,  sir,  your  most  humble  servant, 

Jajsies  Gibson. 

The  news  of  this  victory  arrived  at  Boston  on  the  third  of  July. 
The  effects  of  it  produced  are  well  described  in  a  letter  from  Dr. 
Chaney  to  General  Pepperell.  He  says:  "The  people  of  Boston 
before  sunrise  were  as  thick  in  the  streets  as  on  election  day,  and  a 
pleasing  joy  visibly  sat  on  every  countenance.  \Ve  had  last 
night  the  finest  illumination  I  ever  witnessed.  There  was  not  a 
house  in  town,  in  by-way,  lane,  or  alley,  but  joy  might  be  seen  in  its 
windows.  The  night  was  also  made  joyful  by  bonfires,  fireworks, 
and  other  tokens  of  rejoicing.  Besides  this  an  entertainment  was 
given  to  the  people.  The  iSth  of  July  was  observed  through  the 
Commonwealth  as  a  day  of  thanksgiving  for  this  event;  and  it  was 
universally  observed  in  a  manner  becoming  a  people  who  saw  in  it  the 
hand  of  an  overruling  Providence." 

Dr.  Prince  preached  a  sermon  on  that  occasion  at  the  "Old  South 
Church,"  which  exhibits  more  freely  than  any  other,  the  religious 
feeling  of  those  engaged  in  it.  "When  they  embarked,"  he  tells 
us,  "their  language  to  their  friends  whom  they  were  about  leaving, 
was  :    '  Pray  for  me,  and  we  ivill  fight  for  you.''  " 

After  narrating  the  most  remarkable  events  in  the  enterprise,  he 
concludes  in  this  somewhat  extravagant  language:  "Let  us  not 
only  rejoice  in  our  own  salvation,  but  let  our  joys  rise  higher,  that 
hereby  a  great  support  of  anti-christian  power  is  taken  awa}-,  and 
the  visible  kingdom  of  Chri.st  enlarged.  Methinks  when  the  south- 
ern gates  of  IvOuisburg  were  opened,  and  our  army  with  their 
banners  were  marching  in,  the  gates  were  lifted  up,  and  the  King 
of  Glory  went  in  v/ith  them." 

On  returning  from  Boston,  James  Gibson  was  joyfully  received  by 
his  little  family,  and  the  citizens  generally,  to  whom  he  had  ren- 
dered so  important  ser\-ices.  At  the  close  of  the  siege,  the  treas- 
ury of  the  province  of  ^^a.ssachusetts  w^as  completely  exhausted. 
England,  on  hearing  of  the  service  rendered  by  the  colonies,  sent 
on  a  ship  laden  with  specie  to  reimburse  the  expenses  of  the  siege. 
The  rate  of  indemnities  was  thus  expressed  in  a  resolution  passed 
in  Parliament,   April  i,  1846  : 


150  THE  JOHNSON    MEMORIAL. 

Resolved  ist.  That  it  is  just  and  reasonable  that  the  several 
provinces  and  colonies  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  New  Hampshire, 
Connecticut,  and  Rhode  Island,  be  reimbursed  the  expenses  they 
have  been  at,  in  taking  and  securing  to  the  crown  of  Great  Britain, 
the  island  of  Cape  Breton,  and  its  dependencies;  therefore,  resolved 
to  grant  for  this  purpose — 

2ud.   To  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  ^^183,649,  2s.  y/.-d. 

3d.  To  that  of  New  Hampshire  ^16,355.  r3S.  4d. 

4th.  To  that  of  Connecticut,   /;2S,S63.  19s.  id. 

5th.  To  that  of  Rhode  Island,  ^6,332.  12s.  lod. 

6th.  To  James  Gibson,  Esq.,  on  ditto  account,  ,^^548.  15s. 


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'C£-3.4 


APPENDIX. 


151 


Mayflower  Pas: 


:rs. 


List  of  the  102  passengers  who  came  in  the  Mayflower,  December 
1620,  exclusive  of  her  crew,  which  returned  with  her. 


Mr.  Isaac  Allcrton. 
'^'Mrs,  Isaac  (Mary)  Allerton. 

Reniember  Allerton. 

Mary  Allerton. 

Bartholomew  Allerton. 
*John  Allerton. 

John  Aldeu. 

Peter  Browne. 
*Richard  Britteridge  (Bitteridge). 

John  Billinton. 

Mrs.  John  (Ellen)  Bllliuton. 

John  Billinton,  Jr. 

Francis  Billinton. 

Mr.  William  Brewster. 

Mrs.  William  (Mary)  Brewster. 

Love  Brewster. 

Wrasling  (Wrastled)  Brewster. 

Mr.  William  Bradford. 
^Mrs.  William  (Dorothy)  Bradford. 
*Johu  Cars-er. 

*Mrs.  John  (Catherine)  Carver. 
*John  Crackston,  (Crackstone,  Crax- 
ton,  Croxcon.) 

John  Crackston,  Jr. 
=^Robert  Carter. 

I'rancis  Cooke. 

John  Cooke. 
*Richard  Clark. 

Humility  Cooper. 
*  James  Chilton. 
*Mrs.  James  Chilton. 
*Mary  Chi'.ion. 

Edward  Doty,  (Doten,  Dovey). 

Francis  Eaton. 
*Mrs.  Francis  (Sarah)  Eaton. 

Samuel  Eaton. 
^Thomas  English,  (Enlish). 

Elv. 

Mr.  Samuel  Fuller. 
'■^  Edward  Fuller. 
=*'-Mr3.  Edward  Fuller. 

Samuel  Fuller,  Jr. 
*Moses  Fletcher, 
*John  Crocdman. 

Richard  Gardner,  (Gardiner). 

Jonn  Howlaud:    ^^ 
'^'John  H 00 ;-:-".  -- 

Mr.  Steven  (Stephen)  Hopkins    ^*'^ 

Mrs.  Stephen    (Elizabeth)    Plopkins. 

Constanta  'Constance)  Hopkins.v-- 

Damaris  Hopkins. 

Oceanus  Hopkins. 

Giles  Hopkins. 

•Died  before  the  end  of  the  first  year. 


*William  Holbeck. 

William  Latham. 
*John  La:".gemore. 

Edv.-ard  Litsler,  (Leiscester,  Lister). 
'*=Jasper  More. 

Richard  More. 

* More. 

*Ellen  :>Iore.  • 

Desire  Minter. 
*Mr.  Christopher  Martin. 
'^^Mrs.  Christopher  Martin. 
*Mr.  William  Molines,  (MoUines, 

Mullins). 
*Mrs.  William  :}.Iolines. 

Priscilla  Molines. 
^Joseph  Molines. 

*Edmaind  Margeson,  (Morgesou). 
"■'Solomon  Prower. 
'^'Digerie  (Degory)  Priest. 
^Thomas  Rogers. 

Joseph  Rogers. 

*Rigdale,  (Ridgdale,  Ridgsdale). 
*Mrs.  John  (Alice)  Rigdale. 

George  Sowle,  (Soule,  Sole,  Soul). 
*Elias  Storv. 

Capt.  Mile's  Standish. 
*Mrs.  (Rose)  Standish. 

Henry  Samson,  (Sampson). 

William  Trevore,  (Trevour). 
♦Edward  Thom.son.   (Thompson, 

Tomson). 
*Edward  Tillie,   (Tillv,  Tillev).  t--^ 
"^Mrs.  Edward  (Ann)  Tillie.  V  -   ' 

Elizabeth  Tillie.   ;„.^- 
*John  Tillie. 

*Mrs.  John  (Bridget)  Tillie. 
*Thomas  Tinker. 
*Mrs.  Thomas  Tinker.- 

* Tinker. 

*John  Turner. 

* Turner. 

* Turner. 

*Roger  Wilder. 

ISIr.  Edward  Winslow. 
*Mrs.  Edward  (Elizabeth)  Winslow, 
*Mr.  William  White. 

Mrs.  William  (Susanna)  White. 

Resolved  White. 
^Thomas  Williams. 

Gilbert  Winslow. 

Mr.  Richard  Warren.     ^^^ 

(Mrs.  Carver's  maid.) 


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Page  50 — Rev.   John  Wesley   White  was  married  Sept.    i,    1S57, 

instead  of  Sept.  10. 
Page  51 — Read:    "Rev.    Lorenzo    J.    White,"    instead    of    "John 

Wesley  White." 
Page  69 — Read:   "Tristam"    Burges,  instead  of  "Tristan." 
Pages  80-85 — 'T^^  proper  narne  "Ann  Arbor"  is  misspelled  "Ann 

Harbor. ' ' 


•?:<>{<. I 


I  X  D  EX. 


Alden,  John lo 

Alden,  Ruth i6 

Bass,  Dea.  Samuel i6 

Bass,  John :5 

Bass,  Sarah 17 

-Blanchard,  Nathaniel 21 

Blanchard,  Thomas 21 

Blanchard,  Xehemiah 22 

Br.rges,  Tristam 39 

Surges,  Walter 39 

Bassett,  Rev.  Ancel  H 43 

Boynton,  Ezra 56 

Bates,  Alexis  Cady 57 

Bonebrake,  Benjamin 4.5 

Bonebrake,  Caroline  Elizabeth S6 

Bonebrake,  Lorenzo  Larose S3 

Bayley.Pontus  B 97 

Campbell,  Robert 55 

Campbell.  Dr.  Josiah  CaUin 94 

Campbell,  Alexis  Robert c-6 

Campbell,  William  Josiah 113 

Carpenters,  The,  in  America 124 

Davis,  Jemima  (Bo^-nton) 56 

Da\-is,  Roxanna 56 

Da\-is,  Harriet  (Warfield) 57 

Gibson,  Capt.  James 22,  23,  127 

Gibson,  Man-  Duesbury 22 

Gibson  Coat  of  Arms 24 

Grandy,  Cah-in 33 

Grandy,  Louise  Maria  (Bates; 57 

Grandy,  Cordelia  1  Campbell* ;S 

Grandy,  Lucinda  (Steams) 5i 

Grandy.  Lorenzo  Cah-in 59 

Grandy,  iCiba  Eoynton to 

Grandy,  C\tus  Elbridge 60 

Grandy,  Harriet  >r.  (Gri'^-'isi 59 

Grandy,  Jesse   Fremont  and  Merton  C :<j 

Grandy,  Albion  Lorenzo,  and  Geo.  W ijo 

Grandy,  Flora  Orissa loi 

Hulett,  Amos  Aurelius 47 

Hulett,  James  Henry- S3 

Hulett.  William 84 

Hulett,  Robert  Gordon ,54 

Hulett,  John  Wesley 84 

Johnson,  Rev.  Jeremiah 25 

Johnson,  Thomazin  (B'.Lmchard) 25 

Johnson,  >rary  Duesbury  (Whitej 27 

Jolinson,  Anna  (Da\-i.-i 33 

Johnson,  Thomazin  (Grandy; 33 

Johnson,  James  Gib.son 34 

Johnson,  Susannah  (Bowen)„ 34 


Page. 

Joh.nson,  Susan  (Thayer) 39 

Johnson,  Rev.  Lorenzo  Dow 39 

Johnson.  Marj-  (Burjes) 


39 

Johnson.  Rev.  Thomas  S 41 

Johnson,  Samantha  Ellen  (Hood) 5o 

Johnson,  James  Bowen 61 

Johnson,  Susan  M 64 

Johnson,  JohnReed 64 

Johnson,  Joseph  Benson 65 

Johnson.  Jerome  Fletcher 66 

Johnson,  .Arnold  Burses— 63 

Johnson,  Jeremiah  Ausrustus 69 

Johnson,  liev.  James  Gibson 70 

Johnson,  Lorenzo  M 71 

Johnson,  Dr.  Joseph  Taber 74 

Johnson,  Capt.  John  Buries 76 

Johnson.  Charles  Bniyton 7S 

Johnson,  Edward  Payson So 

Johnson,  Mar\-  White  iSmith) Si 

Johnson,  Harriet  Ann  iDurbin) 3i 

Johnson,  Marshall  Ewer 52 

Johnson,  Flora  L.  P.  and  Paul  B.  A lor 

Johnson.  Dr.  James  Gibson 102 

Johnson,  Joseph  Quick 102 

Johnson.  Susan  Emma  (XeCollins) 102 

Johnson,  J.  Bert 103 

Johnson,  Miaa  May,  and  Nellie  Odell 103 

Johnson,  Ethel  C 104 

Johnson,  Harry  Woodruif. 104 

Johnson.  Grace  Bowen 104 

Johnson,  Stuart  Clark,  Jerome  Blakeselj-..  105 

Johnson,  Mar,"  Arnold 107 

Johnson,  Willard  Drake 107 

Johnson.  Elai;chard  Freeman roS 

Johnson,  AliaEurges 108 

Johnson,  Gertrude  Sumner 109 

Johnson.  Tristam  Barnes 109 

Johnson,  Eleanor  Hope 109 

Johnson,  Rankin i 

Johnson.  Surges i 

Johnson,  Lorenzo  Bascom i 

Johnsora.  Bascom i 

John.wn,  William  Hanger i 

Johnson,  Dr.  Wallace i 

Johns-on,  Bertha  Belle  and  Edith i 

Matthis,  Rev.  Frederick  Amiel- S7 

NcColiins,  S.i-an  F^mma 102 

Kiner,  John  We:ley 47,  49 

Riner,  V.'illiam  Wesley 35 

Riner,  John  Alden S5 

Riner,  Ida. S5 


INDEX. 


Riner,  Lizzie 90 

Riner,  Edward  P 90 

Steams,  Gilbert  Alanson ;S 

Steams,  Frank  Gilbert 97 

Steams,  Alanson  Bauks 98 

Steams,  Fred  Lincoln 98 

Steams,  Arba  Grant 98 

Steams,  OtLsThayer 99 

Steams,  Archie  Carl 99 

Staudish,  Miles 11 

Sanderson,  Lucinda 28 

Sanderson,  Abel zS 

Stubbs,  Le\i 67 

Stubbs,  Linas  Edgar,  Ira  S.,  Chas.  Riner...  105 

Stubbs,  Isaac  W.,  Lizzie,  Aaron  A id6 

Stubbs,  Sarah  Margaret 107 

Stewart,  Hart  L 121 

Stewart,  Helen  Wolcott 125 

Stickney,  Charles  Hicks 91 

Savage,  Frederick  Joel 90 

Thayer,  Ephraim 17 

Thayer,  Hannah  (Blanchard) 21 

Thayer,  Linas 39 

Thayer,  Mary  Thomazin  (Stubbs) 67 


I    Turner,  Isaac,  Timothy 124 

!     WTiite,  Rev.  Robert ;.s 

I    White.  Priscilla  (Basset) j. 

V.'hite,  Rev.  Joseph  Johnson «..  4^ 

White,  Sarah  (Hulett) ^y 

White,  Marj-  (Riner) 47 

White,  Susan  (Bonebrake) 48 

White.  James  Gibson ,.s 

White,  Elizabeth  (Riner) ^ 

i    White,  Rev.  John  Wesley _v- 

White,  Rev.  Lorenzo  Johnson =5 

White,  Jennie,  Ida  Belle .' 5;, 

White,  John  Hilton,  James  Gibson,  Jr.,  Rev. 

Lorenzo  J ?sS 

White,  Mary  Elizabeth,  Fannie  Isabel, 

William  Lebaron,  Sophia  Annie ><) 

White,  Caroline  IMatilda  (Savage) 90 

White,  Anna  Belle  'Stickney) 91 

White,  Edith  Ehzafceth 91 

White,  Rev.  Frank  Xewhall 31 

White,  Alfred  Lorenzo 92 

White,  Jennie  Priscilla 92 

White,  John  .\lden 94 

Wheaton,  Gen.  Frank 126 


ancestry  of 
James  Bowen  Johnson. 

Bora  October  14,  i^.'o. 
Sou  of  James  Gibson  Johuson  (1799-1872)  and  Susan  (Bowen)  Johnson. 

Grandson  of  Daniel  Bowen  (1750-1S29)  and  Mehitable  (Packard)  Bowen. 
:  Rev  Jeremiah  Johnson  ( 1754-1S47)  and  Thomazin  (Blauch- 
ard) Johnson. 

Great-grandson  of  Silas  Bowen  (1722- 1790)  and  Dorothy  (Lyon)  Bowen. 
Nehemiah  Blanchard  ''1S36 — )  and  Mary  Duesbury 
(Gibson)  Blanchard. 

Great-great-grandson  of  Capt.  James  Gibson  (1700-1747)  and  Thomazine 

(Barton)  Gibson. 
Nathaniel   Blanchard   (1701  — )    and    Hannah 

(Thayer)  Blanchard. 
Heurj- Bowen  (1700-175S)  and  Margaret  (Davis) 

Bowen. 

Great-gr   at-great-grandson  of  Ephraim  Thaver  (1672-1757)  and  Sarah 

(Bass)  Thayer. 
Isaac  Bowen    (1676-1727)    and   Hannah 

(Winchester)  Bowen. 
Matthew  Davis  (1664 — )  and  Margaret 

(Corbin)  Davis. 
John  Blanchard  (about  i6go)  and  Abigal 

( )  Blanchard.  ' 

Great-great-great-great-grandson  of  Lieutenant  Henry  Bowen  ( 1633- 

1725)  and  Elizabeth  (Johnson) 

Bowen. 
Shadrach  Thaver  and  Deliverance 

(Priest)  Thayer. 
John  Bass  (1632-1716)  and  Ruth 

(Alden)  Bass. 
Nathaniel  Blanchard  1 1636 — )  and 

Susannah  (Bates)  Blanchard. 
"William    Davis    (i6i7-i6<S3)    and 

Alice  (Thorpe)  Davis. 
Clement  Corbin    ('1626-16Q6)    and 

Dorcas  (Buckminster)  Corbm. 
Josiah  Winchester  (1655-1727;  and 

Mary  ( )  Winchester. 

Great-great-great-great-great-grandson  of  Griffith  Bowen  (emigrant)  and 

Margaret  (Fleming)  Bowen. 

Capt.  Isaac  Johnson  (1620- 
1675)  (emigrant)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Porter)  Johnson. 

John  Winchester  ( 1635  —  '(em- 
igrant) and  Hannah  (Sealis) 
Winchester. 

Thomas  Buckminster  (emi- 
grant) and  Joannah  ( ) 

Buckminster. 


Great-great-great-great-g-eat  grandson  of  John  Alden   <'eniigrantl    and 

Priscilla  (Mullens;  Alden. 

Samuel     Bass     ''emigrant) 

(1600-1694)  and  Ann  < ) 

Bass. 

Thomas  Blanchard  emi- 
grant) and  Agnes  >  Bent 
Barnes;  Blanchard. 

Thonias  Thayer  enn4:rant) 
and  Margerie  ( j  Thayer. 

Great-great-great-great-great-great-graudsou  of  William  Molines  C  Mul- 
lens; (emigrant) 
(1620). 
Gen.  John  Johnson  I  em- 
igrant in  1630;,  and 
wife. 

Jeremiah  Johxson  enlisted  in  the  First  New  Hampshire  Regi- 
ment, at  Keene,  at  the  age  of  17,  for  two  years,  in  ^Iarch.  1781  ; 
discharged  June,  17S3,  at  Charlestown,  N.  H.  :  settled  in  Reading. 
Vt..  on  a  farm,  between  1791  and  1795  ;  enlisted  again  in  January, 
1 8 13,  in  Capt.  Marston's  Company,  Twenty-Srst  Regiment  U.  S. 
Infantry,  and  was  discharged  on  surgeon's  certificate  of  disability 
October,  1S14.  having  served  in  the  campaign  of  Fort  Erie,  in 
Canada,  and  other  campaigns  in  that  region  ;  his  disability  increased 
gradually  until  he  became  an  invalid  ;  he  was  pensioned  soon  after 
his  discharge. 

Daniel  Bowen  (1750-1829).  bom  in  ^Yoodstock,  Conn.,  died  in 
Reading,  Vt.  ;  enlisted  in  Woodstock  with  his  brother  Henry  in 
Capt.  Manning's  Company,  Gen.  Israel  Putnam's  Regiment,  May  6, 
1775,  ^^^  discharged  Sept.  7.  same  year;  was  in  the  campaign  of 
Bunker  Hill ;  enlisted  again  in  the  Second  Regiment,  Cormecticut 
Line,  April  i,  1777,  for  three  vears  ;  discharged  April  2,  17S0  :  he 
served  in  the  campaigns  on  both  sides  of  Hudson  River,  around^ 
New  York,  Pennsylvania,  and  New  Jersey  ;  was  in  the  battles  of 
"Whitemarsh  and  Monmouth :  wintered  at  Valley  Forge,  also  at 
Morristown  ;  settled  at  Reading,  Vt.,  after  the  war,  on  a  farm  of 
300  acres,  where  he  died  in  1829. 

Silas  Bowen',  of  Woodstock,  Conn.,  bom  1-22  ;  farmer,  school 
teacher,  justice  of  the  peace,  and  held  other  town  oihces:  deputy  to 
the  Connecticut  legislature  in  1773,  and  deacon  of  the  church  :  his 
family  record  contains  the  history  of  his  ancestors  and  descendants 
for  several  generations,  and  is  in  the  hands  of  the  family  to  this  day. 

Nehemiah  Blanchakd,  bom  in  Braintree,  Mass.  ;  lived  there 
and  in  Lunenberg  :  drowned  in  Kennebec  River  while  trying  to 
cross  it  on  the  ice  ;  left  a  widow  and  three  daughters. 

Captain  James  Gibson,  a  prominent  merchant  and  importer  of 
Boston,  a  retired  officer  of  the  British  army  in  the  West  Indies, 
from  whence  he  came  to  America  ;  took  a  prominent  part  in  pro- 
moting the  expedition  to  Louisburg,  in  1745  :  furnished  vessels  ana 
paid  80  men  who  went  with  Gen.  Pepperell,  taking  an  active  part  in 


the  siege  himself,  performing  service  in  reconiioitering  and  skirmish- 
ing expeditions,  especially  when  anything  of  a  dangerous  character 
was  to  be  done;  was  appointed  cartel  agent,  and  in  charge  of  the 
convoys,  conve>-ed  the  i^risoner?  to  France;  Parliament  voted  hira 
^500  in  part  reimbursement  of  money  expended;  he  wrote  a  jour- 
nal of  the  siege,  giving  a  full  account  of  the  entire  campaign. 

Nathaniel  Blan'Chakd,  born  in  Weymouth.  Mass:  farmer;  mar- 
ried Hannah  Thayer,  daughter  of  Eiihraim  Thayer.  Tliere  is  a 
faniil>'  tradition  that  he  and  his  six  brothers  served  in  the  French 
and  Indian  wars. 

Hexhy  Bowex  (1700-175S).  born  in  Framingham.  Mass.,  where 
his  father  lived  four  years;  died  in  Woodstock,  Conn.,  where  he 
spent  his  life;  he  was  better  educated  than  most  men  of  his  time, 
and  held  all  offices  in  the  gift  of  his  fellow-citizens  of  the  town — 
some  of  them  many  times;  he  was  the  first  representative  in  the 
Connecticut  legislature  for  Woodstock,  and  for  four  consecutive 
tenns;  a  prominent  member  of  the  Congregational  church,  and  dea- 
•con;  a  large  dealer  in  land  for  those  times. 

Ephraim  Thayer,  l)orn  in  "Old  Braintree"  (nowOuincy),  Mass., 
married  Sarah  Bass  ;  he  was  a  farmer  ;  his  death  was  caused  by  a 
blow  on  the  head  by  a  rail,  in  the  SSth  year  of  his  age  (see  Johnson 
Memorial,  pages  17-20);  he  had  seven  sons  and  seven  daughters, 
sixty-six  grandsons  and  sixt>'-six  granddaughters  ;  all  his  sons  and 
sons-in-law  served  in  the  colonial  wars;  President  John  Adams  was 
one  of  the  sixty-six  grandsons,  and  Neheraiah  Blanchard  another. 

Isaac  Bowex  (1676  — ),  Roxbury  and  Framingham,  Mass.,  and 
Woodstock,  Conn.,  settled  on  a  farm  in  Framingham,  in  1700  ,  was 
one  of  eighteen  persons  who  organized  the  First  Congregational 
Church  there  in  that  year  :  sold  his  farm  and  settled  in  Woodstock; 
held  several  town  offices  ;  bought  and  sold  farms  ;  died  in  Stoughton 
after  1726. 

Matthew  Davis,  born  in  Roxbury,  May,  1664  ;  one  of  the  "13 
explorers"  sent  to  Woodstock  to  spy  out  the  land  in  1690  ;  farmer  ; 
married  in  1690,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Clement  and  Dorcas  (Buck- 
minster)  Corbin  ;  held  several  town  offices  ;  died  about  1730. 

John  Blanxhard,  also  a  farmer,  and  citizen  of  Weymouth  and 
Abingdon. 

Lieut.  Henry  Bowen  came  from  Wales  with  his  parents  m 
1634;  born  1630;  died  in  Woodstock,  Conn.,  in  1724;  he  was  en- 
sign in  the  Roxbury  company  of  militia  for  many  years,  and  lieuten- 
ant after  the  death  of  Capt.  Isaac  Johnson.  December  19.  1675  ;  he 
and  his  family  were  members  of  John  Eliot's  church,  which  contains 
a  record  of  the  Bowen  family  for  two  generations,  and  are  in  the 
handwriting  of  the  great  "Apostle  to  the  Indians  ;"  he  was  an  ear- 
nest promoter  of  the  colonization  of  Woodstock,  Conn.,  and  was  one 
of  the  "13  explorers"  of  "New  Roxbury,"  as  it  was  called. 

Shadrach  Thayer,  married  Deliverance  Priest ;  father  of 
Ephraim  ;  a  fanner. 


John  Bass,  born  in  "Old  Braintree;"  married  Ruth  Alden.  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Pnscilla. 

Nathaniel  Blanchard,  bom  in  London  :  came  to  America 
under  lo  yecTS  of  age  ;  marrie  i  Susannah  Bates,  of  Charlestown. 
Mass.  ;  owned  300  acres  of  land  on  My«-tic  River:  removed  to 
Abington  where  the  family  lived  for  several  generations. 

William  Davis  (emigrant),  born  in  England  1617;  settled  in  Rox- 
bury.  1642:  farmer;  his  land  was  valued  at  ^£2,000  in  i6Sj,  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  '"^ 

Clk.ment  Cokbin  (emigrant),  born  1626;  married.  1655.  Dorcas 
Buckminster,  of  Brookline:  died  m  Woodstock,  1696:  owned  300  acres 
of  land  at  one  time  in  Brookline. 

Josiah  Winchester,  born  in    1655,  at  Muddy  River  (Brookline); 

married  Mary -.  he  held  nearly  all  of  the  town  offices  at  different 

times;  was  elected  representative  to  the  legislature,  171 1.  1713, 
1 71 7:  was  a  member  of  the  "Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery 
Company." 

Griffith  Bowen  came  from  Wales  to  Boston,  in  1638,  with  several 
children;  he  and  his  wife  Margaret  were  admitted  to  the  first  church 
of  Boston,  December.  163S:  he  owned  50  acres  of  land  in  the  heart 
of  the  city,  including  the  corner  of  Essex  and  Washington  streets. 
on  which  the  Liijerty  tree  was  planted  in  1646;  a  map  of  Boston  of 
that  period  has  his  house  on  that  plat. 

^  Isaac  Johnson,  son  of  General  Johnson,  of  Roxbury,  was  born  in 
England  and  canie  to  Massachusetts  with  his  father's  family  in  1630; 
he  was  admitted  freeman  March  4,  1635;  he  was  a  member  of  the 
"Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company"  in  1645,  was  lieutenant 
in  1666,  and  elected  its  captain  in  1667;  he  was  ensign  of  the  "Rocks- 
berry"  Military  Company  previous  to  1653,  and  on  June  13  of  that 
year  was  elected  captain;  he  was  a  representative  in  the  legislature 
in  1671;  he  married  Elizabeth  Porter,  of  Roxbury,  June  20,  1637;  he 
had  four  children  who  lived  to  adult  age: 

Elizabeth,  born  Dec.  24,  1637;  married  Lieut    Henry  Bowen. 

Mary,  born  April  24,  1642:  married,  in  1663,  William  Bartholomew^ 
9.\ici  settled  in  Branford,  Connecticut. 

Isaac,  born  Jan.  1644. 

Nathaniel,  born  1647. 

Through  these  four  children  his  descendants  were  quite  numerous. 

Capt.  Johnson's  name  appears  often  in  the  accounts  of  the  Indian 
wars  of  his  time,  and  especially  in  1675.  He  commanded  expedi- 
tions against  them  at  various  times  and  in  the  campaign  against  the 
Narragansetts  he  was  placed  in  command  of  the  4th  company  of 
seventy-five  men  from  the  towns  of  Roxbury,  Dorchester.  Milton, 
Braintree,  Weymouth,  Hingham,  and  Hull,  in  the  accounts  of  this 
battle  where  he  met  his  death  he  is  mentioned  as  the  "brave  and 
intrepid  Capt.  Johnson."  He  was  killed  while  leading  his  men 
across  the  swamps  on  a  log  where  but  one  man  could  walk  at  a  time. 

John  Winchester  (emigrant)  came  to  Hingham,  thence  to  Brook- 


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line,  where  he  married  Hannah  Sealis;  farmer:  was  a  member  of  the 
"Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company"  in  1638. 

John  Aldex  ("Ma\flower  John'")  and  Priscilla  Molines  (Mullens) 
(See  Johnson  Memorial). 

Samuel  Bass,  born  in  1600:  came  to  Roxbury  in  1630  with  his  wife 
Anne;  removed  to  "'Old  Braintree"  in  1O40;  was  one  of  the  organi- 
zers of  the  first  church  in  the  former  place;  was  a  deacon  in  ilie 
church  in  Braintree  over  50  years  and  representative  in  the  legisla- 
ture 12  terms  in  succession;  died  there  at  the  age  of  94  years,  and  his 
wife  at  the  age  of  90  \-ears:  was  great-grandfather  of  Presiaent  John 
Adams. 

Thomas  Blanchard  came  from  Lyons,  France,  to  London  in  1630. 
and  to  Boston  in  1639,  "in  the  ship  Jonathan;"  he  was  a  Huguenot; 
his  ancestr\'  is  traced  in  France  to  Alain  Blanchard,  who  was  put 
to  death  in  141S  by  the  British  at  Rouen,  in  France. 

Thomas  Thayer  and  his  wife  Margery  came  from  England  in 
1640;  settled  in  "Old  Braintree"  and  died  there;  the  family  are  traced 
back  in  England  to  the  time  of  the  Xorman  invasion;  were  of  Saxon 
origin. 

General  John  Johnson  came  from  England  and  settled  in  Rox- 
bury, 1630;  he  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  first  church  in  that  place 
of  which  the  "Apostle  Eliot"  was  pastor  many  years:  he  was  the  first 
representative  in  the  legislature  from  Roxbury,  and  was  reelected 
several  times  ;  he  was  made  "S+H^eon-General  of  all  ye  Armies' ' 
and  custodian  of  military  stores;  his  tavern  was  practically  the  town 
council  house,  where  the  committee  of  safety  held  their  meetings  : 
he  was  a  member  of  the  "Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Com- 
pany." 

William  Moilines,  a  refugee  from  France  to  Holland,  witli  liis 
wife,  daughter,  and  servant,  came  to  America  on  the  Maytlower, 
and  both  died  the  first  winter;  his  father  was  put  to  death  in  Lyon>, 
France;   Priscilla,  the  only  surviving  member,  married  John  Aidcn. 

November^jS^Qj^ 


Since  printing  the  foregoing  lines  of  ancestry  I  have  learned  of  an.-ihcr.  x 
follows : 

My  great-grandmother,  Dorothy  ^Lvon  1  Bov.cn.  of  WVkiiI-!  vk.  (.•.■::■!! 
(1727-1762;   was  the  daughter  of  Deacon  Danic-i  Lvou  117,2-1:0:.  ■ 
Woodstock,  Conn.,  and  Priscilla  (Morse)  Lyon  (17.12  — i. 
Granddaughter  of— 

William  Lyon  (1675  — )  and  Deborah  (Colburu)  Lyou. 

Peter  Morse  and  Priscilla  ' Carpenter j  Morse. 

Great-granddaughter  of— 

John  Lyon,  of  Woodstock,  Conn. 

Great-great-granddaughter  of— 

William  Lyon,  who  came  from  England  to  Roxburv  in  1655.  at  iht-  a-j-f 
of  fourteen,  in  the  ship  Hopewel!,  with  his  father's  fannly.  an.:  :t. 
1686  was  one  of  the  pioneers  oi  Wojdstock,  Conn. 


ERRATA. 

fohu  Johnson  was  .5/^rrr>c?r-6V//^r(z/ instead  of  "Snrgcou-General." 
eremiah  Johnson  was  born  in  1J63,  not  "1653." 

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