Jonathan Johnson

(12 March 1812 - 12 June 1863)

3-greats-grandfather of Darrell Allen Martin.
Jonathan was born in New York on 12 March 1812.1,2,3,4,5 He married ? (--?--) circa 1842.6 He married Lucinda Gibson in Mount Holly, Rutland County, Vermont, on 19 March 1846.7,8,9 He was a head of household in the 1850 census taken in Shrewsbury, Rutland County, Vermont, a farmer age 38; his real estate was valued at $400, the equivalent of $8,700 in the year 2000; Lucinda Gibson resided in the same household, as "Lucinda Johnson" age 27; as did Hannah Johnson, a student age 6; Alva Gideon Johnson, age 3, age 1; and Sarah Ellen Johnson.7 Jonathan Johnson and Lucinda Gibson reportedly had ten children.10 Jonathan died on 12 June 1863 in Shrewsbury at age 51.11,12 He was buried in the Colburn-Tabor Cemetery in Shrewsbury.10,13
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Pedigree of Darrell Allen Martin

Child of Jonathan Johnson and ? (--?--)

Children of Jonathan Johnson and Lucinda Gibson

Cited documentation

  1. [S2] Johnson, Ina. Johnson information received at the 1991 Dutton Family Reunion in Springfield, Vermont, "b. 12 March 1812 in Petersham, Ma." and "buried ... at age 51 yrs. 3 mo.".
  2. [S38] Johnson, Jonathan, 1850 US Census, Shrewsbury, Rutland County, Vermont; NARA M432 Roll 927, pg. 390A, age 38 b. "N.Y."
  3. [S72] Williams, Emet, 1900 US Census, Chester, Windsor County, Vermont; NARA T623 Roll 1696, pg. 17A, as father of "Hattie A. Williams" b. "New York."
  4. [S102] Margaret R. Jenks., Clarendon and Shrewsbury Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont, Recorded Summer, 1991 (Privately Printed by the author, 1992), pg. 99, "d. June 12, 1863 age 51 y."
  5. [S193] Williams, Emmett, 1880 US Census, Mount Holly, Rutland County, Vermont; www.ancestry.com October 2002, Ancestry online image 21 of 36, pg. 21, as father of "Hattie", b. "N.Y."
  6. [S2] Johnson 1991, "Jonathan Johnson" m. L. Gibson "(his second marriage)".
  7. [S38] Johnson, Jonathan, 1850 Census Shrewsbury, VT.
  8. [S2] Johnson 1991, "his second marriage".
  9. [S213] Weymouth genealogy on line, "19 Mar 1846."
  10. [S2] Johnson 1991.
  11. [S2] Johnson 1991, "d. 12 June 1863 in Shrewsbury, Vt.".
  12. [S102] Margaret R. Jenks, Clarendon and Shrewsbury Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont, Recorded Summer, 1991, pg. 99, "JOHNSON, Jonathan, d. June 12, 1863."
  13. [S102] Margaret R. Jenks, Clarendon and Shrewsbury Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont, Recorded Summer, 1991, pg. 99, "JOHNSON, Jonathan."
 
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