Individual Details
Cornelius JOHNSON
(Abt 1640 - Bef 17 Jun 1687)
Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore
Published 1935
Cornelius Johnson (late servant of Thomas Savage) presented in Northampton County, Virginia, February, 1662/3, for adultery with Alice Baily (whom he has since married), and March, 1662/3, fined 500 pounds tobacco for incontenency before marriage (Northampton Court, Order Book, 1661-4, pp. 161 and 167). Cornelius Johnson appears in Somerset in 1666 and in June, 1672, January, 1676, and December, 1684, purchased "Sweetwood" and "Mannings Resolution" tracts (adjoining), on n. side Great Monie Creek, the former from Charles Ballard and Sarah, his wife (widow of John Elzey, decd.); the latter from John Manning and Sara, his wife. Cornelius Johnson, by will prob. June 17, 1687, devised to Margaret, daughter of William Jones, personalty, and residue of his estate to William Jones, Jr., and Daniel Jones (at 18 years of age) and their heirs (Md. Cal. Wills, II, p. 19; see also post, Jones of Monie).
Cornelius lived on lands near Monie Bay. Others in Monie were: Nehemiah Covington and his family; Thomas Covington; Henry Hayman and his family; John Painter (or Panter); John Waller; William Jones; Robert Ingram.
Cornelius Johnson and Henry Hayman were appraisers in the "Inventory of all the goods and Cattle of David Williams and Jane, his wife of ye County of Somerset in the Province of Maryland lately Murthered by the Indians Appraised by us whose names are hereunto subscribed the twentieth Day of April Annoqr Domini 1678 ..." The appraised articles consisting of cattle, clothing, household goods, with a sole an only book "1 Old Bible," amounted to 10,793 pounds of tobacco.
Published 1935
Cornelius Johnson (late servant of Thomas Savage) presented in Northampton County, Virginia, February, 1662/3, for adultery with Alice Baily (whom he has since married), and March, 1662/3, fined 500 pounds tobacco for incontenency before marriage (Northampton Court, Order Book, 1661-4, pp. 161 and 167). Cornelius Johnson appears in Somerset in 1666 and in June, 1672, January, 1676, and December, 1684, purchased "Sweetwood" and "Mannings Resolution" tracts (adjoining), on n. side Great Monie Creek, the former from Charles Ballard and Sarah, his wife (widow of John Elzey, decd.); the latter from John Manning and Sara, his wife. Cornelius Johnson, by will prob. June 17, 1687, devised to Margaret, daughter of William Jones, personalty, and residue of his estate to William Jones, Jr., and Daniel Jones (at 18 years of age) and their heirs (Md. Cal. Wills, II, p. 19; see also post, Jones of Monie).
Cornelius lived on lands near Monie Bay. Others in Monie were: Nehemiah Covington and his family; Thomas Covington; Henry Hayman and his family; John Painter (or Panter); John Waller; William Jones; Robert Ingram.
Cornelius Johnson and Henry Hayman were appraisers in the "Inventory of all the goods and Cattle of David Williams and Jane, his wife of ye County of Somerset in the Province of Maryland lately Murthered by the Indians Appraised by us whose names are hereunto subscribed the twentieth Day of April Annoqr Domini 1678 ..." The appraised articles consisting of cattle, clothing, household goods, with a sole an only book "1 Old Bible," amounted to 10,793 pounds of tobacco.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1640 | Netherlands | |||
| Arrival | 1655 | Maryland |  | ||
| Marriage | Aft Feb 1662 | Northampton County, Virginia - Alice BAILY | | ||
| Residence | 1666 | Somerset County, Maryland | | ||
| Residence | 29 Sep 1683 | Cox's Mistake - Somerset County, Maryland | |||
| Residence | 13 May 1685 | New Holland - Somerset County, Maryland | |||
| Residence | 18 Dec 1686 | Cox's Choice - Somerset County, Maryland | |||
| Death | Bef 17 Jun 1687 | Monie, Somerset, Maryland | | ||
| Residence | 8 Dec 1688 | Rotterdam - Somerset County, Maryland |
Families
| Spouse | Alice BAILY ( - ) |
| Child | Cornelius JOHNSON ( - 1739) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010), Place: Maryland; Year: 1655; Page Number: 44.
2. Torrence, Clayton, Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland: A Study in Foundations and Founders (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet and Shepperson, 1935).
3. Ancestry.com, Maryland, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).
4. Torrence, Clayton, Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland: A Study in Foundations and Founders (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet and Shepperson, 1935).