Individual Details
Captain Benjamin Johnson
( - 23 Jan 1771)
Events
| Marriage | Abt 1718 | Rebecca |  | ||
| Will | 21 Jan 1771 | Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, British America |  | | |
| Death | 23 Jan 1771 | Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, British America | | ||
| Birth | Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British America | |
Families
| Spouse | Rebecca ( - 1780) |
| Child | Rebecca Johnson (1719 - ) |
| Child | Esther Johnson (1721 - 1771) |
| Child | Mary Johnson (1724 - 1760) |
| Child | Abigail Johnson (1726 - 1801) |
Notes
Will
His will mentions his wife; the children of his daughter Mary Bemis, late of Spencer, deceased; the children of his daughter Rebecca Lynds, late of Leicester, deceased; his daughter Abigail Prouty of Spencer; grandsons Benjamin Bemis Jr. Benjamin Prouty, Johnson Prouty, and Johnson Lynds, the last being named his executor. (Worcester Co. Prob., 33282) The will of Rebecca Johnson, his widow, dated Sept. 29, 1780, names her daughter Abigail Prouty, wife of John Prouty. Among her heirs were Allen Newhall, William White, and Esther White. (Worceste Co. Prob. 33629.)Endnotes
1. Hillhouse, Margaret P., Historical and genealogical collections relating to the descendants of Rev. James Hillhouse. (New York: T.A. Wright, printer and publisher, 1924, 706 pgs.), p. 296.
2. Hon. Edward Francis Johnson, "Descendants of Capt. Edward Johnson," New England Historical and Genealogical Registe LIX (April 1905): 144.
3. Hillhouse, Margaret P., Historical and genealogical collections relating to the descendants of Rev. James Hillhouse. (New York: T.A. Wright, printer and publisher, 1924, 706 pgs.), p. 296.
4. Hon. Edward Francis Johnson, "Descendants of Capt. Edward Johnson," New England Historical and Genealogical Registe LIX (April 1905): 144.
5. Hillhouse, Margaret P., Historical and genealogical collections relating to the descendants of Rev. James Hillhouse. (New York: T.A. Wright, printer and publisher, 1924, 706 pgs.), p. 296.