Individual Details
Thomas Johnson
( - )
Captain Thomas Johnson "was commander-in-chief of the militia sent from Great Yarmouth in behalf of Parliament in teh great rebellion against the king. Later, when the Commonwealth undertook to usurp the powers of the king, however, he headed the same soldiers for the king against the Puritans."
Thomas Johnson's ancestors lived in Norfolk County, England. "The family resided for a considerable time at Great Yarmouth, and members of the family commanded ships in the fleet sent to oppose the Grand Armada when it was threatening England. The Johnsons have been members of the British Parliament, and bailiffs of Yarmouth since 1585. The family was still represented in the Parliament of 1625, which refused to submit to the usurpations of the king."
After the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660, Thomas Johnson received from the king an alteration of the family arms. "Three lions' heads ersed gules, ducally crowned or, on a field argent, between a fess-battled counter battled gules. Creat-a leopard's head on a ducal coronet. Motto--'Trust and Strive.'"
Thomas Johnson's ancestors lived in Norfolk County, England. "The family resided for a considerable time at Great Yarmouth, and members of the family commanded ships in the fleet sent to oppose the Grand Armada when it was threatening England. The Johnsons have been members of the British Parliament, and bailiffs of Yarmouth since 1585. The family was still represented in the Parliament of 1625, which refused to submit to the usurpations of the king."
After the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660, Thomas Johnson received from the king an alteration of the family arms. "Three lions' heads ersed gules, ducally crowned or, on a field argent, between a fess-battled counter battled gules. Creat-a leopard's head on a ducal coronet. Motto--'Trust and Strive.'"
Families
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