This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thornton, Johnson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1070.2.2.2.2 Message Board Post: I connect to Phila V. Johnson's line. Her father Charles V. Johnson was born in Russell, St. Lawrence Co., NY the son of Charles Alvah and Rachel Pratt Viall Johnson. Rachel Pratt b. 1787 she claimed in MA was the sister of my GGGGGmother Elizabeth Betsy Pratt Rice. Both daughters of Abel and Rachel Pratt. Abel Pratt served in the Rev. War and received a pension until his death for that service. He served with the Green Mountain Boys of VT and was at Fort Ticonderoga. I have a lot of info on this line of Phila V. Johnson Thornton. Thanks for straightening me out on those children, I just attributed Alvin and Benjamin to your Margaret. Now Permelia is also a daughter of Margaret. Keeping all these folks straight is hard work. Thanks again for the info. Linda