He will be rejoining the list so feel free to answer to the list on this one CARA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel Jones" <samdarjones@yahoo.com> To: "Listname IRL-WICKLOW" <IRL-WICKLOW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 9:04 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} ROLL CALL -JOHNSON - DARBY - LOFTUS - PHILPOT - CARTIER > > Cara > > Here is the information that I have. > > Time frame 1700 - 1834 in County Wicklow, Ireland > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Our mother's hand written notes: > > > > "William Johnson and his wife Elizabeth Darby, came to Baltimore, Maryland > from Vale of Avoca, Ireland, about 1832, bringing twelve children, six > sons and six daughters, Samuel Johnson about twelve years old, Matthew > about four years old. Samuel was the father of my Mother Annie M. Johnson; > Matthew was the Father of my Father William George Johnson. My Mother and > Father being first cousins. The other sons to the best of my knowledge > being William, Edward, Richard, and Thomas." > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > A Genealogy of the Waterman & Showalter Families by Marion Waterman > Showalter, published in 1973. > > The Johnson Family 1820-1972 > > "The Johnsons were from the Vale of Avoca, Ireland. In 1830 William, a > Scotch-Irish Protestant arrived in Baltimore, Md., having decided to find > his way in a new setting because the family business had come upon hard > times. They owned and operated a salt mine. The business had been > dissipated because of a succession of inheritors. Realizing therefore that > he could no longer depend upon the past to make a way in the world for his > large family, he left and came to America. > > He brought his wife, Mary Darby Johnson, and all twelve of his children. > He was still affluent enough to bring along an entourage of household > retinue and coachmen. He settled in Baltimore to spend his final days > living off the remainder of any wealth he had brought with him. His twelve > children were comprised of six sons and six daughters. > > 1. Richard 7. Debra > > 2. Edward 8. Elizabeth > > 3. William 9. Katherine > > 4. Thomas 10. Mary > > 5. Samuel 11. Hannah > > 6. Matthew 12. Margaret > > Richard later opened a marble yard in Baltimore that became the largest in > the city. Edward had a marble yard in Washington, D.C. The three, William, > Samuel and Matthew migrated to Virginia to become farmers. The Johnson men > were all Stone Masons known as the Original Stone Cutters from Scotland. > They helped build the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. > > They met their Virginia wives while they were building abutments for > bridges on the railroad that goes to Stanton, Va. (sic) [Staunton, Augusta > Co., Virginia] > > Debra married a Philpot of the social register, and with Mr. Philpot's > money was able to return to Ireland and re-vitalize the mines. She died in > the family Castle in the Vale of Avoca. > > Elizabeth married into the prominent Byrnes family of Baltimore, where > Libby Byrnes was, at one time, known as the hostess of the most lavish > affairs of the city. She was the grandmother of the late Governor O'Connor > of Maryland. > > Katherine married a Mr. Loftus who, ironically, happened to be one of the > coachmen her father had brought from Ireland with them. > > Mary married Mr. Burns who was Sanitation Commissioner of Baltimore at the > time. > > Hannah returned to Ireland to marry Lord Cartier of London, whom she had > know before the family came here. > > William left six brothers in Ireland, and four of the six were > Presbyterian ministers. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild > > Mary and Susan Liverpool, England to New York 11 July 1834 > > DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK > > 58 Elizabeth Johnson 44 female Ireland > > 59 Elizabeth Johnson 20 female Ireland > > 60 Catharine Johnson 14 female Ireland > > 61 Mary Johnson 9 female Ireland > > 62 William Johnson 12 male Ireland > > 63 Samuel Johnson 10 male Ireland > > 64 Matthew Johnson 5 male Ireland > > 65 Richard Loftus 20 male servant Ireland > > National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Roll 23, List > 547. Transcribed by Robert W. Grose a member of the Immigrant Ships > Transcribers Guild 15 December 2004 > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850 > > Name: Richard Loftis Gender: Male Marriage Date: 29 Aug 1836 Spouse: > Catharine Johnson Spouse Gender: Male State: Maryland County: Baltimore > > Source Information: Batch No.: M704072 Dates: 1835 - 1837 Source Call No.: > 0013694 Type: Film Printout Call No.: NONE Type: Sheet: 00 > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Archives of Maryland online > > Matchett's Baltimore Director For 1853-54 Volume 564, Page 162 > > Johnson Richard, stone cutter, cor Pratt & Greene dw 88 Pearl (dw. > Dwelling) > > Matchett's Baltimore Director For 1855-56 > Johnson Edward, granite cutter, 17 s Fremont > > > Matchett's Baltimore Director For 1855-56 Volume 565, Page 178 > > Johnson Thomas, stone cutter, 146 Dover > > Woods' Baltimore Directory for 1856-57 Volume 544, Page 179 > > Johnson Matthew, stone cutter, 229 Lemmon > > Johnson Rich, stone cutter, 31 n Poppleton > > _____________________________________________ > > Samuel Darby Jones, in Maryland > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? 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