Linda Reno, Is their more than one John JOHNSON who married an Eleanor SMITH? http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=1159&id=I10384 This Web site Claims Leonard JOHNSON who married Mary Howard was a son of some John JOHNSON who died abt 1744 and left a will, and married an Eleanor She states on her web site she was Eleanor SMITH. But it appears to me the John JOHNSON who married Eleanor SMITH is more likely the brother of the Leonard JOHNSON who married Mary HOWARD. She states on her web page: John leaving the land known as "Peters Wells" to his wife Eleanor in his will probated on April 23, 1767. Apparently then it passed into the hands of Mile Johnson. He then deeded it to his brother Thomas as recorded in the St. Mary's Chronicles, Transfers and Alienations. As was usual in that time apparently his wife was only given a life estate, meaning that she could only own the land during her lifetime and could not will the land to someone else or sell it. Jerry Clark's Notes on this John JOHNSON father of Leonard JOHNSON Notes: ____Johnson m. by 1717, Mary Smith, dau. of Peter and Dorothy Smith. Ref. PC-1; 224. (Marriages and Deaths, St Mary's County, Maryland 1634-1900 by Margaret K. Fresco for the Eastern Shore Regional Library, Salisbury, MD 21801) Abstracts of Wills by Carson Gibb; abstracted from PREROGATIVE COURT (Wills) MSA S538 <http://guide.mdsa.net/description.cfm?series=s538&action=stagser> Liber 24, folio 210 14 Oct. 1744 JOHNSON, JOHN, Sr. [St. Mary's Co.] To wife [not named], my dw. plntn. for life, she & son Peter to be extrs. To son Peter Johnson, after my wife d., my dw. plntn. To son Thomas Johnson, if son Peter d. s. p., my dw. plntn. To son John Johnson, the plntn. he dw. on. To son Leonard Johnson, the plntn. son John dw. on when he d. Witn: John Temple, Mary Temple, John Cock. 2 April 1745, sworn to by all 3 witn. JOHNSON, JOHN, St Mary's Co. 14 Jan, 1744; 2 Apr, 1745 Child.: PETER, THOMAS, JOHN, LEONARD, SUSANNA Wife (name not mentioned), and Peter Johnson, exs. Wit: John Temple, Mary Temple, John Cook. 24. 210 John Johnson 31.428 SM £57.11.5 Aug 7 ---- Nov 26 1745 Appraisers: M. Thompson, Richard Cooper. Creditors: administrator. Next of kin: Thomas Johnson. Administrator/Executor: Peter Johnson. Leona Cryer book, "Some Johnsons of Southern Maryland" April 2, 1745 will probated - reference to plantation "Hop(e)well" - Chaptico, MD "Hopewell" - later owned by Hope Johnson (?) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PEROGATIVE COURT INFORMATION for John Johnson (Possibly another John Johnson) [1] John Johnson 9.463 I SM 98..9.7 December 23, 1687 The amount of the inventory also included #4202 Appraisers: Mr. Thomas Carville (also Thomas Carvill); Mr. John Long Mentions: Mary, the daughter of the deceased. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RENT ROLL INFORMATION for John Johnson [1] St Mary's County Rent Rolls, 1639 to 1771 Page 47 John Johnson St Clements Hundred The Plaines. 150. 0.6.0. Surveyed December 5, 1676 for Obadiah Dunn. Possessor: Ethelbert Doyne in Choptico Hundred. Ethelbert Doyne from JOHN JOHNSON, May 28, 1712 150. 0.6.0. Vincent Taylor from Ethelbert Doyne, Aug 3, 1714 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [2] St Mary's County Rent Rolls, 1639 to 1771 Page 52 John Johnson Choptico Hundred Gardiners Landing. 100. 0.2.0. Surveyed Oct. 6, 1667 for Luke Gardiner by the side of Choptico Run. Possessor: Ethelbert Doyne. 100. 0.2.0 Ethelbert Doyne from John Johnson, May 28, 1712. 100. 0.2.0 Henry Neal from Roger Smith & Wife, Jan 30, 1750. 100. 0.2.0 Philip Key from Henry Neal, Apr 19, 1751. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ [3]. St Mary's County Rent Rolls, 1639 to 1771 Page 86 John Johnson Addition to Peters Well. 104. 0.4.2. Surveyed Jan 17, 1726 for JOHN Johnson. 104. 0.4.2. Philip Key from John Johnson, Aug. 4, 1736
John Johnson III, son of John Johnson, Jr. and wife, Eleanor died in 1781. He married Catherine Power who survived him and died in 1789. His will, dated 12/2/1780 named his wife Catherine and brother, Leonard as his executors. Linda Reno ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry L. Clark" <jerry876@comcast.net> To: <mdstmary@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 2:14 PM Subject: [MDSTMARY] John JOHNSON and Eleanor SMITH/Leonard JOHNSON and MaryHOWARD Linda Reno, Is their more than one John JOHNSON who married an Eleanor SMITH? http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=1159&id=I10384 This Web site Claims Leonard JOHNSON who married Mary Howard was a son of some John JOHNSON who died abt 1744 and left a will, and married an Eleanor She states on her web site she was Eleanor SMITH. But it appears to me the John JOHNSON who married Eleanor SMITH is more likely the brother of the Leonard JOHNSON who married Mary HOWARD. She states on her web page: John leaving the land known as "Peters Wells" to his wife Eleanor in his will probated on April 23, 1767. Apparently then it passed into the hands of Mile Johnson. He then deeded it to his brother Thomas as recorded in the St. Mary's Chronicles, Transfers and Alienations. As was usual in that time apparently his wife was only given a life estate, meaning that she could only own the land during her lifetime and could not will the land to someone else or sell it. Jerry Clark's Notes on this John JOHNSON father of Leonard JOHNSON Notes: ____Johnson m. by 1717, Mary Smith, dau. of Peter and Dorothy Smith. Ref. PC-1; 224. (Marriages and Deaths, St Mary's County, Maryland 1634-1900 by Margaret K. Fresco for the Eastern Shore Regional Library, Salisbury, MD 21801) Abstracts of Wills by Carson Gibb; abstracted from PREROGATIVE COURT (Wills) MSA S538 <http://guide.mdsa.net/description.cfm?series=s538&action=stagser> Liber 24, folio 210 14 Oct. 1744 JOHNSON, JOHN, Sr. [St. Mary's Co.] To wife [not named], my dw. plntn. for life, she & son Peter to be extrs. To son Peter Johnson, after my wife d., my dw. plntn. To son Thomas Johnson, if son Peter d. s. p., my dw. plntn. To son John Johnson, the plntn. he dw. on. To son Leonard Johnson, the plntn. son John dw. on when he d. Witn: John Temple, Mary Temple, John Cock. 2 April 1745, sworn to by all 3 witn. JOHNSON, JOHN, St Mary's Co. 14 Jan, 1744; 2 Apr, 1745 Child.: PETER, THOMAS, JOHN, LEONARD, SUSANNA Wife (name not mentioned), and Peter Johnson, exs. Wit: John Temple, Mary Temple, John Cook. 24. 210 John Johnson 31.428 SM £57.11.5 Aug 7 ---- Nov 26 1745 Appraisers: M. Thompson, Richard Cooper. Creditors: administrator. Next of kin: Thomas Johnson. Administrator/Executor: Peter Johnson. Leona Cryer book, "Some Johnsons of Southern Maryland" April 2, 1745 will probated - reference to plantation "Hop(e)well" - Chaptico, MD "Hopewell" - later owned by Hope Johnson (?) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PEROGATIVE COURT INFORMATION for John Johnson (Possibly another John Johnson) [1] John Johnson 9.463 I SM 98..9.7 December 23, 1687 The amount of the inventory also included #4202 Appraisers: Mr. Thomas Carville (also Thomas Carvill); Mr. John Long Mentions: Mary, the daughter of the deceased. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RENT ROLL INFORMATION for John Johnson [1] St Mary's County Rent Rolls, 1639 to 1771 Page 47 John Johnson St Clements Hundred The Plaines. 150. 0.6.0. Surveyed December 5, 1676 for Obadiah Dunn. Possessor: Ethelbert Doyne in Choptico Hundred. Ethelbert Doyne from JOHN JOHNSON, May 28, 1712 150. 0.6.0. Vincent Taylor from Ethelbert Doyne, Aug 3, 1714 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [2] St Mary's County Rent Rolls, 1639 to 1771 Page 52 John Johnson Choptico Hundred Gardiners Landing. 100. 0.2.0. Surveyed Oct. 6, 1667 for Luke Gardiner by the side of Choptico Run. Possessor: Ethelbert Doyne. 100. 0.2.0 Ethelbert Doyne from John Johnson, May 28, 1712. 100. 0.2.0 Henry Neal from Roger Smith & Wife, Jan 30, 1750. 100. 0.2.0 Philip Key from Henry Neal, Apr 19, 1751. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ [3]. St Mary's County Rent Rolls, 1639 to 1771 Page 86 John Johnson Addition to Peters Well. 104. 0.4.2. Surveyed Jan 17, 1726 for JOHN Johnson. 104. 0.4.2. Philip Key from John Johnson, Aug. 4, 1736 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message