2c John Johnson and Lydia Watkins

John Johnson and Lydia Watkins

John Johnson was born in 1732. He was the son of John Johnson and Elizabeth Ellyson.

John and Lydia W. Johnson settled on Ivy creek in 178O

He was gct South River MM on 9 May 1789 at Cedar Creek Meeting house in Hanover, Virginia, United States. 1789, 5, 9. John & w, Lidia, & ch, Susana, John, Thomas & Lydia, gct South River MM, Campbell Co.

His will signed in 1813

I, John Johnson of Bedford County, do hereby make and ordain this my last will and testament. In the manner following I do lend my wife Lydia Johnson during her life the Land and plantation whereon I now live with all the personal estate I, Joseph, and at her decease for the Land to revert to my Son Thomas Johnson and his heirs forever & I have __ unto my son James Johnson the sum of one thousand dollars to be laid out in Land upon? the State of the Ohio by him for the Benefit of my son John Johnson, deceased and to be equally divided between them, then at the decision of my aforesaid wife for my personal estate and make a return to court and then giving three months Legal notice of a sale of the said estate and for the amount of sale to be divided equally between my Children to wit, Judith Ballard, Susannah Wilkerson, James, Samuel, Joseph & Thomas Johnson and Lydia Moorman and the heirs of my son John Johnson to come in as one legalese in all making eight shares & I do constitute my son Thomas Johnson and James Martin Capt? of Campbell to be my executors of this my last will and testament given under my hand & seal this 24th day of September eighteen hundred and thirteen signed in the present of Samuel Poindexter

                                                                                                                    John Johnson Seal

B the words? between tem, and equally interlined before signed Samuel Poindexter, Dabney Poindexter, Benjamin X Ellot his mark Aug 1817 

John died on 31 Aug 1816 at the age of 84 at Ivv Creek in Bedford, Virginia, United States. 

Lydia Watkins, daughter of Benjamin Watkins and Jane Watkins, was born on 1 Jan 1735/6 in Goochland, Virginia, British America. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Priscilla Watkins of Goochland County.

John Johnson and Lydia Watkins had the following children:

   i.   Judith Johnson, born 13 Aug 1755, Bedford, Virginia, United States; married Barclay Ballard of Bedford, 27 Feb 1776, Bedford, Virginia, British America; died bef Sep 1821.

  ii.   Susanna Johnson, born 28 Mar 1757; married Wilkerson, 1781.

 iii.   James C. Johnson > Kit # 717 born 27 Aug 1758, Virginia, British America; married Rachel Moorman, 18 Mar 1781, Campbell, Virginia, United States; died between 1839-1847 Highland, Ohio.

 iv.   Samuel Johnson > Kit # 583669 born 18 Feb 1761, Cedar Creek, Hanover, Virginia, British America; married Susannah Moorman, 20 Jan 1788, South River Meeting house, Campbell, Virginia; died 29 Oct 1852, Greene, Ohio, United States.

  v.   Joseph E. Johnson, born 1 Oct 1763; married Agatha Moorman, 17 Apr 1785, South River Meeting house, Campbell, Virginia; died 1844.

 vi.   John Johnson > Kit# 418 born 5 Feb 1766, of Bedford Co - chart 9; married Rhoda Moorman, 21 Oct 1789, Campbell, Virginia, United States; died 14 Jan 1803.

  vii.   Thomas Johnson was born on 29 Dec 1769. He died on 15 Sep 1821 at the age of 51 in Cabell, Virginia, United States. He signed a will on 19 Oct 1826 in Cabell, Virginia, United States. heirs: brothers & sisters: James, amual, Joseph, Lydia (wid of Ruben Moorman), children & Heirs of brother John: Micajah, John, Charles, James, James Bryan & Polly his wife.

and heirs of sister Judith Ballard: Thomas Ballard, Caleb Kirk & Susanna Kirk his wife.

viii.   Jonathan Johnson was born on 13 Apr 1771 in Cedar Creek, Hanover, Virginia, British America. I f he was their son he died before 1789 (age 18) since he was not listed in 1789 move to So River.

He was not listed in father's 1813 will.

ix.   Lydia Johnson, born 29 Jan 1779, Bedford, Virginia, United States; married Ruben Moorman, 13 Jan 1799, Bedford, Virginia, United States.

Second Generation

John Johnson was born on 5 Feb 1766 in of Bedford Co. He died on 14 Jan 1803 at the age of 36. 

John Johnson, of Bedford County, and Rhoda Moorman, of Campbell, were married at South River Meeting-house 10-21-1789.

The following witnesses signed the marriage certificate :

Micajah Moorman,

William Johnson,

Joseph Johnson,

Andrew Moorman,

James Johnson,

Samuel Johnson,

Thomas Moorman,

William Bloxom,

Charles Moorman,

Thomas Johnson,

Moorman Johnson,

Thomas Johnson,

Joseph Stratton,

Samuel Davis,

Richard Bloxom,

Mary Davis,

Annis Davis,

Agatha Johnson,

Susanna Johnson,

Betty Moorman,

Dosha Moorman,

Sarah Stratton,

Milley Johnson,

Susanna Johnson,

Nancy Moorman,

Rachel Johnson,

Prudence Moorman.

Rhoda Moorman, daughter of Micajah C. Moorman and Susanna Chiles, was born on 15 Aug 1769 in Campbell, Virginia, British America. 

She was mentioned in her father, Micajah Moorman's will when the estate was probated on 25 Nov 1806.

Item. I give unto four of my daughters to wit, Mildred Johnson, Rhoda Johnson, Susanna Johnson and Doshea Stratton fifty acres of land each out of the remainder of the tract of three hundred acres I have purchased in the State of Ohio, to be divided between them as convenient and as equal in quality as it well can, with other things furniture &c which they have already received, to them and their heirs forever.

She was living in 1809 in Clinton, Ohio, United States. With irrepressible energy Rhoda [Moorman] Johnson set out on the long journey to Ohio in 1809 with her seven children. Her certificate of membership addressed to Center Monthly Meeting of Friends, Clinton County, Ohio, dated 11th mo 11th 1809, recommends her and her children, — the name of each child given, — to the ” Christian care and oversight ” of Friends in her new home and surroundings. They were accompanied by her  mother, Susannah Moorman, and her granddaughter, Molly Moorman, and other emigrants, all of whom settled in Ohio.

A large number of relatives and friends had preceded them to ” Miami,” Ohio, in the early spring of 1806, among these were her brother Charles Moorman and his family, and eight Johnson families, together with the Terrells and Butterworths.

Rhoda M. Coffin “In 1807 she disposed of her property in Virginia, and with her family and necessary effects in a two-horse wagon, she left her native state and removed to Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio. I have heard my grandmother say that she was six weeks on the road.

John Johnson and Rhoda Moorman had the following children:

 i.   Joseph Watkins Johnson, born 7 Apr 1791, Campbell, Virginia, United States; married Catherine Moorman, abt 1812, Campbell, Virginia, United States; died 1 Aug 1815, Virginia, US

 ii.   Micajah Johnson, born 28 Nov 1792, Campbell, Virginia, United States; married Rebecca O’NEAL, 4 Aug 1813, Wayne, Warren, Ohio, United States; married Anna Hale, 21 Dec 1850; died 31 Aug 1859, Warren, Ohio, United States.

iii.   John Johnson, born 3 Jan 1795, Campbell, Virginia, United States; married Judith Faulkner.

iv.   Charles Johnson was born on 14 Jan 1797.

 v.   Polly Moorman Johnson, born 14 Jan 1799; married James Bryan .

vi.   Lewis "chart 56" Johnson was born on 7 Mar 1801. married Mary Bangham

vii. James "chart 56A" Johnson was born on 25 Feb 1803 in Campbell, Virginia, US

Third Generation

Joseph Watkins Johnson was born on 7 Apr 1791 in Campbell, Virginia, United States. He died on 1 Aug 1815 at the age of 24 in Virginia, United States.

Joseph Watkins Johnson and Catherine Moorman were married about 1812 in Campbell, Virginia, United States. Catherine Moorman, daughter of Andrew Moorman and Prudence Goode, was born on 7 Aug 1789 in Campbell, Virginia, United States. She died on 2 Jan 1884 at the age of 94 in Columbia City, Columbia, Whitley, Indiana, United States.

Joseph Watkins Johnson and Catherine Moorman had the following child:

  i.  Elizabeth Ann Johnson, born 1813, Bedford, Virginia; died 1910, married Charles Little.  

 ii.   Joseph Watkins Johnson Jr, born 15 Dec 1815, Silver Springs, Greene, Ohio, United States; married Elizabeth Knight, 3 Feb 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States; died 7 Jun 1887, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States.

Fourth Generation

Joseph Watkins Johnson Jr was born on 15 Dec 1815 in Silver Springs, Greene, Ohio, United States. He died on 7 Jun 1887 at the age of 71 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States. Member of the 1,220 company of Pioneers led by Brigham Young to go to Utah to settle.

Joseph Watkins Johnson Jr and Elizabeth Knight were married on 3 Feb 1842 in Navoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. Elizabeth Knight was born on 22 Jul 1817 in Colesville, Broome, New York, United States. She died on 10 Sep 1883 at the age of 66 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States.

Joseph Watkins Johnson Jr. and Elizabeth Knight had the following children:

 i.   Carmolia Esther Johnson was born in 1843 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.

ii.   Hyrum Calmer Johnson was born in 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. 

           He died in 1845 at the age of 0 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.

iii.   Castina Johnson, born 4 Aug 1846, Mt Pisgah, Hancock, Illinois, United States; 

married Wesley S. Trescott, 1868; died 22 Mar 1931, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

viii.   Elizabeth D "Lizzie" Johnson, born 8 Sep 1855, St. George, Utah Territory, United States; married               Henry Gardner, 1874; died 11 Nov 1931, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

iv.   Joseph Knight Johnson was born and died in 1849 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.

                       ix.  David Knight Johnson, born 22 Sep 1859, Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, 

UnitedStates; married Amelia Francis Howells, 9 Oct 1889, Logan, Cache, Utah Territory, United States; died 21 Jun 1931, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

Joseph also had other children

Fifth Generation

David Knight Johnson was born on 22 Sep 1859 in Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States. He died on 21 Jun 1931 at the age of 71 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

David Knight Johnson and Amelia Francis Howells were married on 9 Oct 1889 in Logan, Cache, Utah Territory, United States. Amelia Francis Howells was born on 9 May 1862 in Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States. She died on 29 Apr 1948 at the age of 85 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

David Knight Johnson and Amelia Francis Howells had the following children:

 i.   David Lester Johnson was born in 1890. He died in 1906 at the age of 16.

ii.   Russel Howells Johnson was born in 1891. He died in 1964 at the age of 73.

 iii. Welby Knight Johnson, born 4 Jul 1903, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; married Jennie Nielsen Cottrell, 7 Sep 1927, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died 8 Apr 1993, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

Sixth Generation

Welby Knight Johnson was born on 4 Jul 1903 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 8 Apr 1993 at the age of 89 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.  

Welby Knight Johnson, age 89, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away April 8, 1993. 

Born July 4, 1903 in Salt Lake City, Utah to David and Amelia Johnson. Married Jennie N.Cottrell in the Salt Lake LDS Temple September 7, 1927.Graduated U of U. Served in U.S. Army during World War II and received a disability retirement as a Capt. in 1947. Retired from Post Office after 35years. Active member of the LDS Church in the McKay Ward. 

Welby Knight Johnson and Jennie Nielsen Cottrell were married on 7 Sep 1927 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. 

Jennie Nielsen Cottrell was born on 14 Oct 1907 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She died on 16 Oct 1991 at the age of 84 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

Welby Knight Johnson and Jennie Nielsen Cottrell had children including:

ii. Donald Knight Johnson (Kit # 418 ) was born on 12 Apr 1931 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 23 Feb 2016 at the age of 84 in Clearfield, Davis, Utah, United States.  

Donald's Kit #481 was one of the original members of the Johnson DNA project. 

The 12 marker test has the results of 13 24 14 10 12-14 12 12 12 14 13 30. vs 15 for the Group.

While it is a major marker used to categorize people it is really just one mutation away from the Olive group over seven generations.