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TYPE Moved to
DATE 25 AUG 1780
PLAC Bedford County, Virginia, South River MM.
St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent Co., VAJOHNSTON, JOHN, born in Annandale, settled in the Eastern Shore of Maryland before 1657, married Lucretia Massie, father of John, a vestryman in St. Peter’s parish, New Kent County, Virginia. [BLG#2768]
“1696Sailed to Virginia on a vessel belonging to Charles Dun”
Peter and Penelope’s daughter Elizabeth Massie married John Johnson, the eldest son of James the Emigrant, before 1699 in New Kent Co. Family legends recalled this daughter as Lucretia, but Quaker records show she was Elizabeth Massie.
John and Elizabeth had at least 12 children, including those with such significant family names as Ashley, Massie, John, Benjamin, Thomas, Margery, James and Elizabeth. Some descendants relocated to Ohio after the Revolution while others migrated earlier to Louisa and Amelia Cos., VA and Guilford Co., NC, where they were closely situated with descendants of John’s brother Benjamin.Margery and Benjamin originally settled alongside his brother John in the portion of New Kent Co. that became Hanover Co. in 1721. St. Paul’s Parish vestry records in 1712 show John and Benjamin owned property in the same vicinity with George Lovell, William McGehee, John Duffield, Hugh Case, Thomas Stanley and John Harris. (Anglican Church parishes were in charge of “processioning,” or the periodic verification of property lines in their jurisdictions.)
In the next few years, both John and Benjamin and their wives became active Quakers in the Henrico Monthly Meeting. John is first mentioned in the extensive records in 1719 and became the “overseer” of the Quaker meeting at White Oak Swamp, Henrico Co. the following year. In 1720, Benjamin appears in the records. While some researchers concluded that they did not associate with Quakers until 1719, the positions of authority they were given in these records suggest they established themselves as persons of trust in the meetings over time. Wives Elizabeth and Margery also were charged with such tasks as examining the fitness of women for marriage.“They lived at Green Springs, and he and his brother William, “with many others of the higher class,” in the vicinity, became Friends and built up Camp Creek MM and the meetings composing it. John Johnston entered 400 acres of land in Henrico Co., in 1718 and the same year was appointed overseer of Swamp Mtg. in the same county. In 1736 a “Select Mtg.” called Cedar Creek was set up, near Montpelier, Hanover Co., with John Johnston as a delegated member. Cedar Creek became a monthly meeting on cert. from Cedar Creek MM, VA 1766 (S.R.)”
Twin to Sarah Massie, wife of John’s brother William JohnstonPeter and Penelope’s daughter Elizabeth Massie married John Johnson, the eldest son of James the Emigrant, before 1699 in New Kent Co. Family legends recalled this daughter as Lucretia, but Quaker records show she was Elizabeth Massie.
John and Elizabeth had at least 12 children, including those with such significant family names as Ashley, Massie, John, Benjamin, Thomas, Margery, James and Elizabeth. Some descendants relocated to Ohio after the Revolution while others migrated earlier to Louisa and Amelia Cos., VA and Guilford Co., NC, where they were closely situated with descendants of John’s brother Benjamin.John and Elizabeth had at least 12 children, including those with such significant family names as Ashley, Massie, John, Benjamin, Thomas, Margery, James and Elizabeth.
Marriage Notes for John Johnson and Elizabeth Lucretia MASSIE-256123
1700 ?
1770,5,12. John rmt Lydia Hutchins
Goochland Co.
(2261.) MELINDA SMITH (826.) (223.) (34.) (4.) (1.):
visited relatives in Marion, Ohio, c1865. (R35).