Hello!

This is my first day here.  I'm descended from John Hickman Jenkins d.
1799 Halifax, VA. I descend from his daughter Sarah Jenkins who
married David Parker. VA   to Rowan, NC 1801.
Sarah's sister , named for her mother, Anne ?  unk, married William
Johnson. Her other sister Betsey J. married Emanuel Tombs. There are
Edward and Robert Jenkins listed on the john's Will. Halifax Wills:
6:58.

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On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Moonlightgems<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello and sorry in advance for the long winded explanation and
> request…  And thank you in advance for any help you can give us!    We
> are hoping someone can help us with our mystery…
>
> We are researching the family of William Johnson of Middlesex and
> Goochland Counties.  All the evidence we have found so far points to
> Henry Johnson of Essex and Lancaster Counties and Elizabeth Mussett
> (step daughter to Richard Bond of Essex VA.)  However DNA has proven
> NOT to be a match with a proven son of Henry (or any known Johnson
> line since before 1500).
>
> However, we are a match with a branch of the Horton family between 8
> and 12 generations ago. (Who to their knowledge never had any
> connections in Virginia.)   We are trying to figure out if we were on
> the wrong track the whole time - and we are a previously unknown line
> of Johnsons or if there was an adoption or maternal mishap.
>
> As I said, we thought William must be a son of Henry Johnson and
> Elizabeth Mussett but it is all circumstantial evidence.  Here is a
> synopsis of our evidence tying us to Henry Johnson:
>
> 1)       William Johnson of Middlesex born about 1700 and his wife Margaret
> Pace named their oldest daughter and son Elizabeth and Henry…  The
> second oldest son is named William after himself.  Sons were also
> named after Margaret’s father and grand-father.
>
> Henry Johnson died in Lancaster County in 1722 the order book states
> that Henry's oldest son (indicating there was at least one other son
> living at the time of Henry’s death) Sylvanus Johnson qualified as
> administrator of his estate along with Elizabeth Johnson and Robert
> Newsom.
>
> 2)      Robert Newsom is the uncle of Margaret Pace who married  William
> Johnson of Middlesex
>
> Lancaster County B 10 page 397 - May 11, 1722
> Johnson Heirs bond for administration of Henry Johnson Estate
> Eliza Johnson, oldest son Sill Johnson & Robert Neusom of Lancaster
> County are bound in the amount of 200 lbs jointly and firmly to
> administer the estate of Henry Johnson dec'd.
> Signed Eliza' Johnson
> Sill Johnson
> Rob't Neusom
>
> The Robert Neusom who witnessed the will of Henry Johnson in Lancaster
> is the brother to William Johnson’s mother in law, Elizabeth Newsome
> Pace.
>
> Wiliam Johnson and Margaret Pace lived in Urbanna but we have not been
> able to find a deed to his property there… Our only clue is in
> Middlesex Order Book 4, page 252. William Johnson was appointed
> surveyor of the Roads in place of William Kidd and the Court then
> ordered that the "surveyor of the road leading to Urbanna Town do
> cause the way to be made convenient for conveying tobacco from the
> Upper Where house to the landing."
> This, along with the fact that according to the Pace Society of
> America, Margaret's parents John Pace and Elizabeth Newsom lived on
> LaGrange Creek in Urbanna would indicate that William & Margaret also
> lived in or very near Urbanna.
>
> 3)      William Johnson purchased his property in Goochland from Charles
> Bond.  IF William Johnson was the son of Henry and Elizabeth, then he
> would have purchased this land from his cousin:
>
> A deed from Charles Bond to William Johnson of Middlesex County is
> recorded in Goochland DB 2, pages 193 and 194… Charles Bond and wife
> Mary to William Johnson of the County of Middlesex two hundred and
> fifty acres on the Little Byrd Creek. Witness: James George, Joseph
> Pace, Thomas Brackett.
>
> On Goochland County DB 2, page 194 Charles Bond agreed on paper to put
> up twice the amount of money than what William Johnson paid for the
> land. A bond of this type was not very common during this period and
> usually had a neutral third party involved.  Which indicates William
> knew and did not trust Charles Bond’s word.
>
> Charles Bond’s wife was Mary Parks from Essex County and Charles Bond
> was a nephew of Henry and Elizabeth Mussett Johnson:
>
> 1)      Elizabeth Mussett Johnson was the step-daughter to Richard Bond of Essex:
>
> The identity of Henry's wife Elizabeth as stepdaughter to Richard Bond
> is found in 1700 Essex County DB 10 PG 63:
> Deposition of John Webster Aged 50 yeares or thereabouts saith that
> about 14 or 15 years ago Mr. Richard Bond and his twoe sons arrived
> att my house ______ They came from Maryland at their request I gave
> them entertainment & some time after he sent for his wife and daughter
> & accordingly they came & I heard the said Bonds wife say very ofton
> that that was her daughter which she had by a former husband whose
> name was Mussitt & that her name was Elizabeth Mussitt and I heard her
> father in law Mr. Richard Bond & his two sons say the very same and
> this Eliza whole sirname was formerly Mussitt is now the Wife of Henry
> Johnson & I heard the said Bond & his wife say that when they was in
> Maryland they lived upon an island in Patuxusnt River and further
> saith not.
>
>
>
> When William Johnson of Middlesex died in 1744 he left his estate in
> Middlesex to his son Henry and his estate in Goochland to his son
> William.  All other properties were to be sold and divided among his
> remaining children.  (These children are all listed in the Christ
> Church Parrish Register)
>
> At this time, William Johnson Jr and his brother Benjamin Johnson both
> settled in Goochland County.  (We have a paper trail for both Benjamin
> and William Jr. from Middlesex to Goochland.)   At the same time
> William and Benjamin Johnson appear in Goochland, the Newsome, Pace,
> and Kidd families all appear.   At this same time, Francis Thurston
> also appears in Goochland from Middlesex.
>
> Back in Middlesex, Henry Johnson had been appointed as guardian to
> Francis and Elizabeth Thurston, orphans of John Thurston.
>
> DNA proves the most recent common ancestor between branches of our
> Johnson family is the son of Benjamin Johnson and the grandson of
> William Johnson of Middlesex.  Therefore the anomaly had to have
> occurred around 1739 or before. Which agrees with the FTDNA analysis
> of how closely we are related to the Horton family of  8-10
> generations.  Also, we have not found any Hortons in Goochland at all!
>
> Can anyone help us unravel this mystery?
>
> Thank you so very much,
> Val Johnson
>
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