Fourth Generation (Continued)
Family of Benjamin Johnson (15) & Rebecca Hersey

42. Sarah Johnson (Benjamin3, Humphrey2, John1). Born on 7 Feb 1694. Died on 15 May 1736.

She married Nathaniel Fearing, son of John Fearing & Hannah Beale, on 25 Jan 1716 in Hingham, Mass. Born on 2 Jan 1680. Died on 22 Apr 1751.

He was Constable in 1717; Selectman in 1723.
Nathaniel Fearing's 1st wife was Mary Lincoln, daughter of Samuel and Deborah (Hersey) Lincoln. Samuel was selectman in 1694 and 1695 and in 1675 and 1675 he was member of Captain Isaac's company and participated as cavalryman in the great Narragansett Fight.
Samuel's two sons, Samuel (aab) and Jedediah (aac) have interesting and lengthy wills, showing great prosperity and generosity, but the most arresting item, considering the popular notion of President Abraham Lincoln's (adaaa db) insignificant background, is found in the will of Mordecai (ad), ancestor of Abraham Lincoln, who was born Jan. 14, 1657 at Scituate, Mass., and died Nov. 28, 1727, and who was the uncle of Mary (aad), Samuel (aab), and Jedediah (aac), who, after disposing of considerable property to various of his family, says, "If either my son Isaac, my son-in-law Ambrose Cole, or Daniel Tower shall bring up in learning or liberal education, either of their sons or each of them a son which they now have, I allow toward his or their learning £40 to each or everyone of the three which may be so educated, to be paid by my executors £10 to them yearly during the four years they may remain at college." "Lincoln Genealogy" by Waldo Lincoln, p. 19.

Sources: "History of Hingham, Mass." Vol. II, pp. 218 and 298.
"Lincoln Genealogy" by Waldo Lincoln, pp. 10, 76.
"Lincoln Genealogy," by Waldo Lincoln, pp. 32-33.

They had the following children:
i.  Sarah. Born in 1717. Died on 4 Feb 1784.
She married Benjamin King.
ii.  Mary. Born on 18 Oct 1718.
She first married David Lincoln.
She second married Deacon Joshua Hersey.
122 iii.  Rachel (1721-)
iv.  Ruth. Born in 1724. Died on 26 Nov 1748.

43. Benjamin Johnson (Benjamin3, Humphrey2, John1). Born on 3 Jun 1696. Baptized Sharon, Mass., on 30 Mar 1760.

Sources: "History of Hingham, Mass." Vol. II, p. 385.
"Suffolk Deeds" Vol. 62, p. 172: "Benjamin Johnson of Hingham, blacksmith: sells to Joshua Lincoln of said Hingham, yeoman, in consideration of £430 all that my dwelling-house, barn, outhousing, and land adjoining, conatining nine acres more or less, which was formerly the homestead of my honored father, Benjamin Johnson, decased; bounded westerly with the land of Matthew Lincoln; foresaid, and partly with the Lane called Austin's Lane, easterly with the land of Jeremiah Hersey, northerly with the town street or common land, together with a Smith's Shop standing to the northward of said house near the Brook," etc.... Acknowledged before Benjamin Lincoln, Apr. 29, 1737.

SML Comment: Birth year probably shoud be 1697.

He married Ruth Beale, daughter of Caleb Beale & Ruth Hersey, on 4 Feb 1720. Born Hingham, Mass., on 11 Jan 1698. Died on 8 Sep 1764.

They had the following children:
123 i.  Caleb (1723-)
124 ii.  Isaac (1725-)
125 iii.  Ruth (-1792)
126 iv.  John
v.  Obed. Baptized on 17 Jun 1733. Died on 9 Jan 1734.
vi.  Obed. Baptized on 17 Aug 1735. Died on 17 Sep 1735.
vii.  Noah. Born on 4 Oct 1738. Baptized on 13 Mar 1802.
He married Sarah Esty, daughter of Samuel Esty & Rebecca Hawes, on 22 Sep 1772. Born on 4 Mar 1725. Died on 1 Apr 1781.

44. Mary Johnson (Benjamin3, Humphrey2, John1). Born on 28 Jul 1699. Baptized on 29 Oct 1723.

She married Barnabus Seabury, son of Samuel Seabury Jr. & Abigail Allen, on 11 Oct 1722. Born on 29 Jan 1700.

Barnabas married second Abigail Cookle of Plymouth, Mass. (?).

They had one child:
i.  Rebecca. Born on 24 Sep 1723.

45. Joshua Johnson (Benjamin3, Humphrey2, John1). Born on 28 Sep 1701. Baptized on 8 Aug 1789.

They removed from Hingham, Mass. to Stoughton, Mass. about 1740.

He married Lydia Ward, daughter of Henry Ward & Ruth Baily, on 29 Apr 1730. Born on 15 Jun 1705. Died on 31 Mar 1786.

Widow of Jacob Lincoln.

They had the following children:
127 i.  John (1731-)
ii.  Joshua. Born on 25 Oct 1732. Died on 15 Mar 1751.
128 iii.  Jacob (1735-)
iv.  Sarah. Born on 6 Nov 1741.
She married ---- Webb.

They resided in Lincoln County, Maine.
129 v.  Mary (1744-)
vi.  Rebecca. Baptized on 12 Apr 1747.

46. Deborah Johnson (Benjamin3, Humphrey2, John1). Born on 8 Sep 1703.

SML Comment: Descendant Ken Dean writes (Apr 2002): Add sons Seth b. abt 1731 m. Ruth Phillips, and Josiah b. abt 1733 m. Susannah Washburn.

She married Benjamin Perry, son of Benjamin Perry & Dinah Swift, in Mat 27, 1722/3 in Bridgewater, Mass. Born on 19 Mar 1699.

Of Sandwich, Mass.

Sources: Journal of Am. Gen. pp. 40-41.
"Bridgewater, Mass. Vital Statistics to 1850" p. 203 sayd: Deborah Johnson married Benjamin Perry of Sandwich, Mass. May 27, 1723. "History of Bridgewater, Mass." end edition 1897, p. 211, Deborah is listed as the daughter of Isaac and Abigail (Leavitt Johnson.

They had the following children:
i.  Rebecca. Born on 2 May 1724. Died on 4 Dec 1792.
She married Elder Simon Dakin, on 16 Dec 1742.
ii.  Ruth. Born on 1 Apr 1726.
iii.  Jerusha. Born on 10 May 1727.
iv.  Rowland. Born on 23 May 1729. Died in 1787.

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