Sixth Generation (Continued)
Family of Moses Johnson (131) & Sabillah Plympton

273. Simeon Johnson (Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Born Holliston, Mass., on 22 Jun 1733. Died possibly Lansingbury, (Troy) N.Y., abt 1823.

Resided at Holliston and Sherborn, Mass., and Dublin, N.H., Was at Dublin, N.H. in 1771, and in 1819 removed to Keene, Ohio? He died after the Revolution.
Simeon and his wife's brother, Silas Stone, Jr. fought at the battle of Bunker Hill.
"It must not be forgotten that some who served from Dublin and credited to it, served from other towns, also at a late date; while still others entered the army from neighboring towns, or from an adjoining colony -- before removing to dublin and entering the army from that town. The tax lists and census reports show that there was an active movement and growth of population in Dublin and neighboring towns before, during and immediately after the Rev. period," Page 6 of "Early Dublin" by S. C. Derby, Columbus, Ohio.
Levi Leonard says, "Hearing of Leington, Benjamin Johnson, Silas Stone, Jr. etc., started on foot and walked 48 miles and reached Medford, Mass., the following morning and enlisted in the Company of Capt. Benjamin Bullard of Sherborn, and were at Bunker Hill, where the regiment suffered severely. His father (Elizabeth's father) Silas Stone, Sr., and his brother, John were both killed in the Revolution." "History of Dublin, N. H." 2nd Editions, p. 102
The Charter of Dublin, N.H. was granted in 1771 by George III. The township increased in population repidly from 1763. Its settlers came in considerably from Massachusetts: Sherborn, Natick, Medfield, Holliston, Framingham, Temple, Amherst, and elsewhere.
Also migration from Framingham 1713 to Oxford, to Hopkinton Dec. 13, 1717, to Holliston 1724, to Shrewsbury 1727, Templeton 1735, Utica, N.Y. after Rev. After the close of the French war, there was a numerous emigration from Mass. into N.H. The proprietors of the unsold lands in the southern townships offered strong inducements to young men to purchase farms and remove there.
Simeon, maybe, his sons and Adam surely (but several of them returned to Roxbury later) and possibly others of his family went after the Revolution to Ohio. A brief concept of why the movement to Ohio occurred at this time is given in "Northwest Occupied" Chapter XIV p. 280. "A meeting was held in Boston Mar. 1, 1786, to encourage old soldiers to go to Ohio -- there was a good response -- credits of service in the Revolution were accepted in payment for soil, 66 2/3 cents an acre, certificates 8 to 10 cents. Congress welcomed the idea of payment, for it was stripped for money. The ordinance had a conglomerate character because it had been worked over and over by Congress."
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Deed - Hampton Co., Vol. 23 - p. 200. Deed of Moses, Isaac, Elisha, David, Joseph and Simeon, Johnson, all of Holliston, Mass., County of Middlesex. In consideration of £13.6 all out right to two lots laid out to the right of Nathaniel Johnson of Pomfret, Lots 8 & 9 granted by the General Court to Capt. Andrews and Company for service in the Canada Exposition in 1690, West Side of Northampton and Hatfield, Dec. 17, 1754 - French and Indian War Service.

Sources: Dedham, Mass. Church and Cemetery Records, pp. 115, 179.
"Dublin, N.H." by Leonard pp. 171, 797, 906, 883, 2nd edition.
Gregory Stone Genealogy, pp. 143-144.
"Holliston, Mass. to 1850" Birth pp. 84-86, marriages pp. 222, 225, 227.
"Natick, Mass. to 1850" pp. 57, 79, 86, 88.
"Sherborn, Mass. to 1850" pp. 17, 143.
"Mass. Soldiers & Sailors of Rev." Vol. VIII p. 873.
Revolutionary Document. "N.H. Prov. and State and Town papers" Vol. XXX, p. 45, Vol. I, pp. 60, 182.
"Descendants of John and Mary Coolidge of Watertown, Mass." by Emma Downing Coolidge.
"Family Records of Converse, Wheaton, Edwards, and Coolidge Families" by W. G. Hill.
"Dedham, Mass. Records - 1635-1845," Vol. I, p. 210.
"Edmund Rice Genealogy"
T. Coschocton County, Ohio (History of Keene)

He first married Elizabeth Stone, daughter of Silas Stone & Elizabeth Russell, on Jan 25, 1749/0. Born Natick on 7 Oct 1730.

She descended from the first son, John, of the Emigrant ancestor Coolidge. Pres. Calvin Coolidge descended from the second son, Simon.
Elizabeth (Stone) Johnson was willed £23.14 by her father. His wife lived in her old age with her eldest son, Amos, 1st at Cavendish, Vt., and then at Shoreham, Vt., dying in 1816, at the age of 86 years.
The Emigrant ancestor, Gregory Stone, proprietor of Watertown, lived most of his life in Cambridge, Mass. His orchards and farm were on the present site of Botonic gardens of Harvard University. He was a prominent man, Deputy of the General Court, Deacon of the Church for 34 years, civil magistrate, Governor's deputy, on the first board of Harvard, etc. etc. ("Gregory Stone Genealogy" by Bartlett. "Genealogy of Families of Watertown, Mass." by Bond.)
Silas Stone died in Lansingbury, N. Y. while returning to Albany from Saratoga with a portion of the American forces, about a week after the surrender of Burgoyne on Oct. 17, 1777. (See N.H. Rev. War Rolls, Vol. I, p. 634.) His son Silas Stone, Jr. also fought in the Revolution. They both signed the "Association Test of N.H."

He second married Elizabeth Gardner, daughter of Addington Gardner & Mary, on 19 Aug 1756. Born Sherborn, Mass., on 9 Mar 1738.

They had the following children:
i.  Moses. Born Holliston, Mass., on 4 Mar 1757.
586 ii.  Elizabeth (1760-)
587 iii.  Margaret (1764-1819)
iv.  Charlotte. Born Holliston, Mass., on 22 Nov 1766. Died on 31 Aug 1849.
She married Reuben Rice, son of Zebulon Rice & Susanna Allen, on 24 Dec 1816. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 10 Aug 1757. Died Ashburnham, Mass., on 22 Mar 1837.

Of Ashburton, Mass. His second wife, Charlotte Johnson and children of first wife are mentioned in his will.
Reuben Rice's earliest ancestor in America was Edmund Rice, born about 1594 in England, and settled in Sudbury, Mass. Reuben enlisted Dec. 1776 for Revolutionary service. While residing temporarily in Winchendon in 1777, he served in Captain Boynston's Company in N.Y. In the spring of 1780, he removed to Ashburnham. He was in the army at West Point, probably saw Andre's execution and was with the Northern Army at the time Arnold attempted to deliver that place to the King's forces. He also saw the arms of Burgoyne's forces stacked in the fields, after that general's surrender.
Reuben was married first on June 8, 1784 to Sarah Metcalf, who died February 14, 1814 at age 49 yrs.

Sources: "Edmund Rice Genealogy" p. 137.
"Dublin New Hampshire" by Leonard - 1920 Ed. p. 904 (for Carlotte and Simeon, Sr.)
Annals of Silas and Abigail Johnson Assn., Bristol, Vt.
v.  Anna. Born Holliston, Mass., on 13 Oct 1771.
588 vi.  Adam (1772-1852)
589 vii.  Simeon
590 viii.  Silas (1779-1865)

274. Sabillah Johnson (Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Born Holliston, Mass., on 4 Oct 1734. Died on 18 Jun 1795.

She married Benjamin Marshall, on 28 Sep 1756. Died bef Jun 1795.

Of Marblehead, Mass. resided at Holliston, Mass. and Dublin, N.H.

They had the following children:
i.  Elizabeth. Born on 20 Oct 1761.
ii.  Sarah. Born on 17 Apr 1763.
She married Amariah Force.
iii.  Mary. Born on 10 Oct 1765.
iv.  Annis. Born on 12 Feb 1768.
v.  Sibbil. Born on 15 Feb 1770.
She married Jacob Wenzell, on 30 Mar 1796.
vi.  Benjamin. Born on 2 Jun 1773.
vii.  Moses. Born on 15 Dec 1775.
He married Lucy Campbell, on 31 Dec 1801.

275. Moses Johnson (Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Born Holliston, Mass., on 5 Oct 1738. Died Leicester, Vt., on 17 Nov 1803. Buried Brookside Cemetery.

Was called "Moses of Southborough." Resided at Dublin, N.H. as early as 1764. Purchased land in 1766. Some later sold his farm, but continued to sell land there as late as 1782. He served in the Revolution; Capt. Abbott's Company, Col. Stark's Regiment. Also Capt. John Mellen's Co. and also that of Capt. Sam Twitchell's in Rhode Island, 1778. He signed the "Association Test of N.H." Died at age 65 years.

He married Elizabeth Underwood, on 29 Jan 1752.

They had the following children:
i.  Enoch. Born Natick, Mass., on 22 Aug 1753.
591 ii.  Sabillah (1776-1847)
592 iii.  Moses (1755-1850)

276. Lydia Johnson (Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Born Holliston, Mass., on 15 Sep 1742. Died Holliston, Mass., on 31 May 1817.

She married Reuben Johnson (282) , son of Isaac Johnson (132) (28 Mar 1714-) & Abigail Leland (28 Mar 1716-23 Aug 1745), on 13 Oct 1763. Born on 12 Apr 1745. Died on 8 Jan 1816.

Marriage also given as one day earlier.

They had the following children:
593 i.  Amos (1763-)
594 ii.  Hollis (1775-1859)
595 iii.  Silas (-1842)
iv.  Levina. Died on 5 Sep 1831.
Unmarried.
v.  Deborah.
vi.  Catherine.

277. Asa Johnson (Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Born on 9 Sep 1749.

Of Hopkinton. They renived to Fitswilliam, N.H., then to Hartland, Vt. and about 1801 (or 1802) to Attica, N.Y. Asa was a corporal in Capt. John Lealand's Co. of Minute Men. Col. Abijah Pierce's Regt., which marched on the alarm of April 10, 1775 to Cambridge; also Serg. in Col. Ephraim Wheelock's Regt.; return of officers dated Ticonderoga Oct. 11, 1776. "Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of Rev." Vol. VIII p. 815.

Sources: "Sherborn, Mass. to 1850" Brith, p. 51, marriages p., 143, deaths p. 208.
"Holliston, Mass. to 1850".

He married Hannah Mellen, daughter of Daniel Mellen & Hannah Adams, on 2 Jul 1778 in Holliston, Mass. Born on 5 Mar 1751.

They had the following children:
i.  Ithamer. Born on 19 Jan 1780.
ii.  Hannah. Born on 1 Sep 1781.
iii.  Daniel. Born on 15 Jun 1784. Died on 1 May 1787.
iv.  Asa. Born on 14 Apr 1786.
v.  James Mellen. Born Hartland, Vt., on 9 Aug 1796.
vi.  Eliza. Born on 4 Mar 1797. Died on 21 Oct 1799.

278. Nathan Johnson (Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Baptized Holliston, Mass., on 25 Aug 1754. Died on 28 Aug 1819.

Resided Sherborn, Mass. Rev. War Record reads: "In Capt. Lealand's Company, COl. Doolittle's Regt.; also corp. in Capt. Jacob Miller's Co. Col. Ephraim Doolittle's 24th Regt., Winter Hill Oct. 31, 1774; also Serg. Capt. Amos Perry's Co., Col. Hawes Regt. etc...." "Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in Rev." Vol. VIII p. 860.

Sources: "Sherborn, Mass. to 1850" Births p. 51, marriages p. 143, deaths p. 208.
"Holliston, Mass. to 1850"

SML Comment: Marriage date has (?).

He married Hannah Leland, daughter of Simeon Leland & Hannah Partridge, on 8 Oct 1778. Born in 1758. Died on 18 Mar 1822.

They had the following children:
596 i.  Susanna (1778-)
ii.  Aretmas. Born on 18 Nov 1780. Died Rehoboth, Mass., in Dec 1827.
He was a physician at Pawtucker, R.I.

He married Eliza N. Davenport, on 15 Jun 1820 in Seekonk, R.I. Died on 19 Apr 1858.
iii.  Herman. Born on 25 Nov 1785. Died on 2 Feb 1822.
Killed by a falling tree.
597 iv.  Nathan (1788-)
598 v.  Hiram (1790-1836)
599 vi.  Hannah (1793-1844)
vii.  Plympton. Born on 20 Sep 1796. Died on 27 Oct 1828.
Unmarried.

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