Seventh Generation (Continued)
Family of Simeon Johnson (273) & Elizabeth Gardner

586. Elizabeth Johnson (Simeon6, Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Born Holliston, Mass., on 7 Apr 1760.

Removed to Chittenden, Vt.

She married John Rollins, on 16 Oct 1787 in Dublin, N.H.

They had one child:
i.  Six children.

587. Margaret Johnson (Simeon6, Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Born Holliston, Mass., on 3 May 1764. Died Dublin, N.H., on 3 Aug 1819.

Sources: Butters Genealogy
History of Dublin, N.H., by Leonard, 1920 Edition, pp. 423-424, 457, 797, 908.
Annals of Silas and Abigail Johnson Assn., Bristol, Vt.

She married Joshua Stanley, son of David Stanley & Sarah Butters, on 3 Jul 1783 in Dublin, N.H. Born on 22 Feb 1766. Died Dublin, N.H., on 10 Feb 1843.

Sources: (Butters Genealogy gives birth as Feb. 24, 1765, at Wilminton, Mass.)

They had the following children:
i.  William. Born on 4 Sep 1784.
He married Polly Yeardley.
1099 ii.  Joshua (1786-1852)
iii.  Betsey. Born on 23 Dec 1788.
She married Jacob G. Lakin, in Dec 1809. Died on 10 Aug 1849.
iv.  Sarah. Born on 15 May 1791.
She married Moses Lakin.
1100 v.  Simeon (1793-1857)
vi.  Margaret.
vii.  Charlotte. Born on 10 Mar 1800.
viii.  Charles. Born on 16 Jul 1802.

588. Adam Johnson (Simeon6, Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Born Cheshire Co., N.H., in 1772. Died Perry, Ill., in 1852.

Adam, Simeon's eldest son, served in Capt. Joseph Finley's Company of Volunteers who marched from Londonderry, N.H. to join the Continental Army at Saratoga, Sept. 1777. This particular group of vlunteers is mentioned over and over again in local histories of the Revolution.
The removed to Keene, Ohio, in 1819. He taught the first school there. His daughter, Daphne, also taught there. He was Justice of the Peace, also Town Surveyor. He was well educated and before leaving New Hampshire, was noted as a successful teacher of difficult schools. Martha was living with her son Maro at Roscoe, Ohio, in 1860. She was then 80 years of age.

Sources: "History of Dublin, N.H." by Leonard, 2nd Edition.
"History of Coshocton Co., Ohio -- by Hunt, p. 37. Keene, Ohio.
Annals of Silas and Abigail Johnson Assn., Bristol, Vt.
"Continental History of Coshocton County" by Bahner, p. 61: "Adam Johnson, father of Dr. maro Johnson was born in Cheshire County, N.H., and came to Keene about 1820. Adam was a good representative of continental days; stong of body and mind; dignified in manner, wore a queue, had knowledge of the Latin language, was a student of the philosophies." Adam Johnson was the first Clerk in Coshocton County.

He married Martha 'Patty' Breed, daughter of Nathaniel Breed & Thankful Day, on 25 Aug 1803. Born Nelson, N.H., on 5 Mar 1780. Died Roscoe, Ohio, in 1861.

Of Packerfield, N.H., which was later Nelson, N.H.

They had the following children:
1101 i.  Adelphia (1805-1836)
ii.  Daphne. Born Dublin, N.H., in 1807. Died Keene, O., on 26 Feb 1836.
1102 iii.  Maro (1810-1895)
1103 iv.  Roderick (1819-1892)

589. Simeon Johnson (Simeon6, Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Baptized Holliston, Mass., on 26 May 1765.

Lived at Williamstown, Vermont.

Sources: Annals of Silas and Abigail Johnson Assn., Bristol, Vt.

He married Elizabeth Winslow, daughter of Peleg Winslow & Betsey Holloway. Born in 1765.

They had the following children:
1104 i.  Betsey (1787-)
ii.  Simeon. Born on 22 Jun 1791. Died on 29 Mar 1872.
He served in the War of 1812.

He married Hannah Royce, daughter of Andrew Royce & Lucretia Beckwith, on 5 May 1829. Born Marlow, N.H., on 18 Sep 1796. Died Williamstown, Vt., on 23 Aug 1870.

Mother's given name also found as Lucina.
iii.  Nancy. Born on 4 Jun 1797.
She married Leonard Latham, son of James Latham & Polly Robinson, on 29 Apr 1834 in Northfield, Vt. Born on 12 Dec 1805. Died Hartford, Vt., on 7 Oct 1867.
1105 iv.  George Winslow (1803-1873)
1106 v.  Alanson (1806-1891)

590. Silas Johnson (Simeon6, Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Born Dublin, N.H., on 3 Feb 1779. Died Leicester, Vt., on 30 Mar 1865.

The Silas and Abigail (Rhodes) Johnson Family Association was organized August 5, 1940 to provide,m by mutual interest, a better acquaintance; to establish a feeling of relationship; to acquire knowledge concerning our fore-fathers; and to collect and preserve all family records pertaining to this Johnson family. Contributions of such records and related material are solicited by the Bulletine Board, and interested persons of Silas Johnson descent or marriage are invited to become members by payment of the annual dues of $1.00. The Bulletin is deposited in leading genealogical libraries. It's first meeting after organization was in Leicester Corners, Vermont, where Silas built the little red brick church. He is the seventh generation from the emigrant ancestor Captain John Johnson.
The first, and yearly, Bulletin came out in 1941. In succeeding years there has appeared the practically complete list of descendants of Silas and Abigail, and many personal notes and memoirs, as well as war records of out men and women in wars since the Revolution.
Except during World War II, a yearly meeting has been held in Vermont, and it's activities recorded in the Bulletin by Miss Anna V. Cooley, Bristol, Vermont, who is the Board Chairman. may relics from the days of Silas and "Nabby" are sill in the family.

Sources: "Dedham, Mass. Church and Cemetery Record" pp. 115-116, 193, 171, 179, 210, Vol. II, 1639-1845.
"History of Dublin, Mass." by Leonard, p. 797.
Bible Photostat.
"Leicester, Vermont Census 1850"
Annals of Silas and Abigail Johnson Assn., Bristol, Vt.

He married Abigail 'Nabby' Rhodes, daughter of Eleazer Rhodes & Abigail Graves, on 21 Jul 1805 in Dedham, Mass. Born on 27 Mar 1786. Baptized South Church, Dedham, Mass., on 28 Mar 1786. Died Leicester, Vt., on 15 Jan 1862. Buried Brookside Cemetery.

Father was Rev. soldier from Dedham, Mass.

They had the following children:
1107 i.  Elizabeth S. (1805-1867)
ii.  Moses (Twin). Born Dedham, Mass., on 2 Mar 1807. Died Buffalo, N.Y., on 5 Aug 1832.
Died of Cholera, on his way to England to claim, with legal proof, a huge Rhodes fortune.
Following are some of the notices from the London Times calling for heirs to come and claim the Rhodes Fortune:
"Rhodes, unclaimed dividends of the Bank of England (under stocks called Consols) Rhodes, John-Stock Exchange, Gent. First unclaimed dividends, balance due 1808; 29 unclaimed in 1823."
On Dec. 28, 1838, is an advertisement for "Mr. John Rhodes, something to his advantage." John Rhodes was a Tory, living in Boston at the time of the Revolution. He returned to London where he, with other wealthy Tories from the Colonies, founded a club among themselves.
The "consols" referred to in the advertisement are government securities of Great Britain.
After the death of Moses, one tradition claims that the Rhodes Estate escheated to the Dutch crown; another that Cecil Rhodes, with his already huge fortune, made in Kimberley Diamond Mines, easily cut legal threads and claimed the estate which he used to establish the Rhodes Scholarship Foundation.

Sources: "Annals of Silas and Abigail Johnson Assoc." Leicester, Vermont.
1108 iii.  Abigail (Twin) (1807-1888)
1109 iv.  Silas Stone (1809-1891)
1110 v.  Willard Rhodes (1811-1897)
1111 vi.  Sabillah E. (1813-1888)
1112 vii.  William (1815-1871)
1113 viii.  Abner Enos (1817-)
1114 ix.  George W. (1820-1892)
1115 x.  Almon Dunbar (1823-1913)
xi.  Oscar D.. Born Leicester, Vt., on 3 May 1826. Died Le Roy, N.Y., on 17 Feb 1835. Buried Brookside Cemetery, Leicester, Vt.
1116 xii.  Darwin (1829-1920)

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