Mary Johnson

1604 - 1694  (90 years)

• Name	Mary Johnson
  Born	1604	Of Haverhill, Essex, MA
  Gender	Female
  _UID	61658E6A60C5514892DCE2ADB36088D4E8DB
  Died	27 Sep 1694	Havervill, Essex, Massachusetts
  Buried	Haverhill, Essex, Mass
  Person ID	I6202	Crandall Pember Legacy
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2021

  
  

  Family	Joseph Peaslee,   b. Abt 1598, Of, Yorksshire, England ,   d. 3 Dec 1660, Amesbury or Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Married	10 Dec 1646	Newbury, Essex, MA
  _UID	FD6ED39AD94F8341AC1947892F74C23CFAD4
  Children	1. Elizabeth Peaslee,   b. Abt 1625, Haverhill, Essex, MA ,   d. 12 May 1634  (Age ~ 9 years)   2. Jane Peaslee,   b. 1627, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 12 Jan 1684, Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts  (Age 57 years)   3. Mary Peasley,   b. 1633,   d. 26 Dec 1689, York, ME  (Age 56 years)   4. Sarah Peaslee,   b. 20 Sep 1642, Haverhill, Essex, MA ,   d. 14 Sep 1736, Amesbury, Essex, MA  (Age 93 years)   5. Joseph Jr. Peaslee, Md,   b. 9 Sep 1646
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2021 16:45:14
  Family ID	F2879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  More information can be found in Josephs notes Message URL :http://genforum.genealogy.com/peaslee/messages/172.html She is probably the daughter of Edmund Johnson: Posted By: Graham Peaslee Email: Subject: Re: Joseph Peaslee & Mary Johnson in MA 1640 Post Date: June 02, 2001 at 14:27:51 Message URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/peaslee/messages/169.html Forum: Peaslee Family Genealogy Forum Forum URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/peaslee/ The most widely distributed version of this story is from Frederick J . L amphere's "A Passel O' Peasley's" which states it as fact that a Mar y Joh nson married Joseph Peaslee. I believe Fred based his assertion o n some o lder printed records tht exist in the New England Genealogical S ociety l ibrary, that are again compilations from earlier family historia ns like H azel Avery Poor that state that Joseph married a Mary Johnson , and that t his Mary Johnson is a blood relative (presumably sister) o f Edmund Johnso n who sailed from Southampton in 1635. There was certainl y a close tie be tween this Edmund Johnson and the Peaslee settlers, fo r there is a recor d of Joseph's daughter Mary going to stay with the wid ow of Edmund Johnso n when he died (<1660). Since Edmund was such an unus ual given name for t he Johnson surname, it is likely that this Edmund i s a grandson of the or iginal Edmund Johnson who drowned in Ponty Pool, e tc. Lamphere followed up once more in his Peasley Family newsletter many yea r s later, and this time he gives a reference which seems to suggest the r e was a sister of Edmund Johnson that was christianed Maria: Vol. 7, No. 1: "In the hope of learning a bit more concenring the fami l y of Mary Johnson, wife of Joseph Peaslee, we decided to pursue furthe r d ata regarding her illustrious brother, John Ap John, the associate o f Joh n Fox in establishing the Society of Friends in Wales. Swarthmore C olleg e Library, Swarthmore, PA, depository of Quaker records in America , furni shed copies of writings alluding to John Ap John. An account by D r. Jame s J. Levick, probably around 1900, contains the following informa tion:" . ...it goes on for seven paragraphs about John Ap John, and why h e staye d in Wales instead of coming to America. "From another account, these additional facts appe a r: John Ap John's residence was at Trevor, in the parish of Llangollen , i n Denbighshire, Wales, much nearer to Ruabon than to Wrexham. The hou se.. .. Persmission to examine the records of the registers of the paris h of L langollen, was obtained by Alfred N. Palmer, the most careful of l ocal hi storians. The entries are brief, and the name is common. Recorde d are: The baptism of John Ap John de trevor Issa, and of MARIA, veh John Ap Jo h n (sic). Another reads: Anne, veh John Ap John de Trevor, baptizata es t s ecundo die ---, 1632. It may be assumed that these entries are relate d t o our friend and to his two sisters; the abbreviated term veh implyin g ve rch, or daughter, the name of the father being the same as that of t he so n. It appears probable that John Ap John was born between 1625 and 1630 at Trevor Issa. ... The absense of information which surround s t he particulars of his birth, also extends to the marriage of John A p John . It has been conjectured... COMMENT: From the foregoing, it woul d seem that the "maria" mentioned in the parish records is the Mary Johnson w h o married Jospeh Peaslee. All in all, not a lot of "proof" but some seemingly reasonable assumptio n s that the Johnson family that intermingled with the Joseph Peaslee fam il y was probably related to the original Edmund Johnson. ________________________ Posted By: CE Wood Email: Subject: Re: Joseph Peaslee & Mary Johnson in MA 1640 Post Date: June 06, 2008 at 11:07:02 Message URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/peaslee/messages/378.html Forum: Peaslee Family Genealogy Forum Forum URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/peaslee/ John Johnson, father to Edmund, John ap John, and Mary, was born in 158 8 . His children were born about 1630? Obviously possible, but not too li ke ly. I suggest a missing generation here. It would make much more sense if th e re was a son of John (b 1588) who was the father of Edmund, John ap Joh n , and Mary.