Abigail Lee Johnson NABBY 1771 MAR 15 9143

Abigail Lee Johnson NABBY Sex: Female

Birth Date	1771 MAR 15 Marblehead, Massachusetts
Death Date	1854 APR 18 Amesville, Athens County, Ohio
Father	Daniel III Johnson Rev	Born: 1747	Died: 1777
Mother	Betsey Lee	Born: 1749	Died: 1782

Abigail Lee Johnson Notes:	Abigail was born in 1771. She died in 1854. [1] Nabby Lee Ames Chapter of the DAR was founded in 1903 in Athens, Ohio. Obituary Added by jdennie_1 on 20 May 2008 Originally submitted by toddlawson1 to Lawson/Tierney/Wylie Family Tree on 28 Apr 2008 This tombstone in the Cutler Cemetery, just off Route 280 out of Amesville, marks the grave of Nabby Lee Ames, pioneer woman, mother of 12 children and sturdy example of the courage of early settlers of Athens County. In 1933, the Nabby Lee Ames Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution marked the grave, nearly 80 years after her death. The tablet was unveiled in the presence of about 50 persons whose Athens group was named in her honor. Nabby Lee Ames was born in 1771 in the East and in 1798 came to the Northwest Territory, settling first at Belpre. Later the family came to Ames Township via the Ohio and Hocking Rivers and Federal Creek. The old homes of the Ames family can be seen from the Cutler Cemetery. Other old homes in the vicinity that can be seen from the cemetery are those of the Cutler family, the first Coonskin Library site, the home of Captain Benjamin Brown, the Ewing home, and the Walker home, all homes where pioneers since settled. Judge Sylvanus Ames, the husband of Nabby Lee Ames, was once Sheriff of Athens County, he was a common pleas judge, trustee of the Ohio University and a member of the Ohio Legislature. Nabby Lee Ames was the mother of 12 children. Mrs. Ames died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. A. B. Walker, in Athens, in 1854, at the age of 83. Bishop Edward Ames of the Methodist Church was her son. Ben Ames Williams, famous writer, is a great-grandson and other grandsons were Judge Rudolph deSteiguer and Charles W. Walker, author of an early history of Ames County. Bishop Ames was born in Ames Township in 1806 and attended Ohio University and in 1852 was elected Bishop of the Methodist Church after years of travel over the Middle West. During most of his adult life he resided in Indiana, later removing to Baltimore. This world famous son of Nabby Lee Ames died in Baltimore in 1879. Judge Sylvanus Ames was born in Massachusetts in 1771, son of an Episcopalian clergyman and a graduate of Harvard. His father was a chaplain in the Revolutionary army and died in camp at Valley Forge during the severe winter of 1777-78 when so many colonial soldiers suffered from cold and hunger and died. Sylvanus Ames married Nabby Lee Johnson in 1798 and they settled on Federal Creek on the farm long owned by the late Edward Jones, known for generations as the "Ames Farm". In addition to his many offices of public trust, he was Colonel of Militia and his home was a favorite stopping place for men of prominence traveling through the Ames area. He died in 1823, leaving five sons and four daughters. His children lived in several states of the Middle West with two living in Athens Mrs. deSteiguer and Mrs. Walker. At the side of the graves of Judge and Mrs Ames are those of three of their young children, Hector who died at the age of 4, Marcia who lived to be 16 years old and Dana Johnson Ames who died when he was a year old. The land for this burying ground was given by Ephraim Cutler, many years before 1811 when he deeded it for burial purposes. The first burial was made in the ground in 1805. Jason Rice, a soldier in the Revolutionary War is buried there, as is Susan ---, wife of a Hessian soldier.
Notes:	"Grandma had some very pretty clothes when she came from Massachusetts. Ma remembers her cloak of plum colored satin. It was called a double satin and was very heavy, lined with white flannel. It was a full circle trimmed with curled ermine. It had a lined hood that Grandma said could be drawn over her bonnet when she went sleighing in New England. She had also a dove colored dress called tabby silk, so heavy and rich it would almost stand alone, and another snuff-colored silk. These dresses were made with trains and were not very suitable to wear in a log cabin, but for several years, once in a great while, Grandma wore them. These things were brought from England by her Grandfather, who owned several trading vessels. The cloak was made in England, but the dresses she made herself, for Grandma could do anything with her needle that any other lady could do, and it was well she had learned this. After the country was a little more settled and Ohio was made a state, Grandpa Ames became quite a prominent man. The first time he was elected to the Legislature, he could not afford to buy a new coat to wear, and his best coat was a little thread-bare. Grandma ripped every stitch of it, even the buttonholes, sponged and pressed each piece, and put it together again the other side out, and it was as good as new. Once when there was just the beginning of a town where Athens now is, Grandpa came over here on business, and it was a little dark when he started home. There was not a road, and it grew so dark that he could no longer see the trees which had been blazed to mark the way. He went on as well as he could until he thought he ought to be near home. But he became so sonfused that he could not tell which way to go, and could not find a blazed tree. He concluded he must spend the night in the woods where he was and wait for the light of day. He tied his horse to a tree and lay down on the ground with his saddle for a pillow and slept soundly. When he woke in the morning, he found he was only a few rods from his own door. The summer of 1806 was a very sickly season, and several of the children of the neighborhood died. Grandma had six children then: Hecotr, Eliza, Lucy, Daniel, Marcia and Edward. Edward was born in May, and in June, Daniel died; and Marcia in July. The sicknes was like dysentery and was considered contagious; people were afraid to go where children were sick. There was no doctor nearer than Athens, twelve miles away. This was a very sad time for Grandma and Grandpa. It was very hot and dry. There was a fine spring of water that came out from under a large rock at the foot of the hill at quite a distance from the house. It was from here that water for cooking and drinking was brought that summer. Hector and Eliza usually went together for water, each carrying a small jug. Lucy, who was then five years old, was allowed to go with them once. And now, when she is eighty-seven years old, she remembers what a treat it was to her, and especially how cool the water felt to their little bare feet as they waded the brook before they came to the spring. A little later Grandpa dug a well not far from the house. They called it a well, though it was not walled up and was large, more like a cistern. There was a board across it on which they walked out a little way, stooped down, and dipped up the water. One day, a neighbor returning something that had been borrowed, brought it in a little two-quart pail, which had been left on the table. It looked so pretty to Lucy that she wished very much to go to the well with Hector and carry the little pail. He let her go with him, when he had finished filling his pail, he turned away. She walked out on the board and dipped up some water. It was too heavy for her, small as the little pail was, and as soon as it filled, she lost her balance and went to the bottom of the well. Hector heard the splash and ran back. Without waiting to call for help, he ran out on the board, and when she rose to the surface, he caught hold of her clothes and dragged her out. She remembers walking to the house with the water dripping from her clothes as she went. Grandma and Grandpa were both very much frightened and thought Hector a wonderful boy. Grandpas and Judge Cutlers families were always very good friends and used to have many pleasant visits together. Sometimes Judge and Mrs. Cutler would come over to Grandpas to spend the evening. Mrs. Culter would bring her work, and she and Grandma would sit and sew by the light of one candle until about nine oclock. Then Grandma would lay down her sewing and go make a cup of tea, bake biscuits, and get a nice supper, and they would have a merry time around the table. After which, the ladies sat down and sewed again until ten oclock. After the company went home, Grandma would wash the dishes and have the room all ready for breakfast. There were very few books and papers then, and everything to read was counted very precious. The almanac at the beginning of each year always gave them one good evenings reading. Grandpa took the National Intelligencer, published in Washington. This came every week, but the mails were carried on horseback, and the paper was a week or more old when it reached them. This was always read.
Notes:	Nabby Lee Johnson was married October 15, 1795, to Sylvanus Ames and moved from Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the North West Territory, carrying their year old son on horseback and settled on a tract of land near what is now Amesville, Athens County, Ohio. She endured all the dangers and hardships of pioneer life on that semi-wilderness, with a courage and cheerfulness that proved her a noble character. Her resourcefulness was shown by taking apart a shabby coat, stitch by stitch, even the button holes, washing, pressing, turning and remaking it into a seemingly new coat, whereby Judge Ames was made presentable as a new member of the Ohio Legislature; which serves as a sample of her many imaginary feats as related by a granddaughters diary. She was the mother of twelve children "twelve miles from a doctor; yet seven of them living to bring up honorable families.

Spouse:

Sylvanus Ames Sex: Male

Birth Date	1771
Death Date	1823
Father	Sylvanus Ames	Born: 1744 JAN 20	Died: 1778 MAY 05
Mother	Huldah Johnson	Born: 1746	Died: 1821

Sylvanus Ames Notes:	When Sylvanus Ames was born on 26 March 1771, in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Rev Sylvanus Ames, was 27 and his mother, Huldah Johnson, was 25. He married Abigail Lee Johnson on 7 September 1795, in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. His occupation is listed as judge in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 23 September 1823, in Amesville, Ames Township, Athens, Ohio, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Amesville, Ames Township, Athens, Ohio,
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Children

Birth Death

Mother

Spouse

Grand Children

Catherine Ames

b.1814 New York
d.1889 Missouri

Sylvanus Ames

George Wood

1 Sarah Wood b.1843

Edward Charles Malson b.1866

Charles Valentine Malson b.1868

Hunter Garnett Malson b.1898

William Ross Malson BILL b.1927

Charles Ross Malson b.1905

Mary E. Malson b.1872

Willis Perry Malson b.1875

Alba Della Malson b.1879

Ancestors Chart

Parents 2	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024 persons	-
Rev Daniel Johnson III DAR b.1747 d.1777 See Notes	Judge Daniel Johnson b.1700 Hingham, Province of Massachusetts Bay d.1785 See Notes	Captain Isaac Johnson b.1667 Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d.1738 See Notes	Humphrey Johnson b.1620 d.1693 See Notes	John Johnson b.1588 England d.1659 See Notes

				Mary Heath b.1593 d.1629 See Notes	William Heath b.1555 d.1624 See Notes	Edward Heath b.1525 d.1593
							Mary Heath b.1593 d.1629 See Notes
						Alice b.1530 England d.1593 See Notes
							Alice b.1530 England d.1593 See Notes
					Agnes Cheney b.1560 d.1604 See Notes	Robert Cheney b.1520 d.1567	Robert Cheney d.1542 See Notes
								Agnes Cheney b.1560 d.1604 See Notes
							Agnes Cheney b.1560 d.1604 See Notes
						Joene Harrison b.1525 d.1597	John Harrison b.1500 d.1550 See Notes
								Joene Harrison b.1525 d.1597
							Agnes b.1517 Waltham Abbey, Essex, England d.1550
								Agnes b.1517 Waltham Abbey, Essex, England d.1550
			Eleanor Cheney ELLEN b.1626 d.1678 See Notes	William Cheney b.1603 d.1667


		Abilgail Leavitt ABIEL b.1667 d.1748 See Notes	Deacon John Leavitt Sr b.1608 England d.1691 See Notes
				Abilgail Leavitt ABIEL b.1667 d.1748 See Notes

	Betty Latham b.1701 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay d.1782	James Latham b.1658 Marshfield, Plymouth Colony d.1738 See Notes	Robert Latham b.1623 d.1688 See Notes

			Susanna Winslow b.1630 Plymouth Colony d.1685	John Winslow b.1597 Droitwich, Worcestershire, England d.1674 See Notes	Edward Winslow Sr. b.1570 Kempsey, Worcestershire, England d.1628	Kenelm Winslow b.1534 Droitwich, Worcestershire, England d.1607	William Winslow b.1502 Kempsey, Worcestershire, England d.1562
						Susanna Winslow b.1630 Plymouth Colony d.1685
					Magdalene Ollyver b.1566 St. Brides Church, Droitwich, Worcestershire, England	Gilbert Oliver b.1536 d.1583	John Ollyver b.1500 Le Strand, Middlesex, England d.1563
						Margery Young b.1540 St Mary Le Strand, Middlesex, England d.1650
				Mary Chilton b.1607 d.1679	James Chilton MAYFLOWER b.1556 d.1620 See Notes	Lyonell Chilton b.1530 Canterbury, Kent, England d.1583	M.P. Richard Chilton b.1505 d.1549	Rychard Chilton b.1479
						Edith b.1535 d.1579 See Notes

		Deliverance Alger b.1669 d.1749	Thomas Alger b.1638 d.1668
				Deliverance Alger b.1669 d.1749

Parents 2	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024-persons	-
Betsey Lee b.1749 d.1782	Col John Lee DAR A068618 b.1716 Manchester, Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony d.1789	Justice Samuel Lee b.1694 Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay d.1753 See Notes	ESQ Samuel Lee b.1677 Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay d.1754	Henry Lee b.1645 Cheshire, England d.1675 See Notes

				Mary MAREY b.1637 d.1690 See Notes


		Mary Tarrin

	Joanna Raymond b.1714 Massachusetts Bay Colony d.1811

2 persons	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 Persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024 persons	-

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