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in our Database | |  | | | | Humphrey Johnson Sex: Male | | | |  | | Birth Date | 1620 | | Death Date | 1693 | | Father | John Johnson | Born: 1588 England | Died: 1659 | | Mother | Mary Heath | Born: 1593 | Died: 1629 | | Humphrey Johnson
Notes: | Sgt. HUMPHREY JOHNSON was born in 1620 in Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England.[1] He was the son of Capt. John Johnson and Mary Heath. His father brought the family to America with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 on the ship “Arbella.”
| | Notes: | In 1643 he was noted in a Roxbury mortgage deed as being a resident of Scituate. By 1651 he had purchased land in Scituate from William Hatch. He served on the jury for the Plymouth colony in 1654. In 1655 he sued Joseph Tilden for defamation, which was initially granted in his favor for 20 nobles (gold coins). Mr. Tilden later appealed and a new trial was granted, which still ruled in Humphrey’s favor, but lowered damages to 5 pounds and court costs. Later in 1655 he and a few other townsmen sued Richard Garrett, reasons unknown, but they lost. Also in 1655 John Palmer sued Humphrey for killing a swine that belonged to the Palmers. In 1656 the issue regarding Mr. Tilden continued when Humphrey was sued by John Bryant for defamation, as Humphrey had said Bryant lied in his testimony. The case was eventually settled with the help of the Magistrates. In 1658 he was noted as the attorney for Abraham Sutliffe in a suit. Later that year he sued militia leaders for fining him for not training (related to the militia) after they refused to let him train, and the matter was sent to the Counsel of War. In 1659 Humphrey sued Joseph Tilden for defamation again, and he was given 10 pounds. In 1660 he was an agent of the town of Scituate, as he worked with John Palmer to build a highway and bridge over Herring brook. In 1662 he and a few other townsmen were sued by William Randall for trespassing on his property and cutting down timber, and the jury granted William about 4 pounds for his loss. The issue with William Randall escalated the following year when Humphrey was sued again for “unjust molesting and troubling of him, by attacking his house and land” and by detaining his animals (which he later returned). The court ruled against Humphrey and William was awarded 16 pounds of damage. Later in 1663 Humphrey sued William for defamation, claiming he was called a thief, and he was granted 2 pence in damages. In 1664 Humphrey was sued by Joseph Tilden and others for trespassing on their land and taking timber, which he had to pay 30 shillings. He was noted in the 1668 list of freemen for Scituate. In 1669 he was noted in a committee for the neighboring town of Cohasset in order to give advice on dividing common land, totaling 700 acres, and when it was divided in Humphrey received 2 acres of land for his service
| | Notes: | By 1670 he was noted to be living in Hingham because he sued Scituate for a debt of 10 pounds, and the town turned around and sued Humphrey for trespass, claiming 100 pounds of damage for cutting down timber in the common land of Scituate. Neither complaint seemed to have turned into a court case. In 1672 Humphrey sued John Turner for trespass because John took his timber, but the jury ruled against him. In 1673 he was fined for building a house in Scituate without permission from the previous governor, and he was given 1 month to remove it. Later that year he was convicted and fined 5 pounds for moving a land boundary mark set by the town of Scituate. By May 1674 he was granted permission to remove his other house from Scituate and to bring it to Hingham. During King Philip’s War in 1675 he served under his brother, Captain Isaac Johnson, in the 4th Company of Massachusetts, and fought in the Great Swamp Figh
| | Notes: | Humphrey Johnson migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration
| |  | | Birth Date | 1626 | | Death Date | 1678 | | Father | William Cheney | Born: 1603 | Died: 1667 | | Mother | | Born: | | | Eleanor Cheney ELLEN Notes: | Eleanor Cheney was born about 1626 in Suffolk, England the daughter of William and Margaret Cheney who were ancestors of President Taft. She married Humphrey Johnson 20 March 1642 at Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She died 29 September 1678 at Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts. | | Individual Notes: | | | More Notes: | | | Individual Notes: | | | | | 1 | Children | Birth Death | Mother | Spouse | Grand Children | 1  | Isaac Johnson Captain | b.1667 FEB 18 Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
d.1738 MAY 27 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America | Eleanor Cheney | Abilgail Leavitt | | 1 Daniel Johnson Judge b.1700 | |
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