ID: I183
Name: Elizabeth Johnson
Surname: Johnson
Given Name: Elizabeth
_AKA: Elyzabeth
Sex: F
Birth: 1652 in Wicomico, Somerset County Maryland
Death: 1739 in Sommerset Co, Maryland or Onslow County North Carolina
_UID: 165FF8868304B94F86DC341B989AED85D720
Note: Of note is a court order found on these two ancestors:
"At a Courte held the 28th May 1667 for the Countie of Sommersett in the province of Maryland Comrs present, vizt, Mr William Stevens, Capt William Thorne, Mr James Jones, Mr John Winder, Mr George Johnson.Whereas Elyzabeth Johnson was presented by the Jury of Enquest for having a bastard Child, the said Elyzabeth appeared and said the Child?s Father was Peter Calloway, Peter owning the same before the Courte. Whereupon the Courte doth order that Peter Calloway & Elyzabeth Johnson be both publickly whipped or otherwise the man to pay one thousand pounds of tobacco & the woman five hundred pounds of tobacco for a fine; As alsoe the said Peter Calloway to put in securitie for the Child?s Maintenance that the Countie may Come to noe Charge; And both to give in securitie for their good behaviour; And the said Peter Calloway to pay unto Elyzabeth Johnson one hundred pounds of tobacco for her abuse." (pp 671-672, digitized at this website, incls pdf image: http://aomol.net/000001/000054/html/am54--671.html)
If the date of her birth is correct, Elyzabeth was 15 years old at the time of the inquest. I find this persuasive in that the oldest child listed for the couple was not born until nine years afterward, in 1676. That also dovetails with notes that Elizabeth was indentured to a man named Thomas Ball as part of her "punishment," which meant she would not have been able to live with Peter as his wife until her time of indentured servitude was over. (This is noted in the Somerset County Judicial Records of 1671-1675.)
There are other reports of strange behavior from Elizabeth, notably wandering in the marshes where the Indians lived.
Change Date: 1 Mar 2012 at 16:59:57
Father: John Johnson b: 1609
Mother: Susan(na) Unknown b: 1609
Marriage 1
Peter Callaway I b: 1640 in Immigrant to the United States soon after birth
- Married:
26 Mar 1667
in Stepney Parish, Somerset Co., MD
Children
Sarah Callaway b: 4 Nov 1676 in Wicomico, Somerset County Maryland Anne Callaway b: 23 Jan 1678 in Nanticoke, Somerset County Maryland Peter Callaway II b: 15 Apr 1681 in Somerset Co., MD John Callaway b: ABT 1685 in Somerset Co., MD Jane Callaway b: ABT 1686 in Sommerset Co, Maryland William Callaway b: 14 Mar 1689 in Somerset Co, Maryland | |