Person:Elijah Johnson (10)

Name	Elijah Johnson
Alt Name	Elisha Jonson
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Abt 1754	Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States
Baptism`^?`	1756	Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United StatesFirst Church of Colchester
Marriage	20 Apr 1778	East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Stateswhat was called Middle Haddam Society and then Chatham to Mary Hurd
Death^[2]	Aft Dec 1784
Other`^?`		Colchester's population diminished with the incorporation of Marlborough and Salem as separate towns in 1803 and 1819, respectively -- might check those towns for Elijah Johnson
Other`^?`		It's also possible they married in the part of Chatham that became Portland, Connecticut
Other^[3]		There's a house at 58 Moodus Roadin East Hampton that was built by a sea captain named Elijah Johnson in 1780-1786, possibly him?

References

↑ Thankful's death certificate said her father was born in Colchester - Baptism: 1756, First Church of Colchester, CT, d. January 20, 1807, East Haddam, CT-- if he's the son of Elijah and Sarah BUT it concerns me that his is the only birth date estimated out of all his siblings -- it could be someone's trying to MAKE him fit into this family. There is also this -- Griswold was only about five miles from Colchester -- Sep 25, 1757 - Elijah, daughter of Joseph Johnson (Clerical error on the "daughter" I assume) / Dec 25, 1757 - Samuel, the child of Joseph Johnson - Baptisms by Rev. Asher Rossiter, Extracted from The Bi-Centennial Celebration First Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut, 1698-1898 Statistics of the Church Taken From The Church Records., p 158-195
↑ Had to live at least this long to have fathered Thankful. There was an Elijah Johnson in the 1820 census in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. There was also one lived and was buried in Salem, MA 7 Mar 1824 who was born 1754. There was an Elijah Johnson who is buried in The Old Burying Ground in Colchester but it looks like the year of death is wrong.
↑ http://historicbuildingsct.com/?p=17500