Person:Nancy Johnson (92)

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Deposition of [brother] John B. Johnson, 30 Nov 1803:

... [Richard Johnson's] daughter Anne intermarried with John Cunningham & died under coverture, leaving the said John Cunningham and four children to wit

* Dorthe who intermarried with Isaac Butler, and died under coverture leaving the said Isaac and an only child named Lucy Anne, both of whom are still alive –

* William who is made a party to the sd Bill,

* John who is since dead and

* Anne Johnson who intermarried with John Syme both of whom are still alive, and for all these her children she provided by an Instrument in the nature of a last Will

1.   [1].

   6. Nancy/Ann (Richard 3,Thomas 2, Richard 1)
   
   Anne was probably born about 1754 and the deposition of William Cunningham provided some details of her life:
   
   Anne, this Defdts. Mother, who intermarried with his father John Cunningham, if he can judge from a marriage settlement between them some time soon after the 15th day of April 1774, and departed this life on the 26th day of May 1788, having first made her will which was probated in Hanover County Court, in the lifetime of the said John Cunningham, leaving issue by him, Lucy Ann now an infant, this Defendant, John who is since Dead and Anna Johnson now the wife of one John Syme, now of the County of Nelson. The Testament and Last will of this Defdts grand father Richard Johnson, bearing date, on the 25th day of September 1771, was admitted to proof before the worshipful Court of the County of Hanover in Virginia on the 25th day of March 1772… All the transactions mentioned in the Bill happened long before the birth of this Defdt.
   
   William Cunningham Henrico County to wit
   Sworn to before David L. Hylton 26 day of November 1808.
   
   
   m John Cunningham, ca. April 15, 1774
   a. William
   b. John (d. bef. 1808)
   c. Nancy/Anna Johnson m. John Syme
   d. Lucy Ann

2. ↑ Children of Richard Johnson-iii, 1715-1771, and his wife, Dorthea.

   5. Nancy/Anne Johnson-iiii, married John Cunningham about 1774, by whom she had four children,
   
   - Dorethea Fairley Cunningham, who married Isaac Butler, and had an only child named Lucy Ann Butler;
   - William Cunningham;
   - John Cunningham, died before 1803;
   - Nancy Anne Johnson Cunningham, who married John Syme.
   
   Nancy Anne died May 7, 1788. [Glazebrook, Virginia Migrations, Backhouse Lawsuits.]