Person:William Johnson (523)

Notes

• It is assumed he was born in Virginia as he is not listed in his father's 1695 head-rights for coming to Virginia

1. ↑ Johnson of King and Queen, Louisa, &c., in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Historical Society)
   25 (1917):328-330.

   ... Susanna Duncomb could not well have been the mother of Col. Johnson's three sons. That there was some irregularity in the marriage with the mother of one of them is indicated by an act of Assembly (Hening V, 114, &c), which recites that Richard Johnson Esq., late of King and Queen Co, by his will dated April 8, 1698, left to "one Thomas Johnson" a tract of land, 750 acres in the parish of St. John, King William Co., describing it as all his land in Pamunkey Neck, and also left divers lands and hereditaments to Richard and William Johnson, brothers of the said Thos. Johnson. In those days of strict adherence to legal technicalities it was no doubt deemed best not to leave any weak point in an act docking an entail.
   
   (To be Continued.)

2.   Johnson of King and Queen, Louisa, &c., in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Historical Society)
   25 (1917):423-425.

   ... 4. William 2 Johnson is mentioned in an act in Hening V, 114, and on May 2, 1705, received a re-grant of 4900 acres on Godwin or Monlcwen Swamp, which had been given him by the will of Col. Richard 1 Johnson.
   
   He probably lived in King and Queen County, and may have been ancestor of Philip Johnson of King and Queen who removed to James City County and became a member of the House of Burgesses for that County.
   
   The records of King & Queen County have been destroyed and there is no trace of this William Johnson in the records of Louisa, unless it is in a suit there, May 27, 1746, to have the estate of Will Johnson divided, and also another against Sarah, widow of William Johnson.
   
   Issue: (Probably):
   11. David 3.