Elkanah JOHNSON

Male 1673 - 1748  (75 years)

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  • Name Elkanah JOHNSON  [1] 
    Birth 1673  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1748  Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Historical Cemetery 70, South Main St., Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I01406  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family Mary BARTHOLOMEW,   b. Abt 1675 
    Marriage Abt 1696 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Johnson,   b. Abt 1697   d. Aft Oct 1748 (Age > 51 years)
     2. John Johnson, Sr.,   b. Abt 1699   d. 16 May 1782, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     3. Elisha JOHNSON,   b. Abt 1702   d. Abt 22 May 1774 (Age 72 years)
     4. Edmund Johnson,   b. Abt 1704   d. Abt Mar 1769 (Age 65 years)
     5. Catherine Johnson,   b. Abt 1707   d. Aft Oct 1748 (Age > 41 years)
     6. Bartholomew Johnson,   b. 16 Dec 1709, Warwick, Kent County, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1766, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     7. Mary Johnson,   b. Abt 1714   d. Aft Oct 1748 (Age > 34 years)
    Family ID F03673  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • It is not known whether Elkanah was born in England or America. There are references to an Elkanah Johnson elsewhere, but if that was the same individual as this, that fact is unclear. An Elkanah Johnson was summoned to the Plymouth Court on 1 June 1669; an Elkena Johnson served on a jury at Newport in May 1674. The earliest reference to Elkanah in the west bay area of RI is a 1705 East Greenwich land record identifying him as "Elkany Johnson of East Greenwich."

      In February 1726/27, "Alkanah" Johnson contributed to the building of the meetinghouse for the Six Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich.

      (Source for the above information: Linda L. Mathew in "A Line of Descent from Elkanah Johnson of Coventry . . ." in RI Roots Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 3, p. 113 - 115)

      Linda Mathews also suggests that Elkanah may have come to East Greenwich from Newport, as did Elisha Johnson, who bought land at East Greenwich 14 August 1715. The similar names of some of their children may indicate that they were related.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012804] Linda L. Mathew, "A Line of Descent from Elkanah Johnson of Coventry . . .Part I", (Rhode Island Roots, Vol. 29, No. 3).

    2. [S012804] Linda L. Mathew, "A Line of Descent from Elkanah Johnson of Coventry . . .Part I", (Rhode Island Roots, Vol. 29, No. 3), 113 & 114.