Obadiah Johnson

Male Abt 1722 - 1793  (71 years)

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  • Name Obadiah Johnson 
    Birth Abt 1722  Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 May 1793  [2] 
    Burial Historical Cemetery 71, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11438  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father John Johnson, Sr.,   b. Abt 1699   d. 16 May 1782, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Sarah Phillips,   b. Between 1700 and 1704   d. Between 14 May 1785 and 1789, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 13 Oct 1721  Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • John & Sarah were married by John Rice, Justice.
    Family ID F04464  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Nichols,   b. Abt 1724   d. Between 1800 and 1810 (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 16 Jan 1743/44  Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. John Johnson,   b. 25 Apr 1744, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1771, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
     2. Mary Johnson,   b. 6 May 1746, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1804 (Age 57 years)
     3. Hosea Johnson,   b. 6 Jun 1760, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1819, Burlington, Otsego Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     4. Joshua Johnson,   b. 16 Dec 1762, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Mar 1811 (Age 48 years)
    Family ID F04482  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • "Obadiah became a freeman at Coventry on 3 May 1743. He was a deputy to the General Assembly from Coventry in 1764 and 1768 . . . Obadiah appears as the head of a family at Coventry in the censuses of 1774, 1782, and 1790."

      (Source for the above information: Linda L. Mathews in "A Line of Descent from Elkanah Johnson of Coventry . . ." in RI Roots Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 3, p. 121)

      Obadiah's will dated 13 Feb 1791 at Coventry mentions wife Sarah; sons Isaiah, Hosea, John dec'd, & Joshua; dtrs Mary (Matteson), Katherine (Walker), & Welthan; grandson Freeborn and granddtr Amey, children of dec'd son John Johnson.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012804] Linda L. Mathew, "A Line of Descent from Elkanah Johnson of Coventry . . .Part I", (Rhode Island Roots, Vol. 29, No. 3), 120.

    2. [S012804] Linda L. Mathew, "A Line of Descent from Elkanah Johnson of Coventry . . .Part I", (Rhode Island Roots, Vol. 29, No. 3), 121.

    3. [S012804] Linda L. Mathew, "A Line of Descent from Elkanah Johnson of Coventry . . .Part I", (Rhode Island Roots, Vol. 29, No. 3), 118.