Elkanah JOHNSON
1673 - 1748 (75 years)-
Name Elkanah JOHNSON [1] Born 1673 [2] Gender Male Died 1748 Coventry, RI 
[2] Buried Historical Cemetery 70, South Main St., Coventry, RI Person ID I01406 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Family Mary BARTHOLOMEW, b. Abt 1675 Married 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 (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 , d. 12 Jan 1766, Coventry, RI (Age 56 years)7. Mary Johnson, b. Abt 1714, d. Aft Oct 1748 (Age ~ 34 years) Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F03673 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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.
- 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."
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