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An American Family History

Mary Collins Johnson

Settlers from Salem purchased land in an area known as Saugus from the Indians. This land originally included the towns of Swampscott, Nahant, Saugus and Lynnfield. In 1630 the land was incorporated as the Town of Saugus. The settlers changed the name to Lynn in 1637 in honor of their first official minister, Samuel Whiting, from King’s Lynn, England.

Mary Collins Johnson was born about 1642 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. Her parents were Henry and Ann Collins.

She married Lieutenant Samuel Johnson on January 22, 1663/64 in Lynn. Samuel was born in Lynn in 1640. He was the son of Richard and Alice Johnson. Samuel's younger sister, Abigail Johnson married Mary's brother, John Collins. 

Mary and Samuel's children were Richard Johnson (1664), David Johnson, Mary Johnson (January 19, 1664/65), Samuel Johnson (November 18, 1667), Mary Johnson (May 25, 1669), Samuel Johnson (May 25, 1669) Hannah Johnson Mansfield (May 15, 1671), Elizabeth Johnson (December 16, 1672), Richard Johnson (November 8, 1674), Ruth Johnson (March 6, 1677/78), and Samuel Johnson (March 18, 1678/79).

Samuel died in 1723.

Mary died on February 9, 1682 in Lynn.
Lady Day Before 1752 the year began on March 25th. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year, not the beginning.

Children of Anne and
Henry Collins, Sr.

  • Anne Collins
  • Henry Collins, Jr.
  • John Collins
  • Margery Collins Williams
  • Hannah Collins Ingersoll
  • Joseph Collins
  • Mary Collins Johnson
  • Benjamin Collins
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    Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts edited by William Richard Cutter published by Lewis historical publishing company, 1908

    		  
    King Philip’s war was a bloody and costly series of raids and skirmishes in 1675 and 1676 between the Native American people and the colonials. King Philip was the Native American leader Metacom.

    Lieutenant Samuel Johnson, son of Richard Johnson, the immigrant, was a soldier in King Philip's war, serving as cornet, 1676, and won the rank of lieutenant. For his services he received in 1685 a grant of land from the general court, and lived to enjoy his possessions until 1723, having attained the age of eighty-two years. He was representative to the general court in 1703 and 1708.

    He married, January 22, 1664, Mary Collins, and she had nine children:
    1. Mary, born January 11, 1665, died at the age of three months.
    2. Samuel, born November 18, 1666, died young.
    3. Mary, born May 25, 1669.
    4. Hannah, born May 15, 1671.
    5. Elizabeth, born December 1 6, 1672.
    6. Richard, born November 8, 1674
    7. Ruth, born March 6, 1676.
    8. Samuel, born March 18, 1678.
    9. David, January 31, 1689.

    A cornet is the officer who carried the colors in a cavalry troop.

     

         

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