Other Events:

• Immigration: Between 1676 and 1677, New Kent County, Virginia

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An alternate date of birth of April 21, 1649 is often given for Edward Johnson; however, if this date is accurate, then he cannot be the son of Arthur Johnston, who died in 1641. Dr. Lorand Johnson, the source for much of the Johnson/Johnston information, states that Edward is indeed Arthur Johnston's son. However, some of his research has been found to be erroneous, calling all of it into question. While there is some circumstantial evidence pointing to Arthut Johnston as Edward Johnson's father, it is not conclusive, and DNA evidence would seem to refute the strongest piece of circumstantial evidence: a letter written by Ann Keith referring to her "cousin" Edward Johnston (the Keith family were related to the Johnstons of Caskieben). Therefore, Arthur Johnston has not been named as his parent. It is possible that some researchers are eager to link Edward Johnson to Arthur Johnston because that would entail royal lineage through Arthur Johnston's mother Christian Forbes. I would like to claim lineage from this fine, interesting family, but I'm just not convinced there is a valid connection except in the minds and wishful thinking of a few over-zealous descendants of Penelope Johnson Clark.
Edward was in Blissland Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, by 1677. He signed his name to a list of grievances presented to the King's Commissioners who had come to investigate the causes of the Bacon's Rebellion of that year. The date of his arrival in Virginia is uncertain; however, births of four children are recorded in the new parish of St. Peter's, New Kent County, in the 1680s: Thomas, Elizabeth, Penelope, and Rachel. The mother of these children is named only as Elizabeth, but there is some evidence that she was Elizabeth Walker, daughter of Alexander Walker of Aberdeen, Scotland, who is known to have come to New Kent County. Two other children are listed in the St. Peter's Parish book -- Rebecka, born 1698, and Benjamin, born 1701. It is not clear whether these children belong to Edward and Elizabeth, Edward and a second wife, or another Edward Johnson, perhaps an older son. Blissland Parish records before 1680 have been lost. Dr. Lorand Johnson adds to this list Anthony, born 1678, Arthur, Michael, and William, born 1703. The argument has also been made that Anthony and Arthur are, in fact, the same person -- really Arthur, since one name comes from a birth record and the other from a marriage record.
Arthur Johnson, son of Edward Johnson and Elizabeth Walker, was born about 1690 and died January 1759 in Augusta County, Virginia. He married Margaret Phares, daughter of John Phares. They had several children, including Margaret Johnson, who was born seven months after her father's death. Margaret (1759- 1808) married Andrew Skidmore and settled in Randolph County, Virginia (now part of West Virginia). Arthur's proven presence in the family is additional circumstantial evidence that Edward was the son of Dr. Arthur Johnston.
Edward accompanied Anne Keith, his cousin's daughter, to Virginia in order that she might marry George Walker. He married George's younger sister, Elizabeth. At issue is whether someone who attended the June 1676 Quaker Meeting in London would have been able to sail to Virginia, meet and marry Elizabeth Walker, sign the Bacon's Rebellion grievance document of April 2, 1677 in New Kent County, acquire property and have a son, Anthony, who was reportedly born in New Kent County in 1678. No one knows for certain who the Edward Johnston who signed the Bacon's Rebellion grievance was, but the notion that a grievance signer would have to have been a landowner does not hold up to scrutiny. Quaker Thomas Moorman, who also signed the grievance, was only 19 in 1677 and would not have been a landowner. Furthermore, there is considerable doubt as to whether Anthony was the son of Edward and Elizabeth Johnson. One hypothesis is that he was the son of Thomas Johnson (who lived at Chericoke on Pamunkey Neck) and the grandson of Richard Johnson. Anthony Johnson's first child Thomas was born in December 1694, which makes it unlikely that Anthony could have been the product of a 1677 marriage.
Edward Johnston settled on Powhite Swamp shortly after 1686.

Edward married Elizabeth WALKER in 1677 in Blissland Parish, New Kent County, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Alexander WALKER) was born on 13 Jan 1657/58 in Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland; died in 1725 in New Kent County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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There is some debate as to whether Penelope was a Johnson/Johnston or a Bolling. There is evidence for both arguments, as there are many males in the Christopher Clark/Penelope Johnson lineage with the first name Bolling; however, that may also be a name inherited from another female in the family. There were Johnsons in the Cedar Creek Meeting, and as notes for Christopher Clark mentioned, some members of the Cedar Creek Meeting were ousted for marrying outside the meeting, which shifts the evidence in favor of Penelope being a Johnson.
Even though the Stevens-Davis Book (page 196) states that Christopher Clark (son of Micajah Clark and Sallie Ann Moorman) married circa 1709, Penelope Massie or Bolling, (died post 1754), the daughter of William Bolling and a grandaughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper (121-83), First Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord High Commander of England, and the father of Habeas Corpus, "Anthony Roots and Branches," (page 181) states that the wife of Christopher Clark is believed to have been Penelope Johnson, b. Aug 4, 1684, dau. of Edward Johnson and Elizabeth Walker, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., VA. Randolph A. Malone, in his book, "Josiah Carter," page 243, refers to Capt. Christopher Clark and Penelope (Johnson) Clark. "Anthony Roots and Branches," (page 198) also states that Penelope Johnson was the right age, and in the right place to have been the wife of Christopher Clark, and that Christopher Clark named four of his children for names in the Edward Johnson family, including Penelope. It is also stated on the same page (198) that the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter day Saints has accepted Johnson as the last name of Penelope, wife of Christopher Clark. Also stated on the same page (198) is the following:
(1) "Descendants of William and John Johnson" by Dr. Lorand V. Johnson says in comments in the back of the book re: Chart 1: "Agnes Clark was the daughter of Christopher and Penelope Clark. Penelope Johnson was the daughter of Edward Johnson of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co."
(2)Publications disagree about the names of the parents of Christopher Clark's wife but there is a recurring statement that she was a granddaughter or great-granddaughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, the First Earl of Shaftesbury [which adds to the confusion].
Dr. Lorand Johnson attempted to show that the First Earl of Shaftesbury was a likely father of Sarah and Lucretia Massie, who married William and John Johnston of New Kent County, Virginia in the late 1600s. Lord Ashley had three marriages, but none of his wives are named. Lord Ashley was made one of the proprietors of Carolina in the spring of 1655; he persuaded Quakers to go to Carolina in the early 1670s. About this time, he became the Earl of Shaftesbury. He became involved in a plot agains the king in 1679, and escaped to the Netherlands under the name Johnson.
Anthony-Ashey Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury, secured passage of the Habeas Corpus Act in 1679. He became prominent under Cromwell, then helped plan the restoration of the monarchy. King Charles II made him Baron Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Chancellor.
If it is proven that Penelope was a Bolling, she would be a descendant of Pocahontas. However, as such respected sources as have been listed here have accepted Penelope as a Johnson/Johnston, the Johnson/Johnston lineage is the one given in this family file.

Penelope married Christopher CLARK in 1709 in New Kent County, Virginia. Christopher (son of Micajah CLARK and Sallie Ann MOORMAN) was born in 1681 in New Kent County, Virginia; died on 28 May 1754 in Louisa County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth lived to be over 100 years old. After the death of her husband, she and some of her children migrated to Wilkes County, Georgia. She became a Quaker preacher after making many trips back and forth between Georgia and Virginia on horseback. A woman who had 15 children, traveled back and forth between the states on horseback preaching the gospel, and lived to be over 100 years old deserves lasting reverence and respect. She returned to Virginia to be with relatives prior to her death.

Elizabeth married Joseph ANTHONY on 22 Apr 1741 in Albemarle County, Virginia. Joseph (son of Mark ANTHONY and Isabella HART) was born on 2 May 1713 in New Kent County, Virginia; died on 23 Nov 1785 in Henrico County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married Winifred Buford.
Had children:
Agnes Clark
Christopher Clark
Elizabeth Clark
William Clark
Micajah Clark Sr
Bolling Clark
David Clark
Jonathan Clark
Joseph Clark

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First owner of "Westover" (Historical Southern Families, Vol. III).

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Married Benjamin Johnson. Benjamin Johnson, husband of Agnes, was the son of Sir William Johnson of Scotland. They had nine children:
Newby Johnson
Sarah Johnson
Christopher Johnson
William Johnson
Benjamin Johnson
Penelope Johnson
Collings Johnson
Edward Johnson
Agnes Johnson
According to Lorand V. Johnson, Benjamin Johnson and his mother-in-law, Penelope Johnson are descended from the same Johnson family. Benjamin Johnson was the son of William Johnston and Sarah Massie, who were married in 1698. Benjamin Johnson was baptized April 18, 1705 in New Kent County, Virginia and died some time before May 28, 1754 when his will was recorded in Louisa County. The immigrant ancestor in the Johnson/Johnston line was James Johnston, merchant of Aberdeen, Scotland, born in 1651, who immigrated to Virginia in 1701. He patented land in King William County, Virginia in 1701. His second wife was Faith Leith, whom he married in 1686 in Scotland; however, the name of his first wife, the mother of his children, is not known.

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Married Thomas Moorman. Rachel Clark's marriage to Thomas Moorman was his second and her first. There are two possible names listed for her second husband. Rachel died at age 82.
Had children:
Mary Bolling Moorman
Zachariah Moorman Sr
Clark Terrell Moorman
Charles Clark Moorman
Micajah Clark Moorman
Rachel Clark Moorman
Elizabeth Moorman
Thomas Moorman Jr.
Achilles Herman Moorman
Andrew Moorman
Pleasant Moorman
Agatha Moorman
Mildred Moorman
Was an ancestor of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain.

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Married Charles Lynch in 1732. Major Charles Lynch was Burgess for Albermarle County, Virginia.
Had children:
Penelope Flournoy Lynch
Charles Lynch, Jr.
Sarah Lynch
John Lynch
Christopher Lynch
Edward Lynch
Also married John Ward December 17, 1766.

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Listed in biographical sketch of Anselm Anthony in "Georgia Baptists with Biographical Compendium" as a colonel in the Revolutionary War.
From VA ARGUS, Friday July 29, 1808, published at Richmond by Samuel Pleasants.
DEPARTED this life on the 21st inst at his residence in the county of Albemarle MICAJAH CLARK, sen. aged 91 years, after a lingering ilness of 7 (? could be 2) months which he endured to the last, with unceasing patience, and a christian ?Ukefore_ories, altho he was from the commencement of this illness, confidently impressed with the belief he should never recover. This venerable man, hath had the happiness of enjoying a long and well spent life, in good health, almost uninterrupted, never having experienced more than one attack previous to the one which carried him off. He was, in every respect, perfectly uniform and temperate; his benign and humane contenance, plainly indicated the purity and benevolence of his heart, and opened an avenue to ?its/his innermost recesses by which any one might enter. How melancholy are the ?sensations we feel, when meditating on the loss of this, our friend, and the friend of mankind -- Philanthropy, humanity, morality and benevolence will severely deplore his loss, and shed a tear in remembrance of his departed shade. It's needless to recount the many amiable qualities which were united in this man; they are well known to all who knew him; but to those who knew him not, suffice it to say, he was a kind and benevolent neighbor, a humane and tender master, and that the poor never passed unheeded by him. The writer of these lines, hath from his infancy, known this man, whose loss we deplore, and in making the foregoing communication he has done it conscientiously.
July 26, 1808. A FRIEND.

Micajah married Judith Lewis ADAMS in Oct 1736 in Hanover County or Goochland County, Virginia. Judith (daughter of Robert ADAMS and Mourning LEWIS) was born in Oct 1716 in Henrico County, Virginia; died in UNKNOWN in Albemarle County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married Captain Thomas Cooper, February 06, 1762.
From "Anthony Roots and Branches" by Nancy Vashti Anthony Jacobs:
Sarah Anthony, first child of Joseph Anthony, Sr., and Elizabeth Clark, was born in Virginia August 15, 1742. She married Captain Thomas Cooper (born 1733), who served in the Colonial War of 1758, in Frederick County, Virginia. Thomas Cooper was a member of the House of Burgesses and represented Henry County in the Virginia Convention in 1788 with John Marr ("Virginia Magazine of History and Biography," Vol IX, No. 3, January 1902). He was captain in the Revolutionary Army (Ref. No. 403227 Sand Hill Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia, and Clerk's Office in Virginia). Captain Cooper moved to Hancock County, Georgia about 1790 and died in Greene County, Georgia. Will dated August 20, 1793 recorded in Hancock County listed nine children.

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Married Judith Moorman (June 26, 1748 - January 9, 1774) in 1765.
Had children:
Mary Anthony
Joseph Anthony
Elizabeth Anthony
Also married Mary Jordan (November 26, 1748 - June 16, 1838) on January 5, 1776.

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Married William Chandler (1738 - June 14, 1784) in 1761.
Had child:
Henry Chandler

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Married James Johnson.
Had children:
James Johnson
Joseph Johnson
Micajah Johnson

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Joseph Anthony served in the Revolutionary War. The Georgia Roster of the Revolution data refers to him as: "Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War," by McAllister, p. 185, section 255, Bedford: "Anthony, Joseph S.L. A. Oct. 26, 1778, Second Lieutenant appointed by County Court."
The Patriot Index -- DAR -- lists: Jos. Anthony, Jr. md. Betty Ann Clark, 2nd. Lt. VA.
Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87: "Anthony, Jos., Jr., 7 slaves, Henry County."
July 10, 1789: Wilkes County, Georgia Inferior Court Minutes record that Joseph Anthony bought 500 acres on Fishing Creek.
Other court records:
September 3, 1802: Deeds given to son Joseph.
September 3, 1809: Valuable gifts given to sons Mark Anthony of Wilkes County, Georgia and Micajah Anthony, of Elbert County, Georgia.
September 3, 1810: Last will proved in by Thomas Williams in open court and Griffith Spencer by interrogatories returned in due form, whereupon letter tetametory and arrant of appraisement were issued to Anselm Anthony and Micajah Anthony, Esq.
Will of Joseph Anthony (unrecorded in Wilkes County, furnished by a descendant, copied from "Early Records of Georgia, Wilkes County, Vol 1"):
Anthony, Joseph, of Wilkes Co., Ga. to beloved wife Betsy for life half of land, plantation, mills and fishery, several slaves and furniture.
To the heirs of Mary Stokes personality, having given her proportionate part in her life time.
Sons Anselm and Micajah and Jos. C. to share in Stock of Anthony & Co., the land in Lincoln Co. on Savannah river known as Clarke's Fishery, now in the name of Mark Anthony, and the land on Fishing Creek, Wilkes Co., obtained of the heirs of Micajah Anthony, Dec'd. "for which I am contendin." and several slaves each.
To son Jos. C., not 21, a special bequest of Stock in Wm. Patterson & Co.
To children of Ann Early 811 acres on north fork of Broad River, slaves, furniture, etc.
Mark, Anselm, and Micajah Anthony Excrs. Signed Sept. 8, 1808, probated Sept. 3, 1810. Griffith Spencer, Philip Thurmon, Thos. Williams Test.

Died:
Age: 60

Joseph married Elizabeth Ann CLARK about 1773. Elizabeth (daughter of Micajah CLARK and Judith Lewis ADAMS) was born on 14 Jan 1754 in Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle County, Virginia; died after 1810 in Wilkes County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married Nancy Ann Tate (1754-1834) on September 29, 1772 in Bedford County, Virginia.
Had children:
Nancy, married to Grant Davis, had six children.
Charles and Edmund died young.
Mary Polly buried in Ricks Cemetery near Harrell, Arkansas.
Milton buried at the Medical College in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia.
A Bedford County, Virginia marriage bond dated September 19, 1772 and consent of father Henry Tate, dated September 29, 1772.
Son Jacob listed in his will.
The family of James Anthony, his mother, and other Anthonys came to Wilkes County, Georgia after the Revolutionary War and entered the textile business. Nancy Tate was the daughter of Henry Tate, a Revolutionary soldier, and Elizabeth Netherland.

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Married Josiah Carter on June 26, 1771 in Bedford County, Virginia.
Had chidren:
Christopher Anthony Carter
Josiah Carter

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Married Sarah "Sally" Tate on August 1, 1792. They had one child, who died in 1793 in Georgia.

Agnes married Churchill BLAKEY on 2 Aug 1780 in Henrico County, Virginia. Churchill (son of Thomas BLAKEY and Ann HADEN) was born on 11 Apr 1760 in Culpepper County, Virginia; died on 22 Oct 1837 in Wilkes County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married James Lane.

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Married Joseph Blakey (August 28, 1762 - About 1800).
Married Christopher William Carter.

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Mark Anthony, born October 8, 1767 in Virginia, died April 10, 1841, without a will, in Lincoln County, Georgia, 13th child of Joseph Anthony, Sr., and Elizabeth Clark. Married Sarah Henry Tate, daughter of Henry Tate, on May 24, 1795. The marriage was recorded in Bedford and Campbell Counties in Virginia. Mark and Bolling Anthony bought 536 acres of Fishing Creek on July 14, 1793 from Joseph Anthony and wife Betsy. Mark Anthony was an infantry lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment, Militia, Wilkes County, 1793. This Mark Anthony was the only Mark whose age fits the census records of 1820, 1830, and 1840 in Lincoln County. His second wife and mother of the children was Elizabeth Stinson, daughter of George and Phoebe Stinson. Phoebe's will lists: daughter Sara Binns; child of son Dudly Stinson, deceased; daughter Patsy Kilgore; Susan Stinson; Jane Gorce; Polly Jones; Phoebe Jones; Phoebe Stinson; residue to Elizabeth Anthony, wife of Mark Anthony, and Nancy Boatwright and Barthena Reeves.
from "Anthony Roots and Branches" by Nancy Vashti Anthony Jacobs

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Married Nancy Stone (December 2, 1777 - August 30, 1854).
Represented Wilkes County in the General Assembly , 1803-1804.

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Married William Green (Will -- 1805, Wilkes County, Georgia; Probate -- 1806, Wilkes County, Georgia).
Married Robert Ware and moved to Alabama.

Elizabeth married Joseph ANTHONY about 1773. Joseph (son of Joseph ANTHONY and Elizabeth CLARK) was born on 28 Mar 1750 in Albemarle County, Virginia; died on 3 Sep 1810 in Wilkes County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]