Matthew JohnsonAge: 85 years17481833

Name
Matthew Johnson
Given names
Matthew
Surname
Johnson
Birth 1748 51 42
Death of a fatherGeorge Johnson
1751 (Age 3 years)

Death of a motherIsabella Brown
1751 (Age 3 years)

MarriageAnn Ash DobsonView this family
1763 (Age 15 years)

Birth of a daughter
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Nancy Abigale Johnson
1782 (Age 34 years)
Marriage of a childJohn HendersonNancy Abigale JohnsonView this family
1799 (Age 51 years)

Marriage of a childJohn HendersonNancy Abigale JohnsonView this family
1807 (Age 59 years)
Death of a daughterNancy Abigale Johnson
1824 (Age 76 years)
Death January 21, 1833 (Age 85 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1723
26 years
himself
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wife
Ann Ash Dobson
Birth: 1747 51 42Scackleton, Yorkshire, England, UK
Death: March 22, 1835Oxford Junction, Cumberland Co., NS, Canada
Marriage: 1763
20 years
daughter

  1. Generation 1
    1. Matthew Johnson, son of George Johnson and Isabella Brown, was born in 1748 in Northumberland, England, UK and died on January 21, 1833 in Oxford Junction, Cumberland Co., NS, Canada at the age of 85. He married Ann Ash Dobson, daughter of Richard Dobson and Mary Ash, in 1763. She was born in 1747 in Scackleton, Yorkshire, England, UK and died on March 22, 1835 in Oxford Junction, Cumberland Co., NS, Canada at the age of 88.

      Children of Matthew Johnson and Ann Ash Dobson:

      1. Nancy Abigale Johnson (17821824)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Nancy Abigale Johnson, daughter of Matthew Johnson and Ann Ash Dobson, was born in 1782 in River Philip, Cumberland Co., NS, Canada and died in 1824 in Tatamagouche, NS, Canada at the age of 42. She married 2 times. The first time she married John Henderson, son of John Henderson and ? Falconer, in 1799. He was born in 1788 in Tatamagouche, NS, Canada and died in 1825 in Tatamagouche, NS, Canada at the age of 37. The second time she married John Henderson, son of John Robert Henderson and Mary Davidson, in 1807 in River John, Colchester Co., NS, Canada. He was born on November 27, 1772 in Ecclefechan, Dumfries, Scotland and died on July 8, 1832 in River John, Colchester Co., NS, Canada at the age of 59.

      Children of Nancy Abigale Johnson and John Henderson:

      1. George Henderson (18001805)
      2. Polly Henderson (18001805)
      3. Matthew Henderson (18131814)
      4. William Henderson (18221823)

      Children of Nancy Abigale Johnson and John Henderson:

      1. Thomas Henderson (18081879)
  3. Generation 3back to top
    1. Thomas Henderson, son of John Henderson and Nancy Abigale Johnson, was born in 1808 in Bayhead, NS, Canada and died on December 23, 1879 in Waugh's River, NS, Canada at the age of 71. He married Elizabeth Mettetal, daughter of George Mettetal and Elizabeth Annie Mingo, in 1829. She was born in 1815 in Tatamagouche, NS, Canada and died on October 15, 1875 in Waugh's River, NS, Canada at the age of 60.

      Children of Thomas Henderson and Elizabeth Mettetal:

      1. James Henderson (18301851)
      2. John Henderson (18431899)
      3. Archibald Henderson (18481929)
      4. Susan Henderson (18551856)
      5. Daniel Henderson (18561857)
Shared note

Matthew was from Northumberland, England and Ann was from Yorkshire, England. There is a story that she was actually Lady Ann Ash, and that Matthew was her coachman with whom she eloped.