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#fl5en=3Jo|inBxin Their dates of birth are not known, but they first appear in the records in I, 2, 3 the following order: John 1639, Robert 1641, Thomas 1647. John^ Johnson consented to the Planters' Covenant June 4, 1639, and signed the Agreement later in the same year. He built a house in New Haven (from which we infer that he was married, and had a household) ; " but his heart drew him," says Rev. Mr. Atwater, "to Rowley, and he sold his house to his brother Robert." He " was one of the early Select- men at Rowley, that title being used much earlier in Massachusetts than in the New Haven Colony." On the 3* of November 1641, Robert Johnson having made " clame to the house and lott of his brother John Johnson, late planter of this towne deceased, by vertue of a contract betwixt them, the Court haveing debated itt, and nott findeing itt ripe for issue, itt was ordered thatt those thatt can give best light about itt should ripen their app^hensions so as they may be able to make oath to whatt they can testifie concerning itt, w"h may stand vpon record for posterity."" The " ripening of apprehensions," here referred to, would seem to have been a slow process; for, after several years had passed, in 1646, Robert Johnson's right to the house and lot was still in question ; when was testified that, it " When Jn° Johnson was p'paring to goe to the Bay, he told mee he had sould his howse and accomodations belonging to it vnto his brother (viz") Robert Johnson, for the 40/. he said I knew he received in Old England, vpon condicon that, if he should see it his way to come back and live here, then he might have it, paying to his brother the said 40/. and what chardges he should lay out about it, or, if h's brother should sell it to come and live in the Bay, 40/. of the price he should keepe to him- selfe, and pay the overplus to him, only deducting his chardges. But if the said John should not returne, and the said Robert his brother should resolve to setle here, then the said Robert Johnson should have it forever, for the said 40/. . . ." " " Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven from 1638 to 1649. Hoadly. . . . Hartford, 1857, p. 59. '" Col. Records, ut supra, p. 272. 286 By Charles J.
Robert Johnson's first appearance in New Haven was as claimant of his brother John's house and lot, in 1641. In 1644 he was appointed by the General Court a "viewer" of damage done by "cattell or hoggs" in "the Yorkshire quarter;"^' in 1648 was put on a committee entrusted by the General Court to devise means for effectually protecting from such damage;® and in 1649 was made one of a committee to ascertain "what quantity of corne every man hath sowen or planted this yeere, that he is to be p'd for." ^' Evidently he had the confidence of the community in which he lived. In 1649, again, he "desired that he might haue libbertie to make a well in y' streete neere his house."*' In 1646 he bought six and a half acres of land "in the Necke ;" and in that year it was recorded that "Thomas Yale hath sold vnto Robert Johnson 62 acr. of vpland."^ His Will, without date, but "apparently proved," as Hon. Samuel York, late Judge of Probate of New Haven, informs us, "after Oct. 21'', 1661, and probably on Nov. 26, 1661, or just before that date," reads as follows "A writing presented as tlie last will and testament of Robert Johnson of New Haven deceased. "Imp. I bequeath my soule to Jesus Christ and my bodye to the dust; Also I give my sonne Thomas twenty pounds as y" other two, John and William, have had, and then my sonne Thomas, after my wife have had her thirds, to make an equall division amongst the three brothers—the land in the Yorkshire Quarter I would have my sone Thomas to have, that is, thenine acres belonging to the house, in part of his portion, and I give Jeremiah Johnson " a little red cow. "The Witnesses, " Robert Johnson, William Bradley, his mark." Christopher Tod, his mark." In connection with this document it may be mentioned that there was no formal division of Robert Johnson's estate, as New Haven Records " Id., p. 155. '' Id., pp. 273 and 301. ^"^ Id., p. 404. 58 id^ p 466. M Id., p. 503. " It is proper to say, here, that we find several Johnsons, named in the records consulted, whom we have not identified. 287 :
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Robert Johnson's first appearance in New Haven was as claimant <strong>of</strong><br />
his brother John's house <strong>and</strong> lot, in 1641. In 1644 he was appointed by<br />
the General Court a "viewer" <strong>of</strong> damage done by "cattell or hoggs" in<br />
"the Yorkshire quarter;"^' in 1648 was put on a committee entrusted by<br />
the General Court to devise means for effectually protecting from such<br />
damage;® <strong>and</strong> in 1649 was made one <strong>of</strong> a committee to ascertain "what<br />
quantity <strong>of</strong> corne every man hath sowen or planted this yeere, that he is to<br />
be p'd for." ^' Evidently he had the confidence <strong>of</strong> the community in which<br />
he lived. In 1649, again, he "desired that he might haue libbertie to<br />
make a well in y' streete neere his house."*' In 1646 he bought six <strong>and</strong> a<br />
half acres <strong>of</strong> l<strong>and</strong> "in the Necke ;" <strong>and</strong> in that year it was recorded that<br />
"Thomas Yale hath sold vnto Robert Johnson 62 acr. <strong>of</strong> vpl<strong>and</strong>."^ His<br />
Will, without date, but "apparently proved," as Hon. Samuel York, late<br />
Judge <strong>of</strong> Probate <strong>of</strong> New Haven, informs us, "after Oct. 21'', 1661, <strong>and</strong><br />
probably on Nov. 26, 1661, or just before that date," reads as follows<br />
"A writing presented as tlie last will <strong>and</strong> testament <strong>of</strong> Robert Johnson <strong>of</strong> New<br />
Haven deceased.<br />
"Imp. I bequeath my soule to Jesus Christ <strong>and</strong> my bodye to the dust; Also I<br />
give my sonne Thomas twenty pounds as y" other two, John <strong>and</strong> William, have had,<br />
<strong>and</strong> then my sonne Thomas, after my wife have had her thirds, to make an equall<br />
division amongst the three brothers—the l<strong>and</strong> in the Yorkshire Quarter I would have<br />
my sone Thomas to have, that is, thenine acres belonging to the house, in part <strong>of</strong><br />
his portion, <strong>and</strong> I give Jeremiah Johnson " a little red cow.<br />
"The Witnesses, " Robert Johnson,<br />
William Bradley, his mark."<br />
Christopher Tod, his mark."<br />
In connection with this document it may be mentioned that there was<br />
no formal division <strong>of</strong> Robert Johnson's estate, as New Haven Records<br />
" Id., p. 155.<br />
'' Id., pp. 273 <strong>and</strong> 301.<br />
^"^ Id., p. 404. 58 id^ p 466. M Id., p. 503.<br />
" It is proper to say, here, that we find several Johnsons, named in the records consulted, whom we<br />
have not identified.<br />
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