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JOHNSON, Henry (1623-83), of Blackwall, Mdx. and Friston, Suff.
Family and Education
bap. 25 Jan. 1623, 1st s. of Francis Johnson of Aldeburgh by Mary, da. of Peter Pett of Deptford, Kent. m. 13 Dec. 1648, Dorothy, da. and h. of William Lord of Melton, Kent, 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 1636; Kntd. 8 Mar. 1680.Vis. Mdx. ed. Foster, 67; H. Green and R. Wigam, Chrons. Blackwell Yard, 9, 18, 24.
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Commr. for sewers, Mdx. 1647, Havering and Dagenham levels Sept. 1660, assessment, Mdx. and Suff. 1677 – 80, Aldeburgh 1679 – 80; capt. of militia ft. Mdx. by 1678–d.
Yr. bro. Trinity House Aug. 1660; member, R. Adventurers into Africa 1663, R. Africa Co. 1672; committee, E.I. Co. 1683–d.
Main residences: Blackwall, Mdx.; Friston, Suff.
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JOHNSON, Sir Henry (c.1659-1719), of Blackwall, Mdx. and Friston, Suff.
Family and Education
b. c. 1659, 1st s. of Henry Johnson, and bro. of William Johnson. m. (1) 20 May 1686, Anne, da. and h. of Hugh Smithson, Haberdasher, of Old Exchange Precincts, London, 1da.; (2) 11 Mar. 1693, Martha (d. 18 July 1745), suo jure Baroness Wentworth, da. and h. of John Lovelace, 3rd Baron Lovelace of Hurley, s.p. suc. fa. 1683; Kntd. Mar. 1685.East Anglian, iii. 198; Add. 22187. f. 96; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London, 153.
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Capt. of militia ft. Tower Hamlets by 1683, col. by Aug. 1688-at least 1697; j.p. Mdx. 1685 – 87, 1689 – d., Berks. 1695 – d., Suff. by 1701 – d.; committee E.I. Co. 1684 – 91, 1698 – 1702; dep. master of shipwrights’ co. Rotherhithe 1686; commr. for encroachments, Tower of London 1686; assessment, Mdx., Suff. and Aldeburgh 1689 – 90; dep. lt. Tower Hamlets 1689–?d., Mdx. 1692–?d., Berks. and Oxon. 1702–?d., elder bro. Trinity House 1700–d., master 1707 – 09; commr. for sewers, Tower Hamlets 1712.
Main residences: Blackwall, Mdx.; Friston, Suff.
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Commons 1660-1690
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JOHNSON, Sir Henry (c.1659-1719)
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JOHNSON, Sir James (1615-at least 1688), of South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norf.
Family and Education
bap. 16 July 1615, 2nd s. of Thomas Johnson (d.1661) of Yarmouth by Margaret, da. of Thomas Thompson of Yarmouth. m. Dorothy, da. of Augustine Scottow, grocer, of Norwich, 2s. Kntd. 22 Sept. 1671.Yarmouth St. Nicholas par. reg.; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 266; PCC 7 Laud; P. Millican, Freemen of Norwich, 76.
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Freeman, Yarmouth 1641, common councilman to 1649, alderman by Aug. 1660–2; commr. for assessment, Norf. Aug. 1660–1, 1677 – 80, Yarmouth Sept. 1660–3, 1673 – 80; j.p. Norf. 1673 – 80; commr. for inquiry into recusancy fines, Norf., Suff. and Cambs. Mar. 1688.
Main residence: South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norf.
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Commons 1660-1690
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JOHNSON, Sir James (1615-at least 1688)
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JOHNSON, Nathaniel (c.1645-1713), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. and Kibblesworth, Lamesley, co. Dur.
Family and Education
b. c. 1645, 1st s. of William Johnson, merchant, of Newcastle by Margaret, da. of William Sherwood, merchant, of Newcastle. m. 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1678; Kntd. 28 Dec. 1680.Surtees, Dur. ii. 218; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 343.
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Dep. treas. Barbados by 1668; jt.-farmer of hearth-tax 1679 – 84; gov. Leeward Isles 1686 – 89, Carolina 1702–8.
Member of eastland co. Newcastle 1668, merchant adventurers 1669, freeman 1673; j.p. co. Dur. 1674 – ?86, collector of hearth-tax, Cumb., Westmld., Northumb. and co. Dur. by 1675; commr. for assessment, co. Dur. 1677 – 79, Newcastle 1679 – 80, carriage of coals, Newcastle 1679; capt. of militia ft. Newcastle by 1680 – ?Feb. 1688; member, Hon. Artillery Co. 1681; mayor, Newcastle 1681 – 82, alderman 1682-June 1688.
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Main residences: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.; Kibblesworth, Lamesley, co. Dur.
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JOHNSON, Nathaniel (c.1645-1713)
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JOHNSON, William (c.1660-1718), of Blackwall, Mdx.
Family and Education
b. c. 1660, 2nd s. of Henry Johnson, and bro. of Sir Henry Johnson. educ. Leyden 1678. m. by 1687, Agneta, da. of Hartgill Baron, clerk of the privy seal, of Windsor, Berks., 3s. 8da.East Anglian, iii. 198; Add. 22187, f. 219; Hedges Diary (Hakluyt Soc. lxxiv), 249; PCC 218 Tenison; The Ancestor, x. i63.
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Asst. R. Africa Co. 1687 – 89; commr. for assessment, Mdx., Suff. and Aldeburgh 1689 – 90; dep. lt. Tower Hamlets 1689 – at least1702; committee E.I. Co. 1690 – 91, 1698 – 99, 1702 – 05; elder bro. Trinity House 1709 – d.; commr. for sewers, Tower Hamlets 1712.
Gent. of privy chamber 1690 – 1702; capt.-gen. of Guinea 1716–d.
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Main residence: Blackwall, Mdx.
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JOHNSON, William (c.1660-1718)
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