Jacob Johnson and Abigail Merriman

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Husband Jacob Johnson ¹

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           Born: 25 Sep 1674 - New Haven, New Haven Co, CT 1
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           Died: 17 Jul 1749 1
         Buried: 

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         Father: William Johnson (      -1716) 2
         Mother: Sarah Hall (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 14 Dec 1693 1

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   Other Spouse: Dorcas Linsley (      -      ) 1

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Wife Abigail Merriman ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: 9 Jan 1727 1
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         Father: John Hitchcock (      -      ) 1 3
         Mother: Abigail Merriman (      -      ) 1 3

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Children

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1 M Rev. Jacob Johnson ^{1 4 5}

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           Born: 7 Apr 1713 - Wallingford, New Haven Co, CT 1
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           Died: 15 Mar 1797 - Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary Giddings (1730-1805) 6
           Marr: ? Groton, New London Co, CT

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Johnson

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He was of Wallingford, Connecticut, where he was sergeant of the Wallingford train band and is mentioned in the records as "Sergeant Jacob". He served as deputy in the General Court, 1732, 1733 and 1736. He was a man of substance and influence and the possessor at the time of his death of about four hundred acres of land and several slaves.

He and his first wife were the parents of ten children, all of whom grew to maturity and had families. The youngest of these was Rev. Jacob.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1493.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1492.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 451.

4 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 32.

5 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 508.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1494.