Mehitable Grannis1
F, b. 1666, d. 2 December 1745
Mehitable was born in 1666 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. She often went by the name of Mable. She was the daughter of Edward Grannis and Hannah Wakefield. Mehitable married John Johnson, son of John Johnson and Hannah Parmelie, on 2 March 1684/85 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.2,3 Mehitable's husband, John, died after 10 December 1712 in New Haven, leaving her a widow. Mehitable departed this life on Thursday, 2 December 1745 in Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut. She was buried there in the Old Durham Cemetery. Here lyes the body of Mahitable Johnson relict of John Johnson, late of New Haven, ae. about 79 years.
Children of Mehitable Grannis and John Johnson
- John Johnson b. 1 Mar 1686/87, d. 17 Oct 1744
- Thomas Johnson b. 12 Jan 1688/89, d. 22 Apr 1761
- Anne Johnson b. Feb 1691/92, d. 29 Mar 1731
- Abraham Johnson b. 3 Apr 1694, d. 1775
- Sarah Johnson b. 7 Apr 1694
- Daniel Johnson b. 22 Apr 1696
- Joseph Johnson b. 2 Dec 1698
- Deacon Benjamin Johnson+ b. 9 Mar 1701, d. 17 Feb 1794
- James Johnson b. 3 Sep 1705, d. 26 May 1759
- Mehitable Johnson b. 29 Feb 1707/8
Citations
- [S115] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations Of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, On The Basis Of Farmer's Registar, Vol. II, p. 290.
- [S1260] James Shepard, The New Haven & Wallingford [Conn.] Johnsons, page 135.
- [S1878] New Haven Vital Records 1649-1850: Volume 1: page 59. John Johnson and Mabell Grannest wer marryed ye 2nd of March 1684/85 Before Jno. Nash asist 1684/85. - transcribed by Hartford, CT Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America - https://www.americanancestors.org/DB334/i/7397/5/0