Eliphalet Johnson1

#11394, (1668 - 20 April 1718)
Father*Thomas Johnson Jr.2 (s 1626 - 1695)
Mother*Frances _____2 (s 1626 - )

Family

Deborah Ward b. c 1667
Children 1.Eliphalet Johnson Jr.7 (s 1692 - )
 2.John Johnson7 (s 1694 - )
 3.Samuel Johnson7 (s 1696 - )
 4.Nathaniel Johnson+8 (1698 - 1765)
 5.Timothy Johnson7 (s 1700 - )
 6.Deborah Johnson6 (s 1702 - )
 7.Phoebe Johnson6 (s 1704 - )
Birth*1668He was born in 1668 at Newark, East Jersey.3,4 
Marriage*say 1690He married Deborah Ward, daughter of Sgt. John Ward Sr. and Sarah Hill, say 1690 at East JerseyG.1,2 
2 November 1694In Thomas Johnson Jr.'s will dated 2 November 1694, Eliphalet Johnson was named as executor and principal heir.5 
27 August 1717He left a will on 27 August 1717 at Newark, Essex Co., East JerseyG.6 
Death*20 April 1718He died on 20 April 1718 at East JerseyG.1,2 

Citations

  1. [S1088] Richard W. Cook, "John Warde and John Warde of Newark", Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 57 (1982): 60.
  2. [S1715] Bernard C. Steiner and Ralph D. Smith, "Supplementary Notes on the Johnson Family", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register LVI (July 1902): 297-298.
  3. [S1088] Richard W. Cook, "John Warde and John Warde of Newark", p. 60, giving 1658 as birth year. An error for 1668 as Eliphalet was named youngest son in his father's will, and other sources also give 1668.
  4. [S1715] Bernard C. Steiner and Ralph D. Smith, "Supplementary Notes on the Johnson Family", Eliphalet, b. 1668, poss. New Haven, son of Thomas and Eilena.
  5. [S1075] A. van Doren Honeyman, William Whitehead and others, editors, Documents Relating to the Colonial and Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey (Newark, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey, 1880–1949), XXIII:265. Will of Thomas Johnson, of Newark, age 64. Names youngest son Eliphalet principal heir and executor; legacies to other sons Joseph, John and Thomas; witn. John Prudden and John Curtis. Proved 21 Nov 1694, N.J. Archives, XXI, p. 215, and Essex Wills. Inventory 3 Dec 1694, by John Curtis and John Cooper, £174.11.6. Hereinafter cited as Documents Relating to the History of the New Jersey.
  6. [S1075] A. van Doren Honeyman, William Whitehead and others, Documents Relating to the History of the New Jersey, XXIII:261. Will of Eliphelet Johnson/Johnston of Newark, Essex Co., yeoman. Mentions wife Abigail; children Eliphalet, Nathaniel, John, Samuel, Timothy, Deborah and Phebie. Includes real and personal estate. Executors sons Eliphelet and Nathaniel; Overseers Jonathan Craine and John Cooper; witn. Joseph Peck, John Ogden and John Cooper. Proved 13 Aug 1718, Lib. A, p. 103.
  7. [S1715] Bernard C. Steiner and Ralph D. Smith, "Supplementary Notes on the Johnson Family", no date of birth given, recorded here in the same order as listed.
  8. [S1083] William Ogden Wheeler, The Ogden Family in America (Elizabethtown Branch) and Their English Ancestry (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1897, 1907), 62-63.