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From: "MoonMistress" <>
Subject: [MAWORCES] JOHNSON, BLOOD, DARLING in Lunenberg & Winchendon
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 10:12:19 -0400


Greetings All!

This is my first post to this list. I am currently trying to break through two of my 'brick walls'. Both of these ladies belong to the JOHNSON families but I don't know how they connect. I have found three or four JOHNSON men who *should* connect to these lines but I can't confirm it yet. If anyone has any information on the following lines plese let me know.

Tabitha JOHNSON b. July 29, 1763 she is listed as being 'Of Lunenberg, MA'
so I'm not sure just *where* she was born. She died in child birth on July
9, 1795. Tabitha JOHNSON married Benjamin DARLING (s/o Timothy DARLING and Joann BLOOD I have tons of information on these lines to share if anyone's interested. This family moved to Winchendon by 1761)
Tabitha JOHNSON and Benjamin DARLING had six sons;
David DARLING b. August 20, 1784
William DARLING b. March 26, 1786
Reuben DARLING b. July 23, 1788
Benjamin DARLING b. February 14, 1791
James DARLING b. February 14, 1793
Joseph DARLING b. July 9, 1795 He was adopted by John KNOWLTON and Sarah HOLDEN.

Benjamin DARLING married (2) Susanna PRIEST, I have information on eleven children of theirs.

My next missing JOHNSON is Sarah JOHNSON b. abt. 1790 place unknown. d.
November 20, 1873. She may be buried in Blood Cemetery in (Hollis?) NH.
She m. Jesse BLOOD July 23, 1816 Groton, MA. He was b. January 13, 1793
Groton, MA d. September 21, 1821 Dunstable, MA. Sarah JOHNSON and Jesse
BLOOD had four children;
Sarah Perkins BLOOD b. January 4, 1817
Martha/Maria BLOOD b. November 7, 1819
Mary Jane BLOOD b. June 12, 1820
Joshua Heyward BLOOD b. April 7, 1822


According to A History of the Town of Dunstable; Elias Nason; Alfred Mudge & Son:
Boston; 1877; pp.171-173

A Universalist society was formed by citizens of Dunstable and the towns
adjacent, and a constitution adopted, Jan. 21, 1818. The names of the
original members of the society are as follows:--

Among others it was signed by
ABEL JOHNSON

GEORGE JOHNSON (this exact name appears as George Johnson DARLING son of my
Benjamin DARLING and his second wife Susanna PRIEST..Benjamin's first wife
was Tabitha JOHNSON. Geoge Johnson DARLING is b. April 4, 1812 Mason, NH d.
Nov. 25, 1869 Jaffrey, NH m. Charity SULHAM in 1832.)

JESSE JOHNSON
EPHRAIM JOHNSON

I'm thinking they may be related to either or both of my JOHNSON ladies
because
this document is also signed by my direct ancestor DAVID DARLING along with
several BLOOD ancestors including Jesse BLOOD husband of Sarah JOHNSON
above. Also some who fit into my GILSON line.

Are any of those JOHNSON men familiar to anyone? ABEL JOHNSON is also
listed as a solider in
the War of 1812 along with my Jesse BLOOD--again husband of Sarah JOHNSON.

I think these guys all relate somewhere....but where???? These two JOHNSON
ladies have eluded me for years.

Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
Lisa
Forever researching the surnames; BLOOD, BRYANT, DARLING, GOWING, KING, WILLARD, CLARK/E, PELKEY/PELKY, PERKINS, DAYS, MUNSCH, O'GARA, HIGGINS and many many more!



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