Brief Life History of Mahettable
When Mahettable Johnson was born on 2 August 1768, in Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, her father, Joseph Johnson Jr., was 42 and her mother, Mary Rogers, was 40. She married James Bliss on 26 March 1789, in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Harrison Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died on 1 August 1858, in Harrison, Indiana, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Central, Heth Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Hetta Bliss, "United States Census, 1850"
- Hetta, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Martin in the 1850 United States Federal Census with Hetta Bliss
Spouse and Children
1762–1831 Male
1768–1858 Female
Children (11)
1788– Female
1790– Male
1791–1863 Female
1793–about 1857 Male
1795–about 1857 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1726–1787 Male
1728–1794 Female
Siblings (13)
1746–1746 Female
1747–1833 Male
1749–1824 Female
1750–1751 Male
1755–1791 Male
+8 More Children
World Events (8)
1776
Age 8
1785
Age 17
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 26
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Johan, Jo(h)n (see John ) + -son. It was often interchanged with Jenson and Janson . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Norwegian, Danish, or North German Johnsen , Johannesen , Johannsen , Johansen , Jansen , Jantzen , and Jensen , Swedish Johnsson (see below), Johansson , Jonsson , and Jansson , Dutch Janssen , German Janz , Czech Jansa 1, and Slovenian Janša (see Jansa 2) and Janežič (see Janezic ). Johnson (including in the sense 2 below) is the second most frequent surname in the US. It is also the second most common surname among Native Americans and a very common surname among African Americans.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Johnsson: patronymic from the personal name John, a variant of Jon (see John ). Compare 1 above.
History: Surname Johnson was brought independently to North America by many different bearers from the 17th and 18th centuries onward. Andrew Johnson (1808–75), 17th president of the US, was born in Raleigh, NC, the younger son of Jacob Johnson and Mary (or Polly) McDonough. Little is known of his ancestors. The 36th president, Lyndon B. Johnson, dates his American forebears back seven generations to James Johnston (sic) (born c. 1662) who lived at Currowaugh, Nansemond, and Isle of Wight counties, VA. — Noted early bearers also include Marmaduke Johnson (died 1674), a printer who came from England to MA in 1660; Edward Johnson (1598–1672), a colonial chronicler who was baptized at St. George's parish, Canterbury, England, and emigrated to Boston in 1630; and Sir Nathaniel Johnson (c. 1645–1713), a colonial governor of Carolina, who came from County Durham, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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