Susanna Johnson

Brief Life History of Susanna

Susanna Johnson was born in 1771, in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. She married Garner Cady on 3 May 1801. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. She died in 1825, at the age of 54, and was buried in Old West Stafford Cemetery, Stafford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

Garner Cady
1774–1861
Susanna Johnson
1771–1825
Marriage: 3 May 1801
Elvira Cady
1801–1897
Hannah Cady
Phineas Green Cady
1803–1873
Garner Cady Jr
1805–1852
Alanson Cady
1809–1886
Hannah Cady
1809–1892
Marriella Cady
1811–1878
Isaac Cady
1813–1891
Andrew Jackson Cady
1815–1903
Francis Augustus Cady
1818–1890
Frances Agusta Cady
1818–
George F. Cady
1820–1905
Alfred Dana Cady
1822–1917
Giddings Hyde Cady
1825–1873

Sources (12)

  • Susanna Johnson, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Susannah in entry for Alanson Cody, "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961"
  • Susanna Johnson in entry for Francis A. Cody, "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961"

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World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1785

Founded

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

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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