David Conover's Famous Cousins
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John Johnson (M)
b. 1588, d. 30 September 1659, #37501
Relationship=10th great-grandfather of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     John Johnson was born circa 1588 at Wilmington, Kent, England. John Johnson was born in 1588 at Herne, England. John Johnson was born circa 1590 at England. He married Mary Heath, daughter of William Heath and Agnes Cheney, on 21 September 1613 at Ware, Hertfordshire, England. John Johnson immigrated in 1630 to Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; he came from Herne, Kent, England with the Winthrop Fleet. He served on the Coroner's Jury on 28 September 1630. He held the position of a constable on 19 October 1630 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. On 18 May 1631 John Johnson was listed as a freeman at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He served on a committee to view ground and set bounds for Charlestown and Newton on 7 November 1632. He married Margery (Unknown) before 1633. John Johnson served on a committee to put a cart bridge over Muddy River on 6 August 1633. He held the position of Deputy for Roxbury to the General Court between 1634 and 1657. On 1 April 1634 He paid 20s. toward the building of the seafort.
He was admitted to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1638. On 1 December 1640 He took in a servant, Samuel Hefford, for three years.
In the earliest list of Roxbury inhabitants, about 1642, John Johnson's valuation of £15 12s nad £6 8s. with six goats and four kids, was one of the highest in the town. He was assigned the duty of distributing the gunpoweder to the major towns in the colony "taking into serious considerations the present danger of each plantation by the desperate plots and conspiracies of the heathen" on 8 September 1642. He held the position of Surveyor General of Arms and Ammunition on 8 September 1642. On 7 March 1643/44 Richard Davenport, Captain of the Fort of the Massachusetts at Castle Island, was instructed to demand at any time from John Johnson, surveyor general, for every soldier on suffiecient musket, sword, rest, and pair of bandiliers with tow fathom of match for each musket.
On March 1645 A great tragedfy to the Johnson family as well as the town of Roxbury occured when John Johnson's house, with a substantial supply fo the colony's gunpowder therein, caught fire and burned.
He served on a committee to settle impotent aged persons or vagrants on 14 May 1645. On 14 May 1645 John Johnson was granted £40 "for his service done to the country diverse years past."
He petitioned with others for the land formerly granted them between Dedham, Watertown, and Sudbury; Johnson was to receive four hundred and thirty six acres on 7 October 1646. He served on a committe to purchase lands for the Indians "to live in an orderly way amongst us." On 4 November 1646. He served on a committee to review colony defenses on 26 May 1647. He held the position of arbiter in Saltonstall vs. Watertown on 27 October 1647. John Johnson and others were to receive lands formerly granted between Andover and Redding "in the place whereabouts the bridge should be built" on 18 October 1648. He held the position of paymaster for the building of Boston prision on 17 October 1649. He sold one hundred acres to Richard Parker on 24 May 1650. John Johnson received land in Roxbury from Thomas and Dorothy Hawley on 22 June 1652. On 20 July 1652 He signed a report of the committee concerning the rebuilding of the castle and batteries on Castle Island.
In the Roxbury land inventory in the early 1650's John Johnson held thirteen parcels, six fo which had been granted to him by the town: "his house, barn and house lot on the back side of his orchard, together with liberty to enclose the swamp and brook," eight acres, three acres of marsh; twenty acres of mowing ground; ten acres fo woodland; four acres by Rocky Swamp; one hundred and ten acres and one quarter in the last division, first and third allotments; fifty-one and a half acres in the thousand acres near Deaham, bought of Edward Porter and John Pettit; six acres bought of John Morgan; sixteen acrecs and a half bought fo Richard Goad; and acre and a quarter lately the land of Thomas Lamb; three acres of woodland lately the land of John Stebbins; four acres of fresh meadow "lately bought of John Parepoynt"; and thirteen acres and twenty rods of land, wood and pasture bought of Thomas Gardner. He married Grace Negus before May 1656. John Johnson John Johnson and Eleazer Fawer were instructed by the General Court to divide the estate of Banabas Fawer equally so that Johnson's third wife Grace (Negus) Fawer, and her son Eleaze Fawer received half each in May 1656. "Mr. John Johnson having been long serviceable to the country in the place of surveyor general, for which he hath never had any satisfaction, which this Court considering of, think meet to grant him three hundered acres in any place where he can find it." Within the year, Johnson sold this land to Mr. William Parks. On 6 May 1657. He served on a committee to properly supply ministers on 6 May 1657. He left a will on 29 September 1659 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

"John Johnson of Roxbury" bequeathed to "my beloved wife" my dwelling house and certain lands "I have already given" during her natural life according to a deed, also £60 for her household furniture "which house and lands, after my wife's decease, I give unto my five children to be equally divided, my eldest son having a double portion"; to "my two grandchildren who lived with me, Elizabeth Johnson and Mehitable Johnson" £5 each; to "my sons Isaak Johnson and Robert Pepper" confirm the parcel of lands of fifty-five acres in the third division "I have formerly given" them; residue to "my five children equally divided, my eldest son having a double portion"; sons Isaac Johnson and
robert Pepper executors; "my dear brethren Elder Heath and Deacon Park" overseeers; "If my chlidren should disagree in anything I do order them to choose one man more to these my overseers, and stand to their determination."

He died on 30 September 1659 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He was buried on 1 October 1659 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The inventory of "John Johnson late of Roxbury" was presented October 15, 1659 and totalled £623 1s 6d, of which more than £350 was real estate:"20 acres of meadow," £80; "the house and and land about it," £190; "one lot near Stoney River let to John Peairepoint for four years," £40; "in the Great Lots on pasture of about 20 acres," £40; and "about ten acres of land near the Great Lots and twelve acres bought of Thomas Garner," £(blot). Among the many domestic luxuries in this inventory wer a comsiderable number of linens, cushions, rugs and blankets. His personal military accoutrements included "two fowling pieces and on cutlass, £2."

Children of John Johnson and Mary Heath
Mary Johnson+ b. 31 Jul 1614, d. 29 Jan 1678/79
Capt. Issac Johnson b. 11 Feb 1615/16, d. 19 Dec 1675
John Johnson b. 8 Apr 1618
Elizabeth Johnson b. 22 Aug 1619, d. 1684
Humphrey Johnson b. 5 Nov 1620, d. 24 Jul 1693
Joseph Johnson b. 20 Apr 1622
Susan Johnson b. 16 Jul 1623, d. 16 Aug 1629
Sarah Johnson b. 12 Nov 1624
Joseph Johnson b. 6 Mar 1626/27
Hannah Johnson b. 23 Mar 1626/27

Thomas Mowry (M)
#37502
Relationship=10th great-grandfather of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Thomas Mowry married Elizabeth (Unknown).

Child of Thomas Mowry and Elizabeth (Unknown)
Roger Mowry+ b. 1610, d. 5 Jan 1666/67

John Mowry (M)
b. circa 1645, #37504
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Relationship=8th great-granduncle of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     John Mowry was born circa 1645. He was the son of Roger Mowry and Mary Johnson. John Mowry married Mary (Unknown) circa 1674.

Bethiah Mowry (F)
b. 17 June 1638, #37505
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Relationship=8th great-grandaunt of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Bethiah Mowry was also known as Appia Mowry. She was baptized on 17 June 1638 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Roger Mowry and Mary Johnson. Bethiah Mowry married George Palmer on 30 September 1662.

Joseph Mowry (M)
b. 1647, d. 27 May 1716, #37506
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Relationship=8th great-granduncle of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Joseph Mowry was born in 1647 at Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. He was the son of Roger Mowry and Mary Johnson. Joseph Mowry married Mary Wilbur before 1672. Joseph Mowry died on 27 May 1716 at Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

Mary Mowry (F)
b. 16 February 1639, #37507
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Relationship=8th great-grandaunt of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Mary Mowry was baptized on 16 February 1639 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Roger Mowry and Mary Johnson.

Benjamin Mowry (M)
b. 8 May 1649, #37508
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Relationship=8th great-granduncle of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Benjamin Mowry was born on 8 May 1649. He was the son of Roger Mowry and Mary Johnson. Benjamin Mowry was baptized on 20 May 1649 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. He married Martha Hazard in 1676/77 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Mowry (F)
b. 27 March 1642, d. after 1690, #37509
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Relationship=8th great-grandaunt of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Elizabeth Mowry was baptized on 27 March 1642 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Roger Mowry and Mary Johnson. Elizabeth Mowry died after 1690.

Thomas Mowry (M)
b. 19 July 1652, #37510
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Relationship=8th great-granduncle of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Thomas Mowry was born on 19 July 1652 at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. He was the son of Roger Mowry and Mary Johnson. Thomas Mowry married Susanna Newell on 6 September 1673 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Nathaniel Mowry (M)
b. 10 January 1644, d. 24 March 1717/18, #37511
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Relationship=8th great-granduncle of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Nathaniel Mowry was born in 1644 at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. He was baptized on 10 January 1644. He was the son of Roger Mowry and Mary Johnson. Nathaniel Mowry published marriage intentions on 28 August 1666 at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. Nathaniel Mowry died on 24 March 1716/17 at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, at age 73. He died on 24 March 1717/18 at age 74.

Child of Nathaniel Mowry and Johanna Inman
Henry Mowry b. c 1670, d. 12 Nov 1759

Hannah Mowry (F)
b. 28 September 1656, #37512
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Relationship=8th great-grandaunt of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Hannah Mowry was born on 28 September 1656 at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. She was the daughter of Roger Mowry and Mary Johnson. Hannah Mowry married Benjamin Sherman on 3 December 1674 at Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

Timothy Brooks (M)
b. circa 1625, d. 1712, #37513

     Timothy Brooks was born circa 1625 at England. He married Mary Russell on 21 December 1659 at Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Timothy Brooks married Mehitable Mowry, daughter of Roger Mowry and Mary Johnson, after 15 September 1680 at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. Timothy Brooks died in 1712 at Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Mary Russell (F)
d. 15 September 1680, #37514

     Mary Russell married Timothy Brooks on 21 December 1659 at Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Mary Russell died on 15 September 1680 at Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Rachel Vigne (F)
b. 16 March 1623, d. 18 February 1663, #37548
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Relationship=8th great-grandaunt of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Rachel Vigne was baptized on 16 March 1623 at Walloon Church, Leyden, Netherlands. She was the daughter of Guillaume Vigne and Adriana Cuveille. Rachel Vigne married Cornelis Van Tienhoven before 25 July 1639. Rachel Vigne married Cornelis Van Tienhoven on 18 February 1643. Rachel Vigne died on 18 February 1663 at New Amsterdam, New York County, New York, at age 39.

Jean de la Vigne (M)
b. circa 1560, d. after 1622, #37549
Relationship=10th great-grandfather of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Jean de la Vigne was born circa 1560 at Valenciennes, Nord, France. He died after 1622 at Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

Child of Jean de la Vigne
Guillaume Vigne+ b. c 1586, d. c 30 Apr 1632


         

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David Kipp Conover
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