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chase and patent; and 138 acres in Anne Arundel
County, the remainder of an unknown quantity
of land obtained through his wife's inheritance);
also owned at least 250 acres in Frederick County
jointly with his brother Thomas Johnson (1732-
1819), by 1798. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: on June
18, 1811, at Frederick Town. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: 78 slaves, 20 shares in the Frederick and
Baltimore Turnpike Road, 2 shares in the Po-
tomac Company, and stock in the Farmers Bank
of MD, all named in his will or account. LAND:
over 10,000 acres, plus lots, in Allegany and Fred-
erick counties, plus an unknown quantity of land
in Pennsylvania.
JOHNSON, EDWARD (ca. 1737-1797). BORN:
ca. 1737. RESIDED: in Calvert County by 1763;
Baltimore County, 1783-1797. MARRIED Ann (?-
1803), daughter of Rebecca (?-1788), whose father
was Roger Boyce (?-1733). Rebecca married first,
Thomas Cockshutt (?-1734), second, Samuel
Young (?-1743), and third, David Arnold (?-
1766). Ann's father was probably David Arnold
(?-1766). Her brothers were probably David Ar-
nold; Henry Arnold. Her half brothers were
probably Samuel Young; Joseph Young. Her sis-
ters were probably Elizabeth Arnold (?-1771),
who never married; Rebecca Arnold, who mar-
ried Jonathan Plowman (?-1776). Her half sister
was probably Anne Cockshutt (?-1767), who
married Dr. Andrew Johnson. CHILDREN. SON:
Edward, called a brewer of Baltimore County in
1794 and a merchant of Baltimore County in 1797.
DAUGHTER: Rebecca, who married (first name
unknown) Peters. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION
literate, probably well educated. RELIGIOUS AF-
FILIATION: Anglican, St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore
County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent.,
by 1789. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: physician; sur-
geon; planter. Johnson manufactured saltpetre
for the use of the government of Maryland in
1776. He also investigated the Calvert Cliffs to
ascertain the presence of salt. In 1789 he was
elected president of the Medical Society of Bal-
timore. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Calvert County, 1780-1781 (elected
to the first session of the 1780-1781 Assembly).
LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Calvert County, 1773-
1782 (moved out of the county); Committee of
Observation, Calvert County, 1774-1776; jus-
tice. Orphans' Court, Calvert County, 1779-1782
(moved out of the county). WEALTH DURING LIFE-
TIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: assessed Value
£1,781.0.0, including 32 slaves and 113 oz. plate,
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Calvert County, 1782; assessed value £251.17.6,
including 5 slaves, Calvert County, 1783; assessed
value £1,080.0.0, including at least 11 slaves and
140 oz. plate, Baltimore County, 1783; 3 slaves,
Baltimore County, 1790. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: 740 acres in Calvert County (134 acres by
patent and purchase, 606 acres probably inher-
ited, having previously belonged to his wife's half
sister, Ann Cockshutt). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN
LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: leased
5 lots in Baltimore Town, 1783, but relinquished
the lease in 1788; purchased 2,396 acres (69 acres
in Calvert County, the remainder in Baltimore
County), 1782-1797; acquired 1 lot in Lower
Marlboro, Calvert County, 1783, and 2 lots in
Baltimore Town, by 1793; sold 69 acres in Calvert
County by 1796. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: on Sep-
tember 24, 1797, in Baltimore County. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, $2,115.12 (including medical
books and surgical instruments); FB, $1,424.86.
LAND: 3,067 acres in Baltimore and Calvert coun-
ties, 1 lot in Lower Marlboro; and 3 lots in Bal-
timore City.
JOHNSON, HENRY (?-1690/91). IMMIGRATED:
by 1671, as a free adult. RESIDED: in Baltimore
County. MARRIED by November 1676 Elizabeth
(?-1699), widow of Nathaniel Utie (ca. 1635-ca.
1675/76). Elizabeth was the daughter of Col. John
Carter (?-ca. 1670), Esq., of Corotoman, Lan-
caster County, Virginia, who immigrated to Vir-
ginia ca. 1649 and was a member of Virginia House
of Burgesses and Council, and his wife Jane Glyn.
She was the stepdaughter of Eleanor Eltonhead
Brocar; Anne Carter; Sarah Ludlow; and Eliza-
beth Shirley. Her brothers were John (?-1690),
who married first, (first name unknown) Lloyd,
and second, Elizabeth Traverse; George. Her half-
brothers were Robert (1663-1732), who married
first, Judith Armistead, and second, Elizabeth
Landon Willis; Charles (ca. 1669-?). Elizabeth
Carter Utie Johnson subsequently married Ed-
ward Boothby (?-1698). CHILDREN. SONS: Henry;
Joseph (?-1731), who married in 1713 Ann Todd
(?-Ca. 1719). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: lit-
erate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Protestant. SO-
CIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: marriage to Eliza-
beth Utie brought considerable upward mobility
and patronage. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter,
probably with some mercantile activity; attorney,
admitted to the Provincial Court, April 1676. PUB-
LIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Baltimore County, 1682-1684. LOCAL OFFICES.
clerk, Baltimore County, 1677-1679; justice,
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