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"Capt." Amos JOHNSON (son of Edward JOHNSON and Esther WHEATON) was born Abt. 1708 in Brandford, CT376, and died May 08, 1766 in Cornwall, Litchfield county, CT.376.He married Ame PALMER.
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Amos (2) was 6 ft 4 in in stature. His wife, born the same day as himself, was daughter of Joshua Pierce, but came and lived six months with her Uncle in the Ithamar Baldwin house. He had 6 sons and 6 daughters. He (Amos) once entertained the whole town at a cost of 400 pounds. The JOHNSON'S were exceptionally subject to consumption. Amos (3) never recovered fully from the effects of British imprisonment at the age of 20. Jese GILBERT was drowned in the Hudson River
More About "Capt." Amos JOHNSON:
Moved: 1742, From Branford to Cornwall w/2 sons.377
Children of "Capt." Amos JOHNSON and Ame PALMER are:
  1. +Ame JOHNSON, b. 1736, d. April 13, 1825, Cornwall, Litchfield county, CT.378.
  2. +Capt. Amos JOHNSON, b. January 25, 1731/32, Branford, New Haven county, CT.379, d. March 05, 1805, Cornwall, Litchfield county, CT.379.
  3. Solomon JOHNSON, d. date unknown, Last known of him was at the Battle of Bennington..
  4. Timothy JOHNSON, d. date unknown, Unmarried of smallpox an his way home from the French was379.
  5. Benjamin JOHNSON, d. date unknown, Age 7.
  6. William JOHNSON, d. date unknown.