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Leonard
Johnson was the son of
John & Eleanor Johnson. Initially
Ms. Cryer in her book had Leonard Johnson married to a Mary Mallihorne and there
is documentation for this marriage which took place at St. Francis Xavier
Church. However, she later
corrected this and determined that John Johnson (son of Leonard) was the
son of Leonard & Mary (Howard) Johnson. Thus, there is evidence
that Mary Howard was the wife of the Leonard Johnson who stayed in St. Mary's
County. Mary was the daughter of Bennet
Howard & Elizabeth ____. Mary's
sisters were Jane Howard & Elizabeth Howard. This was a tumultuous time
with the Revolutionary War being fought and records are hard to come by.
Ms. Cryer does indicate that Leonard and Mary were members of the All
Faith Parish, an Anglican or Episcopal, Church in Charlotte Hall, Maryland.
She also has Leonard in the St. Mary's County Militia in 1794.
This Leonard died deeply in debt and she indicates an ad was placed in
the Georgetown Paper for creditors to bring in their claims.
(See note below - the Revolutionary War brought
devastation to St. Mary's County.
Many farmers had debts and some even chose to move to Kentucky).
The final
accounting was made May 21, 1802. This
Johnson is deeply tied in with the Drury family which lived about 1 1/2 miles
away. Two Johnson boys married
Drury girls and one Drury girl married a Johnson boy. In the
"St. Mary's Beacon"
(v16:11,
p3, c1) there is a "Notice to Creditors" dated March 15, 1860 which also
refers to "Johnson, John of Leonard, Sarah M. Johnson."
This apparently was to distinguish our Leonard from the Leonard who
moved to Kentucky.
Leonard
and Mary Johnson were parishioners at the All Faith's Parish which was
located near Charlotte Hall, Maryland.
The Johnson children, as best were know, are as follows: |
