Ancestry of
Abigail Johnson

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John Child Jr.

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Abigail Johnson — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 582 
  • Father:
  • John Child 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Warren   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Apr 1669 
  • Birth Location:
  • Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • from 6 Apr 1742 to 14 Dec 1747 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah French
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Oct 1693 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  John Child

  Jonathan Child

  Nathaniel Child

  Hannah Child

  Mary Child (Ahnentafel No:291 )

  Sarah Child

  Abigail Child

  Isaac Child

  Prudence Child

  Lydia Child

  Jonas Child

  Ruth Child

  Mehitable Child

• Sources for John Child Jr.

  • ¹ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871, Case 4412, Probate file for John Child.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1983, Vol. 137, Page 145.
  • ³ Anderson, Robert Charles and others, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. II, C-F, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001), 592.
  • ⁴ Child, Elias, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, of the Past and Present in the United States and the Canadas, Utica, NY: Curtiss and Childs, Printers (1881), 507.
  • ⁵ Coburn, Frederick William, History of Lowell and Its People, Volume 2, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co. (1920), Part 2, p. 104.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 455, 482, 497, 500.
  • ⁷ Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908: Part 1, The Ancestry of Warren Francis Kempton 1817-1879, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1996), 478.
  • ⁸ Watertown Historical Society, Vital Records of Watertown, 1630-1825 (Online Database), New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007, Page 31, [Birth].
  • ⁹ Watertown Historical Society, Vital Records of Watertown, 1630-1825 (Online Database), New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007, Vol. 2, Page 9, Birth record for son Jonathan Child.

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