RNT Family History
Johnson, Captain Isaac
1615 - 1675 (60 years)-
Name Johnson, Isaac Title Captain Christened 11 Feb 1614/1615 Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England 
Born 15 Dec 1615 Herne Hill, London, Middlesex, England Gender Male Buried Dec 1675 Near 4 Corners, Sakonnet River, Ft. Narraganset, Rhode Island Died 19 Dec 1675 Great Swamp Fight, Old Village of Wickford near North Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island Person ID I6844 Taylor Last Modified 29 Apr 2004
Father Johnson, Captain John, b. 1590, Herne Hill, Canterbury, Kent, England , d. 30 Sep 1659, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 69 years) Relationship Birth Mother Scudder (Scridder), Margaret or Margery, b. 19 Jun 1600, Darenth, Kent, England , d. 09 Jun 1655, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 54 years) Relationship Birth Married 21 Sep 1613 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Usa Family ID F2584 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Porter, Elizabeth, b. 23 Dec 1617, Ware, Hertfordshire, England , d. 13 Aug 1683, , Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 65 years) Married 20 Jan 1636/1637 , Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Children 1. Johnson, William, b. Abt 1635, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut , d. 1716, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 81 years) [Birth]2. Johnson, Elizabeth, b. 24 Dec 1637, , Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts , d. 20 Apr 1701, , Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut (Age 63 years) [Birth]3. Johnson, Jeremiah, b. 03 Nov 1639, , Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts , d. 18 Dec 1661, , Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 22 years) [Birth]4. Johnson, Mary, b. Apr 1642, , Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts , d. 1705, , Branford, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 62 years) [Birth]5. Johnson, Isaac, b. 01 Jan 1643/1644, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts , d. 03 Feb 1718/1719, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut (Age 75 years) [Birth]6. Johnson, Joseph, b. 09 Nov 1645, , Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts , d. 12 Dec 1645, , Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 0 years) [Birth]7. Johnson, Mehitable, b. 1646, , Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts [Birth]8. Johnson, Nehemiah, b. 01 May 1647, , Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts [Birth]+ 9. Johnson, Nathaniel, b. 01 May 1647, , Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts , d. 14 Feb 1697/1698, , Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut (Age 50 years) [Birth]10. Johnson, Andrew, b. Abt 1651, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts [Birth]11. Johnson, Abigail, b. Abt 1653, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts [Birth]12. Johnson, Benjamin, b. Abt 1655, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts [Birth]Family ID F2582 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Isaac was the eldest son of Captain John (1), and came to this country with his father. He was made a Freeman March 4, 1635. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1645, and was chosen its Captain in 1667. He was Captain of the Roxbury Company in the Narragansett Expedition, and was killed at the head of his company in the famous Fort Fight on December 19, 1675, (near Four Corners, Sakonnet River, Rhode Island, Ed.). He was an original donor of the Free School.
Illustration caption: (from an old wood cut of the attack on the Indians) Captain Isaac Johnson was Killed in the "Great Swamp Fight" Dec. 19, 1675, "gallantly leading his men across the fatal tree-bridge at the entrance to the Fort".... "the companies of Captain Davenport and Johnson came first to this place.... Johnson fell dead at the log,"... "in the bloodiest battle of Colonial history." (see "Mass. Archives.")
Sources: Coe-Ward memorial, pp 62-67.
History of Roxbury, by Ellis, pp. 16, 20.
Roxbury, Mass. to 1850 -- Marriages, p. 223, Deaths, p. 563.
Records of Mass. Bay, Vol. V, pp. 175, 379.
Town of Roxbury.
Thirty-fourth Report Boston Records, p. 17.
"American Colonies in 17th Century," by Osgood, Vol. I, p. 510: "The years 1634 and 1636, while Massachusetts Bay still possessed only an infantry force, witnessed the organization of trained bands (hence "Train Band") and regiments. In December, 1636, an act was passed which definitely accomplished this result. One of these included the companies of Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Weymouth, and Hingham, with John Winthrop as Colonel, Thomas Dudley as Lieutenant Colonel" (and Isaac (2) Johnson as Captain).
SML Comment: The battle took place in South Kingstown, not "near Four Corners, Sakonnet River, Rhode Island" as the author states.
He married Elizabeth Porter, daughter of Adrian Porter & Elizabeth Allott, on Jan 20, 1636/7 in Roxbury, Mass. Died Roxbury, Mass., on 13 Aug 1683.
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CAPTAIN ISAAC JOHNSON was born in 1617 in Herne, East County, England; and sailed to New England, settling in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1630 with his father's family, probably in the company of Governor Winthrop. Isaac Johnson was a freeman on March 4, 1685 (CD504 Early New England Settlers, 1600s-1800s in King Philip's War 1675-1677, Beginning of Hostilities in King Philip's War. Broderbund Software, Inc, Banner Blue Division). Isaac was the son of John Johnson of Roxbury. John Johnson came to New England with the Wintrop Fleet in 1630(?). John was chosen by the General Court as Constable of Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1630. John was born in Emgland, and married (1) Margery ? in England. John died in Roxbury, Massachusetts; on September 30, 1659. Captain Isaac Johnson married ELIZABETH PORTER. on January 20, 1636/37 in Roxbury, MA. Isaac died on December 19, 1675 in the Great Swamp Fight fight with the Narragansett Indians in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. Elizabeth died August 13, 1683 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA.(Bowen, Clarence Wintrop, PhD. LL.D. The History of Woodstock Families (8 vols). Norwood, MA.: Plimpton Press, 1962. Schultz, E.B. and M/J/ Tougias. King Phillip's War. Woodstock, VT.: Countryman Press, 262)
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- Isaac was the eldest son of Captain John (1), and came to this country with his father. He was made a Freeman March 4, 1635. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1645, and was chosen its Captain in 1667. He was Captain of the Roxbury Company in the Narragansett Expedition, and was killed at the head of his company in the famous Fort Fight on December 19, 1675, (near Four Corners, Sakonnet River, Rhode Island, Ed.). He was an original donor of the Free School.