Biographical Sketch of Robert JOHNSON (1881); Chester County, PA

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From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881);

pg. 615

JOHNSON, Robert, and wife, Margaret (Berthwaite), came from Ireland,  and
settled in New Garden, where he died in 1732, leaving children,--Benjamin, 
James, Joshua, Robert, Abigail, and Ann.  Abigail became the wife successively 
of Thomas Wickersham, Isaac Baily, and Mordecai Cloud.  A son, Caleb Johnson, 
died in 1728, and a daughter, Sarah, in 1718.
   Joshua Johnson, born 7,29,1696, at Coleboy, in the county of 
 Wicklow,
married Sarah, daughter of Gayen and Margaret Miller, born 9,1,1704, in Kennet, 
and they had children,--James, Lydia, Margaret, William, Sarah, Joshua, Hannah, 
Robert, Dinah, Rebecca, and David.
   Robert Johnson, Jr., married Katharine, daughter of Simon and Ruth
Hadley, and had children,--Hannah, Simon, Caleb, Lydia, Stephen, Jonathan, and 
Isaac.
   Benjamin Johnson married, 9,5,1729, Mary, daughter of Ephraim and
Rachel Jackson, of Edgemont.