Capt. Josiah (of Obadiah) Johnson

1832 - 1919  (87 years)

• Name	Josiah (of Obadiah) Johnson  [1]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	Apr 1832	Eastville, Northampton Co, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census head of household	1855	Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York   [2]
  	The household was headed by Josiah Johnson, age 23. Listed with him were Virginia Johnson, age 25; Josiah Russell, age 5; and Edwin F. Johnson, age 0.
  Census head of household	18 Jul 1860	Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York   [3]
  	HH#1048/Family#1920 was headed by Josiah Johnson, a 29 year old pilot, with personal property valued at $3,000 and born in Virginia. Listed with him were the following Johnsons: Virginia, age 30 & born in NY; Josiah, age 10 & born in NY; Helen, age 3 & born in NY; and Henry, age 1 & born in NY. Also listed was Mary Feely, a 26 year old servant, born in Ireland.
  Census head of household	25 Jun 1870	Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York   [4]
  	HH#955 was headed by Josiah Johnson, a 38 year old pilot with real estate valued at $3,000 and personal property valued at $5,000 and born in Virginia. Listed with him were the following Johnsons (all born in NY): Virginia, age 40; Isaak, a 20 year old apprentice pilot; Helen, age 13; Henry, age 11 and at home; Virginia, age 8/12, born in Oct.
  Record ID	96467
  Death	21 Aug 1919	North Stamford, Fairfield Co, Connecticut   [1]
  	Capt. Josiah Johnson, 87 years old, a retired Sandy Hook pilot, and a resident of Brooklyn for many years, at 358 Hawthorne St., Flatbush, died Thursday, of the ailments of old age, at the summer residence of his son, Capt. Henry Clay Johnson, in North Stamford, Conn. His funeral service will be held on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the chapel at 15 Greene Ave, Brooklyn, and interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Capt. Johnson was born in Eastville, Accomac(sic) Co, Virginia, the son of the late Obadiah and Leah Johnson. He started to follow the sea on a pilot boat when 12 years old, and was given his license as a pilot when 19 years old. He was 11 years old when he came to Brooklyn to live with his uncle, Josiah Johnson, a Sandy Hook pilot, and young Josiah followed his uncle in seafaring life within a year. Capt. Johnson was in command of several pilot boats during his long service in local waters, the least being the Edmund Blunt. He retired from service about 15 years ago. Capt. Johnson's father lost a leg by a cannon shot while serving on the old frigate Constitution in the War of 1812. Capt. Johnson was a United States pilot in the Civil War, carrying troops, among them the 13th Regt. of Brooklyn, to Annapolis, Md., on the steamship Marion. Capt. Johnson is survived by a son Capt. Henry Clay Johnson; a step-son, Capt. Josiah Johnson Russell; nine grandchildren and nine great-grand children.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	(father of Thos & Rich) Johnson,   b. Abt 1590   d. Yes, date unknown  (5 x Great Grandfather)  Mary Moore,   b. Abt 1645   d. Bef 9 Mar 1725, Northampton County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 80 years)  (3 x Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	1 brother and 1 sister
  + 1. Capt. Josiah (of Obadiah) Johnson,   b. Apr 1832, Eastville, Northampton Co, Virginia d. 21 Aug 1919, North Stamford, Fairfield Co, Connecticut  (Age 87 years) ▻ Virginia Johnson,  m. 17 Jun 1854   2. Helen Rachel Johnson,   b. 10 Nov 1836, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. 2 Jun 1917, Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York  (Age 80 years)   3. James M. Johnson,   b. Abt 1840, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Jul 1863, Manhattan, New York  (Age 23 years)
  Person ID	I96467	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Obadiah (of Josiah) Johnson,   b. Abt 1792, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 14 Feb 1842, Northampton County, Virginia, USA (Age < 50 years)
  Mother	Leah Abdell,   b. Abt 1808, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	30 Nov 1824	Northampton County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	Wm. P. Johnson was security on the M.L.B. of Obadiah Johnson and Leah Abdell, his ward.
  Family ID	F31972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Virginia Johnson,   b. Jul 1829, New York d. 2 Nov 1901, Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York (Age 72 years)  Other Partners: ╚═James S. Russell,   b. Abt 1820   d. Yes, date unknown  m. 22 Jul 1849
  Marriage	17 Jun 1854	Manhattan, New York   [6]
  Children	1. Edwin F. Johnson,   b. Abt 1855, Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York d. Yes, date unknown   2. Helen Johnson,   b. Abt 1857, New York d. Yes, date unknown   3. Capt. Henry Clay Johnson,   b. Abt 1859, New York d. Yes, date unknown   4. Virginia Johnson,   b. Oct 1869, Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F32015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S2576] Mary Toluchanian, Toluchanian, Mary - Edmund Scarburgh Johnson, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 24 Aug 1919 issue (obtiuary of Capt. Josiah Johnson), 2576. [S802] Ancestry.com, Josiah Johnson in the New York, State Census, 1855, 802. [S802] Ancestry.com, 1860 Federal Census, Kings Co, NY, 802. [S802] Ancestry.com, 1870 Federal Census, Kings Co, NY, 802. [S622] Jean M. Mihalyka, Marriages, Northampton County, Virginia, 1660/1-1854 (Recorded in Bonds, Licenses, Minister Returns, and other sources), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), 622. [S2576] Mary Toluchanian, Toluchanian, Mary - Edmund Scarburgh Johnson, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24ZB-WBH : accessed 6 February 2016), Josiah Johnson and Virginia Russell, 17 Jun 1854; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,671,673., 2576.