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Subject: [DNA-R1B1C7] Penelope Ashley used the surname JOHNSON when escapingfrom England
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:15:20 EST

_http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lksstarr/reports/edwjohn.txt_
(http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lksstarr/reports/edwjohn.txt)

Penelope is somehow related to Lord Shaftsbury
Myhill" seems a likely corruption for "Michael", but it appears as a
surname in other York Co. records so we shouldn't waste time pursuing that
angle. However, the surname 'Cooper' is POSSIBLY significant here. One of
Penelope's granddaughters, Sarah Anthony, married Thomas Cooper. Add the
persistent rumor that Penelope is somehow related to Lord Shaftsbury, a.k.a.
Anthony Ashley Cooper -- who used the surname JOHNSON when escaping from
England
after 1679 --and we have another interesting set of connections. But at this
point in time, that's ALL there is to this -- Cooper researchers are working
on
'how and if' these lines are related?

Granted one Edward Johnson was buried March 2, 1684 [p.225 History and
Registers of Charles Parish, York County, Virginia 1648-1789 by Landon C.
Bell,
VA St Lib, 2nd reprint ed. 1984] and some members of our group believe this
is
the minister's son born 1648. However, according to Parish Lines Diocese of
Southern Virginia, Charles Parish as such wasn't created until 1692. At one
time
five parishes covered the area that was York County, for the northern
boundary
extended to the Potomac River in Virginia's earliest years. Until further
research is done, we do not know where the Edward Johnson d.1684 was living.
One
Edward Johnson owned land in York Co. as early as 1627 and other Edward
Johnson's were transported by men who received land in York or neighboring
counties. We don't even know how long the minister's son remained in York
after
receiving his inheritance? He may well have moved to a neighboring county,
"state", or even returned to England or Scotland. Bonnie is currently
working
with microfilmed York Co. records and will share any new insights with us.





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