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Subject: [JOHN] Johns Families of Florida vs Johns Families of Virginia
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 23:25:03 EST

Dear Johns Researchers,

I have been watching with interest your interchange of information on the
vavious Johns families of early Florida. I know, from past interchanges
with Cliff, that there has always been a question how the Florida Johns
families connect, if at all, with the Virginia Johns families. I am relatively
sure that there is some kind of connection because the earliest Johns of
both locations came to America during about the same time period. However
it strikes me as rather strange that all of the key Johns individuals of the
early Virginia Johns families bore very common English given names,
Robert, William, Richard, John. Mary, Jane etc., while the Johns families of
Florida bear a lot of biblical names that are not found in any of the Johns
families of Virginia. This leads me to believe that the root stock of the
Florida Johns families is somewhat different than that of the Johns of
Virginia. I KNOW THIS POINT COULD BE ARGUED SEVERAL WAYS, but I think it is
valid.

We know the Johns of Virginia came from London and that they originated
in Wales . Cliff has done a lot of excellent research on this subject. I
know Cliff also did some work on the early Johns of Florida with the objct
of connecting to the Johns of Virginia. I guess I'm still not convinced
that there is a direct connection.



In a message dated 2/8/2011 5:36:31 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
writes:

>Thanks I will save all to my records. Marilyn



This Jeremiah Johns, born 1745 in NC, father of Silas, George, et al, is
> not presently linked back at all.
> "A widespread and prolific family in south Georgia and northeast
> Florida, most of the Johns family seem to be descendents of a Jeremiah
> 'Jerry' Johns who was born before the Revolutionary War in North
> Carolina. Jeremiah and his wife Levicy (an old form of 'Louisa') lived
> in South Carolina and Georgia into the first quarter of the 19th
> century.
>
> The names of his children will be readily recognizable as popular
> names for many of the present Johns generation."
>
> I now have Jeremiah E. b.1788 and Jeremiah H. b.1798 pinned down. But
this
> one, born 1745 NC, is still a wild card and needs more work. The data is
> thin back then so I need a break thru. I strongly suspect the answer
lies in
> the following piece of data:
> !Codicil to will of brother John, dtd 8 Oct 1699, found SC Hist&GEn Mag
Apr
> 1911 issue.
> Earliest Jeremiah Johns found yet; Jeremiah Johns, b. abt 1679
Charleston
> District, SC m. Mary Munday in SC 1699. Source- SC Marriages VOL
> III, 1671-1791 by Langdon. Data found in Sec. of Province records
SP-1,p.
> 69-70.
> Still at it, Cliff Johns
>
>
> In a message dated 2/8/2011 7:48:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> Who do they tied in with from VA, Richard and Roberts?
> Thanks Marilyn
>
>
>
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