For many years I have been trying to work out who the Joseph Johnson was who married Ann and had 9 children in Woolwich, London in the 1780s and 1790s. I haven't found their marriage but one child was named Woodworth in 1787 and another was Richard Strickland Johnson in 1791. I have always assumed that they were family names.
A Woodworth Johnson was baptised in St Mary Castlegate, York in 1752. He was the son of Joseph Johnson, a waterman, who married Mary Bocock in the same place and had a son Joseph Johnson junior baptised there in 1753. This was found thanks to a rootschat post here:
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=764530.msg6162825#msg6162825My theory (to prove or disprove) is that my ancestor Joseph Johnson who was in Woolwich in the 1780s and 1790s was this Joseph Johnson baptised in York in 1753. My Joseph's widow Ann died in Woolwich in 1844 aged 83, but sadly her death does not seem to be registered to find out what her husband's occupation was. I have commented on this in rootschat here:
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=812840.msg6733560#msg6733560I am therefore trying to find out more about Joseph Johnson in York, particularly waterman records. It seems possible that his son was also a waterman and could have done this role on the River Thames in London.
If anyone knows anything about waterman records in York, or can think of anything else to help continue this search I would be grateful for any thoughts or ideas.
Thank you,
Jon
