Comfort Johnson

1754 - 1840  (86 years)

• Name	Comfort Johnson  [1]
  Born	24 Apr 1754  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1820	Fowler, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA   [3]
  Census	1830	Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA   [3]
  Listed as Charles Johnson
  Census	1840	Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA   [3]
  Military	Revolutionary War   [1, 4]
  	He had a long service in the Revolution, enlisting from Williamstown, Mass.
  Residence	Wells, Rutland Co., VT, USA   [1]
  Residence	Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA   [1]
  Died	19 Aug 1840	Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA   [1, 2, 5]
  Buried	Fowler Baptist Church Cemetery, Fowler, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I10030	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Henry Johnson,   b. 24 Feb 1707/08, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT, USA
  Mother	Abiah White,   b. 29 Oct 1718,   d. 19 Oct 1811, Rupert, Bennington Co., VT, USA  (Age 92 years)
  Married	10 Jul 1753  [1, 7]
  Family ID	F87024	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse	Sarah Sumner,   b. 23 Oct 1768, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT, USA ,   d. Oct 1836  (Age 67 years)
  Married	31 Mar 1785	Wells, Rutland Co., VT, USA   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Abraham Johnson,   b. 5 Feb 1786,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Sumner Johnson,   b. 19 Mar 1788,   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Clarissa Johnson,   b. 14 Mar 1790,   d. 27 Feb 1872, Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA  (Age 81 years)   4. Fanny Johnson,   b. 23 Feb 1792,   d. Yes, date unknown + 5. Henry Johnson,   b. 15 Sep 1793,   d. 30 Nov 1876  (Age 83 years) + 6. Ebenezer Johnson,   b. 31 Dec 1795,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Sarah Johnson,   b. 8 Jan 1798,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Persis Johnson,   b. 9 Jan 1800,   d. 1833  (Age 32 years)   9. Hiram Johnson,   b. 22 Mar 1802,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Laura Johnson,   b. 14 Apr 1806,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Sarah Melissa Johnson,   b. 9 Jun 1817,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F3829	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 31 Mar 1785 - Wells, Rutland Co., VT, USA Census - 1820 - Fowler, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA Census - 1830 - Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA Census - 1840 - Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA Residence - - Wells, Rutland Co., VT, USA Residence - - Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA Died - 19 Aug 1840 - Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA Buried - - Fowler Baptist Church Cemetery, Fowler, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Johnson, Comfort (1754-1840), and wife, Sumner, Sarah (1768-1836) Grave stone at Fowler Baptist Church Cemetery, Fowler, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA Contributor: Cady, Anne

  
  

• Sources

  [S278] Book: Johnson, Capt. John Genealogy, Johnson, Frank Leonard, Johnson, Paul Franklin & Modern, Ada Johnson, (Los Angeles California, The Commonwealth Press, 1951 (Privately Printed)), page 47. [S123] DAR Application, "DAR Lineage Books, DAR Application for Miss. Clara V. Sprague, DAR ID Number: 33402.". [S513] Correspondent: Kallal, James J., note of January 17th, 2008. [S123] DAR Application, "enlisted 1775 from Williams-town, [p. 144] Mass., under Capt. Abiather Angel, Col. David Brewer; re-enlisted at Windsor, NY for three years in a company of artificers, Capt. John Shepard, Col. Jeduthan Baldwin's regiment and was transferred to the artillery under Col. John Lamb; was discharged at West Point 1783 and received a badge of merit signed by Washington; in 1818 his pension was allowed for two years actual service as sergeant in the Massachusetts and New York lines.", "DAR Lineage Books, DAR Application for Miss. Clara V. Sprague, DAR ID Number: 33402." [S513] Correspondent: Kallal, James J., note of October 21, 2011. [S513] Correspondent: Kallal, James J., note of October 21, 2011 from photo courtesy of Anne Cady. [S278] Book: Johnson, Capt. John Genealogy, Johnson, Frank Leonard, Johnson, Paul Franklin & Modern, Ada Johnson, (Los Angeles California, The Commonwealth Press, 1951 (Privately Printed)), page 25.