Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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William Fountain Johnson

Ordnance Office
Male 1781 - 1853  (71 years)

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  • Name William Fountain Johnson 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth 2 Dec 1781  [1, 2] 
    Baptism 2 Jan 1782  St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation Between 1799 and 1832  [2] 
    Ordnance Office 
    Residence 8 Connaught Square, Paddington, Westminster, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    WWW http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/9942b310-369b-4519-a7aa-488f13d82d92 
    Death 14 Mar 1853  Kensington & Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Burial 21 Mar 1853  All Souls, Kensal Green, Kensington & Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Siblings 1 brother 
    Last Modified 27 Aug 2020 

    Father Benjamin John Johnson
              b. Between 21 Apr 1746 and 20 Apr 1747  
              d. Apr 1818 (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Ann Paterson
              b. Between 1746 and 1764 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 28 Nov 1780  St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Looks like the marriage was witnessed by Walter Paterson who may have been Ann's father. Another witness was "V Haleth"?

      If Walter Paterson was indeed Ann's father, than that would explain her naming her son Walter (Rankin).

    Wife Isabella Hawthorn
              b. Abt 1805 
    Marriage 7 Aug 1827  St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Camden, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Age at Marriage William was 45 years old - Isabella was ~ 22 years old. 
    Notes 
    • William's brother Walter Rankin was the vicar for the wedding.
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2018 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      William Fountain was one of two sons of Benjamin John Johnson and Ann Paterson. Note that his birth date is often given as 2nd Dec 1782, but it must be 2nd Dec 1781 as he was baptised on the 2nd Jan 1782.

      Career & Family Life
      William lived in London, listed as being in Connaught Square in various places. He married Isabella Hawthorn in 1827 but it seems that they had no children (none are mentioned in his will, nor are there any baptismal records).

      Death
      William died on the 14th of March 1853 and was buried on the 21st at All Souls cemetary in Kensal Green. His will makes no mention of any children (after his wife, the only others mentioned in his will are his nephew Walter and niece Isabella Ann).

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 2 Jan 1782 - St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - 8 Connaught Square, Paddington, Westminster, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Aug 1827 - St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Camden, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 14 Mar 1853 - Kensington & Chelsea, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 21 Mar 1853 - All Souls, Kensal Green, Kensington & Chelsea, London Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0438] Ancestry, Westminster, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, (ancestry.co.uk), 2 Jan 1782, William Fountain Johnson; City of Westminster Archives Centre; London, England; Westminster Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: SJSS/PR/5/16.

    2. [S0122] GF Russell Barker, Alan H Stenning, Record of Old Westminsters, to 1927, The, (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006984630&view=1up&seq=1), Page 520.

    3. [S0302] FamilySearch, England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, (FamilySearch.org), 1853, William Fountain Johnson; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NJP-L6D : 31 December 2014), William Fountain Johnson, 1853; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Kensin.

    4. [S0042] Ancestry, Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917, (ancestry.co.uk), London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003.

    5. [S0305] FindMyPast, Westminster Marriages, (findmypast.co.uk), 1780, Benjamin John Johnson / Ann Paterson; St George, Hanover Square.

    6. [S0042] Ancestry, Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917, (ancestry.co.uk), London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932.