Genealogy of the Family of Johnson
OF BARKBY, LEICESTERSHIRE
FROM A.D. 1296
THE LOUGHBOROUGH BRANCH
GENERATION XV.
1634 9th King Charles I.
JOHN JOHNSON. The Manor House, Barkby Thorpe.
Mary ………
.
Born 1634
Married……….
Died 1709
Both Buried in Barkby Church
Barkby Church Register
Nichols History
Born 1642
Married…
Died 1703
.
1660 Bap. Thomas. Died 1720
B.C.R.
Removed to Burleigh Fields, Loughboroug in 1718.
Of whom next.
1667 Bap William. Died 1706
B.C.R.
Thurmaston.
Will proved Nov. 19, 1709. His son Thomas sole Executor.
All his property was left in trust for his two grandsons, William and
Josias, sons of his son, Thomas.
‘Cottages, Homesteads, Closes, Towne Grounds, Commons and
“Comon of Pasture”. Also three yard land, arable, meadow-pasture,
and grasse ground, &c., beinge and being disposed by within the
feilds and territories of Barkby. Also land in the upper or overend
fields of Thurmaston.’
‘Personall goods, chattells, plate, rings, ready money, and debts due
to his loveinge sonne, Thomas.’
The six children of his son, William, are not mentioned in his Will.
They had probably been provided for on their father’s death, in 1706.
This John lived in the Manor House, at Barkby, which was the
property of Merton College, Oxford, and had a renewable lease for
twenty-one years for land and houses, from Oct. 13, 1654. For
particulars see College Records.
Merton College Records page 707 vol.2
GENERATION XVI.
1st Charles II.
THOMAS JOHNSON. Barkby and Burleigh Fields,
.
Loughborough.
Mary Barry
.
Born Feb. 20, 1660
Born 1666
Married……………..
Died 1720
Died 1721 B.C.R.
Both Buried in Barkby Church.
Barkby Church Register
Issue.
John.
Born 1687, Died 1753. Of whom next.
Thomas. Born…… Died 1764. His wife 1760.
Josiah. Born 1692, Died 1721.
William, Born ….
Jane.
Born…… Married – Hubbard.
Elizabeth. Born….. Died 1718.
Mary.
Born 1701.
Barkby Church Register
Nichols History Vol 3 Page 48
(There is a gap in the Barkby Register from 1701 to 1711.)
Will made in 1720. Proved March, 1721.
Wife Mary, sole Executrix.
Copy of Will
Epitome of Will.
.
.
.
.
To his daughter Mary, £200 which had been left to Elizabeth (now
dead) by her great uncle William, and a further sum of £100.
To John and his wife a guinea, to buy each of them a ring.
To Thomas, Josiah, William, Jane and Mary, the same.
To his grandson John, £5, for a piece of plate. The Children
To his grandson Barry, £20.
of
To hid grand-daughter Barbara, £10.
Thomas.
‘To my loving wife Mary Johnson’ he leaves ‘messuage and
homestead with all, &c., situate in Ruddington, near Nottingham,
with three oxgongs of land ‘with all and every their appurtences.,
with all ‘closes, commons, thereto belonging.’ A mortgage on the
estate of my said son John, at Scraptoft, in the county of Leicester,
which fell to me by my mother Barry’s death.
This Thomas had a law suit with George Pochin, of Barkby, which
was never tried. He removed to Loughborough in 1718.
Nichols History page 46
GENERATION XVII.
2nd James II.
JOHN JOHNSON. Burleigh Fields, Loughborough.
Elizabeth Palmer. Hathern, near Loughborough. .
Born 1687
Born……..
Married Oct. 16, 1716. At Loughborough.
.
Died 1753
Died Aug. 1753
Both Buried August 21st 1753, Barkby.
Nichols History page 48 vol. 3
Issue
John.
Bap. Dec. 31, 1717.
Died Sep. 20, 1733.
Hawley. Bap. Sep. 6, 1720.
Palmer. Bap. July 29, 1724.
Died Aug. 1724.
Elizabeth. Bap. Mar. 15, 1726.
Died June 1726.
Nathaniel Palmer. Bap. May 23, 1727.
Of whom next.
Loughborough Church Register
Will made 1750. Proved 1755.
Copy of Will
‘To my dear wife, Elizabeth Johnson, and my son, Nathaniel
Palmer Johnson.’
‘All my Messuages, Cottages, Closes, Lands, Tenements and
Hereditaments whatsoever, &c., lying and being in South Croxton,
Barkby, Barkby Thorpe, Syston and Thurmaston, in the said County
of Leicester, &c., whereof I have any estate, either as freehold or
College hold, together with all right of renewal to the said College
hold, Messuages, Lands and Premises.’
Plate, Household Goods, &c., to his wife for life, and then to his son
Nathaniel.
£10 to his brother Thomas (living in Leicester).
£10 Poor of Loughborough.
£10 South Croxton.
£5 Poor of Barkby.
£5 Barkby Thorpe.
On a brass plate on a marble slab in the Church at Hathern.
‘Here lyes the body of Nathaniel Palmer gent., who married
Catharine, the daughter of Mr William Hawley, of Loughborough, by
whom he had four children: three daughters, Catharine, Mary and
Elizabeth. and one son named Nathaniel. He deceased on the xii. day
of December, in the year of our Lord MDCXCI., of his age xxvii.’
Nichols History part 2 vol.3
GENERATION XVIII
1st George II
NATHANIEL PALMER JOHNSON.
Burleigh Fields, Loughborough.
Sarah Gold. Daughter of John Gold.
Bap. May 23, 1727
Born 1744
.
Married………….
.
Died Dec. 24, 1800 Died Feb. 4, 1809.
Both buried in Barkby Church
.
(See Memorial Tablet on the West Wall of Barkby Church.)
Issue
John.
Bap. June 15, 1774. Died 1795. Age 21. .
Nathaniel. Bap. June 7, 1765. Of whom next.
.
Sarah.
Bap. Nov. 8, 1763 Died 1834 at Aston .
Elizabeth. …..
Died 1832.
.
Ann Jane. Bap. May 22, 1769. Married Henry Spooner.
Sophia. Bap. Aug. 29, 1771.
Died 1780.
.
Harriet Julia.
Died 1836. Age 62
.
Rebecca. (Married Col. Clanchy). Died 1852. Age 67.
Barkby Church Register
Will made 1800. Proved March 16, 1801.
Copy of Will
John Prior, of Ashby-de-la-Zouch,
Ann Gold, of Loughborough,
Executors.
.
To his 6 daughters £1600………………..each.
Shares in the Erewash Navigation and all other property to his dear
wife, Sarah Johnson, and then to his only son, Nathaniel Palmer
Johnson.
‘Mr. Johnson, of Burleigh Field, Loughborough, a gentleman of
ancient family. His dress was the fashion of a preceding age – the
entire suit made of cloth of a light colour, edged with silver or gold
lace – and his hair in a bag. Such was this gentleman’s love of music
that it is said in his journey to Bath with a friend, a desk was
contrived in their roomy carriage, so that they could get rid of the
tedium of bad roads by playing Corelli’s sonatas for a violin and bass.
His son, the rector of Aston, inheriting an enthusiasm nearly as great,
convened a musical party at his house once a month through fifty
years.’
Music and Friends by W. Gardiner. page 3.
GENERATION XIX
5th George III
The Reverend NATHANIEL PALMER JOHNSON.
.
Aston, near Derby.
Born June 7, 1765
Unmarried.
Died Oct. 25, 1850
Buried in the Church at Aston.
(See copy of the memorial tablet, erected in the Church, but since
removed to the Vestry.)
Will proved Aug 22, 1851.
Richard Spooner, M.P., Westminster Executors.
John Barber, Derby.
.
‘My Violoncello, by Andrew Grenarius.
Violin, by Stainer.
.
Tenor, by Tickler.
.
Pictures, Books, Book Case, Clock in study. All my plate, whether
derived from my family or purchased……. In trust to go along and be
held as heirlooms with my freehold estates, by the person, whom for
the time being shall be beneficially entitled to such estates.’
I give the sum of £100 to the Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge.
To my successor, the Rector of Aston, £10
To the Minister of the new Church, Shardlow, £10.
To the Rector of South Croxton, £10.
To the Vicar of Barkby, £10.
For the benefit of the Sunday Schools of the several places.
To my sister, Rebecca Clanchy, my pianoforte, my old ‘upwright’
oak escritoire. Also my chariot and the pair of horses accustomed to
draw it.
To each of my executors, £100.
To Colonel Cassius Clanchy, £100.
To my servant, William Furniss, £50.
To my servant, George Gellsthorpe, £20.
To my housekeeper, Eleanor Botham, £600.
To Benjamin Kirkman, £100.
To the Rev. William Henry Cantrell, £100.
To my much respected friend, the Rev. Richard Holden Murphy,
£600
To my niece, Barbara Ann Lillingston, £50 a year towards the
expense of the education of her son, George William.
To divide the sum of £1500 amongst the three daughters of my said
niece, Barbara Ann Lillingston.
All his property in trust for the said George William, and after his
decease to the first son of George William and his issue in tail male
in succession, &c., &c.,
Provided always ……….. that every male person and the husband of
every female who shall become entitled to an estate of freehold or
inheritance in my said real estates shall, within six months after he or
she shall so become entitled, use and take the surname respectively
and bear the Arms of Johnson, as such Arms are now borne by me,
and shall continue to use and bear the same Arms and name on all
occasions ………. And shall obtain proper license or authority for
that purpose, &c.
The Reverend Nathaniel Palmer Johnson was a tenant of Merton
College at the time of his death and had renewable leases at various
dates from 1802.
He farmed the glebe land at Aston and also at Shardlow, and was
much loved as a generous, kind hearted old man, devotedly fond of
his violin, and he left many happy memories behind him.
‘I speak of his elegant and amiable sisters in the first volume of this
work, as the most accomplished ladies in Leicestershire.’
Music and Friends by W.Gardiner.
Copy of a Memorial Tablet, formerly in the Church, but now in the
Vestry, of All Saints’ Church, Aston-on-Trent . Surmounted by the
Arms and Crest of the family.
IN MEMORY OF
THE REVEREND
NATHANIEL PALMER JOHNSON, M.A.
of Barkby Thorpe, South Croxton
and Burleigh Fields, in the County of
Leicester.
For 54 years Rector of the Parish
of Aston-upon-Trent, County of
Derby.
HE DIED AT ASTON, 25TH OCTOBER, 1850
AGED 86.
The worth and kindness of his character endeared him to many
friends, and his benevolence will long be remembered in this Parish.
Also
IN MEMORY OF
SARAH JOHNSON
ELDEST SISTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED AT ASTON, FEB. 19, 1834.
GENERATION XIX
9th George III.
ANNE JANE JOHNSON.
.
Henry Spooner. Banker. London.
She was.
Bap. 1769.
Married 1796
. Died 1829.
Loughborough Church Register
He was.
Born…….
.
Died 1849.
Issue.
Barbara Ann Spooner. Of whom next.
GENERATION XX.
BARBARA ANN SPOONER.
.
The Rev. George Lillingston. Cousin.
She was.
Born…….
Married 1831.
Died 1858 .
He was.
Born 1807.
.
Died 1849.
Issue
George William Lillingston. Of whom next.
Neliana Barbara Jane Lillingston.
.
Georgiana Matilda Lillingston.
.
Lydia Mary Lillingston.
.
GENERATION XXI.
4th William IV.
.
GEORGE WILLIAM LILLINGSTON, J.P.
Burleigh Fields and Ulverscroft.
Charlotte Augusta Hopkins.
.
Daughter of the Rev. W. Toovey-Hopkins, M.A.
Born 1834.
Married 1860.
Died 1894
Born …….
.
Died…….
George William Lillingston assumed the name and Arms of
Johnson, by royal license in 1859, pursuant to the Will of the
Reverend Nathaniel Palmer Johnson, Rector of Aston-on-Trent.
Issue.
William George Lillingston Johnson. Of whom next.
Evelyn.
.
He sold the Burleigh Fields House and land to Dr. J.H. Eddowes, of
Loughborough, in 1867, and bought an estate at Ulverscroft.
GENERATION XXII.
27th Queen Victoria.
WILLIAM GEORGE LILLINGSTON JOHNSON.
Born April 5, 1864, and is 22nd in direct lineal descent from the
William Johnson,of Barkby, who was a tenant of the Convent of St.
Mary de Pratis, of Leicester, in 1296.
He is also 19th in direct lineal descent from King Edward III through
the Lillingstons.
Royal Descents page 119 by Rev. Dimock Fletcher
In 1898, Captain in the Royal Irish Rifles.
Captain William George Lillingston Johnson dropped the name of
Johnson by deed-poll in 1894 and is now Captain Lillingston.