| Notes |
- Notes for HANNAH ELIZABETH JOHNSON:
Hannah Elizabeth Johnson Huffman Wheaton Staley, Original Pioneer of
1852, by Kara Seager-Segalla, updated July 2004, a descendent of Sarah
Ann Huffman
Hannah Elizabeth Johnson was born on July 31, 1806, near Albany,
New York. She was the daughter of Abraham Johnson and Hannah Vanhusen
Wheeler. It is believed that both of her parents were born in the
state of New York in the early 1780's. Abraham Johnson and Hannah
Wheeler had eight children, John, Hannah, Peter, Jacob, Joseph,
William, Serenen or Cyrenius, and Richard. All of these children were
born in the state of New York. It is known that Hannah's brothers,
John, William, Cyrenius, and Richard, all settled in Canada and that
many of their descendants still live their today.
Little is written about Hannah's early life. It is known,
however, that the Johnson family's household water came from a canal
and the children were obliged to do the carrying. One day little
Hannah put her pail into the swift stream and the current pulled her
in. Her cries brought two workmen from a nearby field, so she was
rescued. The early pioneers of this time were never wholly free from
fear of Indians. It is reported that the Indians stole Hannah when
she was young. Through her courage, she waited until the Indians
were asleep and escaped.
One history states that the Johnson family with three children,
including Hannah, moved to Canada, because of their Tory thinking,
settling near Bertie Township in Ontario. Hannah grew up to be young
dark-haired women. She met a man by the name of George Ransier
Huffman, whose family was living nearby. Mr. Huffman was about 8
years older then Hannah Johnson. She would have been about 16 years
of age.
George Huffman was born in Bertie, Ontario, Canada on Nov. 22,
1798, to Jacob Huffman and Nancy Ransier. The earliest history of a
Huffman is of Jacob, born of German stock in Pennsylvania about 1765.
The name was originally spelled Hoffman. The family had royalist
sympathies, and so migrated to Canada at the time of the Revolutionary
War, settling at Bertie in the province of Ontario. Jacob grew up to
marry Nancy Ransier, who was born in Pennsylvania about 1770. Ten
children were born to the marriage: Jacob, Rebecca, Catherine,
William, George Ransier, Abigail, Nancy Ann, Betsie, Mary, and
Margaret. All of these children were born in Canada.
After their marriage, Hannah and George Huffman lived in
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It was in West Waterloo, on August 28,
1823, that their first child, Jacob Huffman, was born. Some records
show a child, Hannah, who was born about 1825, but died as an infant.
Sarah Ann Huffman was born July 5, 1827, in Bertie, Ontario, Canada.
George Ransier Huffman died Jan. 25, 1830, of mountain fever in
Canada. George was 31 years old and left a family of two, the
youngest, Sarah Ann, just 2
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1806 - 1891 (85 years)
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