Wedevotefivepagestothisfamily,descendedfrom GeorgeJohnsonandSarahBatchelor,whichwaslong establishedintheStepney/StGeorgeintheEastareaof London.Itwasconnectedoverseveralgenerationstothe tobaccocuttingandrollingtrade.Theyhadlinksby marriage to the Chapple and Parris families.TheOxfordDictionaryofFamilynamesdescribeitasa relationshipnamefromthepersonalJohnandthe patronymic-son.It’snottheeasiestnametoresearchas severalJohnsonfamilieslivedinthisareaduringthelatter halfofthe19thcentury.Wecannotfindanycommon ancestor.Ifyouhaveaconnectiontoany individualorfamilyfeaturedhere,orifyou wanttoleaveusyourfeedback,taporclickthe icon to contact us.
Steve and Pauline Jones’ Family History
If you don’t know where you came from,you won’t know where you are going.You have to study your history.Gil Scott-Heron
The Johnson Family of Stepney, London
Stepney was described in 1868 as“Aparishandpopulousdistrictofthe metropolis,intheTowerdivisionof Ossulstonehundred,andboroughofthe TowerHamlets,countyMiddlesex,2½miles E.ofSt.Paul'sCathedral.Itisajunction stationontheNorthLondon,theBlackwall, andGreatEasternrailways;itlieschiefly betweentheCommercial-roadandthe GreatEasternrailway,andincludesthe populousdistrictsofMile-End,NewandOld Town,andpartofRatcliffe”.Theparish includedthehamletsofMileEndOldTown, MileEndNewTown,Ratcliff,Whitechapel, Wapping,Bow,Shadwell,Spitalfields, Bethnal Green, Limehouse and Poplar. More about the riverside hamlet of Ratcliff