Ann Paterson^[1]

1764 -

• Name	Ann Paterson
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Female
  Born	Between 1746 and 1764
  Name	Anna
  Research Status	Brick Wall
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Walter Paterson
  Relationship	Birth

  
  

  Husband	Benjamin John Johnson           b. Between 21 Apr 1746 and 20 Apr 1747           d. Apr 1818  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Married	28 Nov 1780	St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain   [2]
  	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).
  Age at Marriage	She was 34, he was 34
  Children	1. William Fountain Johnson           b. 2 Dec 1781           d. 14 Mar 1853, Kensington & Chelsea, London  (Age 71 years)  [Birth]   2. Rev. Walter Rankin Johnson           b. 11 Jul 1787           d. 27 Oct 1844, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom  (Age 57 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Early Life An Ann Paterson, born in 1754 in Aberdeen, is listed with father of Walter Paterson (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XB43-3PK). However, it's hard to think why someone born so far away would have married Benjamin John Johnson in London. Unless perhaps Walter was a merchant who did a lot of trade from or with London. In the marriage record (St George Hanover Square) both Ann and Benjamin are noted "of this parish" which doesn't necessarily mean a lot, but at least hints that she was London-based. Some clues about Ann's parents might be drawn from the name of her younger child, Walter Rankin Johnson. It could be that he took his first name from Ann's father Walter, and his middle name from her mother's maiden name. Unfortunately, I've found no trace of a marriage record between a Walter Paterson and anyone with the surname of Rankin. I've put a broad range her birth but in reality it's unlikely that she was much more than 5 years older than Benjamin, putting her date of birth no earlier than 1741. Death I have been unable to find a death record for Ann, the issue being that Ann Johnson is simply too common a name to be able to indentify the right record.

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 28 Nov 1780 - St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S0079] Marriage Records 1780, 1780. [S0305] Westminster Marriages, FindMyPast, (findmypast.co.uk), Benjamin John Johnson / Ann Paterson; St George, Hanover Square, 1780.