WedevotefivepagestothedescendantsofGeorge JohnsonandSarahBatchelor,afamilylong establishedintheStepney/StGeorgeintheEastarea ofLondon.Itwasconnectedoverseveralgenerations tothetobaccocuttingandrollingtrade.Theyhad links by marriage to the Chapple and Parris families.TheOxfordDictionaryofFamilynamesdescribeitas arelationshipnamefromthepersonalJohnandthe patronymic-son.It’snottheeasiestnametoresearch asseveralJohnsonfamilieslivedinthisareaduring thelatterhalfofthe19thcentury.Wecannotfindany commonancestor.Ifyouhaveaconnectiontoany individualorfamilyfeaturedhere,orif youwanttoleaveusyourfeedback,tap or click the 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