1Hon. Edward Francis Johnson, Captain Edward Johnson, of Woburn, Mass., and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR Vol. 59, p. 83 (Jan 1905).
This William Johnson is often confused with the William Johnson who married Sarah Lovejoy.
"7. WILLIAM3 JOHNSON, (Maj. William,2 Capt. Edward1), born Feb. 26, 1656, married Esther, daughter of Richard and Anna (Blanchard) Gardner. She died Dec. 17, 1706, in her 48th year (gravestone); and he died Jan. 10, 1730, in Woburn.
Children:
15. i. WILLIAM,4 b. Mar. 28, 1686.
ii. ESTHER, d. Nov. 16,1710..
iii. MARY, d. 1710.
iv. HANNAH, m. May 24, 1722, Joseph Davis of Mansfield, Conn.
16. v. BENJAMIN.
17. vi. NOAH.
vii. RUTH, m. May 2, 1723, Thomas Robbins of Charlestown; d. June 27, 1737, in her 35th year (gravestone at Cambridge)."
1Vital Records of Woburn, Mass.
"GARDNER, Esther, d. of Richard, Oct. 15, 1659, Birth.".