1 William Richard Cutter, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: a Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of . . ., Vol. 4, p. 2020 (1913)
"(II) Joseph, son of William Johnson, was baptized in Charlestown, February 12, 1636-37. He was an early settler and proprietor of haverhill, Massachusetts, where he and his brother John were neighbors. His houselot of five acres with two commages joined the land of his brother John. He later owned a large farm about two miles north by west from the village, and he and his sons owned about three hundred acres near the meeting house. On June 19, 1700, he deeded by gift forty-three acres of the northern part of his homestead to his sons, Thomas, Joseph, William, and he willed the southern part to Nathaniel. In 1692 h3 served as selectman and later as tithingman. Two years before his death he signed a petition for a schoolhouse in the parish, and this petition was granted. He sold his share of his father's estate to his brother Isaac. He died November 18, 1714. His will was dated December 31, 1713, and proved December 6, 1714. His son Nathaniel was executor of the will. He married (first) April 19, 1664, Maria Soatlie, of Charlestown, and she died March 22, 1665. He married (second) 1666, Hannah Tenney, born March 15, 1642-43, daughter of Ensign Thomas Tenney, of Rowley, who came from Rowley, Yorkshire, England, and settled in Rowley, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1639, and is said to be the ancestor of all the Rowleys in America. Children by second wife: Joseph, born October 15, 1667; William, January 15, 1669; Thomas, mentioned below; Zachariah, April 16, 1672, died October 27, 1673; John, November 9, 1673; Hannah, June 10, 1675; Mary June 4, 1677; Jonathan, April 24, 1678; Elizabeth, February 28, 1680-81; Narhaniel, August 15, 1683; Zachariah, August 26, 1687.".