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Sir Henry Johnson


NationalityBritish 
RolesShip Owner, Ship Builder 
Date of Birth1624CSORN
Baptism25.1.1623/24CSORN
First Known Service1669CSORN
FatherFrancis JohnsonHPO
MotherMary PettHPO
WifeDorothy Melton - Married 13.12.1648HPO
Son
Sir Henry JohnsonBritish
Ship Owner
Ship Builder
Service 1681-1709
E-WIKI
SonWilliam, MP (d.1718)HPO
Last Known Service1683CSORN
Date of Death1683 - Bath CSORN
Burial19.11.1683CSORN

Ships Owned


FromToVesselSource
16691683
Anne (34) 1669-1685
British 34 Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
 

Related Ship Yards


FromToPositionYardSource
16561683OwnerBlackwall Yard - Blackwall E-WIKI

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1639 Apprenticed at the age of sixteen to his cousin Sir Phineas Pett,ref:1649
1650 Launched
Assistance (34) 1650-1687
British 34 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford - London
B028
11.1652 Launched
Kentish (46) 1652-1672
British 46 Gun
4th Rate Ship
1660 Renamed "Kent"
, Ship at Deptford - London
B028
11.1653 Launched
Marston Moor (52) 1653-1703
British 52 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1660 Renamed "York"
, Ship of the Line at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall
B028
1654 Launched
Torrington (52) 1654-1690
British 52 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1660 Renamed "Dreadnought"
, Ship of the Line at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall
B028
8.6.1666 Launched
Warspite (64) 1666-1702
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall
B028
1667 Launched
Bantam (Unknown) 1667-1671
British Unknown Gun
Merchant Pink
, Pink at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall
ref:463
24.6.1669 Launched
Anne (34) 1669-1685
British 34 Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
, East Indiaman at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall
EICS
1679 Launched
Essex (70) 1679-1700
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall
B028
1679 Launched
Kent (70) 1679-1697
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall
B028
25.2.1678/7919.8.1679Elected a Member of Parliament for AldeburghHPO
8.3.1679/80 Appointed Knight BachelorHPO
5.1680 Launched
Suffolk (70) 1680-1699
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall
B065

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