Historical Background

Ezekiel Johnson was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. on 12 January 1773.  Julia Hills was born in Upton, Massachusetts, Sept 26, 1783. They were married on 12 January 1801 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Massachusetts, which had been the home of the peoples shown below, became a major portal for British immigrants, who started coming to New England about 1620. It was the home of many of Ezekiel and Julia Hills Johnson’s ancestors.

• Early European Settlement Attempts in North America
  • Popham Colony or Sagadahoc Colony
  • French Colonies
  • Jamestown
  • New Netherland
• Plymouth Colony and the Pilgrims
  • Escape to the Netherlands
  • Emigration to New England
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Pilgrims
  • Treaty with the Wampanoag
• Other English Colonization Attempts
  • Plymouth Council for New England - Settlements in Maine
  • Wessagusset
  • Capt. Robert Gorges and the Re-settlement of Wessagusett
• The Puritans and the Massachusetts Bay Colony
  • Development
  • Salem
  • Charlestown
  • Lynn
  • Emergence of the Massachusetts Bay Company
  • The City on a Hill Address
  • Arrival in New England
  • Move to the Pautexet Penninsula
• Governance in New England
• Daily Life for the European Colonists in New England
  • Marriage
  • Childbirth
  • Childhood
  • Education
  • Hygiene
  • Medicine
  • Religion
  • Clothing
  • Diet
  • Military
  • Entertainment
  • Housing
  • Transportation
  • Politics, Commerce and Currency
  • Fire