Johnson, Lady Arbella

Lady Arbella Johnson, was a prominent Puritan figure, one of nobility. She died here in the late summer of 1630, not long after she arrived

in Salem on the flagstaff ship of the Winthrop fleet named after her. Her husband Isaac died just a short while after his wife.

She was Lady Arabella Clinton, second daughter of the 3rd Earl of Lincoln and sister of Theophilus, the fourth earl. She married Isaac Johnson in 1623.

She was one of eighteen children. A brother and two sisters also made it to the new world.

She became known when Hawthorne wrote about her in his work, Grandfathers' Chair. Her name again became known in 1930 with the creation of "Pioneer Village"

an a recreation of the Winthrop's flagship, the Arbella.

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