Lois’s birth is reported as 23 December 1767 at Southbury. She married Moses Asa Johnson on 19 November 1787. The family study identifies him as a son of Asa Johnson and Elizabeth Strong and grandson of Moses Johnson and Prudence Jenner; these connections remain attributed to that study pending record comparison.

Ebenezer’s will calls her Lois Johnson. In addition to earlier gifts, it provides the part of his river meadow on the west side of the river and £200 lawful money, payable from the specified lot bought from Col. Kellerton at the appraised value, with any balance from his personal estate.

Moses reportedly died in 1821; Lois died 5 October 1834, aged sixty-six. Their burial is reported at White Oak Cemetery. Her name may recall Hannah’s sister Lois Richards, but that naming explanation is an inference.

1. Ebenezer Johnson, 3 March 1791–1 April 1872; married Sally Mitchell; children.
2. Asa Johnson, 29 March 1793–1 November 1850; marriage not established.
3. Hannah Johnson, 28 March 1794–17 February 1867; married William Fabrique; children.
4. Thomas Johnson, 8 March 1798–26 March 1834; married Maria P. Moseley in 1827; children.

Obadiah was born 1 April 1769 at Southbury and married Beersheba Howe on 1 March 1797. The family study describes him as a farmer. His name recalls Hannah’s reported father, Obadiah Richards.

He served as a Southbury selectman in 1807 and first selectman in 1808–1810, according to the Research Tree’s town-history notes. His father’s will gives him the residue of the real and personal estate and appoints him executor. On 27 September 1825, Obadiah R. Guthrie and Albert Guthrie signed a $3,000 executor’s bond. That sum is the bond’s penalty, not an appraisal of the estate.

Obadiah died 27 November 1842 and is reported buried in South Britain Burying Ground. Beersheba died 18 August 1853, reportedly aged seventy-seven. The seven children retained from the tree and family study are:

1. Sally Guthrie, 1797–1842 Connecticut; reported unmarried.
2. William Guthrie, 1800–1865 Connecticut; lawyer; married Polly Ann Tuttle in 1842; children. He must be kept distinct from the proposed son William attributed to Ebenezer and Hannah.
3. Albert Guthrie, 1802–1888; married Nancy Buckingham in 1825; children. The Albert named on Ebenezer’s executor’s bond is consistent with this family, although the bond itself does not state the relationship.
4. Ebenezer Guthrie, 1804–1881 Connecticut; married Harriet Edmonds in 1827; children. The Research Tree marks this descendant line for autosomal participation.
5. Hannah Guthrie, 1807–1864 Connecticut; married Roderick Stiles in 1861, then Ira Bradley in 1863. Ira had previously married her sister Ann.
6. Ann Guthrie, 1811–1860 Connecticut; married Ira Bradley in 1836; children.
7. John Benjamin Guthrie, 1813–1889; married Eva Downs; children.

American Guthrie and Allied Families credits Ebenezer and Hannah with a son William, without the life details needed to identify him securely. Records of the Guthrie Family, as discussed in the family study, lists Lois and Obadiah only.

William is not named in the will dated 11 December 1811. His omission does not establish his death before either 1811 or the 1825 probate. The tree’s 1825 death endpoint is therefore not treated as a documented death date.

One possibility is confusion with William Guthrie, 1800–1865, son of Obadiah and Beersheba. That is a research question, not a resolved identity. A birth, baptism, guardianship, deed, or estate document explicitly connecting another William to Ebenezer is needed.

• Durham Barbour transcription, page 45: Ebenezer, son of John and Abigail, baptized 20 July 1740, citing original page 278; born 29 July 1740, citing page 359. The baptism precedes the stated birth. The original entries are needed; the dates should not simply be exchanged to make them fit.
• Research Tree and family study: give birth 20 July and baptism 28 July 1740, and attribute the baptism to Rev. Nathaniel Chauncy. These differ from the photographed Barbour page.
• Hannah Richards: reported birth 30 April 1736 at Waterbury and marriage 16 March 1767 at Woodbury. Compare the underlying Barbour entries and the Richards probate before treating the reported parentage as proved.
• Hannah’s death: 30 June 1792 in the tree and family summary; 30 July in a narrative passage. The cemetery or death record should settle the month.
• Connecticut Deaths and Burials Index, film 3362: Captain Ebenezer Guthrie, died 10 September 1825, aged 84, buried at Southbury. The calculated birth estimate of about 1741 is derived from that age, not a separate birth record.
• Find a Grave index: White Oak Cemetery; gives Ebenezer’s birth as 29 July 1740 and death as 10 September 1825. Compare the actual marker and Hale cemetery copy; an index is not an independent witness to every linked relationship.
• Sarah Nichols Hawley: name and approximate 1794 marriage come from the family history. Her original marriage record, premarital agreement, and 1838 estate may clarify her earlier identity.

Woodbury Probate District, estate of Ebenezer Guthrie of Southbury, 1825, packet 1768. The supplied images cover the packet at viewer images 897–902, within “Probate Packets, Gillett, M–Hannah, H, 1720–1880.” The cover lists one will and one bond.

• 11 December 1811: will dated at Southbury. Names wife Sarah, daughter Lois Johnson, and son Obadiah Richards Guthrie.
• Sarah: receives her brought-in possessions or replacements, one-third of the personal estate, specified use of the house and lot during widowhood, and additional support provisions. The will refers to a premarital agreement.
• Lois: receives the west-side portion of the river meadow and £200 lawful money, in addition to earlier gifts.
• Obadiah: receives the residue of the real and personal estate and is appointed executor.
• 27 September 1825: witness attestation and probate endorsement. The witnesses affirm the testator’s execution of the will and capacity at that time.
• 27 September 1825: executor’s bond signed by Obadiah R. Guthrie and Albert Guthrie, with a $3,000 penalty.

The will does not name William. It also does not state the children’s mother, establish Sarah’s maiden name, or give Ebenezer’s exact death date. Those questions require other records.

The younger Ebenezer, born in 1804 to Obadiah and Beersheba, is a candidate for the 1830 head of household. Sarah’s approximate age would also fit the elderly female. Both are hypotheses: the census names only the head and does not establish those identities or relationships.

• Selectmen, Town of Southbury, Connecticut, 1787 through 2010: the supplied citations list Ebenezer as selectman in 1789, 1790, and 1791, and first selectman in 1792. The Research Tree also attributes Obadiah’s 1807–1810 offices to this town history.
• American Guthrie and Allied Families, page 154: account of Ebenezer, born in 1740, and Hannah Richards. Preserve its military and William-child statements as attributed claims until corroborated.
• Records of the Guthrie Family: the existing family study cites this work for Lois, Obadiah, and Sarah Nichols Hawley. Its account should be compared with the original marriage and probate documents.
• Guthrie Genealogy family study and Research Tree: sources for the descendant details and continuing research leads.

Keep the two Ebenezers separate: this page concerns Ebenezer Guthrie, 1740–1825, son of John and Abigail Coe. His nephew Ebenezer, 1770–1855, son of Ephraim and Thankful Stone, married Abigail Herick and later Martha Cowles Ashley. The nephew’s Y-DNA kits do not represent this elder Ebenezer’s descendant line.