Their son Nathaniel Palmer Johnson (1727–1800) married Sarah Gold[1] of Birmingham and had eight children of whom six were daughters.
After Nathaniel Palmer Johnson's death in 1800, his wife and six daughters, three of whom never married, continued to live in the house until they moved to Bath.
The description of the younger saying "I speak of his elegant and amiable sisters in the first volume of this work, as the most accomplished ladies in Leicestershire."
The house eventually passed to the youngest daughter Rebecca (1785–1857) who had married Major General Cassius Matthew Clanchy.
In order to inherit the family wealth, Colonel Clanchy changed his name to Johnson on 26 March 1851.