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Ernest,
Noel Johnson could not have been the son-in-law of Joel Johnson by way of daughter Fanny. Fanny Johnson (d/o Joel) was the wife of Jeremiah Beasley of Johnston County, NC. She was still living in 1850, when she was listed on the 1850 census of Johnston County (District 3, p. 17, Household 256) as Fanny Beasley, age 78 (b. 1772) in the household of her brother-in-law David Stevens(on) age 76 (b. 1774 - court minutes show he was actually born in 1772) and his wife (her sister) Arey age 75 (b. 1775). David Stephenson and wife Arey Johnson were my direct ancestors. In 1858, John M. Stephenson of Johnston County, son of Moore Stephenson and wife Zilla Coats, wrote his first cousin Martha (Stephenson) Hancock of Georgia, daughter of Joshua Stephenson, notifying her of the death of their Grandmother Stephenson (i.e. Arey (Johnson) Stephenson). The letter also mentions that "Aunt Fanny Beasley" was still living at that time. I have a photocopy of this letter.
The children of Joel Johnson, as suggested by the deed conveyances concerning the selling of his lands, were Urias Johnson (md. Jane "Jenny" Carrell) who went to Tennessee; Bethany Johnson (md. Isaac Johnson, son of Frederick Johnson and wife Sarah Stephenson); Sinthia Johnson (md. Jacob Ferrell); Fanny Johnson (md. Jeremiah Beasley); Noel Johnson; Arey Johnson (md. David Stephenson); and Charlotte Johnson (md. Samuel Johnson, son of Abel Johnson and wife Ann Johnson). Charlotte and Fanny are listed as Johnsons in the deed conveyances because they were not yet married at that time.
Since Joel and Milly were siblings, it is certainly likely that their children would have born with some of the same first names (such as Noel and Fanny). I do not think that the Fanny mentioned in the estate of William Johnson is identical with Fanny (Johnson) Beasley, daughter of Joel Johnson. Perhaps the solution is that your Noel of Chesterfield County, SC is the son of William and Milly rather than that of Joel. Joel Johnson's son Noel might well have been the Noel, Jr. who held 200 acres in 1799. The term "Jr." does not always suggest a father and son relationship; rather, it can be used to differentiate two individuals of the same name living in a neighborhood based upon their age. They could just as easily be cousins or nephews rather than father and son. Both Noel Johnsons apparently left Johnston County. As for the name Joel not being passed down in your Johnson line, it was not passed down in any descendants of Arey (Johnson) Stephenson either, so I would not attach too great a significance to that particular point.
I would also not assume that the DNA results for the alleged descendant of Obed Johnson eliminate anything unless a careful scrutiny of that participant's line of descent is made. DNA results are only useful when the participant's male ancestral line is established correctly, and that is not always the case, as you know.
One possible way to resolve this issue would be to locate a male descendant (if one survives) of Urias Johnson. There is a genealogy which is available at the NC State Library concerning his descendants which might possibly prove helpful in that regard.
Mark
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