Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet
BIRTH
1715
County Meath, Ireland
DEATH
July 11, 1774
Johnstown, New York
FAMILY
FATHER:
Christopher Johnson
(1687-1763)
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Johnson, Sir William, 1st Baronet
(1715-1774)
Sir William Johnson was a British colonial official, military commander, and superintendent of Indian affairs who built influential alliances with the Haudenosaunee. Though he died in 1774, his family and diplomatic system strongly shaped the northern frontier during the Revolution.
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WIFE
Mary de Wissenbergh
(1723-1759)
WIFE
Molly Brant
(1736-1796)
Mary Johnson
Elizabeth Brant Kerr
(1796-1845)
Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet
(1741-1830)
Ann Claus
(1745-1801)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnson Hall State Historic Site | 139 Hall Ave, Johnstown, NY 12095 | PARK |
DIED:
Johnstown, New York
Jul 11, 1774
The exact date and place of William Johnson’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies William Johnson with work or public activity as a lawyer, judge. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. William Johnson died on Aug 4, 1834 in New York City, New York. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.