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	Sir William Johnson - LoveToKnow 1911
		SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON (1715-1774), British soldier and American pioneer, was born in Smithtown, County Meath, Ireland, in 1715, the son of Christopher Johnson, a country gentleman.
		He was also one of the officers of the force defeated by General John Sullivan in the engagement at Newtown (Elmira), N.Y., on the 29th of August 1779.
		Sir William's nephew, GUY Johnson (1740-1788), succeeded his uncle as superintendent of Indian affairs in 1774, and served in the French and Indian War and, on the British side, in the War of Independence.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sir_William_Johnson (537 words)

	Sir William Johnson
		Johnson accepted, and in 1738 established himself on a tract of land on the south side of Mohawk river, about twenty-four miles west of Schenectady, which Sir Peter had called "Warrensburgh." He began to colonize this tract, and also embarked in trade with the Indians, whom he always treated with perfect honesty and justice.
		In General Prideaux's expedition against Fort Niagara in 1759, Sir William Johnson was second in command, and on the death of Prideaux by the explosion of a gun before that fort, he succeeded to the command in chief.
		Sir William was the author of a valuable paper entitled "The Language, Customs, and Manners of the Six Nations," written to Arthur Lee, secretary of the Philosophical society of Philadelphia, and published in their "Transactions" for November, 1772.
	famousamericans.net /sirwilliamjohnson (1951 words)

	Guy Carleton, Ist Baron of Dorchester
		Sir John Johnson was the son of Irish born Sir William Johnson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Mohawk Valley, New York who in 1766 was the Charter Master of St. Patrick's Lodge now No. 4.
		Sir John Johnson was appointed Provincial Grand Master of New York in 1767 and was formally installed in 1771.
		Sir John Johnson was responsible for the naming of the Dorchester Lodge, Vergennes, Vermont in honour of his friend and it will be recalled that Acting Grand Master Effingham had granted its warrant on 5 May 1788.
	freemasonry.bcy.ca /biography/carleton_g/guy_carleton.html (4254 words)

	Johnson - Historic Johnstown, New York, USA
		Johnson's ability to persuade men to work together in a common enterprise, and to lead rather than drive them, accounts for his success as a soldier as well as in dealing with the Indians and in colonizing.
		Johnson's ambitions and hopes for the future of his heirs lay with the Crown, but his human sympathies, his love for his neighbors, red and white, which had always governed his conduct, drew him in the other direction.
		When Johnson was a bachelor in his early twenties and in need of a housekeeper for his frontier home, he took Catherine Weissenberg, a young refugee from the Palatinate, who, like so many others, was bound to service for a few years for her passage to the land of promise.
	www.johnstown.com /city/johnson.html (2997 words)

	Sir John Johnson [1741-1830]
		Sir John Johnson, baronet, of Johnson Hall, Pryon County, N. Y., finally of Mount Johnson, County of Rouville, Canada, the third subscriber, who gave twelve pounds for the church building fund, of the St.
		Sir William, in due time, returned Hendriok’s visit, and while they were smoking the pipe of peace together, he went on to tell that be too had a dream.
		His remains were taken across the river by the Indians in canoes, and conveyed to Mount Johnson, where they were interred in the family vault, with all the ceremonies which the Iroquois observe at the burial of their chiefs.
	www.rootsweb.com /~qcmtl-w/JohnsonJohn.html (1104 words)

	Sir John Johnson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sir John Johnson (1742-1830), Loyalist leader in the American Revolution, b.
		Mohawk valley, N.Y.; son of Sir William Johnson.
		In the Revolution, like his brother-in-law, Guy Johnson, he set out to organize the settlers and natives of the Mohawk region against the Revolutionaries.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nytryon/jj.html (122 words)

	archaeology
		Sir John Johnson is an important figure of the British history in Canada.
		From 1812 until 1841, at least seven individuals, including Sir John Johnson and his wife Lady Mary (Polly) Watts, were buried in the family vault.
		Judging by age determination of adults it is possible that the oldest individual is Sir John Johnson himself.
	www.genealogie.org /club/shhr/arch/archaeology.htm (1589 words)

	Johnson, Sir William - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Because of his influence with the indigenous population (he was made a Mohawk sachem in the 1740s), he was a key figure in the French and Indian Wars, first becoming prominent in King George's War.
		His chief lieutenants were George Croghan ; Johnson's son-in-law, Guy Johnson ; his son, Sir John Johnson ; and Daniel Claus.
		I'm no scarlet lady...I love Bill to bits; EXCLUSIVE Newlyweds Sir William McAlpine and his castigated new love Judy talk of their secret affair and deny they cruelly treated the first wife of the millionaire construction tycoon.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-johnsonw.html (546 words)

	Sir John Johnson
		At the same time he was defeating, by vigilance, wisdom and energy, the efforts of Sir John Johnson to bring upon the rear of the Northern Army the Tories west of Albany, and the Six Nations of Indians.
		He had met Sir John on the way, and made friends of the Mohawks; and he compelled the baronet and his followers to surrender all the arms and military stores which they had collected.
		Lady Johnson, who was a daughter of John Watts, one of the king's counsellors of the province, was sent to Albany on horseback in that pleasant spring-time, attended by a military escort, where she was kept in durance several months, as a hostage for the restraint of her husband.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Our_Country_vol_2/sirjohnj_ic.html (347 words)

	RevJohn Johnson’s Juggernaut
		Nevertheless, John Johnson’s 1780 Fall Campaign destroyed most of the homes, barns, outbuildings, harvested crops and livestock in Schoharie Valley, and in the Mohawk Valley from Fort Hunter to what is now Saint Johnsville.
		As John Johnson was British-American Royalty, van Rensselaer was in effect Dutch-American Royalty, his family, having “ruled” Rensselaerwyck (a Dutch land patent that encompassed the present counties of Albany (except the city) Columbia and Rensselaer) for over 100 years.
		Sir John was wounded in the leg and Joseph Brant was shot in the foot.
	www.paulkeeslerbooks.com /JohnJohnsonJuggernaut.html (2228 words)

	Sir John's Lake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sir John married Mary Watts and lived peacefully in New York with a son and two daughters.
		Sir John settled in Montreal where he and Mary were blessed with six more sons.
		Sir John was appointed to command the British Indian Department, a position he held for 46 years.
	www.doncaster.ca /placenames/Sir_Johns_Lake.shtml (584 words)

	Manor House Wmst
		The Glengarry Archives is administered by the Sir John Johnson Manor House Committee and is available/open to the public.
		Sir John Johnson was born on November 5, 1742, in the Mohawk Valley New York.
		Sir John and his wife Lady Mary "Polly" Watts and family were residing in Montreal at the close of the American Revolutionary War.
	members.tripod.com /~GLENGARRY/manorhw.html (1224 words)

	Orderly Book of Sir John Johnson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		John Butler, a brother-in-law of Sir John Johnson, and who with his men had lately arrived at Oswego from Niagara to take part in the Expedition.
		Sir John Johnson's Regiment did not leave its winter quarters at La Chine (that being the regimental headquarters) till June 21, 1777, when it started on St. Leger's Expedition with fourteen days rations.
		John Taylor, who visited the Hill while on a missionary tour in 1802, mentions as worthy of note, that on its top there was an apple tree which produced apples without core or seeds.
	www.fortklock.com /johnjohnorderly.htm (5461 words)

	John Johnson Mill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Glengarry gentleman who did most intensive work in research on the life of Sir John Johnson, as it affects this locality, was the late John A. Macdonell, K.C. (Greenfield) of Alexandria, and to his work we are indebted for the information which is set forth in the following article.
		It was Sir John who built the first mill at this place, the site of which is soon to be commemorated by the erection of a plaque, "The mill was probably the first in this part of the country, if not indeed in what is now the Province of Ontario.
		Sir John never lived permanently in Williamstown because of the nature of his business and his many and widespread responsibilities.
	members.tripod.com /~GLENGARRY/mill.html (428 words)

	John Johnson (Loyalist) Summary
		Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet (5 November 1741 – 4 January 1830) was a loyalist leader during the American Revolution.
		He was the son of the Superintendent of Indian Affairs Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, who had promoted the British settlement of the Mohawk Valley and founded the community of Johnstown in Tryon County in the Province of New York.
		Johnson married Mary Watts (daughter of John Watts of New York) on 30 June 1773 and the couple had eight sons, all of whom served in the British army and navy, and three daughters.
	www.bookrags.com /John_Johnson_(Loyalist) (939 words)

	JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Because of his influence over the indigenous population, he was a key figure in the French and Indian Wars, first becoming prominent in King George’s War.
		He had been appointed general superintendent of Indian affairs N of the Ohio in 1756, and after the Peace of Paris (1763) his office was of great significance in the vast new areas gained from France.
		His chief lieutenants were George Croghan; Johnson’s son-in-law, Guy Johnson; his son, Sir John Johnson; and Daniel Claus.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/jo/JohnsonW.html (262 words)

	Archeological Excavations at Johnson Hall State Historic Site, Johnstown NY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The east and west flankers at Johnson Hall are slightly larger than the dimensions given by Sir John Johnson for the Fort's flankers(Hall: 36 feet by 22.5 feet; Fort: 30 feet by 18 feet).
		Johnson's consistency in the size of the buildings suggests that the spatial layout at the Hall probably closely mimicked that of the Fort.
		Sir John Johnson and his wife briefly occupied the Hall until he left for Canada in 1776, and she was removed by the American troops to Albany.
	www.nysl.nysed.gov /edocs/parks/johnson.htm (16181 words)

	Old Fort Johnson
		Sir John Johnson, the eldest son and heir of Sir William Johnson and Catherine Weisenberg, was born at Warrenbush, November 5, 1742.
		When Sir William moved to Johnson Hall in 1763, Sir John took up residence at Fort Johnson and is responsible for the major renovations that occurred at the Fort before his marriage to Mary (Polly) Watts on June 30, 1773.
		William Johnson’s relationship with her began in 1759 when she was 23 and he 44.
	www.oldfortjohnson.org /family2.html (692 words)

	St. John's Episcopal Church Johnstown New York USA
		Established in 1760, St. John's Episcopal Church was founded by Sir William Johnson, the founder of Johnstown, a distinguished British emissary and esteemed patron of the Anglican Church, whose achievements in communicating with the Indians of the area were unrivaled by any white man.
		Sir William Johnson was brought up in the Church of England before he left Ireland to take charge of the estate of his uncle, Sir Peter Warren, along the Mohawk river in the Province of New York.
		In the turmoil of the Revolutionary War, Sir John's property, including the church and its glebe (no deed having ever been drawn to the congregation by Sir William), was confiscated when he and nearly all of the prominent church people fled to Canada.
	www.johnstown.com /city/stjohns.html (2153 words)

	The Battle of Fort Keyser/Stone Arabia
		Tidings having been sent to Albany of the advent of Sir John Johnson into the settlements of the Schoharie, General Robert Van Rensselaer, with the Claverack, Albany, and Schenectady regiments, pushed on by forced marches to encounter him, accompanied by Governor Clinton.
		Johnson now dispersed his forces in small bands to a distance of 5 or 6 miles in every direction to pillage the country.
		Sir John then "detached Captain Thompson of the Rangers and Captain Brant with about 150 Rangers and Indians to destroy the settlement at Fort Hunter on the east side of Schoharie Creek, which they effected without opposition, the inhabitants having fled to the fort.
	www.myrevolutionarywar.com /battles/801018.htm (1001 words)

	KRRNY -- The Regiment
		William Johnson became wealthy and famous for his heroism in the Seven Years War in America for which he was knighted and granted a Baronet.
		Sir John Johnson, who had inherited his father's title had to go as far as fortifying his home and arming both white tenants and Native allies as a body guard.
		The larger raids such as Sir John Johnson's 1780 raid on the Schoharie area were largely missions of pure destruction.
	royalyorkers.ca /regiment.htm (1348 words)

	Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715 – 11 July 1774), founder of Johnstown, New York, was an Irish pioneer and army officer in colonial New York, and the British Superintendent of Indian Affairs from 1755 to 1774.
		Sir William was a man of many accomplishments, and ultimately his estate in the Mohawk River Valley covered over 400,000 acres (1,600 km²).
		Johnson was appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs by the British, and later became a Major General in the British forces during the French and Indian War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sir_William_Johnson,_1st_Baronet (1287 words)

	The Chronicles: a calendar of the American Revolution in New York
		John Butler is authorized to raise five companies of Butler's Rangers; recruiting is very succesful, drawing Loyalists who were mistreated by their Patriot neighbors.
		John Butler raids the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania.
		Johnson's raiders arrive outside the walls of the Upper Fort at Scoharie.
	www.nyhistory.net /~drums/chronicle.htm (1274 words)

	Fort Tours \| Fort Johnson
		The history of Fort Johnson and its builder, William Johnson, began with his arrival in America from Ireland in 1738; when he was 23 years old and was to oversee his Uncle Peter Warren's land holdings south of the present day city of Amsterdam, in the colony of New York.
		William Johnson soon became involved in colonial politics; he provisioned British military posts, kept the Indians friendly to the British, served in the New York colonial legislature, and in 1756 was commissioned Superintendent of all the affairs of the Six Nations and other Northern Indians.
		With Sir William's removal to Johnson Hall in 1763, Fort Johnson was given to his son John, who married Mary Watts, a member of a prominent New York family; John occupied the Fort until 1774, when upon Sir William's death, John inherited the baronetcy and moved to Johnson Hall.
	www.forttours.com /pages/fortjohnson.asp (399 words)

	Sir John Johnson Centennial Branch of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sir John Johnson Centennial Branch of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada
		Sir John Johnson Centennial Branch is a patriotic, historical, and genealogical society dedicated to promoting Canadian heritage.
		The restoration of the burial site of Sir John Johnson (located in Mont St-Gregoire) is currently in progress.
	www.townshipsheritage.com /Eng/Org/Genealogie/GS_john.html (405 words)

	Orderly Book of Sir John Johnson
		This story of Lady Johnson's "Adventures" was written by Miss Susan Griffiths Colpoys-daughter of Admiral Griffith Colpoys, of the British Navy-who married Colonel Christopher Johnson, B. A., sixth son of Sir John Johnson, Bart.
		She was, consequently, sister-in-law of Adam Gordon Johnson, third Baronet, son of Sir John, and aunt of Sir William G. Johnson, the present and fourth Baronet, the grandson of Sir John Johnson, the second Baronet.
		Col. Johnson had every opportunity of hearing all the incidents from those most interested in the occurrences and cognizant of the sad facts of the case.
	www.threerivershms.com /johnjohnpreface.htm (1134 words)

	Sir William Johnson, Baronet (1715-1774)
		Sir John decided to remain loyal to the British, and was branded a traitor.
		Sir William Johnson, Master Mason - The origins of the Mount Vernon Lodge of Masons in Albany, NY are traced back to Sir William Johnson.
		The Role of Sir William Johnson In the Colonial Development of America and His Involvement in the Expansionist Policies of the British Imperial Government, by Paul Redmond Drew; a scholarly essay which goes much more deeply into the political environment within which Johnson carried out his decisions and actions as Indian Superintendent.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/antiques_and_collectibles/22018/2 (435 words)

	Orderly Book of Sir John Johnson
		THE accompanying waifs, possessing in themselves as little intrinsic interest as continuity, are a few random footprints of Sir John Johnson's life of exile, spared by the tides of a century which have effaced many of his once deeper impressions on American affairs.
		And this, with the acquittances of the said Sir John Johnson, Bt., or his assigns, shall be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge.
		A letter from Major General Hope, Commander-in-Chief andc., to Sir John is apparently interesting, as throwing further light on a restless escapade, which is referred to in the life of that early representative of the possibilities and effect of education, even upon a savage mind.
	www.threerivershms.com /johnjohntories.htm (12366 words)

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