See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

JOHNSON (1715–1774)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier and , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Smithtown, See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

County See also:

• MEATH (pronounced with th soft, as in the)

Meath, Ire-See also:

• LAND

land, in 1715, the son of See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson, a See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man . As a boy he was educated for a commercial career, but in 1738 he removed to See also:

• AMERICA

America for the purpose of managing a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of land in the See also:

• MOHAWK

Mohawk Valley, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, belonging to his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter See also:

• WARREN
• WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (183o-1882)
• WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
• WARREN, MERCY (1728—1814)
• WARREN, MINTON (1850-1907)
• WARREN, SAMUEL (1807-1877)
• WARREN, SIR JOHN BORLASE, BART
• WARREN, WILLIAM (1812-1888)

Warren (1703-1752) . He established himself on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• BANK

bank of the Mohawk See also:

• RIVER

river, about 25 M . W. of See also:

• SCHENECTADY

Schenectady . Before 1743 he removed to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the river . The new See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement prospered from the start, and a valuable See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade was built up with the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, over whom Johnson exercised an immense See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence . The Mohawks adopted him and elected him a sachem . In 1744 he was appointed by See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

Governor See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• CLINTON
• CLINTON, DE WITT (1769-1828)
• CLINTON, GEORGE (1739-1812)
• CLINTON, HENRY FYNES (1781-1852)
• CLINTON, SIR HENRY (c. 1738-1795)

Clinton (d . 1761) See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of the affairs of the Six Nations (See also:

• IROQUOIS

Iroquois) . In 1746 he was made See also:

• COMMISSARY (from Med. Lat. commissaries, one to whom a charge or trust is committed)

commissary of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province for See also:

• INDIAN

Indian affairs, and was influential in enlisting and equipping the Six Nations for participation in the warfare with See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• CANADA

Canada, two years later (1948) being placed in command of a See also:

• LINE

line of outposts on the New York frontier . The See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• AIX

Aix-la-Chapelle put a stop to offensive operations, which he had begun . In May 1750 by royal See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment he became a member for See also:

• LIFE

life of the governor's See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year he resigned the See also:

• POST

post of superintendent of Indian affairs .

In 1754 he was one of the New York delegates to the inter-colonial See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention at See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany, N.Y . In 1755 See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• BRADDOCK
• BRADDOCK, EDWARD (1695?—1755),

Braddock, the See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the British forces in America, commissioned him See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general, in which capacity he directed the expedition against See also:

• CROWN

Crown Point, and in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September defeated the French and Indians under See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

Ludwig A . Dieskau (1701–1767) at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake George, where he himself was wounded . For this success he received the thanks of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, and was created a See also:

• BARONET

baronet (See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1755) . From See also:

• JULY

July 1756 until his See also:

• DEATH

death he was " See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole superintendent of the Six Nations and other See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern Indians." He took See also:

• PART

part in General See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• ABERCROMBIE, JOHN (178o-1844)

Abercrombie's disastrous See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against See also:

• TICONDEROGA

Ticonderoga (1758), and in 1759 he was second in command in General See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Prideaux's expedition against Fort See also:

• NIAGARA
• NIAGARA, FORT

Niagara, succeeding to the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief command on that officer's death, and capturing the fort . In 1760 he was with General See also:

• JEFFREY, FRANCIS JEFFREY

Jeffrey See also:

• AMHERST
• AMHERST, JEFFREY AMHERST, BARON (1717-1797)

Amherst (1717–1797) at the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of See also:

• MONTREAL

Montreal . As a See also:

• REWARD

reward for his services the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king granted him a tract of See also:

• IOO

Ioo,000 acres of land north of the Mohawk river . It was due to his influence that the Iroquois refused to join See also:

• PONTIAC
• PONTIAC (c. 1720-1769)

Pontiac in his See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy, and he was instrumental in arranging the treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768 . After the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William retired to his estates, where, on the site of the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• JOHNSTOWN

Johnstown, he built his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence, Johnson See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, and lived in all the See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of an See also:

• ENGLISH

English baron . He devoted himself to colonizing his extensive lands, and is said to have been the first to introduce See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep and See also:

• BLOOD

blood horses into the province . He died at Johnstown, N.Y., on the 11th of July 1774 . In 1739 Johnson had married See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine Wisenberg, by whom he had three See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children .

After her death he had various mistresses, including a niece of the Indian chief Hendrick, and Molly See also:

• BRANT, JOSEPH (1742-1807)
• BRANT, SEBASTIAN (1457-1521)

Brant, a See also:

• SISTER

sister of the famous chief See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Brant . His son, SIR JOHN JOHNSON (1742–1830), who was knighted in 1765 and succeeded to the baronetcy on his See also:

• FATHER

father's death, took part in the French and Indian War and in the border warfare during the War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, organizing a loyalist See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment known as the " See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen's Royal Greens," which he led at the battle of See also:

• ORISKANY

Oriskany and in the raids (1778 and 178o) on See also:

• CHERRY

Cherry Valley and in the Mohawk Valley . He was also one of the See also:

• OFFICERS

officers of the force defeated by General John See also:

• SULLIVAN, JOHN (1740–1795)
• SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR SEYMOUR (1842—1900)
• SULLIVAN, THOMAS BARRY (1824-1891)

Sullivan in the engagement at See also:

• NEWTOWN
• NEWTOWN (Welsh Drefnewydd, with the same meaning, formerly Llanfair Cedewain)

Newtown (See also:

• ELMIRA

Elmira), N.Y., on the 29th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1779 . He was made brigadier-general of provincial troops in 1782 . His estates had been confiscated, and after the war he lived in Canada, where he held from 1791 until his death the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of superintendent-general of Indian affairs for British North America . He received L45,000 from the British See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government for his losses . Sir William's See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, See also:

• GUY, THOMAS (1644–1724)

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 . See W . L . See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

Stone, Life of Sir William Johnson (2 vols., 1865) ; W . E . Griffis, Sir William Johnson and the Six Nations (1891) in " Makers of America " See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series; See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus C .

See also:

• BUELL, DON CARLOS (1818-1898)

Buell, Sir William Johnson (1903) in " Historic Lives Series "; and J . See also:

• WATTS, ALARIC ALEXANDER (1797-1864)
• WATTS, GEORGE FREDERICK (1817-1904)
• WATTS, ISAAC (1674-1748)

Watts De Peyster, " The Life of Sir John Johnson, See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

Bart.," in The Orderly See also:

• BOOK

Book of Sir John Johnson during the Oriskany Campaign, 7776-1777, annotated by William L . Stone (1882) .