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Brigadier-General Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet (5 November 1741 – 4 January 1830) was an American-born military officer, politician and landowner who fought as a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War. He was the son of Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, a prominent British Indian Department official in the Thirteen Colonies.
English: Sir John Johnson's Manor House, a historical site in Williamstown, Ontario, Canada. This photo is of a cultural heritage site in Canada, number. 16922.
Johnson moved here from Old Fort Johnson in 1763 and lived here until he died in 1774. The house was inherited by his son, John Johnson. During the American Revolution, the rebel government in New York seized Johnson Hall because the Johnsons had gone to Canada as Loyalists. In 1779 the state sold the house to Silas Talbot, a migrant from New ...
South Glengarry is the location of four National Historic Sites of Canada: the Bethune-Thompson House, [6] the Glengarry Cairn, [7] the Sir John Johnson House, [8] and the ruins of St. Raphael's Roman Catholic Church. [9] Operation of a horse-powered treadmill around the turn of the 20th century, Martintown.
Silas Talbot moved with his family to Johnstown, where he purchased Sir William Johnson's estate and manor house. A hero of the American Revolution, he later served as a member of the New York Assembly (1792–1793) and as a congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives (1793–1794) from that district.
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In 1626 the manor was seized by the crown and was leased for 21 years to John Pecke, but subsequently reverted to the Knightley family.; [14] Sir John Knightley, 1st Baronet (c. 1611–c. 1670), son, who returned to royal favour on the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 when he was created a baronet "of Offchurch" by
Coat of Arms of William Johnson Admiral Sir Peter Warren, c. 1751. William Johnson was born around 1715 in County Meath, in the Kingdom of Ireland. [2] He was the eldest son of Christopher Johnson (1687–1764) of Smithstown, County Meath and Anne Warren, daughter of Michael Warren of Warrenstown, County Meath and Catherine Aylmer, sister of Admiral Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer.