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JOHNSON- English patronymic name meaning "son of John (gift of God)" |
One of the more prominent NY Johnson's, Sir William Johnson, was born in County Meath, Ireland in 1715. William arrived in Boston in 1737. In 1749 he completed his stone home on the north side of the Mohawk River and named it Mount Johnson. Later, after the home had been fortified, it was known as Fort Johnson. Many family traditions tell of a direct link to Sir William's line however finding that link has been a task.
Does your family have an oral history of descending from Sir William Johnson? Add your query/Johnson family information to the Sir William Johnson query page.
Fort Johnson-National Historic Site
Genealogy of the Sir William Johnson Family
Picture courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Historic American Buildings Survey or Historic American Engineering Record, Reproduction Number ("HABS,NY, 29-FORJO 1")
Visit the Library of Congress website to view other photo's of Sir William Johnson's home.
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Bits and Pieces-A collection of NY Johnson information contributed by Johnson researchers |
Please contribute to "Bit and Pieces" and help other NY Johnson researchers! Looking for wills, deeds, Johnson Bibles, pictures, NY County books with lookup volunteers, Civil War/Military papers, etc. Please submit any Johnson documentation that you think might be helpful to the list.
Johnson index-Some Cemeteries of the Between the Lakes Country
Lookups in Books We Own - mostly Schenectady Cty-Mohawk valley area
Johnson entries from 7000 Hudson-Mohawk Valley (NY) Vital Records, 1808-1850
Johnson Marriage notices from Washington County, NY
Obituary of Ira Johnson - Cohocton, Steuben Cty, NY- Feb 25, 1887
1899 NY State Marriage index- JOHNSON, Elva-J.J only
Johnston wills from County Fermanagh, Ireland
Monroe and Seneca County "Bits and Pieces"
Seneca County Johnson Transcriptions completed!! They include:
Births
Deaths
Cemetery Records
Wills
Land transactions
Military records
Transcriptions contain Johnson's and associated family
names from:
Cayuga, Erie, Genesee, Kings, Monroe, Ontario,
Westchester, Schuyler, Tompkins and Wayne counties etc as well as several
states and countries.
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Helpful Research Websites |
FamilyTree Johnson DNA project Persons with the surname Johnson, Johnston, Johnstone who are interested in tracing their family history. In order to be relevant to the Surname Project, the tested individual must be a male that wants to check his paternal line (father's father's father's...). The test to be ordered is either the Y-DNA12, Y-DNA25 or Y-DNA37, and females should look for a brother or cousin with that surname to be tested.
Rootsweb Cemetery database - contains 597 Johnson's in Albany, Columbia, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Monroe, Orange, Rensselaer, Rockland, St. Lawrence, Steuben, Suffolk, Tioga, Ulster, Warren and Wyoming Counties.
Johnson's in New York Cemeteries - The Genealogy Register
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System - Names and records of Union and Confederate Troops
NY Animated Map - County Formation 1683-1915
Bible Records Online - 1039 Bibles online - 7 Johnson Bibles!
NYC Vital Records and Tax Photographs
Italian Genealogical Group - Includes transcriptions of:
NYC Death Index 1891-1911 - 250 pages of NY Johnsons!
Nassau Cty Naturalization project
Suffolk Cty Naturalization project
Bronx naturalizations 1914-1952
NY Military Naturalizations
Southern District Court Naturalizations
Grooms index 1895-1897, Bklyn, Manhattan 1895-1936, 1908-1931 all boroughs
Brooklyn brides index 1858-1937
Death index all boroughs 1912-1919
NARA Eastern district naturalizations up to 1926 covering Brooklyn, Queens,
LI, etc.
NY GenWeb Archives - Returns 997 hits for Johnson's in the State of NY
SAMPUBCO - Wills, Naturalizations and Intentions, Guardianships and Vital Record transcriptions
Social Security Death Index - Family legends website
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - A list of volunteers who will search for various records. Reimbursement for their expenses only is required.
Obituary Lookup Volunteers - A list of volunteers in various counties willing to do obituary lookups.
New York Newspapers and Obituary Transcriptions - Obituary citations
NY Census-Lookups Mailing list - A mailing list for anyone desiring a
check of this state's census records for their ancestors.
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