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Johnson, Sir William 1715-1774
Military officer; born in Smithtown, County Meath, Ireland, in 1715; was educated for a merchant, but an unfortunate love affair changed the tenor of his life.
He came to
Sir William Johnson. America in 1738 to take charge of landed property of his uncle, Admiral Sir Peter Warren, in the region of the Mohawk Valley, and seated himself there, about 24 miles west of Schenectady, engaging in the Indian trade.
Dealing honestly with the Indians and learning their language, he became a great favorite with them.
He conformed to their manners, and, in time, took Mary, a sister of Brant, the famous Mohawk chief, to his home as his wife.
When the French and Indian War broke out Johnson was made sole superintendent of Indian affairs, and his great influence kept the Six Nations steadily from any favoring of the French.
He kept the frontier from injury until the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748).
In 1750 he was a member of the provincial council.
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