Johnson family.
Samuel Johnson was born October 14, 1696 in Guilford, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1714 and served as Congregational minister in West Haven, Connecticut (1720-1722). He also served as first president (1754-1763) of King's College, now Columbia University. He died in Stratford, Connecticut on June 6, 1772.
William Samuel Johnson was born in Stratford, Connecticut on October 7, 1727. He graduated from Yale in 1744. Among his political positions, Johnson served as a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress (1765), as a delegate to the Continental Congress, and as United States Senator (1789-1791). He was president of Columbia College, now Columbia University, from 1792-1800. He died in 1819.
William Samuel Johnson (1795-1883) and Samuel William Johnson (1828-1895), father and son, were land office proprietors in Cattaraugus, New York.
From the description of Johnson family papers, 1769-1886 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122555909
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