The Johnson Baronets of New York / O’Neill of the Fews

By M.O’Neill

This family is a branch of the O’Neill’s of the Fews the descendants of William MacShane.

Johnson Baronets, of New York (1755)

1.      Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet was born in County Meath, Ireland circa 1715 – July 11, 1774 he was known as an Anglo-Irish official of the British Empire. Johnson converted to the Protestant religion, and in 1738 arrived in New York with twelve Irish Protestant families. Some accounts state Johnson had perhaps 100 illegitimate children, but that is a yet to be made a fact. In his will, Johnson acknowledged children by Catherine Weisenberg, a German Palatine indentured servant with whom he had three children. Two daughters Nancy and Mary (Polly) and a son John. With                     Mary Brant, a Mohawk he had three children: Keghneghtago (Brant) born in 1742, Thomas born circa 1744, and Christian born circa 1745; Thomas and Christian died in infancy.  In 1750, Johnson had a son named Tagawirunta, also known as William of Canajoharie, by a Mohawk woman.  Johnson is also believed to have been intimate with the two sisters Susannah and Elizabeth Wormwood, and an Irish woman named Mary McGrath, by whom he appeared to have had a daughter. In 1759, Johnson began a common-law relationship with a Mohawk woman named Molly Brant, with whom he had 8 children. William Johnson died from a stroke on July 11, 1774 and was buried was buried beneath the altar in St. John's Anglican Church, the church he founded in Johnstown.  An interesting fact is that there is no knowledge of any of the descendant’s obtaining a y-dna test or any possible descendants of the Mohawks.
2.      Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet of New York born near Amsterdam, New York on November 5, 1741 died in Montreal, Canada on January 4, 1830, and is buried at Mount Johnson, near Chambly, Quebec.  Johnson took as a common-law wife the Dutch woman named Clarissa Putman with whom he had a daughter Margaret in 1765, and a son William in 1770. In June 30, 1773, Johnson married Mary Watts, with whom he had ten sons and four daughters. Eight of their sons served in the British army and navy.  James Stephen Johnson, who was killed at the siege of Badajoz, in 1814, Catherine Maria Johnson, Adam Gordon Johnson (1781-1843), Anne Nancy Johnson. They had one last daughter who died in London unmarried.
Johnson was a Loyalist leader during the American Revolution this led him to move to Canada during the American Revolutionary War with family and allies.
He was a Brigadier General in 1782 of the King's Royal Regiment of New York. Sir John Johnson, in 1771, was the last Provincial Grand Master of Masons in the colonies of Province of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.3.      Sir Adam Gordon Johnson, 3rd Baronet (1781-1843)
4.      Sir William George Johnson, 4th Baronet (1830-1908)
5.      Sir Edward Gordon Johnson, 5th Baronet (1867-1957)
6.      Sir John Paley Johnson, 6th Baronet (1907-1975)
7.      Sir Peter Colpoys Paley Johnson, 7th Baronet (1930-2003)
8.      Sir (Colpoys) Guy Johnson, 8th Baronet (b. 1965)
 Possible future Baron’s:Colpoys William Johnson (1993-present)    Rufus George Johnson (1996-present) or Benedict Peter Johnson (2000-present)

The Milesian Genealogies:By M.O’Neill 

I.     Adam  (Abrahamic Genealogy)
II.     Seth   (Abrahamic Genealogy)
III.     Enos    (Abrahamic Genealogy)
IV.     Cainan   (Abrahamic Genealogy)
 V.     Mahalaleel   (Abrahamic Genealogy)
VI.     Jared    (Abrahamic Genealogy)
VII.     Enoch     (Abrahamic Genealogy)
VIII.     Methuselah  (Abrahamic Genealogy)
IX.     Lamech   (Abrahamic Genealogy)
 X.     Noah      (Abrahamic Genealogy)
XI.     Japheth     (Abrahamic Genealogy)
XII.     Gomer (Iovan): The son of Japheth identified with the migratory Cimmerians of Assyrian inscriptions circa 720 BC. (Abrahamic Genealogy)
XIII.     Baath (Boad) (Abrahamic Genealogy)
XIV.     Feinius Farsaid, King of Scythia (Alanius): The legendary king of Scythia who is well recorded in the Irish mythologies and versions of their history. He was the son of Baath who was a son of Magog. Magog is the second of the seven sons of Japheth. According to Josephus he identified Magog as the progenitor of the Scythians, a name used in ancient times for peoples north of the Black Sea. Jordanes in his work Getica, circa 551, mentions Magog as ancestor of the Goths. According to Johannes Magnus Magog had migrated to Scandinavia eighty eight years after the flood, and his five sons were Suenno, Gog, Ubbo, Thor, and German.
XV.     Nél (m. Scota, d. of Pharaoh): Nél according to the myths journeyed to the Tower of Babel. Nél then married Scota, daughter of Pharaoh Cingris of Egypt, and their son was Gaedel Glas.
XVI.     Gaedel Glas
XVII.     Esru
XVIII.     Sru
XIX.     Heber Scot
XX.     Boamain
XXI.     Ogamain

XXII.     Tat

XXIII.     Agnomain
XXIV.     Lamhfionn
XXV.     Eber Glunfhind
XXVI.     Agni
XXVII.     Febric Glas
XXVIII.     Nenuall
XXIX.     Nuada
XXX.     Allot
XXXI.     Ercha
XXXII.     Death
XXXIII.     Brath
XXXIV.     Breoghan
XXXV.     Bile
XXXVI.     King Milesius of Spain: Milesius married Scota Tephi Princess of Egypt, daughter of Nectonibus, Pharaoh of Egypt. Pharaoh Nectonibus II was said to have ruled from 380 – 363 B.C.
XXXVII.      Heremon: was the 7th son of Milesius of Spain believed to have been born in Galicia, Spain. Heremon became the King of Munster, and ruled sometime in 1698 or 1700 B.C died in 1683 B.C. at Rath-Beothaight, Argat-Ross, Ireland. Heremon began his reigned for fourteen years, and was succeeded by three of his four sons, named Muimne, Luigne, and Laighean, who reigned jointly for three years.
   I have pointed this out already that Milesius was in Egypt circa 380 – 363 B.C. yet Heremon is written to be in Ireland circa 1698 B.C. a total of 1,300 + years early he is said to have ruled Ireland.