| <tab>After his disappointment over the governorship, Johnson spent four years in England (1792-1796), then he returned to the Canadas, where he lived in Lower Canada, and continued to accumulate property. He died in Montreal. Protestant. Mason. He was married in 1773 to Mary Watts. Occasional contacts between GC and the descendants of Sir John and his wife have continued over the years. Johnson also had children by his commonlaw wife, Clarissa Putnam. | <tab>After his disappointment over the governorship, Johnson spent four years in England (1792-1796), then he returned to the Canadas, where he lived in Lower Canada, and continued to accumulate property. He died in Montreal. Protestant. Mason. He was married in 1773 to Mary Watts. Occasional contacts between GC and the descendants of Sir John and his wife have continued over the years. Johnson also had children by his commonlaw wife, Clarissa Putnam. |
| <tab>The pioneer road north from Williamstown to the King’s Road is known as the Johnson Road, after Sir John Johnson. (MacGillivray & Ross 296-298) Williamstown was known for many years to the settlers by the Gaelic name of “Moulain an Sir Ian”–Sir John’s Mill. Cornwall, Ont., was originally known as Johnstown, and as New Johnston, in tribute to Sir John Johnson. The present Johnstown, Ont., which was also known in pioneer times as New Johnstown, still perpetuates the family name. (The name of Johnstown, as a part of Alexandria, has a different origin. See the entry for Fr John Mcdonald, of Alexandria.) | <tab>The pioneer road north from Williamstown to the King’s Road is known as the Johnson Road, after Sir John Johnson. (MacGillivray & Ross 296-298) Williamstown was known for many years to the settlers by the Gaelic name of “Moulain an Sir Ian”–Sir John’s Mill. Cornwall, Ont., was originally known as Johnstown, and as New Johnston, in tribute to Sir John Johnson. The present Johnstown, Ont., which was also known in pioneer times as New Johnstown, still perpetuates the family name. (The name of Johnstown, as a part of Alexandria, has a different origin. See the entry for [[mcdonald_john|Fr John Mcdonald]], of Alexandria.) |
