When Lyman Eugene Johnson was born on 24 October 1811, in Pomfret, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, John Johnson Sr., was 33 and his mother, Mary Elsa Jacobs, was 30. He married Sarah Susan Lang on 4 September 1834, in Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 20 December 1859, in Crawford, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Prairie du Chien, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historical Boundaries: 1818: Crawford, Michigan Territory, United States 1836: Crawford, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1848: Crawford, Wisconsin, United States
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
English and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Johan, Jo(h)n (see John ) + -son. It was often interchanged with Jenson and Janson . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Norwegian, Danish, or North German Johnsen , Johannesen , Johannsen , Johansen , Jansen , Jantzen , and Jensen , Swedish Johnsson (see below), Johansson , Jonsson , and Jansson , Dutch Janssen , German Janz , Czech Jansa 1, and Slovenian Janša (see Jansa 2) and Janežič (see Janezic ). Johnson (including in the sense 2 below) is the second most frequent surname in the US. It is also the second most common surname among Native Americans and a very common surname among African Americans.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Johnsson: patronymic from the personal name John, a variant of Jon (see John ). Compare 1 above.
History: Surname Johnson was brought independently to North America by many different bearers from the 17th and 18th centuries onward. Andrew Johnson (1808–75), 17th president of the US, was born in Raleigh, NC, the younger son of Jacob Johnson and Mary (or Polly) McDonough. Little is known of his ancestors. The 36th president, Lyndon B. Johnson, dates his American forebears back seven generations to James Johnston (sic) (born c. 1662) who lived at Currowaugh, Nansemond, and Isle of Wight counties, VA. — Noted early bearers also include Marmaduke Johnson (died 1674), a printer who came from England to MA in 1660; Edward Johnson (1598–1672), a colonial chronicler who was baptized at St. George's parish, Canterbury, England, and emigrated to Boston in 1630; and Sir Nathaniel Johnson (c. 1645–1713), a colonial governor of Carolina, who came from County Durham, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesLyman E. Johnson was a member of the first quorum. of Twelve Apostles, was born in. Pomfret, Windsor Co , Vermont, October 24, 1811. He was baptized in Feb. 1830 by Sidney Rigdon, ordained an E …
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