Mary Weissenburg Johnson (bef. 1744 - abt. 1775)

Born before 14 Oct 1744 in New York Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Guy Johnson — married 1763 in Province of New York

Descendants

Died about 1775 after about age 30 in Oswego

Biography

Mary "Polly" Weissenburg Johnson was born about 1743, the daughter of William Henry Johnson (1st Baronet of New York) and Catherine Weissenburg, in the New York Colony where she was most likely raised.

On March 1, 1763, Polly married Colonel Guy Johnson and they had two daughters:

Julia Johnson

Mary (Johnson) Campbell

Mary wed Sir Colin Campbell (later Field Marshal Lord Clyde, queller of the East India Mutiny). Their son was Gen. Sir Guy Campbell.

She died in July 1775 at Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York.

Church Records

Baptism:

• Ditto 14th, (October 1744) Mary Daughter of Catharine Wysenberk, Surtees, James Rogers, Helena Walleslous, Ysabella Allen, Fort Hunter. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ New-York Historical Society, American Manuscripts, Register of baptisms, marriages, communicants & funerals begun by Henry Barclay at Fort Hunter, January 26th 1734/5. https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16124coll1/id/45319/rec/3 , accessed 03 Aug 2021.

• Johnson Genealogical Chart [1]

• Three Rivers - Hudson~Mohawk~Schoharie, History From America's Most Famous Valleys - The Johnson Family of the Mohawk Valley [2]

• A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire, by Sir Bernard Burke (1814-1892). Published in 1869. Page 626. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire

• Wikipedia Biography on Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet [3]

• New York Heritage Digital Collections - Register of baptisms, marriages, communicants & funerals begun by Henry Barclay at Fort Hunter, January 26th 1734/5. Mary, Daughter of Catharine Wysenberk (baptised) [4]