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JOHNSON is a surname that's evidently common amongst wealthy Americans; Samuel Curtis Johnson, Edward Mead Johnson & his brothers, first African-American billionaire Robert L. Johnson, past presidents Andrew Johnson & Lyndon B. Johnson (who each succeeded the assassinated: Abraham Lincoln & JFK) — and of course, William Fitzgerald Johnson, founder of healthcare company Johnson Corporation.
William F. Johnson's New York-based family were considered to be WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a term which is used to refer to the people in American society whose ancestors came from Northern Europe, especially England, and who were considered to have a lot of power and influence. However, there are members of the family who are now of mixed ethnicities that include African, Native American, Asian, and Hispanic.
The origin of the Johnson family traces back to the colonial era in the 17th century, when John Johnson, one of the many English settlers, set foot in Virginia. He made a living out of trading goods, and started a family with a woman named Anne Addington. It was then that they'd already decided to reside in America permanently, for they found the land much more pleasant than the English soil which they came from. They were also known to be very devoted Protestants.
ORIGIN/HERITAGE England
RELIGION Protestantism
LOCATION United States (mainly New York)
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•George Douglas Johnson (1828—1871) m. Helena Gladstone (1830—1873) ↳ Gerald Chadwick Johnson (1850—1902) m. Wilhelmina Lund (1850—1897) ↳ Georgiana Deanne Johnson (1866—1935) m. Charles Astley (1865—1920)
•Gerald Chadwick Johnson (1850—1902) m. Wilhelmina Lund (1850—1897) ↳ Lucinda Heidi Johnson (1867—1904) m. Philip Gardiner (1858—1889) ↳ William Fitzgerald Johnson (1869—1924) m. Gwendolyn Howard (1868—1930) ↳ Freya Charlotte Johnson (1874—1950) m. Edmund Browne (1874—1934) ↳ Drusilla Estelle Johnson (1876—1947) m. Adam Vanderbilt (1875—1929)
