Talk:Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet

Weissenberg & Johnson marriage
From the article:


 * "Sir William Johnson and Catherine Weissenberg were never married and so their son John was illegitimate and should never have inherited the baronetcy. This has now (in 2013) been brought to the attention of the Ministry of Justice at the House of Lords in London by a 5 x great grand daughter of Catherine Weissenberg."

O'Toole, extensively cited in this article, goes into this question of whether or not the couple was legally married. He presented pro and con sides of the topic, but as far as I remember, could not reach a definitive answer with the data at hand. Are you saying that this question has been settled? How so? Thank you, Wordreader (talk) 16:39, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Hawkeye.
O'Toole wrote about Sir William being the inspiration for James Fennimore Cooper's iconic Leatherstocking Tales "Hawkeye" character. As a younger man, Johnson was agile (prior to his gunshot wound), adventurous, had an affinity with the Natives, and traveled throughout the Iroquois lands, dressed in a Bohemian-style mixture of European and Native clothing (as pictured in the West portrait assigned to Guy Johnson, but thought by O'Toole to be of Sir William). If someone has O'Toole's book and can look up the page and wording, I think that this is a fairly significant bit of information. Thank you, Wordreader (talk) 06:02, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Color version of info-box portrait.
This is a copy taken from the same lost portrait that the info-box etching is copied from, only in delicious color! And due to the Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp. copyright decision, it is ripe for plucking. (I've read that uploading images to WP is very complicated, so I haven't tried to learn how as yet.) http://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/sir-william-johnson-1715-1774

All the best, Wordreader (talk) 04:37, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

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