Isaac Johnson (colonist)

The Revd Isaac Johnson (1601[1] – 30 September 1630[2]), a 17th-century English clergyman, was one of the Puritan founders of Massachusetts and the colony's First Magistrate.[3]

  1. ^ Irons, E.A., “Isaac Johnson: A Memoir”, The Rutland Magazine and County Historical Record, 1908, Volume 3, Rutland Archaeological and Natural History Society, Chas. Matkin, 1908, p. 78. The date of his birth in sources varies widely: Irons notes that his mother died "a few days after giving birth a son who was named Isaac at his baptism on lst July, 1601, in St. John’s Church, Stamford—a family tradition states that Isaac was born at Clipsham".
  2. ^ Anderson, Robert Charles. The great migration begins: immigrants to New England, 1620–1633. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston. ISBN 088082042X. OCLC 33083117.
  3. ^ www.colonialsociety.org