Biography of isaac johnson

English colonist, one of the founders of Massachusetts

The ReverendIsaac Johnson (1601^[1] – 30 September 1630^[2]), a 17th-century Englishclergyman, was one of the Puritanfounders of Massachusetts and the colony's First Magistrate.^[3]

Family background

Baptized at St John's Church, Stamford in Lincolnshire, the eldest son of Abraham Johnson, he grew up at Fineshade,^{[dubious – discuss]} near North Luffenham in Rutland.

His grandfather was ArchdeaconRobert Johnson, who founded Oakham and Uppingham Schools in Rutland.^[4]

After being educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge (matriculating 1614, graduating B.A. 1617 and proceeding M.A. 1621)^[5] where a relative,^{[citation needed]}Laurence Chaderton, was the first Master, he was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1620.

Johnson was then, on 27 May 1621, ordained a priest in the Church of England by Thomas Dove, Bishop of Peterborough. ^{Isaac Johnson (abt.1783-1850) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree LES}