William Johnson of Blackwall MP
William Johnson of Blackwall, MP for Aldeburgh 1689-1718. William Johnson does not appear in TASTDB but William Johnson of Blackwall appeared as the owner of the Union from Guinea and West India in 1707. This ship almost certainly made the slaving voyage no. 9745 from London to Gold Coast and Montserrat for the Royal African Company in 1705-05 under John Goodsole. William Johnson of Blackwall was steeped in the slave-trade, serving as Assistant to the Royal African Company 1687-9 and 1716, and being appointed as captain-general of Guinea in 1716. He was reported to have died at Cape Coast Castle in 1718.
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First name: William
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Last name: Johnson
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
Religion: Church of England
Social background: Gentry
Primary outcome: Gentry
Political Affiliation: Tory
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Political Offices Held
Parliament
MP for Aldeburgh 1689-1700 and 1701-18, and briefly for Orford in 1700.
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Geographic experiences
Africa
Captain General of Guinea in 1716-18
Internal migrant: Don't know
Foreign born: No
Supplier to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Creditor to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Philanthropy: Don't know
Plantation owner: No
Sources: https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/johnson-william-1660-1718 ADM 106/618/281 Description: Folio 281: Commissioner Henry Greenhill, Hamoaze [i.e.Devonport]. Report on proceedings regarding the mooring of the Kent and the Southampton, the Lizard sailing with a fleet of Coasters under their convoy, the loan of an anchor and cable to the Union, a merchant ship from Guinea and West India, belonging to William Johnson of Blackwall, warrants for the 7 named contractors to supply hemp and for Mr. Taylor and Mr. Geilinck, to supply timber. Date: 1707 Mar 16
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Birth
Date: 1660
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Death
Date: 1718
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Residencies
Cape Coast Castle
Occupation: Merchant – East Indies
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
Value of Total Personalty: £20,000
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Will of William Johnson being bound on a voyage to Guinea as Captain General of the Royal African Co. made 26/12/1716. He ordered his real property to be sold and combined with his personalty (which he estimated at £20,000)and then divided among his wife Agusta, his three sons and eight daughters (he left £25 to his married daughter Elizabeth Manningham)
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