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Birthdate
1706-03
Date of death
1791-03-20
Gender
male
Birthplace
Lostock Gralam, Cheshire, England, UK
Places of residence
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Occupations
minister (Baptist)
Organizations
Byrom Street Baptist Chapel, Liverpool (pastor|c.1741-1748)
Stanley Street Baptist Chapel, Liverpool (aka Frog Lane Baptist Church|in charge|1750|his death|1791)
Short biography
"About the commencement of this century a small but neat chapel was erected in Comus Street by a community of what are called Johnsonian Baptists. In the second quarter of last century Mr. John Johnson - a relative of Sir Thomas Johnson, M.P. for Liverpool - was the pastor of the Baptist Chapel in Byrom Street, afterwards St. Stephen's Church. In the year 1748, in consequence of some peculiarities of doctrine, he became distasteful to the majority of his congregation, and withdrew with his adherents. They erected a place of worship in Stanley Street, corner of Matthew Street, where he officiated until his decease in 1791, at the age of 90 years. He was a staunch and loyal adherent of the House of Hanover, having shown his loyalty by enrolling himself as a volunteer in a regiment raised ..." (Picton, Memorials of Liverpool, 2nd rev. ed. (1875), vol. ii, p. 318).

Wikipedia says Johnson was born at Lostock Gralam, p. Eccles, the son of an agricultural labourer, suggesting a bit of typical Victorian snobbery and pedigree padding somewhere along the way.

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