Was William Johnson a Patriot or Loyalist?

Answer 1

William Samuel Johnson of Connecticut was a Patriot who signed the Constitution. Sir William Johnson who was his Majesty's Indian Agent for North America, and who lived at Johnson Hall (still standing) on the south side of the Mohawk River west of Albany, New York, died in 1774, just before the Revolution. But, Sir Willaim had been associated with Loyalists and likely would have been one himself. Johnson's former estates were seized from his heirs, who were Loyalists.