Benjamin Johnson (February 3, 1749 – May 1814) was a justice of the
Rhode Island Supreme Court
The Rhode Island Supreme Court is the court of last resort in the U.S. State of Rhode Island. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices, all selected by the Governor of Rhode Island from candidates vetted by the Judicial No ...
from May 1808 to May 1810, and again from May 1811 until his death in May 1814.
"Benjamin Johnson, son of Isaac and Audry, born Feb. 3, 1749, was one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas and of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island for many years. He married Mary Weaver, born June 28, 1752".
[''Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island'' (1908), p. 1158.]
Johnson and his wife had seven children, of whom three died in infancy.
Johnson served on the state supreme court until his death.
[''The Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Rhode Island'' (1881), p. 321.]
References
Justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
1749 births
1814 deaths
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