Jeremiah Johnson

Who was Jeremiah Johnson?  Was he the grandfather of Margaret Rebecca Johnson, whose father was Arthur William Johnson?

More research could discover whether Colonel Jeremiah Martin Johnson was in the British East India Company in Java between 1811 and 1816.  Did he remain in Paris, France after the 1827  baptism of his son Arthur William Johnson?  Was Arthur's mother Saiba also in France? 

British Army landing at Cilincing, Java. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Java_(1811)
14 February 2024

Even though there is no confirmation that this Jeremiah Johnson had any link to the Goodfellow family, this record raises an interesting aspect of unfamiliar British colonial history.  The French had occupied Java prior to the annexation of the Netherlands by France in 1810.  The British naval and cavalry forces defeated the Dutch/ French in Java in 1811.  Why would a British soldier move to France, after the British had retreated from Java after 1816?  Jan Willem Janssens was the Governor of Java. Janssen appears as a similar-sounding surname for Johnson in searching names in France.

In England between 1790 and 1891, there were 54 results, searching for Jeremiah Johnson, with birth in France between 1790 and 1810 and residence in England, whose death was in England between 1790 and 1810. There were no results when death place was specified in Middlesex County, England. Searching FamilySearch, there were 218 Jeremiah Johnson in the 1841 Census in England, but none in Lambeth or St Marylebone Parish.  Jeremiah Johnson age 50 [b~1791] was at Clarges Street, St George Hanover Square with Sarah Johnson age 55 [b~1785], William Johnson age 25 [b~1816] and Louisa Johnson age 9.  There was Ann J. Johnson in St Martin parish age 37 [b~1804] with Wm John Johnson age 19 [b ~1822].  There were 21 Johnson, born between 1790 and 1810 [in France; not exact] in the 1841 Census.  However, there were no results when France birthplace was made exact in the search.