General Jeremiah Johnson (1766-1852) was the third mayor of Brooklyn, New York.

[1] He was the first president of the Saint Nicholas Society of Nassau Island.

[2] He married his first wife, Abigail Remsen, the daughter of Rem Remsen and a cousin through his mother's family, in 1787.

Two daughters are Sarah Anne Johnson who married Nicholas Wyckoff, and Susanna Johnson who married Lambert Wyckoff.

He was elected town supervisor in 1800 and held the position for the next 40 years.