Edward Johnson (1488 – 1550) was the 16th great-grandfather of Cometan, classified as one of Cometan’s distant paternal ancestors in the Taylor family line. Born in Cheshire, little is known of Edward’s life except for that he was the father of Margaret Johnson (1508 – 1563) and that he died at the age of sixty-two in Cheshire as both the identities of his parents and his wife remain unknown.
In Cometanic ancestry, Edward is categorised as part of the 18th generation retrograde, classifying him as a distant ancestor of Cometan.