John Johnston

1737 - 1820  (83 years)

• Name	John Johnston  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	1737  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	New Jersey   [2]
  	during The Revolution in Captain Jeremiah Ballard's Company of Troops
  	"...and in the New Jersey militia."
  Political	1767	New Jersey   [2, 4]
  	a member of the Assembly
  	"... and one of the committee to correspond with the agent of the colony in Great Britain."
  Occupation	to 1775	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey   [2, 4]
  	merchant in partnership with Peter Barberie
  Died	15 Jan 1820	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey   [2]
  Person ID	I101831	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Andrew Johnston,   b. 20 Dec 1694, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey ,   d. 24 Jun 1762, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Catherine van Cortlandt,   b. Cal 1697,   d. 27 Aug 1747  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Family ID	F36691	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella Hooper,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Feb 1768	Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey   [4]
  Alt. Marriage	2 Feb 1768  [2]
  Biographical	Nova Scotia   [1]
  	are said to have descendants
  	"...if so he was probably a Loyalist."
  Children	1. Andrew Johnston,   b. 25 May 1770, New Jersey ,   d. 11 Oct 1771  (Age 1 years)   2. Andrew Johnston,   b. 18 Sep 1771, New Jersey ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Isabella Johnston,   b. 18 Sep 1772, New Jersey ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Robert Hooper Johnston,   b. 20 Jan 1774, New Jersey ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Catherine Johnston,   b. 25 Aug 1775, New Jersey ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Mary Johnston,   b. 2 Sep 1777,   d. 11 Sep 1777  (Age 0 years)   7. John Johnston,   b. 1 Aug 1778,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Christina Rutus Johnston,   b. 20 May 1780,   d. 1864, Meteghan, , Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 83 years)   9. Augustus Scot Johnston,   b. 11 Sep 1782,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Mary Johnston,   b. 13 Dec 1784,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. William Burnet Johnston,   b. 22 Jul 1786,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F36751	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S658] New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, (New York, New York: www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org, 1870-present), http://books.google.com/books?id=CdUUAAAAYAAJ., Volume XXXIII, 1902, page 248 (Reliability: 4). Some Annandale Johnstons In America by Judge A. W. Savary M.A., of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia [S658] New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, (New York, New York: www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org, 1870-present), http://books.google.com/books?id=CdUUAAAAYAAJ., Volume XXXIV, 1903, page 36 (Reliability: 4). Some Annandale Johnstons In America by Judge A. W. Savary M.A., of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia [S695] Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Vol. 3, A. Van Doren Honeyman, (Plainfield, New Jersey: Somerset County Historical Society, 1914), http://archive.org/stream/somersetcountyhi03hone., Andrew Johnston and His Ancestors; page 168 (Reliability: 4). [S928] Early History of Perth Amboy, William Adee Whitehead, (New York, New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1856), https://books.google.com/books?id=rxPcnAAegXMC., The Johnstone Family, page 72 (Reliability: 3).