John Johnston b. 1737 d. 15 Jan 1820 Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey: If the Legends Are True...

1737 - 1820 (83 years)

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Name	John Johnston [1, 2, 3, 4]
Born	1737 [1, 4]
Gender	Male
Military Service	as a private under Captains Parker & Ballard during The American Revolution [4]
	DAR Ancestor: A064014
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, 5]
	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, 5]
	merchant in partnership with Peter Barberie
Died	15 Jan 1820	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey [2, 4]
Person ID	I101831	If the Legends Are True...
Last Modified	14 Jun 2020

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 [5]

Alt. Marriage 2 Feb 1768 [2]

Biographical Nova Scotia, Canada [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

Reference If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "John Johnston" (accessed April 15, 2021) | http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I101831&tree=Legends.

Sources

[S658] The Record by The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, Volume XXXIII, 1902, page 248 (New York, New York: www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org, 1870-present). Some Annandale Johnstons In America by Judge A. W. Savary M.A., of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. (Reliability: 4).
[S658] The Record by The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, Volume XXXIV, 1903, page 36 (New York, New York: www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org, 1870-present). Some Annandale Johnstons In America by Judge A. W. Savary M.A., of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. (Reliability: 4).
[S695] Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Volume III by A. Van Doren Honeyman, Andrew Johnston and His Ancestors; page 168 (Plainfield, New Jersey: Somerset County Historical Society, 1914). (Reliability: 4).
[S518] DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS) by National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Ancestor: A064014 John Johnston (1737-1820) (Washington, District of Columbia: http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research). (Reliability: 4).
[S928] Contributions to the Early History of Perth Amboy by William Adee Whitehead, The Johnstone Family, page 72 (New York, New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1856). (Reliability: 3).