Descendants of William Johnston The following is a summary of the lineage of William Johnston of St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. Contributors include: D R Bray, Joelle Gilbert, Narelle Johnston, Lyn Johnston, Ian Johnston, Edna Shearer, Adrian Newton, Joann P Beattie & others All research has been carefully sourced and cross checked however if anyone would like to comment on the material in this file please email [email protected] Please use the appropriate acknowledgements and attributions if you intend to use this material. This material is intended for the personal use of fellow JOHNSTON researchers only. Copyright is retained on behalf of the contributors by Sovereign Ancestry, England – www.sovereign-ancestry.com Anyone finding data about themselves who wishes it to be removed should contact the webmasters of this site immediately. Generation No. 1 2 1 1. WILLIAM JOHNSTON (WILLIAM ) was born 1762 in Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland, and died Bet. 1808 - 1845 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He married ELIZABETH DUNCAN 5 November 1788 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland, daughter of JAMES DUNCAN. She was born 8 April 1769 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland, and died Bef. 1841. Children of WILLIAM JOHNSTON and ELIZABETH DUNCAN are: 2. i. JAMES3 JOHNSTON, b. 1789, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. 25 October 1869, Thornton Marchinch, Fifeshire, Scotland. 3. ii. JOHN JOHNSTON, b. 1790, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. 6 September 1841, Bows of Woodstone, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. iii. CHARLES JOHNSTON, b. 1792, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. iv. JANE JOHNSTON, b. 1794, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 4. v. ELIZABETH JOHNSTON, b. 1796, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 5. vi. WILLIAM JOHNSTON, b. 1798, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. 20 October 1872, Doward's (sic) House of Refuge, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. vii. ROBERT JOHNSTON, b. 1801, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. Bet. 1801 - 1803, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 6. viii. ROBERT JOHNSTON, b. 1803, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 7. ix. ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, b. 1806, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. 29 May 1893, 7 Castle Place, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. x. MARGARET JOHNSTON, b. 1808, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; m. ALEXANDER GIBSON, 17 December 1831, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. Generation No. 2 3 2 1 2. JAMES JOHNSTON (WILLIAM , WILLIAM ) was born 1789 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland, and died 25 October 1869 in Thornton Marchinch, Fifeshire, Scotland. He married MARY GRAY 1810 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland, daughter of JAMES GRAY and MARGARET GRAY. She was born 1788 in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, and died 10 August 1869 in Kirktown of Abbotshall, Fifeshire, Scotland. Child of JAMES JOHNSTON and MARY GRAY is: 8. i. WILLIAM4 JOHNSTON, b. 1826, Abbotshall, Fifeshire, Scotland; d. Bef. 1863. 3 2 1 3. JOHN JOHNSTON (WILLIAM , WILLIAM ) was born 1790 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland, and died 6 September 1841 in Bows of Woodstone, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He married PHILADELPHIA HODGES 23 April 1816 in The Castle, Cape Town, South Africa., daughter of RICHARD HODGES and ANN STAINES. She was born 1796 in St Katherine by The Tower, London, England, and died 15 December 1868 in Road Side, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. Children of JOHN JOHNSTON and PHILADELPHIA HODGES are: i. MARY ANN4 JOHNSTON, b. 1816, Cape Town, South Africa; m. WILLIAM CLARK, 29 March 1840, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; b. Abt. 1815, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 9. ii. JAMES WILLIAM JOHNSTON, b. 1818, Woolwich, Kent, England; d. 17 November 1876, Rock Hall, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 10. iii. ELIZABETH JOHNSTON, b. 1820, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 11. iv. CHARLES JOHNSTON, b. 1823, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. 16 December 1893, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 12. v. THEODOSIA JOHNSTON, b. 1825, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. 23 February 1912, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. vi. ANNE JOHNSTON, b. 1828, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 13. vii. JOHN JOHNSTON, b. 1830, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. Aft. 1891. viii. MARIA JOHNSTON, b. 1832, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 14. ix. MARGARET JOHNSTON, b. 1834, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. 9 May 1904, Station Cottages, Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland. x. JANE JOHNSTON, b. 1836, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 15. xi. WILLIAM JOHNSTON, b. 1838, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. 31 March 1922, Tweedmouth, Northumberland, England. 16. xii. ISABEL JOHNSTON, b. 1840, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. 1909, Hackney, London, England. 3 2 1 4. ELIZABETH JOHNSTON (WILLIAM , WILLIAM ) was born 1796 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. She married ALEXANDER WATSON 1 October 1825 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire. Children of ELIZABETH JOHNSTON and ALEXANDER WATSON are: 4 i. ROBERT WATSON, b. 1825, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. ii. FREDERICK GRANT WATSON, b. 1828, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. iii. JAMES DOUGLAS WATSON, b. 1830, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. iv. JOHN WATSON, b. 1832, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 3 2 1 5. WILLIAM JOHNSTON (WILLIAM , WILLIAM ) was born 1798 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland, and died 20 October 1872 in Doward's (sic) House of Refuge, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. He married ANN FALCONER 8 January 1820 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, daughter of JAMES FALCONER and CHRISTIAN SELBY. She was born 1795 in Logie, Perthshire, Scotland, and died 17 June 1865 in 14 Stone Wynd, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. Children of WILLIAM JOHNSTON and ANN FALCONER are: i. JOHN4 JOHNSTON, b. 1820, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland; d. Aft. 1872. ii. WILLIAM JOHNSTON, b. 1822, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. iii. GEORGE JOHNSTON, b. 1824, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. iv. ANDREW JOHNSTON, b. 1826, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. v. CHARLES JOHNSTON, b. 1828, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. 17. vi. ANN JOHNSTON, b. 1829, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. vii. ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, b. 1831, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. viii. JANE JOHNSTON, b. 1833, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. ix. DAVID JOHNSTON, b. 1834, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. x. MARGARET JOHNSTON, b. 1837, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. 3 2 1 6. ROBERT JOHNSTON (WILLIAM , WILLIAM ) was born 1803 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He married ELIZABETH INNES 21 October 1826 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire. Children of ROBERT JOHNSTON and ELIZABETH INNES are: 4 i. JOHN JOHNSTON, b. 1829. ii. JEAN ANN JOHNSTON, b. 1835. 3 2 1 7. ALEXANDER JOHNSTON (WILLIAM , WILLIAM ) was born 1806 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland, and died 29 May 1893 in 7 Castle Place, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. He married ISABELLA MILNE 19 December 1829 in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland, daughter of GEORGE MILNE and ANN GARVEY. She was born 1809 in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland, and died 22 May 1889 in 5 Castle Place, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. Children of ALEXANDER JOHNSTON and ISABELLA MILNE are: 18. i. GEORGE4 JOHNSTON, b. 1831, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. 5 January 1900, 5 Castle Place, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. 19. ii. ROBERT JOHNSTON, b. 1835, Bervie, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire; d. 1 June 1908, 45 High Street, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. iii. HELEN JOHNSTON, b. 1846, Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. 2 December 1867, St John's Place, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland. Generation No. 3 4 3 2 1 8. WILLIAM JOHNSTON (JAMES , WILLIAM , WILLIAM ) was born 1826 in Abbotshall, Fifeshire, Scotland, and died Bef. 1863. He married CATHERINE STENHOUSE 23 February 1851 in Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland, daughter of THOMAS STENHOUSE and MARY BROWN. She was born 30 August 1829 in Cockpen, Scotland, and died 11 September 1899 in Dalkeith, Scotland. Child of WILLIAM JOHNSTON and CATHERINE STENHOUSE is: 20. i. THOMAS5 JOHNSTON, b. 1852, Kirkcaldy, Scotland. 4 3 2 1 9. JAMES WILLIAM JOHNSTON (JOHN , WILLIAM , WILLIAM ) was born 1818 in Woolwich, Kent, England, and died 17 November 1876 in Rock Hall, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He married MARY DUNCAN 31 May 1840 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland, daughter of ROBERT DUNCAN and CATHERINE PETER. She was born 1818 in Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, and died 15 April 1895 in Roadside, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. Children of JAMES JOHNSTON and MARY DUNCAN are: 21. i. JAMES DUNCAN5 JOHNSTON, b. 1841, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. 28 July 1905, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 22. ii. GEORGE JARVIS JOHNSTON, b. 1842, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. 1902. iii. JANE JOHNSTON, b. 1845, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; m. MR IRELAND. 23. iv. ANN JOHNSTON, b. 1847, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. Bet. 1847 - 1851, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 24. v. JOHN JOHNSTON, b. 1850, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. vi. MARY JOHNSTON, b. 1853, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; m. MR DUTHIE. 25. vii. WILLIAM HAMPTON JOHNSTON, b. 1857, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. 12 May 1906, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 26. viii. CHARLES JOHNSTON, b. 1860, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d. 2 April 1931, Tillisole, Kinnaird, Farnell, Nr Montrose, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 4 3 2 1 10. ELIZABETH JOHNSTON (JOHN , WILLIAM , WILLIAM ) was born 1820 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland. Children of ELIZABETH JOHNSTON are: 5 i. THEODOSIA JOHNSTON, b. 1843, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire,