Re: Peter Johnston 1773 Lockerby> Wilton, NY
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Peter Johnston 1773 Lockerby> Wilton, NY
HARRY JOHNSTON 10/22/05
Harry, I purchased a book on E-bay on the descendants of Peter Johnston, there is no mention of a Benjamin, but since I had the information, I posted some of his lineage.
PETER JOHNSTON, was born in Lockerby, Annadale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in the year 1735., he married (1)about 1763 to Jane Mundle, who is believed to have been the daughter of Andrew and Betsey Mundle. They settled in Lockerby and had two children, ELIZABETH b. 3/22/1765; d. abt. 1848; m. Wm. Laing. ANDREW, b. 9/6/1769; d. 3/4/1846; m. (1) Susannah Hillman, (2) Abigail King.
Peter married (2) Susannah Johnson (?), daughter of Archibald Johnson.
1773 Peter and family were supposed to embark from Dumfires to New York. Settling in Palmerston, Saratoga Co., N.Y. He was a farmer.
During the Revolutionary War, Peter joined a company of minute men for home protection, then enlisted in the 13th regiment of Albany County militia.
In 1727 the grandfather of Jospeh Eccelston Johnston, the Confederate general, came from Scotland and settled on the James River, in Virginia, and his name also was Peter.
Children from second marriage:
1. JANE, b. 12/22/1773; d. 12/1/1839; m. Wm. Sherwood.
2. THOMAS, b. 8/30/1777; d. 7/22/1858; m. (1) Lucy Benedict, (2)Susanna Cleveland.
3. NANCY, b. 11/27/1778(?); d. 8/1856; m. James Runciman.
4. MARY, b. 3/28/1784; d. 11/17/1821; m. James E. Millett.
Susannah, died in Wilton, N.Y., December 29, 1787. Peter died in Wilton, N.Y. September 13, 1798, aged 63 years. He and Susannah were buried in the cemetery near Emerson's Corner, in Wilton.
Elizabeth Johnston, b. 3/22/1765 at Lockerby, Annandale, Dumfriesshshire, Scotland. Daughter of Peter, by his first wife, married William Laing.
Children:
1. Drew, b. abt. 1787; d. 2/18/1813
2. Peter, b. 6/25/1788; d. 4/14/1865
3. John C. b. abt. 1795; d. abt. 1840
4. Paisley, b. 1798; d. 11/6/1869
5. Helen b. 1800; d. 3/3/1824
6. Thomas, b. 1803; d. 12/19/1824
7. Jane Mundle b. 1807; d. 1/1/1834
8. Mary, b. 1809; d. 9/12/1824
Andrew Johnston, b. 9/6/1769, Lockerby, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Son of Peter by his first wife, married Susannah Hillman.
Children:
1. SUSANNAH, b. 10/26/1796; d. 7/6/1800
2. ANDREW, b. 7/17/1798; d. 7/31/1800
3. OWEN H., b. 8/8/1800; d. 4/25/1829
4. WILLIAM b. 7/28/1802; d. 11/19/1888
5. ABIGAIL, b. 5/30/1804; d. 9/15/1875
6. JANE M., b. 6/9/1806; d. 11/7/1857
7. SUSANNAH HILLMAN, b. 3/1/1808; d. 8/30/1890
8. ANDREW, b. 11/1/1810; d. 10/6/1830
9. JOHN, b. & d. 7/6/1815.
Susannah (Hillman) Johnston died in childbirth July 6, 1815, and on Oct. 1916, Andrew married Abigail King, a native of Vermont, who was born May 30, 1789.
Children:
1. SARAH ANN, b. 10/11/1817
2. ELIZABETH b. 3/17/1819; d. 4/18/1887
3. LYDIA, b. 1/20/1821; d. 5/20/1855
4. HANNAH, b. 10/17/1823; d. 10/8/1859
5. MARY MILLETT, b. 5/1/1826; d. 5/25/1882
6. FRANCES KING, b. 2/12/1828; d. 5/20/1857
7. PETER D., b. 4/21/1833; d. 1/1/1853
A Genealogical record of the descendants of Peter Johnston
Who came to America from Lockerby, Scotland, in the year 1773, and settled in Wilton, N.Y.
Also a short history of the Clan of Johnston, of Annandale.
Compiled and edited by Charles E. Johnston
1900