Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Johnston and Elizabeth [Unk]




Husband John Johnston 1

            AKA: John Johnson 2
           Born:  - ? County Down, Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1772 - on the Atlantic Ocean
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 



Wife Elizabeth [Unk] 1 2

           Born: 
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           Died: Abt 1772 - on the Atlantic Ocean
         Buried: 


Children
1 M William Johnston 1

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2 F Esther Johnston 1

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         Spouse: Hugh Jackson (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1777 1


3 F Jane Johnston 1

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         Spouse: James Hindman (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1780 1


4 F Margaret Johnston 1

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         Spouse: John Anderson (      -      ) 1


5 F Elizabeth Johnston 1

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         Spouse: William Campbell (      -      ) 1


6 M Richard Johnston 1 4

            AKA: Richard Johnson 2 3
           Born: Jun 1763 - County Down, Ireland 1
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           Died: 13 Nov 1836 1 4
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         Spouse: Jane Bradford (      -      ) 2 5
           Marr: 23 Aug 1796 1


7 M John Johnston 1

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           Died: Bef 1772 - Ireland
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - John Johnston


He and his wife were Presbyterians of Scotch-Irish descent, from County Down, Ireland. They, with their six children, em-barked for America in the year 1772, but both died of fever on shipboard during the voyage. The children located in Delaware, whence in the spring of 1791 they removed to western Pennsyl-vania near Canonsburg.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 216.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 200.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 559.

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 874.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 216, 559.


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