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CHAPTER XX
JOHNSTON, MOORE, STEPTOE, CALLAWAY AND THORNTON FAMILIES. .
NUNQUAM
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JOHNSTON COAT-OF-ARMS
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Crest-A winged spur.
Motto-Nunquam Non Paratus.
JOHNSTON FAMILY.
The family of Johnston (as now written, Johnstone, Johnstonne and De Johnstonne) is of Seoteh origin.
The first member of the family in Virginia is the emigrant, Peter Johnston, of Longwood, Prince Edward County, Va., who was of the Clan of Johnston, of Annandale, in Dumfriesshire, on the border.
The old seat in Scotland was Langwoode. The name has under- gone some changes. At first it was De Johanstonne, showing
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that they came over with William the Conqueror from Normandy in 1066. This seems to be essential to the high descent claimed by most families, and if they can show that they accompanied William Normandy, or came over, they overcome all seruples as to the lawfulness of his cause, or of their overrunning the lands of the Saxons. The first change of spelling in the history of the family is to Johanston, then to Johnstone, but Mr.
left off the final letter (e), which his descendants continue to do.
The Johnstones of Annandale were allied to the Scotts of Buc- cleugh, though I cannot now give the degree of relationship, which goes back many centuries. Sir Walter Scott alludes to it in his "Tales of a Grandfather," and I have met with it elsewhere. Tradition tells of a dreadful feud between the Johnstones and the Maxwells, a more numerous and powerful elan also on the border. The erest of the family refers to the old legend, that on one occasion a Laird of Johnston was imprisoned by a Maxwell, and that the wife of the latter implored her husband to grant the request that she might send him one more meal, on the night before his execution. The Maxwells consented, and after making all necessary arrangements for the Johnstone's eseapc, by furnish- ing horses and getting hold of the keys, she sent him, at mid- night, a spur set with feathers, in a covered dish, to signify that he was to fly with his life. The prisoner changed elothes with the messenger and escaped.
Sir James Johnston had his house burned down in one of the Maxwell raids, when the latter sent him word he "had lighted a fire for the Lady Johnstone to put on her hood by."
The present possessor of the name and estates of Annandale, with the town of that name, is J. J. Hope Johnstone, of Wamfrey and Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Peter Johnstone1 came to Virginia immediately from Glasgow in 1726-1727; b. Edinburgh, November 10, 1710. Married (March 19, 1761) Mrs. Martha Rogers, widow of Captain Thomas Rogers, of the British merchant service. The old sea chest of Captain Rogers is still in possession of the family, as well as several pieces of silver. Mrs. Rogers was the daughter of Mr. John Butler, of Osbornes, Prince George Co., Va. He was occupied in the mcreantile business, accumulating property, and lived at "Cherry Grove," Prince Edward Co., Va., where he died December 6, 1786.
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Ile was a man of marked character, was a great stickler for law and order and the dignity of authority wherever found; was a member of the Scotch Episcopal Church and vestryman of St. Patrick's Church for many years. The land, one hundred acres, on which Hampden-Sidney College was built, was given by Peter Johnstonc. His sons werc cdueated in that pioneer school of learning, and he was a liberal patron of all that pertained to the advancement of education at that day. He had issue :
1. Peter Johnston2. Married Mary Wood, daughter of Valentine Wood (see Wood family), and nieec of Patrick Henry. (Henry and Winston families.) He served in the Revolutionary War with distinction as a captain in Lce's company. It is to be noticed that the sons of these two heroes of the Revolution, Joseph Eggleston Johnston3 and Robert Edward Lee, were colleagues and peers in the war between the States in 1861.
Peter Johnston2 was a member of the convention of 179-, and a very active and conspicuous member. He afterwards praeticed law and beeamc distinguished in that profession, being Judge of the Circuit Court for his district for many years. His children were nine sons and one daughter :
III. John Warfield Johnston3 (Peter2, Peter1). Marricd Louisa Bowen. Issue :
I. John Warfield Johnston4, Jr. Married Miss Floyd. Issue :
I. Letitia Floyd Johnston", d. unmarried.
II. Louisa Johnston5. Married Daniel Trigg. Issue :
I. Nannie Greenway Trigge. Married Benjamin Franklin Bache, of Philadelphia. Several children, names un- known.
II. John J. Trigg.
III. Daniel Triggs, Jr.
IV. Benjamin J. Trigg".
V. Evelyn Byrd Trigge.
VI. Miriam TriggG, d. young.
III. Sally Buchanan Johnston", third child of John Warfield Johnston. Married Henry Lee. Issue :
I. Nannie Mason Lee".
II. Johnston Lee6.
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III. Henry Lee6.
IV. Lavalette Johnston3. Married John MeMullen, of Mary- land. Issue :
I. Nichette McMullen".
II. John J. MeMullen6.
III. Mirjam J. McMullen".
IV. Name unknown.
V. and VI. Names unknown.
V. George Benjamin Johnston5, of Richmond, Va. Married Miss Helen Rutherford. Issue :
I. Niehette Johnston®.
TI. and III. Names unknown.
VI. Joseph Beverley Johnston", unmarried.
VII. Coralie Johnston5, unmarried.
III. Peter Johnston3 (Peter2, Peter1), d. unmarried.
III. Charles Clement Johnston3. Married Eliza Preston,
daughter of General John Preston, of Greenfield. Issue :
I. John Preston Johnston+, killed at the battle of Contreras, unmarried.
III. Eliza Johnston3 (Peter2, Peter1). Married Judge R. W. Hughes. Issue :
I. Robert M. Hughes+. Married Miss Smith of Williams- burg. Issue :
I. Robert M. Hughes5.
II. Sidney Smith Hughes5.
IT. John Floyd Hughes+. Married
I. Floyd Hughes5. Married Miss Broek. Issue : unknown.
Names
III. Edward William Johnston3 (Peter2, Peter1). Married, first, Miss Da Costa, daughter of Mme. Villegrand. No issue; second, Mrs. Woolley. No issue. Edward Wm. Johnston3 was the famous "Il secretarie of the old National Intelligencer."
III. Beverley Randolph Johnston2, d. unmarried.
III. Joseph Eggleston Johnston3 (Peter2, Peter1). Married Lydia MeLean, of Baltimore. No issue. General in the Con- federate Army, of peerless fame.
III. Benjamin Johnston3, d. unmarried.
III. Algernon Sidney Johnston3 (Peter2, Peter1), d. un- married.
III. Valentine Wood Johnston", d. unmarried.
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III. Jane Wood Johnston" ( Peter2, Peter1). Married Harry Mitehell. Issue :
1. Louisa Mitehell+. Married Buiekley. Issue :
I. Willie Buiekley5.
II. Wm. Buiekley-3.
II. William Mitehell4. Married
Issue.
III. Susan Mitchell+. Married William Taliaferro. Issue :
I. Lydia Johnston Taliaferro5. Married.
II. Bennet Taliaferro5. Married.
II. Edward Johnston2 ( Peter1). Married Miss Randolph ; d. 1829, without issue.
II. Charles Johnston2 (Peter1). Married, first, Letitia Piekett. (See Piekett Family, Volume I, Chapters V, VI, and VII.) Issue :
1. Charles Johnston3, d. 1850, unmarried.
II. Edward Johnston. Married Anne Keith. Issue :
I. Caroline Johnston+, d. 1845, unmarried.
III. Luey Johnston". Married Thomas Marshall Ambler, of Morven. (See Volume I, Ambler, Marshall, Chapters V and VI : Chapters III and IV, this volume.) Issue Volume I.
II. Charles Johnston2 (Peter1). Married, second, Elizabeth
Steptoe. (See Steptoe and Callaway families.) Issue :
I. James Steptoe Johnstona, b. in Richmond, Va., Jan. 24, 1808. He came to Mississippi early in 1830. Married (June 4, 1834) Mrs. Louisa Clarissa Bridges Coving- ton, née Newman. Issue :
I. Joseph Dunbar Johnston+, d. infaney.
II. Charles Johnston4, b. April 5, 1837, Jefferson Co., Miss. Married Eliza Jane Wood. No issue. Married, second, Mary Skinner, of La Tensas Parish. Issue :
I. James Steptoe Johnston5.
II. Louise Johnston5.
III. Douglas Jolinston5.
IV. Joseph Eggleston Johnston5.
II. Olivia Magruda Johnston+, d. young, unmarried.
III. Rt. Rev. James Steptoe Johnston4, b. June 9, 1843, of Jefferson Co., Miss. Married Mary Green of Miss. Bishop of Western Texas. Issne:
I. Roberta 'T. Johnston", b. Jefferson Co., Miss., unmarried.
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II. Mereer Green Johnston5, b. Jefferson Co., Miss. Married Katherine Aubrey, of Va. He is a missionary in the Philippines.
III. Marie Louise Johnston5, b. Port Gibson, Miss. Married John Mitehell, a lawyer, of Mobile, Ala. Issue :
T. Gladys Mitehell".
II. Dorothy Mitehell".
IV. Olivia Fair Johnston5. Married George Bennett Talia- ferro, lawyer San Antonio, Texas. No issue.
V. Frederick James Johnston5, b. Mt. Sterling, Ky. Mar- ried Anna Waelder, of San Antonio, Texas. Issue :
I. Ruth Waelder®.
VI. Benjamin Charles Johnston5, b. Mt. Sterling, Ky .; d. in ehildhood.
III. James Steptoe Johnston3 (Charles2, Peter1). Married, second, Miss Wood of Mississippi. Issue :
VII. Rosa Johnston4. Married D. D. Miller.
VIII. Mary Franees Johnston4, unmarried.
III. Frederick Johnston? (Charles2, Peter1), third son of Charles Johnston2 and Letitia Piekett, his wife, brother of Luey Jolinston, who married Thomas Marshall Ambler (omitted above) ; d. April, 1893. Married Ann Carter Burwell. Issue:
I. Franees Royall Johnston4. (I have had several very in- teresting letters from Miss Johnston; she resides at Salem, Va.)
II. Luey Carter Johnston4, d. -.
III. Martha Johnston4.
IV. Mary Dillon Johnston4, d.
V. Julia Burwell Johnston4, d.
VI. Charles Johnston4. Married Nannie Trent Thornton. Issue :
I. Frederiek Johnston5.
II. Marie Louise Johnston5.
III. Kate Courtenay Johnston5.
VII. Nathaniel Burwell Johnston+. Married Mary Sayre Maeon. (See Cary, Selden and Carter families.) Issue :
I. Charles Johnston®.
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II. James Markham Ambler Johnston5.
III. Miles Cary Selden Johnston5.
IV. Naney Burwell Johnston5.
VIII. Lewis Burwell Johnston+. Married Pocahontas Dupuy. Issue :
I. Carter Dupuy Johnston5.
II. Prentiss Dupuy Johnston5.
III. Lewis Dupuy Johnston5.
IX. Elizabeth Prentiss Johnston+. Married Rev. Clarenee Y. Cavitt. I met Rev. Mr. Cavitt and his wife in Natchez, fall 1905; they were visiting at Mrs. D. D. Miller's. Sinee then I have had several letters from Mrs. Cavitt, who resides at St. Joseph, La.
III. Frances Steptoe Johnston3. Married Dr. James T. Royall. No children.
III. Mary Morris Johnston3 (Charles2, Peter1). Married, first, Dr. John G. Dillon. Issue :
I. Col. Edward Dillon4, C. S. A. Married Miss Polk. Issue :
I. James Royall Dillon5.
II. Edward Dillon5. Married Miss Pendleton. (See Pendle- ton, Chapter X, Volume IV.) Issue :
I. Edward DillonG.
II. Edmund Pendleton Dillon6.
Mrs. Mary Morris (Johnston) Dillon3 married, second, Dr. John Atkinson Cunningham. Issue :
I. John A. Cunningham4. Married Miss Eggleston. Issue :
I. Richard Cunningham5.
II. Martha Cunningham5.
III. Mary Johnston Cunningham5.
Mr. Cunningham's first wife was Miss Boyd, of Tennessee. Issue : Frances D. Cunningham.
III. Lucius Polk Dillon5, third son of Col. Edward Dillon and Miss Polk. Married Miss Morton. No issue.
IV. John C. Dillon5.
V. Eliza Polk Dillon".
VI. Franees Polk Dillon5.
VII. Francis C. Dillon5.
III. Julius Dandridge Johnston3 (Charles2, Peter1). Married Miss Neville Christie, of St. Louis, Mo. Issue :
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I. Virginia Neville Johnston+. Married Gen. Beverly H. Robertson, C. S. A. Issue:
I. Samuel Churchill Robertson5.
II. Julius J. Robertson", dead.
III. Henry W. Robertson5.
IV. John C. Robertson5.
II. Martha Johnston4. Married Mr. Flannagan. Issue :
I. Julius J. Flannagan5.
II. Olivia Flannagan5.
III. Frederiek Flannagan5. And others unknown.
III. Franeis Duehouquet Johnston3 (Charles2, Peter1), d. un- married.
· III. Martha Butler Johnston3 (Charles2, Peter1).
II. Andrew Johnston2 (Peter1), fourth ehild of Peter John- ston. Married Miss Nash. Issue :
I. John Nash Johnston3. Married Miss Bell. . Issue :
I. Andrew Bell Johnston4. Married Miss Barnes. Issue :
I. Lola Johnston5. Married Issue two ehildren.
II. Andrew Johnston5.
III. Helen Johnston5.
IV. Nash Johnston5.
II. John W. Johnston4, major C. S. A. Married Miss Alexander. Issue :
I. Mary Johnston". Author of "Prisoners of Hope," "To Have and to Hold," "Audrey," and others.
II. Annie Johnston5. Married her cousin T. Henry John- ston. Issue :
I. John W. Johnston".
II. Henry Johnston".
III. James R. Johnston".
III. Eloise Johnston5.
IV. John W. Johnston5, Jr.
V. Walter Johnston5.
VI. Elizabeth Johnston5.
III. Helen Johnston4, third ehild of John N. Johnston. Mar- ried N. Hutton. Issue :
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I. William Hutton5.
II. Walter Hutton5.
- III. Elizabeth Hutton5.
IV. Walter Nash Johnston4, Jr., fourth child of John N. Johnston. Married Aliee Boyd. Issue :
I. Aliee Boyd Johnston5. Married Williams of New York. Issue: names unknown.
V. Mariana Johnston4, d. unmarried.
III. Judge Edward Johnston3 (Andrew2, Peter1), second child of Andrew Johnston. Married Miss Bowyer. Issue :
I. Thomas Henry Johnston+. Married Miss Holladay. (See Waller, Minor and Lewis families.) Issue:
I. T. Henry Johnston5, Jr. Married his cousin Anne Johnston.
II. Leonora Johnston5. Married R. L. Preston, of Wash- ington, D. C. Issue :
I. Leonore Preston".
II. Henry Elliot Preston6.
III. Julia Holladay Johnston5. Married John Gernot. No issue :
III. Peter Butler Johnston8 (Andrew2, Peter1), son of Andrew Johnston (third son and child). Married, first, Miss Higgin- botham. Issue :
I. James Andrew Johnston4, M. D .; an eminent physician. Married Miss Bugle. No children. Died 1882.
II. William Hopkins Johnston4, d. -.
III. Edward Johnston4, d.
IV. Eliza A. Johnston4. Married Mr. Owen. Issue :
I. James H. Owen5.
II. Thomas Owen5.
III. Charles Owen5.
IV. Mary Owen5. V. Emma Owen5.
VI. Andrew Johnston Owen5.
VII. Henry Owen5.
V. Peter Johnston4, d.
VI. John Henry Johnston4. Married Mrs. Rogan.
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VII. Emeline Elizabeth Johnston4. Married John T. Martin. Issue :
I. Mary V. Martin6.
II John Johnston Martin5.
III. Emma E. Martin5.
VIII. Dr. A. Nash Johnston4. Married Miss Strange. Issue : I. Sallie Strange Johnston5.
Dr. A. N. Johnston married, second, Anna Arnold. Issue :
II. Andrew Johnston5.
III. Naslı Johnston5.
IV. John Johnston5.
V. William Johnston5.
VI. Charles Peter Johnston5.
VII. Anna Nash Johnston5.
IX. Charles A. Johnston4. Married Miss D- . Issue :
I. Helen Johnston5.
X. Margaret Lang Johnston4. Married Eugene W. Stooe. Issue :
I. Helen Johnston Stooe5.
II. Eugenia Stooe".
III. Elizabeth Johnston3 (Andrew2, Peter1), fourth child of Andrew Johnston. Married Rev. Thomas Brown. Issue :
I. Thomas Brown4, Jr. Married Miss Peyton. Issue :
I. Baldwin Brown5.
II. Peyton Brown".
II. Emmeline Brown4.
III. William J. Brown4. Married Miss Ewing. Issue :
I. Susan Brown5.
II William Brown5.
III. Ewing Brown6.
The following appeared in an Atlanta paper :
JOSEPH HABERSHAM CHAPTER, D. A. R., ATLANTA, GA .- I have read with interest several articles in your columns as to the Johnstones of Annandale. On 22nd instant, I note an extract: "From an old scrapbook," stating that Lord William Johnstone, of Annandale, after mortally wound- ing "Captain Roe, of Foot Guards," came to Virginia, married there "in 1722," and had "six sons and four daughters." In same column "John- stone" very pertinently asks: "Why did not Lord William Johnstone (nor
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any of his 'six sons') ever claim the titles and estates to which he should have succeeded in 1730?" The answer is: Lord William Johnstone died. in 1721. In fact, there has never been a petition before Lords or Courts by any one claiming descent from any son of William Johnstone, first marquis of Annandale. The descendants of his daughter, Henrietta, Countess of Hopetown, obtained one-third of the estate, and since 1792 several of various branches have claimed title, but each was refused by lords because of descent through female line. The "heirs male" were in revolt in Scotland in 1689, 1715, 1745-46, and in America in 1776-1783. They were citizens of North Carolina in 1792.
The few facts "from an old scrapbook" are from a well-known work, but the extract also contains misstatements as to persons and events. In order to make this clear, I shall enlarge upon the XVI to XIX generations.
We are descended from Hon. John Johnstone, only brother of William Johnstone, first marquis of Annandale. The Lords and Courts have repeat- edly held that the titles reverted to this branch upon the death of George Johnstone, third marquis, in 1792.
In answer to "E. E. J.," as to "Archibald Johnstone," he was not of the direct Annandale line, but perhaps I may be able to assist (by private correspondence) if "E. E. J." will send me name and address.
Charlotte, dowager marchioness of A-, married Col. John Johnstone, second son of Sir William Johnstone, of "Westerhall," who died at Barba- does. Some of their descendants are in the United States. It is a well- known fact that in Scottish genealogies the oldest son only is noted, except in rare instances; also that lines are traced by land records, no other registers being kept. Consequently, junior sons were seldom noted where titles existed and estates entailed. In our own family there have been instances of men of historical note, and yet, because of this system of record, their exact connection cannot be defined. To-day this trouble is confronting Sir Frederick Johnstone, of "Westerhall," the lineal descendant of Matthewe de Johnstone (1455), the undoubted chief of the race in Scotland.
In the following sketch I only give enough to show the origin of the main branches of the family and make the connection clear. We have many of the details of each generation, but they are not necessary to this article. A skeleton sketch from our records and data is all I can give at this time.
Huga de Johnstone was laird in East Lothian, Scotland, in 1214. In 1275 his son, .John de Johnstone, endowed the Monastery of Soltray with lands, as shown by the Chartulary of Soltary. Robert Bruce, in 1309, created John de Johnstone, "Chevalier of Drufries," and in same year gave to John's younger brother, Gilbert de Johnstone, lands in Lanarkshire.
John de Johnstone (IV in direct line) was made "Warden of Marches" by Robert II in 1360.
John de Johnstone (V) died in 1420. His second son, Gilbert, was "Master of Gretna."
Sir Adam de Johnstone's (VI) second son, Matthewe de Johnstone, de- feated the Douglas at Arkinholm, May, 1455. Hugh Douglas, earl of
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Ormond, was "wounded and captured by Matthewe's own hand." For this James II gave Matthewe de Johnstone charter to "Westerhall," and added "to arms of Johnstone a heart and crown," dated Nov. 19, 1455. Mat- thewe's younger brother, Gilbert de Johnstonc, married Agnes, heiress of Elphinstone (1472), and was ancestor of "Johnstones of Elphinstone." The (X) Sir James de Johnstone was created "Lord Johnstone of John- stone," under great seal by James 1V in 1509. In 1549, by charter under great seal, Queen Mary (dowager) created James de Johnstone (second son of X Lord Johnstone), "Baron of Wamfray."
The XV in direct line was James Johnstone, to whom Charles I created "First Earle of Heartfell," etc., in 1643. He was with James Grahame (the Great Marquis-Montrose), at Philiphough (1646), was captured and condemned, but escaped. His estates were sequestrated. Charles Il' re- stored the estates to his son and changed lis titles to (XVI) "James Johnstone, First Earl of Annandale and Hartfell, Viscount of Aunaud," etc., Feb. 1661, and a year later created him "Hereditary Constable of Lochmaben Castle."
The XVI James Johnstone, first earl of Annandale, married Henrietta (daughter of William, marquis of Douglas), and had two sons. Ist William, who succeeded in 1672 and was created first marquis of Annandale in 1701. (He died in 1721.) William Johnstone, first marquis, was twice married, first to Sophia Fairholm, who bore him three sons and one daughter -- (a) James Johnstone, who succeeded him in January, 1721, and was second marquis. Ile died unmarried in 1729-30. (O. S.) (b) Lord William Johnstone, who was in parliament. In March, 1720, he fought a duel with Captain Poe (not Roe), of Foot Guarde; was wounded and died from its effect Dec. 4, 1721, "and was buried at Westminster (London) unmarried." (c) Lord John Johnstone, who died unmarried in 1721, aged 32. (d) Lady Henrietta Johnstone, married Charles Hope, earl of Hope- town. Her living descendants are the present earl of Hopetown, governor general of Australia, and Hon. Captain John Hope-Johnstone, of Loch- maben castle.
The second wife of first marquis was Charlotte Venden Bempden. Issue was two sons. (a) George Johnstone, who succeeded his half-brother, James, in 1730, as third (and last) marquis. He died unmarried in 1792. (b) Lord John Johnstone, born June 1721 (posthumous) and named for his half-brother Lord John. The junior Lord John was in parliament before he was of age. He died unmarried in 1742. It was his death that caused George third marquis to employ David Hume, the historian, as companion. Upon death of George third marquis (1792), the "heirs male" of William Johnstone, first marquis, became extinct, the titles dormant.
The second son of XVI, James Johnstone (first earl of Annandale), was Hon. John Johnstone, who entered the army. "John Johnstone was one of the revolting captains in 1689," (after Killiecrankie), and with his maternal uncle, George Douglas (Earl of Dunbarton, colonel of Dunbarton regiment), and many other officers "left Scotland and entered the French service, where he served with distinction," "until the death of William
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III" (1702). He returned to Seotland and died (1793), leaving four sons and one daughter. 1. John, whose only son, Thomas, died and his male line became extinet in 1769. 2. Gabriel, who was Governor of North Carolina, 1734-1752. He married, first, Penelope Pheney (nee Garland), stepdaugh- ter of Governor Charles Eden, who bore him one child, Penelope, who mar- ried Colonel John Dawson. Governor Gabriel married, second, Franees Button (née Johnstone), who bore him no children. She survived Governor Gabriel and married John Rutherford. She died (1767), leaving a son, who eame to Georgia (1793). The third son, Gilbert Johnstone, left Seotland and went to Ireland (1715). He married there (1724). In 1745 Gilbert and his eldest son, Gilbert Johnstone, Jr., joined the chevalier Charles Edward Stuart and were at Culloden (1746), where the elder was wounded, but they escaped and with their family eame to North Carolina (1746), exiles-outlaws.
Gilbert, senior, died at "Brompton," one of Governor Gabriel's estates, on Cape Fear, in 1775. In 1776 Gilbert Johnstone, Jr., and his eldest son, Hugo, raised and equipped a squadron of partisan light horse and led them, under Folsome in North Carolina, 1776 to 1780, and under Marion in South Carolina, 1780 to 1783, "without pay or bounty." Hugo (or Hugh) John- stone married Susanna Barefield in North Carolina and had issue (a) Susanna, married Colonel Riehard Holmes; (b) Gabriel, no issue living; (e) James, no male issue living; (d) Margaret, married John G. Ashley, of Alabama; (e) Jean, married Henry Stevens; (f) Huger Johnstone; (g) Samuel Johnstone, D. D.
Huger Johnstone married Anne Eliza Iligdon, adopted daughter of Cap- tain John Howell (See Howell, Constitution, October 13 ulto.) Issue: (a) William C. G. Johnstone, the writer's father; (b) Charles H. Johnstone; (c) Mrs. Susan M. Gwyn; (d) Robert A. Johnstone; (e) Henry L. John- stone; (f) Mrs. Anne E. Greene; (g) James H. Johnstone.
Samuel Johnstone, D. D., settled in Alabama. His sons were (a) William J. Johnstone, M. D., Georgia; (b) J. Fleteher Johnstone, Ala- bama; (e) J. MeKenzie Johnstone, M. D., Texas.
Henry Johnstone (second son of Gilbert Johnstone, the elder) married Katherine Knox (1752) and settled a large estate in Tryon (now Lineoln County), on Catawba, North Carolina. His only son, Colonel James John- stone, of North Carolina line in the Revolution, married Margaret Ewart. Their son, William, married Miss Forney. The sons of this marriage living . are (a) Captain James F. Johnstone, Asheville; (b) General Robert D. Johnstone, Birmingham; (e) ex-Governor Joseph F. Johnstone, of Ala- bama; (d) Bartlett S. Johnstone, Baltimore.
Elizabeth (sister of Gilbert Johnstone, Sr.) married Thomas Kenan in Ireland, eame to North Carolina in 1735-6. Her sons were Colonel James Kenan, continental line, North Carolina, and Michael Johnstone Kenan, of Sapelo Island, Georgia. Her deseendants are in North Carolina and Georgia.
Samuel Johnstone, of Chowan, N. C. (who was member of the eonti- nental congress, governor and first United States senator for North Caro-
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lina), was the eldest son of "Samuel Johnstone, of Anslow County, N. C.," (the youngest son of Hon. John Johnstone and brother of Governor Gabriel and Gilbert, Sr.), Governor Samuel Johnstone's only brother, Hon. John Johnstone, of Bertie County, N. C., was captain of "Light Horse" in 1780. He died in 1790. His descendants are numerous in the United States and Canada.
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