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About Margaret Johnston
Not the same as Margaret Alexander
James Johnson (c. 1650-1716) was christened in July 1656 and married first Margaret Alexander [on Nov. 23, 1672 at St. Nicholas Church in Aberdeen]. [SIC] The couple had four sons and two daughters before Margaret died around 1685
Comment: There is a singular mistake in the entry of this marriage in the parish record, which is in these terms : — " James Johnstoun, brother to the Laird of Craig, and Margret Alexander, was mareit the 23d of November 1672 years." [6] Note at bottom of pg 17. Margaret Alexander married John Johnston, son of Thomas Johnston and Mary Irvine. [1] They were married 23 Nov 1672 at St Nicholas, Scotland.
James remarried to Faith Leith in 1686 and in the 1690s migrated with all of his family except eldest son James Jr. to New Kent Co., VA. Accompanying him were his three youngest sons – John, Alexander and Benjamin Johnson. Genealogists had not included Benjamin in this family until recent DNA tests of Johnson descendants proved the relationship.
James Sr. in 1701 and 1704 acquired 150 acres of former Indian lands in the Pamunkey (River) Neck of northern Virginia that included the site of a former village and became known as Old Town in King William Co. James died there in 1716 and left his estate, by English law and tradition, to eldest son John.
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From http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lksstarr/reports/aplace.txt
By the way, my notes indicate that James Johnston had two wives and that he had four sons by first wife Margaret Alexander and one daughter by second wife Faith Leith.
My notes also show that James Johnston married Margaret Alexander 23 NOV 1672 at St. Nicholas Church, Aberdeen and that their four surviving sons were
- James,
- William,
- John and
- Alexander (not well-documented).
Records from the Aberdeen Quaker Monthly Meeting show that James married Faith Leith in 1686 and that a daughter, Elisabeth, was born 26 Dec 1688 in Aberdeen. That establishes that James and Faith could not have been in Virginia before 1689 at the very earliest.
My notes also show that James Johnston married Margaret Alexander 23 NOV 1672 at St. Nicholas Church, Aberdeen and that their four surviving sons were James, William, John and Alexander (not well-documented). There is hard evidence that James was their oldest son, that he married Jean Olgivie (Burgh records of Aberdeen show that Jean Olgivie Johnston died in 1716), and that he remained in Aberdeen at least through 1716.
Thus, the James Johnston who married Jean Olgilvie and remained in Aberdeen was the son of the James Johnston who settled at "Old Town" in Pamunkey Neck. (This is one of the relationships that Lorand Johnson mixed up in his first book, but corrected in his later books.) ....
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 February 2021), memorial page for Margaret Alexander Johnston (1655–1685), Find a Grave Memorial no. 143660551, ; Maintained by Gathering Roots (contributor 47213048) Body lost or destroyed.
- http://oursoutherncousins.com/THE%20SCOTTISH%20JOHNSTON'S.pdf
- Not a known child of George Ogilvy, 2nd Lord Banff
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143660551/margaret-johnston
- https://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I266525&tree=1
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Margaret Johnston's Timeline
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August 7, 1653
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Scotland, United Kingdom
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1673
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Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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1676
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Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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August 31, 1677
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Dyce, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
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1677
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Guildhall, Dyce, Aber, Scotland
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1679
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1680
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1682
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1685
Age 31
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Scotland, United Kingdom
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