Brief Life History of Zachariah Taylor
When Zachariah Taylor Johnston was born on 25 May 1816, in Mercer, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Zachariah Johnston, was 33 and his mother, Jane Grace Todd, was 31. He married Mary Mecham on 4 April 1839, in Greenville, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Cambridge Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States in 1850 and Lincoln Township, Nodaway, Missouri, United States in 1870. He died on 3 July 1890, in Blanchard, Page, Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Blanchard, Page, Iowa, United States.
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- Zachariah Johnson, "United States Census, 1850"
- Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937
- Zechariah Johnston, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1816–1890 Male
1821–1907 Female
Children (12)
1840–1925 Male
1841–1921 Male
1842–1928 Male
1844–1925 Female
1845–1914 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1783–1828 Male
1786–1867 Female
Siblings (9)
1810– Male
1812– Female
1814– Female
1816–1890 Male
1817– Male
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 3
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 4
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 20
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name, deriving in most cases from the place so called in Annandale, in Dumfriesshire. This is derived from the genitive case of the personal name John + + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn). There are other places in Scotland so called, including the city of Perth, which used to be known as Saint John's Toun, and some of these may also be sources of the surname.
English: habitational name from Johnson Hall (Staffordshire), recorded as Johannestonc. 1233 and Joneston in 1314. The placename means ‘John's settlement’, from the genitive case of the Middle English personal name Johan, Jon (see John ) + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’.
History: As far as can be ascertained, most Scottish bearers of this surname are descendants of John, probably a Norman baron from England, who held lands at Johnstone in Annandale from the Bruce family in the late 12th century. His son Gilbert was the first to take the surname Johnstone and their descendants later held the earldom of Annandale.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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