When Rev Thomas Johnston was born on 25 September 1742, in St Pauls Parish, Kent, Maryland, United States, his father, William Johnson Sr, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Harris, was 24. He married Wealthy Ann Hall in 1765, in Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1790. He died about 1817, in Highland, Ohio, United States, at the age of 76.
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Historical Boundaries 1771: Bedford, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial Amerida 1776: Bedford, New Jersey, United States
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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.
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