Margaret Isabella Barnett

Female1748–18 August 1836

Brief Life History of Margaret Isabella

When Margaret Isabella Barnett was born in 1748, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Robert Barnett, was 28 and her mother, Margaret Young, was 23. She married Alexander S Johnston in 1775, in Camden, Benton, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 18 August 1836, in Clarks Fork, Cooper, Missouri, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in New Salem Cemetery, Prairie Home Township, Cooper, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alexander S Johnston
1745–1816
Margaret Isabella Barnett
1748–1836
Marriage: 1775
Gavin Johnston
1781–1853
Robert Barnett Johnston
1784–1868
Mary Johnston
1785–1814
James A Johnston
1787–1869
Alexander Johnston
1789–1839

Sources (7)

  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • Margaret Isabella Barnett Johnston, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ancestry Family Trees

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1775Camden, Benton, Tennessee, United States
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (6)

    1776

    Age 28

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776

    Age 28

    North Carolina is the 12th state.

    1799 · Gold Nuggets Found

    Age 51

    "In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow """"rock"""" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the """"rock"""" was a gold nugget."

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from various places, for example Chipping (High) Barnet, East Barnet, and Friern Barnet in Greater London, named with Old English bærnet ‘place cleared by burning’ (a derivative of bærnan ‘to burn, to set light to’).

    English (of Norman origin): from a medieval personal name, a variant of Bernard .

    Jewish (Ashkenazic): this surname has been adopted by Ashkenazic Jews in the English-speaking world, perhaps as an Anglicized form of a vaguely similar Jewish name such as Baruch .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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