This Johnston ancestry is an attempt to combine several conflicting sources, and is a roll from the first head of the Johnston family to our  emigrant ancestor.  

Many of our ancestors followed the Scottish naming  convention.

First son - named after Paternal Grandfather 

Second son - named after Maternal Grandfather 

Third son - named after Father  

First daughter - named after Maternal Grandmother 

Second daughter - named after Paternal Grandmother 

Third daughter - named after Mother

The lineage role is as follows:

1.   The Saxon founder of our family was John de Jonistoun who was given a charter by Robert Bruce's grandfather, the Earl of Annadale.

2.  Hugo de Johnstone, who owned several estates in East Lothian. 

3.  Sir John de Johnstone, donated land to the Soltra monastery in 1285.          

4.  John de Johnstone, was present at the charter of lands in Annadale  in 1332. 

5.  Gilbert de Johnstone, who died in 1360. 

6.   Sir John de Johnstone, who in 1371 was the first in our line to carry  the title of "Warden of the West Marshes".  He died in 1383.

7.   Sir Adam Johnstone, of Johnstone, who served at the battle at Sark in  1448.  He helped suppress the Douglas rebellion against the monarchy in  1455.  Through his first wife our lineage continued.  This union  produced two sons, James and John.  His second wife was a descendant of  Robert Bruce.  The second union produced his son Mathew, who founded  many other Johnston lines.  

8.  James Johnstone of Johnstone.

9.  Adam Johnstone of Johnstone.

10.  James Johnstone of Johnstone, who died in 1529.

11.   John Johnstone of Johnstone, who obtained lands in 1542, 1545, and  1550.  He fought in the battle of Pinkie.  His wife was Elizabeth  Jardine.  This union produced four children, James, Robert, Dorthea, and  Margaret.  John died in 1558.  

12.  James Johnstone, of Johnstone, who Married Margaret Hamilton.  This union produced one son, John.

13.   John Johnston of Johnstone, who succeeded his grandfather.  He served  Scotland as Warden of the West Marshes and Justice-General.  Margaret,   his wife, was the daughter of Sir Walter Scott.  This union produced  four children, James, Margaret, Elizabeth, and Grizzel (The name Grizzel  means Christian battle).  

14.   Sir James Johnstone of Johnstone, was knighted at by Queen Elizabeth  at  the coronation of Queen Anne of Denmark, and served as Warden of the   West Marshes.  He married Sarah.  James was murdered by Lord Maxwell  in 1608.

15.   James Johnston of Johnstone.  He was named Earl of Hartfell.  He  married three times. His children were James, William, Thomas, Margaret,  Mary, Janet, and John.

16.   John Johnston came from Scotland into Ireland with King William.  He  and his wife Ann children were James, John, William, Francis, Stephen,  Elizabeth, and Eleanor.  His sons, John, Stephen, and Francis emigrated  to the United States at the end of the Revolutionary War, -sometime  around 1786.  James emigrated at a later date. 

17.   James Johnston, (who had remained in Ireland after his brothers  emigrated) had three sons with two wives, Catherine and Margaret.  James, William, and Robert emigrated circa 1816, at the request of their cousin, Colonel Johnston, a Federal Indian Agent located in Piqua, Ohio.

18.   William was our emigrant ancestor.  He arrived in Miami County around  1817 and located in Piqua, Ohio, where he remained for a short time.  He was then employed by the Government and sent by Col. Johnston to Anderson, Indiana, and from there he went to Wapakoneta, Ohio, where he  remained several years.  In 1823 he came to Shelby County and located in Loramie Township, on land in section 18, which he had entered several years prior.

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