This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson Johnston Winn Goodloe Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hYl.2ACIB/4161.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, I am aware of William that married Maragret in Middlesex Co., VA; the similarity of names, dates and places added to the challenge of sorting our line out. That William and Margaret had sons named Stephen and Henry; and our William and Mary had the same; all in Christ Church Parish! We were also long confused with William Johnston that married Ann Chew and lived in Spotsylvania Co. It was not untill copies of the Bible records for our bunch came to light that we were able to sort our bunch out (we hope!). (A Goodloe family Bible and the Waller Prayer Book passed down the Miss. branch of our Johnston family back in 1832 when Agnes (Waller) Johnston died. No one is quite sure where they are today, but information copied from them in the 1940's is available) I have long wondered if Aquilla Johns(t)on was not somehow related to my line. The George Goodloe that married his daughter was a nephew of our Mary Goodloe that married William Johnston in 1720 in Middlesex Co. Also Aquilla's wife was a Winn (before she maried a Richards and a Fortson) and Catherine, dau. of our Stephen, m. 1770 to Jesse Durrett Winn, son of Benjamin Winn.. I have looked at Aquilla but did not have info on his parents. I would appreciate seeing what you have on him and Jonathan, etc. By the way, Aquilla's name sometimes shows up with the "t" in it. I firmly believe there is a good possibility these people were all related to some extent at least. Another "long shot clue" that interests me is that our Henry Johnston in Spots. Co.VA is made guardian in 1773 to John & James Stevens, orphans of Jeremiah Stevens. ( Aquilla's grand dau., Mary Byrd Goodloe, married a James Stevens.) I have wondered if Jeremiah's wife might have been a sister to our Stephen and Henry, born between 1721 and 1727? I will have to check, I can not recall how close your DNA was to mine. I seem to recall we were only a couple of clicks off from each other. Again, makes me think a lot of the Johns(t)ons in Middlesex, Spotsylvania Co., etc. were somehow kinfolk to each other. Our William, and the two sons we know of all seem to be carpenters (joiners) by trade. Not that it is any help, but "insanity" seems to run in my line! The will of Henry's oldest son referrs to " the derangement of his mental faculties" and an article in Viginia Herald in 1794 says his wife is trying to put him in "mad house." One of his sons is referred to by others as the "unfortunate brother" and it appears there is a history of mental instability down through the years, including my grandfather's first cousin. (I sure hope those genes skipped me!)