For those following the story of the dictionary found by Jennifer Shandor Spade, I just ran across more evidence that the Charles Johnston of the dictionary was the grandson of the colonial judge Samuel Johnston. While looking in my Johnston files, I found a paper that I had copied from a notebook called The Helen P. Allman Collection. I copied this in 2003 when I visited Warren and Hunterdon Counties, but I can't remember which historical society I found it in. It seems as though it was the Warren County Historical Society, but I can't be sure. Helen Allman's source for this Johnston information was a Bible record given to her by Julia Meaker of Washington, NJ, in June 1961. I only have the page for the Samuel Johnstons and Sarah Johnstons, but it shows that a Samuel Johnston married a Jenett. This Samuel's father was the Samuel Johnston of Kingwood Twp, Hunterdon Co. who came from Scotland and married a Mary. Further, the son Samuel had a child named Joseph, born July 31, 1773. This matches the names of Charles' father and mother and his eldest brother and brother's birth date given in the dictionary. Also given in Helen Allman's notebook was a Samuel C. Johnston who was born April 13, 1800 to Joseph Johnston and Rebecca Garrison Johnston; a Sarah Johnston (no date given) was also born to Joseph and Rebecca. And now I know why my ancestor Samuel Johnston, born 1781, to David Johnston, left NJ--too many Samuel Johnstons! (Charles Johnston also had a brother named Samuel A. Johnston!) Of course they didn't all live contemporaneously, but I figured out that when my Samuel Johnston left NJ sometime between 1822 and 1827, there were at least 4 Samuel Johnstons living in Bethlehem and Lebanon Townships of Hunterdon County. In my last posting, I listed some of the land transactions between Samuel Johnston and individuals with the same names as the children in the dictionary record. This prompted me to look at 1830 census records, and sure enough, I found in Lebanon and Bethlehem townships individuals of the right names and ages to be sons and grandsons of Charles' father Samuel. So now, Jennifer, when I look at all these Johnston households in the 1830 census record, I can see where some of them belong on the family tree. This is a great break-through; if this information exists elsewhere, it is not readily available. Now, if I could only find a Bible record for Samuel's brother David!