Marshall: Very interesting! Here's a relevant site with more information for all: http://www.fpcc.net/~sgrimm/jeremiah_johnston.htm Perhaps someone will be motivated to discover the more about the ancestry of John Garrison AKA Jeremiah Johnston than I have been able to assemble: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~streeter/GARRISON.TXT The Garrison family frequently intermarried with the Johnston family. One has to wonder if John Garrison was inspired to assume the name of Jeremiah Johnston based on an unknown Johnston branch of his own ancestry or simply based on his familiarity with the Johnston family. Perry -----Original Message----- From: Marshall Lake [mailto:mlake@mlake.net] Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:33 PM To: Phyllis Johnston Cc: perry@streeter.com; NJWARREN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: GARRISON/JOHNSTON [was RE: The Charles Johnston dictionary with family records] > Thank you so much for sharing your Garrison research. After looking at > your information, it seems possible that I may have to admit that John > Garrison alias Jeremiah Johnson/Johnston was a part of my family. I > haven't had time to study the whole issue closely, but it will be a > fascinating project for the future. Now, I have to see the movie and > learn more about this John Garrison. Recently I've exchanged a few emails with Dorman Nelson <dormannelson@sbcglobal.net>. Apparently he's writing a book concerned with the life story of AKA Jeremiah JOHNSTON. He had hired a professional genealogist to find the origin of Jeremiah. The researcher determined that Jeremiah JOHNSTON was born John GARRISON in the area of Little York, Alexandria Twp, Hunterdon Co, NJ and his parents were Isaac GARRISON (son of James GARRISON & Dinah ROBINS) and Elizabeth METTLER who were married 9 Apr 1835 in the First Presbyterian Church of Easton, PA. -- Marshall Lake -- mlake@mlake.net -- http://mlake.net