Melva, This is fascinating. The Charles Johnston described by Snell has to be the Charles Johnston of the dictionary, because I looked at all the Charles Johnstons of Warren or Hunterdon in the Federal Censuses of 1830-1870, and the Charles born 1793 with wife Francis (who was the Charles of the famous dictionary) was listed as a druggist in 1850 and 1860. Also, the Charles Johnston of the dictionary died in 1874 and had a son who died in 1877, so that would fit the details Snell gave. Thanks for sharing this--these people begin to assume shape and form. The other part of your message is intriguing, also. I've wondered if Judge Samuel came from Scotland with relatives. Records show there were certainly other Johnstons in Hunterdon County before the judge populated the area with his offspring. ---- mcalaman <mcalaman@penn.com> wrote: > Hi, I have found two items in my Johnston findings (trying to connect > Johnstons to my Smith family in Washington, NJ. ,but no luck) that you might > already have but will send, just in case. > Snell's History of Warren and Sussex Counties, NJ (1881)Pg. 714 Other > early settlers who are recollected by our oldest residents > were......Charles Johnston, saddle maker and harness maker, kept the first > drug store in Washington. Mr. Johnston died four or five years ago, aged > about 75 years. He had a son of Johnston, Halloway and Co. of Philadelphia > who died in Washington in 1877. > From The Early Promotional Literature of New Jersey 1964 (NJ Agricultural > Society, Trenton, NJ) A letter dated 12-12-1684 from James Johnston in New > Jersey to his brother, John Johnston, Drougest, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He > was hoping his brother would come to America, too. Melva C. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <pjohnston356@adelphia.net> > To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:34 PM > Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] The Charles Johnston dictionary with family records > > > > John, > > I'm sorry, I haven't come across a Jane Crow Johnston. In one of your > earlier postings, you said you believed she was a daughter of William Philip > Johnston, son of Robert and Esther Chambers. I haven't found reference to > any of Robert's children, but that doesn't mean such information is not > there--I really haven't done a lot of research on the Johnstons yet, and > what research I did was mostly devoted to the Davids and Samuels. Now that > I've retired (last August), I would like to find names of all the > grandchildren of Judge Samuel. I hope to find some baptismal records, but > the Bethlehem Presbyterian church at Grandin burned in in its early days, > and I believe the one on site there now is the third building. So perhaps > no records survived. One of my papers said that Robert Johnston married > Hester Chambers, a cousin from Philadelphia, but his wife's name is Esther > in the Grandin cemetery records, and Easter Chambers in "Pennsylvania > Marriages Prior to 1790," so it prob! > > ably was Esther, not Hester. I'm sure you already have that info. > > > > If you have any information at all on the children of Robert Johnston, I > would love to get it, as it would help me sort out the bewildering array of > Johnston names. > > I'll keep your Jane Crow Johnston in mind, and if I run across her, I'll > let you know. Thanks. > > Phyllis > > ---- "JOHN W. TAYLOR" <JOHNWTAYLOR@gbso.net> wrote: > > > Phyllis, in your research on the JOHNSTON family, have your ever run > across > > > a Jane Crow Johnston, b. 02 Oct 1811 in Pennsylvania, d. 12 Jun 1870 in > > > Hunterdon County? ... John Walker Taylor > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Phyllis Johnston" <pjohnston356@adelphia.net> > > > To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:22 PM > > > Subject: [NJHUNTER] The Charles Johnston dictionary with family records > > > > > > > > > > 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! > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > > > > This mail list is archived at: > > > > http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. 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