Hello again Donna; What a great bunch of names. Will have to go through them probably tomorrow, as am going to my daughters for Thanksgiving. Hope you have a Happy one. Have been getting some ready for you, but not sure what to send. Will enclose the following, to let you know what I am working on at this time. Descendants of Robert Johnston 1 Robert Johnston 1715 - 1757 .. +Lillias Corbett - 1815 ......... 2 John Johnston 1740 - ......... 2 Thomas Johnston 1740 - ......... 2 Martha Johnston 1743 - ......... 2 Sarah Johnston 1743 - ......... 2 Mary Johnston 1743 - ......... 2 Robert Johnston 1745 - 1815 ............. +Mary Stone ......... 2 Phoebe Johnston 1745 - ......... 2 William Johnston 1745 - ......... 2 Ashley Johnston 1748 - ......... 2 Adam Johnston 1748 - This one I am following closely, as I read, in "Carolina Cradle" Robert had settled in the same area of Rowan Co. that Thomas and his family are stated to have been; in Salisbury, NC. Also a Billy Kennedy wrote a book concerning Scotch-Irish in Pennsylvania and Kentucky, and had said This Robert was the father of our Thomas but another researcher said that Kennedys informant of the facts had admitted "he had misinformed Mr. Kennedy.(See letter below) I am quite confused as to our Thomas's actual birth, as some say he was b. 1740-42 and some say 1750. Also, no one is sure of who he married other than it was a Sarah ? b.1755. Some say Greenfield. I have found 2 other marriages of a Thomas married to: 1 an Ann Varner, and 1 married to a Sarah Stapleton, and because they are names Varner and Stapleton which are in our line, they have me wondering. Began to research Michael Johnson, the son of Edward Johnson of Kent. He was hard to find any facts on, just recently found his line, and am studying it. I avidly researched Ashley Johnston's family, as he had a son Thomas b. 1750, but discovered he married someone else. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >From jjackson@comteck.com Thu Jun 10 19:25:32 1999 To: <echo2@bright.net> Subject: Bill Kenedy's book From: "Jim Jackson" <jjackson@comteck.com> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 18:25:32 -0500 Hi Ellen, Just wanted to add my two cents worth about the enclosed portion of the last email that you sent out. I'm afraid that the information that Mr Kennedy recieved about this group of the Johnsons and there tie with the Pike Co Ky Johnsons is in error. I talked with the individual who gave Mr Kennedy this info and he feels terrible about it now. He admitted to me that he jumped the gun but the book was already in print. Please pass this along to the rest of your group and let them know that it was just an honest mistake by an avid Johnson researcher. Jimmie - ----------------------------------------------------------- Still looking at Robert , as I have found so much in "Annals of Tennessee", and "Carolina Cradle" that sounds possible. But again, I may be wrong. Won't be the first time. Happy Thanksgiving. Ellen Carper, echo2@bright.net