Doreen I too have some elusive Johnston/Johnsons from St.Cuthberts, Edinburgh. My William Johnston was born in the late 1700's, but I can't find a record. he may have had a brothet Thomas . He married Elizabeth Black in 1810 in Edinburgh and they had one son, Michael Thomas, and two daughters, Ruth and Mary. Apart from not having Michael's birth (only his late marriage and death), there must have been other children. They were mostly baptised in St.Cuthbert's and Michael was married there later ( his bride's father, a crofter from north of Inverness apparently died there too, although this again is elusive ) But what I have been trying to get more infromation on is the birth of a William to William Johnston and Ann Thomson on 6 June 1775 in Edinburgh parish - any possible link ? Like you I am confused by all the Johnsons ect in one parish at about the same time.