While searching the Culpeper List archives, I noticed that there was some interest in this family a few months ago. I can offer some information about them in case that interest still exists. There is a long genealogical footnote about them in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. XXXVIII (July, 1930), p. 244 ff, which is a good starting point, but ignore the part about William's having been the son of the Marquis of Annandale--that lordly William died in 1721. I don't know where the William Johnston who married Ann Chew came from--possibly Scotland, possibly Gloucester Co., Va. William and Ann's children, according to the VMHB note, were: 1. Joseph, who died young. 2. ROBERT ( who was of interest in prior postings to this list) married, first, Ann Cook and, second, Lucy Ann Overton. I don't remember seeing anything about his marrying Peggy McClanahan. 3. Larkin, married Mary Rogers. 4. Judith, married Robert Farish. 5. John 6. Benjamin, married Dorothy Jones and eventually moved to what became Louisville, Kentucky. One of their sons was the General George Washington Johnston, asked about in a prior posting. "General" was his name (!), not his rank. 7. James, married Mary Ware. 8. William, married, first, Ann Flint and, second Elizabeth Winn. 9. Hannah, married Francis Coleman, the son of William Johnston's third wife, Elizabeth Wyatt Coleman. 10. Richard, who married, first, Dorothy Waller and, second, Ann Smith. 11. Elizabeth, married John Benger. After Ann Chew's death, William married, in 1744, Betty Taylor, widow of James Taylor. She bore William two daughters, Lettice and Sarah. After her death, James Taylor's relatives, in 1749, sued William, probably over whatever was left of James's estate. I haven't found out what became of the two girls. William married for the third time Elizabeth Wyatt Coleman, widow of Samuel Coleman. They had two children, Philip and Catherine. William Johnston was sheriff of Spotsylvania County in 1731 and was a member of the House of Burgesses from Spotsylvania, 1736-40. He was a captain in that county's militia. However, in later years he was a merchant in Caroline County. The only one of this family that I know lived in Culpeper County was William and Ann's son, Richard. Richard's son, Richard Waller Johnston, was born at Culpeper Court House, April 18, 1768, and baptized by Rev. John Thompson. Surities were French and Lucy Strother, Hugh and Fanny Cruder, and Joel Williams. Richard advertised in the Virginia Gazette, April 14, 1768, "a scheme of a Lottery for disposing of a tract of Land, Slaves, &c . . . intended to raise a sum of money to discharge my debts." He gave his address as "Culpeper court-house." The land was in Spotsylvania and the slaves were named John and Judy. In the Gazette, Sept. 21, 1769, still living in Culpeper, Richard advertised for the return of a runaway convict servant and "a Negro boy named Frank, about 13 years old." I don't know how long Richard Johnston lived in Culpeper or whether he was related to any of the other Johnstons who lived there. He married his second wife in Louisa County in 1772 and their two children were born in Caroline. This has gone on 'way too long; I have more information about the family that I can share and I would very much appreciate other information anyone may have, especially about Richard's relationship, if any, to other Culpeper Johnstons. Kind Regards, Joe Johnston Dodge City, Kansas