William Johnson
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William Johnson (abt. 1676 - 1712)

William Johnson aka Johnston
Born about in Aberdeen, Scotlandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of [uncertain] and [mother unknown]
Brother of , and
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , and
Died at about age 36 in New Kent County, Colony of Virginiamap
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Biography

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William Johnson was a Virginia colonist.

William along with brother John and Alexander came to America in 1696 because their father, James Johnston had no property. He was the youngest in his family so possessed nothing of the family's estate -- Caskieben. Earliest recorded ancestor: Stephen de Johnston (or Johnestoun) married Margaret of Caskieben in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Ancestor William Johnston married Margaret of Fife and "fell on the field of Flodden" in 1513. Ancestor Willam Johnston married Margaret Hay and "fell on the field of Pinkie" in 1547. George Johnston married Christine Forbes and became a Quaker.

William was likely a Quaker when he came to America and likely settle in Virginia because he married Sarah Massie of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County Virginia.


Sources

Book The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter's Parish, 1684-1768 Transcribed C.G. Chamberlayne, p. 433 Death of both William Johnson, Date: 6 Nov 1712 and wife Sarah, Date: 28 Oct 1709 - See uploaded page 433: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Johnson-4465

https://archive.org/stream/parishregisterof00stpe#page/62/mode/2up The parish register of Saint Peter's, New Kent county, Virginia from 1680 to 1787] Author: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Publisher: Richmond, W. E. Jones, Printer. Page: 62. Death

Other Sources

Book: Johnson, Lorand V. 1905-1986. The Descendants of William And John Johnson: Colonial Friends of Virginia.  Cleveland, O., 1940.

William Johnson View Tree Sex Male Birth 1677 Of,Aberdeen,Scotland Death 6 November 1714 Of,New Kent,Virginia PARENTS Father James Johnston Mother Margaret Alexander MARRIAGES (1) Spouse Sarah Massie Marriage 1698 ,New Kent,Virginia NOTES (1) Ancestral File Number:<AFN> JF52-FG From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. CITING THIS RECORD The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9CXX-D4Q : accessed 2017-08-22), entry for William Johnson, submitted by jmboulle2750138. ANCESTRAL FILE Ancestral File Number 5H6L-JZ2 PEDIGREE RESOURCE FILE Person Count 65,297 Submission ID MM95-LTQ





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Death Record for both William Johnson and his wife Sarah
Death Record for both William Johnson and his wife Sarah


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Julie Kasnick
William and John were not brothers according to Gersom Perdue- a well known Quaker that knew of the family history and grew up around william and Johns descendants - He wrote a letter of account of the family in 1880 when he was in his late 80s - Sir william JohnSton was a scotsman- John Johnson was a descendant of William the conquer - All of the mis information came from the erroneous Lorand Johnson which everybody bases these two from - They are not descended from James the lister who is the grandson of a Thomas of Craig- That James never left Scotland - A Dna test disproved John Johnson was from the caskiben line - Nobody to date has done a male Y DNA test on williams descendants- however it is believed that he is descended from a non craig cadet branch of the caskiben line that was here much earlier then 1698 -
posted by Julie Kasnick
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Forbus-22 Ron Johnston Forbus Esquire
MRCA 6.6-7.7 generations back.

I share DNA with every person listed when 3cM is applied. When 5cM is applied it shows estimated generations back to MCRA.

Looking for paternal line of Thomas Johnston--- Oslow, NC to Newberry, SC.

posted by Ron Johnston Forbus Esquire
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
I removed PPP because it was not supported by a project as manager (just a project box is not sufficient). If you feel that this profile needs to be protected, please contact the Virginia Project (probably the best option, although you could "shop around" by posting to G2G).

Cheers, Liz

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Hawkins-9192 Paula (Hawkins) Reinke
Hi, a friendly note that this profile is listed for correcting this weeks minor errors. I removed duplicated <references /> tags - Fixing error 866.

WikiTree Data Doctor - Paula Ann

posted by Paula (Hawkins) Reinke
Quackenbush-118 Carrie Quackenbush
I don't know if he was a Quaker himself but all of his descendants were, as far as I know. https://archive.org/details/descendantsofwil00john Maybe it was just Benjamin and his descendants?
posted by Carrie Quackenbush
J-276 Paula J
Do you have a source for the likely a Quaker? I am working on this line. He and his son William after him have all of their kids in the St Peter's Parish records.

Thanks!!

posted by Paula J
[Living Daly]
Johnson-4465 and Johnston-1544 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate
posted by [Living Daly]
Quackenbush-118 Carrie Quackenbush
Johnson-31202 and Johnson-4465 appear to represent the same person because: The dates are missing but this is obviously the same person. Thanks!
posted by Carrie Quackenbush

Rejected matches › William John Johnson (abt.1892-) › William Johnson (1837-1855) › William E. Johnson › William Johnson (abt.1730-) › William Johnson (abt.1676-)

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