Elizabeth (Lichtenstein) Johnston (1764 - 1848)

Born 28 May 1764 in Ogeechee, Georgia

Ancestors

Wife of William Morton Johnston — married about 21 Nov 1779 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 24 Sep 1848 at age 84 in Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Elizabeth (Lichtenstein aka Lightenstone) Johnston was born on May 28, 1764 in Ogeechee, Georgia. She was the daughter of Johann "John" G. Lichtenstein and Catherine (Delegal) Lichtenstein. He married William (Moreton) Morton Johnston on November 21, 1779 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Together, they were the parents of Andrew Johnston, Lewis Johnston, Catherine Johnston, Elizabeth Wildman (Johnston) Ritchie, Laleah Peyton (Johnston) Almon, John Johnston, and James William Johnston. She passed away on September 24, 1848 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Elizabeth (Lichtenstein aka Lightenstone) Johnston is famous as the author of "Recollections of a Georgia Loyalist", one of the few eye-witnesses of the Loyalist experience in Nova Scotia.

Sources

• Julie Morris and Wendy L. Thorpe, “LICHTENSTEIN, ELIZABETH,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 1988, accessed March 21, 2016.
• D. A. Sutherland, “JOHNSTON, JAMES WILLIAM,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume 10, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 1972.
• Johnston, Elizabeth Lichtenstein. Recollections of a Georgia Loyalist. New York: Bankside Press, 1901. Page 24.
• Beaton Institute: Elizabeth Lichtenstein
• Jasanoff M. Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World. Knopf/Harper Press; 2011. Pages 42-45. Public Library Call 973.3 JAS
• Calnek, William Arthur. History of the County of Annapolis: Including Old Port Royal and Acadia: with Memoirs of Its Representatives in the Provincial Parliament, and Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Early English Settlers and Their Families. Annapolis N.S: William Briggs, 1897. Pages 439-441.
• Calnek, William Arthur, A Brief Memoir of the Late Honorable James William Johnston, First Judge in Equity of Nova Scotia. St. John, N. B.: Geo. A. Knodell, 1884.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #125651283, Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada