Sir
Gilbert
Johnstone of Elphinstone
formerly Johnstone
Born after in Johnstone, Scotland
Ancestors 
Brother of
Catherine (Seton) Seton Lady Maxwell [half], George (Seton) Seton First Lord Seton [half], Janet (Seaton) Halyburton [half], Marion (Seton) Baillie [half], Elizabeth (Johnston) Spottiswoode [half], John Johnstone [half] and Matthew Johnstone [half]
Husband of
Agnes (Elphinstone) Johnstone
— married
about 1454 in Elphinstone, Lothian, Scotland
Descendants 
Father of
Adam Johnstone
Died after
at about age 49
in Johnstone, Scotland
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Research Notes
- Balfour states pg 236...direct male line is understood to be extinct.
- Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. Accessed May 6 2020.>Adam Johnstone, Vol I, pps 234-237
- Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2021. Internet Archive. Alexander Elphinstone, killed 1435, only dau. Agnes, Vol III, pg 527.
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The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2021), 1482/3/19. Date accessed: 26 February 2021.
http://www.rps.ac.uk/trans/1482/3/19
https://www.rps.ac.uk/search.php?action=fetch_jump&filename=jamesiii_ms&jump=jamesiii_t1483_6_13_d6_trans&type=ms&fragment=m1483_6_14_d6_ms
“On which day in parliament sitting our sovereign lord the king, his three estates being assembled and gathered, Sir Gilbert Johnstone of Elphinstone, knight, sheriff of Edinburgh, presented a letter of summons under the white wax and the testimonial of the great seal directed to him and his deputies for the summoning of Sir James of Liddale of Halkerston, knight.......”.
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https://ia800206.us.archive.org/9/items/historyofjohnsto00grah/historyofjohnsto00grah.pdf
CHAPTER XXVII. Johnstons of Elphinstone - Wishart and Knox - Younger Sons - Salton - Cousland-Johnstons of Newton-Edinburgh, etc. Page 307.
THE Johnstons of Elphinstone were early impoverished by a succession of lawsuits. Gilbert Johnstone of Johnstone married Agnes, the only daughter of Sir Alexander Elphinstone who was killed at the battle of Piperdean in 1435. Agnes and her descendants were opposed in her possession of Sir Alexander Elphinstone estates by the male heir who generation after generation carried on a lawsuit up to 1581. These Johnstouns were among the first Reformers.
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