David Johnston (abt. 1824 - 1894)

Born about 1824 in Ballyreagh, County Antrim, Ireland

Husband of Agnes (Caldwell) Johnston — married 25 Feb 1857 in Dunaghy, County Antrim, Ireland

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1894 at about age 70 in Ballyreagh, County Antrim, Ireland

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Biography

David was born about 1824. He was the son of David Johnston. He passed away in 1894. He married Nancy Agnes Calwell on 25 Feb 1857 at Clough Presbyterian Church, Clough Antrim. He died from an infection in the knee on 3 Jan 1894 with his wife, Nancy, present at the death. He was described as 75 years of age. He is buried in Clough graveyard.

Census

• 1841 Ireland Census: Name David Johnston; Relationship Half Brother; Age 17; Estimated Birth Year abt 1824; Census Location Ballyreagh; Census year 1841

John Johnston 36 Farmer

Mary Johnston 50 Stepmother

Nancy Johnston 26 Half-sister

Eliza Johnston 24 Half-sister

Sarah Johnston 21 Half-sister

David Johnston 17 Half-brother

Robert Johnston 14 Half-brother

Ellen Johnston 11 Half-sister

David Johnston 74 Father, d.1840

• 1851 Ireland Census: Name: David Johnston; Age: 20; Birth Year: abt 1831; Relationship: Son; Townland: Ballycreagh; Parish: Dunaghy

Mary Johnston 63 Widow; landholder

Elisabeth Johnston 26 Daughter

Sarah Johnston 23 Daughter

Ellen Johnston 21 Daughter

David Johnston 20 Son

Matilda Delafer 20 servant

Thomas Erwin 8 servant

John Johnston 42 son

Will

David Johnston 3 Jan 1894 - The last will and testament of David Johnston Ballyreagh Clough Co. Antrim. In the name of God Amen. The 31st day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety three. I David Johnston of Ballyreagh County of Antrim being in delicate health but in sound mind and memory do make this my last will and testament at the same time revoking all former wills made m]by me declaring this to be my last will and testament. First I give and bequeath unto my wife Nancy Johnston all my property and chattels during her natural life and if the said Nancy Johnston and my son David Johnston do not choose to live together I allow my son David Johnston to give my wife Nancy Johnston the room next John Johnston’s to dwell in together with the sum of eight pounds sterling per summer and eight loads of turf per summer and at her decease I allow my property and chattels to fall to my son David Johnston who is at the same time to pay to my daughter Nancy Jane Adams the sum of £5 and to my daughter Lizzie Johnston the sum of £20.At the same time I do appoint Mr Andrew Calwell farmer Ballyreagh and Mr David Johnston farmer and smith, Tullynewey, joint executors of this my last will and testament to which I hereunto add my seal this 31st day of December 1893 - David Johnston (his mark) -signed in presence of John Johnston (his mark), Ballyreagh Clough Co. Antrim - William Morton, Ballyreagh - probate of the will of David Johnston deceased granted on the 5 day of March 1894 to Andrew Calwell and David Johnston the executors therein named.

Sources

• Ancestry.com. Ireland, 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Northern Ireland) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.; Original data: Masterson, Josephine. Ireland: 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Northern Ireland). Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1999.
• "Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGC8-TGY : 10 February 2018), David Johnson and Nancy Caldwell, 25 Feb 1857; citing Dunaghy, Ant, Ireland, reference 100, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 101,383.
• http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1851/Antrim/Kilconway/Dunaghy/Ballyreagh/15/
• Name DAVID JOHNSTON; Date of Death 1894; Group Registration ID 3943425; SR District/Reg Area Ballymena; Deceased Age at Death 75
• https://apps.proni.gov.uk/WillsCalendar_IE/WillsSearch.aspx
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63675147/david-johnston