Arthur Johnston (1587 - 1641)

Born 1587 in Caskieben, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Died Jun 1641 at about age 54 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

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Biography

Arthur Johnston is Notable.

Arthur Johnston was a Scottish poet and physician.

Arthur Johnston was the son of George Johnston of Caskieben and his wife Christian Forbes.^[1] He was born about 1579 in Caskieben, Aberdeenshire.^[2][3]

Arthur first went to Casimir College in Heidelberg, where some of his earliest poems were published, and then to Sedan in France. Arthur was awarded his Doctorate in Medicine in Padua in 1610. ^[2][3]

While in Sedan, Arthur married Marie de Cagnolles on 21 November 1604^[4] by whom he is reputed to have had 13 children^[2][3]. At least three of his children were baptised in Sedan:

1. Marie Jonstonne (bp 4 December 1605)^[5]
2. Daniel Jonston (bp 31 December 1606)^[6]
3. Françoise Jonston (bp 13 April 1608)^[7]

Arthur returned to Scotland where Marie died in 1624.^[2][3]

Arthur then married Barbara Gordon^[2][3] by whom he had several children:

1. Barbara Johnestone (bp 12 July 1631)^[8]
2. William Jonstonne (bp 15 December 1636)^[9]

Arthur also had a daughter, Margaret, who married George Dalgarno in 1652.^[2]

Arthur became a burgess of the City of Aberdeen in 1622, and was elected rector of King's College, Aberdeen in 1637.^[2][3]

Arthur Johnston died in Oxford, Oxfordshire in 1641^[2][3]

Research Note

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Sources

1. ↑ The Scots Peerage; Vol 4; pp 56-57; https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun04pauluoft#page/56/mode/2up
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; Johnston, Arthur; https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/14934; accessed 11 Sep 2019
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Musa Latina Aberdonensis; New Spalding Club; Vol II; 1895; pp vx-xxxi; https://archive.org/stream/publications09scotgoog#page/n24/mode/2up
4. ↑ "France, registres protestants, 1536-1897," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVN3-71RN : 11 March 2018), Artur Jouston and Marie De Cagnolles, 21 Nov 1604; citing Marriage, Sedan, Ardennes, France, Societe de L'histoire du Protestantisme Francais (Society of the history of French Protestantism), Paris.
5. ↑ "France, registres protestants, 1536-1897," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVN3-4X9K : 11 March 2018), Marie Jonstonne, 04 Dec 1605; citing Baptism, Societe de L'histoire du Protestantisme Francais (Society of the History of French Protestantism), Paris.
6. ↑ "France, registres protestants, 1536-1897," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTRQ-RX9?cc=1582585&wc=9WLB-927%3A1067483304%2C1067484102%2C1067484801 : 8 August 2015), France > Ardennes: Sedan > Baptêmes, 1598-1607 (Ms 663/3) > image 326 of 374; Societe de L'histoire du Protestantisme Francais (Society of the history of French Protestantism), Paris.
7. ↑ "France, registres protestants, 1536-1897," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVN3-WYHS : 11 March 2018), Françoise Jouston, 13 Apr 1608; citing Baptism, Societe de L'histoire du Protestantisme Francais (Society of the History of French Protestantism), Paris.
8. ↑ OPR Baptism indexes; JOHNESTONE, BARBARA; ARTHOR JOHNESTONE/BARBARA GORDONE FR818 (FR818); F; 12/07/1631; 168/A 30 16; Aberdeen; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
9. ↑ OPR Baptism indexes; JONSTONNE, WILLIAM; ARTHOR JONSTONNE/BARBARA GORDONN; M; 15/12/1636; 168/A 30 168; Aberdeen; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

See Also:

• Wikipedia Arthur Johnson
• Findagrave memorial Dr Arthur Johnstone
• Ancestry Profile
• Ancestry Profile
• Ancestry Profile
• A Resume of the Ancestry of William and John Johnson Colonial Friends of Virginia; Lorand V. Johnson, M.D.; Shaker Heights, Ohio, 1972; https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066176181&view=1up&seq=5; Text: DR. ARTHUR JOHNSTON, Latin Poet, Physician and Professor at Marischal College, had a son Edward, who married Elizabeth Walker and founded a numerous family in Virginia. His daughter Penelope married Christopher Clark, a descendant probably from Clan Chattan which descended from King Ferchar (d. 697) of Loarn. Arthur's son James migrated to Norfolk County Virginia and his son George migrated to Accomac County Virginia

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Mike Abramo for creating Johnston-4105 on 18 Sep 13.
• This person was created through the import of Campbell-Charsha Family Tree.ged on 28 February 2011.
• WikiTree profile Johnston-1343 created through the import of Crystal_s Family Tree (2).ged on Oct 17, 2011 by Crystal Hatch.
• This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Johnston-4837 was created by Ky Rogers through the import of Gedcom 2.0.ged on Mar 12, 2014.