Born about in Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of William Johnston
and Isabel (Maitland) Johnston
Brother of
James Johnstone and Marjorie (Johnston) Hume
Husband of
Eupham (Scott) Johnstone
— married
18 Apr 1686 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey
Descendants 
Father of
John Johnston Jr., Margaret (Johnson) Smyth, Andrew Johnston, Jennet (Johnstone) Parker, James A Johnston and George Johnston
Died
at about age 71
in Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey
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Biography
| Preceded by Caleb Heathcote |
John Johnstone
of New York City 1714-1719 |
Succeeded by Jacobus Van Courtlandt |
John was born in 1661.
31 May 1709 - deed for land in Somerset County, New Jersey:
- Hippaguonow, Shushakamin, Succolum, Sachamakers and other Indians. To John Johnston, George Willocks, Jacob van Horn, Garret van Horn and Abraham van Horn.
- Deed for Rocky Hill lands on Millstone River, New Jersey; consideration £160.18.9 lawful money.
- Signed by above named Indians' marks; also by Thomas Goulon, John Talbot and James Folkes.
He was the Middlesex representative in the NJ General Assembly for thirteen years, speaker for ten years, Mayor of New York from 1714-1718[1]
He married Euphaim Scott on April 18, 1686[2]. Their Children included:
- Euphemia (Eupham), born January 18, 1686/7 and died September 16, 1723[1] [2]
- Isabel, who was born August 10, 1688 and died August 15, 1688[1] [2]
- Catherine, born September 16, 1689 and died July 7, 1690[1] [2]
- John, born May 7, 1691[2], who married Elizabeth Jamieson, daughter of Hon David Jamieson in 1717[1]
- Margaret, born Feb 12, 1692/3[2], who married Lawrence Smith of New Jersey[1]
- Andrew, born December 20, 1694[2], who married Catherine, daughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt[1]
- William, born Devember 3, 1696, who died April 7, 1698[1] [2]
- Janet, born April 7, 1699[2], who married John son of Elisha Parker on September 16, 1721[1]
- James, born December 3, 1700[2], who married Elizabeth, daughter of Elisha Parker[1]
- George, born September 3, 1702[2], who married Bathsheba, daughter of Augustus Lucas of Rhode Island in 1721[1]
- Lewis, born December 10, 1704[2], who married Martha, daughter of Col. Caleb Heathcoate of NY[1]
- Isabel, born July 16, 1707[2], who died in July of 1708[1]
- Mary, born September 12, 1710[1] [2]
Will abstract: 1731. Oct. 29. Johnston. John, of Perth Amboy. Middlesex Co.; will of. Children—John, Andrew. Margaret Smyth, Jennet Parker, Mary and Lewis Johnston. Children of George Johnston. James Johnston, son of son James, deceased, farm on Hop River called Scots Chester in Monmouth County. Farm at Matchaponix that was formerly Robert Barclay's; 400 acres by patent dated June 20, 1688; farm on San�pink River at Crosswicks on which James Silver now lives, of 400 acres; 2,180 acres in Bergen County; land which belonged to Michael Hawdon, lying by Major Brockhool's, to hold in partnership with George Willocks. Executors—wife, Eupham, sons Andrew and Lewis Johnston and sons-in-law John Parker and Lawrence Smyth. Witnesses—Evan Drummond, John White, J. Stevens. 1732, Aug. 18. Codicil. To Mary Forster, daughter of Miles Forster, my friend, 500 or 600 acres on Passaick River between land of John Parker and Lawrence Smyth. To the widow and children of son John, 1000 acres in Evans Pattent in Province of New York. To Johnston, son of William Harrison, 5,800 acres in Bergen County, at 21 years. Executors—Rev. W. Skinner and James Alexander. Witnesses—Evan Drummond, Daniell Donalson Dunstar, Richard Fitzgerald. Proved Nov. 17, 1732. [3]
Obituary:[4]
- "On the 6th inst. died here in the 71st year of his age Doctor John Johnstone, very much lamented by all who knew him and to the inexpressible loss of the poor who were always his particular care."
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB437/i/13286/247/236186648 Some Annandale Johnstons in America] Volume 33, page 247 of The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record]. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1870-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.)
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Genealogical Records, Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages Taken From Family Bibles, 1581-1917|Genealogical Records, Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages Taken From Family Bibles, 1581-1917] (The Colonial Dames of the State of New York, New York, 1917), by Robison, Jeannie, see page C-174]
- ↑ Page 270 Calendar of New Jersey wills https://ia902700.us.archive.org/1/items/calendarofnewjer01newj/calendarofnewjer01newj.pdf
- ↑ Weekly Mercury, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19 September 1732
- Somerset County Historical Quarterly Vol. 3
- New Jersey, Calendar of Wills, 1670-1760
- New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 (ancestry online)
- Robison, Jeannie. Genealogical Records, Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages Taken From Family Bibles, 1581-1917 (The Colonial Dames of the State of New York, New York, 1917) Page 174-5
- John Johnstone in Wikipedia
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Categories: New York, New York, Mayors | Middlesex, New Jersey
I have a different father for Dr. John Johnstone b. 1661.
1660 Early History of Perth Amboy, New Jersey; pg. 68 - 71 (Abbreviated)
John Johnstone of Ochiltree selected land for a plantation 9 miles from Amboy, New Jersey and 4 miles from Piscataway. Scot gave letters from him.
John JOHNSTONE was born in 1661. He became a druggist in Edenborough.. On April 18, 1885 he married Eupham SCOT. He sailed to America aboard the Henry and Francis arriving in Dec. of 1685 at age 24. On Jan15, 1685/6 he petitioned the Board of Property for SCOT’S 500 acres in Monmouth Co., New Jersey. He called the property “ .SCOTSCHESTERBURG”. He lived in New York. Prior to 1707 he moved to Amboy. He had losses in importing people on the Henry & Francis and received an additional tract of land in Monmouth County of 30,500 acres. In 1709/10 he was a member of the Provisional Assembly of New Jersey. In 1720 he was on the Council of Governor Burnett in New York until 1722. He built a mansion on the banks of the Raritan River called “Edenborough Castle”. He also acquired 10,000 acres that Lord Neil CAMPBELL was to give to SCOT. John JOHNSTONE died Sept. 7, 1732, aged 71.
John SCOT was also from Ochiltree and since De. John Johnstone (Jr.) married Eupham Scot, this makes sense.
John Scot died on the journey from Scotland.
Cordially, Bruce E. McEwen
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