Born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Johnstone
and Henrietta (Douglas) Johnstone
Sister of
Mary (Johnstone) Lindsay, Margaret (Johnstone) Montgomery, Isabel Johnstone, James Johnstone, William Johnstone KT, John Johnstone, George Johnstone, Henrietta (Johnstone) Carmichael and Anna Johnstone [half]
Wife of
James Chalmers
— married
about 1670 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Margaret (Chalmers) Carruthers
Died
at about age 55
in Johnstone, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Mar 2012
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Biography
Lady Janet (Douglas) Johnstone - Chalmers was born in 1650 in Scotland
to Lady Henrietta (Gordon) Douglas - Johnstone, age 17, and
James Johnstone, age 25. She married James Chalmers of Dam
in Liberton, Midlothian, Scotland, in 1670 when she was 20 yrs old
She was the sister of Mary (Johnstone) Lindsay, Margaret (Johnstone) Montgomery, Isabel Johnstone, James Johnstone, William Johnstone, John Johnstone, George Johnstone, Henrietta (Johnstone) Carmichael and Anna Johnstone.
Sources
- [Scots Peerage Vol 1 Author: Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931. Publisher: Edinburgh : D. Douglas 1904. Page 264 #8.
- Scots Peerage Vol 1 Author: Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931. Publisher: Edinburgh : D. Douglas 1904. Page 264 #8.
- WikiTree profile Johnstone-236 created through the import of Turnham Family Tree.ged on Mar 6, 2012 by Blake Turnham. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Blake and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Janet by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Janet:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Janet by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Janet:
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~0.78%
Robert Dalzell
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