'Johnstone07'
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Families covered: Johnston of Edinburgh, Johnston of Elphinstone, Johnston of Leuchie
| Sir Gilbert Johnstone of Elphinstone, Sheriff of Edinburgh (d by 16.01.1497/8) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Elphinstone (da/heir of Alexander Elphinstone of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Adam Johnston of Elphinstone (d 1507/8) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Gilbert Johnston of Elphinstone (d Flodden 09.1513?) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Andrew Johnston of Elphinstone (d before 24.01.1564/5) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Douglas | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Johnston of Elphinstone (d 16.12.1594) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 24.03.1549/50) Margaret Ruthven (d by 29.10.1563, dau of William, 2nd Lord Ruthven) | |||||||||||||||
| MacGregor identifies which of James's wives was mother of his sons but does not do so for his daughters. The 2nd daughter Margaret is identifed by a marriage (to Adam Colt, that is not shown by MacGregor) as of the 2nd marriage so, provisionally, given that her 1st marriage was before her elder sister married, we show all the daughters as of that marriage. | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Patrick Johnston of Elphinstone (d 04.1606) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Dundas (a 1606, dau of George Dundas of Dundas, sister of Sir Walter of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Samuel Johnston, 1st Bart of Elphinstone (b c1600, d 18.02.1637) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.11.1607) Jean Douglas (dau of James (probably not Archibald) Douglas of Spott by Jean, dau/heir of Robert Home of Spot(t)) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir John Johnston, 2nd Bart of Elphinstone (bpt 18.07.1615, d before 04.1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.02.1635) Margaret Keith (dau of Robert Keith of Benholm) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir James Johnston, 3rd Bart of Elphinstone | ||||||||||||||
| MacGregor reports that Sir James "was serving as a Captain in the army of the Duke of Luneburg by April 1677. He is unheard of after that date and the Baronetcy has remained dormant since then." TCB (vol 2, 'Johnston of Elphinstone', p363), which supports a few of the above generations, reports that he was served heir to his father in June 1673 but "Of him, however, or his descendants nothing further is known". | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Margaret Johnston (bpt 10.1664) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Bothwell (brother of Alexander of Glencorse) | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - William (bpt 10.058.1638), John (bpt 22.06.1643, a 1663), Jean (bpt 30.05.1641) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Elizabeth Johnston (bpt 22.10.1611) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Seton of Pitmedden (d Bridge of Dee 18.06.1639) | |||||||||||||||
| MacGregor reports that Elizabeth was contracted (06.04.1643) to marry James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell, "but died before that could be fulfilled." | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - James (bpt 08.06.1613, d young), Marie, Anna | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Patrick Johnston (a 1623, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Allan | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Robert, Barbara, Martha, Marie | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Johnston (d 02.11.1603) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Haldane (a 1603) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Gilbert Johnstone (a 16247) Johnston | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Janet Melville (d 09.1612, dau of Sir John Melville of Rait, widow of Sir James Kirkcaldy of Grange) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | James Johnston (a 1603) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Robert Johnston of Leuchie (d before 02.1623) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susanna Hamilton | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Johnston of Leuchie | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Barbara Johnston presumed of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 03.01.1588) John Haldane, 12th of Gleneagles (d 1591, m1. Isobel, dau of David Home of Wedderburn) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (after 28.09.1594) David Home of Godscroft | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Margaret Johnston presumed of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (by 10.1580) Alexander Crichton of Naughton (m1. Christian, dau of Sir James Kirkcaldy of Grange) | |||||||||||||||
| Margaret apparently also married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1595) Adam Colt of Inveresk | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Jean Johnston (a 1601) presumed of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 09.12.1585) William Bonar of Rossie (d 02.1601) | |||||||||||||||
| (8) | Martha Johnston presumed of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 06.1603) Alexander Inglis (son/heir of John of Tarvit) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | John Johnston of Edinburgh (d 1606-7, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isobel Baron (dau of James Baron of Edinburgh) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Janet Johnston (a 1607) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Hamilton | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Barbara Johnston (a 1607) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Ker (minister at Preston) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Rachel Johnston (a 1607) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Robert Johnston of Leuchie & Edinburgh (a 1570) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Stevenson (dau of John Stevenson of Edinburgh) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Janet Johnston (d 09.1547) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Fairlie of Braid (m2. ??) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Mariota Johnston (d 1564) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 07.11.1551) David Home of Wedderburn | |||||||||||||||
| f. | (Elizabeth) Johnston | -- | |||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Cranstoun of Cranstoun | -- | ||||||||||||||
| g.+ | other issue - Gilbert (a 1551), Adam (a 12.1594, Provost of Crichton), Margaret (d young?), Agnes, Margaret, Janet | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | John Johnston (a 1494) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'RedBookScot' (Gordon MacGregor, vol 9 (2024 edition), 'Johnston of Elphinstone', p67+)
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