| Christopher Johnston 1750 - 1819 |
BIRTH NAME: Christopher Johnston
BIRTH: 1750 Moffat, Scotland
FATHER: John Johnston
MOTHER: Janet Swan of Dumfries
SIBLINGS: John Johnston
Janet Johnston 1753 - 1830
Robert Johnston 1756 - 1820 San Domingo
Elizabeth Johnston d.1786
MARRIAGE: 1779
SPOUSE: Susanna Sith b.1759 Northampton VA d.1838 Baltimore MD
CHILDREN: Maria Sith Johnston 1781
John Johnston 1783 Baltimore
Janet Johnston 1784 Baltimore
John Griffin Johnston 1786 Baltimore
m. Ariana Price
Robert Neilson Johnston 1788 Baltimore
m. Maria Pringle
Susanna Johnston 1791 Baltimore
Elizabeth Johnston(1) 1793 Baltimore d.infancy
Elizabeth Johnston(2)* 1795 Virginia
m. John M Hepburn
Christopher Johnston II 1807 Baltimore
VOCATION: Merchant
MILITARY: Revolutionary War Soldier & Patriot
RELIGION: Presbyterian (Ch of Scotland) [1]
DEATH: 1819 Baltimore MD
INTERRED: Westminster Church - Baltimore
NOTES: [1] Christopher and Susanna had all their children baptized at
First Presbyterian Church in Baltimore. Yet, one of their daughters was Sister Angela, a nun
in the Order/Oblates of Saint Ursula, known as Ursuline Sisters. Sr. Angela worked at a mission
in Matamoras, Mexico during the Mexican War of Independence. Her nephew Samuel C. Hepburn, a
civil engineer, spent time there doing work for the mission.
Additionally, there is a trail of involvement between this Johnston line and the Archbishop of
Baltimore. There are also various references online stating that the Johnstons in Scotland were
Roman Catholics.
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PERSONAL HISTORY:
1750 Born at Moffat, Scotland
1766 To America
1786 Married Susanna Stith
1774 Baltimore Indep Cadets - REvolutionary War
1781 Yorktown Campaign - Revolutionary War
1795 Incorporator of Bank of Baltimore
1802 Baltimore City Council
1804 Elder First Presbyterian Ch Baltimore
1816 Law passed allowing Christopher dispose of assets
1819 Died at Baltimore, MAryland
* Elizabeth(2). In what seems to me a strange custom, I've found many examples of couples who
lost an infant or very young child, then gave a subsequent child the same name.
1750-1819 Biograph  1763 Will of Robert Swan [Uncle Robert's will identifies Christopher still living in Moffat, Scotland]  1766 Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Christopher Johnston Year: 1750-1779 [believed 1766 at age 16] Source Publication Code: 1640.9 Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of mention in the New World. Birth date, occupation, names of family members, and a reference to sources listed on pages ix-xiv may also be provided Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. 169p. Page: 75 1778  1786-1800 Church Records 
1796 City Directory Listing U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830 Recordinfo Name: Christopher Johnston Dates: 1776-1800 Occupation: merchant Gender: Male Address: 199 Baltimore street Town: Baltimore American County: Maryland Source Date: 1796 Source Info: The Baltimore Town and Fell's Point Directory, containing the names, occupations, and places of abode of the inhabitants; arranged in alphabetical order; also A Register of the executive, legislative, and judicial magistrates of the United States and of the State of Maryland, with their salaries; Together, with a list of the duties payable at the port of Baltimore - and an abridged Almanac, shewing the days of the week and month for the year, &c. &c. The first edition., [1796], THOMPSON AND WALKER, Baltimore. Printed for the Proprietors, by Pechin & Co. No. 27, Gay-Street 1816 Archives of Maryland Online Session Laws, 1815 Volume 634, Page 122 Passed Jan. 19, 1816. May let. CHAPTER 113. An act to authorise Christopher Johnston of the City of Balt- more to lease and let out the leasehold estate and property which belonged to Daniel Deady deceased. Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Christopher Johnston of the city of Balti- more, one of the trustees named in the last will and testament of Daniel Deady late of Baltimore deceased, and who was heretofore appointed by the chancellor of Maryland, sole trus- tee for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the said will, be and he is hereby authorised and empowered, by and with the consent of Elizabeth, the wife of Richard B. Mitchell, and only child of the said Daniel Deady deceased, to be signified in writing under her hand, to lease and let out all or any part of the leasehold estate and property to which the said Daniel Deady was entitled at the time of his death, and which was vested in the trustee named in his will for the uses therein expressed, for the unexpired term or terms yet to come therein, with or without covenants for perpetual renewal, and that in as full and ample manner as the said Christopher John- ston is by virtue of the last will and testament aforesaid, and of the power vested in him by the chancellor, authorised and em- powered to lease and let out the lands or grounds whereof the said Daniel Deady died seized in fee; Provided nevertheless, AND BE IT ENACTED, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to interfere with or impair the rights of any person or persons not herein mentioned; And provided also, that the said trustee shall have power to lease or dispose of on- ly such leasehold property as belongs to or is vested in the said Elizabeth Mitchell, under and by virtue of the will of the said Daniel Deady or which was devised in trust for her use and benefit. 1819  |
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