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Gilbert Johnston 1700 – 1775 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1700

Birth Location: Brompton, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 1775

Death Location: Brompton Plantation, Elizabethtown, Bladen, North Carolina, USA

Father: John Stapleton

Mother: Elizabeth Belchier

Spouse(s): Caroline (Ormondi), Carolina Ormodi

Children(s): Peter Johnson, Margaret Johnstone, Margaret (Johnstone), James Johnston, Gilbert Johnstone, Gabriel Johnston, Henry Johnston, Isabel Johnstone, William Johnston, Robert Johnstone, John Johnstone, Isabel Johnstone, Caroline Johnstone, PETER JOHNSTONE

In 1700, Gilbert Johnston Gentleman entered the world in Brompton, North Carolina, United States, born to John Samuel "The Honorable" Johnston of Stapleton and Elizabeth Belchier. Gilbert Johnston Gentleman married Caroline JOHNSTONE Ormonde (Ormondi), Carolina Ormodi, and had children including Peter Johnstone Johnson, Margaret Johnstone, Margaret Mary Johnston (Johnstone), James Johnston, Gilbert Johnstone, Gabriel Johnston, Henry Johnston, Isabel Johnstone, William Johnston, Robert Johnstone, John Johnstone, Isabel Johnstone, Caroline Johnstone, PETER JOHNSTONE. Gilbert Johnston Gentleman passed away in 1775 in Brompton Plantation, Elizabethtown, Bladen, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1700, Gilbert Johnston Gentleman entered the world in Brompton, North Carolina, United States, born to John Samuel "The Honorable" Johnston of Stapleton and Elizabeth Belchier.
  • Gilbert Johnston Gentleman married Caroline JOHNSTONE Ormonde (Ormondi), Carolina Ormodi, and had children including Peter Johnstone Johnson, Margaret Johnstone, Margaret Mary Johnston (Johnstone), James Johnston, Gilbert Johnstone, Gabriel Johnston, Henry Johnston, Isabel Johnstone, William Johnston, Robert Johnstone, John Johnstone, Isabel Johnstone, Caroline Johnstone, PETER JOHNSTONE.
  • Gilbert Johnston Gentleman passed away in 1775 in Brompton Plantation, Elizabethtown, Bladen, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Stapleton
1665 – 1720
Birth Location: Newbie Castle, Overlooking Bay Solney Fifth, Newbie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Belchier
1664 – 1703
Birth Location: Annanadale, Dufriesshire, , Scotland,
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Spouses(s)

Caroline (Ormondi)
1705 – 1765
Birth Location: Armagh, Armagh, Northern Ireland
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Carolina Ormodi
1700 – 1725
Birth Location: Armagh, Armagh, Ireland
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Children(s)

Peter Johnson
1710 – 1790
Birth Location: Wales
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Margaret Johnstone
1722 – 1765
Birth Location: Armagh, Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Margaret (Johnstone)
1722 – 1765
Birth Location: Argyll, Scotland
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James Johnston
1723 – 1765
Birth Location: Armagh, Northern Ireland
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Gilbert Johnstone
1725 – 1793
Birth Location: Armagh, Northern Ireland
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Gabriel Johnston
1726 – 1752
Birth Location: Armagh, Ireland
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Henry Johnston
1727 – 1760
Birth Location: Armagh, Northern Ireland
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Isabel Johnstone
1728 – 1755
Birth Location: Armagh, Ireland
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William Johnston
1729 – 1786
Birth Location: Armagh, Armagh, Northern Ireland
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Robert Johnstone
1730 – 1790
Birth Location: Armagh, Ireland
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John Johnstone
1731 –
Birth Location: Armagh, Armagh, Ireland
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Isabel Johnstone
1732 –
Birth Location: Scotland
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Caroline Johnstone
1732 –
Birth Location: Armagh, Ireland
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PETER JOHNSTONE
1735 – 1790
Birth Location: Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
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Gilbert Johnston's Ancestors

Self
Gilbert Johnston
1700 – 1775
Birth Place: Brompton, North Carolina, United States
Parents
John Samuel "The Honorable" Johnston of Stapleton
1665 – 1720
Newbie Castle, Overlooking Bay Solney Fifth, Newbie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Elizabeth Belchier
1664 – 1703
Annanadale, Dufriesshire, , Scotland,
Grandparents
James Johnstone
1625 – 1672
Dunskellie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Hanrietta Douglas
1633 – 1673
Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Gabriel (Richard) Belchier
1633 – 1693
Annanadale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Elizabeth Parsons
1635 – 1695
Newry, Down, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
James Johnstone
1602 – 1653
Margaret Douglass
1606 – 1677
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Johnstone
1567 – 1608
Sarah Maxwell
1570 – 1636
Sir Queensbury}
1585 – 1638
Isabell Kerr
1585 – 1628

Gilbert Johnston's Descendants

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Gilbert Johnston (1700 – 1775) m. Caroline (JOHNSTONE Ormonde) (Ormondi) (abt 1705 – 1765) m. Carolina Ormodi (1700 – 1725)
  1. 1. Peter (Johnstone) Johnson (1710 – 18 Sep 1790)
  2. 2. Margaret Johnstone (1722 – 1765)
  3. 3. Margaret (Mary Johnston) (Johnstone) (abt 1722 – 1765) m. John ("Immigrant") Graham (1710 – Bef. 07 Oct 1780) m. Gilbert Johnston (1725 – )
    1. 1. John Graham (abt 1731 – 22 Nov 1733)
    2. 2. William ("Will") Graham (abt 1732 – 28 Nov 1733)
    3. 3. Mary Graham (Bef. 1733 – )
    4. 4. Mercer Graham (abt 1742 – )
    5. 5. John (Graham) Jr. (abt 1746 – 14 May 1811)
    6. 6. William (Graham,) Sr (3 Dec 1748 – 14 Jul 1824)
    7. 7. Gilbert (Issac) Graham (abt 1750 – 1796)
    8. 8. Joseph Graham (Abt. 1752 – 1837)
    9. 9. Jennet Graham (abt 1754 – )
    10. 10. Mercer Graham (1755 – )
  4. 4. James Johnston (abt 1723 – 1765)
  5. 5. Gilbert Johnstone (1725 – 1793) m. Margaret Warburton (1725 – 1763)
    1. 1. Hugo (Warburton) Johnston (1751 – May 1794) m. Susanna (Johnston) Barfield (1752 – 1787)
      1. 1. James Johnston (1755 – Cal. 27 Nov Qtr 4713/14 BC) m. Mary ("Patsy") Johnston (1761 – ) m. Frances (JOHNSTON) Haley (1765 – 20 Oct 1833) m. Frances (JOHNSTON) Haley (1755 – 1833)
        1. 1. Robert Johnston (Abt. 1787 – 11 Mar 1836)
        2. 2. John (Jefferson (or James?)) Johnston (27 January 1783 – 23 September 1853) m. Celia (Anne or Jane JOHNSTON) Floyd (1785 – abt 1818) m. Mary (Ann Molsie JOHNSTON) Hodges (1792 – 1879) m. Hannah Springer (20 Aug 1793 – 1870)
        3. 3. Easter Johnston (abt 1784 – Bef. 11 Nov 1853)
        4. 4. William Johnston (abt 1785 – bef 1832)
        5. 5. Easter Johnston (1786 – bef 1832)
        6. 6. James Johnston (15 Mar 1788 – 16 May 1847) m. Mary (Venus JOHNSTON) Brown (19 Feb 1793 – 13 Oct 1883)
        7. 7. Peter Johnston (abt 1790 – bef 1832)
        8. 8. Ransom Johnston (abt 1790 – bef 1853)
        9. 9. Haley Johnson (1792 – 1859)
        10. 10. Haley Johnston (28 Nov 1792 – Bef. 08 May 1857)
        11. 11. William Johnston (Bef. 28 Nov 1792 – Bef. 11 Nov 1853)
        12. 12. John Johnson (Bef. Mar 1798 – Bef. 05 Apr 1849)
        13. 13. Frances Johnston (28 Mar 1798 – 23 December 1874)
        14. 14. Lovey (RIDGEWAY) Johnston (28 mar 1798 – 31 Jan 1843) m. John (William Ridgeway) Ridgway (abt. 1798 – aft 1860)
        15. 15. Sarah Susannah
        16. 16. William Johnston (abt 1785 – bef 1832)
        17. 17. Easter Johnson (1786 – 1832)
        18. 18. John Johnston (1786 – 3 Sep 1853)
        19. 19. Easter Johnston (1786 – bef 1832)
        20. 20. William Johnson (1787 – 1832)
        21. 21. Peter Johnston (abt 1790 – bef 1832)
        22. 22. Haley Johnston (28 Nov 1792 – 1859)
        23. 23. Peter Johnson (Bef. 28 Nov 1792 – Bef. 11 Nov 1853)
        24. 24. Lovey Johnston (1795 – 1843)
        25. 25. Lovey Johnston (1795 – before 1843)
        26. 26. Frances Johnston (28 Mar 1798 – 6 Aug 1874)
        27. 27. Frances Johnston (28 Mar 1798 – 23 December 1874)
        28. 28. Ransom Johnson (Aft. 28 Mar 1798 – Bef. 11 Nov 1853)
        29. 29. Ransom Johnston (abt 1805 – bef 1853)
      2. 2. Susanna Johnston (Abt. 1775 – 1852)
      3. 3. Jane Johnston (Abt. 1777 – Bef. 1838)
      4. 4. Richard Johnston (Bet. 1777–1794 – )
      5. 5. Samuel (Barfield) Johnstone (21 Jun 1786 – 9 March 1863)
      6. 6. Gabriel Johnston (1789 – Sep 1889)
      7. 7. James Johnston (1790 – )
      8. 8. Jean Johnston (1791 – )
      9. 9. Margaret (A) Johnston (18 Sep 1793 – 23 Feb 1841)
      10. 10. Hugh (G "Huger") Johnston (22 Feb 1794 – Sep 1889)
      11. 11. Henry Johnstone
    2. 2. William (Johnston) (Johnstone) (abt 1753 – bef 1800)
    3. 3. Susanna ("Susan" Johnston) (Johnstone) (abt 1754 – )
    4. 4. Gilbert Johnstone (abt 1756 – 1824)
    5. 5. Jean ((Jane) "Jennie") Johnston (1760 – )
    6. 6. Martha Johnston (abt 1762 – aft 1803)
    7. 7. Isabella (Warburton "Isabell") Johnston (3 Jul 1763 – 4 Aug 1837 (25 Dec 1837))
  6. 6. Gabriel Johnston (abt 1726 – 1752)
  7. 7. Henry Johnston (abt 1727 – 1760 (1773))
  8. 8. Isabel Johnstone (abt 1728 – 1755)
  9. 9. William Johnston (abt 1729 – 13 Oct 1786)
  10. 10. Robert Johnstone (abt 1730 – aft 1790)
  11. 11. John Johnstone (1731 – )
  12. 12. Isabel Johnstone (1732 – )
  13. 13. Caroline Johnstone (abt 1732 – )
  14. 14. PETER JOHNSTONE (1735 – 18 April 1790)

Gilbert Johnston's Timeline

3 Records

1700
1700
Birth of Gilbert Johnston Gentleman in Annanadale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Annanadale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1700
1700
Birth of Gilbert Johnston Gentleman in Brompton, North Carolina, United States
Brompton, North Carolina, United States
1775
1775
Age 75
Death of Gilbert Johnston Gentleman in Brompton Plantation, Elizabethtown, Bladen, North Carolina, USA
Brompton Plantation, Elizabethtown, Bladen, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1700
    Event Place: Annanadale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 259; SAR Membership Number: 51683
    [2] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 38.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GKH

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1700
    Event Place: Brompton, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1746
    Event Place: Cape Fear, Chatham, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Cape Fear, North Carolina; Year: 1746; Page Number: 101

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1775
    Event Place: Brompton Plantation, Elizabethtown, Bladen, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 259; SAR Membership Number: 51683
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