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Hon. Col. William I Johnston 1628–1688 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1628

Birth Location: Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 23 Mar 1688

Death Location: Upperbanks, Johnstone, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Father: James Hartfell

Mother: Lady Hartly)

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Hon. Col. William I Johnston was born in 1628 in Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of James Johnstone 1St Earl Of Hartfell And Lady Margaret Hamilton Douglass Countess Of Hartly. Hon. Col. William I Johnston passed away in 1688 in Upperbanks, Johnstone, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Hon. Col. William I Johnston was born in 1628 in Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of James Johnstone 1St Earl Of Hartfell And Lady Margaret Hamilton Douglass Countess Of Hartly.
  • Hon. Col. William I Johnston passed away in 1688 in Upperbanks, Johnstone, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

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Hon. Johnston's Ancestors

Self
Hon. Johnston
1628–1688
Birth Place: Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell
1602–1653
Annandale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Hamilton Douglass (Countess of) Hartly)
1606–1804
Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Knight James Laird of Johnstone) Sr.
1567–1608
Johnstone, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Ilk
1544–1587
Lady Scott
1549–1613
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Ii
1528–1567
Margaret Angus
1525–1617
Sir Buccleuch
1522–1593
Gisela "Creich"
1521–1579

Hon. Johnston's Timeline

2 Records

1628
abt 1628
Birth of Hon. Col. William I Johnston in Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1688
23 Mar 1688
Age 60
Death of Hon. Col. William I Johnston in Upperbanks, Johnstone, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Upperbanks, Johnstone, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1628
    Event Place: Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Mar 1688
    Event Place: Upperbanks, Johnstone, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

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