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John Samuel "The Honorable" Johnston of Stapleton 1665 – 1720 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Sep 1665

Birth Location: Newbie Castle, Overlooking Bay Solney Fifth, Newbie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 14 Jan 1720

Death Location: Johnstone Parish, Annandale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Father: James Johnstone

Mother: Hanrietta Douglas

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Belchier, Elspet Wright

Children(s): Janet JOHNSTONE, Thomas Johnston, James Johnstone, John Johnstone, Mary Johnston, Gabriel Johnstone, Gilbert Johnston, Samuel (Johnstone), Elizabeth (Johnstone), John Johnston, Margaret Johnstone, James Johnstone

The story of John Samuel "The Honorable" Johnston of Stapleton Major General began in 1665 in Newbie Castle, Overlooking Bay Solney Fifth, Newbie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. John Samuel "The Honorable" Johnston of Stapleton Major General married Elizabeth Belchier, Elspet Wright, and had children including Janet JOHNSTONE, Thomas Johnston, James Johnstone, John James Bradshaw Johnstone, Mary Johnston, Gabriel Johnstone, Gilbert Johnston, Samuel Johnston (Johnstone), Elizabeth Johnston (Johnstone), John Johnston, Margaret Johnstone, James Johnstone. John Samuel "The Honorable" Johnston of Stapleton Major General passed away in 1720 in Johnstone Parish, Annandale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of John Samuel "The Honorable" Johnston of Stapleton Major General began in 1665 in Newbie Castle, Overlooking Bay Solney Fifth, Newbie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
  • John Samuel "The Honorable" Johnston of Stapleton Major General married Elizabeth Belchier, Elspet Wright, and had children including Janet JOHNSTONE, Thomas Johnston, James Johnstone, John James Bradshaw Johnstone, Mary Johnston, Gabriel Johnstone, Gilbert Johnston, Samuel Johnston (Johnstone), Elizabeth Johnston (Johnstone), John Johnston, Margaret Johnstone, James Johnstone.
  • John Samuel "The Honorable" Johnston of Stapleton Major General passed away in 1720 in Johnstone Parish, Annandale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Johnstone
1625 – 1672
Birth Location: Dunskellie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Hanrietta Douglas
1633 – 1673
Birth Location: Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Belchier
1664 – 1703
Birth Location: Annanadale, Dufriesshire, , Scotland,
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Elspet Wright
1660 – 1693
Birth Location: Annandale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Janet JOHNSTONE
1685 –
Birth Location: Banffshire Scotland
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Thomas Johnston
1695 – 1751
Birth Location: Newbie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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James Johnstone
1697 – 1772
Birth Location: Westerhall, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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John Johnstone
1697 – 1757
Birth Location: St Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Mary Johnston
1698 – 1752
Birth Location: Annandale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Gabriel Johnstone
1699 – 1752
Birth Location: Annandale, Southdean, Dumfries-shire, Scottish Borders, Scotland
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Gilbert Johnston
1700 – 1775
Birth Location: Brompton, North Carolina, United States
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Samuel (Johnstone)
1702 – 1756
Birth Location: Annanadale, Dumfriedsshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth (Johnstone)
1704 – 1789
Birth Location: Dundee, Forfar, Angus County, Scotland
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John Johnston
– 1797
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
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Margaret Johnstone
1689 –
Birth Location: Grange, Banffshire, Scotland
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James Johnstone
1692 –
Birth Location: Banffshire Scotland
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John Stapleton's Ancestors

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John Stapleton
1665 – 1720
Birth Place: Newbie Castle, Overlooking Bay Solney Fifth, Newbie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
James Johnstone
1625 – 1672
Dunskellie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Hanrietta Douglas
1633 – 1673
Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
James Johnstone
1602 – 1653
Dunskellie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Margaret Douglass
1606 – 1677
Dunskellie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Johnstone
1567 – 1608
Sarah Maxwell
1570 – 1636
Sir Queensbury}
1585 – 1638
Isabell Kerr
1585 – 1628
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Ilk
1544 – 1597
Margaret Scott
1549 – 1613

John Stapleton's Descendants

1.
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John (Samuel "The Honorable" Johnston of) Stapleton (3 Sep 1665 – 14 Jan 1720) m. Elizabeth Belchier (1664 – 1703) m. Elspet Wright (abt 1660 – 1693)
  1. 1. Janet JOHNSTONE (1685 – )
  2. 2. Thomas Johnston (abt 1695 – 13 Aug 1751)
  3. 3. James Johnstone (9 Feb 1697 – 10 Dec 1772)
  4. 4. John (James Bradshaw) Johnstone (23 Apr 1697 – 28 Feb 1757)
  5. 5. Mary Johnston (abt 1698 – 17 Jul 1752)
  6. 6. Gabriel Johnstone (abt 1699 – 17 Jul 1752) m. Penelope (Eden Golland) Johnstone (7 Jun 1690 – 1749) m. Frances (Button) (Butler) ( – abt 1768)
    1. 1. Henry Johnston (abt 1739 – 1772)
    2. 2. Caroline Johnstone (Abt. 1740 – )
    3. 3. Penelope (Mary Johnston) Dawson (abt 1741 – 16 Jul 1797)
    4. 4. Henry Johnstone
    5. 5. Frances (Kathleen) Johnston
  7. 7. 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)
        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)
  8. 8. Samuel (Johnston) (Johnstone) (abt 1702 – 13 Nov 1756)
  9. 9. Elizabeth (Johnston) (Johnstone) (23 Jul 1704 – 15 Nov 1789) m. Thomas Kenan (1700 – 6 Nov 1765)
    1. 1. Jane Kenan (1730 – 1 Oct 1807)
    2. 2. James Kenan (23 Sep 1740 – 23 May 1810) m. Sarah Love (13 MAR 1747 – 22 Mar 1819)
      1. 1. Thomas Kenan (26 Feb 1771 – 22 Oct 1843) m. Mary Rand (17 Jan 1781 – 21 Sep 1856)
        1. 1. William Kenan (1795 – 28 Jul 1873)
        2. 2. Catherine (Elizabeth) Kenan (30 Oct 1800 – 3 Jul 1891)
        3. 3. Sarah Kenan (21 Jul 1802 – 21 Nov 1845)
        4. 4. Owen (Rand) Kenan (4 Mar 1804 – 3 Mar 1887)
        5. 5. Julia (Susannah) Kenan (25 Feb 1806 – 11 May 1898)
        6. 6. John (Rand) Kenan (24 Jun 1808 – 7 Jul 1886)
        7. 7. Daniel (Love) Kenan (25 Aug 1816 – 3 May 1910)
        8. 8. William (Kimbro) Kenan (27 Sep 1819 – 31 Jul 1858)
        9. 9. Mary (Rand) Kenan (26 Apr 1823 – 20 Sep 1903)
      2. 2. Catherine Kenan (1772 – 14 Jun 1848)
      3. 3. Mary (Elizabeth) Kenan (abt 1773 – 14 Jun 1848)
      4. 4. Owen Kenan (1775 – 1775)
      5. 5. Susannah ("Susan") Kenan (23 Dec 1775 – 13 Oct 1822)
      6. 6. Daniel (Love) Kenan (18 Dec 1780 – 13 Oct 1840) m. Mary James (9 Mar 1788 – 28 Oct 1811) m. Elizabeth James (14 Feb 1796 – 1831)
        1. 1. Thomas (James) Kenan (29 Jan 1810 – 23 Jan 1842)
        2. 2. Sarah (Elizabeth) Kenan (17 Oct 1811 – )
        3. 3. William (Owen) Kenan (17 May 1813 – )
        4. 4. Mary (James) Kenan (29 Jun 1815 – 14 Sep 1815)
        5. 5. Temperance (Jane) Kenan (30 Oct 1816 – 20 Jun 1840)
        6. 6. Michael (Molten) Kenan (9 Apr 1820 – 4 Jul 1820)
        7. 7. Susan (Catherine) Kenan (21 Feb 1822 – )
        8. 8. Daniel (Lafayette) Kenan (23 Mar 1825 – 1 Feb 1884)
      7. 7. Sarah Kenan (18 Mar 1783 – 8 Apr 1821)
      8. 8. Jane Kenan (28 Feb 1788 – 26 Apr 1858)
      9. 9. Sally (Katherine "Kitty") Norment (12 Dec 1791 – 9 Oct 1836)
    3. 3. Owen Kenan (1743 – Apr 1789)
    4. 4. Elizabeth Kenan (1745 – 15 Nov 1826)
    5. 5. Penelope Kenan (1745 – 1 Sep 1814)
    6. 6. Michael (Johnston) Kenan (26 Aug 1746 – 1799)
    7. 7. Arabella Kenan (1748 – )
    8. 8. Thomas Kenan
  10. 10. John Johnston ( – 28 Feb 1797)
  11. 11. Margaret Johnstone (6 May 1689 – )
  12. 12. James Johnstone (11 Sep 1692 – )

John Stapleton's Timeline

3 Records

1665
3 Sep 1665
Birth of John Samuel "The Honorable" Johnston of Stapleton Major General in Newbie Castle, Overlooking Bay Solney Fifth, Newbie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Newbie Castle, Overlooking Bay Solney Fifth, Newbie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1714
29 Sep 1714
Age 49
Death of John Samuel "The Honorable" Johnston of Stapleton Major General in Johnstone Parish, Annandale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Johnstone Parish, Annandale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1720
14 Jan 1720
Age 55
Death of John Samuel "The Honorable" Johnston of Stapleton Major General in Johnstone Parish, Annandale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Johnstone Parish, Annandale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Sep 1665
    Event Place: Newbie Castle, Overlooking Bay Solney Fifth, Newbie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1685
    Event Place: Perth Amboy, New Jersey
    Record Source: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Perth Amboy, New Jersey; Year: 1685; Page Number: 18

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=pdENAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PP1

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: The Kenan family and some allied families of the compiler and publisher

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Sep 1714
    Event Place: Johnstone Parish, Annandale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Jan 1720
    Event Place: Johnstone Parish, Annandale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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