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JOHNSTON, Thomas of Craig, Sheriff-Depute of Aberdeenshire
(About 1604-1656)
IRVINE, Marie
(About 1626-1659)
JOHNSTON, John of Bishopstown
(1649-)
ALEXANDER, Margaret
(About 1655-)
JOHNSTON, William of Craig and Bishoptown, Advocate, 5th Baronet of Johnston, Sir
(About 1675-1750)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. SANDILANDS, Jean

JOHNSTON, William of Craig and Bishoptown, Advocate, 5th Baronet of Johnston, Sir 3 4

  • Born: About 1675
  • Marriage (1): SANDILANDS, Jean 8 January 1704(contract) 1 2 3
  • Died: March 1750 3

   Another name for William was JOHNSTON, Wm.2

   User ID: G928.


William married Jean SANDILANDS, daughter of James SANDILANDS 3rd of Craibstone and Elizabeth DONALDSON, 8 January 1704(contract).1 2 3 (Jean SANDILANDS was born about 1684 and died in June 1744 3.)


  Marriage Notes:

"SANDILANDS
JEAN
WM. JOHNSTON/
03/02/1704
226/ 10 254
Newhills"

from Index of Marriages




"Jean, md Sir William Johnstone, V., Bart., of that ilk, &c., and had issue"

from Families of Moir and Byres




"Johnston, William. 7th February, 1700.

Eldest son of John Johnston of Bishopstown, and Margaret Alexander, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 27th July, 1693. App. to Andrew Logie (1687). Proprietor of Craig, parish of Dyce, and, on the death of Sir John Johnston of Caskieben, fourth Bart, in November, 1724, succeeded as fifth Bart. Married, in 1704 (contract dated 8th January), Jean (died June, 1744), eldest dau. of James Sandilands of Craibstone, with issue, of whom : - William, Lieutenant, R.N. ; succeeded as sixth Bart. ; purchased, in 1750, a portion of the lands of Hilton, in the parish of Old Machar ; and died, in London, in 1794, aged 80. Died March, 1750."

from History of the Society of Advocates< 1 2 3

Sources


1 e-books, The Families of Moir and Byres by Andrew J. Mitchell Gill (1885).

2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

3 e-books, History of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen ed. John A. Henderson (1912).

4 e-books, Genealogical Account of the Family of Johnston of that Ilk, formerly of Caskieben by Alexander Johnston (1832).

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