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JOHNSTON, John 'of Disblair', Provost of Aberdeen
(About 1660-1698)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. CRUICKSHANK, Elspet

JOHNSTON, John 'of Disblair', Provost of Aberdeen 2

  • Born: About 1660
  • Marriage (1): CRUICKSHANK, Elspet 1
  • Died: 1698 1
  • Buried: 20 November 1698, Saint Nicholas Church, Aberdeen, Scotland 1

   User ID: P93.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Appointed: Provost, 1697, Aberdeen, Scotland. 1


John married Elspet CRUICKSHANK, daughter of Robert CRUICKSHANK of Banchory, Provost of Aberdeen and Sarah LESLIE.1 (Elspet CRUICKSHANK was born about 1675.)


  Marriage Notes:

Provost Johnston is said to have been descended from the
family of Middle Disblair, and to have been a son of William
Johnston of Middle Disblair. As already noticed he married
Elspet Cruickshank, a daughter of Provost Cruickshank, by
whom he had no issue. 1

Sources

1 e-books, Memorials of the Aldermen, Provosts, Lord Provosts of Aberdeen 1272-1895 by A. M. Munro (1897).

2 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Memorials of the Aldermen, Provosts, Lord Provosts of Aberdeen 1272-1895 by A. M. Munro (1897).

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