Robert Johnston and Nancy Howell

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Husband Robert Johnston ¹

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           Born: Abt 1775 - County Antrim, Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Oct 1846 - near Waynesboro, Franklin Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Harbaugh's Church [Franklin Co, PA?]

       Marriage:  - Virginia

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Wife Nancy Howell ³

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            AKA: Nancy Troup 4
           Born:  - Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: 1868 2
         Buried:  - Harbaugh's Church [Franklin Co, PA?]

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Children

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1 F Catherine Johnston ⁵

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           Born: 18 Oct 1803 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1905
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Hale (      -      ) 2

         Spouse: A. Lantz (      -      ) 4

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2 M William Johnston ⁶

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           Born: 13 May 1808 - near Rouzerville, Franklin Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Mar 1882 8
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Susan Harbaugh (1810-1888) 9

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3 F Charlotte Johnston ⁵

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           Born: 3 Apr 1810 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1905
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Royer (      -Bef 1905) 5

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4 M John Johnston ⁵

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           Born: 6 May 1812 - Washington Twp, Franklin Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Feb 1888 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Hartman (1812-1899) 5
           Marr: 14 Nov 1833 2

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5 M Nathaniel Johnston ²

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            AKA: Nathan Johnston 4
           Born: 2 Aug 1814 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1834
         Buried: 

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6 M Alexander Johnston ⁴

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           Born: 19 Jan 1818 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1905
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Tina Sharp (      -      ) 4

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7 M Robert Johnston ⁵

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           Born: 22 Jun 1825 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1905
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret [Unk] (      -      ) 4

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8 F Josephine Johnston ²

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           Born: 19 May 1831 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Johnston

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He was a native of Scotland and an early settler in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

He was born in County Antrim, Ireland, of Scotch-Irish parentage. With two brothers and a nephew he emigrated to America some time in the latter part of the eighteenth century, landing at New York. There Robert separated from the others, going to Virginia, and it seems he was never afterward able to locate the other members of the family. By trade he was a cooper, presumably having learned that business during the long voyage on shipboard, on his way to America, the trip often taking several months on the water in those days. In Virginia he married and about the close of the eighteenth century or at the beginning of the nineteenth he and his wife came into Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and located in Antrim township, where he followed coopering. He became locally prominent and served for a time as justice of the peace. He next removed to the foot of the Blue Ridge, on the pike, three miles west of Waynesboro, where he spent the balance of his life, dying there, and he was buried at that location. On the death of his wife, in 1868, his remains were disinterred, and both were laid away in the shadow of Harbaugh's Church. [BAFC, 591]

He came to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, from Belfast, Ireland, in the early days of the county. [BAFC, 598]

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General Notes: Wife - Nancy Howell

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Her father was a sea captain and a resident of Virginia, where she was born. The Howells were of Scotch-Irish descent. [BAFC, 591]

from North Carolina, but of English extraction. [BAFC, 598]

1 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 566, 591, 598.

2 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 592.

3 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 591.

4 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 598.

5 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 592, 598.

6 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 275, 566, 592, 598.

7 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 275, 566, 592.

8 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 566.

9 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 275, 566, 598.