Dr. Robert Johnston and Eleanor Pawling

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Husband Dr. Robert Johnston ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 21 Jul 1750 4
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           Died: 25 Nov 1808 2 4
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         Father: Col. James Johnston (      -1765) 1 2 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Brown (      -      ) 6 7

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Rawlin (      -      ) 2

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Wife Eleanor Pawling ³

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            AKA: Nellie Pauline 8
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         Father: Henry Pawling (1713-Abt 1763) 9
         Mother: Mary Hickes (      -Aft 1763) 10

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Robert Johnston

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near Waynesboro, Franklin Co, PA

He was a celebrated surgeon of the Revolutionary War. About 1750 he went to China with a cargo of ginseng; was there some years, and upon his return married the woman to whom he had been engaged, having brought with him the silk for her wedding dress.

He was one of the original members of the Society of the Cincinnati.

It is not clear if he was married more than once (although one source speaks as though he was not) or if the name of his wife has been confused by one or both of the sources.

He was one of the most prominent surgeons of the Revolvtionary era. He was appointed surgeon of the Sixth Penn'a Battalion, Col. William Irvine, January 16, 1774, and continued in service until 1781, when he was ordered by the commander-in-chief to leave the regimental service and assist the wounded officers and soldiers of the American army, prisoners in the British hospital at Charleston, South Carolina. He was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, and retained the friendship of his fellow officers during life, many of whom sought his medical advice and skill long after his professional retirement. During the so-called Whiskey Insurrection in 1794, Gen. Washington and the members of his staff were the guests of Dr. Johnston, the President going out of his way to meet his old friend.

He was a distinguished surgeon in the Pennsylvania Line during the Revolution. It was at his house, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, that Washington stopped to dine when on his way to quell the Whiskey Insurrection. It was also at his house that the death occurred of the eminent Revolutionary surgeon, Dr. Barnabas Binney, ancestor of the Binney family of Philadelphia.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 179.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 458.

3 Josiah Granville Leach, LL.B, Some Account of the Pawling Family of New York and Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: Wickersham Press, 1918), Pg 16.

4 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 450.

5 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 449.

6 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 462.

7 Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 151.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 179.

9 Josiah Granville Leach, LL.B, Some Account of the Pawling Family of New York and Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: Wickersham Press, 1918), Pg 14.

10 Josiah Granville Leach, LL.B, Some Account of the Pawling Family of New York and Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: Wickersham Press, 1918), Pg 15.