Robert "Red Robin" Johnston - Documentation found after 38 Years!
Since 1979 I have had very little success in finding my GGgrandfather's birthplace. For the past 10+ years I've been working on gathering the Y-DNAinformation forI-M223. We have made substantial progress these past few months with much finally starting to come together. Fortunately we have had the late Bill Howard work with our Y-DNA to produce a JOHNSTON Phylogenetic Tree which together with our JOHNSTON Y-DNA Spreadsheet have led to new discoveries.
Our greatest discovery, to date, is the connecting of 12 of us Johnstons via our Y-DNA tests. We Cousins connect back in time in the early 1700s to a common ancestor. From what I have seen it would appear thatthe families were very mobile in the late 1600s and early 1700s.
The earliest known ancestor for each Cousin(taken from our Y-DNA spreadsheet which I will attach) include:
Richard Johnston, 1782-1868, Co. Fermanagh, IRELAND,
William Johnston, 1705-1775,Ayrshire, SCOTLAND,
Sam B. Johnson, 1835-1909, Knox Co., Ohio, U.S.A.,
Robert E. Johnston, 1820-1878, Co. Tyrone, IRELAND,
Johnathan Johnston, b. 1833, Connecticut, U.S.A.,
Francis Johnston, 1805-1851, ENGLAND,
Robert "Red Robin" Johnston, b. August 21, 1808, to John & Ann Johnston, Parish of
Armagh, Co. Armagh, IRELAND; my GG-grandfather, Baptized in the Church of
Ireland, Parish of Armagh, Co. Armagh, IRELAND, on January 1, 1809.
Archibald Johnston, 1815-1901, IRELAND,
WilliamJohnson, b. 1797,Pennsylvania, U.S.A.,
William Johnston, b. 1790, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.,
John Johnson, b. 1702, Co. Tyrone, IRELAND,
Lancelot Johnston, d. 1814, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.,
William Johnston, b. 1790, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.,
Robert Johnston, b. 1797, IRELAND,
Note that the locations for each one of the above may not necessarily be their birthplace, butsome are. All of my direct line Johnston males had left IRELAND by 1832 for UPPER CANADA, i.e.: Francis, Robert & Archibald. They left behind 1 sister, married to a publican. The last 4 to come over to Canada in 1832were Archibald in the company of 3 older sisters, 2 of whom may have been named Catherine & Janet.
I affectionately refer to "my" 3 Johnston ancestors listed here as the "Wee Three" as they were: Robert @ 6'-5" tall, Archibald @ 6'-3" tall & Francis @ 6'-1" tall. They must have made an impressive trio walking into a store ;-).
We also have some oral family history that Robert Johnston and Archibald Johnston were brothers and left from Kilrea, Co. Londonderry, IRELAND; however, I have had no luck finding them there. I'll attach my research clips for Kilrea too.
I was also smiled upon from above with an old Johnston Family Album. Here is the link to it:
http://www.pbase.com/cjmax/johnston_family_album&page=all
A cousin decided recently to research a line that had died out, and found the Michigan Death Certificate of Robert Johnston, Jr.. There was an entry for the Place of Birth of Father, our Red Robins place of birth! Robert Red Robin Johnston was born in Armagh, IRELAND. From here we found the details of our Red Robins birth, baptism and the names of his parents: Robert "Red Robin" Johnston was born on August 21, 1808, in the Parish of Armagh, Co. Armagh, IRELAND, to Robert and Ann Johnston! He was baptized on January 1, 1809, in the Church of Ireland, Parish of Armagh, Co. Armagh, IRELAND.
Enjoy :-)
If you have any information on any of the Armagh Y-DNA connected Johnston families, please, join in and help us with our research. FYI: I've been at this since 1979...running out of time ;-) lol...
Good hunting,
Clifford "Cliff." Johnston
Pearland, Texas