History of the Johnstones, 1191-1909, with ... - Electric Scotland

33° JOHNSTONS IN IRELAND
1841. (2) Mary Anne, married, 1794, John H. Burges of Woodpark, Co.
Armagh, whose descendant now owns Gilford. (3) Catherine, married J. M.
Ormsby, half-brother of the Countess of Limerick.
Besides Richard, William Johnston in Netherlaw had a brother, Archibald,
Rector of an Irish Parish, who was attainted. According to the Gilford
pedigree, William's son, Richard, took the name of M'Dowall before his own,
and had a son, William M'Dowall Johnston of Ballywillwill, Co. Down, and of
Gillespie, in Scotland. William married Rebecca, daughter of the Rev. G.
Vaughan. Their son, the Rev. George Henry M'Dowall Johnston, was born in
1779, and married, 181 1, Anna Maria, daughter of the second Earl of Annesley.
He died s.p. in 1864, when his lands went to his sister, Mary Jane, married to
William Young. Their son, William, married the daughter of Sir Neal
O'Donnell, Bart, and left two sons, who both served in the Crimea. George
Henry died unmarried, but William (Captain) succeeded in 1882, when he
assumed the name M'Dowall.
The Rev. Samuel Arnot, Vicar of Tongland, escaped with his brother to
Ireland in 1674 to avoid arrest by the emissaries of Clavers, David Arnot
selling his property at Barcaple to Hew M'Guffock of Rusco, the same who
leased Netherlaw to William Johnston. Barcaple was only six miles from
Orchardton, in Buittle, and close to Bargatton, where a branch of Sheriff-
Depute Grierson's family lived.
Robert, a younger son of William Johnston, remained at Nether Barcaple, 1
where he brought up a large family. Some of them were scattered, in all
probability joining their relatives in Ireland.
The Johnstons of Kilmore descend from William, an architect from Scot-
land, whose claymore is still preserved by his heir, and who superintended the
repair of the public buildings injured in the Rebellion of 1641. He married
Miss Campbell, who died in Derry during the siege. His sons, William and
Alexander, served at the siege of Derry, and are both buried in Armagh
Cathedral. Alexander married Ellinor Fleming. Their son, William, married
Susanna, daughter of the Rev. Nathaniel Weld, and settled at Bordeaux, where
his descendants remain. Edward, the son of the elder brother, born 1700,
married, 1720, Mary, daughter of Captain John Johnston of Drumconnell, Co.
Armagh. Captain John's eldest daughter married, about 1707, John Crossle
of Armagh, and their male descendants are still represented. The Captain
had served at the siege of Derry, and was attainted by the Parliament of
James VII. His son-in-law, Edward, died 1771, leaving a son, William
Johnston of Armagh, born Feb. 1728, married, 1757, Margaret Houston, and
had: (1) Richard, of Eccles Street, Dublin, born 1759, married, 1789, his
cousin, Susanna, daughter of Robert Barnes (who was uncle to Sir Edward
Barnes, G.C.B., M.P., formerly Governor of Ceylon, and subsequently Commander-in-Chief
in India), died s.p. (2) Francis married Anne, eldest daughter
of Robert Barnes, died s.p. He was first Treasurer and then President of the
1 In the Nether Barcaple family, David was baptised in 1699. He had brothers, William,
Thomas, Andrew, etc.