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336 JOHNSTONS IN IRELAND
was a partner in the firm of Johnston & Carlisle, and Chief Magistrate of Belfast
in 1871. Philip's elder daughter, Hester, married the Rev. Francis Graham ; the
younger, Maude, married Edward Jenkins, author of Ginks's Baby. The sons,
Samuel and David, are partners in a flax spinning mill.
The grandsons of John Moore Johnston are : John Moore, died 1909 ; Philip
Henry, LL.D., a Solicitor ; William Hope ; Robert Stewart, LL.B., Administrator
in the Bahamas ; Alfred ; and two daughters—children of the eldest son,
John, by his wife, Lucinda Stewart. The issue of James, the second son, by
his wife, Elean, daughter of Hugh Moore, are : John Moore, Hugh Moore,
James Hope, William, Philip, and four daughters.
One branch of the Kellobank and Beverley family settled in Ireland about
1770, Captain William Johnston, who married a Hamilton of Tyrella (see p.
132). Their son, the Rev. William Henry Johnston, M.A., incumbent of Holmpatrick,
Co. Dublin (1770-1835), married Margaret, daughter of James Hamilton
of Abbotstown and Holmpatrick (descended from the brother of the first Viscount
Claneboye), and left William, father of Mr William Henry Johnston
of Ealing ; John of Hacketstown ; Henry, Rector of Ratoath ; and Charles,
emigrated to Australia. The Rev. Henry Johnston married Emily, daughter of
Stuart Craufurd of Bath. Their elder son, Col. Henry Stuart Johnston, J. P.,
late in command of the Royal Meath Militia, has two sons and two daughters.
The second, William Stuart, left a daughter, Belinda, married Mr Pitman of
Bath.
Colonel Percy Herbert Johnston, Medical Corps R.A., C.M.G. Son of the late
Surgeon-Major J. VV. Johnston. Married Agnes, daughter of the late General J. M.
Perceval, C.B. Educated at Queen's College, Cork. Served in the Afghan War,
1878-79; the Hazara Expedition ; and South Africa, 1899-1902.
The first Johnston of Woodpark was George Johnston, a Solicitor at the
time he closed a mortgage upon Woodpark and took possession. A tradition
asserts that he went over to the exiled King James at St. Germains. His
descendant, Major Nicholas George Johnston, was forced to sell his property,
part of which was bought by his brother, the Rev. John Beresford Johnston,
whose descendants still hold it. Mr Johnston's eldest grandson, the Rev.
E. A. Johnston, was appointed Vicar of St. Edmund's, Dudley, 1904.
George Johnston of Co. Monaghan, being executor to the first Johnston
of Woodpark was probably related to him. The latter died 1724. His
third son, Gabriel, died in London s.p., 1752. His second son, Joshua, married,
1718, Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Blayney, High Sheriff of Armagh, 1722.
Their sons were: William George Cadwallader, Robert Joshua, Boulter, and
Gabriel. William was Colonel in the 63rd Regiment, died 1795, leaving one
daughter.
A Johnston family, settled at Coshocton in Ohio, U.S.A., came from near
Dungannon, Tyrone, in Ireland. Margaret, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Kerr,
and widow of David Johnston, brought their five children to Pittsburg in 1818.
She married secondly, James Renfrew of Coshocton, where four of her children
married into the family of Humrickhouse, who had braved the Indians then