Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Notes for Joab Johnston
Joab Johnston (wife unknown) was born circa 1725. He had two sons: William and Joel. Joab and his brother Solomon settled in what is now Sampson County in the Clear Run and Doctor“s Creek area shortly before the Revolutionary War.
Before coming to Sampson County, he apparently inherited lands from his Uncle William located on the Neuse River and Bear Creek then in Craven County now in Johnston County, along with his brothers Ashby, Solomon and Jacob.
According to the Johnson Book at the Sampson County library, Joab was the son of Jonathan and the line is traced from there back another about 10 generations. This information is largely confirmed (and somewhat expanded on) by a book in our local library by Fred M Hintze Jr. and here, from the latter book, is the line that descends from Sir John de Johnstone down to Jonathan, the father of Joab.
”The lineage of this ancient and honorable Scottish family of Johnson-Johnston dates back to Sir John de Johnstone who was knighted by King Edward I for a great service to his country. He was given a large grant of land for an estate, also a crest by the king.• King Edward reigned from 1272 to 1307 so we really have traveled a long way back in time with this family. Some number of generations later, a descendant ”Sir Adam de Johnstone was a distinguished commander under the Earl of Douglas. At the battle of Sark in 1448, the Scots obtained an important victory with Sir Adam in command.•
Adam married Isabella Oswald, daughter of William Alexander Oswald, MD. Among their children were: ”John, by whom the ennobled house of ’Annandale“ was founded and Matthew de Johnstone Esq. who seated himself at ’Westerhall“•.
Matthew married Barbara Ellbank, daughter of Alexander, fourth Lord Ellbank. Their son Sir William succeeded his father at ”Westerhall• and married Lady Eleanor Scott, daughter of Charles Montague Scott, MD.
Their son James Raymond married Lady Mary Elizabeth Cholmely, daughter of Sir Montague Cholmely. And their son Henry married Sarah Stewart Sergroves of the house of Annandale, Scotland.
Aside. An early and very important Royal Governor of North Carolina (1734-1752) was Gabriel Johnston who came to America to take up that job. He was b.1699 in Annandale, Scotland son of John Johnston and Elizabeth Belchier. His sister Elisabeth also came to America, settled in Duplin County and married Thomas Kenan, she and Thomas being the progenitors of the Kenan family of Duplin. No link has yet been identified between Gabriel and your Johnstons, though the Annandale connection suggests one and it is noteworthy that James Raymond had a brother named John, so it sure seems a pretty good possibility that Gabriel was descended from Sir William, for example, or one of the earlier Johnstons.
Henry Johnstone is also noteworthy as he and his brother Charles accepted land grants in Ireland and moved there perhaps around 1600. The land grants were from King James I who was offering large land grants to Scottish settlers in Ulster, Northern Ireland to populate that section with subjects of his in order to better rule it. The Scots who so settled this land and their descendants became what we now refer to as the Scots-Irish.
Henry and Sarah Stewart had a son Ashel Johnston (e is dropped) who married Anna O“Hare. Their son Thomas (DD, rector of Belmont) married Mary Dayton, daughter of Right Rev Charles Dayton of Belmont and they had a son Thomas Johnston II.
Thomas Johnston II was born in 1654. He is the immigrant ancestor of this line as he came to Virginia from Ireland in July 1680, at about the age of 26, and died after 10 Apr 1724 in Chowan County, NC. He married Susanna White 4 Sep 1683 after his arrival in America. She died between 13 Aug 1717 and 29 Jul 1718 in Chowan County.
Jonathan Johnston was their son. He was born about 1685 in Chowan County and died after 2 May 1762 in Chowan County, the date his will was written. The name of his wife is unknown. Jonathan names only two sons in his will — Ashby and Solomon — however the will of his brother William refers to ”Ashby, Solomon, Joab and Jacob• as sons of his brother.
Jonathan's son, Joab, is covered above as he, following the pattern of the Herrings and Basses and others, having been born probably in Chowan County later moved further South first to the Neuse River area and finally settled in Sampson County just before the Revolutionary War."
The question is, is all of this history fact? Are all of these people ancestors of Emma Alice Johnson?. I have substantially verified the accuracy of the line from Emma Alice back to Joab -- the Sampson County line. Joab“s father Jonathan and grandfather Thomas II lived at least some of their life in America and I believe their placement in Emma's family tree is also accurate. The European ancestry, though, makes interesting reading but is only as accurate as the author“s took care to make it. Someday, maybe I can find more evidence.
Before coming to Sampson County, he apparently inherited lands from his Uncle William located on the Neuse River and Bear Creek then in Craven County now in Johnston County, along with his brothers Ashby, Solomon and Jacob.
According to the Johnson Book at the Sampson County library, Joab was the son of Jonathan and the line is traced from there back another about 10 generations. This information is largely confirmed (and somewhat expanded on) by a book in our local library by Fred M Hintze Jr. and here, from the latter book, is the line that descends from Sir John de Johnstone down to Jonathan, the father of Joab.
”The lineage of this ancient and honorable Scottish family of Johnson-Johnston dates back to Sir John de Johnstone who was knighted by King Edward I for a great service to his country. He was given a large grant of land for an estate, also a crest by the king.• King Edward reigned from 1272 to 1307 so we really have traveled a long way back in time with this family. Some number of generations later, a descendant ”Sir Adam de Johnstone was a distinguished commander under the Earl of Douglas. At the battle of Sark in 1448, the Scots obtained an important victory with Sir Adam in command.•
Adam married Isabella Oswald, daughter of William Alexander Oswald, MD. Among their children were: ”John, by whom the ennobled house of ’Annandale“ was founded and Matthew de Johnstone Esq. who seated himself at ’Westerhall“•.
Matthew married Barbara Ellbank, daughter of Alexander, fourth Lord Ellbank. Their son Sir William succeeded his father at ”Westerhall• and married Lady Eleanor Scott, daughter of Charles Montague Scott, MD.
Their son James Raymond married Lady Mary Elizabeth Cholmely, daughter of Sir Montague Cholmely. And their son Henry married Sarah Stewart Sergroves of the house of Annandale, Scotland.
Aside. An early and very important Royal Governor of North Carolina (1734-1752) was Gabriel Johnston who came to America to take up that job. He was b.1699 in Annandale, Scotland son of John Johnston and Elizabeth Belchier. His sister Elisabeth also came to America, settled in Duplin County and married Thomas Kenan, she and Thomas being the progenitors of the Kenan family of Duplin. No link has yet been identified between Gabriel and your Johnstons, though the Annandale connection suggests one and it is noteworthy that James Raymond had a brother named John, so it sure seems a pretty good possibility that Gabriel was descended from Sir William, for example, or one of the earlier Johnstons.
Henry Johnstone is also noteworthy as he and his brother Charles accepted land grants in Ireland and moved there perhaps around 1600. The land grants were from King James I who was offering large land grants to Scottish settlers in Ulster, Northern Ireland to populate that section with subjects of his in order to better rule it. The Scots who so settled this land and their descendants became what we now refer to as the Scots-Irish.
Henry and Sarah Stewart had a son Ashel Johnston (e is dropped) who married Anna O“Hare. Their son Thomas (DD, rector of Belmont) married Mary Dayton, daughter of Right Rev Charles Dayton of Belmont and they had a son Thomas Johnston II.
Thomas Johnston II was born in 1654. He is the immigrant ancestor of this line as he came to Virginia from Ireland in July 1680, at about the age of 26, and died after 10 Apr 1724 in Chowan County, NC. He married Susanna White 4 Sep 1683 after his arrival in America. She died between 13 Aug 1717 and 29 Jul 1718 in Chowan County.
Jonathan Johnston was their son. He was born about 1685 in Chowan County and died after 2 May 1762 in Chowan County, the date his will was written. The name of his wife is unknown. Jonathan names only two sons in his will — Ashby and Solomon — however the will of his brother William refers to ”Ashby, Solomon, Joab and Jacob• as sons of his brother.
Jonathan's son, Joab, is covered above as he, following the pattern of the Herrings and Basses and others, having been born probably in Chowan County later moved further South first to the Neuse River area and finally settled in Sampson County just before the Revolutionary War."
The question is, is all of this history fact? Are all of these people ancestors of Emma Alice Johnson?. I have substantially verified the accuracy of the line from Emma Alice back to Joab -- the Sampson County line. Joab“s father Jonathan and grandfather Thomas II lived at least some of their life in America and I believe their placement in Emma's family tree is also accurate. The European ancestry, though, makes interesting reading but is only as accurate as the author“s took care to make it. Someday, maybe I can find more evidence.