of County Down, Ireland · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Thomas Johnston 1782 – 1853
Thomas Johnston⚭ Abigail Powell
childrenRobert Thompson Johnston
Their story
What the record says
First of the Johnston name in America.
Born County Down, Ireland 1782, emigrated c.1802, naturalized 1808 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
A tailor.
Settled in Columbiana County, Ohio, took an apprentice in 1816.
Later at Wooster, Ohio where he died in 1853.
Five children born to him and Abigail.
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