James Johnston, litster in Aberdeen

Not the same as James "The Immigrant" Johnson

"Mary Irvine bore to the laird of Craig Johnston, besides daughters, four sons:

4) James Johnston, litater of Aberdeen, born in the parish of Dyce, July 1656.

Mrs. Jean Ogilvy married James Johnston, contract date 5 November 1690, and died 14 March 1716 as the wife of James Johnston, litster. He was the son of Thomas “of Craig” Johnston and his wife, Mary Irvine.

Their son was William Johnston, burgess, Pewterer in Aberdeen, who became proprietor of Badiefurrow.

Genealogical account of the family of Johnston of that Ilk, formerly of Caskieben, in the shire of Aberdeen, and of its principal branches.” by Johnston, Alexander, Writer to the Signet. Page 40. Archive.Org

Of the Family of James Johnston, Litster in Aberdeen. (XI.)

supra, page 17. I. — James Johnston, litster in Aberdeen (E E. App.), was the fourth and youngest son of Thomas of Craig, by Mrs. Mary Irvine.

St. Nicholas Parish Record.

He married Miss Jean Ogilvie, by whom he had three sons, viz.

• 1st. Alexander.
• 2d. William.
• 3d. John.

And two daughters,

• 1st. Mary.
• 2d. Jean.

The after history of these children is unknown.

Mrs. Jean Ogilvie or Johnston died in March 1716. Extract Burgh The date of James' death is also unknown ; he was alive anno 1704. Extract Burgh, Records of Aberdeen 1704.

References

• Nicholas Kirk Session Accounts 1602-1705 image
• St Nicholas, Aberdeen - Burials 1666-1793 image
• Short memoir of James Young, merchant burgess of Aberdeen, and Rachel Cruickshank, his spouse, and of their descendants Author: Alexander Johnston 1809 - 1880. Publisher: Aberdeen : J. Craighead. 1861. Appendix: xlv. image
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Johnston-8690
• litster (plural litsters) (archaic, Britain, Scotland) A dyer. quotations 1995, Richard H. Saunders, John Smibert: Colonial America's First Portrait Painter, Yale University Press (1995), →ISBN, pages 1-2: But it was the woolen industry that provided the elder Smibert with a livelihood, for as a litster he spent his days dyeing wool, which was then woven into cloth
• litator - is that a litigator?
• Stiven "The Clerk" JOHNSTON of Caskieben; Founder of family in Aberdeenshire & Descendants shows him as James Johnston, “the immigrant.”
• “Genealogical account of the family of Johnston of that Ilk, formerly of Caskieben, in the shire of Aberdeen, and of its principal branches.” by Johnston, Alexander, Writer to the Signet. Page 40. Archive.Org
• Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 database, FamilySearch, James Johnstoune, 20 Jul 1656; citing DYCE,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 993,524.
• Disputed Origins: James "The Immigrant" Johnson is seen as the son of Laird of Craig Thomas Johnston & Mary Irvine, who is seen in Scottish records and genealogies as James Johnston, litster in Aberdeen. This James married Jean Ogilvy in 1690, and was recorded as her husband when she died in Aberdeen in 1716. The theory is that the James in Abderdeen was the son of “that” James, the immigrant to Virginia, and therefore, “this” James was the grandson of Thomas of Craig and not his youngest son.