Doctor William Johnston

1588 - Abt 1640  (52 years)

• Name	William Johnston  [1]
  Title	Doctor
  Birth	1588	Keithhall and Kinkell, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Caskieben
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Abt 1635	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Professor (the first?) of Mathematics at Marischal College, University of Aberdeen. (Previously Professor of humanity and philosophy at the Academy of Sedan in France?)
  Death	Abt 1640	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I18864	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Barbara Forbes,   b. Abt 1605, King Edward, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 19 Nov 1673, Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth Johnston,   b. Abt 1640, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1704, London, England (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Anna Johnston,   b. 2 Apr 1636, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F11132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Professor (the first?) of Mathematics at Marischal College, University of Aberdeen. (Previously Professor of humanity and philosophy at the Academy of Sedan in France?) - Abt 1635 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Death - Abt 1640 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3177] Ancestry.com, Johnston, Alexander, A short memoir of James Young, merchant burgess of Aberdeen, and Rachel Cruickshank, his spouse, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT; Date: 2005;).