Mr William Johnstone

Abt 1621 - Bef 1671  (< 50 years)

• Name	William Johnstone
  Title	Mr
  Birth	Abt 1621	Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	This position in the tree is speculative, based on the possession of a silver cup (with the inscription, "James Johnstone of Westerhall and Isabel, dau. of Walter Scott of Harden a. d. 1643), possessed by USA family descended from his son, Dr John
  Gender	Male
  Education	5 Jun 1638	St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
  	Graduated Master of Arts at the University of St Andrews
  Residence	5 Jun 1638	St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
  	Graduated Master of Arts from the University of St Andrews
  Residence	1648	Dumfries-shire, Scotland
  	Living as a fugitive in the Debatable Land (source: C.L. Johnstone)
  Occupation	1652	Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Minister - date ordained
  Occupation	1659	Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Minister - year of transfer to Lennel/ Coldstream
  Religion	1659	Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1 Oct 1662	Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland
  	Deprived of his living, along with six other ministers in the Presbytery of Chirnside, by Act of Parliament for resisting the reintroduction of episcopacy
  Legal	3 Feb 1662/63	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Supplication to the Privy Council by Isabel Maitland's William's wife that he be allowed to reside anywhere outside the Presbytery of Chirnside and not 'benorth of the Tay - granted
  	The Privy Council were improessed by "the petitioner's loyal carriage and his great sufferings upon that account and his present peaceabble and submissive deportment"
  Title Suffix	of Laverocklaw
  Property	5 May 1663	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Partially successful in his petition to the Privy Council to receive his stipend for Lendall (Coldstream) from the 1662 crop, the Privy Council determining that he should receive half and the rest to the Bishop of Edinburgh
  Property	20 Aug 1663	Gladsmuir, East Lothian, Scotland
  	Acquired the lands of Laverocklaw near Haddington (part of the Elvingston estate). Also said to own lands of Cauldshields and Woodheads in Lauder parish
  Property	29 Oct 1664	Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland
  	Grantee of Bond (RD24/11/674) + Renunciation dated 8 Feb (RD4/15/358). Possibly also grantee of Bond 5 Oct 1664 (RD4/17/118)
  Residence	1670	Gladsmuir, East Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Laverocklaw (Laivrocklaw). In his will he nominated Alexander Maitland, factor to the Earl of Lauderdale as a trustee to oversee his children in their minority
  Will	Dec 1670	Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Made provision for three daughters and two younger sons
  Death	Bef Feb 1670/71	Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
  	At Amisfield
  Probate	Feb 1670/71	Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland   [4]
  Burial	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  	Greyfriars churchyard. Enterkin Tomb
  Person ID	I22289	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	Isabel Maitland,   b. 24 Nov 1626, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland d. 1686, Gladsmuir, East Lothian, Scotland (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1654
  Children	1. Elizabeth Johnstone,   b. 6 Nov 1663, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. James Johnstone,   b. Abt 1654, Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland d. Bef 1 Oct 1695, New Jersey, USA (Age < 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Doctor John Johnstone,   b. Abt 1658, Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland d. 6 Sep 1732, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Margaret Johnstone,   b. Abt 1656, Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. William Johnstone,   b. 25 Jul 1666, Gladsmuir, East Lothian, Scotland d. 16 Mar 1692, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Isabel Johnstone  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Sophia Johnstone  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F19387	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1621 - Lanarkshire, Scotland Education - Graduated Master of Arts at the University of St Andrews - 5 Jun 1638 - St Andrews, Fife, Scotland Residence - Graduated Master of Arts from the University of St Andrews - 5 Jun 1638 - St Andrews, Fife, Scotland Residence - Living as a fugitive in the Debatable Land (source: C.L. Johnstone) - 1648 - Dumfries-shire, Scotland Occupation - Minister - date ordained - 1652 - Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland Occupation - Minister - year of transfer to Lennel/ Coldstream - 1659 - Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - 1659 - Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland Residence - Deprived of his living, along with six other ministers in the Presbytery of Chirnside, by Act of Parliament for resisting the reintroduction of episcopacy - 1 Oct 1662 - Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland Legal - Supplication to the Privy Council by Isabel Maitland's William's wife that he be allowed to reside anywhere outside the Presbytery of Chirnside and not 'benorth of the Tay - granted - 3 Feb 1662/63 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Property - Partially successful in his petition to the Privy Council to receive his stipend for Lendall (Coldstream) from the 1662 crop, the Privy Council determining that he should receive half and the rest to the Bishop of Edinburgh - 5 May 1663 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Property - Acquired the lands of Laverocklaw near Haddington (part of the Elvingston estate). Also said to own lands of Cauldshields and Woodheads in Lauder parish - 20 Aug 1663 - Gladsmuir, East Lothian, Scotland Property - Grantee of Bond (RD24/11/674) + Renunciation dated 8 Feb (RD4/15/358). Possibly also grantee of Bond 5 Oct 1664 (RD4/17/118) - 29 Oct 1664 - Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland Residence - Laverocklaw (Laivrocklaw). In his will he nominated Alexander Maitland, factor to the Earl of Lauderdale as a trustee to oversee his children in their minority - 1670 - Gladsmuir, East Lothian, Scotland Will - Made provision for three daughters and two younger sons - Dec 1670 - Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland Death - Bef Feb 1670/71 - Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland Probate - Feb 1670/71 - Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland Burial - - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Sources

  [S3612] Scott, Hew, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; the Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, (Name: Oliver and Boyd; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1923;), Vol. I - Synods of Lothian and Tweeddale, p41. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, I, p328. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, I, p360. [S3627] Wills and Testaments - Scotland, (Name: National Records of Scotland; Location: Edinburgh;), Edinburgh CC8/8/74. [S3744] Paton, Henry, Register of Interments in the Greyfriars Burying-Ground, Edinburgh, 1658-1700, p348.