Sophia Johnstone

• Name	Sophia Johnstone
  Gender	Female
  Property	1 Jan 1669/70	Scotland   [1]
  	Bond of provision granted by her father
  Residence	Nov 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Sued John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Bargany, for seduction under promise of marriage. Bargany had made no provision for their son, James and he counter-accused her of false witness
  Legal	16 Dec 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	Date of supplication to the Privy Council by Bargany accusing Sophia of suborning, bribing and hiring masons, William Anderson and John Knox to be false witness to a pretended marriage between Sophia and Bargany
  Residence	1687	Scotland
  	Deeds (RD2/68/1199, RD4/60/681)
  Person ID	I28066	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Mr William Johnstone,   b. Abt 1621, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Bef Feb 1670/71, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland (Age < 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Isabel Maitland,   b. 24 Nov 1626, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland d. 1686, Gladsmuir, East Lothian, Scotland (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1654
  Family ID	F19387	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Hamilton,   b. Abt 1640, Scotland d. 25 May 1693, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	NEVER MARRIED
  Children	1. James Johnstone,   b. Abt 1684, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Property - Bond of provision granted by her father - 1 Jan 1669/70 - Scotland Residence - Sued John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Bargany, for seduction under promise of marriage. Bargany had made no provision for their son, James and he counter-accused her of false witness - Nov 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Date of supplication to the Privy Council by Bargany accusing Sophia of suborning, bribing and hiring masons, William Anderson and John Knox to be false witness to a pretended marriage between Sophia and Bargany - 16 Dec 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - Deeds (RD2/68/1199, RD4/60/681) - 1687 - Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), RD2/68/1200. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p69. [S3600] Lauder of Fountainhall, John, Historical Notices of Scottish Affairs: Selected from the Manuscripts, Volume 2, 1683-1688, pp.579-580.