Margaret Johnstone

Abt 1674 - 1734  (60 years)

• Name	Margaret Johnstone  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1674	Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant's child
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Death	1 Oct 1734	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Burial	Tennent, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I37971	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family	Walter Ker,   b. 1 Jul 1656, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland d. 10 Jun 1748, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  Children	1. John Ker,   b. 1692, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. William Ker,   b. 1700, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 14 Jul 1777 (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Margaret Ker,   b. 6 Jan 1691, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 30 Sep 1765, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Joseph Ker,   b. 1714   d. Bef 13 Oct 1774, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age < 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. James Ker,   b. Abt 1690, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. Abt 1692, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Samuel Ker,   b. New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F23557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1674 - Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - 1 Oct 1734 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Burial - - Tennent, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  How Margaret arrived in East Jersey is not known. She may have been a niece of James and John Johnstone, but there is no evidence that she was a child of James.

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).