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Early Origins of the Johnston family. The surname Johnston was first found in Dumfries (now part of the region of Galloway) where they held the barony of John's Town. There is a heraldic similarity with the Kirkpatrick family coat of arms, leading to the belief that John was a descendant of Gospatrick, Earl of Northumberland.
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This interesting name is of Scottish locational origin, from the lands thus called in Annandale, Dumfriesshire. The founder of the family, bearing the forename, Jonis, is believed to have followed his overlords from Yorkshire circa 1174 and was granted the lands to which he gave his name.
English: habitational name from Johnson Hall (Staffordshire), recorded as Johanneston c.1233 and Joneston in 1314. The placename means ‘John’s settlement’, from the genitive case of the Middle English personal name Johan, Jon (see John) + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’.
Shortly after 1174 John the founder of the family of Johnstone, gave his name to his lands in Annandale, Dumfriesshire. John’s son Gilbert then adopted Johnstone as his surname. The Johnstons became one of the great riding or reiving clans of the Borders, and one of the most troublesome to the Crowns of both England and Scotland.
The Johnston family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Johnston families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 2,266 Johnston families living in Cumberland. This was about 22% of all the recorded Johnston's in United Kingdom.
Johnston is a surname of Scottish origin that found its way to Ireland during the Plantation of Ulster, a period of colonization in the early 17th century. Etymology and Meaning. The surname Johnston is derived from “John’s town” or “John’s settlement.”
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English: habitational name from Johnson Hall (Staffordshire), recorded as Johannestonc. 1233 and Joneston in 1314. The placename means ‘John's settlement’, from the genitive case of the Middle English personal name Johan, Jon (see John ) + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’.
