Jean Duncan Johnston

Abt 1729 - 1789  (~ 59 years)

• Name	Jean Duncan Johnston  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt Oct 1729	Dundee, Angus, Scotland   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	12 Mar 1789	Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina   [3, 4]
  Burial	Aft 12 Mar 1789	Johnston Family Cemetery, Hayes Plantation, Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I175	Johnstone Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel Johnstone, Sr.,   b. 1702, Dundee, Angus, Scotland d. Abt 13 Nov 1756, Onslow County, North Carolina (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Helen Scrimgeour,   b. Abt 1705, Scotland d. 1751, Bertie County, North Carolina (Age ~ 46 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1728	Dundee, Angus, Scotland   [5]
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Blair,   b. 1738, Scotland d. 18 Apr 1772, Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1760	North Carolina
  Children	1. Helen Scrymgeour Blair,   b. 22 Feb 1763, Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina d. 24 Feb 1802, Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Samuel Blair  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William Blair  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Margaret Blair  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. George Blair, Jr.  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Gravestone inscription: In memory of Jean BLAIR widow of George BLAIR who departed this life 3/12/1789 age 59 years and 6 months Source Information: Chowan County, NC Cemeteries-Hayes Plantation. File was contributed by: dayle noble biba Jan 2000. NC Genweb, Rootsweb.com. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/chowan/cemeteries/hayescem.txt

  
  

• Sources

  [S287] Alvaretta Kenan Register, The Kenan Family and Some Allied Families of the Author and Publisher. Statesboro, GA: J.S. Kenan ll, 1985, 194. [Her name is listed as Jean (or Jane) Johnston in this record.] [S258] John Bryan Grimes, Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, Raleigh, North Carolina, North Carolina Department of State, 1910. [Listed as daughter Jean in father Samuel's will.] Footnote: Carol Clendinin www.genforum.com Johnston message board, post # 2243. [S214] FamilyTree.FTW. Date of Import: Feb 16, 2005 [S287] Alvaretta Kenan Register, The Kenan Family and Some Allied Families of the Author and Publisher. Statesboro, GA: J.S. Kenan ll, 1985, 193. [Their place of marriage was listed as Dundee, Scotland in this record.]