. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . rolina,and the first Declaration of Independence was that of These persecutions continued twenty-eight years. By com-putation 18,000 suffered death, slavery, exile, or imprisonment,inflicted in the vain endeavor to destroy the Presbyterian Churchof Scotland, and to establish prelacy on its ruins.—HetheringtonsHist. Ch. of Scotland. Ancestiy. 3 Mecklenburg,—the natural product of the sons of theCovenanters. As a final result of the labors, sacrifices, and convic-tions of these of whom we have been speaking, in unisonwith kindre
. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . rolina,and the first Declaration of Independence was that of These persecutions continued twenty-eight years. By com-putation 18,000 suffered death, slavery, exile, or imprisonment,inflicted in the vain endeavor to destroy the Presbyterian Churchof Scotland, and to establish prelacy on its ruins.—HetheringtonsHist. Ch. of Scotland. Ancestiy. 3 Mecklenburg,—the natural product of the sons of theCovenanters. As a final result of the labors, sacrifices, and convic-tions of these of whom we have been speaking, in unisonwith kindred spirits throughout the colonies, a free andindependent nation was established,—the best on theface of the earth. That the Scotch-Irish were large andhearty contributors to a consummation so momentous, issomething of which their descendants have just causeto be proud, while humbly acknowledging the governingProvidence which in the shaping of history chose theirancestors to be His instruments to that end. God moves in a mysterious wayHis wonders to CHAPTER 11 PATERNAL ANCESTORS THROUGH THREE GENERATIONS :MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER, GRANDFATHER, AND FATHER. AMONG- the Scotch-Irish who, prior to the Revolution,sought homes in America, was Robert Johnston,my great-grandfather. In Ireland he resided in the townland of Killy Crough,a suburb of Castle Derg, County Antrim, about sevenmiles eastward of Strabane, and perhaps a trifle farthersoutheastwardly from Londonderry. In the year 1769 Robert Johnston came to America bythe only means then known of making transatlanticvoyages,—in a sailing vessel. His companions were hiswife, Eliza Sproul; their three sons, Robert, William,and John ; and two daughters, Mary and Nancy. Theireldest daughter, Jane, wife of William Davis, remainedin Ireland until the year 1801, when, with her husbandand children, she also emigrated to America. For his future place of abode Mr. Johnston chosePennsylvania, and at once upon landing in Americapu
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