. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . 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 Americapushed
. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . 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 Americapushed westward with his family, through the giantforests of that noble State, until he reached the easternslope of the Alleghanies, settling in the beautiful andfertile Cumberland valley, upon what was called Back 4 Great-G ran df atb er. Creek, about twelve miles from Chambersburg, a neigh-borhood in which many families he had known in Ire-land had already located. In due course of time (date unknown) Robert, thefather, died and was buried in or near JOHN JOHNSTON.—1802. AGE OF 37. Not long after this event his widow sold the farm and re-moved to Chambersburg, in order that her two youngersons should be brought up to useful occupations, as neitherfelt inclined to pursue the life of a farmer. William, the second son, was apprenticed to the tan-ning business, and John learned clock-making. 6 The Eldest Son Enlists for War. Eobert enlisted in the Continental armj, in a Pennsyl-vania regiment. He was present at the battle of LongIsland, and it was his fortune to be taken prisoner and tobe one of the few survivors of the long and inhumanconfinement in British prison-ships in New York harbor.
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