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From: "Terry M. Johnston" <>
Subject: Re: [JOHNSTON-DNA] Johnston family - the Wee Three
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:16:20 -0400
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Hello Cliff

Just wanted to add my two cents, allthough I have no idea if we are related.
My name is Terry Johnston, I am also tall with red hair. 6'7 to be exact..
My father who shares a name with you is 6'5 he is David Clifford Johnston,
and my brother David also with red hair is 6'6. Our grandfather was also
tall at 6'7 and had red hair, he was George Virgil Johnston and his father
was Floyd Clifford Johnston and his father was George Vinson Johnston and
his father was John Johnston, if you have any info on this line or if it is
connected with your line please let me know, thanks...


Terry M Johnston

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cliff. Johnston" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:13 PM
Subject: [JOHNSTON-DNA] Johnston family - the Wee Three


> Greetings from Sunny Texas,
>
> Y-DNA test results have come back confirming the suspected relationship of
> 3 Johnston brothers: Francis "Frank" (b. 1805), Robert "Red Robin" (b.
> 1808) and Archibald "Archie" (b. 1815), all born in Ireland. I call them
> the "Wee Three" with affection as all were taller than average with my
> gggrandfather, Red Robin, coming in at 6'-5" (and red hair).
>
> According to oral family history their father may have been born in
> Scotland. We do not know his name. According to old and ancient
> Johnston/e family genealogy provided by a newfound cousin to whom we were
> linked by the Y-DNA tests we belong to the Johnstons in Poldean and some
> of our ancestors were members of the Old Gang of Wamphray (Danish Viking
> ancestry - Poldean is a 2,000 acre holding which left the family in 1742.
> It is some 4-5 miles south of Moffatt, Scotland). Our Johnston/e family
> left Ireland in the mid-1820's. One or more died on the crossing to Upper
> Canada, possibly including their father. A married sister stayed behind
> in Ireland with her husband. The 3 surviving brothers settled near what
> is now Pendleton, Ontario, Canada. They were very close to other families
> in the Pendleton area, such as Anderson, Wylie and Derby who came from the
> Magherafeldt area in Co. Derry, and it is suspected that they too may have
> come from the same locale.
>
> 2 of my Dad's aunts visited Ireland to find kin in the 1920's. None were
> found living. One aunt kept a detailed journal which included the
> tombstone inscriptions of our kin - they did find where they were buried
> and visited their graves. Unfortunately today no one knows where the
> journal is or where in Ireland the sisters visited.
>
> I have been told that in Ireland the given name "Francis" was considered
> to be a Roman Catholic name and as such not in common use among Protestant
> Johnston/e families. Our ancestors were Presbyterian/Methodist. It is
> possible that the father of the Wee Three married a Roman Catholic woman.
> We do not know, but interestingly a couple of other Y-DNA cousins in the
> States with whom we have not been able to make a paper connection yet also
> have the name "Francis" used by their Protestant Irish ancestors.
>
> If anyone has any information on our Wee Three or recognizes something
> about them from their research I'd appreciate hearing from you. I've been
> beating my head against those old Irish bricks for too long (since 1979) -
> something has to give, and I hope that it isn't me... ;-)
>
> Here is a link to some photographs of our ancestors, including my
> gggrandfather & gggrandmother:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/cjmax/johnston_family_album&page=all
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cliff. Johnston
> "May the best you've ever seen,
> Be the worst you'll ever see;"
> from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay
>
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