Jamieson Surname FTDNA

Mark Elliott
15 minutes ago
https://d3tije9h5o4l4c.cloudfront.net/social-photos/3435583?dpr=2&fit=max&h=567&w=590 George Jamieson July 23 @ 8:44am Mark, where is the connection between Johnston/Johnstone and the place name of Johnstown noted ? The Gatehouse website record of JHÕSTON (ADDED) (JOHNSTON) a location shown on a 1590 map of the West Marches of Scotland (The Aglionby Platt) In the civil parish of Johnstone. In the historic county of Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Modern Authority of Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland. 1974 county of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. OS Map Grid Reference: NY08459678 Latitude 55.25670° Longitude -3.44186° Johnston has been suggested as a location on the Aglionby Platt but is rejected as such. http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/Indexs/APindex.html http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/AP/Jhstonadded.html Note: “In the civil parish of Johnstone.”, it is the Parish which carries the name Johnstone, spelled with an ‘e’. ‘Johnstone’ mainly of “Johnstone Parish”, then of “Johnstone (Castle)”; is Scottish of Scotland, which derives the Ulster Plantation name ‘Johnston’. In the US, if descended from a ‘Johnston’, then family most likely from County Fermanagh, Ulster Plantation of Ireland.
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