Kintyre People


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Johnston, Alexander

Johnston, Alexander

Male 1661 - 1716  (55 years)


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  • Name Johnston, Alexander
    Birth c. 1661  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Residence 1710  Ranachan, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Community-wide Assize Trial 14 Jun 1710  Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    "Alexander Johnstoun in Ranachan guilty of burying of two of his Children w[ith]in this half year in linen Cloath, by Confession" 
    Death 9 May 1716  Ranachan, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I426  Kintyre People
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2026

    Family Dunlap, Isabel
    Marriage 2 Jun 1702  Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Johnston, Alexander,   c. 27 Jun 1703, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Johnston, Alexander II,   c. 1 Oct 1704, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Johnston, James,   c. 19 Jan 1707, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Johnston, John,   c. 24 Apr 1709, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Johnston, John,   c. 5 Nov 1710, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F76  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2026

  • Notes 
    • In 1692, Alexander JONSTOUN was recorded as a Lowland fencible man in Rannochan.

      No men of this surname appear in the Hearth Tax list.

      Alexander Johnstoun married Isabel Dunlop on 2 June 1702. They baptized the following children:
      Alexander 1 October 1704
      James 19 January 1707
      John 24 April 1709
      John 5 November 1710

      Alexander was found guilty of burying two of his children "within this half year" in linen cloth on 14 June 1710. If this is the same person, then one of those children was most likely his son John, who was born in 1709.

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Testamentary Records.
      HERE LIES
      ALEXANDER JOHNSTON
      LAND LABOURER RANACHAN
      WHO DIED 9TH MAY 1716
      AGED 55 YEARS
      AND
      ISOBELL DUNLOP
      HIS WIFE
      WHO DIED IN 1740
      Monumental inscriptions. Scotland. Kilchousland Graveyard, Argyll, Scotland. 9 May 1716. JOHNSTON, Alexander. Photo added by "Pixturmn." Memorial: 115295041. https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 8 February 2026.

    2. [S13] National Records of Scotland, SC54/17/2/35/6.

    3. [S13] National Records of Scotland, SC54/17/2/35/6.
      "Alexander Johnstoun in Ranachan guilty of burying of two of his Children w[ith]in this half year in linen Cloath, by Confession"