Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Johnston (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ireland, and Scotland. The Clan Johnston(e) consists of several groups. One group descends from Gilbert, the son of John, who received land in Annandale from William Bruce, ca. 1200. Gilbert was knighted as Sir Gilbert de Joneston, the Earl of Annandale and Hartfell. He became...

John Airy, possibly the son of John Airy, and Mary Jones, daughter of John and Elizabeth Jones of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, were married ca. 1797. They had three children, ca. 1799-1802. He died ca. 1803. His son, John Airy, was born in 1802, probably at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He married Keziah Jones (1804-1877), daughter of George and Lydia Hobson Jones of Preble County, Ohio. They had eleven children, 1825-1851. The family lived in Ohio, Indiana,...

John Ellis (d. 1677) of Sandwich, Massachusetts was the first known Ellis ancestor to settle in America. He was the father of eleven children, one of whom was Mordecai Ellis (1650-1709) who also lived in Sandwich and was the father of ten children. Later generations lived in Massachusetts, New York and Washtenaw County, Michigan. Ozias Goodwin, born ca. 1596 in England, died in 1683 in East Hartford, Connecticut. He married Mary Woodward about 1629...

Isaac Goodwin came from New England and was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He married Laura Hotchkiss and spent time in the southern California Latter-day Saint settlements before finally settling in Lehi. This history is intended for his descendants. Material is also given on Elizur Goodrich Terrill who baptized Isaac in 1844 in Connecticut.

Ozias Goodwin (1596-1683) married Mary Woodward, and they immigrated from England to Newtown (later Hartford), Connecticut. James Goodwin (1803-1878), a direct descendant in the sixth generation, married Lucy Morgan in 1832, and lived in Hartford. Descendants and relatives lived in Connecticut, New York and elsewhere. Ancestors and relatives lived in New England and in England. Includes Beamon (Bemon), Collyer, Halsey, Howell, Humphrey, Lothrop Lothrope),...

Thomas Butler was born about 1674, and settled in South Berwick, Maine during or before 1798. He died there after 1736. Includes Goodwin, Libby, Ricker and related families.

John Fillmore emigrated from England to Ipswich, Massachusetts, married Abigail Tilton in 1701 at Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, and died before 1711. Grandson John Fillmore (1725/1726-1796) married Leah Day in 1747, and emigrated from Connecticut to Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia, moving later to Jolicure (Jolly Coeur), Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Descendants and relatives lived in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and elsewhere. Many...

The author states that his aunt, a granddaughter of Robert L. Jimerson (1836-1907), wrote a letter about the family history, stating: "When Grandpap Jimerson came to the U.S. [from Scotland], there were 5 brothers. They became separated and grandpap had knowledge of only one brother, Uncle Joe Jimerson.... Grandpap's full name was Robert Lemuel Jimerson.... [He] moved to Illinois from Kentucky."--Vol. 1, leaf 115. Yet Robert L. Jimerson's death certificate...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Soule (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England and Ireland. Some came to America on the Mayflower, and settled in Massachusetts and New York in the 1600s. George Soule was born in England about 1590, and came on the Mayflower. George Soule, Miles Standish, and John Alden laid out the first town in Duxbury, Massachusetts. All three are buried there. George...