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Good morning,
I'm descended from this family also, and have done quite a bit of work on them. In the sibling group you've listed, Janet Johnstone is my direct ancestor.
It's been about a decade since I look at them in great detail, so I'll have to pull up my notes to recall!

The difficulty in going back beyond Thomas and Jane was that their marriage certificate omitted an important detail. Thomas and Jane were actually first cousins, which their marriage certificate attempted to hide by putting the maiden name of Jane's grandmother (Currie) instead of her mother (Paxton). The cousin connection: Thomas' mother was Janet Paxon, and Jane's father was Henry Paxton. They were siblings, and their parents were James Paxton and Margaret Currie.

Thomas and Jane married 30 Jun 1871, District of Newington, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Place of marriage: 4 Oxford Street, Edinburgh, Scotland.
After banns in the United Presbytarian Church.
Witnesses George Paxton and William ?.

Thomas was a carter and Jane was a domestic servant.  Usual residence, 135 Westport, Edinburgh (both).

I do have a little information on the descendants of your ancestor Jane also. You're welcome to PM me, and I'll pass these on.

The golf connection is certainly there on the Paxton side. Another of the children of James Paxton and Margaret Currie, James Ferdinand Douglas Paxton (b.1830), you'll find a fair bit of information on. He was a professional golfer, and sadly took his own life.

The mother of Jane Paxton (married to Thomas Johnstone) was Jane Hunter, her mother was Euphemia Ormiston, and the this line goes back into the early kings of Scotland (c1000). Enjoy the journey!

Kind regards,
Victoria