I am trying to find the Irish ancestry of Mary Frazer Johnston b. 1792 and William Johnston b. ab 1790 m. bef 1827. I know they emigrated to Lewis County, New York on 5 Sep 1850 from Liverpool, England, but some of the records in America are non-existent. I have located 4 children, but don't know if there were more. All of the known children were born in Ireland, but again, I don't know where. None of the records I have found have given the information of their heritage, other than the fact that they were from Ireland.
The children are as follows:
William F. b. abt 1827
Archibald b. abt 1833
Alexander L. b. 13 Feb 1834
Mary L. b. abt 1840
I am not 100% sure that Mary's maiden name is Frazer/Fraser, but the family seems to think so. I have searched the records in Lewis County, New York and have found some information, but nothing tells me Mary's maiden name. In fact, I cannot even locate her place of death. I can place her there from 1860 to 1875, but after that, I cannot find her. I assume she died between 1875 and 1880, since she does not appear in the 1880 census. The same can be said for William Johnston. I have a passenger record for him, dated 5 Sep 1850, but other than the census records, there is nothing found for him, either in county or city records.
There is a researcher who shows that there was a marriage of a Mary Frazer, daughter of Archibald Frazer and Anne Stinson, to William Johnston on 6 Apr 1815 in Ardcarne. Their source is only listed as JDH, but I don't know what that means. According to another source, this Mary and William emigrated to America, but there is no additional information known about them.
I am trying to ascertain if the Mary and William noted in the above researcher's records are indeed the same Mary and William in the family I am researching. I have contacted the researcher and he does not know. I am hoping that someone at this site will be able to help me figure this out, or send me in the right direction...I am really stuck!!!
Thank you so very much for your help!!
Susan
