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From: "RICK NOVAK" <>
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] RE: Johnston family
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:47:35 -0800
In-Reply-To: <000001c62f77$b00d1960$197e3018@bflony.adelphia.net>


Hi Phyllis,

Although my link to David Johnston is 'unproven' by primary documentation,
this is what I do know.

I've been able to trace my ancestry back to John Teeter (the owner of the
mill you mention near present day Califon) and his wife Hannah Parke
(1795-1865). The Parke family genealogies strongly suggest that Hannah was
the daughter of Alexander Parke (1765-1828) and his first wife Mary
Elizabeth Johnston (1775-1800). Mary was a daughter of David Johnston and
Margaret Nixon (again, primary evidence is lacking). If your Samuel
Johnston was Mary Elizabeth Johnston's brother, he would have been Hannah
Parke Teeter's uncle, thus keeping the sale of 'Teeter's mill' in the
family. It's interesting that today there is a Teetertown Nature Reserve
that includes ruins of the mill. Note also that TV personality Merv Griffin
once owned the site of Teeter's mill. Here's a link:

http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/depts/parks/guides/Teetertown.htm#history

John and Hannah Parke Teeter are buried at the Pleasant Grove Presbyterian
Church near Schooley's Mtn (just across the county line in Morris County)
and I found their grave marker a few years ago. John's mother, Catherine
Huffschmidt Teeter (c1762-1834) (and possible mother to Susanna) is buried
at the Lower Valley Presbyterian Church yard just outside of Califon and I
saw her marker a few years ago as well. It was one of the oldest in the
cemetery. I don't know where Mary Elizabeth Johnston Parke is buried but her
husband Alexander Parke and his second wife Theodosia Lake removed to
Chemung County, NY around 1816 and he is buried at the Austin Hill Cemetery
in Erin TWP, Chemung Co.

John Teeter (and his mother) was originally from Knowleton Twp in what is
now Warren County and his father Elias Teeter is probably buried there.

Hope this helps,

Rick Novak


-----Original Message-----
From: Phyllis Johnston [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 5:23 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] RE: Johnston family

Hello, Rick,

I also believe I am descended from David and Margaret (Nixon) Johnston of
Hunterdon County, but I've been unable to find a list of their children. Do
you have any information on their offspring? My Bible of Samuel and Susanna
Teeter Johnston says that Samuel's parents were a David and Margaret
Johnston, and my Samuel was born 1781, so the time frame is right. I've
found evidence of my Samuel and Susanna in Warren and Hunterdon Counties, so
I think I'm on the right track. If this is not too nosy, how do you know
that you are a descendent of David Johnston? Thanks for any information you
can give me!
----- Original Message -----
From: "RICK NOVAK" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 7:22 PM
Subject: [NJHUNTER] RE: Johnston family


> Hi Jennifer,
>
> Your Johnstons sound like kin to Samuel Johnston (1706-1785) a native of
> Edinboro, Scotland and an early Judge in Hunterdon County. Samuel was
> married to a Mary Crozier and may have had as many as eight children
> including a son named Samuel who was born in c1748. I believe that I am a
> descendant of the elder Samuel and Mary via their son David (1746-1815)
who
> was married to a Margaret Nixon whose family may have been from Ireland.
> Another son, Philip, died in the Battle of Long Island at the beginning of
> the Revolutionary War.
>
> It sounds like you have a real treasure and I concur with the
> recommendations to donate it to the Hunterdon County Historical Society.
>
> Rick Novak
>
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