Forces in the Canadas, and had by him one daughter, Arabella Holmes (1808−1887), married Colonel The Hon. Sydney Robert Bellingham. She inherited of land in the counties of Buckland and Bellechasse from her father that she used to help her husband's career in politics. They died without children at Castlebellingham in Ireland. Colonel Johnston died November 8, 1800, at his home on Rue Champlain, Quebec. After his death the firm of Johnston & Purss was dissolved and its property holdings were divided by lot between his widow, children (who were still minors) and Purss himself. As proof of the esteem in which Purss held Johnston, after the latter's death he cancelled a debt of £2,311 that Johnston owed him. Returning the favour, Mrs Johnston sold all Purss' household effects and furniture left by him to her in his will of 1803, raising a sum of £3,500, which she paid to his heirs in Britain. Further reading The Taylor and Johnston families in Quebec circa 1760−1800 References 1720s births 1800 deaths People from Orkney Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Quebec Immigrants to New France Canadian justices of the peace