where does the last name johnston come from
Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
title: Johnston (surname) text: also be sources for the surname "Johnston". Johnston is commonly traced back to Ireland, however it is believed the name and people migrated from Scotland. Johnston (surname) Johnston is in most cases a habitational surname derived from several places in Scotland. Historically the surname has been most common throughout Scotland and Ireland. The habitational surname originates in most cases from the place so called in Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. This surname is derived from the genitive case of the given name "John" and "tone" or "toun" ("settlement" in Middle English; "tun" in Old English), literally meaning "John's town". There are several title: Johnston (surname) text: Johnston (surname) Johnston is in most cases a habitational surname derived from several places in Scotland. Historically the surname has been most common throughout Scotland and Ireland. The habitational surname originates in most cases from the place so called in Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. This surname is derived from the genitive case of the given name "John" and "tone" or "toun" ("settlement" in Middle English; "tun" in Old English), literally meaning "John's town". There are several similar place names in Scotland, including the city of Perth, which was once known as "St. John's Toun". This and other similarly named locations may title: Johnston baronets text: Johnston baronets There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Johnston (as distinct from Johnstone), two in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2010. The Johnston Baronetcy, of Caskiebien in the County of Aberdeen, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 31 March 1626 for George Johnston. The Johnston Baronetcy, of Elphinstone in the County of Haddington, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 18 October 1628 for Samuel Johnston. Nothing further is title: Joseph E. Johnston text: Johnston, emigrated to Virginia from Scotland in 1726. Joseph was the seventh son of Judge Peter Johnston (1763–1831) and Mary Valentine Wood (1769–1825), a niece of Patrick Henry. He was named for Major Joseph Eggleston, under whom his father served in the American Revolutionary War, in the command of Light-Horse Harry Lee. His brother Charles Clement Johnston served as a congressman, and his nephew John Warfield Johnston was a senator; both represented Virginia. In 1811, the Johnston family moved to Abingdon, Virginia, a town near the Tennessee border, where his father Peter built a home he named Panecillo. Johnston attended title: Bryan (surname) text: Bryan (surname) Bryan is a surname found in the English-speaking world. This surname has several different origins. One origin of the name is from an Anglo-Norman name, "de Brionne", derived from either of two places called "Brionne" in the north of France—one is Brionne, in Eure; the other is Brionne in Creuse. It may also come from "de Brienne" from Brienne-le-Château. Another origin of the surname is as a patronymic, being borne by someone who was son of an individual named Bryan. In addition to being found in Brittany, it was used among the Breton followers of the Normans who