Person:Charles Johnston (5)

Charles Warren Johnston
 
  1. Charles Warren Johnston1751 -
  • HCharles Warren Johnston1751 -
  • WSarah LewisAbt 1751 -
m. Abt 1770
  1. Prudence JohnstonAbt 1786 - 1864
Facts and Events
Name[1] Charles Warren Johnston
Gender Male
Birth[1] 27 Mar 1751 Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Other? Abt 1753 Ireland to CT River ValleyEmigrated
Marriage Abt 1770 Connecticut, USAto Sarah Lewis
Military? Went into Continental Army (see note)
Residence? New Brunswick, near St. John River, opposite Frederickton

Charles went into the Continental Army, was taken prisoner, and confined with others in close cells. Inducements being held out by the English (to prisoners of pardon), after suffering extremely from hunger and exposure, he consented to act as orderly to a British general. Afterward he enlisted in the English army. (source: letter Oct 17, 1882, C.W. Johnston)

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Daniel Johnston. Letter from CW Johnston, Oct 17, 1882.