Ancestry of
Ted Danson

TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”

Nathan Johnston

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Ted Danson — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 56 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Johnston 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Futhey   
  • Birth Date:
  • 19 Jun 1776 
  • Birth Location:
  • Franklin County, Pennsylvania 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 15 Jan 1845 
  • Death Location:
  • Harrison County, Ohio 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Beech Spring Cemetery, Hopedale, Harrison, Ohio 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Black
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Feb 1801 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Blairsville, Indiana, Pennsylvania 
  • Child:

  Samuel Power Johnston (Ahnentafel No:28 )

  • Notes: 

  • Nathan Johnston was said by his son to be one of the few early abolitionists and he eventually left his church because of its position on slavery.

• Sources for Nathan Johnston

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A064093.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/30/2015).
  • ³ Fuller, Stewart D., Johnston-Black Genealogy, Unknown: Typescript (1966), 19, 22-24, 56, 59-60.
  • ⁴ Johnston, Rev. Nathan Robinson, Looking Back from the Sunset Land or People Worth Knowing, Oakland, California: Unknown (1898), 11, 14-17.

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