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The Genealogy of the Caauwe and Sommerfeld Families

William Johnston and Isabel Maitland Family

• Male William Johnston

  
  

  Birth	1625	Haddington, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Death	1670	Haddington East Lothian, Scotland
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  Female Isabel Maitland

  
  

  Birth	24 Nov 1626	Linithgow, West Lothian, Berwickshire County, Scotland
  Death	8 Feb 1686	Haddington, Lothian, Scotland
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  Father	John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale | F1018 Group Sheet
  Mother	Isabel Seton | F1018 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female + Marjorie Scott Johnston

  
  

  Birth	1648	Haddington East Lothian, Scotland
  Death	1682	on the Ship Caldonia going to America
  Burial		In 1682, JAMES HUME took his wife Marjorie Scott Johnson and their daughter Barbara on the ship Caledonia to immigrate to America. The family was Quaker and James had been imprisoned at Scotland and most of the family’s property was confiscated for refusing to change his religious beliefs. “James Hume was one of two brothers, men of wealth and standing, who differed on the great questions of the day. One of the brothers conformed, the other, James, was true to the Kirk and the Covenant..He was imprisoned and most of his property confiscated, but through the influence of his brother was released on condition of his immigrating to America. Sir James Hume's father was a knight and a Baron and nearly allied to the House of Stuart, thus tracing back to Robert Bruce.” The ship “Caledonia” was bound for Perth Amboy, New Jersey, but both James and Marjorie died aboard ship of disease and were buried at sea They had apparently befriended William Hogue aboard ship, and he acted as a guardian of their
  Spouse	Sir James Hume Baron | F1008
  Marriage	Abt 1669	Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland