Genealogical account of the family of Johnston of that Ilk, formerly of Caskieben, in the shire of Aberdeen, and of its principal branches

PREFACE.
Some explanation may be expected of my reasons for
presenting in this form the following account.
A taste for genealogical matters having induced me to
enter into a minute investigation of the pedigree of the
family herein treated of, it was suggested that by putting
the result of my inquires within the reach of those con-
nected with the family, an acceptable service would be
performed. From the circumstance of having observed
in all works which have been recently published, profess-
ing to give an account of Scottish families, very imper-
fect notices of this house, I am more willing to act upon
this suggestion than I should otherwise have been.
It will be seen from the references on the margin of
the text, that the principal sources of information had
recourse to by me, for the more remote period, were, a
manuscript history of the family, by an unknown author,
evidently compiled between the years 1610 and 1614,