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About Hugh Johnston
- Hugh Johnston (January 4, 1756 – November 29, 1829) was a Scottish-born merchant and politician in New Brunswick.
- He represented St.
- John County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1802 to 1820. He was born in Morayshire, the son of William Johnston and Isabel Hepburn.
- He married Ann Gilzean.
- He set up business at Saint John, New Brunswick in the 1780s.
- Johnston traded fish and lumber for sugar and molasses from the West Indies which was used to manufacture rum in Scotland.
- In 1806, he married Margaret Thurburn after the death of his first wife.
- Johnston was a director of the Bank of New Brunswick and a port warden for the harbour at Saint John.
- With others, he helped establish the first Presbyterian church in New Brunswick.
- Johnston was named a magistrate for St.
- John County in 1818.
- He died in Saint John at the age of 73. His son Hugh Johnston, Jr.
- also served in the New Brunswick assembly.
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