From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North America Organ Builders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991). -

Born 1708 in Boston, Massachusetts; father of Benjamin Johnston; engraver, painter, singer, organbuilder; active in Boston, Massachusetts, 1750s; died 1767.

Staff: Josiah Leavitt.

Sources:

• Orpha Ochse, The History of the Organ in the United States (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 25.
• Barbara Owen, The Organ in New England (Raleigh: Sunbury Press, 1979), 406.