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American in Colonial Boston. Johnston the Colonial America was also manufacturer of church organs in the colonies. The pipe he built in 1758-1759 Boston's Old North Church in use until another organ replaced it in 1886.

Life and businesses
Johnston was born in 1708 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Brattle Street Church since June 5, 1726.

Johnston's workshop was in his home's backyard. While he advertised his businesses as being organ making, engraving, and furniture merchant, he also worked as a japanner, painted coats of arms, and published books. He was an engraver of skill, and a heraldic painter. The paintings and engravings he sold in his store included views of Boston and heraldic works. Furniture designs included rendering raised and embossed images into clocks and other furniture.