Livingston of Callendar
This
page was set up by Robert Sewell in December, 2001 to show the Livingston
Family since the earliest known times. Robert Sewell graduated from
McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) in 1967 with a B.Sc. degree
in chemistry. After a year of studies at the University of Toronto's
College of Education, he taught high school science in Collingwood, Ontario
for a year and then taught chemistry, physics and general science in Hamilton,
Ontario for twenty-nine years. Robert Sewell retired from teaching
in June 1998.
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John at Queenston Heights,
Niagara, Ontario, Canada
May 7, 2002 | In Memory of
John P. Stewart
of Livingston, Scotland
July 10, 1934 - January 9, 2013
John came across our website and kindly shared information
including the Genealogical Charts from Edwin Brockholst Livingston, The Livingstons of Callendar, Edinburgh University Press, 1920. This provided our first real lead into the ancestors of {Rev} John Livingston.
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The information on this page represents
a compilation of material kindly shared by the following Livingston descendants:
Nell Livingston Blay, Steven R. Edington, Helen Hanson, Don C.
Livingston, Robert Livingston, W. Darcy McKeough, Sewell
Vincent Sample, Joe Slavin, John P. Stewart and Carma Kathleen Wallace.
Other sources include:
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{Rev} Henry Doyle Sewell (1806 - 1886) Letters,
unpublished
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Sir Bernard Burke: Vicissitudes
of Families; Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer; London 1869.
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Family Chart of Thomas Livingston of Haining
(d. 1602), shared by Helen Hanson.
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The Book of History (18 Volumes), London, 1914
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Edwin Brockholst Livingston, The Livingstons of Callendar,
Edinburgh University Press, 1920
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Sir Hector Livingston Duff, The Sewells of the New
World, William Pollard and Co., 1924
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Florence Van Rensselaer, The
Livingston Family in America, New York, 1949
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Way and Squire: Clans and Tartans, Harper
Collins, Glasgow, 1995
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Clare Brandt, An American Aristocracy: The Livingstons,
New York, 1986, ISBN 0385158750
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Berhard Grun, The Timetables of History, New
York, 1991
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Norman F. Cantor (ed.) The Encyclopędia of the
Middle Ages, New York, 1999
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Gary Boyd Roberts, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants,
Baltimore, 2004
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Douglas Richarson, Magna Carta Ancestry, Balitmore,
2005
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William R. Cutter, Genealogical and Family History
of Central New York V. II p 871
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Robert Livingston, The
Livingstones of Argyll and the Isles Website, no longer available as of 2013.
The surname Livingston is of territorial
origin derived from the lands of that same name in West Lothian, just to
the southwest of Edinburgh. A Saxon by the name of Leving settled in in
the area sometime during the reign of Edgar (1097-1107) and it is from
him that we get the name “Leving’s Town” or “Livingston”. Leving's
grandson, William was designated in a charter as William the Lion “of Livingston”.
His descendant, Sir William Livingston accompanied King David II on his
expedition to England in 1346 and it was from him that he acquired the
Barony of Callendar, Stirlingshire, and whose heiress he married. These
are the “Lowland Livingstons” from whose branches descended the Livingstons
of Dunipace, Kinnaird, Bonton and Westquarter.
. . . Robert Livingston
It has been previously suggested that:
"The 'Highland Livingstones' are of quite a different
origin. The earliest of the Highland Livingstones were from the Isle of
Lismore in the centre of Loch Linne off the coast of Western Scotland."
However, Robert Livingston wrote on
June 11, 2003:
"I think there is a very good possiblity that he (Baron
de Leving) was instead a highlander with close family ties to the Mac an
Ollaimhs of Lismore. My reason for suggesting this is because I have come
across several references to 'Leven" or "Levin'". Unfortunately, Mr. Livingston's web site has been closed.
Scotland in the 11th Century and Early Livingstons
Click for a brief background of Scotland
in the 11th century and of Baron de Leving.
However, the first of an unbroken line
of Livingstons is Sir Andrew de Livingston; and it is with him that we
will begin this genealogy:
Generation One
Sir Andrew de Livingston was
one of the Scottish knights summoned by King Edward I on May 24th 1297
to attend his expedition to Flanders. He was killed the same year
in the revolt led by the great Scottish hero Sir William Wallace.
Sir Andrew was the Sheriff of Lanark, and it appears that Sir William Wallace
emerged as the leader of the Scottish forces after Sir Andrew was killed.
It is on official record that the Sheriff
of Lanark was killed when Scottish rebels burned Lanark in 1297.
Blind Harry, the Minstrel, asserts that this sheriff was an Englishman
by the name of Hesilrig; but there is no record of such a man having held
this office. Sir Andrew de Livingston is known to have been Sheriff
of Lanark during the year preceding Wallace’s Revolt; and it is also evident
that he must have been deceased about this time due to the fact that after
Wallace’s Revolt there is no further reference to him in the public records.
Click for more background on this Troubled
Time in Scotland.
Died: 1297, slain during the revolt led by by
Sir William Wallace
Married: Lady Elene de Quarantley or de
Carantelegh
Sir Andrew de Livingston and Lady Elene de Quarantley
had the following child:
Generation Two
Sir William de Livingston
of Gorgyn, Crainmillar and Drumry, was a firm adherent of the House of
Bruce, and fought against the English at Halidon Hill, July 19th, 1333
Died: 1339
Married: Margaret, whose surname unfortunately
is not on record; she may have been a daughter of Sir Fergus Comyn,
Lord of Gorgyn, circa 1260.
Sir William de Livingston and Margaret had the following
children:
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John Livingston (died 1366) married a daughter of Wemyss
of Wemyss and was the founder of the Livingstons of Drumry and East Wemyss,
but the line became extinct when Sir Robert Livingston was slain at the
Battle of Flodden Field on September 9, 1513.
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Sir William Livingston of Callendar
Generation Three
Sir William Livingston of Callendar
accompanied King David II on his expedition to England in 1346 and acquired
the Barony of Calendar, Stirlingshire, and whose heiress he married.
Died: November 30, 1364
Married: Christian de Callendar, daughter
of Sir Patrick de Callendar
Click for the descent of Christian
de Callendar and additional information on Sir William Livingston.
Sir William Livingston and Christian de Callendar had
the following children:
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Patrick Livingston who died while a hostage in England
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Sir John Livingston of Callendar
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William Livingston who was appointed in 1402 one of the guardians
of his nephew Archibald de Livingston.
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Walter Livingston who was appointed in 1402 one of the guardians
of his nephew Archibald de Livingston.
Generation Four
Sir John Livingston of Callendar
who was slain at the Battle of Homildon Hill on September 14, 1402; as
was his cousin Sir Robert Livingston of Drumry and Wemyss.
Born: circa 1356
Died: 1402
Married: to (first name unknown) Menteith,
daughter of John Menteith of Kerse.
Sir John Livingston and ? Menteith had the following
children:
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Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar
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Robert Livingston, Burgess of Stirling, reputed to have been
the ancestor of the Livingstons of Westquarter.
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John Livingston, reputed to have been the progenitor of the
Livingstons of Banton or Ballintoun in Stirlingshire.
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James Livingston who got into trouble with the officers of
the Exchequer in 1417, in an attempt to evade the Linlithgow customs over
the export of some wool.
Sir John Livingston married
second on August 5, 1381 to Agnes Douglas, daughter of Sir James Douglas
of Dalkeith and had the following children:
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Archibald Livingston, who was a "natural idiot", and after
his father's death was placed under the charge of his uncles William and
Walter Livingston and Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith. (for
another case of insanity, see James Livingston, 2nd
Lord Livingston of Callendar)
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William Livingston who became 1st Viscount of Kilsyth; his
great X3 grand daughter Barbara Livingston married {Reverend} Alexander
Livingston circa 1570. For this descent, please click on Livingston
of Kilsyth.
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Henry Livingston who was Knight Commander of the order of
St. John of Jerusalem in Scotland and Preceptor of Torphichen.
Generation Five
Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar
who was the favourite counsellor of James I (of Scotland), after whose
death he acted as guardian to the young King James II during his minority,
and, in that capacity was for some time the virtual ruler of Scotland.
Stirling Castle . . . One of Scotland's greatest stongholds.
Image courtesy of Touropia |
Click for details of the life of Sir Alexander Livingston
and the Black Dinner
of 1440.
Died: 1451
Married: (first name unknown) Dundas; reputed
to have been a daughter of James (or John) de Dundas of Dundas, the elder
and a great X3 granddaughter of King
Robert the Bruce of Scotland. This descent is uncertain.
Sir Alexander Livingston and (?) Dundas had the following
children:
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Sir James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston of Callendar
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Alexander Livingston of Feldes or Phildes, of Perthshire,
Constable of Stirling Castle, Captain of Methven Castle, etc., executed
by hanging and/or beheading on Castle Hill in Edinburgh on January 21,
1449/50 for high treason. Robert Livingston of Linlithgow, Comptoller,
was executed for high treason as well. Alexander Livingston of Feldes or
Phildes was the ancestor of the Livingstons of Dunipace, Bantaskine, Kirklands
of Dunipace, Balrownie, and Halls of Airth. See E.B. Livingston: The
Livingstons of Callendar (Edinburgh, 1920) Chapters XIV., XV.,
and XVI. for details of this line. Alexander's great X4 granddaughter
was Agnes Livingston who married {Reverend}
William Livingston in 1601. For this descent, please click on
Livingston
of Falkirk.
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Janet Livingston, born circa 1395, married Sir James Hamilton
of Cadzow, father of the first Lord Hamilton.
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Elizabeth Livingston (doubtful) who is said to have married
James Dundas of Dundas, the younger.
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Helen Livingston who married William Menteith of Carse of
Kerse.
Generation Six
Sir James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston of Callendar
succeeded his father as guardian to James II and became Great Chamberlain
and Master of the Household to that monarch, who always held him in high
esteem, and, in 1454, raised him to the peerage of Scotland as the first
Lord Livingston of Callendar.
Died: 1467
Married: Marion de Berwick, daughter of
Thomas de Berwick
Sir James Livingston and Marion de Berwick has the following
children:
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James Livingston, 2nd Lord Livingston of Callendar who was
"a fulle and natural idiot." On July 6, 1445, before his insanity had proved
to be incurable, he had been betrothed to Christian Erskine, daughter and
heiress of Sir John Erskine of Kinnoul. However, he was debarred from marriage
and died without issue. He was put under the care of his brother, Master
David Livingston; and his nephew administered the estate during the advancement
of his insanity. This nephew, also James Livingston, evenutally succeeded
in 1497 as 3rd Lord Livingston of Callendar. (For
another case of insanity, see Archibald Livingston)
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Master David Livingston, Rector of Ayr, afterwards Provost
of Lincluden and Keeper of the Privy Seal, and curator to his elder brother,
James 2nd Lord Livingston of Callendar.
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Elizabeth, who married John, Earl of Ross and Lord of the
Isles. After her husband's forfeiture, King James III on February
8, 1475/76, settled on her a liferent in certain lands for an honourable
sustenance in consideration of her loyal services to his parents, himself
and his queen, Margaret of Denmark.
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Euphemia who married first, Malcolm, son and heir of Robert,
1st Lord Fleming; and secondly, William Fleming of the Bord. Euphemia's
nephew, Sir James Livingston, 3rd Lord Livingston, married Malcolm Fleming's
sister Beatrice
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Marion who married William, 3rd Lord Crichton, an alliance
probably intended to finally end the long continued rivalry between the
two families.
Generation Seven
Alexander Livingston who
is known to have married, but the name of his wife has been lost.
Born: before July 6, 1445
Died: 1472
Alexander Livingston had a child:
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Sir James Livingston, 3rd Lord Livingston of Callendar
Generation Eight
Sir James Livingston, 3rd Lord Livingston of
Callendar who succeeded his childless and insane
uncle as 3rd Lord Livingston of Callendar in 1497.
Died: 1503
Married: circa 1472 to Beatrice Fleming,
daughter of Robert, the 1st Lord Fleming and granddaughter of Sir Malcolm
Fleming of Cumbernauld who had been executed following the Black Dinner
of 1440. Beatrice Fleming was a great X4 granddaughter of Robert
the Bruce (1274 - 1329), King of Scotland (1306 - 1329)
For Beatrice Fleming's descent from
the Kings of Scotland, click on The
Kings of Scotland Page.
For Beatrice Fleming's descent from
Prince Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, click on Sinclair.
For Beatrice Fleming's descent from
the Earls of Wigtown, click on Fleming,
Earl of Wigtown.
Sir James Livingston and Beatrice Fleming had the following
children:
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Sir William Livingston, 4th Lord Livingston of Callendar
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Elizabeth Livingston, who married Robert Callender or Callendar,
grandson and heir apparent to Robert Callender of Durator. Their
son, Robert Callender of Bancloich, married Marion Lindsay, and this last
couple's daughter married James Livingston of Inches, a member of a younger
line of the Livingstons of Kilsyth.
Sir James Livingston married second to Agnes Houston
and had a child:
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Alexander Livingston of Terrintiran
Generation Nine
Sir William Livingston, 4th Lord Livingston of Callendar
who in February 1509/10 resigned the whole of his lands in the Barony of
Callendar in favour of his son and heir Alexander, 5th Lord Livingston
of Callendar; leaving his liferent interest and a reasonable terse for
his wife. His married life, owing to his dissipated habits, was not a happy
one. In 1516, Lady Livingston applied to the Ecclesiastical Court
of St. Andrews for a decree of divorce on account of her husband having
committed adultery with one Mariota Taylor and having had issue by her.
On September 29, 1516, the court granted Lady Livingston a separation "a
mensa thoro et mutua cohabitatione ac servitute" from her husband
while he was ordered to support her in accordance with her rank and means.
Died: before April 25, 1518
Married before April 5, 1501 to Agnes Hepburn,
daughter of Alexander Hepburn, the Younger, of Whitsome, who was son of
Sir Patrick Hepburn, Lord Hailes. Separation on September 29, 1516.
Sir William Livingston and Agnes Hepburn had the following
children:
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Alexander Livingston, 5th Lord Livingston of Callendar
who was the guardian of the young Mary Queen of Scots. He married
first to Janet Stewart and they had no issue. He married second to Agnes
Douglas, daughter of John, 2nd Earl of Morton. Alexander Livingston,
5th Lord Livingston of Callendar died in 1553.
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His eldest son, John Livingston, the Master of Livingston,
married Janet, eldest daughter of Malcolm, 3rd Lord Fleming. They
had no issue. John was slain at the Battle of Pinkie, September 10th,
1547.
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His second son, William Livingston, became the 6th Lord Livingston.
He married Agnes, youngest daughter of Malcolm, 3rd Lord Fleming.
Their eldest son, Alexander Livingston, 7th Lord Livingston of Callendar,
married Helenor Hay, elder daughter of Andrew, 8th Earl of Errol.
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His youngest son, Thomas Livingston, married Agnes Crawford
of Haining. Their 11X great granddaughter Helen Hanson (born 1947,
living in Australia as of 2001) supplied much of the previously missing
Livingston genealogy from the 12th and 13th centuries.
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William Livingston who was Captain of the Royal Castle of
Kirkwall in the Orkneys. He married Margaret Strang.
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Margaret Livingston who married John, 4th Lord Hay of Yester.
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Dame Isobel Livingston, Lady Roslin who married Sir Oliver
Sinclair of Roslinas his third wife. According to Douglas's Peerage,
this Isobel Livingston married Nicol Ramsay of Dalhousie, while the Scots
Peerage declares Ramsay's wife was the daughter of Sir Robert Livingston
of Wemyss.
Generation Ten
Master James Livingston who,
as he is styled "Master", must have taken a degree in Arts at one of the
Universities, probably the University of Glasgow. Unfortunately,
there is a gap in the records of this university for the period between
1509 and 1536 which would have covered his student days.
James Livingston fought at the Battle
of Pinkie (September 10, 1547) under the command of his relative, James
Hamilton, Earl of Arran, and was there killed, as was also the Master of
Livingston, his nephew.
This James Livingston must not be
confused with other contemporary Master James Livingston, of which there
are at least three:
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Master James Livingston, Rector of Culter, Lanakshire.
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Master James Livingston of Baldoran, a descendant of the
Livingstons of Kilsyth.
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Master James Livingston, chaplain of St. John the Baptist's
Aisle, Falkirk Parish Church.
Died: September 10, 1547, slain at the Battle of Pinkie,
near Edinburgh.
Married circa 1544, but the name of his wife has been
lost.
Master James Livingston had the following child:
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{Reverend} Alexander Livingston, M.A.
Generation Eleven
{Reverend} Alexander Livingston, M.A.
who was the first Protestant Rector of Monyabroch. He was known as
Master Alexander Livingston, a reference to his degree of Master
of Arts.
Died: circa 1598
Married: circa 1570 to Barbara Livingston,
daughter of Alexander Livingston of Over & Nether Inches, and
grand daughter of William Livingston, 4th Viscount of Kilsyth and Janet
Bruce of Airth. Barbara Livingston was a great X5 grand daughter of King
Robert (II). For Barbara's descent, please click on Livingston
of Kilsyth, Bruce of
Airth, and Descendants
of Elizabeth Stuart. Barbara and Alexander were 5th cousins, their
common ancestor being Sir John Livingston of Callendar.
{Reverend} Alexander Livingston and Barbara Livingston
had the following children:
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Katherine Livingston who married James Livingston of Belstane.
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{Reverend} William Livingston, M.A.
Generation Twelve
{Reverend} William Livingston, M.A.
"When only twenty years old William
Livingston was presented by his kinsman, Alexander, 7th Lord Livingston,
afterwards first Earl of Linlithgow, to the family living of Callendar
in Perthshire, but, finding that his ignorance of the Gaelic language stood
in the way of his properly discharging the duties of this Highland parish,
he was eventually transferred, by the same patron, to the rectory of Monyabroch
in succession to his father." (Sir Hector Livingston Duff, The
Sewells of the New World, William Pollard and Co., 1924 pg. 114
- 115)
"He graduated from the University of
Glasgow in 1595. He was ordained July 13, 1596, and had temporary charge
of his father's parish of Monyabroch after the deposition, and he was subsequently
given the ministry permanently. Six years later he was also deposed, having
opposed the restoration of Episcopacy and not submitting to canons and
ceremonies, yet King James himself presented him with the living of Lanark
soon afterward, but he was again deposed for denouncing the legality of
the General Assembly that passed the Five Articles of Perth, and he was
thrown in prison. After his release, however, he boldly continued his antagonism.
He was a leader in the struggle between the bishops and the Presbyterian
clergy." (source to be posted later)
Born: Kilsyth Castle, circa 1576
Died: before October 1641, Lanark
Married: January 6, 1601 at Falkirk to Agnes
Livingston, daughter of Alexander Livingston of Falkirk, and Marlan
(or Marion) Bryson of Falkirk. Agnes and William were 5th cousins
once removed, their common ancestor being Sir Alexander Livingston
of Callendar.
For Agnes' descent, please click on Livingston
of Falkirk.
{Reverend} William Livingston and Agnes Livingston had
the following children:
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{Reverend} John Livingston, M.A.
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Anna Livingston who married on May 5, 1627 to Thomas
Vassie, minister of Torphichen; son of William Vassie, burgess of
Lanark.
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Margaret Livingston who married on January 4, 1632 to Matthew
Young, schoolmaster in Lanark; died November 1632.
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William Livingston. According
information from undocumented internet sites about 2001, William was
said to have been apprenticed to James Nairn, merchant,
Edinburgh on July 21, 1630. William Livingston is said to have married
Mary Lindsay. This information was shared by the late
Margaret Nell Livingston Blay, a great X 7 granddaughter.
{Reverend} William Livingston married second to Nicolas
Somervell and had the following children:
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Jean Livingston who married in September 1651 to Gideon Penman,
minister of Crichton.
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Janet Livingston who died on April 3, 1690.
{Reverend} William Livingston married third to Marion
Weir (died January 7, 1632)
Generation Thirteen
{Reverend} John Livingston, M.A.
who at the very outset of his career became involved
in a bitter dispute with the Bishop of Glasgow, and from
then onward was constantly being censured for insubordination, and was
more than once suspended from his holy office. Yet, in spite of all this,
"Worthy, famous Mr. John Livingston," as he is affectionately called by
contemporary chroniclers, carried more weight with the Scottish people
than any churchman of his time.
Born: Monyabroch, June 21, 1603
Died: Rotterdam, Holland, August 1672
Married: June 13, 1635 at Edinburgh to Janet
Fleming who was born in 1613, died Rotterdam, Feb. 1690/1 and was a
daughter of Bartholomew Fleming by Marian Hamilton.
Click for Janet Fleming's descent
from the Flemings of
Edinburgh.
Click for more on {Reverend}
John Livingston
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{Reverend} John Livingston
(1603 - 1672)
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Janet Fleming
(1613 - 1693-4)
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from original portraits in possession of the Earl
of Wemyss, Gosford House, Scotland
(courtesy of Sewell V. Sample)
{Reverend} John Livingston and Janet Fleming had fifteen
children, eight of whom died before reaching the ten years of age, many
of them as infants:
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John Livingston, born at Iron Furnace of Milton, Co.
Down, Ireland on June 30, 1636 and died at Stranraer, Wigtown, Scotland
on January 8, 1639. John was buried in Inch Churchyard.
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William Livingston, born at Lanark, January 7, 1638.
William married Ann Veitch on December 23, 1663, and he left surviving
issue. He was buried in Greyfriars' Burial Ground on June 12, 1700
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Bartholomew Livingston, born September 3, 1639 and died September
24, 1641
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Agnes Livingston, born September 20, 1640 and died October
17, 1641
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Marion Livingston, born October 10, 1642, married {Rev.}
John Scott September 28, 1658 and died July 1661 or 1662.
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Janet Livingston, born September 28, 1643, married
Andrew Russell; but had no issue. Janet died August 1696.
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John Livingston, born August 20, 1644 and died October 1645.
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Agnes Livingston, born August 18, 1645 and married David
Cleland June 6, 1676.
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Joanna Livingston, born September 1647 and died October 1648.
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Barbara Livingston, born June 21, 1648 and married James
Millar or Miller.
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John Livingston, born June 24, 1652 and died October 12,
1652.
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Andrew Livingston, born August 1653 and died February 7,
1655.
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Robert Livingston, "Robert
the Grantee", also known as "Robert the First Lord of the Manor" landed
at Charlestown, Massachusetts in December 1673. Among his grand children
were:
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"Philip the Signer" Livingston who signed the American Declaration
of Independence. His daughter:
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Catherine Livingston who married Stephen Van Rensselaer. Their son:
- {General} Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764 - 1839) who led the American
attack on Queenston Heights during the War of 1812.
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William Livingston who was the First Governor of New Jersey.
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Judge Robert R. Livingston.
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{Colonel} Robert Livingston, Third Lord of the Manor, whose
son {Colonel} Peter Robert Livingston was
a member of the "Sons of Liberty" prior to the American Revolution and
who married his third cousin Margaret Livingston.
- James Livingston (1728 - 1790) m. 1751 Judith Newcomb (d. 1808).
- Great X5 grandson George H. W. Bush who was the 41st American President.
- Great X6 grandson George W. Bush who was the 43rd American President.
Click for more on The
Family of Robert Livingston.
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Elizabeth Livingston, born January 7, 1657 and died October
31, 1666.
Generation Fourteen
James Livingston who was
apprenticed on September 24, 1662 to Edward Stevenson, a merchant in Edinburgh.
He subsequently became a merchant in that city himself, where he died in
1700; and was interred in the Greyfriars' Burial Ground on June 4, 1700.
He married twice, but the name of his first wife, the mother of Robert
who joined his uncle in America, is unknown. James married second
to Christian Fish on August 15, 1683.
(Mr. E. B. Livingston, The Livingstons
of Callendar, page 448)
Born: Stranraer, Scotland, September 22, 1646
Died: 1700
James Livingston and his first wife whose name is unknown
had the following son:
It is quite probably that James Livingston has at least one
other son whose direct descendant, possibly a grandson, was John Livingston,
the founder of the Jamestown Livingstons who settled in New York in 1764.
Please click on The Jamestown
Livingstons for details.
Generation
Fifteen
Robert Livingston, our ancestor
who came to America in 1696, is known as “Robert the Nephew” to distinguish
him from his Uncle “Robert the Grantee” referred to previously, who landed
at Charlestown, Massachusetts in December 1673 and moved on to New York
in 1674 and then to Albany.
Born: Rotterdam, Holland, 1663
Died: New York, April 21, 1725
Married: 1697 to Margaretta Schuyler, who
was a daughter of Colonel Peter Schuyler and Engeltie Van Shaik.
Click for additional background on Margaretta
Schuyler
Robert Livingston and Margaretta Schuyler had the following
children:
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Angelica Livingston who married Johannes Van Rensselaer;
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James Livingston, shown next.
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Janet Livingston who married {Colonel} Henry Beekman; their
children:
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Henry Beekman who died young.
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Margaret Beekman (1724 - 1800) m. 1742 {Judge} Robert R. Livingston (1718
- 1775); their children:
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Janet Livingston (1743 - 1828) m.1773 {General} Richard Montgomery (1736
- 1775) who was killed while attempting the capture of Quebec in 1775.
(dsp)
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Robert R. “The Chancellor” Livingston (1746 - 1813) who administered the
inaugural oath to the first American President, {General} George Washington
and was a partner of Robert Fulton who, in 1807, built the “Clermont”,
the first successful steamboat in the United States.
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Nine additional children.
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Pieter Livingston who married Zeba Holland
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John Livingston who married Catherine Ten Broeck
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Thomas Livingston who died young
Generation Sixteen
James Livingston with whom
our descent from the male line of Livingstons ceases, passing next, for
the first time in nearly 700 years, through an ancestress in the person
of Janet Livingston.
Born: Albany New York before December 21, 1701
Died: New York, September 7, 1763
Married: May 18, 1723 to Maria Kierstede
(born: April 2, 1704, died: November 1, 1762)
James Livingston and Maria Kierstede had the following
children:
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Robert James Livingston (1729 – 1771), who married Susanna
Smith (1729 – 1791), a sister of {Chief Justice} William Smith II who married Janet
Livingston. Robert James Livingston and Susanna Smith had
children:
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Mary Livingston (1748 – 1830) who married 1st {Capt} Gabriel
Maturin and 2nd {Dr} Jonathan Mallet
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James Kierstede Livingston (1749 – 1777)
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Elizabeth Livingston (1751 – 1752)
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{Col} William Smith Livingston (1755 – 1794) who married
Catherine Lott
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Robert James Livingston (1757 – 1757, died an infant)
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Susanna Livingston (1758 – 1851) who married {Rev} James
Francis Armstrong
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Robert James Livingston (1759 – 1827)
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{Hon} Peter Robert Livingston (1760 – 1847) who married Joanna
Livingston, daughter of {Judge} Robert R Livingston and Margaret Beekman
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{Judge} Maturin Livingston (1769 – 1847) who married Margaret
Lewis, grand daughter of {Judge} Robert R Livingston and Margaret Beekman
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Margaret Livingston (1738 - 1809) who
married {Colonel} Peter Robert Livingston (1737
- 1794). Margaret and Peter Livingston were third cousins; their
common ancestor being {Rev} John Livingston (1603 – 1672). Margaret
and Peter Livingston had ten children.
Generation Seventeen
Janet Livingston with whom
our descent passes in the female line through Henrietta Smith.
Born: New York, November 1, 1730
Died: Quebec City, November 1, 1819
Married: New York, November 3, 1752 to William
Smith, Chief Justice of the Province of New
York and Chief Justice of Canada (born: June 18,
1728, died: December 6, 1793, son of {Judge} William Smith & Mary Hett)
Click for the descent of William
Smith
Janet Livingston and William Smith had the following
children:
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Janet Smith (1753 – 1828) who married {General} John Plenderleath
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Mary Smith (1755 – 1759) who died of fever
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Elizabeth Smith (1757 – 1776) who died of stress due to the
Revolution
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Mary Smith (1759 - ?) who married {Lieut. Gen} William Doyle
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Margaret Susanna Smith (1761 – 1765) who was very weak and
died of worms and a fit
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William Livingston Smith (1763 – 1764) who died of a convulsion
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Margaret Smith (1765 – 1766)
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{Hon} William Smith III (1769 – 1847) who married Susan Webber
and had children:
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Louisa Janet Smith who married Robert Shore Milnes Sewell,
son of {Chief Justice} Jonathan Sewell III and Henrietta Smith
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William Robert Boudenell Smith who married Caroline Grierson
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Caroline Susanna Smith who married Henry Stuart, Q.C., son
of {Hon} Andrew Stuart, Solicitor General of Lower Canada
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Charles Webber Smith who married Anna Chelworth
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Emily Ann Smith who married {Rev} George Mackie, son of {Gen}
Mackie, Governor of St. Lucia
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Livingston Smith (1770 – 1770) who died aged 3 months and
8 days
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Henrietta “Harriet” Smith
Generation Eighteen
Henrietta "Harriet" Smith
Born: New York February 6, 1776
Died: Quebec May 26, 1849
Married: September 24, 1796 at Quebec City to {Hon.}
Jonathan Sewell, Chief Justice of Lower Canada (born Boston 1766, died
Quebec November 12, 1839 and was a son of Attorney General Jonathan Sewall
and Esther Quincy)
Henrietta Smith and Jonathan Sewell had the following
children:
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Henrietta Maria Sewell who died an infant.
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{Sheriff} William Smith Sewell (1798-1866)
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{Reverend} Edmund Willoughby Sewell (1800-1890)
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Robert Shore Milnes Sewell (1802-1881)
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Maria May Livingston Sewell (1808-1881)
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{Reverend} Henry Doyle Sewell (1806-1886) For
the continuation of this line and more on the Sewell Family, please visit
the Sewell Page by clicking on:
{Rev}
Henry Doyle Sewell
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Henrietta Elizabeth Sewell (1808-1847)
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{Doctor} James Arthur Sewell (1810-1883)
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Montague Charles Sewell (1812-1859)
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Charlotte Mary DeQuincy Sewell (1814-1826)
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Frances Georgina Sewell (1816-1885)
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Algernon Robinson Sewell (1817-1875)
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Elizabeth Janet Sewell (1819-1875)
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A Girl who was still born and Twin Boy and Girl who died
infants.
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