Helen Livingston

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• Reference Number: 9778

Helen married James Duncanson, M.A. about 1603. James (son of John Duncanson and Janet Watson) was born about 1564 in Scotland; died on 11 Jul 1624 in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Maria Duncanson was born about 1614 in Scotland.

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• Reference Number: 9779
• _EMPLOY: 15 Oct 1587, St Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland; Minister of St. Ninians
• _EMPLOY: 7 Apr 1607, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; Moderator of the Synod of Perth

Notes:

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Livingston-187
It seems that in his youth Mr. Henry Livingston [son of Henry Livingston and Margaret Forrester] was placed with his elder half-brother Mr. Alexander Colville. As an apprentice in Mr. Alexander's household, Henry would have learned reading, writing and social protocol. And apparently Henry helped his half-brother with family business.... And finally, on 26 July 1586, at Edinburgh, 'Mr. Henry Lewingston, brother of the Iconimus [emphasis added], witnessed a charter to John Kennedy of Pennyglen. The fact that Mr. Henry Livingston is described as the brother of Mr. Alexander Colville, Iconomus of Melrose, can only mean they were uterine brothers, i.e., their mother was Margaret Forrester, widow of Sir James Colville of East Wemyss. Robert Milne the younger's manuscript pedigree is thus proved correct: Sir James Colville's widow married Henry Livingston of Falkirk and was the mother of Mr. Henry Livingston, Minister of St. Ninian's.

Henry married Agnes Gray. Agnes (daughter of Alexander Gray and Helen Little) was born about 1563 in Scotland; died between 1590 and 1594 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 9780

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• Reference Number: 9781
• _EMPLOY: 1539, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland; Parish Clerk
• _EMPLOY: Between 1553 and 1555, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland; Provost(mayor) of Stirling

Notes:

The name of Henry Livingston's first wife, whom he probably married around 1520, is unknown, but it has been suggested that she was a daughter of Alexander Livingston of Dunipace. Henry's marriage to his second wife Margaret Forrester is estimated as in the neighborhood of 1545.[1]

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Livingston-3192
"The election of Henry of Falkirk as Provost or Mayor of Stirling in 1553 over incumbant John Craigengelt of that Ilk resulted in a feud between the two families and their supporters. Hostilities erupted on 21 August 1555, culminating in Craigengelt's losing his left arm and his son Robert's left arm being cut off by Henry and his sons William and Thomas."[2]

"In 1562 Henry and his wife Margaret Forrester received two acres of land in Stirling, and in 1574 and his wife Dame Margaret Forrester borrowed money from the Duncanson sisters' grandfather, John Duncanson, minister of Stirling."[3]

Children by first wife:

Alexander (c. 1522-1563/4)
Mary/Margaret (c. 1524-aft. 1574), m. Mr. David Rollock of Powis.
William (c. 1526-aft. 1594)
(Sir) John of Abercorn (c. 1528-aft. 1610), m. 1567 Elizabeth Carmichael.
Bartholomewa (c. 1530-aft. 1550)
Janet (c. 1532-aft. 1578), m. Ninian Aitoun.
(Mr.) Thomas (c. 1536-aft. 1599), m. Helen Little, wet nurse to King James VI/I.
Children by second wife Margaret Forrester:

James (c. 1546-aft. Apr. 1565).
David (c. 1548-aft. 1581).
Helen (c. 1556-aft. 1579).
(Mr.) Henry (c. 1560-1624), m. Agnes Gray.

Henry married Margaret Forrester. Margaret (daughter of Sir James Forrester and Elizabeth Erskine) was born between 1518 and 1520 in Scotland; died after 22 Jan 1579/80. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 9782

Notes:

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Forrester-1420
"Sir James Colville, 1st laird of East Wemyss, married seccond, by congract dated at Edinburgh 21 May 1536 Margaret Forrester, sister german of David Forrester of Garden, by whom he had a daughter Margaret Colville and a son Mr. Alexander Colville, Commendator of Culross.... After Sir James Colville's death in England, on 10 January 1540/1 his widow Margaret and eldest son and heir James received a summons to appear before Parliament. On 14 March 1540/1, Margaret and her step-son witnessed the sentence of forfeiture against her late husband read aloud--proclaiming him guilty of the crime of...high treason.... the forfeiture was rescinded by parliament on 12 December 1543 and on 17 March 1543/4 the Lords of Council restored Colville's estate."[1]

"The precise date of Margaret Forrester's marriage to Henry Livingston of Falkirk has not been determined... In his Scots Peerage article, Wood cites a record registered 22 May 1550 of a dispute over a contract between Henry Livingston, here styled "in Falkirk," and Margaret Forrester, and Commendator William Colville, Sir James Colville, 2nd laird of East Wemyss, Robert Colville of Cleish, and others...."[2]

"It seems that in his youth Mr. Henry Livingston [son of Henry Livingston and Margaret Forrester] was placed with his elder half-brother Mr. Alexander Colville. As an apprentice in Mr. Alexander's household, Henry would have learned reading, writing and social protocol. And apparently Henry helped his half-brother with family business.... And finally, on 26 July 1586, at Edinburgh, 'Mr. Henry Lewingston, brother of the Iconimus [emphasis added], witnessed a charter to John Kennedy of Pennyglen. The fact that Mr. Henry Livingston is described as the brother of Mr. Alexander Colville, Iconomus of Melrose, can only mean they were uterine brothers, i.e., their mother was Margaret Forrester, widow of Sir James Colville of East Wemyss. Robert Milne the younger's manuscript pedigree is thus proved correct: Sir James Colville's widow married Henry Livingston of Falkirk and was the mother of Mr. Henry Livingston, Minister of St. Ninian's.[3]

Sources
↑ Adrian Benjamin Burke, The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland, Part II: Identifyng their maternal great-grandmother Margaret Forrester," in The Genealogist, 2013, pp. 165-67.
↑ Adrian Benjamin Burke, The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland, Part II: Identifyng their maternal great-grandmother Margaret Forrester," in The Genealogist, 2013, p. 167.
↑ Adrian Benjamin Burke, The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland, Part II: Identifyng their maternal great-grandmother Margaret Forrester," in The Genealogist, 2013, pp. 172-74.
*Adrian Benjamin Burke, The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland, Part II: Identifyng their maternal great-grandmother Margaret Forrester," in The Genealogist, 2013, 162-181.

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• Reference Number: 9800

Alexander married Helen Little. Helen was born about 1534 in Scotland; died after 1602 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 9799

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• Reference Number: 9783

Notes:

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Forrester-1421
Sir James Forrester of Torwood and Garden, baptized Sunday,17 September 1489, for whom James IV stood sponsor, survived his father by less than a decade, dying between 7 October 1532 and 21 May 1536; married first say 1510 Elizabeth Erskine, born say 1492, died before 1 September 1532, say 1524, daughter of Robert, 4th Lord Erskine, de jure Earl of Mar, who was slain at the Battle of Flodden (1513), and Elizabeth/Isobel Campbell, who was alive 14 December 1518. Sir James married second, between 25 June 1518 and 1 September 1532, say 1525-26 Agnes Cockburn, daughter of John Cockburn of Ormiston and Margaret Crichton, and widow of William Murray of Touchadam. Sir James Forrester and Elizabeth Erskine had two sons and two daughters.

Sources
↑ Adrian Benjamin Burke, The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland, Part II: Identifyng their maternal great-grandmother Margaret Forrester," in The Genealogist, 2013, pp. 179-80.

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James married Elizabeth Erskine about 1510. Elizabeth (daughter of 4th Lord Erskine, Earl of Mar Robert Erskine and Elizabeth Isobel Campbell) was born about 1492 in Scotland; died between 1532 and 1536. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 9784

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• Reference Number: 9801

Richard married Marion Napier. Marion (daughter of John Napier and Margaret Preston) was born about 1497 in Scotland; died after 1580. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 9802