Donald and Mary Livingston of Nine Mile Creek, Lot 65 PEI

[Canadian Livingstone]

Donald and Mary Livingston leased land at Nine Mile Creek, Lot 65, Queens County, PEI from about 1806. Lot 65 was not acquired by Lord Selkirk in 1803 or 1806. Some of his other sons were also at Nine Mile Creek. Sons John and Alexander at one point apparently had lots adjacent to the original homestead. Later Alexander and his family are in Prince County, PEI.
Son Donald Livingston Jr. is the Donald Livingston recorded as purchasing 100 acres from Lord Selkirk in 1806 located in the neighbouring Lot 31 which was owned by Selkirk. At the same time John Livingston presumingly his brother John and several Mcleans who travelled to PEI aboard the Rambler from Tobermory, Mull with the Livingston family purchased 100 acres at the same time and at the same price. It appears then to have been the Donald and Mary's son Donald and John then that were with other settlers from the Rambler involved in 100 acre land purchases of land located in Lot 31, a lot which Lord Selkirk acquired in 1806.

One of Donald Livingston Junior's sons a John Livingston shows up later in the 1800's in Lot 30 which had not acquired by Lord Selkirk.

So this family of Livingstons who originated from Morvern and lived in Mull as well resided in Lot 65, Lot 31 and Lot 30 in the 1800's.

[Kyle MacLea]

Good summary, Donald!

Kyle=

[Canadian Livingstone]

Hi Kyle,

Curiously enough this Nine Mile Creek, PEI family from Morvern/Mull one of whom purchased land from Lord Selkirk is a relatively close DNA match to my Miles Livingston's kin. Miles was a settler in 1812 at Lord Selkirk's other settlement at Red River in present day Manitoba. A couple of interesting coincidences there actually.

regards,

Donald

[Kyle MacLea]

Indeed! The North American settlements were alive and hopping with Livingstons, early!

Kyle=

[Canadian Livingstone]

Hi Kyle,

The other bit of Lord Selkirk trivia is that in June of 1812 Miles Livingston my great-great-great grandfather journied to Lord Selkirks Red River Colony with his second wife Janette, his teenage son from his first marriage Donald who was to be a colony laborer and an older Donald Livingston a boatbuilder who we later found out was Jerry's great-great-great Uncle. My ancestor Miles Livingston left with wife in 1815 for Ontario, his son Donald left the colony in 1816 or 1817 for Quebec where he became a land surveyor. Jerry's Donald Livingston stayed on at the Red River Colony through thick and thin and was made Constable by Lord Selkirk. He became the principal boatbuilder for the colony in those early years. By 1819 Donald had convinced his father Neil and his brothers to join him at Red River. One of these brothers was Jerry's Livingston ancestor. By the latter part of the 1830's a number of the Red River Settlers had become disenchanted with their life at Red River and ended up taking up settlement in the state of Iowa. By 1840 most of this Livingston family had left for Iowa. While Miles Livingston's marriage record indicates he is native of Morvern Parish, Argyll, the Red River Settlement officials recorded him as being of Mull. This is likely because he travelled with a group of Mcleans from Northern Mull to the colony, but there were some Livingstons aboard the ship whose origins were Islay and before that Morvern. Indeed Jerry's great-great-great Uncle states in a personal deposition from the Colony that he is also a native of Morvern Parish which nicely connects him in some way to my ancestor who he travelled with to British North America and the Red River Colony from the port of Bowmore, Islay in June of 1812. So alot of interesting links to Lord Selkirk and his settlements here.

regards,

Donald