James Livingston and Sarah Wood Tranent Parish, East Lothian
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2018 7:31 pm
Hi John,
These Livngstons I mention below in bold type are persons I am pretty sure of based with the information that I could find regarding their Tranent, East Lothian ancestor that are distant cousins of yours. IF I am correct you and the others I mention below are connected by being related to one of three sons of James Livingston and Sarah Wood of Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland.
Here is the known family of James Livingston and Sarah Wood of Tranent Parish, East Lothian and who of their children the connects most interestingly to some recent Livingston family researchers who have contacted the Forum. This is very cool. Have not seen that happen before in all the time I have been with the Forum and only with a Western Argyllshire Maclea Livingstone group that I am quite involved with there were three persons of Maclea Livingstone Western Argyllshire ancestry who all who the same great-great-great grandfather a Duncan Livingstone who settled in North Carolina community in the late 1700's where a number of Argyllshire families settled. North Carolina has many families descended from Argyllshire families I learned from North Carolina Livingstons. But this is the only time that I can recall so many persons who have visited the Forum of Livingston ancestry connecting to one family like this.
James Livingston b. Aug. 21, 1763 Tranent Parish, East Lothian d. unknown m. Sarah Wood in Trenant Parish, East Lothian. in 1780's probably in Tranent Parish, East Lothian, Scotland
1. Alexander Livingstone b. March 22,1789 baptized March 29, 1789 Tranent parish, East Lothian d. before 1841 Tranent Parish, East Lothian m. March 24, 1809 Janet Mark, Tranent Parish, East Lothian d. Coal Nook, Tranent Parish, East Lothian d. between 1851-1861 - linked to family of Phillip O'brien of ? and Guy Carrion of Oregon
2. Janet Livingstone b. May22,1791 baptized June 12,1791 Tranent Parish, East Lothian d. April 24,1870 Parish of Aberlady, East Lothian m. Thomas Purves May 20, 1814 Aberlady, East Lothian
3. James Livingstone b.June17,1796 baptized July 3,1796 m. Isabella Baxter Aug 16, 1822 Tranent Parish East Lothian _ linked to family of John Dean and his cousin [/b]Phillip Livingston of Australia
4. John Livingstone born 24/09/1798 baptized 04/10/1798 Tranent Parish, East Lothian or 1801 died August 21, 1875 Chesthil, Cranston Parish, Midlothian m. June 30, 1833 Newbattle Parish, Midlothian Helen Cockburn_ linked to U.S.A. David Wyse Livington and his family that lived in Scotland
5. David Howie Livingstone b. April 28, 1803 baptized May 15, 1803 d. April 17, 1872 Tranent Parish, East Lothian m. Sept. 14, 1851 Tranent parish, East Lothian Barbara Cummings b. 1810 d. May 8, 1879 Inveresk, Midlothian
Kevin Livingston of Tasmania, Australia our former Australian Clan Commissioner is descended from William Livingston of Prestopans, East Lothian and wife Jean Liddell. and their son James Williamson Livingston b. abt. 1795 in Prestopans, East Lothian who married Elizabeth Lees Feb. 20, 1818 in Canongate Edinburgh Midlothian, Scotland. James and Elizabeth later settled with their children in Australia in the 1830's? and apparently located in Hobart Tasmania. I am still piecing together genealogy info from 2010 of Kevin's that I working on but am now not so certain beyond this whether his Prestopans, East Lothian family was infact related to the Tranent Parish, East Lothian Livingstons. Y Chromosome DNA testing of Kevin I dont think has linked him to the Tranent Parish East Lothians, so it may not be the case they are related, but it interesting that we had two Clan Officers with some ancestral connections to East Lothian one way or another. In term of DNA testing it does not seem that Kevin Livingston of the 18th century Prestopan East Lothian Livingstons does not seem to a match with Phillip Livingston descended from the Tranent parish, East Lothian Livngstons apparently so they could be two unrelated Livingston families that both resided in the 18th century and possibly before that in East Lothian, Scotland. In 2010 when after his accident I helping Kevin with his genealogy I was leaning toward the possible connection of his Prestonpan, East Lothian Livingston ancestors with the Livingstons of East Lothian that you descend from but with your cousin Phillip Livingston not apparently being a match with Phillip if I am understanding correctly, then that may not be the case. One way or another it could be that Philip and Kevin are of two distinct and unrelated Livingston family groups that both happened to reside in East Lothian in the 18th century, unless other DNA information later on suggests otherwise.
I regret I am not aware of any matches with your cousin Phillip but it sounds like your Livingston cousin has a couple of Livington matches and no doubt eventually there might be more if a Livingstone related to you and your Cousin Phillip Livingstone someday in the future reads these Forum postings. Or perhaps a Livingston who visits the forum who does not know he is related to you might turn out with a DNA test to be related to you. Not all Livingstons are keen on the DNA testing and prefer more traditional ways of making sense of their ancestral origins via family history research so there is still much to gained from learning all I can from Livingstons sharing their family history info with us. I think both genealogy and DNA testing can together be of value to those trying to unravel the mysteries of their ancestry.
regards,
Donald
These Livngstons I mention below in bold type are persons I am pretty sure of based with the information that I could find regarding their Tranent, East Lothian ancestor that are distant cousins of yours. IF I am correct you and the others I mention below are connected by being related to one of three sons of James Livingston and Sarah Wood of Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland.
Here is the known family of James Livingston and Sarah Wood of Tranent Parish, East Lothian and who of their children the connects most interestingly to some recent Livingston family researchers who have contacted the Forum. This is very cool. Have not seen that happen before in all the time I have been with the Forum and only with a Western Argyllshire Maclea Livingstone group that I am quite involved with there were three persons of Maclea Livingstone Western Argyllshire ancestry who all who the same great-great-great grandfather a Duncan Livingstone who settled in North Carolina community in the late 1700's where a number of Argyllshire families settled. North Carolina has many families descended from Argyllshire families I learned from North Carolina Livingstons. But this is the only time that I can recall so many persons who have visited the Forum of Livingston ancestry connecting to one family like this.
James Livingston b. Aug. 21, 1763 Tranent Parish, East Lothian d. unknown m. Sarah Wood in Trenant Parish, East Lothian. in 1780's probably in Tranent Parish, East Lothian, Scotland
1. Alexander Livingstone b. March 22,1789 baptized March 29, 1789 Tranent parish, East Lothian d. before 1841 Tranent Parish, East Lothian m. March 24, 1809 Janet Mark, Tranent Parish, East Lothian d. Coal Nook, Tranent Parish, East Lothian d. between 1851-1861 - linked to family of Phillip O'brien of ? and Guy Carrion of Oregon
2. Janet Livingstone b. May22,1791 baptized June 12,1791 Tranent Parish, East Lothian d. April 24,1870 Parish of Aberlady, East Lothian m. Thomas Purves May 20, 1814 Aberlady, East Lothian
3. James Livingstone b.June17,1796 baptized July 3,1796 m. Isabella Baxter Aug 16, 1822 Tranent Parish East Lothian _ linked to family of John Dean and his cousin [/b]Phillip Livingston of Australia
4. John Livingstone born 24/09/1798 baptized 04/10/1798 Tranent Parish, East Lothian or 1801 died August 21, 1875 Chesthil, Cranston Parish, Midlothian m. June 30, 1833 Newbattle Parish, Midlothian Helen Cockburn_ linked to U.S.A. David Wyse Livington and his family that lived in Scotland
5. David Howie Livingstone b. April 28, 1803 baptized May 15, 1803 d. April 17, 1872 Tranent Parish, East Lothian m. Sept. 14, 1851 Tranent parish, East Lothian Barbara Cummings b. 1810 d. May 8, 1879 Inveresk, Midlothian
Kevin Livingston of Tasmania, Australia our former Australian Clan Commissioner is descended from William Livingston of Prestopans, East Lothian and wife Jean Liddell. and their son James Williamson Livingston b. abt. 1795 in Prestopans, East Lothian who married Elizabeth Lees Feb. 20, 1818 in Canongate Edinburgh Midlothian, Scotland. James and Elizabeth later settled with their children in Australia in the 1830's? and apparently located in Hobart Tasmania. I am still piecing together genealogy info from 2010 of Kevin's that I working on but am now not so certain beyond this whether his Prestopans, East Lothian family was infact related to the Tranent Parish, East Lothian Livingstons. Y Chromosome DNA testing of Kevin I dont think has linked him to the Tranent Parish East Lothians, so it may not be the case they are related, but it interesting that we had two Clan Officers with some ancestral connections to East Lothian one way or another. In term of DNA testing it does not seem that Kevin Livingston of the 18th century Prestopan East Lothian Livingstons does not seem to a match with Phillip Livingston descended from the Tranent parish, East Lothian Livngstons apparently so they could be two unrelated Livingston families that both resided in the 18th century and possibly before that in East Lothian, Scotland. In 2010 when after his accident I helping Kevin with his genealogy I was leaning toward the possible connection of his Prestonpan, East Lothian Livingston ancestors with the Livingstons of East Lothian that you descend from but with your cousin Phillip Livingston not apparently being a match with Phillip if I am understanding correctly, then that may not be the case. One way or another it could be that Philip and Kevin are of two distinct and unrelated Livingston family groups that both happened to reside in East Lothian in the 18th century, unless other DNA information later on suggests otherwise.
I regret I am not aware of any matches with your cousin Phillip but it sounds like your Livingston cousin has a couple of Livington matches and no doubt eventually there might be more if a Livingstone related to you and your Cousin Phillip Livingstone someday in the future reads these Forum postings. Or perhaps a Livingston who visits the forum who does not know he is related to you might turn out with a DNA test to be related to you. Not all Livingstons are keen on the DNA testing and prefer more traditional ways of making sense of their ancestral origins via family history research so there is still much to gained from learning all I can from Livingstons sharing their family history info with us. I think both genealogy and DNA testing can together be of value to those trying to unravel the mysteries of their ancestry.
regards,
Donald