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Livingston

Sometimes spelt Livingstone

• References:
  • Livingston graves, nr E wall (centre) of St. Nicholas' churchyard, Aberdeen.

Thomas Livingston,
mar Feb 1753 ["Old Deer", Aberdeen] to Mary Robertson [poss. "Mally", born think 1735],
Mary died 10th Jan 1816, age think 81 yrs, bur St.Nicholas', Aberdeen,
having had issue:

1. Dr. William Livingston, M.D., born 1760,
   Prof of Medicine at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
   mar 1stly, 15th Oct 1792 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen] to Agnes Sim [poss. Syme, born 1775],
   Agnes died 22nd Feb 1796, age 21 yrs [grave, St.Nicholas', Aberdeen],

   mar 2ndly, 26th Dec 1799 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen] to Margaret Gibbon [born Feb 1776], no issue,
   mar notice in Aberdeen Journal,
   he is listed as a subscriber to the novel Constantia Neville or The West Indian, by Helena Wells, 1800,
   he is given as reference in preface of [Milne, 1805],
   wit Arthur Gibbon's postmarital contract 1815,
   fl 1819, in bad health [see Ann Gibbon's diary],
   he died 11th Oct 1822, age 62 yrs [grave, St.Nicholas', Aberdeen],

   he was NOT described as very ill 1864, this was Margaret Livingston Gibbon's husband (for the record, no death of a William Livingston found in [GRO.Scot] 1863-73),
   Margaret living as widow 1871 with her unmarried sister Barbara at family home, 85 Crown St, Aberdeen,
   she died as widow, 2nd Dec 1872 (think NOT 11th), age 96 yrs,
   (todo) see [GRO.Scot], Aberdeen B (Old Machar), 1872, female deaths, no.814,
   bur with Livingstons, St. Nicholas', Aberdeen [and name written on Gibbon grave at Nigg Bay].

   
   

2. Thomas Livingston, bapt 4th Nov 1762 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen].

   
   

3. Capt. Hay Livingston,
   bapt 14th Dec 1774 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen],
   NOT standing for Henry (Hay is a prominent Scottish surname),
   listed as Captain, 30th Regiment of Foot, at mar,
   mar 3rd Mar 1796 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen] to Elizabeth Martin [descendant of Robert III, King of Scotland and of Henry I],
   mar notice in Aberdeen Journal,
   had issue:
   1. Elizabeth Livingston,
      bapt 5th Mar 1798 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen],
      mar 17th June 1819 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen] to Dr. Patrick Blaikie and had issue.

   2. Alexander Livingston, bapt 5th July 1799 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen].

   3. Thomas Livingston, bapt 5th Sept 1801 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen].
      Probably Dr. Thomas Livingston, physician in Aberdeen, and for upwards of 32 years first physician to the Infirmary, died 9th Mar 1875, "age 75 yrs" [grave, St.Nicholas', Aberdeen].

   4. Mary Livingston, bapt 3rd Mar 1805 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen].

   5. Margaret Livingston, bapt 27th Apr 1811 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen],
      mar 27th June 1831 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen] to Capt. Andrew Armstrong Barnes and had issue:
      1. Joseph Edmund Barnes, bapt 27th Apr 1832 [Dumbarton].

Also with the Smith graves:

Elizabeth Livingston, born 1865,
died at Aliwal North, South Africa, 13th Apr 1909, age 44 yrs [grave, St.Nicholas', Aberdeen].