John Livingston III (abt. 1613 - abt. 1704)

Born about 1613 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, SCT

Ancestors

Husband of Annabella Abigail (Young) Livingston — married about 1644 in New Kent, VA

Descendants

Died about 1704 at about age 91 in King and Queen Co VA

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Biography

Sir David Livingston, 5th of Dunipace, married Barbara Forrester, sister to Sir James Forrester of Garden. Abt 1613 Sir David and Barbara had a son, John Livingston. John married Annabella Young.

A DNA study APPEARS TO CONFIRM Sir John Livingston is the immigrant ancestor of the documented Livingston line which became established in the southern American colonies prior to the founding of the USA.

Title

6th Lord of Dunipace

Historical Documentation

John Livingston III migrated from Scotland to United States.

In 1606 King James granted a joint charter to two companies to settle Virginia. One of the original investors in the London Company, which was authorized to settle southern Virginia, was Sir John Levison (Livingston). This John Livingston is believed to be Livingston-986, the father of Sir David Livingston (Livingstone-688) and grandfather of John (Livingstone-670).

On June 3, 1633, King James granted 1/5 of marsh of Sir Henry Watton and Sir Edward Dymock to Sir John Livingstone. ^[1]

In 1634 Sir David Livingstone died, and John succeeded his father as Sir John, 6th of Dunipace. Sir David had amassed enormous debts before his death and John was forced to sign an agreement with his father's creditors that granted him one year to come up with the owed money or forfeit his inheritance. Apparently he failed to do this as in 1635 the lands of Dunipace were granted to Sir Robert Spotswood.

On May 9, 1641, there was a lawsuit involving Sutton Marsh, William Wise, and Sir James Livingstone over 3,500 acres.

In December 1650, Wingfield Webb & Richard Pate transported 23 persons into tidewater Virginia. One passenger was John Livingston. They gave him 2 receipts for which they had not collected headrights. (A headright consisted of 50 acres) They were given a headright for each person they brought into Virginia. ^[2]

The road which turns off to the left, coming up the county, at Plainview, leads to the plantations which were along Poropotank Creek. This road was close to the line of the Lewis Plantation in 1716. The straight road that continues to the creek bisects a tract which was owned by the Andersons. This land was bought of John Beverly Whiting, from the early Lewis plantation, from the Livingstons and Carys. John Livingston had been in Virginia but a short time when he had possession of this land (See description below), for his name appears as a headright of Richard Pate in 1650. ^[3]

In 1650 the population of Virginia was estimated at 20,000.

In 1652-1654 (approximately), John Livingston II was born in New Kent County.^[4]

In 1653, John Livingston I was granted 400 acres on west side of Poropotank Creek behind the land of John Thomas. ^[5][6]

John Livingston transported 6 persons (Anne Silke, Jno Backster, Barbary Scott, Ralph Bottock, James ______, Joane _____, Rose Allen and William Lamb) and added to the 2 receipts from Webb & Pate, he was able to acquire 400 acres. John found an ideal location - by water. There was access to the Chesapeake Bay and all the great rivers that gave ingress to the inland ports of Virginia. Down the coastline was Jamaica with its lucrative trade in sugar and rum. One had only to sail around the southern tip of Maryland to head for the northern markets and the wide Hudson with its prosperous harbor. ^[7]

In 1654, New Kent County was created. The sliver of land on the northwest banks of Poropotank Creek (where the Livingstons settled) was a part of York County. New Kent was created mostly out of York County, but had that sliver of land formerly in Gloucester County (with the Livingston plantation) included in what lands it got. ^[8][9][10]

In 1660, Charles II comes to power in England with the overthrow of Cromwell. British Parliament promptly passes new Navigation Act requiring all Virginia trade to pass through English ports with payment of high duties. The move devastates the tobacco trade.

In 1664, John Livingston transported 2 more people to add 50 acres adjacent to the 400 he already had. ^[11]

In 1664, John Livingston I added another 452 (or 453) acres to his first tract. This land of Livingston's was stated to be three miles from the York River. (Old New Kent County, page 271, 271) Land patent book no. 5, page 348: John Leviston, 453 acres, New Kent County, 30 August 1664 on the northwest side of Poropotank Creek adjoining Ty Thomas' land running southwest by south & _____ to Timothy Lond Dell's (Lowdell) land and 400 acres granted him 16 December 1653, and 53 acres for transporting two persons: Joane Brown and Henry Prat. ^[12]

In 1669, John Livingston held the following land patent:

"Mr. John Leviston 780 acres New Kent County 5 November, 1669. Three hundred eight acres on the northeast side and near the road to the mill adjacent Mr. John Lewis to Cattail Branch, a branch of Mattasup Creek Swamp and adjacent land where sd Leviston now liveth, crossing the path to the church, etc. Four hundred acres was granted him 16 December 1653, and three hundred eighty acres for the transporting of eight persons, John Freegrave, George Hunt, Abra. Mayes, Wm. Turner, Jone Wilkins, Peter Arrowes, Mary Wise, Jno Neaves. ^[13]

In 1670 the population of Virginia was estimated to be 40,000 (about double the amount listed for 1650).

On 21 June 1670, John Leviston (Livingston) was appointed with John Harwell and Captain Wm. Jones to appraise the estate of Richard Roberts. ^[14]

In 1691 King and Queen County was created out of part of New Kent County in order to honor the new Joint Regents of thre throne of England, William of Orange and Mary, who took over after William's army defeated Charles II in Eastern Ireland in 1690. ^[15]

April 29, 1693: John William of King and Queen County petitioned for 710 acres escheated land on north side of York River near Poropotank Creek, adjoining lands of Roger Shackelford, John Major and John Livingstone (Levistone). ^[16]

In 1699 the College of William and Mary was founded at Middle Plantation (Williamsburg). The seat of government was moved to Middle Plantation.

In 1704, John Livingston was charged with two tracts: one of 600 acres and one of 750 acres, which he had bought of Sowell. The lines of the Lewis land given in his patent for 1664 fixes the Livingston land next to Lewis, on Poropotank Creek. ^[17]

1704: Quit Rent rolls for King & Queen County list Sam'l Livingston 800 acres) and John Livingston. ^[18]

Y-DNA Confirmed Ancestry

The following chart indicates the paternal ancestry in this line that has been confirmed via Y-Chromosome DNA testing: ^[19]

Order	Name	Birth - Death
1	Alexander Livingston	abt 1375 - bef 06 Nov 1451
2	James John Livingston	abt 1410 - abt 26 Apr 1467
3	Alexander Livingston	abt 1435 - bef 01 Nov 1472
4	James John Livingston	abt 1452 - abt 1503
5	Alexander Livingston	1475 - 1548
6	John Livingston	abt 1528 - abt 1619
7	Sir John Livingston	abt 1560 - 1619
8	Sir David Livingston	abt 1580 - abt 1632
9	Sir John Livingston l	1613 - aft 1704
10	John Livingston ll	1654-1718
11	John Livingston lll	1688-1761
12	Cornelius Livingston	abt 1710 - bef 1740
13	Thomas Livingstone Sr	abt 1731 - 1761
14	James Todd Livingston	December 30, 1754 - December 21, 1812
15	John Livingston	January 16, 1780 - aft 1870
16	James N. Livingston	1815 - abt 1870
17	James Madison Livingston	September 11, 1841-November 21, 1935
18	John Livingston	abt 1840 - abt 1870
19	Beno B. Livingston	abt 1890-abt 1990

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia Settlers and English Adventurers by Noel Currer-Spriggs.
2. ↑ Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol. I, p. 204
3. ↑ Old New Kent County, Vol. I, page 271
4. ↑ later King & Queen County in 1691
5. ↑ Old New Kent County, footnote 14, page 271
6. ↑ Land patent book no. 3, page 277
7. ↑ The Livingstons of Virginia, compiled by Lucille Barco Coone
8. ↑ Gloucester County Deed Records
9. ↑ Morgan Poitiaux Robinson, 'Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation', copyright 1992 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland
10. ↑ Originally published in 'The Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, vol. 9, January-April 1916, issues 2 & 3
11. ↑ Nugent, vol. 1, p. 507
12. ↑ Footnote 15, Old New Kent County, page 272
13. ↑ Nugent, vol. II, p. 67, patent book 6, p. 263
14. ↑ Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia, page 233A - Gloucester Court
15. ↑ detail provided by Joe Slavin
16. ↑ Vir. Col. Abstracts, Vol. 27, p. 6, Beverly Fleet
17. ↑ Old New Kent County, pages 272
18. ↑ Quit Rent Rolls of Virginia, Annie Smith, Lawrie Wright, 1704
19. ↑ DNA information was provided by Sheri Sturm, January 2015

• "The Lands and Lairds of Dunipace" by JOHN C. GIBSON ,PRINTED BY COOK & WYLIE 9 BARNTON STREET, 1903. https://archive.org/stream/landslairdsofdun00gibsuoft/landslairdsofdun00gibsuoft_djvu.txt
• http://www.hto-livingston.com/john2.html
• additional sources listed in the footnotes.