William Livingston (abt. 1720 - bef. 1754)

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Died before 1754 before about age 34 in Craven County, Province of South Carolina

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Biography

William was the son of Henry Livingston and Rebecca Sawyer Pemberton of Barbados and the Province of South Carolina. Henry and Rebecca were married in 1718, and she died about 1723. William could have been born in Barbados or South Carolina.

He and his brother Henry were left 1,000 acres of land in Colleton County by their uncle William Livingston in 1723.^[1]They were the primary beneficiaries of their father's Will about 1727,^[2]and their stepmother Ann Livingston's 1732 Will. They were both under age 21 in 1732.^[3]

On 20 October 1744 Henry Livingston of Colleton County and William Livingston of Craven County sold to George Mitchell a tract of land in Colleton County, part of of tract of 1,000 acres left to them by the 1723 Will of William Livingston. No wives are named in the deed.^[4]

William Livingston had died intestate before 9 June 1754 when his brother Henry sold a tract of undivided land left them by their uncle William Livingston.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Will of William Livingston "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-NH9C-15?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-H68%3A210905601%2C211288501 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Wills, 1671-1724, Vol. 001 > image 471 of 521; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
2. ↑ Will of Henry Livingston "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-NH9H-SZ?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-ZZ9%3A210905601%2C211337101 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Wills, 1722-1731, Vol. 002 > image 185 of 507; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
3. ↑ Will of Ann Levingston "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-JDSD-YT?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-8NL%3A210905601%2C211390201 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Wills, 1732-1737, Vol. 066 > image 80 of 563; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
4. ↑ Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898, Land records, v. AA 1744-1745, p. 477 image 276 of 322 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK7-YS4V-T?i=275&cat=361547
5. ↑ Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898, Land Records v. WW-XX 1760-1762, v. WW p. 649 image 292 of 553 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK7-5SMY-S?i=291&cat=361547

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