Ann (Harris) Livingston (abt. 1693 - bef. 1732)

Born about 1693 in Berkeley County, Province of Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Livingston — married 2 Sep 1726 in Charles Town, Province of South Carolina

Died before 8 Jun 1732 before about age 39 in Berkeley County, Province of South Carolina

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Biography

Ann Harris was the daughter of John Harris and Elizabeth Turgis. Her father made a Will on 8 February 1692/3, mentioning an unborn child, who was probably Ann.^[1]Her mother married second John Alston.

She married Henry Livingston on 2 September 1726 in Charles Town, Province of South Carolina.^[2] He died about 1727, leaving her a tract of land in St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish, which he had purchased from her brother John Alston.^[3]

Ann Livingston made her Will on 16 May 1732, and it was ordered to be examined on 8 June 1732. She made bequests to the vestry of the parish of St. John [Berkeley] and to two goddaughters, with a residuary bequest to her brother John Allstone. The primary beneficiaries were her sons-in-law [stepsons] Henry and William Livingston, both under the age of 21.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Will of John Harris "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-NH9X-VB?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-H68%3A210905601%2C211288501 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Wills, 1671-1724, Vol. 001 > image 105 of 521; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
2. ↑ Salley, A. S.. ed. Register of St. Philip's Parish Charles Town, South Carolina, 1720-1758 (1904), p. 156 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067450395&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021
3. ↑ 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.
4. ↑ 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.

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