Margaret Forrester

Biography

Margaret Forrester died after 22 January 1579/80 when she and Henry Livingston resigned a tenement of land to their daughter Margaret Livingston, reserving their liferent. [24]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Forrester-1420#Proof_of_Parentage

Margaret Forrester, daughter of Sir James Forrester, Knt. and Elizabeth Erskine, was born between 1518 and 1520 (based on the date of the contract for her first marriage).[1]

In two separate accounts, The Scots Peerage treats Margaret as separate women, one, said to have died before 16 May 1562 as the widow of James Colville;[2] and another, the wife of Henry Livingston.[3] Although properly identified in Gibson's Lords and Lairds as the spouse of both men, sources are lacking.[4] In "Livingston Ancestry," Adrian Burke explains the problem and presents a solid case to show they are actually one and the same and prove Margaret's parentage.[5] It is summarized in the research note below.

Marriages and Children

Margaret married (1), as his second wife, Sir James Colville, Knt., by contract dated at Edinburgh, 21 May 1536.[1][2] They had:

1. Alexander Colville born about 1537 (enrolled at St Mary's College in 1552);[6] married Nicola Dundas; died in May 1597; had issue.[7][8]
2. Margaret Colville born about 1539 (father's death in 1540, and first marriage in 1553/4); married William Menteith, 7 March 1553/4; married James Cunningham before 14 May 1576; died after that date.[9][10]

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"In 1562 Henry and his wife Margaret Forrester received two acres of land in Stirling, and in 1574 and his wife Dame Margaret Forrester borrowed money from the Duncanson sisters' grandfather, John Duncanson, minister of Stirling."[3]

Children of Henry Livingston by second wife Margaret Forrester:

1. James (c. 1546-aft. Apr. 1565). when, as "James Lewyngstoun, son of Henry Lewyngstoun of Falkirk," he witnessed a Sasine.[18][19]
2. David (c. 1548-aft. 1581). (named in charter with parents, 15 July 1567);[21] died after November 1581 but before 16 December 1604.[22][23]
3. Helen (c. 1556-aft. 1579). died after 22 Jan 1579/80 when parents resigned a tenement of land to her.[24]
4. (Mr.) Henry (c. 1560-1624), m. Agnes Gray. born about 1560 (enrolled at St. Andrews in 1574);[25] married Agnes Gray; died between 14 June 1624 - 26 August 1624.[20][26]

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Notes

Margaret Forrester was the widow of Sir James Colville of East \V"emyss,9 and as such the daughter of Sir James Forrester of Torwood and Garden by the latter's first wife, Elizabeth Erskine, opening the door to a legitimate descent from Robert III, King of Scots, who died in 1406.

References

1. The Scots peerage, Vol. II, page 547-548
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Livingston-3192
3. Adrian Benjamin Burke, "The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland: Part II of III: Identifying their maternal great-grandmother Margaret Forrester," The Genealogist 27 (2013): 162-181 at 169-170, American Ancestors, quoting a financial contract registered 16 May 1562, Register of Deeds, National Records of Scotland, RD1/6 folio 265 National Records of Scotland catalog entry.
4. 24. Burke, "Livingston Ancestry pt 1," 42n, citing Records of Stirling Burgh, Protocol Books, Protocol Book of Robert Ramsay, (1573-1584), National Records of Scotland, B66/1/6, entry of 22 Jan 1579[/80], National Records of Scotland catalog entry. < link >
5. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261286089_Recent_Literatur... Mary Loockermans, Anne Powell, Margaret Telller, and Katherine Glen were sisters. They were daughters of the Reverend James Duncanson, minister of Alloa and Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, by his wife Helen Livingston. Grand daughters of the Reverend John Duncanson, minister and to the household of King James VI,probably (now known to be certainly) by John's first wife, Janet Watson. Helen Livingston was a daughter of the Rev. Helen Livingston, minister of St. Ninian’s, Stirlingshire, by his wife Agnes Gray, and a granddaughter of Henry Livingston of Falkirk and Margaret Forrester ...
6. WikiTree contributors, "Henry Livingston (abt.1495-bef.1581)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Livingston-3192 : accessed 01 December 2024). cites
7. The Genealogist. American Society of Genealogists, 1980-.(Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2022) < link > Adrian Benjamin Burke, "The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland: Part I: Identifying their mother Helen Livingston," The Genealogist 27 (2013): 28-50 at 31-32.