Sir Thomas Livingston, Sr., of Haining

XV. ALEXANDER, fifth lord Livingston, married, 2dly, lady Agnes Douglas, daughter of John second earl of Morton, by whom he had three sons and four daughters -

3. Thomas, ancestor of the Livingstons of Haining.

source: page 413 "The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom,"... collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, ... Illustrated with copper-plates. By Robert Douglas, Esq;. Douglas, Robert, Sir, 1694-1770.

biography

Thomas was born in 1535. He is the son of Alexander Livingston and Anne Douglas. [1]

Thomas Livingston, of Haining, a property which he acquired by marriage with Agnes Crawfurd, elder daughter and co-heiress of William Crawfurd of Haining, who bore him seven sons and two daughters. He was the ancestor of the Livingstons of Haining. On 4 January 1551 he received a grant to himself and Agnes Crawfurd, his spouse, of half of the barony of Manuel on the resignation of Mr. Alexander Livingston of Dunipace, with remainder, failing male heirs, to the second male heir of William Livingston, Lord Livingston, not being himself Lord Livingston, and heirs-male of his body, whom failing, to William Livingston, son of Henry Livingston in Falkirk, and his heirs-male, whom failing, to Alexander Livingston, natural son of the deceased Mr. James Livingston, rector of Culter, and heirs-male of his body, whom failing, to the nearest heir of William Livingston, Lord Livingston. Thomas Livingston of Haining seems to have remarried for his second wife, before 1582, Elizabeth, widow of Forrester, who in that year is called Elizabeth Forrester, Lady Haining. Thomas Livingston was alive in 1606.

Source:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Livingston-969

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