Arnold Livers, I

NOTE!!: Alternatively: mother unknown and father Arnault Van Leeuwers and birth in East Flanders, Ost, Belgium in 1669.

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During Arnold's time Belgium as a nation did not exist. He was of Dutch ancestry from the southern Dutch province of Flanders or "Vlanderen" which in those days was part of Holland or the Netherlands. Today this area is part of the nation of Belgium.

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Web Site Descendants of Arnold Livers Descendants of Arnold Livers Mary Schumann URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Andes/1595/livers.html 28 Feb 2001

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Find A Grave database, Find A Grave   www.findagrave.com 6 Sep 2012, Arnold Livers 3 Birth: unknown, Belgium
Death: Jun. 11, 1751 Maryland, USA

Arnold Livers, a great grandfather, is buried in Mt. St. Mary's/Anthony's Shrine (Catholic) Cemetery, near the "first" church of that congregation, in Frederick Co., MD. (He was born in the 1660s.)

This may be a big clue to help someone find & photograph his headstone: "Amongst the tombs on the mountain side, .surrounding the first church, we find : Rev. John McCaffery, Rev. John McCloskey, Dr. William Patterson, Henry Diehlman, James D. Hickey, Felix Taney, James Taylor, Dr. James Shorb, Thomas Barry, John Little, Henry Little, Harry Manning, Joseph Storm, ARNOLD LIVERS, Nace Wagner, Joseph Baugher, George Eckenrode, John F. Elder, Hiram Taylor, Wm. H. Tiers, Geo. H. Miles, Prof James Mitchell, Charles Wilson. Thomas Qlloole, John Hobbs, Nathan Petticord, Jasper Petticord, John K. Taylor, Joseph Brawner, Joseph Livers, Pius Hemlec, Zachius Brighner, Wm. Miles, John H. Cretin, John T. Cretin, John Roddy, Hemler Lewis Elder, John Seton, John McDermot, Francis Welty, John M. Stouter, Perry Petticord, Wm. Taylor, W m. Braw ner, George Worthen, Nace Orndorf, Joseph Wetzel." From Page 36 of the 1906 book, "History of Emmitsburg, MD."

He possibly is buried between or near Joseph Storm and Nace Wagner, if this list is in order of stones seen.

Arnold Livers was a major landholder in the pre-colonial days of Frederick County, both north and east of Emmitsburg and was instrumental in the development of the Catholic Church in the Monocacy region.

He was born in Flanders, Belgium, in either 1668 or 1699 and had served in King James II's court in England. He fled to America when an attempt to restore James II power failed, and was naturalized in 1704.

He eventually owned thousands of acres in the Monocacy region and in another part of MD. He is most well-known plantation in Frederick County was called Arnold's Delight, which is the land northeast of Thurman on the east side of Catoctin Furnace Road, across from the park of present-day Camp David.

Arnold Livers was by all counts a fascinating figure.

He might be buried next to one of his wives, including Mary Ann Drane Livers, who died in 1742. I would very much appreciate a photo of Arnold Livers' grave and of any others buried near him.

Burial: Saint Anthony Catholic Church Cemetery Emmitsburg Frederick County Maryland, USA

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Find A Grave database, Find A Grave   www.findagrave.com 6 Sep 2012, Arnold Livers 3 Birth: unknown, Belgium
Death: Jun. 11, 1751 Maryland, USA

Arnold Livers, a great grandfather, is buried in Mt. St. Mary's/Anthony's Shrine (Catholic) Cemetery, near the "first" church of that congregation, in Frederick Co., MD. (He was born in the 1660s.)

This may be a big clue to help someone find & photograph his headstone: "Amongst the tombs on the mountain side, .surrounding the first church, we find : Rev. John McCaffery, Rev. John McCloskey, Dr. William Patterson, Henry Diehlman, James D. Hickey, Felix Taney, James Taylor, Dr. James Shorb, Thomas Barry, John Little, Henry Little, Harry Manning, Joseph Storm, ARNOLD LIVERS, Nace Wagner, Joseph Baugher, George Eckenrode, John F. Elder, Hiram Taylor, Wm. H. Tiers, Geo. H. Miles, Prof James Mitchell, Charles Wilson. Thomas Qlloole, John Hobbs, Nathan Petticord, Jasper Petticord, John K. Taylor, Joseph Brawner, Joseph Livers, Pius Hemlec, Zachius Brighner, Wm. Miles, John H. Cretin, John T. Cretin, John Roddy, Hemler Lewis Elder, John Seton, John McDermot, Francis Welty, John M. Stouter, Perry Petticord, Wm. Taylor, W m. Braw ner, George Worthen, Nace Orndorf, Joseph Wetzel." From Page 36 of the 1906 book, "History of Emmitsburg, MD."

He possibly is buried between or near Joseph Storm and Nace Wagner, if this list is in order of stones seen.

Arnold Livers was a major landholder in the pre-colonial days of Frederick County, both north and east of Emmitsburg and was instrumental in the development of the Catholic Church in the Monocacy region.

He was born in Flanders, Belgium, in either 1668 or 1699 and had served in King James II's court in England. He fled to America when an attempt to restore James II power failed, and was naturalized in 1704.

He eventually owned thousands of acres in the Monocacy region and in another part of MD. He is most well-known plantation in Frederick County was called Arnold's Delight, which is the land northeast of Thurman on the east side of Catoctin Furnace Road, across from the park of present-day Camp David.

Arnold Livers was by all counts a fascinating figure.

He might be buried next to one of his wives, including Mary Ann Drane Livers, who died in 1742. I would very much appreciate a photo of Arnold Livers' grave and of any others buried near him.

Burial: Saint Anthony Catholic Church Cemetery Emmitsburg Frederick County Maryland, USA

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Personal Dumas-Morris Dumas-Morris Ged File from RootsWeb Ronna Dumas @R289@

Probably came to America around 1690. Naturalized as a citizen on April 29,1704 (http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/00...)

Find a Grave ID #68475860

Arnold Livers was reared in the king’s household and was a Page of the Backstairs. Later he is believed to have been an honorary soldier. Arnold and his family, like the King, were loyal Catholics. Many of the King’s subjects distrusted his religious policies and autocratic tendencies, leading a group of them to depose him in the Glorious Revolution in 1688. The Parliament of England deemed James to have abdicated on December 11, 1688, and in Scotland, the Parliament declared him to have forfeited the throne. He was replaced, not by his Catholic son James Francis Edward, but by his Protestant daughter and son-in-law, Mary II and William III.James is best known for his belief in absolute monarchy and his attempts to create religious liberty for his subjects. Both of these went against the wishes of the English Parliament and most of his subjects. Parliament, opposed to the growth of absolutism that was occurring in other European countries, as well as the loss of legal supremacy for the Church of England, saw their opposition as a way to preserve what they regarded as traditional English liberties. This tension made James’s three-year reign a struggle for supremacy between the English Parliament and the Crown, resulting in his ouster, the passage of the English Bill of Rights, and the Hanoverian succession. From that point it became illegal for a British monarch to either be Catholic or to marry a Catholic. Religious and political tensions of the day may have been the reason for the hasty departure of Arnold Livers and his subsequent voyage to America in the early 1690’s.

Here is some content from Find a Grave:

"The somewhat legendary Arnold Livers apparently was born in Flanders, Oost Vaanderen, Belgium in about 1669. His parents were VAN LEEUWERS, Arnult (1649 or 1645) and MRS. VAN LEEUWERS, unknown (1649). (The family name Van Leeuwers changed to Livers in America.)

James II was the last Catholic monarch of England. Arnold Livers had grown up in and served in King James II's household in England. He fled to America when an attempt (likely the Battle of the Boyne in summer 1690 or slightly earlier) to restore James II power failed, and was naturalized in 1704.

He eventually owned thousands of acres in the Monocacy region/Frederick County, Md., and in Prince George's County, Md. He is most well-known plantation in Frederick County was called Arnold's Delight, which is the land northeast of Thurman on the east side of Catoctin Furnace Road, across from the park of present-day Camp David. In Prince George's County, his home was Timberly.

Arnold Livers was by all counts a fascinating figure.

He might be buried next to one of his wives, including Mary Ann (nee Drane) Livers, who died in 1742; or his last wife, Helena Eleanor (last name unknown), who died after him.

Arnold Livers reportedly is buried here, in Boone's Catholic Chapel Cemetery, according to the book: Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George's County, Md. The cemetery was walked in 1955 by the D.A.R. and then again in the mid 1980's by the Prince George's County Genealogical Society. (Thanks to esteemed Arnold Livers researcher Deci Worland for added information on his gravesite.)

Stones and Bones says:

Arnold Livers (1669-1751) was interred at Boone's Catholic Chapel Cemetery, located on Van Brady Road (the old Nottingham to Washington Road) near Rosaryville in Cheltenham, Prince George's County, (Md.)

This church was the beginning of the Catholic Church for the middle part of Prince George's County, Maryland. The Chapel was described as being a modest size building made of wood set back in the woods surrounded by its cemetery. It was regularly listed in Catholic directories up until 1844 when it must have succumbed to time.

As of the mid-1980's, only 3 stones remain with numerous indications of surrounding graves from sunken lots. (This is still true today, according to the FindAGrave home page of this cemetery.)"

Here is some content from WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Livers-5

Information about his will is here: http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I00801...

Information about how he divided his land and married his tenant's daughter is here: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/9618218/person/-173782...