Helen Livingston

Brief Life History of Helen

When Helen Livingston was born in February 1625, in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Alexander Levingstoun, was 34 and her mother, Isobel Maucham, was 32. She married William Moffat in 1654, in Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1690, in Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

William Moffat
1635–1687
Helen Livingston
1625–1690
Marriage: 1654
Joan Moffat
1656–
Jean Moffit
1656–
James Moffit
1658–
Helen Moffat
1660–1721
William Moffat
1662–
Helen Moffit
1665–
Anna Moffat
1667–
Janet Moffat
1669–

Sources (9)

  • Helene Levingstoun, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Helen Levingstoun in entry for Anna Moffit, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Helene Levingstoun, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"

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Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from a place in Lothian, originally named in Middle English as Levingston. The placename derives from the Middle English personal name Leving (genitive Levinges) + Middle English, Older Scots toun ‘town, village, settlement’.

Irish: surname adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Ó Duinnshléibhe and Mac Duinnshléibhe (see Dunleavy ).

Americanized form of Jewish Lowenstein .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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