Livingstone, John

Battle:Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:Unity, Dec 1650
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Published: 24 Aug 2018
Page contributors: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust


IMPORTANT UPDATE! (July 2018)
According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 250, John is categorized as:

Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]

Livingstone, John. Residences: Charlestown, MA. Appears: 1659. D.aft.1705. Joined SCS in 1659. [Exiles; DR]

For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.


First Generation in the New World

1. LIVINGSTONE, JOHN, was born presumably in Scotland and died in Massachusetts after 1705.

Biographical Notes: John joined the Scots Charitable Society in 1659.