Livingston of Callendar Genealogy

The direct line of Livingston of Callendar, from whom descends the Earls of Linlithgow, is as follows, as given in The Scot's Peerage:

Sir William Livingston married Christian Callendar and had:*  Sir William Livingston who had: Sir John Livingston, who married first a daughter of Menteith of Kerse. He married second, Agnes, daughter of Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith and was ancestor of Livingston of Kilsyth.

Sir John Livington, by. a daughter of Menteith of Kerse, had: Sir Alexander of Callendar, who married a daughter of family of Dundas of Dundas and had: James Livingston, first Lord, who by Marion had: James Livingston, second Lord, and probably Alexander whose son, Sir James, became third Lord. who married before 9 June, 1491 (died 1504), Agnes, daughter of Sir John Houstoun of that ilk and had: William, fourth Lord who married Agnes, daughter of Hepburn of Whitsome, and had:

•  Alexander Livingston.

•  Mr. James Livingston.

•  William Livingston.

•  Margaret Livingston.

In the Addenda and Corridenda of Scot's Peerage it is stated that Mr. James Livingston may have married and have been the father of Rev. Alexander Livingston of Monyabroch, ancestor of the Livingstone of New York. See also deduction by Mr. Edwin Brockholst Livingston in his work.

* May have been brother of Sir John following.