| George Livingston |
| Born about 1676 - Stratton Major Parish, King & Queen County, Virginia Died about 1722 |
| George was a merchant mariner and spoken of as Gentleman. In 1700 he purchased 600 acres in Exxex County from John Oliver, for sixty pounds sterling. He called himself "Gentleman of King & Queen County and stated that he was leaving for England". In 1700, George was captured by the pirates. Governor Nicholson of Virginia, angered by the number of vessels taken by the pirates, went on board His Majesties Ship Shoreham "and offered gold to the sailors if they would fight and whip the pirates". George was one of a number of men who were called to testify against the pirates in 1700. The name of the ship that George Livingston was on when it was captured and robbed by the French "LaPaix" was "The Indian King". In 1722 George sold his land to John Price of Middlesex County for one hundred twenty pounds sterling. His father had died and George, as eldest son, had inherited all the lands on the Poropotank Creek except the four hundred acres that his brother, John, had been deeded from his father. Witnesses to the Essex County deed were Mary Wilkins, Humphrey Brooke, George Braxton, Jr. and William Livingston, his son.
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| Children |
| 1. (son) Livingston
Born about 1702 In a letter written from the Governor of North Carolina to a Mr. Boone in England, troubles along the coast of the various colonies were discussed. It spoke of the Indian tribes and their wars against each other and the whites. It spoke again of the pirates and mentioned settlers who had turned pirates. In speaking of one of the ships that had been taken, he wrote: "And Capt. Marshall from Providence retook a ship that the Spands had taken off Virginia with a good cargoe of dry goods the ship came from White Haven as I take it Govr Moore's bro. was taken also by the Spaniards going to North Carolina to see his bro. and is now at St Augustine. Poor Mr. Geo. Livingston's eldest son was also on board the same vessel and we doubt is lost for the privateer put on board a long boat off Cape Hatteras so that we are afraid they are all drowned, some 40 souls". (Colonial papers, America and West Indies, 1720. June 4th, pp 57,58) |
| 2. John (??) Livingston Born about 1704 - Stratton Major Parish, King & Queen County, Virginia |
| 3. William Livingston Born about 1706 - Stratton Major Parish, King & Queen County, Virginia Married Margaret (?) - born in Essex County about 1760 |
| Hugh Livingston ?? Born about 1730 - Stratton Major Parish, King & Queen County, Virginia |
| George Livingston was captured by a French pirate who was terrorizing shipping around the Norfolk Newport News area of Virginia and Governor Newport finally hired (by paying gold to the commander) a British Man-of-War sitting in the Virginia harbor to go out (with the Governor himself on board) and find the pirate and engage him in battle. The battle lasted many hours and the pirate ship was finally forced into shallow waters at which point George Livingston and other captives managed to jump ship and make their way to shore, escaping the rest of the battle. (Information furnished by Joe Slavin) |