Henry Livingston
| Born March 1, 1764 |
Died May 23, 1834 in Tennessee Henry was a Revolutionary War soldier Son of William Todd Livingston and Sarah Ware |
Married (1) Mary Fariss |
Mary was killed by Indians in August 1791 Aug 26, 1791. A party of Indians, headed by a Capt. Bench, of the Cherokee tribe, attacked the house of Elisha Ferris two miles from Mockison Gap - murdered Mr. Ferris at his house and made prisoner Mrs. Ferris and her daughter Mrs. Levingstone, and a young child together with Nancy Ferris. All but the latter were cruelly murdered the first day of their captivity. Married (2) Susanna Carmack |
Date is uncertain - three different dates have been given: February 21, 1793 March 21, 1795 in Wythe County, Virginia according to another source According to the author of the book, Benge, at the time of the Indian attack (April 6, 1794) Susanna and Henry had been married for 3 weeks.
Susanna was born August 1777 in Frederick Co., Maryland Children of Henry Livingston and Susanna Carmack |
Information from various sources including Bible record of Henry Livingston on file in National Archives (furnished by Becca Sheehan) Mary Livingston |
Born March 13, 1794 in Washington County, Virginia Note: Need verification on this one - not on list furnished by Becca, which was copied from the Bible record of Henry Livingston. Also, according to the notes from Lawrence Fleenor, Susanna and Henry had only been married for 3 weeks at the time of the Indian attack, which was April 6, 1794. (1) Polly Livingston |
Born March 12, 1795 (2) Catherine Livingston |
Born September 10, 1796 in Washington County, Virginia Died October 5, 1856 in Overton County, Tennessee Married John Smith (son of George Smith and Charlotte Cooper) about 1814 John was born January 10, 1791 in Virginia and died about 1870 in Overton County, Tennessee (3) Sarah Livingston |
Born February 21, 1798 in Washington County, Virginia (4) Susannah Livingston |
Born December 30, 1799 (5) Thomas Livingston |
Born January 31, 1802 in Overton County, Tennessee Died 1880 (DAR line, War of 1812) Married Sarah _____ Sarah was born approx. 1800 in North Carolina Children Elizabeth Livingston Celia Livingston Jesse Livingston John Livingston Malissa Livingston Peyton Livingston Thomas Elliott Livingston (6) Peter Livingston |
Born August 13, 1805 in Overton County, Tennessee Died 1878 (7) Nancy Livingston |
Born February 19, 1808 in Overton County, Tennessee (8) James Livingston - born 1810 in Overton Co., Tennessee |
Died 1860 Married Tabitha Brown in 1838 in Overton, Tennessee Tabitha was born about 1820 in Tennessee |
| Information from various sources including: Becca Sheehan "Benge!" by Lawrence J. Fleenor, Jr. Chris and Robin Lonnie Smith |