General Notes

REFN: 5545AN
Livingus, a minor Hungarian nobleman, came to Scotland in the train of
Margar et, briDe of King Malcolm Canmore, about 1070. Livingi florished in
the reign s of King Alexander 1 and his brother, King David I; possessed a
considerable estate inWest-Lothian, and called it Livingston, that is,
the dwelling-place of Livingus.
OR
The surname Livingston or Livingstone is of territorial orig in from the
lands of that name in West Lothian deriving from a Saxon named Le ving,
who settled in Scotland during the reign of Edgar (1097-1107). His
gr andson is designated in a charter of William the Lion "of Livingstone"
. His descendant, Sir William Livingstone accompanied King David II on
his expediti on to England in 1346 and it was from him he acquired the
barony of Callander , Stirlingshire, whose heiress he married. Fr om the
Callander branch descend ed the Livingstones of Dunipace, Kinnaird, Bonton
and Westquarter.
Leving of Levingstoun settled in West Lothian, southwest of Edinburgh
during the reign of King Edgar (1097 – 1107) and is also known to have
been there during the reign of King Alexander I (1107 – 1124) and King
David I (1124 – 1153). His n ame was recorded in the latinized form
“Levingus” when he presented the churc h of his manor to the newly founded
Abbey of Holyrood in 1128.