Maria Duncanson

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from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Duncanson-15
Maria Duncanson (also Donchesen, Donckesen, and other variants) was born in Scotland about 1614. In about 1650, she was living in New Netherland, where she became the second wife of Pieter Loockermans. In view of her age, Pieter is likely to have been Maria's second husband. A possible record of her first marriage exists in the form of banns posted in January 1640 for the marriage in Amsterdam, Holland, of a 25-year-old Maria Donckes and a James Macfasse, both from Scotland.

The identity of Loockermans' second wife Maria has been the subject of some debate. In preparation for his second marriage, in 1664, to Maria Varleth, Willem Teller made provision for his children by his first wife and appointed as their guardians "Sander Leendertse Glen and Pieter Loockermans, uncles of said children." This is interpreted as indicating that Pieter Loockermans' wife Maria was the sister of either Willem Teller or his deceased wife "Margariet Donckesen" (Duncanson). Because Margaret Duncanson had a sister Maria born about the same time as Pieter Loockermans, other Duncanson sisters lived in New Netherland, and there is no record of Willem Teller having any sisters in New Netherland, it is most likely that it was Maria Duncanson who was Pieter Loockermans' second wife.

Family/Spouse: Pieter Loockermans. Pieter (son of Jacob Loockermans and Maeyken Nicasius) was born on 5 Oct 1614 in Turnhout, Antwerpen, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Caatje Loockermans was born after 1630.
2. Maria Loockermans was born in 1641; died in 1714.
3. Pieter Loockermans was born in 1646; died in 1684.
4. Anna Loockermans was born in 1657; died in 1742.
5. Hilletje Loockermans was born in 1658; died in 1742.

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• Reference Number: 9777

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Inaugurated 12 Feb 1589 as Minister of Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

James married Helen Livingston about 1603. Helen (daughter of Henry Livingston and Agnes Gray) was born about 1575 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 9778

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• Reference Number: 9795

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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Duncanson_(minister)
John Duncanson (ca. 1530-1601) was a Scottish minister, one of the Roman Catholic clergymen who willingly converted to the Protestant doctrines at the Reformation.[1][2] He was reputed to have lived to be nearly 100 years old. He was as the President of St Leonard's College, St Andrews in 1556,[3] around the time that he accepted the reformed faith. He held this position until 1566.[4] He was the minister at Stirling in 1560.[1][5]

He relinquished the charge about 1571.[5] He was the King's Minister, tutor and chaplain to King James VI from 1567 through 1580, and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1574 and 1576.

In 1584, when he was upwards of eighty years of age, he was concerned in the so-called “ treasonable proceedings of the Earls of Angus and Mar, the Master of Glammis, with their colleagues and accomplices, and for reception, support, intercommuning, and defence of the said persons and their associates in the said treasonable act committed in the month of April last bypast". The treasonable act referred to was their seizing and holding the castle and town against the King (James VI.), whence they issued a proclamation declaring that their only object in seizing arms was to deliver the King from evil counsellors (Earl of Arran and others). The Earl is said to be Provost of Stirling at this time. John Duncanson must have been very active, because he was, along with others, excluded from the remission and pardon and protection granted by the King to the “ bailies, councillors, community, and inhabitants, with their wives and children".[5]

On 26 October 1591 Duncanson was appointed to a commission to try, examine, and if required torture people suspected of witchcraft. The others appointees were Sir John Cockburn of Ormiston, David MacGill of Nesbit, Robert Bruce, William Litill, then Provost of Edinburgh, and John Arnot.[6]

Family
He married:

(1) Janet Watson
(2) Margaret Kenzow, who survived him. He had issue -
James, minister of Alloa, Clackmannanshire, who married Helen Livingston;
William, apprenticed to Harry Smith, cutter, Edinburgh, 31st Jan. 1593 ;
Walter, apprenticed to Robert Middleton, tailor, Edinburgh, 4 March 1594-5 ;
Marion (married Alexander Hume, minister of Logie).[8][1]

John married Janet Watson. Janet was born about 1530. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 9796

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Birth:
based on spouse's birth date

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• Reference Number: 9779
• _EMPLOY: 15 Oct 1587, St Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland; Minister of St. Ninians
• _EMPLOY: 7 Apr 1607, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; Moderator of the Synod of Perth

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From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Livingston-187
It seems that in his youth Mr. Henry Livingston [son of Henry Livingston and Margaret Forrester] was placed with his elder half-brother Mr. Alexander Colville. As an apprentice in Mr. Alexander's household, Henry would have learned reading, writing and social protocol. And apparently Henry helped his half-brother with family business.... And finally, on 26 July 1586, at Edinburgh, 'Mr. Henry Lewingston, brother of the Iconimus [emphasis added], witnessed a charter to John Kennedy of Pennyglen. The fact that Mr. Henry Livingston is described as the brother of Mr. Alexander Colville, Iconomus of Melrose, can only mean they were uterine brothers, i.e., their mother was Margaret Forrester, widow of Sir James Colville of East Wemyss. Robert Milne the younger's manuscript pedigree is thus proved correct: Sir James Colville's widow married Henry Livingston of Falkirk and was the mother of Mr. Henry Livingston, Minister of St. Ninian's.

Henry married Agnes Gray. Agnes (daughter of Alexander Gray and Helen Little) was born about 1563 in Scotland; died between 1590 and 1594 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 9780

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• Reference Number: 9781
• _EMPLOY: 1539, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland; Parish Clerk
• _EMPLOY: Between 1553 and 1555, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland; Provost(mayor) of Stirling

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The name of Henry Livingston's first wife, whom he probably married around 1520, is unknown, but it has been suggested that she was a daughter of Alexander Livingston of Dunipace. Henry's marriage to his second wife Margaret Forrester is estimated as in the neighborhood of 1545.[1]

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Livingston-3192
"The election of Henry of Falkirk as Provost or Mayor of Stirling in 1553 over incumbant John Craigengelt of that Ilk resulted in a feud between the two families and their supporters. Hostilities erupted on 21 August 1555, culminating in Craigengelt's losing his left arm and his son Robert's left arm being cut off by Henry and his sons William and Thomas."[2]

"In 1562 Henry and his wife Margaret Forrester received two acres of land in Stirling, and in 1574 and his wife Dame Margaret Forrester borrowed money from the Duncanson sisters' grandfather, John Duncanson, minister of Stirling."[3]

Children by first wife:

Alexander (c. 1522-1563/4)
Mary/Margaret (c. 1524-aft. 1574), m. Mr. David Rollock of Powis.
William (c. 1526-aft. 1594)
(Sir) John of Abercorn (c. 1528-aft. 1610), m. 1567 Elizabeth Carmichael.
Bartholomewa (c. 1530-aft. 1550)
Janet (c. 1532-aft. 1578), m. Ninian Aitoun.
(Mr.) Thomas (c. 1536-aft. 1599), m. Helen Little, wet nurse to King James VI/I.
Children by second wife Margaret Forrester:

James (c. 1546-aft. Apr. 1565).
David (c. 1548-aft. 1581).
Helen (c. 1556-aft. 1579).
(Mr.) Henry (c. 1560-1624), m. Agnes Gray.

Henry married Margaret Forrester. Margaret (daughter of Sir James Forrester and Elizabeth Erskine) was born between 1518 and 1520 in Scotland; died after 22 Jan 1579/80. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 9782

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From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Forrester-1420
"Sir James Colville, 1st laird of East Wemyss, married seccond, by congract dated at Edinburgh 21 May 1536 Margaret Forrester, sister german of David Forrester of Garden, by whom he had a daughter Margaret Colville and a son Mr. Alexander Colville, Commendator of Culross.... After Sir James Colville's death in England, on 10 January 1540/1 his widow Margaret and eldest son and heir James received a summons to appear before Parliament. On 14 March 1540/1, Margaret and her step-son witnessed the sentence of forfeiture against her late husband read aloud--proclaiming him guilty of the crime of...high treason.... the forfeiture was rescinded by parliament on 12 December 1543 and on 17 March 1543/4 the Lords of Council restored Colville's estate."[1]

"The precise date of Margaret Forrester's marriage to Henry Livingston of Falkirk has not been determined... In his Scots Peerage article, Wood cites a record registered 22 May 1550 of a dispute over a contract between Henry Livingston, here styled "in Falkirk," and Margaret Forrester, and Commendator William Colville, Sir James Colville, 2nd laird of East Wemyss, Robert Colville of Cleish, and others...."[2]

"It seems that in his youth Mr. Henry Livingston [son of Henry Livingston and Margaret Forrester] was placed with his elder half-brother Mr. Alexander Colville. As an apprentice in Mr. Alexander's household, Henry would have learned reading, writing and social protocol. And apparently Henry helped his half-brother with family business.... And finally, on 26 July 1586, at Edinburgh, 'Mr. Henry Lewingston, brother of the Iconimus [emphasis added], witnessed a charter to John Kennedy of Pennyglen. The fact that Mr. Henry Livingston is described as the brother of Mr. Alexander Colville, Iconomus of Melrose, can only mean they were uterine brothers, i.e., their mother was Margaret Forrester, widow of Sir James Colville of East Wemyss. Robert Milne the younger's manuscript pedigree is thus proved correct: Sir James Colville's widow married Henry Livingston of Falkirk and was the mother of Mr. Henry Livingston, Minister of St. Ninian's.[3]

Sources
↑ Adrian Benjamin Burke, The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland, Part II: Identifyng their maternal great-grandmother Margaret Forrester," in The Genealogist, 2013, pp. 165-67.
↑ Adrian Benjamin Burke, The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland, Part II: Identifyng their maternal great-grandmother Margaret Forrester," in The Genealogist, 2013, p. 167.
↑ Adrian Benjamin Burke, The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland, Part II: Identifyng their maternal great-grandmother Margaret Forrester," in The Genealogist, 2013, pp. 172-74.
*Adrian Benjamin Burke, The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland, Part II: Identifyng their maternal great-grandmother Margaret Forrester," in The Genealogist, 2013, 162-181.

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• Reference Number: 9800

Alexander married Helen Little. Helen was born about 1534 in Scotland; died after 1602 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 9799