Janet Livingstone

Janet Livingstone
Born	28 September 1643 Scotland
Died	1 January 1696

Janet Livingstone (28 September 1643–1 January 1696) was a Scottish non-conformist and Presbyterian activist. ^[1]

Family

Livingstone was born in 1643 in Scotland. ^[2] She was the daughter of John Livingstone, a Scottish Presbyterian minister and refugee in Rotterdam, ^[2] and his wife Janet Fleming. She had three brothers: James, William and Robert. ^[3] She married a Scottish merchant named Andrew Russell. ^[4]

Activism

In June 1674, she was among a deputation of women, mostly the wives and widows of Presbyterian ministers, who petitioned the Scottish Privy Council as religious toleration had ended. ^[1] For her participation in the protest, she was banished from Edinburgh. ^[1]

Death

She died in 1696. ^[2]

References

1. Hartley, Cathy (15 April 2013). A Historical Dictionary of British Women. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-135-35533-3.
2. "LIVINGSTONE, JANET [SSNE 7133]". The Scotland, Scandinavia and Northern European Biographical Database, University of St Andrews . Archived from the original on 21 February 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
3. Catterall, Douglas (2002). Community Without Borders: Scots Migrants and the Changing Face of Power in the Dutch Republic, C. 1600-1700. Brill. pp. 344–345. ISBN   978-90-04-12077-8.
4. Smout, T. Christopher (1963). Scottish Trade on the Eve of Union, 1660-1707. Oliver & Boyd. pp. 101, 114.