Janet Livingstone
Janet Livingstone | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 September 1643 |
| 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
- ^ a b c Hartley, Cathy (15 April 2013). A Historical Dictionary of British Women. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-35533-3.
- ^ a b c "LIVINGSTONE, JANET [SSNE 7133]". The Scotland, Scandinavia and Northern European Biographical Database, University of St Andrews. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Smout, T. Christopher (1963). Scottish Trade on the Eve of Union, 1660-1707. Oliver & Boyd. pp. 101, 114.