Janet Livingstone

Janet Livingstone
Born(1643-09-28)28 September 1643
Scotland
Died1 January 1696(1696-01-01) (aged 52)

Janet Livingstone (28 September 1643–1 January 1696) was a Scottish non-conformist and Presbyterian activist against religious persecution in Scotland.[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

By June 1674, she had become widowed. She was among a group of women, mostly the wives and widows of Presbyterian ministers, who petitioned the Scottish Privy Council in protest against the end of religious toleration.[1] The women became active believing that the authorities would be more tolerant of female protesters and thus protect the men. They were successful in attracting a crowd in support of their cause.[1] However, the crowd was perceived by the Councillors as threatening, so for her participation in the protest, Livingstone was briefly banished from Edinburgh.[1]

Death

She died on 1 January 1696.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hartley, Cathy (15 April 2013). A Historical Dictionary of British Women. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-35533-3.
  2. 1 2 3 "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.
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