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Photo - Jacob Livingston Family Names

This is a photo and a transcription of same, which is a piece
of paper found inside the bible of 1829 Thomas Tobias Livingston.

It shows his parents and siblings, by name and year of birth:

  The Ages of Jacob and Sarah Livingston Family
  
  Jacob Livingston Sen.     was born Sep. 13, 1777
  Salley Van Kleek his wife was born Nov.  8, 1784  (Sarah or Sara)

  Sarah Livingston          was born Dec. 24, 1801
  Hugh Livingston           was born Apr.  3, 1803
  Jacob J. Livingston       was born Jan. 22, 1804
  Harriet Livingston        was born Apr. 22, 1806
  John Livingston           was born Oct. 17, 1808
  Ahasuerus Livingston      was born Jul. 15, 1810
  Hannah Livingston         was born Oct. 15, 1813
  Stephen Livingston        was born June 14, 1815
  Catherine Livingston      was born Oct. 18, 1817
  Nancy Livingston          was born June 29, 1819
  Ruth Livingston           was born Apr.  5, 1820
  Elizabeth Livingston      was born Dec. 31, 1822
  Jane Caroline Livingston  was born Dec. 31, 1822
  Burton Livingston         was born July 14, 1827
  Thomas Tobias Livingston  was born Sept. 3, 1829

NOTE: there are some discrepancies between this list and data 
I found elsewhere, notably on ancestry.com.  This photo was 
taken of a page nearly 200 years old and is very hard to 
decipher in places, so there may be errors contained herein.  

I notice that 1819 Nancy Livingston is listed before her
sister, 1817 Catherine Livingston.  This may indicate an
error, but not necessarily, if the list was not added to
as children were born, but rather written down later on.

It appears that Elizabeth and Jane were twins, however
other data shows Elizabeth born Dec. 3, 1825 and I have
no other conflicting or corroborating evidence to go on.

There were two other children not listed, both of whom died
at birth or shortly thereafter; I found information on both
in other sources, but it is somewhat questionable:

  Margaret Livingston, born Aug.  9, 1809 and died Jan.  3, 1810
* Mary Livingston,     born Apr.  9, 1813 and died Aug. 15, 1813
  
* The dates for Mary Livingston appear to be in error; the date
  of birth for Hannah Livingston is October 1813 and this date
  comes from the information provided by her parents in the 
  listing found with the family bible; therefore the birthdate
  for Mary Livingston is almost certainly not 1813 but I have
  no other source of information for her at this time.  Another
  possibility is that one or both of these two children were in
  fact not members of this family but were mistakenly taken to
  be such due to the date and place of their birth(s).

  My other source shows Hannah Livingston born on Oct. 23, 1817
  but if that is correct, then Catherine was probably not born
  in October 1817 as shown here.  The mystery continues...
  
NOTE: This list was almost certainly written at a single point
in time, as the handwriting, coloration and overall appearance
is the same from top to bottom; also note that 1819 Nancy is 
listed before 1817 Catherine.  If this is true, then the list
was probably created late in life, probably by Sarah (mother),
and this would account for most of the discrepancies in data.

This Bible was the property of 1829 Thomas Tobias Livingston,
and is now in the possession of my cousin, Kelley Petrucci.

 - transcribed by JAS -