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Y Father was Mr. William Livingſton, firſt: miniſter at Monybroch, where he entred in the Year 1600, and thereafter was tranſported about the Year 1614, to be miniſter at Lanerk, where he died in the Year 1641, being 65 Years old. His Father was Mr. Alexander Livingſton, alſo at Monybroch, who was a near relation to the Houſe of Calender. His Father was killed at Pinkiefield, Anno 1547, being a ſoldier of my Lord Livingſton's Regiment, who thereafter was dignified to be Earl of Linlithgow. My Father was ſtraight and zealous in the work of Reformation, and for his non-ſubmiſſion to the Canons and Ceremonies, was depoſed and deprived of his miniſtry both at Monybroch, and alſo at Lanerk.

My mother was Agnes Livingſton, daughter of Alexander Livingſton Portioner of C—— of the houſe of Dunipace, ſhe was a rare Pattern of Godlineſs and virtue. She died in the year 1617, being about 32 years of age. She left 3 ſons and 4 daughters. I was born in Monybroch, in Stirling-ſhire the 21 of June 1603.

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The firſt period of my life, I reckon from my birth to the day I firſt preached in publick, which was in January 2d 1625. Having at home learned to read and write; I was ſent in the year 1613 to Stirling to a Latin ſchool, with Mr. William Wallace a good man and a learned humanity-ſchoolmaſter; where I ſtaid till ſummer 1617, at which time I was ſent for, to be preſent with my mother Rh