Old Photograph Ettrickbridge Scotland

Old photograph of cottage, houses, horse and cart, cyclist and people in Ettrickbridge located seven miles from Selkirk, Scotland. There have been settlements in the area for over a century, but in recent years the population has increased steadily. The village was known as Kirkhope until the late 1700s.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Elie Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Elie, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This intermediate station on the Thornton Junction to Crail, St Andrews and Leuchars Junction on the Fife coast of the former North British Railway was opened, by the Leven and East of Fife Railway, on 1 September 1863. It closed to regular passenger traffic, with the St Andrews to Leven portion of the line on on 6 Septenber 1965.



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Old Photograph Appletreehall Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, horses and people in Appletreehall village located two miles North East of Hawick, Scotland. This Scottish village is located in the historic county of Roxburghshire. Nearby are Branxholme, Broadhaugh, Roberton, Wilton and Wilton Dean. Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh is a historic county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire to the north west, and Berwickshire to the north. To the south east it borders Cumberland and Northumberland in England.

Robert Livingston the Elder was born on December 13, 1654, in the village of Ancrum, near Jedburgh, in Roxburghshire. He was a New York colonial official, fur trader, and businessman; he was granted a patent to 160,000 acres along the Hudson River, and became the first lord of Livingston Manor. In 1663, his father, John Livingston, was sent into exile due to his resistance to attempts to turn the Presbyterian national church into an Episcopalian institution. The exiled family settled in Rotterdam, in the Dutch Republic, where English merchants also worked. Robert became fluent in the Dutch language, which helped him greatly in his later career in New York and New Jersey, part of the former Dutch colony of New Netherland. Following the death of his father in 1673, Robert Livingston returned to Scotland for a time. He sailed for Boston to find his fortune in North America. Livingston's father was well known in Puritan Boston, and a merchant advanced the young son enough stock and credit to undertake a trading venture to Albany, New York. Livingston arrived in Albany in late 1674. With his business and language skills, in August 1675 he became secretary to Nicholas Van Rensselaer, director of Rensselaerswyck, who died a few years later in 1678. In 1686, he and his brother in law, Pieter Schuyler, persuaded Governor Thomas Dongan to grant Albany a municipal charter like that awarded to New York City a few months earlier. Appointed as clerk of the city and county of Albany, Livingston collected a fee for each legal document registered. With Pieter Schuyler, he led the opposition in Albany to Leisler's Rebellion. He served as Secretary for Indian Affairs from 1695 until his death. In 1679, Livingston married Alida Schuyler, born 1656, died 1727 widow. She was the daughter of Philip Pieterse Schuyler, vice director of Fort Orange, giving Livingston an important connection in the community. Robert Livingston amassed one of the largest fortunes in 17th century New York. They had nine children together: Johannes Livingston, Margaret Livingston, Joanna Philipina Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert Livingston, owner of the Clermont estate who married Margaret Howarden, Hubertus " Gilbert " Livingston, who married Cornelia Beekman, granddaughter of Wilhelmus Beekman, Mayor of New York[, William Livingston, Joanna Livingston and Catherine Livingston.



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Old Photograph Bridge of Gaur Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Bridge of Gaur in Rannoch, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. There was once a military barracks at Bridge of Gaur, the barracks were built in 1746 in response to the Jacobite uprisings, and to overawe the Robertson clan, though, by a strange quirk of fate, they would later become the residence of the chief. Following the defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden in 1746, " Butcher Cumberland ordered his troops to show no quarter to any remaining Jacobite rebels. The Hanoverian Army, known as Redcoats, then embarked upon the pacification of Jacobite areas of the Highlands. Numerous barracks were constructed throughout the Highlands to house the Government troops, including one at the head of Loch Rannoch at Braes of Rannoch which is now called Bridge of Gaur.



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Old Photograph Ampherlaw House Scotland

Old photograph of Ampherlaw House by Carnwath near Lanark, Scotland. This Scottish house was originally built some time in the early 16th century and the members of the Somerville family who held the Ampherlaw estate were cadets of the Lords Somerville of Carnwath and Linton. After the siege of Cowthally Castle in 1597, which later fell into ruins, three important stones were retained and erected at Ampherlaw. One is a marriage stone from 1569, another is of Dame Janet Maitland depicted as Charity and finally, there is a statue of Mary Queen of Scots, playing the lute. This is especially suitable, as the Somerville family were supporters of the cause and assisted in raising an army for her in 1568 at Hamilton. William Somerville Esq. of Ampherlaw, although the eldest son and born at Ampherlaw, was passed over for his younger brother, in the Scottish manner of succession to land and titles, and chose to emigrate to Tasmania with his wife and several children. Their ship was the ill-fated Catherine Sharer, which blew up in June 1855 in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel at night on its approach to Hobart. The unhappy emigrants were clad only in their nightclothes, so urgent was their escape. The ship was smuggling gunpowder, which was believed to have been ignited by a disaffected sailor.



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