The Livingston Family Crest

Sir Bernard Burke, in his Gen. History of Extinct Peerages, etc., gives a special notice to the American Livingstons, whose pedigree goes clearly back to the Scotch Livingstones, Earls of Linlithgow and Earls of Calendar. The direct ancestor of the New York Livingstons was the Rev. John Livingstone, born in Scotland in 1603, exiled to Holland on account of his religious convictions. His descendant, Robert Livingstone, born in 1654, came over to America about 1676, and was granted by Governor Thomas Dongan, in 1683, the manorial estate of the family. After the death of the third Lord, these immense estates were divided in four shares. The Livingstons quarter: 1 and 4, Linlithgow; 2, Hepburn; 3, Calendar. They use the Linlithgow crest and motto.

Family

Livingston

Motto

Si je puis.If I can.

Blazon

A Demi-Hercules, Wreathed About The Head And Middle; In His Dexter Hand, A Club In Pale; In The Sinister, A Snake: All Proper.

Source

America Hereldica