EDMOND, GERTRUDE [SSNE 8039]

Surname

EDMOND, EDMONTE

First name

GERTRUDE, GEERTRUYT

Nationality

SCOTTISH-DUTCH, SCOT

Text source

Gertrude Edmond was the daughter of Colonel William Edmond [SSNE 8019] and Agneta Berck. She was the sister of Captain Thomas Edmond [SSNE 8006]. Colonel Edmond's widow and children were recommended by James VI in 1616. Gertrude Edmond went on to marry Sergeant-Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Sir Thomas Livingston of Newbigging [SSNE 4983] on 7 July 1649. They had at least two sons who served in the brigade: Sir Thomas Livingston, later Lord Teviot [SSNE 4984] and Sir Alexander Livingston. Because it is unknown whether her mother was Scottish or Dutch, it is possible that Gertrude Edmond was, in fact, half Scottish and half Dutch.

Sources:

J. Ferguson, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in theservice of the United Netherlands, 1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), p. 54, 282, 324, 577.

MacLean, Dr. Ir. J., De Huwelijksintekeningen Van Schotse Militairen in Nederland: 1574-1665 (Zutphen, 1976), p. 52.

Also see Dunthorne, Hugh. 2004 "Edmond [Edmonds], Sir William (d. 1606), army officer in the Dutch service." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 31 Jul. 2018. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-8488?rskey=tPxzWa&result=1

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC,

Arrived 1606-01-01