Individual Details
Arnold Livers
(11 May 1705 - 13 Aug 1767)
Notes:
In 1974, a list of early priests and nuns of Maryland birth who entered convents or monasteries abroad in the 17th and 18th centuries was compiled by Brother Thomas W. Spalding, C.F.X.
LIVERS, Arnold. Son of Arnold (and Helena ?) Livers of Prince George's Co. h. 11 May 1705. Entered the Society of Jesus 7 Sep. 1724 and was ordained. He returned to Md. in 1734 and served at St. Thomas Manor, Newtown, and St. Inigoes, where he d. 16 Aug. 1767.
Arnold was a Jesuit Priest.
He entered the Society of Jesus in Watten, Holland on 7 Sep 1724. In 1733 he was assigned to the missions of Maryland.
In 1974, a list of early priests and nuns of Maryland birth who entered convents or monasteries abroad in the 17th and 18th centuries was compiled by Brother Thomas W. Spalding, C.F.X.
LIVERS, Arnold. Son of Arnold (and Helena ?) Livers of Prince George's Co. h. 11 May 1705. Entered the Society of Jesus 7 Sep. 1724 and was ordained. He returned to Md. in 1734 and served at St. Thomas Manor, Newtown, and St. Inigoes, where he d. 16 Aug. 1767.
Arnold was a Jesuit Priest.
He entered the Society of Jesus in Watten, Holland on 7 Sep 1724. In 1733 he was assigned to the missions of Maryland.
Events
| Birth | 11 May 1705 | Prince George's, Maryland, United States |  | ||
| Event | 1724 | Watten, Holland |  | ||
| Event | 1733 | Liege, Flanders | | ||
| Event | 1734 | Maryland | | ||
| Event | 1740 | St Mary's Co, Maryland | | ||
| Event | 1754 | St. Mary's Co, Maryland | | ||
| Death | 13 Aug 1767 | St Inigoe's Parish, St Mary's, Md | |
Families
| Father | Arnold Livers (1669 - 1751) |
| Mother | Helen Gordon (1684 - 1718) |
| Sibling | Jacoba Clementina Livers (1717 - 1807) |
| Sibling | James Livers (1718 - 1790) |
Notes
Event
Arnold, a Jesuit priest, entered the Society of Watten, Holland in 1724.Event
He attended the College of Liege, Flanders, where he studied Philosophy and Theology. Graduated, ordained and assigned to the missions of Maryland in 1733.Event
Arrived in Maryland and was assigned to St. Thomas Manor in Charles County. He administered to the Catholics of Boone's Chapel in Prince George's County, Conewago Chapel in Pennsylvania, and later at the Elder chapel at the home of his sister, Jacoba Clementina Livers Elder, in Emmitsburg, Frederick County,Event
He is assigned to St. Francis Xavier in Newtown, St. Mary's County, where he received his final vows in 1742.Event
assigned to St. Ignatius church on Cross Manor, St. Inigoes in St. Mary's County, where he remained until his death in 1767.Death
interred at St. Inigoes Catholic Cemetary. Father Livers was a great lover of horses which he bred at St. Inigoes. He loved poetry and and cultivated and collected flowers. The daybook of Father Livers is preserved at Woodstock College, Woodstock, Maryland.Endnotes
1. Donnelly, Mary Louise, Arnold Livers Family in America [S.l. : s.n.], c1977.