Robert Livermore
Childhood
Robert Livermore was born in October 1799 in Springfield Village, Essex, England to Robert Livermore (named after father) and Mary Cudwoth. He was born into a family with 6 children: Henry(22), Julia(19), William, (15-19), Joseph(15), Thomas(13), and Catherine(9). When he was young, he was a Mason's apprentice. Around 1816, Livermore set out to sea as a crewmember on the English merchant ship Lord Cochrandels.