Livingston was born on August 26, 1776. He was the only child of John Henry Livingston (1746–1825), President of Queen's College, and Sarah (née Livingston) Livingston (1752–1814).[2]
Livingston spent his life on the patrimonial estate on the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie,[2] the estate of his grandfather Henry, himself the eldest son of his father, Gilbert, who was the youngest of three sons born to Robert Livingston the Elder, 1st Lord of Livingston Manor and progenitor of the Livingston family in America.[4]
Henry A. Livingston married Elizabeth Beekman (1779–1811), the daughter of James Beekman and Jane (née Lefferts) Beekman.[5] Together, they were the parents of nine children, including:[6]
Sarah Livingston (1797–1818), who married Rev. Brogan Hoff.[5]
Eliza H. Livingston (1799–1819)
John Alexander Livingston (1801–1865), who married Louisa Ridgeley Bradford (1808–1863) in 1832.[5]
Abraham Henry Livingston, who married Anna T. Greene.[5]
Louisa Matilda Livingston (1807–1849), who married Edward K. James (1803–1860).[5]
Russell Livingston, who married Louisa B. Finlay.[5]
After his first wife's death in 1811, Livingston was married to Frederika Charlotte Sayers (1797–1870), the daughter of James and Euphemia Sayers, who was born in Bath, England. Together, Henry and Frederika were the parents of nine more children, including:[3][2]
Robert Sayers Livingston (1819–1821)
Frederica Charlotte Livingston (d. 1898), who married Washington Kendrick (d. 1881)
Cornelia Beekman Livingston (d. 1858)
Christina Ten Broeck Livingston (d. 1858)
Jane Murray Livingston (1830–1911), who married Robert Ralston Crosby (1815–1892), brother of Clarkson F. Crosby.[7]
Henrietta Ulrica Livingston (d. 1916)
Henry Philip Livingston (d. 1861)
Augustus Linlithgow Livingston (1839–1911), who married Elizabeth Matilda Danforth (1843–1916)
