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Lord of Livingston Manor (1708–1790)
Robert Livingston (December 16, 1708 – November 27, 1790) was the third and final Lord of Livingston Manor and a member of the assembly for the manor from 1737 to 1790. He was also U.S. Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1781 to 1783.
Early life [ edit ]
Robert Livingston was born on December 16, 1708, in Albany, New York , the eldest son of Catharina (née Van Brugh) Livingston and Philip Livingston (1686–1749), the second Lord of Livingston Manor.[1] Peter Van Brugh Livingston , who married Mary Alexander (sister of Lord Stirling ), Philip Livingston , who married Christina Ten Broeck, and William Livingston , who married Susannah French. All the brothers had multiple children.[2]
He was the grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder , a New York colonial official, fur trader, and businessman who was granted a patent to 160,000 acres (650 km 2 Hudson River , and becoming the first lord of Livingston Manor . His paternal grandmother was Alida Schuyler , the daughter of Philip Pieterse Schuyler and the widow of Nicholas Van Rensselaer . His maternal grandparents were Pieter Van Brugh and Sara (née Cuyler) Van Brugh.[2]
From 1737 to 1758, Livingston succeeded his uncle Gilbert Livingston to represent Livingston Manor in the New York General Assembly .[1] William Livingston in 1759 who served until 1761.[3] [4]
Livingston Manor [ edit ]
Upon the death of his father in February 1749, Robert inherited Livingston Manor and became the third Lord of the Manor .[2] km 2 mi ) of the Catskill Mountains in what had formerly been the Hardenbergh Patent .[5]
Livingston found himself embroiled in a border dispute with Massachusetts when some New Englanders began to settle on the eastern portion of the Manor. Some of the settlers were Livingston's own tenants, who tired of paying rent moved east and contended they were now in Massachusetts.[2] [6] [7]
During the Revolution, he made available to the New York Committee of Safety and the Continental Army , the iron mines and foundry on the Manor,[8] [9]
Personal life [ edit ]
On May 20, 1731, he married Maria Thong (1711–1765), granddaughter of Governor Rip Van Dam (1660–1749). Robert Livingston expected his sons to take their place as his business agents and had them educated accordingly. Together, they had thirteen children:[10]
Catherine Livingston (b. 1732), died in infancy.[2]
Philip Robert Livingston (1733–1756), died of kidney trouble.[2]
Sarah Livingston (1735–1745), who died young.[2]
Peter Robert Livingston (1737–1793), a member of the Provincial Convention of 1775 ,[11] Robert Livingston the Younger (1663–1725).[2]
Maria "Mary" Livingston (1738–1821), who married James Duane .[2]
Walter Livingston (1740–1797), who was the owner of Teviotdale mansion in Columbia County .
Robert Livingston (1742–1794), better known as Robert Cambridge due to his attendance of Cambridge University , who married Alice Swift (1751–1816).[2]
Catherine Livingston (1744–1832), who married John Patterson (1740–1823), brother of Walter Patterson and father of Daniel Patterson .[2]
Sarah Livingston (1745/6–1749), who died young[2]
Alida Livingston (1747–1791), who married Valentine Gardiner.[12]
Margarita Livingston (1748–1749), died young[2]
John Livingston (1749–1822), who married first Maria Ann Leroy (1759–1797),[12] [2] William Livingston and the widow of Matthew Ridley.
Hendrick "Henry" Livingston (1752–1823), who died unmarried.[2]
In 1764, a portrait of Livingston was painted by Thomas McIlworth (who also painted British officer John Bradstreet in 1764) at Livingston Manor.[1]
In 1766, he married Gertrude (née Van Rensselaer ) Schuyler (1714–1790), daughter of Maria Van Cortlandt and Kiliaen Van Rensselaer , the fifth Patroon and second Lord of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck . She was a widow of Adonijah "Adonis" Schuyler, who died in 1763 and was a son of Arent Schuyler .[2]
Livingston died on November 27, 1790, at the age of eighty-one. He broke the family tradition of leaving the estate to his eldest son and shared Livingston Manor among his five sons and his son-in-law James Duane .[13]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Livingston, Edwin Brockholst (1901). The Livingstons of Livingston manor; being the history of that branch of the Scottish house of Callendar which settled in the English province of New York during the reign of Charles the Second; and also including an account of Robert Livingston of Albany, "The nephew," a settler in the same province and his principal descendants . Retrieved 16 September 2016 .
^ Hough, A.M., M.D., Franklin B. (1858). The New York Civil List: Containing The Names And Origin Of The Civil Divisions, And The Names And Dates Of Election Or Appointment Of The Principal State And County Officers From The Revolution To The Present Time . Retrieved 19 September 2018 . {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )
^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1908). The New York Red Book . Retrieved 22 September 2018 .
^ "LM Timeline" .
^ Schwarz, Philip J. (1979). The Jarring Interests: New York's Boundary Makers, 1664-1776 SUNY Press . p. 274. ISBN 9780873953771 . Retrieved 25 July 2019 .
^ Kierner, Cynthia A., Traders and Gentlefolk: The Livingstons of New York, 1675-1790 , Cornell University Press, 1992
^ Year Book of the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York . Retrieved 25 July 2019 .
^ "Livingston, Robert, Jr. (1708-1790)" . digitalcollections.nypl.org . NYPL Digital Gallery . Retrieved 25 July 2019 .
^ Kierner, Cynthia A. (2018). Traders and Gentlefolk: The Livingstons of New York, 1675-1790 Cornell University Press . p. 260. ISBN 9781501731532 . Retrieved 25 July 2019 .
^ New York Department of State, Calendar of Historical Manuscripts, Relating to the War of the Revolution , Volume I, 1868, page 86
^ a b Hirschman, Elizabeth Caldwell; Yates, Donald Neal (2012). Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America: A Genealogical History ISBN 9780786489060 . Retrieved 16 September 2016 .
^ Bonomi, Patricia U. (2014). A Factious People: Politics and Society in Colonial New York Cornell University Press . p. 72. ISBN 9780801455346 . Retrieved 25 July 2019 .
External links [ edit ]
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