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The Livingston family of New York is a prominent family that migrated from Scotland to the Dutch Republic, and then to the Province of New York in the 17th century. Descended from the 4th Lord Livingston, [1] its members included signers of the United States Declaration of Independence (Philip Livingston) and the United States Constitution (William Livingston).
Map of Livingston Manor in 1777 Map of Livingston Manor and Rensselaerwyck in 1777. Livingston Manor was a 160,000-acre (65,000 ha) tract of land in the colonial Province of New York granted to Robert Livingston the Elder through the influence of 5th Governor Thomas Dongan, and confirmed by royal charter of George I of Great Britain in 1715, creating the manor and lordship of Livingston. [1]
Robert Livingston the Elder (13 December 1654 – 1728) was a Scottish-born merchant and government official in the Province of New York.He was granted a patent to 160,000 acres (650 km 2 / 250 sq mi) of land along the Hudson River, becoming the first lord of Livingston Manor.
In 1711, Livingston was married to Cornelia Beekman (1693–1742), a daughter of Joanna (née Lopers) Beekman and Hendrick Beekman, a large landowner, Colonel of Militia, and member of the New York General Assembly for over 40 years. She was a granddaughter of Wilhelmus Beekman, the former Mayor of New York, and a niece of Gerardus Beekman. [10]
Livingston was born on December 24, 1712, in Kingston in the Province of New York, a part of British America. [1] He was the eldest of fourteen children born to Cornelia (née Beekman) Livingston (1693–1742) and Gilbert Livingston (1690–1746), a lawyer and politician in colonial New York.
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 / 250 sq mi) along the Hudson River, and becoming the first lord of Livingston Manor.
When Philip Livingston was preparing to leave his family in New York state to join the Continental Congress in 1778, he had a bad feeling about the long trip to York in south-central Pennsylvania ...
Robert Robert [a] Livingston (November 27, 1746 (Old Style November 16) – February 26, 1813) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from New York, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He was known as "The Chancellor" after the high New York state legal office he