Livingston family explained
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). Several members were Lords of Livingston Manor and Clermont Manor, located along the Hudson River in 18th-century eastern New York.
Overview
Descendants of the Livingstons include Presidents of the United States George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, First Lady of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt, suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Congressman Bob Livingston of Louisiana, much of the wealthy Astor family, New York Governor Hamilton Fish, and actress Jane Wyatt. The eccentric Collyer brothers are alleged to have been descended from the Livingston family.
The Livingston family's burial crypt was established in 1727 at Livingston Memorial Church and Burial Ground in New York.[2] Liberty Hall (also known as the William Livingston House) is the home built by New Jersey Governor William Livingston, a signatory of the Constitution. Located in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, it has been designated as a National Historic Landmark, and it is operated as a museum within the Liberty Hall Campus of Kean University.[3]
Family tree
- John Livingston (1603–1672) ∞ Janet Fleming (1613–1693)
- James Livingston (1646–1673)
- Robert Livingston the Younger (1663–1725) ∞ Margarita Schuyler (b. 1682)
- Engeltje "Angelica" Livingston (1698–1746/7) ∞ Johannes Van Rensselaer (1708–1783)
- James Livingston (1701–1763) ∞ Maria Kierstede (1704–1762)
- Robert James Livingston (1725–1771) ∞ Susanna Smith (1729–1791)
- Janet Livingston (1730–1819) ∞ William Smith (1728–1793)
- Margaret Livingston (1738–1809) ∞ Peter Robert Livingston (1737–1793)
- Janet Livingston (b. 1703) ∞ Colonel Henry Beekman
- John Livingston (1709–1791) ∞ Catharina Ten Broeck (1715–1802)
- James Livingston (1747–1832) ∞ 1772: Elizabeth Simpson (1750–1800)
- Elizabeth Livingston (1773–1818) ∞ Peter Gerrit Smith (1768–1837)
- Edward Livingston (1783–1843) ∞ Martha Nelson (1785–1855)
- Margaret Livingston (1784–1871) ∞ Daniel Cady (1773–1859)
- Richard Montgomery Livingston (1787–1838) ∞ Sarah Livingston (1792–1873)
- Catharine Ten Broeck Livingston (1789–1874) ∞ Henry Brevoort Henry (1786–1818)
- Robert Livingston the Elder, 1st Lord of the Manor (1654–1728) ∞ Alida (née Schuyler) Van Rensselaer (1656–1727)
- Johannes Livingston (1680–1720) ∞ 1701: Mary Winthrop (1683–1713) (daughter of Fitz-John Winthrop); ∞ 1713: Elizabeth Knight (1689–1736) (daughter of Sarah Kemble Knight)
- Margaret Livingston (1681–1758) ∞ Samuel Vetch (1668–1732)
- Philip Livingston, 2nd Lord of the Manor (1686–1749) ∞ Catherine Van Brugh (b. 1689)
- Robert Livingston, 3rd Lord of the Manor (1708–1790) ∞ (1) Maria Thong (1711–1765) (granddaughter of Rip Van Dam); ∞ (2) Gertrude (née Van Rensselaer) Schuyler (b. 1714) (daughter of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer)
- Peter Robert Livingston (1737–1793) ∞ Margaret Livingston (1738–1809) (granddaughter of Robert Livingston the Younger)
- Maria "Mary" Livingston (1738–1821) ∞ James Duane (1733–1797)
- Mary Duane (b. 1762) ∞ 1787: William North (1755–1836)
- Adelia Duane (1765–1860) ∞ Alfred Sands Pell (1786–1831)
- Robert Livingston Pell (1811–1880) ∞ Maria Louisa Brinckerhoff (1816–1866)
- James Duane Pell (1813–1881) ∞ Sophia Gertrude Pell (1815-1885)
- George Washington Pell (1820–1896) ∞ Mary Bruen (d. 1890)
- Richard Montgomery Pell (1822–1882) ∞ Frances Mary Jones Hoyt (1839–1930)
- James Chatham Duane (1769–1842) ∞ Mary Ann Bowers (1773–1828)
- James Chatham Duane Jr. (b. 1794) ∞ Harriet Constable (1794–1860)
- Sarah Duane (1775-1828) ∞ 1808: George William Featherstonhaugh (1780–1866)
- Walter Livingston (1740–1797) ∞ Cornelia Schuyler (1746–1822) (granddaughter of Pieter Schuyler)
- Henry Walter Livingston (1768–1810) ∞ 1796: Mary Masters Allen (1776–1855) (granddaughter of William Allen)
- Henry Walter Livingston (1798–1848) ∞ 1823: Caroline de Grasse de Pau (1806–1871)
- Walter Livingston (1799–1872) ∞ 1828: Mary Livingston Greenleaf (1802–1886) (daughter of James Greenleaf)
- Mary Livingston (1803–1880) ∞ 1825: James Thomson Jr. (d. 1847)
- Elizabeth Livingston (1807–1860) ∞ 1828: William Denning Henderson (1803–1852)
- Cornelia Livingston (1808–1884) ∞ 1828: Carroll Livingston (1805–1867) (son of Henry Brockholst Livingston)
- Anne Greenleaf Livingston (1809–1887) ∞ 1829: Anson Livingston (1807–1873) (son of Henry Brockholst Livingston)
- Maria Livingston (1770–1828) ∞ Philip Henry Livingston (1770–1831)
- Peter Schuyler Livingston (1772–1809) ∞ Eliza Barclay (1776–1817) (daughter of Thomas Henry Barclay)
- Robert L. Livingston (1775–1843) ∞ Margaret Maria Livingston (1783–1818) (daughter of Chancellor Livingston)
- Gertrude Livingston (1778–1864) ∞ William Cutting (1773–1820)
- Harriet Livingston (1783–1826) ∞ (1) 1806: Robert Fulton (1765–1815); ∞ (2) 1816: Charles Augustus Dale (1784-1832)
- Cornelia Livingston Fulton (1812–1893) ∞ Edward Charles Crary (1806–1848)
- Mary Livingston Fulton (1813–1861) ∞ Robert Morris Ludlow (1812–1894)
- Robert "Cambridge" Livingston (1742–1794) ∞ Alice Swift (1751–1816), daughter of John Swift
- Catherine Livingston (1744–1832) ∞ John Patterson (1740–1823) (brother of Walter Patterson)
- Alida Livingston (1747–1791) ∞ Valentine Gardiner
- John Livingston (1749–1822) ∞ (1) Maria Ann Leroy (1759–1797) (daughter of Jacob Leroy and Cornelia Rutgers); ∞ (2) Catherine (Livingston) Ridley (daughter of William Livingston)
- Hendrick "Henry" Livingston (1752–1823)
- Peter Van Brugh Livingston (1712–1792) ∞ (1) Mary Alexander (1721–1767) (daughter of James Alexander & Mary Spratt Provoost) ∞ (2) 1771: Elizabeth Ricketts
- Philip Peter Livingston (1740–1810) ∞ Cornelia Van Horne (b. 1759) (daughter of David Van Horne)
- Peter Van Brugh Livingston (1792–1868) ∞ Maria "Harriet" Elizabeth Houston
- Elizabeth Ludlow Livingston (1836–1895) ∞ Joseph Montgomery Strong (1822–1894)
- Van Brugh Livingston (1840–1904) ∞ Ada Mary Jaudon (b. 1839)
- Catherine Livingston (1743–1775) ∞ Nicholas Bayard (1736–1798)
- James Alexander Livingston (b. 1744)
- Mary Livingston (b. 1746) ∞ John Brown
- Peter Van Brugh Livingston Jr. (b. 1753) ∞ Susan Blondel
- Sarah Livingston (1755–1825) ∞ James Ricketts
- Susan Livingston (1759–1853) ∞ (1) 1789: John Kean (1756–1795); ∞ (2) 1800: Count Julian Niemcewicz (1758–1841) (aide to Kościuszko)
- Peter Philip James Kean (1788–1828) ∞ Sarah Sabina Morris (1788–1878)
- John Kean (1814–1895) ∞ Lucinetta "Lucy" Halsted (1825–1912) (daughter of Caleb O. Halsted)
- Julia Ursin Niemcewiez Kean (1816–1887) ∞ Hamilton Fish (1808–1893)
- Christine Alexander William Kean (1826–1915) ∞ William Preston Griffin (1810–1851)
- Elizabeth Livingston (1761–1787) ∞ 1787: Louis-Guillaume Otto (1754–1817)
- John Livingston (1714–1786) ∞ Catharine de Peyster (1724–1804) (granddaughter of Abraham de Peyster)
- Philip Livingston (1716–1778) ∞ Christina Ten Broeck (1718–1801) (daughter of Dirck Ten Broeck)
- Philip Philip Livingston (1741–1787) ∞ Sara Johnson (1749–1802)
- Philip Henry Livingston (1769–1831) ∞ Maria Livingston (1770–1828) (daughter of Walter Livingston)
- Edward Philip Livingston (1779–1843) ∞ (1) 1799: Elizabeth Stevens Livingston (1780–1829) (daughter of Chancellor Livingston); ∞ (2) 1832: Mary Crooke Broom (1804–1877) (later married Charles Herman Ruggles)
- Margaret Livingston (1808–1874) ∞ David Augustus Clarkson (1793–1874)
- Elizabeth Livingston (1813–1896) ∞ Edward Hunter Ludlow (1810–1884)
- Mary Livingston Ludlow (1843–1919) ∞ Valentine Gill Hall Jr. (1834–1880)
- Clermont Livingston (1817–1895) ∞ Cornelia Livingston (1824–1851)
- Robert Edward Livingston (1820–1889) ∞ Susan Maria Clarkson de Peyster (1823–1910)
- Catharine Goodhue Livingston (1856–1931)
- Robert Robert Livingston (1858–1899) ∞ Mary Tailer (1863–1944)
- Edward De Peyster Livingston (1861–1932)
- Goodhue Livingston (1867–1951) ∞ married Louisa Robb (1877–1960) (daughter of J. Hampden Robb)
- Goodhue Livingston Jr. (1897–1994) ∞ (1) 1919 (div 1931): Joan Livingston Allen (1898–1964) (daughter of Frederick Hobbes Allen); ∞ (2) 1932 (div 1950s) Lorna Mackay (1911–1986); (3) (div) Ruth Monsch Gordon; ∞ (4) 1966: Dorothy Michelson-Stevens-Bitter-Dick (d. 1994) (daughter of Albert A. Michelson)
- Cornelia Thayer Livingston (1903–1975) ∞ 1927: Frederic Cromwell Jr. (1900–1973)
- Katherine Cromwell (b. 1928) ∞ David Elmslie Moore (1923-2012), (son of William Scoville Moore and Edith Pulitzer and grandson of Joseph Pulitzer)
- Florence Cromwell (b. 1931)
- Seymour Cromwell III (1934–1977)
- Cornelia Livingston Cromwell ∞ 1958: Richard Pillard (b. 1933)
- Christina Livingston ∞ John Navarre Macomb (1774–1810) (son of Alexander Macomb)
- Catherine Livingston (1745–1810) ∞ (1) 1764: Stephen Van Rensselaer II (1742–1769); ∞ (2) 1775: Eilardus Westerlo (1738–1790)
- Margaret Livingston (1747–1830) ∞ Dr. Thomas Jones (1733–1794)
- Sarah Livingston (1752–1814) ∞ John Henry Livingston (1746–1825)
- Hendrick "Henry" Livingston (1719–1772)
- William Livingston (1723–1790) ∞ 1745 Susannah French (1723–1789) (granddaughter of Phillip French)
- Susannah Livingston (1748–1840) ∞ 1780: John Cleves Symmes (1742–1814) (father-in-law of William Henry Harrison)
- Catherine Livingston (1751–1813) ∞ (1) Matthew Ridley (1746–1789); ∞ (2) John Livingston (1750–1822) (son of Robert Livingston)
- Mary Livingston (b. 1753) ∞ 1771: James Linn
- William Livingston Jr. (1754–1817) ∞ Mary Lennington
- Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (1756–1802) ∞ John Jay (1745–1829)
- Henry Brockholst Livingston (1757–1823) ∞ (1) 1784: Catherine Keteltas (1761–1804); ∞ (2) 1804: Ann N. Ludlow (1775–1815); ∞ (3) 1815: Catherine Seaman (1775–1859)
- Eliza Livingston (1786–1860) ∞ Jasper Hall Livingston (1780–1835) (son of Philip Philip Livingston)
- Susan French Livingston (1789–1864) ∞ Benjamin Ledyard (1779–1812)
- Catherine Augusta Livingston (b. c. 1790) ∞ Archibald McVicker (1785–1849)
- Carroll Livingston (1805–1867) ∞ Cornelia Livingston.
- Anson Livingston (1807–1873) ∞ Anne Greenleaf Livingston (1809–1887) (daughter of Henry Walter Livingston)
- Jasper Hall Livingston (1815–1900) ∞ 1851: Matilda Anne Cecila Morris (daughter of Sir John Morris, 2nd Baronet of Clasemont)
- Catherine Louise Livingston (b. 1815) ∞ Maurice Power (1811–1870)
- Henry Brockholst Livingston (1819–1892) ∞ Marianna Gribaldo
- Judith Livingston (1758-1843) ∞ John W. Watkins
- Sarah Livingston (1725–1805) ∞ 1748: William Alexander, Lord Stirling (1726–1783)
- Alida Livingston (1728–1790) ∞ (1) Henry Hansen (d. 1758); ∞ (2) Martinus Hoffman (1706–1772) (father-in-law of Isaac Roosevelt)
- Catherine Livingston (1733–1807) ∞ 1759: John Lawrence (1721–1764)
- Robert Livingston (1688–1775) ∞ Margaret Howarden (1693–1758)
- Hubertus "Gilbert" Livingston (1690–1746) ∞ Cornelia Beekman (1693–1742) (daughter of Hendrick Beekman and granddaughter of Wilhelmus Beekman)
- Robert Gilbert Livingston (1712–1789) ∞ Catherine McPheadres (1717–1792)
- Robert Gilbert Livingston (1749–1791) ∞ Margaret Hude (1751–1824)
- Helen Livingston (1751–1791) ∞ Samuel Hake
- Helen Hake (1773–1801) ∞ Frederic De Peyster (1758–1834) (nephew of Arent DePeyster)
- Frederic De Peyster (1796–1882) ∞ (1) 1820: Mary Justina Watts ∞ (2) 1839: Maria Antoinette Kane Hone (1798–1869)
- Catherine Livingston (1756–1829) ∞ John Reade (1745–1808)
- Gilbert Robert Livingston (1758–1816) ∞ Martha De Lancey Kane (1758–1843)
- Henry Gilbert Livingston (1758–1817) ∞ Ann Nutter
- Simon Johnson Livingston (b. 1762)
- Henry Gilbert Livingston (1714–1799) ∞ Susannah Storm Conklin (1724–1793)
- Gilbert Livingston (1742–1806) ∞ 1763: Catherine Crannell (1745–1830)
- John Henry Livingston (1746—1825) ∞ 1775: Sarah Livingston (1752–1814)
- Henry Livingston Jr. (1748–1828) ∞ (1) Sarah Welles ∞ (2): Jane McLean Patterson (1769–1838)
- Cornelia Livingston (1750–1810) ∞ Myndert Van Kleeck (1744–1799)
- Catherine Elizabeth Livingston (1751–1828) ∞ (1) Thomas Mifflin (1744–1800) ∞ (2) Peter Close, Sr. (b. 1751)
- Joanna Livingston (1754–1795) ∞ Paul Schenck (1741–1817)
- Susan Livingston (1755–1781) ∞ Gerardus Duyckinck (1754–1814)
- Alida Livingston Woolsey (1758–1843) ∞ 1779: Melancthon Lloyd Woolsey (1754–1819)
- Robert Henry Livingston (1760–1804) ∞ Catherine "Cady" Tappan (1772–1841)
- Beekman Livingston (b. 1762) ∞ Catherine Marsh (1772–1854)
- Helena Livingston (1767–1859) ∞ Jonas Platt (1769–1834)
- Alida Livingston (1716–1798) ∞ (1) 1737: Jacob Rutsen (1716–1753); ∞ (2) 1762: Hendrick van Rensselaer (1712–1793)
- Johannes Rutsen (1743–1771) ∞ (1) 1767: Phebe Carmen (1747–1819) (Phebe married Robert Sands (1745–1835) after Johannes death)
- Cornelia Rutsen (1746–1790) ∞ Robert Van Rensselaer (1740–1802)
- Joanna Livingston (1722–1808) ∞ Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721–1814)
- James Livingston (1728–1790) ∞ Judith Newcomb (1733–1808)
- Cornelia Livingston (1751–1820) ∞ (1) Lawrence Van Kleeck (1749–1783); ∞ (2) Andrew Billings (1743–1808)
- Judith Newcomb Livingston (b. 1753) ∞ John Moore, Esq. (1745–1828)
- Gilbert James Livingston (1758–1833) ∞ Susannah Lewis (1761–1822)
- Judith Lewis Livingston (1785–1858) ∞ Samuel Butler (1785–1851)
- Courtland Philip Livingston Butler (1813–1891) ∞ Elizabeth Slade Pierce (1822–1901)
- Margaret Livingston (1738–1818) ∞ Peter Stuyvesant (1727–1805), (great-grandson of Peter Stuyvesant)
- Joanna Livingston (1694–1734) ∞ Cornelius Gerrit Van Horne (1694–1752)
- Gerrit Van Horne (1726–1765) ∞ 1751: Anne Reade (1726–1772) (daughter of Joseph Reade)
References
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External links
Notes and References
- Book: Henry Reed Stiles. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. 1886. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.. 85.
- Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Livingston Memorial Church and Burial Ground. July 1985. 2010-07-04. Neil Larson. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121014004429/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1432. 2012-10-14. See also: Web site: Accompanying 12 photos.
- http://www.getnj.com/historichouses/libertyhallelizabeth.shtml "Liberty Hall, Elizabethtown"
- Book: Fox-Davies . Arthur Charles . Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour . 1910 . T.C. & E.C. Jack . 544 . 27 July 2022 . en.