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  WILLIAM LIVINGSTON - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM LIVINGSTON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He was the son of Philip Livingston (1686 1749), and grandson of Robert Livingston (1654-1725), who was born at Ancrum, Scotland, emigrated to America about 1673, and received grants (beginning in f 686) to Livingston Manor (a tract of land on the Hudson, comprising the greater part of what are now Dutchess and Columbia counties).
William Livingston graduated at Yale College in 1741, studied law in the city of New York, and was admitted to the bar in 1748.
Williams son, (HENRY) BROCKHOLST LIVINGSTON (17 57 1823), was an officer in the American War of Independence, and was an able lawyer and judge.
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 Henry Brockholst Livingston --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Livingston joined the Continental Army at the age of 19 and saw action with Benedict Arnold and as an aide to General Philip John Schuyler and General Arthur St. Clair before accompanying his brother-in-law, John Jay, on his mission to solicit aid from Spain in 1779.
Livingston lies mainly within the historic county of West Lothian, but the part of the town south of the River Almond belongs to the historic county of Midlothian.
Livingston was designated a new town in 1962 with the dual purpose of accommodating population...
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 Robert Livingston
Livingston was a member of the colonial assembly from the city and county of Albany in 1711, and after 1716 was returned from his manor till 1725, becoming speaker in 1718.
Judge Livingston was appointed one of the trustees of the New York society library, on its reorganization in 1788, and was elected 2d vice president of the New York historical society on its organization in 1805.
Livingston had previously been impressed with the advantage that was to be derived from the application of steam to navigation, and he obtained from the legislature of the state of New York the exclusive right to navigate its water-ways by steam power for twenty years.
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 Livingston. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Livingston and his brother-in-law, Peter Schuyler, were the leaders of the Albany opposition to the rebellion of Jacob Leisler, and afterward Livingston found his estates and privileges so endangered by the Leislerian faction, that he twice went to England to defend them.
He became noted in New York as a Whig political leader, as a judge of the admiralty court (1759–63), and as a judge of the supreme court of the colony (1763–75); he was also a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress and chairman of the New York Committee of Correspondence.
Livingston Manor, was the son of Robert R. Livingston (1718–75) and brother of Robert R. Livingston (1746–1813).
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 Livingston, Henry
Livingston, Henry Brockholst (1757-1823) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court: Livingston was born in New York City on November 26, 1757, and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) in 1774.
Later, Livingston served as an aide to General Arthur St. Clair during the siege of Fort Ticonderoga, and was with Benedict Arnold at Burgoyne's surrender in 1777.
Livingston remained in the Supreme Court until his death, on March 19, 1823, in Washington, D.C.
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 Governor William Livingston and Susannah French
Livingston attacked the Anglican attempt to charter and control King's College (later Columbia College and University) and the dominant De Lancey party for its Anglican sympathies, and by 1758 rose to the leadership of his faction.
Livingston married Susanna French, the daughter of a wealthy New Jersey landholder.
Henry Brockholst Livingston was their son; their daughter Susanna married John Cleves Symmes, their daughter Sarah became the wife of John Jay.
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 Robert R. Livingston Inventor and Entrepreneur
Nevertheless, when Livingston was first seized with the desire to make it a reality, most scientists as well as the general public derided the dream of freeing boats from the vagaries of the wind and the opposition of tide and current as a fantasy.
Livingston even did not mind that instead of returning to the United States as promised, Fulton spent the next three years in the employ of the English secret service developing his submarine weapons for use against the French.
Livingston had made no provision for his share of the partnership in his will so that his widow and two sons-in-law had been obliged to divide it into three equal parts, giving none of them the twenty shares necessary to be a voting partner.
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 Search Results for "Livingston"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Livingston, family of American statesmen, diplomats, and jurists.
Livingston, Robert R., 1654–1728, American colonist and statesman, 1654-1728: see under Livingston, family....
Livingston, Robert R., 1718–75, American statesman and jurist, 1718-75: see under Livingston, family....
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Livingston
Great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1654-1728); son of Robert Livingston (1708-1790); nephew of Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston (1716-1778) and William Livingston; brother-in-law of
John Kean; granduncle of Henry Walter Livingston and Edward Philip Livingston; grandfather of Charles Ludlow Livingston.
Walter Livingston, Philip Livingston (1740-1810), Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Henry Brockholst Livingston and Edward Livingston; great-great-grandfather of Henry Walter Livingston, Edward Philip Livingston and Charles Ludlow Livingston.
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Abraham Livingston was appointed to supply the army of New York with provisions.
Livingston has agreed to furnish the colony with trucks and shot.qEncloses both of Deane's letters.
Jay congratulates Livingston on the addition to his family and tells him of the loss of his little girl.
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 Livingstons' mark is indelible
The arrival of 2,000 Palatine German refugees on the manor in 1710 was a boon to the Livingstons and the valley.
Among the descendants of Gilbert Livingston were the Rev. John Henry Livingston (1746-1825), a leader of the Dutch Reformed Church in America, and Henry Alexander Livingston (1776-1849), a state senator from Poughkeepsie.
Descendants of Philip Livingston (1686-1749), second Lord of the Manor, are often referred to as the Manor Branch.
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 Henry Livingston's Nieces and Nephews
Henry Alexander Livingston was a leading citizen of Poughkeepsie for approximately half a century.
At the death of Henry Alexander Livingston his house on the shore of the Hudson was occupied by his widow and unmarried daughters.
The farm was bounded on the east by the Post Road, on the west by Hudson's river, on the south by the land of edward James and on the north by the Livingston farm.
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 Henry Briggs - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Henry Briggs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Henry Briggs - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Henry Briggs.
Henry Briggs (February 1556 - January 26 1630) was an English mathematician.
He was born at Warley Wood, near Halifax, in Yorkshire.
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 The History of New York State
Ludlow Livingston was born in Livingston, Staten Island, June 10, 1870, and is the son of Ludlow and Mary (Keift) Livingston.
His father, a yachtsman, owned the famous "Vixen," the fastest sailing vessel in its day, and was the son of Anson Livingston, who himself was the son of Henry Brockholst Livingston, colonel of General Schuyler's staff and who carried the new of the battle of Bennington to Congress.
Henry E. Among the leading members of the republican party in Northern New York is Senator Henry E. Brereton whose residence is on Bolton road, Lake George.
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 LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM (1723-1790) - Online Information article about LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM (1723-1790)
While governor he was a frequent contributor to the New Jersey Gazette, and in this way he greatly aided the American cause during the war by his denunciation of the enemy and appeals to the patriotism of his countrymen.
Life of William Livingston (New York, 1833); and E. Livingston, TheLivingstons of Livingston Manor(1910).
HENRY) BROCKHOLST LIVINGSTON (1757-1823), was an officer in the American War of Independence, and was an able lawyer and See also:
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 5616
She married Henry Brockholst Livingston, son of Edwin Brockholst Livingston, on 5 May 1934.
     Henry Brockholst Livingston is the son of Edwin Brockholst Livingston.
He is the son of Henry Brockholst Livingston and Elizabeth Rosemary Dillon.
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 Livingston -> Henry Brockholst Livingston (1757-1823) on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Livingston dejara el Congreso: Anuncio hecho en el hemiciclo de la
Livingston Packs It In: Would-Be Speaker Leaving at the End of the Week
Livingston's new web-based calibration management system is a hit.
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 DESCENDENTS OF THE SCHUYLER FAMILY OF NEW YORK
May 1727 (or 1729), at Livingston Manor, bur in the church at Livingston Manor, Oct moved to a vault in the church at Livingston Manor), as her 2nd h.
Lord Cornbury re-instated Livingston and purged the Council of the Leislerians.
Catharine Livingston (#11362.x3)), gs of Judge Samuel Breese and ____ Finley, g-gs of Rev Dr Samuel Finley and Ann Clarkson, gg-gs of Matthew Clarkson and Cornelia de Peyster, ggg-gs of Col Johannes de Peyster and Anna Bancker, gggg-gs of Gerrit Bancker and Elizabeth Van Eps.
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 NYNY 1810-1814
Judge Henry Brockholst Livingston dismisses Robert Livingston and Fulton's plea for an injunction against the Albany Company before a full trial can be held.
Lawyer-naturalist Amos Eaton is convicted of forgery, in conjunction with a foreclosed property, by a Catskill jury.
Chancellor John Lansing denies an injunction to Livingston and Fulton, citing the novelty of the case.
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 The Political Graveyard: Armstrong-Bayard-Clayton family
Philip Livingston (1740-1810); married to the sister-in-law of
Henry Clay's proposal to require all Kentucky legislators to wear domestic homespun instead of British broadcloth; this clash resulted in a
Henry Walter Livingston (1768-1810) — of New York.
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 Henry Brockholst Livingston - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Henry Brockholst Livingston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Henry Brockholst Livingston - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Henry Brockholst Livingston.
Here you will find more informations about Henry Brockholst Livingston.
The orginal Henry Brockholst Livingston article can be editet
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 ling to Lloyd, Henry Demarest. Alphabetic Index to Entries. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Livingston, Robert R., 1654–1728, American colonist and statesman
Livingston, Robert R., 1718–75, American statesman and jurist
Livingston, Robert R., 1746–1813, American jurist, statesman, and diplomat
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 AllRefer.com - Henry Brockholst Livingston (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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 Samuel Morey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Livingston had seen Morey's side paddle wheels of 1797.
Some say the boat was sunk by enemies of Morey to destroy all evidence pointing to a successful steamboat prior to Fulton's.
Others claim Morey himself sank the boat in despair over his treatment by Fulton and Livingston.
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 The Tin Man » Poor Justice Breyer
And it would be sad if someone retired now, when the Court is achingly close to breaking the record of the longest period of time without a change in membership.
The current record is just over 11 years, from February 3, 1812 (the arrival of Joseph Story) to March 18, 1823 (the death of Henry Brockholst Livingston).
Since Stephen Breyer joined the Court on August 3, 1994, the record would presumably be broken around September 15, 2005.
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 Philip Vickers Fithian, journal and letters, 1767–1774, student at Princeton college, 1770–72, tutor at ...
Jonathan Baldwin was a prominent patriot, a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775, and in 1778 was entrusted by Gov. Livingston with the distribution of balls and cartridges for the use of the army.
Henry Lee of the class of 1773, afterward governor of Virginia.
Richard Henry Lee, the famous orator and statesman, was born at Stratford, the 20th of January 1732.
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 Worldroots.com
1232 -- Robert Livingston, emigrant from Scotland to New York, is descended from several monarchs of Scotland (and elsewhere).
Alexander Livingston of Over and Nether Inches m.
Henry I King of England = (unknown mistress)
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 The Edward Livingston Papers
Sketches and Drawings (attributed to Lewis Livingston by John Ross Delafield.
Henry Beekman: 1688-1776 and Gertrude (Van Courtland) Beekman
Lewis, Morgan: 1754-1844 and Lewis, Gertrude (Livingston): 1757-1833
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 The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799. John C. Fitzpatrick, Editor.
Congress resolved (February 23) that the Commander in Chief be authorized to exchange Cornwallis for Henry Laurens, provided proper assurance was obtained that all accounts for the subsistence of British prisoners of war would be speedily settled and discharged.
Sir: At the request of Sir Henry Clinton I have promised an escort to a sum of Money which he is to send out for the use of the prisoners of War at Philada.
As an Officer will be sent out by Sir Henry Clinton with Money for the prisoners of War at their different places of Cantonment, I would recommend it to your Excellency to direct the Gentleman who will be appointed by you to come at the same time.
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Henry Brockholst Livingston’s regiment guarded Varnum’s right flank.
Anthony Walker, in “So Few the Brave,” tells us that Major General Nathanael Greene, commanding the entire right wing, was responsible for stopping the enemy’s advance along the West Road.
When word reached General Sullivan warning him that the British fleet under Lord Howe, with 5,000 troops under Gen. Henry Clinton, had been sighted off Block Island, the Americans felt there was no alternative but to retreat to Tiverton.
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