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Topic: Robert Livingston 1708 1790


  
  Robert Livingston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Livingston was the name of several men, many of whom were members of a prominent family that effectively ran New York throughout the colonial and Federal periods.
Robert Livingston the Elder (1654-1728) (middle initial, "R"), New York colonial official, and first lord of Livingston Manor.
Robert Livingston the Younger (1663-1725), mayor of Albany
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 Colonial Governors
Robert Barclay of Ury, the eminent apologist for the Society of Friends, who was appointed governor of the province of East New Jersey in 1682, sent a deputy and never came to America himself.
William Livingston, the "Don Quixote of the Jerseys," who held the governorship for fourteen years, was a grandson of Robert Livingston of Ancrum, the founder of the Livingston family in America.
Robert Dinwiddie, who became Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia (1751-1758), was a son of Robert Dinwiddie, a merchant of Glasgow, where the younger Dinwiddie was born in 1693.
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 The Lords of Livingston Manor
As a result of Robert Livingston 3rd’s will and the deaths of three of his sons only a few years after him, Livingston Manor was already divided in numerous parts by the year 1800.
As in earlier generations, the daughters of Robert Livingston and Maria Thong also inherited, but smaller shares of the estate, generally in form of sizeable dowries at the time of their marriage.
Philip Livingston was also one of the founders of the New York Society Library in 1754, of the Chamber of Commerce in 1770 and one of the governors of the New York Hospital.
edgewoodlakes.org /lordsoflivman.htm   (1741 words)

  
 Papers of George Washington
John Livingston (1750-1822) was a son of Robert Livingston, Jr.
Livingston did not receive a Continental commission, but in April 1778 he was appointed an aide-de-camp to George Clinton (see GW to Duer, 3 Feb. 1777, and Livingston to Clinton, 12 April 1778, in Hastings, Clinton Papers, 3:156).
Livingston, who aligned politically with the Clinton faction against his powerful cousin Chancellor Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), headed the Genessee Company which invested heavily in land speculation after the war.
gwpapers.virginia.edu /documents/revolution/duer/duer1.html   (475 words)

  
 Henry Livingston's Cousins
Robert Livingston, the eldest son, succeeded as 3rd and last Lord of the Manor.
In a strange succession of events in the Livingston family history, Peter Robert Livingston's elder brother died before their father and thus again a second son was in line for succession as 4th Lord of the Manor.
VAN RENSSELAER, Stephen, soldier, was born in New York city, Nov. 1, 1765; son of Stephen and Catherine (Livingston) Van Rensselaer; grandson of Philip and Maria (Sanders) Livingston; great-grandson of Kiliaen and Areoantie (Schuyler) Van Rensselaer; great2-grandson of Jeremias, the immigrant, and Maria (Van Cortlandt) Van Rensselaer, and great3-grandson of Kiliaen, the first patroon.
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 The lords of Livingston Manor
Robert Livingston 3rd Lord of Livingston Manor and his descendents
… Robert Livingston (1708-1790), the eldest son, succeeded as 3rd and last Lord of the Manor.
Robert inherited Livingston Manor and his father's position as head of the family business.
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James Robert Owens, born June 03, 1849 in Kentucky; died September 20, 1928 in Paoli, IN; married (1) Mary Summers January 13, 1869 in Orange Co., IN; married (2) Henrietta Mildred Louisa Jane Abel February 03, 1876 in Orange Co., IN.
Robert McFarland11, born 1790 in Virginia; died December 14, 1883 in Taney County, Missouri..
Robert McFarland, born 1790 in Virginia; died December 14, 1883 in Taney County, Missouri.; married Elizabeth Bullington February 26, 1813 in Harrison County, Indiana.
www.usgennet.org /usa/in/county/orange/prowancestors.txt   (13716 words)

  
 The Livingston Legacy - Introduction
The founder of the Livingston family in America was Robert Livingston (1654-1728), a talented and ambitious Scotsman raised in the Netherlands, where his father, a leader of the Scottish Kirk, had taken the family into exile after a clash with England’s King Charles II in 1663.
The Livingston family was well represented in the Continental Congress, in the Provincial Congress, in the Continental Army and state militia, and, later, in state and federal government.
Robert Livingston (1708-1790), the third manor proprietor, had determined as early as 1770 to break the entail on the manor.
www.ulster.net /~hrmm/steamboats/livingston/Introduction.html   (1920 words)

  
 magoo.com: McGoughs in Pre-Revolutionary America: Robert and Sarah Matilda McGough by Hugh McGough
Robert McGough, was born in 1725 in county Down, according to A Glimpse Of The Past: Descendants of Robert McGough (b 1725, Northern Ireland), a comprehensive compilation of the genealogy of this branch of the McGoughs, by Carolyn McGough Rowe.
Robert McGough was a witness to the marriage of his son, James McGough, and Sally Hallowell in Christian County, Kentucky, on February 6, 1812.
Robert McGough was shown as the owner of four slaves in the 1820 Alabama State Census of Dallas County, Alabama.
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 The Probert Encyclopaediat
He was a Federalist governor of New Jersey from 1776 until 1790.
He was a Federalist governor of New Jersey from 1790 until 1792.
He was the sopn of Robert the Devil, Duke of Normandy and of Arlette, the daughter of a tanner of Falaise.
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 Notable Scots of Colonial Times
ROBERT LIVINGSTON, the first possessor of Livingston Manor, New York, and the ancestor of a distinguished line of American patriots and statesmen,
He was the son of Rev. John Livingston, a noted clergyman of the Church of Scotland, who was banished and died in Rotterdam in 1672.
Another son, Philip, was born at Albany in 1716, and in 1759 was elected a member of the General Assembly of the colony from the city of New York.
www.electricscotland.com /history/descendants/chap3.htm   (1819 words)

  
 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
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.
Great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1654-1728); son of Robert Livingston (1708-1790); nephew of Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Philip Livingston; brother-in-law of
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 Historical Area Markers in New York State - Inventory Page One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The founder's third son, Robert, was given a 13,000 acre tract in the southern corner of the manor, where in 1730 a house was built and named "Clermont." During the Revolution this lower manor house was burned.
The numerous Livingston family played prominent roles in the colony and early State, and, as aristocracy, dominated the life of this area.
In 1708 the colonial governor, Lord Cornburry, granted to Johannes Hardenberg and associates a patent of two million acres which was divided in 1749 into forty-two tracts.
www.nysm.nysed.gov /services/largemarkers/inventoryone.html   (5418 words)

  
 Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Wendell
He served as a private in the revolution, and was sheriff of Albany county from 1777 to 1781 and from 1782 to 1786.
He was an attorney-at-law, and at the age of twenty-four years removed from Albany to Schenectady, where he located and settled on lands yet in the family.
His father left his estate in entail to his eldest son, a clause in his will that caused a prolonged suit at law, but ended in favor of the present holders of the homestead and farm.
www.schenectadyhistory.org /families/hmgfm/wendell-1.html   (1415 words)

  
 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.
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.
Robert Livingston Schuyler, Advisory Editorial board, Concise Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, NY The descendents and some of the forebears of Hon.
mlloyd.org /gen/lvngston/text/livingst.htm   (11470 words)

  
 A Checklist of Primary Sources for Early American History
Select works of Robert Goodloe Harper; consisting of speeches on political and forensic subjects; with the answer drawn up by him to the articles of impeachment against Judge Chase, and sundry political tracts.
Unpublished correspondence of William Livingston and John Jay; introduction and notes, by Frank Monaghan...
A memoir of the life of William Livingston, member of Congress in 1774, 1775, and 1776; delegate to the federal convention in 1787, and governor of the state of New-Jersey from 1776 to 1790.
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 Descendants of John-3 WHITNEY [John-2, John-1]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Robert Harris and Elizabeth Boughey, 4 Mar 1668; m.
He was mentioned in his grandfather Robert Reynold's will on 20 Apr 1658 Boston, Suffolk, MA.
He was employed by surveyor on 27 Apr 1708 Brookline, Middlesex, MA.
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 Powell v. McCormack
The House of Commons had expelled Robert Walpole for receiving kickbacks for contracts relating to "foraging the Troops," 17 H.C.Jour.
1708), and in 1628 Sir Edmund Sawyer was expelled because he had sought to induce a witness to suppress evidence against Sir Edmund in testimony before the House.
In expelling Sir Edmund Sawyer in 1628, the Commons declared "him to be unworthy ever to serve as a Member of this House." Ibid.
supct.law.cornell.edu /supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0395_0486_ZO.html   (16346 words)

  
 Bullock and Rector Family Pictures
Beginning in 1708, numbers of Palatines went to England in hopes to go on to the colonies.
Young Andreas moved across the Hudson to Livingston Manor since he, as Andries Rightster, is shown as a Palatine debtor of the four villages of Germantown, Livingston, Clermont, and Claverack on the dates of March 1, 1718; December 26, 1718 and February 1722.
Andreas Richter is a Livingston tenant in 1799.
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 Genealogy of Lewis F. WALDEN and Belle Florence CAMPBELL
Ancestors of Lewis F. Lewis Francis WALDEN was born on 16 Jul 1860 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri.
Susannah WALLACE was born in 1708 or 1719 in Ireland.
Robert MEANS and Elizabeth ROBINSON were married about 1756 in Pennsylvania.
www.personal.psu.edu /faculty/a/x/axd2/genealogy/genWalden.html   (4120 words)

  
 My Family
She was married to John Hikox between 1753 and 1790.
She was married to Jimmy Lee LIVINGSTON on 20 Aug 1966.
She was married to James Topping between 1664 and 1708.
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 Articles index started with ro
Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer
Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st earl of Crewe
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 Sullivan County History
On April 20, 1708, this purchase was legally confirmed and the "Major Hardenbergh patent" was granted to Hardenbergh and six others.
But shortly after this date Robert Livingston, who had purchased five-sixteenths of the Hardenbergh patent with others, pushed the location of men on their lands by either sale or lease, and by 1800 there were more than 3,000 inhabitants of the county.
A three-cornered contest for the county seat was precipitated by the desire to be chosen for this honor, by Liberty, Thompsonville and Monticello.
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 Connecticut Genealogy
Robert died on 22 Sep 1676 in New London, CT. On 4 Jun 1634 Robert married Mary Elizabeth Sims, in Martock, Somerset, Eng.
Elizabeth died in Livingston County, Michigan on 22 Feb 1867; she was 76.
Robert died in Milford, CT on 12 May 1655; he was 37.
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 New Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Robert Walpole: Statesman who is considered Britain’s first prime minister.
Its purpose was to draft a statement of reasons for independence which led to the Declaration of Independence.
Robert Morris: When the United States, under the Articles of Confederation, was unable to prevent national bankruptcy, Congress turned to him.
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 Historic County of Burlington, new Jersey
William Livingston was named the new State’s first Governor by the Congress of New Jersey, meeting at Burlington.
Robert Mills, student of U.S. Capitol architect and sometime Mount Holly resident Benjamin Latrobe, designed the "new" County Jail.
Bringing master-weaver Samuel Semple from Scotland in 1846, they developed the first spool cotton in the U.S. at "Shreveville" which later became Smithville, in 1865, when Hezekiah B. Smith bought the plant and the Shreve mansion to build a colorful career around his unique ideas and some forty inventions.
www.burlco.lib.nj.us /county/history/chronology.html   (1032 words)

  
 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Recent Acquisitions 2002
The first appearance of this poem, designed and printed by Robert Johnson at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, one of 26 copies on handmade paper by Mary Hark with binding and box by Jill Jevine.
The collection spans the seventeenth through twenty-first century, with a focus on the nineteenth and twentieth, and represents nearly every generation of the Livingston family from the time Robert and Alida Livingston settled in upstate New York in the late 1600s.
Diaries, scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, and printed material chronicle the Livingstons' social lives and their participation in New York and national government, as well as their involvement in the U.S. Civil War, World War I, and World War II.
www.library.yale.edu /beinecke/brblinfo/brblguide_2004.html   (5211 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Harrison-Lee-Fish family of Virginia and New York
Philip Livingston (1740-1810); married to the sister-in-law of
Robert Livingston (1688-1775); first cousin once removed of
Livingston (1746-1813); first cousin once removed and nephew by marriage of
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 Before Lewis and Clark (Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America, Library of Congress)
However, free navigation on the river was threatened when Napoleon secretly regained control of New Orleans and the lands west of the Mississippi.
In an attempt to secure access to New Orleans, Thomas Jefferson directed Robert R. Livingston, U. Minister to France, and American diplomat James Monroe to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans and the Floridas for $10,000,000.
In his letter to James Madison, James Monroe, U.S. special envoy, explains why he and Robert R. Livingston, America's minister to France, were obliged to purchase "the whole" of Louisiana.
www.loc.gov /exhibits/lewisandclark/lewis-before.html   (4731 words)

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