'Robert R. Livingston' (
1718-
1775) was a prominent
politician, and the leading
Whig in
New York in his day. He was the son of
Robert Livingston (1688-1775) of
Clermont and grandson of
Robert Livingston (1654-1728); he was the father of
Robert Livingston (1746-1813) and
Edward Livingston. He married Margaret Beekman, heir to immense tracts of land in
Dutchess and
Ulster counties. {She was the niece of the wife of Gilbert Livingston, son of
Robert Livingston (1654-1728)}
He was a member of the provincial assembly from 1759 to 1768. He served as judge of the admiralty court from 1760 to 1763 and as justice of the colonial supreme court in 1763. He was a delegate to the
Stamp Act Congress of 1765, and, in 1775, a member of the Committee of One Hundred, which briefly governed
New York City.
He died at his estate in
Clermont, New York,
December 9, 1775.
★ One daughter Janet Livingston was married to
General Richard Montgomery.
★ Another daughter Gertrude Livingston was married to
Morgan Lewis (governor) son of
Congressman Francis Lewis.
★ A third daughter Alida Livingston was married to
Congressman John Armstrong Jr son of
General and
Congressman John Armstrong.
★ One son, Henry Beekman Livingston, married Nancy Shippen, a daughter of Continental Army Medical Directer William Shippen Jr and Alive Lee-a sister of Congressman
Arthur Lee and Signers
Richard Henry Lee and
Francis Lightfoot Lee; {their first cousin once removed was Continental General
Henry Lee}. Nancy was a granddaughter of Congressman
William Shippen and a great-granddaughter of
Pennsylvania Governor Edward Shippen; Nancy Shippen was also a first cousin of
Peggy Shippen, wife of
Benedict Arnold. A relative of Peggy Shippen was
Mary Willing Byrd.
★ Another son Major John Robert Livingston married to Eliza McEvers. Parents of Serena Elzia Livingston married to Colonel
George Croghan (soldier) of
Locust Grove Kentucky, the War of 1812 hero of Fort Sandusky Ohio and a nephew of General
George Rogers Clark. Colonel Croghan not to be confused with the New York trader
George Croghan. {Major Livingston was born 1755; in 1844/1845 his photograph was taken by
Matthew Brady; it appears in a 1970 issue of
American Heritage (magazine).
External links
★
History of Clermont
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