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Personal data Lord Robert Livingston 


Household of Lord Robert Livingston

He is married to Alyda Schuyler.

They got married on February 10, 1674, he was 19 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  2. Philip Livingston  1686-1748 
  4. William Livingston  1692-1692
  5. Joanna Livingston  ± 1694-± 1735
  6. Catherine Livingston  ± 1698-1699


Notes about Lord Robert Livingston


Robert Livingston the Elder (December 13, 1654 – October 1, 1728) was a New York colonial official, and first lord of Livingston Manor. He married Alida Schuyler (widow of Nicholas Van Rensselaer) in 1679. He was the father of nine children, including Philip, Robert and Gilbert. He was also uncle of Robert Livingston the Younger, grandfather of Philip Livingston and William Livingston.

Early life

He was born in the village of Ancrum, near Jedburgh, in the County of Roxburgh, Scotland, one of seven children of the Reverend John Livingston, a lineal descendant of the fourth Lord Livingston, ancestor of the earls of Linlithgow and Callendar, a minister of the Church of Scotland, who was sent into exile in 1663 due to his resistance to attempts to turn the Presbyterian national church into an Episcopalian institution. The exiled family were raised in Rotterdam, in the Dutch Republic, thus Robert Livingston was fluent in the Dutch language, which helped him greatly in his later career in the former Dutch colony of New Netherland.

Career

Following the death of his father in 1673, Robert Livingston returned to Scotland and then sailed for Boston to find his fortune in North America. Livingston moved to Albany, New York where he became wealthy in the fur trade, and then obtained a patent to 160,000 acres (650 km¬â‰¤) that would become Livingston Manor in Columbia and Dutchess County.
With his brother-in-law Peter Schuyler, he led the opposition in Albany to Leisler's Rebellion. He served as Secretary for Indian Affairs from 1695 until his death. In 1696, he backed Captain William Kidd's privateer voyage on the Adventure Galley. He served as a representative to the New York provincial assembly in 1709– 1711 and 1716– 1725 and was elected speaker in 1718.

Family and descendants:
Livingston's son Gilbert was married to Cornelia Beekman (a granddaughter of Schenectady Mayor Wilhelm Beekman). Their daughter married New York Lt. Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt. One of the Van Cortlandts' daughters married Albany Mayor Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer. Mrs. Van Cortlandt's sister-in-law married the great-grandson of New York Colony Governor Peter Stuyvesant. They were grandparents to New York Governor Hamilton Fish. Another daughter of Gilbert Livingston named Margaret Livingston married Peter Stuyvesant (1727– 1805) also a great-grandson of Peter Stuyvesant. Their son Nicholas William Stuyvesant (1769– 1833) married Catherine Livingston Reade, who was also a great-granddaughter of Gilbert Livingston.
Another relation was niece Catherine Schuyler, married into the De Peyster family; her son was loyalist Arent Schuyler De Peyster. Arent's nephew, Abraham De Peyster, was a loyalist Officer who served with the King's American Regiment and was at Battle of King's Mountain; Abraham was married to Catherine Livingston, a granddaughter of Philip Livingston (1686– 1749, and 2nd Lord of the Manor).
Notable descendants include Presidents of the United States George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, the entire Fish and Kean families, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of New York Anna Morton, actors Montgomery Clift and Michael Douglas, actress Jane Wyatt, poet Robert Lowell, cinematographer Floyd Crosby, his son David Crosby, author Wolcott Gibbs, and almost the entire Astor family.
His will provided for the establishment of the Livingston Memorial Church and Burial Ground. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Robert Livingston

Robert Livingston
1654-1728

1674

Alyda Schuyler
1655-1729

Philipina Joanna Livingston
1684-1690
Philip Livingston
1686-1748
Gilbert Hubertus Livingston
1689-1746
William Livingston
1692-1692
Joanna Livingston
± 1694-± 1735
Catherine Livingston
± 1698-1699

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Historical events

Birthday December 13, 1654

  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1654: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 11 » Arauco War: A Spanish army is defeated by local Mapuche-Huilliches as it tries to cross Bueno River in Southern Chile.
    • February 9 » The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
    • May 5 » Cromwell's Act of Grace, aimed at reconciliation with the Scots, proclaimed in Edinburgh.
    • June 7 » Louis XIV is crowned King of France.
    • August 22 » Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
    • October 12 » The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people.

Day of marriage February 10, 1674

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1674: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 19 » England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
    • March 14 » The Third Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of Ronas Voe results in the Dutch East India Company ship Wapen van Rotterdam being captured with a death toll of up to 300 Dutch crew and soldiers.
    • May 21 » The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
    • September 24 » Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji.
    • November 10 » Third Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherland to England.

Day of death April 21, 1728

  • The temperature on April 21, 1728 was about -0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen hagel . Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1728: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 28 » Peshwa Bajirao I of the Maratha Empire defeats Asaf Jah I in the Battle of Palkhed.
    • August 29 » The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss.


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