The clerk registered legal documents and collected a fee for each transaction. Bedloe's Island, in New York harbor is now known as Liberty Island and the site of the Statue of Liberty. From that upper State Street headquarters, Robert Livingston That position gave Livingston a hand in many aspects of the development of greater Albany County. In 1717, he married Margaret Howarden (1693–1758), at the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. Margaret was the daughter of a wealthy English merchant in New York and granddaughter of Captain Bethlow, a Huguenot after whom Bedloe's Island is named. Secretary Livingston first signed the minutes in June 1677. Like their father, the twelve Livingston children were born in that landmark home. His mother, Alida, had previously been married to Nicholas van Rensselaer, but after his death, she married Robert Livingston in 1679. From a humble start as an Albany clerk, Robert Livingston established one of New York's premier political dynasties. Over the winter of He went to school at King’s College and graduated in 1765. Livingston was aboard Fulton's famous steamboat on the voyage up the Hudson in 1807. However, he returned to Livingston Manor to help with the management thereof.[4]. [2] Upon reaching the age of twenty-five, he returned to America and opened a law office in Albany. In 1686, he joined with Pieter Schuyler to persuade Governor Thomas Dongan to grant Albany a municipal charter like that awarded to New York City a few months earlier. Robert Livingston the Elder (December 13, 1654 – October 1, 1728) was a New York colonial official, fur trader, and businessman; he was granted a patent to 160,000 acres (650 km²/ 250 sq mi) along the Hudson River, and became the first lord of Livingston Manor. However, Robert Livingston, Jr. proved more interested in furthering his own ends - particularly following his marriage to the daughter of Pieter Schuyler in 1697. "The patriarch of Clermont was in many ways the spoiled younger son of the self-made man. house across from Alida's family Robert Livingston (1746-1813) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Born in Scotland in 1654, the fourteenth child of John Livingston and Janet Fleming, he followed his father, a refugee Calvinist minister, to the Netherlands in 1663. According t o one British source, Livingston "pinched a fortune out of the soldier's bellies," as the provider of food and supplies for the British army. Livingston's father was well-known in Puritan Boston where a merchant advanced Then he was building his country estate below Albany on bank of the Roelof Jansen Kil. Vero Beach, FL, is where Robert Livingston lives today. Margaret was the daughter of a wealthy English merchant in New York and granddaughter of Captain Bethlow, a Huguenot after whom Bedloe's Island is named. This tract, since known as the Manor of Livingston, has been in possession of the family from that time to the present. directed his considerable energies to amassing one of the largest The most useable family genealogy is Florence Van Rensselaer's The Livingston Family in America and Its Scottish Origins (New York, 1949). Now, payment in kind had to be made–there were many opportunities for doing so. Livingston's enthusiasm for pursuing his wife's Van Rensselaer inheritance in Albany and in the region. Jump to: navigation, search. In December 1806, Fulton and Robert Livingston reunited in New York to resume work on their steamboat. Bedloe's Island, in New York harbor is now known as Liberty Island and the site of the Statue of Liberty. He was a businessman, but also an astute politician, and his Life illustrates the complex politics of New York Colony from 1675 to 1728. fortunes in seventeenth century New York while helping structure development Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813) is remembered for an extraordinary political career that spanned the Revolutionary War years through to formation of the American Republic. In 1716, Robert Livingston was called back from New York and spent six months at Alida's bedside. Upon graduating from King’s College (now Columbia University) in 1765, Livingston studied law, first in the law office of William Smith , a prominent New York attorney, and later in the law office of Governor William Livingston of New Jersey. By that time, Robert Livingston was most frequently found in his substantial Manhattan townhouse where his trading vessels were moored at his own dock. He was fortunate in obtaining a grant of a tract of land in that colony, delightfully situated on the banks of the Hudson. Livingston's holdings included two houses in Albany, pasture land outside the north gate, shares of the Saratoga Patent, and a tract of land on the Roelof Jansen Kil that became the basis for the Livingston Manor Patent - first granted in 1686. See also, Cynthia A. Kierner, Traders and Gentlefolk:The Livingstons of New York, 1675-1790 (Ithaca, 1992). That office brought the Livingstons in close contact with its appointing authority - the royal governor. home. In the decade that followed, Livingston was closely involved in enabling the overseas mercantile interests of his oldest son John and son-in-law Samuel Vetch and wanted for a surrogate in Albany until second son Philip came of age in 1707. After Robert and Alida Livingston relocated to Livingston Manor, … The intent of this sketch of early Albany's most significant individual is to tell his story in an Albany context and to leave the larger (beyond Albany) life of Robert Livingston to his many biographers - beginning with those noted above. That connection to Stefan Bielinski. Those connections to New York and ultimately to London enabled the astute and shrewd Livingston's becoming the wealthiest person in the upper Hudson region. prevented him from gaining acceptance in still-Dutch It was also the same name his brother Philip had given to the ironworks at Livingston Manor. 8 Livingston's untitled account book, 1670, Livingston-Redmond Mss. Services for Robert Livingston, 81, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Despite raising their large family without much active paternal support, Alida proved adept at upholding the crucial Albany end of Livingston's trading empire until her son was able to take over. Although never elected to local office, Robert Livingston was the most important person to live in colonial Albany.Robert Livingston. him with substantial income. Philip Livingston is seated at the extreme right, and Robert R. Livingston is shown standing in the center with the drafting committee of five members. Robert Livingston, perhaps more than anyone else in the colony, had received a full measure of favors through Governor Burnet’s endeavors and the influence of Hunter and Bampfield in London. Livingston died on June 27, 1775 at the age of 87 and was buried with his wife in the family vault. Robert "Livingston Manor" Livingstone was born on month day 1654, at birth place, to John Livingston and Janet Livingston (born Fleming). He is a white, non hispanic male registered to vote in Indian River County, Florida. He first worked as a lawyer, then as a politician, diplomat, and chancellor for the state of New York. Robert was unpopular among many of his contemporaries because of his moneymaking ways. Although never elected to local office, the first American Robert Livingston probably was the most important person to live in colonial Albany.. Born in Scotland in 1654, the fourteenth child of John Livingston and Janet Fleming, he followed his father, a refugee … Their only child was: the English in New York - although of great value to Livingston personally, by. business associate. He is considered by some to be a founding father, and was in the First and Second Continental Congress of the United States of America. Also recommended is a major antiquarian history of the family by Edwin B. Livingston entitled The Livingstons of Livingston Manor (New York, 1910). Robert Livingston. Named in the charter, Robert Livingston was appointed clerk of the city and county of Albany. As "Livingston Manor" became more habitable, Alida and Robert were reunited on the Roeloff Jansen Kil where Alida had come to rescue her deteoriating health. Known as the "Lower Manor", Robert named his estate "Ancram", after the parish where his grandfather, Rev. At that time Robert was heavily involved in land speculation in the Catskill Mountains land, and would eventually own nearly 500,000 acres. (tax); and then, secretary of the Albany Indian Robert Livingston Representing New York at the Continental Congress Birthplace:New York, New York Born: November 27, 1746 Education: Graduated King's College (now Columbia University). Through marriage, his daughters and granddaughters connected the Livingstons to the most important families of New York and beyond. Livingston's collection of the Albany Indian Records was edited and presented by Lawrence H. Leder as "The Livingston Indian Records, 1666-1723," in a special volume of Pennsylvania History 23:1 (January 1956). "[2] He always rose at five and read until breakfast. In 1772, or about that time, his son Robert emigrated to America, and settled in the colony of New-York. He was elected speaker of the provincial Assembly and served until retirement in 1726. In Statuary Hall in the US Capitol, in the Crypt is a statue of Robert R. Livingston by Erastus Dow Palmer. "[4], This article is about the member of the colonial New York assemblyman. was applauded by the Schuylers but reviled by the Van Rensselaers. Robert R. Livingston was from the colony of New York. Robert Livingston currently is an adjunct professor of music at Hillsdale College where he directs the Hillsdale Wind Symphony.He has studied under many well known conductors including H. Robert Reynolds, Elizabeth Green, John Whitewell, Carl St. Clair and Johnathan Reed. Robert Livingston was born on November 27, 1746 in New York city to Judge Robert Livingston and Margaret Beekman Livingston. However, the … Local shunning and dunning abated considerably following his marriage in 1679 to Alida Schuyler, sister of future mayor Pieter Schuyler and the recent widow of Nicholas Van Rensselaer - formerly Livingston's Rensselaerswyck employer. Robert Livingston was a gentry-class immigrant to New York whose personal charm, education and business acumen made him Lord of Livingston Manor, 160,000 acres along the Hudson River. Robert Le Roy Livingston Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 6th district In office March 4, 1809 – May 6, 1812 Preceded byDaniel C. Verplanck Succeeded byAsa Fitch Thomas P. Grosvenor Personal details BornOctober 10, 1778 DiedApril 14, 1836 Political partyFederalist SpouseAnna Maria Digges Children7 ParentsJohn Livingston Mary Ann LeRoy RelativesRobert Livingston Alma materCollege of New Jersey Commissioners. Born in Scotland, he emigrated to America from Rotterdam in 1687 and in 1697 married Margareta Schuyler, the daughter of Pieter Schuyler, the mayor of Albany. He went to London for the completion of his education and studied law there at the Temple. This handsome portrait, probably painted by Nehemiah Partridge about 1718, is now in a private collection. Carved out of land within the colony of Rensselaerswyck, the Van Rensselaers had yet another reason to dislike Livingston. the young son enough stock and credit to undertake a trading venture "Elm Tree Corner", New York State Museum, Naramore, Bruce. Their only child was: Margaret died in December 1758 and was interred in a burial vault constructed 200 yards north of the Livingston family home at Clermont. During the years from 1690 to 1710, Livingston's careers represented major stories in the growth and development of the province of New York. and was a classic early American partnership. Although established in Albany where his Albany-born wife was raising their family, Robert Livingston's actual business went beyond the city stockade where trading in Anglo American networks kept him in New York and sent him to other cities and abroad more and more after 1690. [5], After the house was burned by the British in 1777, the family adopted the name Clermont. Among his many contributions, Livingston was a member of the Second Continental Congress, co-author of the Declaration of Independence, and in 1789 he administered the oath of office to President George Washington. Robert Livingston was born on the afternoon of July 24, 1688 at his father's Albany, New York townhouse, at "Elm Tree Corner", the intersection of State and Pearl Streets and one of early Albany's principal crossroads. Robert LIVINGSTON | Cited by 28,638 | of The University of Arizona, Arizona (UA) | Read 313 publications | Contact Robert LIVINGSTON By then, these Livingstons had taken up residence in the Van Rensselaer Alida taught her children to read and write both English and Dutch. with New Englander Timothy Cooper, these offices should have provided Mother of his nine children and the daughter and heir of two the most As a young historian, I was (and remain today) particularly impressed by depth of Leder's scholarship and understanding. land - first on behalf of his widowed wife, and then on his own. A failure in the law, in business, and in the eyes of his own parents, he nonetheless entered his final years with the satisfaction that he had not only maintained the estate passed on to him by his father, but had increased it 40-fold through his speculation in Catskill Mountain lands. 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