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Geboren op 12 december 1654 - Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland Gestorven op 1 oktober 1728 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusettes , leeftijd bij overlijden: 73 jaar oud Begraven in 1728 - Livingston, Columbia, New York

Aantekeningen

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. Considerably younger and not close to his siblings, young Robert grew up in Rotterdam learning the intricacies of business and trade and becoming fluent in both English and Dutch. By 1670, he was keeping his own Dutch-language account book. Following the death of his father, in 1673 Robert Livingston returned to Scotland and then sailed for Boston to find his fortune in America.

Following the death of his father in 1673, Robert Livingston returned to Scotland for a time. He sailed for Boston to find his fortune in North America. Livingston's father was well known in Puritan Boston, and a merchant advanced the young son enough stock and credit to undertake a trading venture to Albany, New York. Livingston arrived in Albany in late 1674. With his business and language skills, in August 1675 he became secretary to Nicholas Van Rensselaer, director of Rensselaerswyck, who died a few years later.

In 1679 Livingston married Van Rensselaer's widow, Alida Schuyler. She was the daughter of Philip Pieterse Schuyler, vice-director of Fort Orange, giving Livingston an important connection in the community. Robert Livingston amassed one of the largest fortunes in 17th-century New York

Many Americans are descended from the Livingston family, including 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, medical resident Asad Rizvi, poet Robert Lowell, cinematographer Floyd Crosby and his son David Crosby, author Wolcott Gibbs, and almost the entire Astor family

Secretary to the Commissaries of Albany 1676-1686
Town Clerk and Collector 1686-1721
Secretary of Indian Affairs 1676-1721
Member of the Legislative Council 1698-1701
Member of the General Assembly for Albany 1709-1711
Member of the General Assembly for the Manor 1716-1726
Speaker of the Assembly 1718-1725
Raised in the Netherlands.
14th child of John Livingstone and Janet Fleming.
April 28, 1672, sailed from Grenock, Scotland, on the passenger ship
Catherine, bound for Charlestown, New England.
Dropped the last 'e' from his name.
Robert was the 1st Lord of the Manor. His son, Philip, became the 2nd
Lord of the Manor.

Bronnen :
- persoon : http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/l/rlivingston94.html

Relaties-huwelijk en kinderen, de kleinkinderen, de achterkleinkinderen

• Gehuwd op 9 juli 1679, Rensselaerswyck, Albany, New York, met Alida Schuyler , geboren op 28 februari 1656 - Beverwyck, Albany, New York, gestorven op 27 maart 1729 leeftijd bij overlijden: 73 jaar oud
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  • Johannes Livingston 1680-1720 Gehuwd op 1 april 1701, New London, met Mary Winthrop †1713
    Johannes Livingstonop 26 april 1680 Gehuwd op 1 oktober 1713 met Elizabeth Knight †1735
    
  • Margaret Livingston 1681-1758 Gehuwd op 20 december 1700 met Samuel Vetch 1688-1732
    
  • Johanna Philippina Livingston 1683-1689
  • Philip Livingston 1686-1749 Gehuwd op 19 september 1709 met Catrina van Brugh 1689-1756 hieruit
    • Robert Livingston 1708-1790 Gehuwd op 20 mei 1731 met Maria Tong 1711-1765 hieruit :
      Catherine Livingston 1732-1732 , Philip Livingston 1733-1756 , Sarah Livingston 1735-1745 , Peter Robert Livingston 1737-1793 , Maria Livingston 1738-1821 , Walter Livingston 1740-1797 , Robert Cambridge Livingston 1742-1794 , Catherine Livingston 1744-1832 , Sarah Livingston 1745-1749 , Alida Livingston 1747-1791 , Margarita Livingston 1748-1749 , John Livingston 1750-1822 , Henry Livingston 1752-1823
      
      Robert Livingstonop 16 december 1708  Gehuwd in 1766 met Geertruy van Rensselaer 1714
    • Peter Van Brugh Livingston 1712-1793 Gehuwd op 3 november 1739, New York City, met Mary Alexander 1721-1767 hieruit :
      Philip Livingston 1740 , Catherine Livingston 1743-1775 , Alexander Livingston 1743 , MAry Livingston , Peter van Brugh Livingston 1753 , Sarah Livingston 1755-1825 , Susan Livingston 1755 , William Livingston 1757-1780 , Elizabeth Livingston 1761-1787 , James Livingston 1763 , Ann Livingston 1767
      
      Peter Van Brugh Livingstonop 13 maart 1712  Gehuwd met Elizabeth Ricketts
    • John Livingston 1714-1778 Gehuwd op 3 december 1742 met Catherine de Peyster 1724
    • Philip Livingston 1716-1778 Gehuwd op 14 april 1740 met Christina Ten Broeck 1718-1801 hieruit :
      Henry Philip Livingston , Abraham Livingston , Philip Livingston 1741-1787 , Catherine Livingston 1745-1810 , Sarah Livingston 1752-1814
    • Henry Livingston 1719-1772
    • Sarah Livingston 1721-1722
    • William Livingston , Governor of New Jersey 1723-1790 Gehuwd in 1745 met Susannah French 1723-1789 hieruit :
      John Lawrence Livingston , Susanna Livingston , Catherine Livingston 1751-1813 , Sarah Van Brugh Livingston 1756-1802 , Henry Brockholst Livingston 1757-1823
    • Sarah Livingston 1725-1805 Gehuwd op 1 maart 1748 met William Alexander 1725-1783
    • Alida Livingston 1728-1790 Gehuwd op 26 september 1750 met Henry Hansen
      Alida Livingstonin 1728  Gehuwd op 26 september 1766 met Martin Hoffman
    • Catherine Livingston 1733 Gehuwd op 18 april 1759 met John Lawrence
  • Robert Livingston 1688-1775 Gehuwd op 11 november 1717, New York City, New York, met Margaret Howarden  hieruit
    • Robert Robert Livingston 1718-1775 Gehuwd in 1742 met Margaret Beekman 1724-1800 hieruit :
      Janet Livingston 1743-1828 , Catherine Livingston 1745-1752 , Robert R. Livingston 1746-1813 , Margaret Livingston 1749-1823 , Henry Beekman Livingston 1750-1831 , Catherine Livingston 1752-1849 , John Robert Livingston 1755-1851 , Gertrude Livingston 1757-1833 , Joanna Livingston 1759-1829 , Alida Livingston 1761-1822 , Edward Livingston 1764-1836
  • Gilbert Livingston 1690-1746 Gehuwd op 22 december 1711 met Cornelia Beekman 1693-1742 hieruit
    • Henry Livingston 1714-1799 Gehuwd in 1741 met Susan Conklin 1724-1793 hieruit :
      John Henry Livingston 1746-1852
    • Alida Livingston 1716-1798 Gehuwd op 8 oktober 1762, Albany NY, USA, met Hendrick van Rensselaer 1712-1763
      Alida Livingstonop 13 mei 1716  Gehuwd op 24 november 1727, Kingston, NY, met Jacob Rutsen 1716
    • James Livingston 1728-1790 Gehuwd op 11 november 1751, Poughkeepsie, NY, met Judith Newcomb  hieruit :
      Gilbert James Livingston , Cornelia Livingston
    • Margaret Livingston 1738-1818 Gehuwd op 17 oktober 1764, New York, met Petrus Stuyvesant 1727-1805 hieruit :
      Judith Stuyvesant , Gerard Stuyvesant , Cornelia Stuyvesant , Nicholas Stuyvesant , Margaret Stuyvesant , Ann Catharine Stuyvesant , Elizabeth Stuyvesant , Peter Gerard Stuyvesant , Gilbert Livingston Stuyvesant , Pieter Gerard Stuyvesant , Catharina Stuyvesant
    • Robert Gilbert Livingston  Gehuwd met Catharine McPhaedrus  hieruit :
      Catherine Livingston
  • William Livingston 1692-1692
  • Johanna Livingston 1694-1735 Gehuwd in 1720 met Cornelius van Horne 1694-1752
    
  • Catherine Livingston 1698-1699

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Ouders

• John Livingston (51 jaar oud), geboren op 21 juni 1603 - Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, gestorven in augustus 1672 - Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands leeftijd bij overlijden: 69 jaar oud, Reverend
  Gehuwd op 23 juni 1635, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, met
• Janet Fleming (41 jaar oud), geboren op 16 november 1613 - Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, gestorven op 13 februari 1693 - Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands leeftijd bij overlijden: 79 jaar oud