Robert Livingston

The New Netherland Ancestors of

ROBERT LIVINGSTON



Ambassador, Continental Congress Delegate, State Constitutional Convention Delegate




		      __Reverend John Livingston1
		     |
		 __Robert Livingston1,9
		|    |
		|    |__Janet Fleming1
		|
	    __Robert R. Livingston2,9
	   |    |
	   |    |          __Pieter Tjercks7
	   |    |         |
	   |    |     __Philip Pieterse Schuyler8
	   |    |    |    |
	   |    |    |    |__Geertruyt Philips van Schuylder7
	   |    |    |
	   |    |__Alida Schuyler1,9
	   |         |
	   |         |     __Brant Arentszen Van Slichtenhorst8
	   |         |    |
	   |         |__Margaretta Van Slichtenhorst8
	   |              |
	   |              |__Aeltje Van Wenckum8
	   |
       __Robert Robert Livingston3
      |    |
      |    |__Margaret Howarden2
      |
ROBERT LIVINGSTON4
      |
      |               __Wilhelmus Beekman12,14
      |              |
      |          __Hendricus Beekman12
      |         |    |
      |         |    |     __Hendrick de Boog14
      |         |    |    |
      |         |    |__Catalina de Booght12,14
      |         |         |
      |         |         |__(__) Slagboom14
      |         |
      |     __Colonel Hendricus Beekman6,11,12
      |    |    |
      |    |    |     __Jacob Teuniszen Loper12
      |    |    |    |
      |    |    |__Johanna Loper12
      |    |         |
      |    |         |     __Cornelis Melyn12
      |    |         |    |
      |    |         |__Cornelia Melyn12
      |    |              |
      |    |              |__Janneken Adriaens12
      |    |
      |__Margaret Beekman3
	   |
	   |               __Reverend John Livingston1,5
	   |              |
	   |          __James Livingston5
	   |         |    |
	   |         |    |__Janet Fleming1
	   |         |
	   |     __Robert Livingston, "the Nephew"5
	   |    |    |
	   |    |    |__(__)5
	   |    |
	   |__Janet Livingston
		|
		|               __Pieter Tjercks7
		|              |
		|          __Philip Pieterse Schuyler8
		|         |    |
		|         |    |__Geertruyt Philips van Schuylder7
		|         |
		|     __Pieter Philipse Schuyler5,13
		|    |    |
		|    |    |     __Brant Arentszen Van Slichtenhorst8
		|    |    |    |
		|    |    |__Margaretta Van Slichtenhorst8
		|    |         |
		|    |         |__Aeltje Van Wenckum8
		|    |
		|__Margarita Schuyler5,11  [1682 - after 1725]
		     |
		     |     __Goosen Gerrritszen Van Schaick10,13
		     |    |
		     |__Engeltie Goosenszen Van Schaick5,13
			  |
			  |     __Jan Lievens13
			  |    |
			  |__Annatje Lievens10,13
			       |
			       |__(__)13



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Biography of ROBERT LIVINGSTON

 
LIVINGSTON, Robert R., (brother of Edward Livingston and cousin of Philip Livingston and William Livingston), a Delegate from New York; born in New York City November 27, 1746; was graduated from King's College (now Columbia University), New York City, in 1765; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1773 and commenced practice in New York City; city recorder 1773-1775; member of the provincial convention of 1775; Member of the Continental Congress 1775-1776, 1779-1780 and 1784; one of the committee of five appointed to draw up the Declaration of Independence but returned to duties in the provincial assembly before it was signed; delegate to the State constitutional convention in April 1777; Secretary of Foreign Affairs from August 1781 to August 1783; chancellor of New York State 1777-1801 and administered the oath of office to President Washington April 30, 1789; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New York in 1798; Minister Plenipotentiary to France 1801-1804; assisted Robert Fulton and was his partner in constructing the first steamboat; died in Clermont, N.Y., February 26, 1813; interment on his estate, "Clermont," near Clermont, N.Y.; reinterment in St. Paul's Churchyard, Tivoli, N.Y.
 

 


Notes and Sources


   1.  Van Rensselaer, Florence. The Livingston Family in America and Its
       Scottish Origins.  New York:  privately published, 1949.  81.
   2.  Ibid., p. 82.
   3.  Ibid., p. 87-88.
   4.  Ibid., p. 99-100.
   5.  Ibid., p. 301.
   6.  Ibid., p. 302.
   7.  Christoph, Florence, Schuyler Genealogy, A Compendium of Sources
       Pertaining to the Schuyler Families in America Prior to 1800. The
       Friends of the Schuyler Mansion, 1987.  2.
   8.  Ibid., p. 3-6.
   9.  Ibid., p. 11-12.
  10.  Ibid., p. 13,14.
  11.  Ibid., p. 42.
  12.  Burton, Paul Gibson, "Cornelis Melyn, Patroon of Staten Island and Some
       of His Descendants," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record,
       68 (1937):  3-17, 132-146, 217-231, 357-365.
  13.  Pearson, Jonathan, Contributions for the Genealogies of the First
       Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany, from 1630 to 1800.  Albany:
       Joel Munsell, 1872.  74.
  14.  Riker, David M., Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons
       in New Netherland from 1613 to 1674.  CD-ROM. Cambridge: The
       Learning Company, 1999.  393.

 

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