Alida Livingston

The New Netherland Ancestors of

ALIDA LIVINGSTON,

the wife of JOHN ARMSTRONG



- for John Armstrong

Ambassador, Cabinet Official (Secretary of War), Continental Congress Delegate, High-Ranking Military Officer (Brigadier General), Senator





		      __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
      |
ALIDA LIVINGSTON4
the wife of JOHN ARMSTRONG
      |
      |               __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
		     |
		     |     __Goosen Gerrritszen Van Schaick10,13
		     |    |
		     |__Engeltie Goosenszen Van Schaick5,13
			  |
			  |     __Jan Lievens13
			  |    |
			  |__Annatje Lievens10,13
			       |
			       |__(__)13



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Biography of JOHN ARMSTRONG

 
ARMSTRONG, John, Jr., a Delegate from Pennsylvania and a Senator from New York, was born in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., 25 November 1758, son of John Armstrong, an officer in the Continental Army. He attended Princeton College but left college in 1775 to enter Colonel Potter's Pennsylvania regiment. He served as aide-de-camp to General Hugh Mercer in the battle of Princeton, and afterward to General Gates until the close of the campaign against Burgoyne. He was promoted major on the staff of General Gates and in 1783, while stationed at Newburg, wrote the celebrated "Newburg Letters," which were circulated anonymously among the officers of Gates's command, their object being "to do justice to an ill-used soldiery." He served as Secretary of State of Pennsylvania 1783-1787, and as adjutant general for several years. He was a member of the Continental Congress 1787-1788; moved to Dutchess County, NY, in 1789 and settled near Livington Manor; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending 3 March 1801, caused by the resignation of John Laurance; reelected in 1801, and served from 6 November 1800, to 5 February 1802, when he resigned; was next appointed to the Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending 3 March 1807, caused by the resignation of his successor, De Witt Clinton; subsequently elected to fill the vacancy in the term ending 3 March 1809, caused by the resignation of Theodorus Bailey, and served from 10 November 1803, until 30 June 1804, when he again resigned to enter the diplomatic service; Minister to France 1804-1810; also acted as Minister to Spain 1806; during the War of 1812 was commissioned brigadier general; Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President James Madison 1813-1814; engaged in literary pursuits; died in Red Hook, Dutchess County, NY, 1 April 1843; interment in Rhinebeck Cemetery, Rhinebeck, 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. 101.
   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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