The Livingston family of New York is a prominent family that migrated from Scotland to the Dutch Republic, and then to the Province of New York in the 17th century. Descended from the 4th Lord Livingston, its members included signers of the United States Declaration of Independence (Philip Livingston) and the United States Constitution (William Livingston). Several members were Lords of Livingston Manor and Clermont Manor, located along the Hudson River in 18th-century eastern New York.
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Descendants of the Livingstons include presidents of the United States George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, First Lady of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt, suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Congressman Bob Livingston of Louisiana, much of the wealthy Astor family, New York governor Hamilton Fish, and actress Jane Wyatt. The eccentric Collyer brothers are alleged to have been descended from the Livingston family.
The Livingston family's burial crypt was established in 1727 at Livingston Memorial Church and Burial Ground in New York. See also: Liberty Hall (also known as the William Livingston House) is the home built by New Jersey governor William Livingston, a signatory of the Constitution. Located in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, it has been designated as a National Historic Landmark, and it is operated as a museum within the Liberty Hall Campus of Kean University."Liberty Hall, Elizabethtown", Historic Houses, Get New Jersey
Prominent members
Family tree
John Livingston (1603–1672) ∞ Janet Fleming (1613–1693) James Livingston (1646–1673) Robert Livingston the Younger (1663–1725) ∞ Margarita Schuyler (b. 1682) Engeltje "Angelica" Livingston (1698–1746/7) ∞ Johannes Van Rensselaer (1708–1783) Catherine Van Rensselaer (1734–1803) ∞ Philip Schuyler (1733–1804) Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738–1810) ∞ (1) 1760: Judith Bayard (d. 1764) ∞ (2) 1764: Helena "Lena" Lansing (1743–1795) Robert Van Rensselaer (1740–1802) ∞ Cornelia Rutsen (1747–1790) James Livingston (1701–1763) ∞ Maria Kierstede (1704–1762) Robert James Livingston (1725–1771) ∞ Susanna Smith (1729–1791) William Smith Livingston (1755–1795) Peter Robert Livingston (1766–1847) ∞ Joanna Livingston (1759–1827) Maturin Livingston (1769–1847) ∞ Margaret Lewis (1780–1860) (daughter of Morgan Lewis) Morgan Lewis Livingston (1799–1869) ∞ Catharine Currie Manning (1809–1886) Julia Livingston (1801–1882) ∞ Joseph Delafield (1790–1875) Julia Livingston Delafield (1837–1914) Robert James Livingston (1811–1891) ∞ Louisa Matilda Storm (1807–1883) Louise Matilda Livingston (1836–1920) ∞ Elbridge Thomas Gerry (1837–1927) Robert Livingston Gerry, Sr. (1877–1957) ∞ Cornelia Averell Harriman (1884-1966) Peter Goelet Gerry (1879–1957) ∞ (1) 1910 (div. 1925): Mathilde Scott Townsend (1885–1949) ∞ (2) 1925: Edith Stuyvesant (née Dresser) Vanderbilt (1873–1958) Maturin Livingston Jr. (1815–1888) ∞ Ruth Baylies (1827–1918) Elizabeth Livingston (1855–1943) ∞ William George Cavendish-Bentinck (1854–1909) (son of George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck) Mary Augusta Cavendish-Bentinck (1881–1913) ∞ 1906: John Gorman Ford (d. 1906) Ruth Evelyn Cavendish-Bentinck (1883–1978) ∞ 1907: Walter Spencer Morgan Burns (1872–1929) (nephew of J. P. Morgan) Ruth T. Livingston (1855–1920) ∞ Ogden Mills (1856–1929) Gladys Livingston Mills (1883–1970) ∞ 1907: Henry Carnegie Phipps (1879–1953) (son of Henry Phipps Jr.) Ogden Phipps (1908–2002) ∞ (1) Ruth Pruyn (1907–1994); ∞ (2) Lillian Stokes Bostwick (1906–1987) Ogden Mills Phipps (1940-2016) Barbara Phipps (1911–1987) ∞ Stuart Symington Janney Jr. (1907–1988) Stuart S. Janney III Audrey Phipps (d. 1992) ∞ Philip Dana Holden (d. 1973) Sonia Phipps (1919–2006) ∞ Hans Christoph Farrell, Count of Seherr-Thoss (1912–1992) Jane Beatrice Mills (1883–1972) ∞ 1909: Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard (1874–1948) Lady Moira Forbes (1910-1994) ∞ Count Rossi of Switzerland Arthur Forbes, 9th Earl of Granard (1915-1992) ∞ Marie-Madeleine Eugenie, Princess of Faucigny Lucinge (d. 1990) Lady Eileen Beatrice Forbes (1919-1993) ∞ John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute (1907–1956) Hon. John Forbes (1920-1982) Ogden Livingston Mills (1884–1937) ∞ (1) 1911 (div 1919): Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherford (daughter of Anne Harriman Vanderbilt); (2) 1924: Dorothy Randolph Fell Henry Beekman Livingston (1818–1862) ∞ Mary Lawrence Livingston (1821–1883) Angelica Livingston (1820–1896) ∞ Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1816–1889) Blanche Geraldine Livingston (1822–1897) ∞ Lydig Monson Hoyt (1821–1868) Janet Livingston (1730–1819) ∞ William Smith (1728–1793) Margaret Livingston (1738–1809) ∞ Peter Robert Livingston (1737–1793) Janet Livingston (b. 1703) ∞ Colonel Henry Beekman Margaret Beekman (1724–1800) ∞ Robert Livingston (1718–1775) John Livingston (1709–1791) ∞ Catharina Ten Broeck (1715–1802) James Livingston (1747–1832) ∞ 1772: Elizabeth Simpson (1750–1800) Elizabeth Livingston (1773–1818) ∞ Peter Gerrit Smith (1768–1837) Gerrit Smith (1797–1874) ∞ (1) 1819: Wealtha Ann Backus (1800–1819) ∞ (2) 1822: Ann Carroll Fitzhugh (1805–1879) Elizabeth Smith (1822–1911) ∞ Charles Dudley Miller (1818–1896) Greene Smith (1841–1880) ∞ Elizabeth "Bessie" Fitzhugh (1841–1918) Edward Livingston (1783–1843) ∞ Martha Nelson (1785–1855) Margaret Livingston (1784–1871) ∞ Daniel Cady (1773–1859) Elizabeth Cady (1815–1902) ∞ Henry Brewster Stanton (1805–1887) Richard Montgomery Livingston (1787–1838) ∞ Sarah Jacobs (1792–1873) Catharine Ten Broeck Livingston (1789–1874) ∞ Henry Brevoort Henry (1786–1818) Robert Livingston the Elder, 1st Lord of the manor (1654–1728) ∞ Alida (née Schuyler) Van Rensselaer (1656–1727) Johannes Livingston (1680–1720) ∞ 1701: Mary Winthrop (1683–1713) (daughter of Fitz-John Winthrop); ∞ 1713: Elizabeth Knight (1689–1736) (daughter of Sarah Kemble Knight) Margaret Livingston (1681–1758) ∞ Samuel Vetch (1668–1732) Philip Livingston, 2nd Lord of the manor (1686–1749) ∞ Catherine Van Brugh (b. 1689) Robert Livingston, 3rd Lord of the manor (1708–1790) ∞ (1) Maria Thong (1711–1765) (granddaughter of Rip Van Dam); ∞ (2) Gertrude (née Van Rensselaer) Schuyler (b. 1714) (daughter of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer) Peter Robert Livingston (1737–1793) ∞ Margaret Livingston (1738–1809) (granddaughter of Robert Livingston the Younger) Maria "Mary" Livingston (1738–1821) ∞ James Duane (1733–1797) Mary Duane (b. 1762) ∞ 1787: William North (1755–1836) Adelia Duane (1765–1860) ∞ Alfred Sands Pell (1786–1831) Robert Livingston Pell (1811–1880) ∞ Maria Louisa Brinckerhoff (1816–1866) James Duane Pell (1813–1881) ∞ Sophia Gertrude Pell (1815-1885) George Washington Pell (1820–1896) ∞ Mary Bruen (d. 1890) Richard Montgomery Pell (1822–1882) ∞ Frances Mary Jones Hoyt (1839–1930) James Chatham Duane (1769–1842) ∞ Mary Ann Bowers (1773–1828) James Chatham Duane Jr. (b. 1794) ∞ Harriet Constable (1794–1860) James Chatham Duane III (1824–1897) ∞ Harriet Whitehorne Brewerton Sarah Duane (1775-1828) ∞ 1808: George William Featherstonhaugh (1780–1866) George William Featherstonhaugh Jr. (1814–1900) Walter Livingston (1740–1797) ∞ Cornelia Schuyler (1746–1822) (granddaughter of Pieter Schuyler) Henry Walter Livingston (1768–1810) ∞ 1796: Mary Masters Allen (1776–1855) (granddaughter of William Allen) Henry Walter Livingston (1798–1848) ∞ 1823: Caroline de Grasse de Pau (1806–1871) Walter Livingston (1799–1872) ∞ 1828: Mary Livingston Greenleaf (1802–1886) (daughter of James Greenleaf) Mary Livingston (1803–1880) ∞ 1825: James Thomson Jr. (d. 1847) Elizabeth Livingston (1807–1860) ∞ 1828: William Denning Henderson (1803–1852) Cornelia Livingston (1808–1884) ∞ 1828: Carroll Livingston (1805–1867) (son of Henry Brockholst Livingston) Anne Greenleaf Livingston (1809–1887) ∞ 1829: Anson Livingston (1807–1873) (son of Henry Brockholst Livingston) Maria Livingston (1770–1828) ∞ Philip Henry Livingston (1770–1831) Peter Schuyler Livingston (1772–1809) ∞ Eliza Barclay (1776–1817) (daughter of Thomas Henry Barclay) Robert L. Livingston (1775–1843) ∞ Margaret Maria Livingston (1783–1818) (daughter of Chancellor Livingston) Gertrude Livingston (1778–1864) ∞ William Cutting (1773–1820) Francis Brockholst Cutting (1804–1870) ∞ Anne Markoe Heyward (1807–1885) William Cutting (1832–1897) Francis Brockholst Cutting (1834–1869) ∞ Marion Ramsay (1834–1912) Francis Brockholst Cutting (1861–1896) Fulton Cutting (1816–1875) ∞ Elise Justine Bayard (1823–1852) (granddaughter of William Bayard Jr.) William Bayard Cutting (1850–1912) ∞ Olivia Peyton Murray (1855–1949) William Bayard Cutting Jr. (1878–1910) ∞ 1901: Lady Sybil Marjorie Cuffe (daughter of Hamilton Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart Justine Bayard Cutting (1879–1975) ∞ 1901 (div): George Cabot Ward (1876–1936) Bronson Murray Cutting (1888–1935) Olivia Murray Cutting (1892–1963) ∞ 1917: Henry James (son of William James) Harriet Livingston (1783–1826) ∞ (1) 1806: Robert Fulton (1765–1815); ∞ (2) 1816: Charles Augustus Dale (1784-1832) Cornelia Livingston Fulton (1812–1893) ∞ Edward Charles Crary (1806–1848) Mary Livingston Fulton (1813–1861) ∞ Robert Morris Ludlow (1812–1894) Robert "Cambridge" Livingston (1742–1794) ∞ Alice Swift (1751–1816), daughter of John Swift Catherine Livingston (1744–1832) ∞ John Patterson (1740–1823) (brother of Walter Patterson) Daniel Todd Patterson (1786–1839) ∞ George Ann Pollock (1787–1851) Elizabeth Catherine Patterson (1815–1884) ∞ George Mifflin Bache (1811–1846) (brother of Alexander Dallas Bache) Carlile Pollock Patterson (1816–1881) ∞ Elizabeth Worthington Pearson (1826–1902) (daughter of Joseph Pearson) Georgia Ann Patterson (1820–1893) ∞ 1839: David Dixon Porter (1813–1891) Thomas Harmon Patterson (1820–1889) ∞ Maria Montresor Wainwright (d. 1881) Walter Patterson (d. 1852) Alida Livingston (1747–1791) ∞ Valentine Gardiner John Livingston (1749–1822) ∞ (1) Maria Ann Leroy (1759–1797) (daughter of Jacob Leroy and Cornelia Rutgers); ∞ (2) Catherine (Livingston) Ridley (daughter of William Livingston) Hendrick "Henry" Livingston (1752–1823) Peter Van Brugh Livingston (1712–1792) ∞ (1) Mary Alexander (1721–1767) (daughter of James Alexander & Mary Spratt Provoost) ∞ (2) 1771: Elizabeth Ricketts Philip Peter Livingston (1740–1810) ∞ Cornelia Van Horne (b. 1759) (daughter of David Van Horne) Peter Van Brugh Livingston (1792–1868) ∞ Maria "Harriet" Elizabeth Houston Elizabeth Ludlow Livingston (1836–1895) ∞ Joseph Montgomery Strong (1822–1894) Van Brugh Livingston (1840–1904) ∞ Ada Mary Jaudon (b. 1839) Catherine Livingston (1743–1775) ∞ Nicholas Bayard (1736–1798) James Alexander Livingston (b. 1744) Mary Livingston (b. 1746) ∞ John Brown Peter Van Brugh Livingston Jr. (b. 1753) ∞ Susan Blondel Sarah Livingston (1755–1825) ∞ James Ricketts Susan Livingston (1759–1853) ∞ (1) 1789: John Kean (1756–1795); ∞ (2) 1800: Count Julian Niemcewicz (1758–1841) (aide to Kościuszko) Peter Philip James Kean (1788–1828) ∞ Sarah Sabina Morris (1788–1878) John Kean (1814–1895) ∞ Lucinetta "Lucy" Halsted (1825–1912) (daughter of Caleb O. Halsted) John Kean (1852–1914) Christine Griffin Kean (1858–1936) ∞ William Emlen Roosevelt (1857–1930) (son of James A. Roosevelt) Hamilton Fish Kean (1862–1941) ∞ Katharine Taylor Winthrop (1866–1943) Robert Winthrop Kean (1893–1980) ∞ Elizabeth Stuyvesant Howard (1898-1988) Thomas Howard Kean (b. 1935) ∞ Deborah Bye (1943–2020) Thomas Howard Kean Jr. (b. 1968) ∞ Rhonda Norton (b. 1968) Julia Ursin Niemcewiez Kean (1816–1887) ∞ Hamilton Fish (1808–1893) Christine Alexander William Kean (1826–1915) ∞ William Preston Griffin (1810–1851) Elizabeth Livingston (1761–1787) ∞ 1787: Louis-Guillaume Otto (1754–1817) John Livingston (1714–1786) ∞ Catharine de Peyster (1724–1804) (granddaughter of Abraham de Peyster) Philip Livingston (1716–1778) ∞ Christina Ten Broeck (1718–1801) (daughter of Dirck Ten Broeck)