Robert Gilbert Livingston
Robert Gilbert Livingston | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Robert Gilbert Livingston by John Mare | |
| Born | December 24, 1712 |
| Died | August 27, 1789 (aged 76) |
| Occupation | Merchant |
| Spouse |
Catharina McPheadres
(after 1740) |
| Parent(s) | Cornelia Beekman Livingston Gilbert Livingston |
| Relatives | See Livingston family |
Maj. Robert Gilbert Livingston (December 24, 1712 – August 27, 1789) was an American merchant and a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War.
Early life
Livingston was born on December 24, 1712, in
His maternal grandparents were Joanna (née Lopers) Beekman and
Career
During the American Revolutionary War, Livingston was a prominent Loyalist who fought with the British Army, reaching the rank of Major.[6]
Livingston was a successful merchant and had a shop next to Samuel Hake, his son-in-law who was a wholesale merchant.[7]
Personal life
In 1740, Livingston was married to Catharina McPheadres (1722–1792), a daughter of John McPheadris and Helena (née Johnson) McPheadris. Together, they were the parents of:[2]
- Robert Gilbert Livingston Jr. (1749–1791), who married Margaret Hude (1751–1824).[8]
- Helen Livingston (1751–1791), who married Samuel Hake, Commissary General of the British Army in North America.[6]
- Catherine Livingston (1756–1829), who married John Reade (1745–1808).[9]
- Gilbert Robert Livingston (1758–1816), who married Martha De Lancey Kane (1758–1843).[2]
- Henry Gilbert Livingston (1758–1817), who married Ann Nutter.[2]
- Simon Johnson Livingston (b. 1762)[2]
Livingston died on August 27, 1789, in Poughkeepsie, New York "after a tedious illness at an advanced age".[1] His widow died on August 5, 1792, also in Poughkeepsie.[2]
Descendants
Through his daughter Catherine, he was a grandfather of Catherine Livingston Reade (1777–1863), who married her cousin
Through his daughter Helen, he was a grandfather of Helen Livingston Hake (1773–1807), who married Frederic de Peyster and was the mother of New York City lawyer
Through his son Gilbert Robert, he was a great-grandfather of Gilbert Livingston Beeckman, a prominent New York merchant who was the father of Robert Livingston Beeckman, who served as the Governor of Rhode Island.[2]
References
- ^ a b The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 84. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. 1953. p. 6. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Aitken, William Benford (1912). Distinguished Families in America, Descended from Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke. Knickerbocker Press. p. 19. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Henry Reed Stiles, ed. (1886). The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. p. 85.
- ^ Bielinski, Stefan. "Robert Livingston - the founder". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ Livingston, Devon Brockholst (1910). The Livingstons of Livingston Manor: Being the History of that Branch of the Scottish House of Callendar which Settled in the English Province of New York During the Reign of Charles the Second; and Also Including an Account of Robert Livingston of Albany, "The Nephew," a Settler in the Same Province and His Principal Descendants. Knickerbocker Press. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4384-5812-0. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-5017-3153-2. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ Revolution, Daughters of the American (1935). Lineage Book. The Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. p. 32. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ Craine, J. Robert T. (1971). The Ancestry and Posterity of Matthew Clarkson (1664-1702). J.R.T. Craine. p. 119. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ Society, Dutchess County Historical (1938). Year Book of the Dutchess County Historical Society. The Society. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
External links
- Robert Gilbert Livingston, portrait attributed to John Mare, Frick Art Reference Library Photoarchive.