Robert Livingston III
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Robert R. Livingston III (1718 - 1775)

Judge Robert R. [uncertain] Livingston III
Born in Livingston Manor, Clermont, Columbia County, New Yorkmap
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[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 8 Dec 1742 in Clermont, Columbia, NYmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 57 in Livingston Manor, Clermont, Columbia County, New Yorkmap
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Robert Livingston III was a New Netherland Descendant 1674-1776.
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Biography

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Robert Livingston III is Notable.

He was born on 01 August 1718 at the Livingston Manor in Clermont, Columbia County, New York and his parents were Margaret (Howarden) and Robert R. Livingston, II of Clermont (1688-1775).

Robert Livingston married about 1734 to Margarita "Margaret" Beekman, daughter of Hendericus "Henry" Beeckman and Jannet Livingston, a second cousin to Robert R. Livingston. Margaret was an heir to immense tracts of land in Dutchess and Ulster counties in New York.

Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775) was a prominent politician, and a leading Whig in New York in the years leading up to the American Revolution.

He was known as "Judge Livingston" to distinguish him from his eponymous father and other prominent Livingstons.

He was a member of the New York Provincial Assembly from 1759 to 1768.

He served as judge of the admiralty court from 1760 to 1763 and as justice of the colonial supreme court in 1763.

He was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765, and, in 1775, a member of the Committee of One Hundred, which briefly governed New York City.

He died on 09 Dec 1775 at his estate in Clermont, New York. [1]

Family

His sons included ...
Robert Livingston, IV (1746-1813)
Edward Livingston
John R. Livingston.
His daughters included ...
Gertrude Livingston
Janet Livingston
Catharine Livingston
Alida Livingston
Joanna Livingston
Margaret Livingston.
His granddaughters included ...
Margaret Lewis
Elizabeth Stevens Livingston
Margaret Maria Livingston
Julia Livingston
Coralie Livingston.
Three of his son-in-laws were ...
Richard Montgomery
Morgan Lewis
John Armstrong, Jr.
His grandson-in-law was George Croghan (soldier) a nephew of William Clark, Lewis Livingston, Charles Edward Livingston and George Rogers Clark.

Sources

  1. Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations 1300s-Current on ancestry.com
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208161634/robert-r-livingston: accessed 19 September 2023), memorial page for Judge Robert R. Livingston (Aug 1718–9 Dec 1775), Find a Grave Memorial ID 208161634, citing Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Tivoli, Dutchess County, New York, USA; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).
  • U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications 1889-1970 v223 on ancestry.com
  • Web: Netherlands, Genealogie Online Trees Index 1000-2015 on ancestry.com




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Christening record: "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HY-2WJ : 14 February 2020), Robert Livingston, 1718.
posted by M. Hebert