Governor William Livingston

1723 - 1790  (66 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 66 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	William Livingston
  Prefix	Governor
  Birth	30 Nov 1723	Albany, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Prominent People	USA
  Founding Father USA, rich
  Death	25 Jul 1790	Liberty Hall, Elizabethtown, New Jersey.
  Siblings	8 Siblings
  + 1. Col. Robert Livingston   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Maria Thong;   Gertrude van Rensselaer,  m. 1766 + 2. Peter VanBrugh Livingston,   b. 1710   d. 1793  (Age 83 years) ▻ Mary Alexander,  m. 1739 + 3. John Livingston,   b. 1714   d. 1786  (Age 72 years) ▻ Catherine de Peyster + 4. Philip Livingston, 'the signer',   b. 15 Jan 1716, Albany, New York, USA d. 12 Jun 1778, York County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 62 years) ▻ Christina ten Broeck,  m. 14 Apr 1740   5. Henry Livingston   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Governor William Livingston,   b. 30 Nov 1723, Albany, New York, USA d. 25 Jul 1790, Liberty Hall, Elizabethtown, New Jersey.  (Age 66 years) ▻ Susannah French,  m. 1745 + 7. Sarah Livingston,   b. 1725   d. Mar 1805  (Age 80 years) ▻ Maj Gen William Alexander,  m. 1 Mar 1748   8. Alida Livingston,   b. 1728   d. 1790  (Age 62 years) ▻ Henry Hansen;   Col. Martin Hofman   9. Catherine Livingston,   b. 1733   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ John L. Lawrence,  m. 1759
  Person ID	I326424	Geneagraphie
  Links To	This person is also William Livingston at Wikipedia
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2002

  
  

  Father	Phillip Livingston,   b. 9 Jul 1686, Albany, New York, USA d. 4 Feb 1749, New York, New York, USA (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Catherine van Brugh,   b. 10 Nov 1689, Albany, New York, USA d. 20 Feb 1756 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1707	Albany, New York, USA
  Family ID	F128923	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah French   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1745
  13 children
  Children	1. Susannah Livingston   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Sarah van Brugh Livingston,   b. 1756   d. 1802 (Age 46 years) + 3. Henry Brockholst Livingston,   b. 25 Nov 1757   d. 18 Mar 1823 (Age 65 years)   4. Catherine Livingston,   b. 1751   d. 1813 (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F143903	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2002

  
  

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  		Birth - 30 Nov 1723 - Albany, New York, USA Prominent People - Founding Father USA, rich - - USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Governor of New Jersey youngest son One of New York's leading lawyers and a member of the First and Second Continental Congresses. He fought actively in the American Revolution and was elected the first governor of New Jersey in 1776, an office he held for life. William Livingston married Susannah French and they had 13 children. He was graduated from Yale college, A.B., 1741, A.M., 1744; studied law in the office of James Alexander, 1741-1746, and was admitted to the bar, 14 October 1748. In 1745 he married Susanhah French, a daughter of Philip French, of New Brunswick, and granddaughter of Major Anthony Brockhalls, formerly governor of New York. He established the Independent Reflector in New York in 1752. He was a commissioner in 1754 to adjust the boundary line between New York and Massachusetts, and subsequently between New York and New Jersey. With the assistance of his brother, Philip Livingston, his brother-in-law, William Alexander, and a few others, he established the New York Society library in 1754. He was a member of the provincial assembly from Livingston manor, 1759-1761. He published articles in the Weekly Post Boy denouncing the stamp act. In 1780 he purchased a farm at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, to which he removed in 1772. On 11 June 1774, he was appointed to represent Essex county in a committee of correspondence to select delegates for election to the first Continental Congress, 23 July 1774. He was a delegate from New Jersey to the Continental Congress, 1774-1776, and served on many important committees. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the New Jersey militia with the rank of Brigadier-General in June, I776; was Governor of New Jersey, 1776-1790, and was nominated in January, 1785, one of the commissioners to superintend the construction of the Federal buildings, but declined the honor as he did that of United States Minister Plenipotentiary to the Hague, 23 June 1785, owing to his advanced age. It was largely through his efforts that the legislature of New Jersey passed the act forbidding the importation of slaves, 2 March 1786. In 1787 he was a delegate to the Philadelphia convention that framed the U.S. Constitution, and he signed the instrument 17 September 1787. He was a member of the American Philosophical society, and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by Yale college in 1788. He published, in conjunction with William Smith, Jr., A Digest of the Laws of New York, 1691-1792 (2 vols., 1752-62.) He is the author of: Philosophic Solitude, or the Choice of a Rural Life (1747); A Review of the Military Operations in North America (1757); Observations on Government (1787). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume VI. 460. Fortune : 100,000 $ 1775 Activity : Lawyer Other activities: Real Estate Associated properties: 30'000 acres land holdings