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Robert Livingston the Elder (13 December 1654 – 1728) was a Scottish-born merchant and government official in the Province of New York. He was granted a patent to 160,000 acres (650 km 2 / 250 sq mi) of land along the Hudson River, becoming the first lord of Livingston Manor.
26 de abr. de 2022 · Robert Livingston the Elder (December 13, 1654 – October 1, 1728) was a New York colonial official, and first lord of Livingston Manor. He married Alida Schuyler (widow of Nicholas Van Rensselaer) in 1679.
Robert Livingston (born Dec. 13, 1654, Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scot.—died Oct. 1, 1728, Clermont, N.Y. [U.S.]) was an early American landowner, politician, and merchant who founded the prominent Livingston family of New York state and laid the basis of his family’s material fortune.
In june 1673, Robert Livingston, an ambitious young Scot of nineteen, stepped ashore at Charlestown, Massachusetts, to seek his fortune and find a new home. His choice of destination had probably been influenced by his father, the Reverend John Livingstone, who had twice sought to emigrate to the Puritan Commonwealth.
Robert R. Livingston fue un político y diplomático estadounidense, miembro del Comité de los Cinco que redactó la Declaración de Independencia. Era el hijo de Robert Livingston the Elder, un rico terrateniente de Nueva York, y el abuelo de Robert Livingston, el ministro de Estados Unidos en Francia.
10 de jul. de 2022 · A fellow Scotsman, Robert “the Elder” Livingston entrusted William Kidd (pictured) with a ‘black-ops’-like engagement preying upon other pirates hired by Livingston’s political adversaries in New York City.
Robert Livingston, 1654-1728, and the politics of colonial New York by Leder, Lawrence H., author
