American heir
Morgan Lewis Livingston (April 3, 1799 – November 3, 1869), was an American heir and member of the prominent Livingston family from New York .
Early life
Livingston was born on April 3, 1799, at his grandfather's home in Staatsburg in Dutchess County, New York .[ 1] Maturin Livingston (1769–1847), a former Recorder of New York City , and Margaret (née Lewis) Livingston (1780–1860). His younger siblings included Gertrude Laura Livingston, Julia Livingston, Alfred Livingston, Mortimer Livingston, Susan Mary Livingston, Robert James Livingston , Maturin Livingston Jr. , Henry Beekman Livingston, Angelica Livingston, and Blanche Geraldine Livingston. His younger sister Angelica married Alexander Hamilton Jr. , the son of Secretary of State James Alexander Hamilton (and grandson of Alexander Hamilton , the first Secretary of the Treasury ).[ 2]
His mother was the only daughter and sole heiress of New York Gov. Morgan Lewis and Gertrude (née Livingston) Lewis . His maternal grandmother was the daughter of Judge Robert Livingston of Clermont and Margaret (née Beekman) Livingston, and the sister of Chancellor Robert R. Livingston ; Janet Livingston (who married Gen. Richard Montgomery );[ 3] N.Y. Secretary of State Thomas Tillotson );[ 4] [ 4] Freeborn Garrettson );[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] Lt. Gov. Peter R. Livingston ); and Alida Livingston (who married U.S. Senator , Secretary of War , and Minister to France , John Armstrong, Jr. ).[ 2] [ 9]
His paternal grandparents were Robert James Livingston and Susanna (née Smith) Livingston, herself the daughter of Chief Justice William Smith .[ 10] Peter R. Livingston and all of his Livingston family members were descended from Robert Livingston the Younger , through the Younger's eldest son, James Livingston.[ 11]
Career
On October 13, 1814, Livingston matriculated at the United States Military Academy at West Point with the class of 1819,[ 12] Richard Butler and Col. Thomas Butler .[ 13] Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis and Lawrence Lewis , and grand-niece of George Washington (and great-granddaughter of Martha Washington ).[ 13] Richard and Dr. Edward Delafield .[ 2]
Upon his father's death in 1847, his younger brother, Maturin Livingston Jr. inherited the family home in Staatsburgh, not Morgan, the eldest son.[ 2]
Personal life
On March 30, 1829, Livingston was married to Catharine Currie Manning (1809–1886) in New York City . She was the daughter of James Manning and Elizabeth (née Storm) Manning, and the younger sister of John Augustus Manning and William Henry Manning. Her paternal uncle was James Manning , the first President of Brown University , and her maternal grandfather was Thomas Storm , the Speaker of the New York State Assembly .[ 14] [ 2]
Gertrude Livingston (1829–1878), who died unmarried.[ 2]
Morgan Lewis Livingston Jr. (1831–1898),[ 15] [ 2]
Silvia Julia Livingston (1833–1895),[ 2] [ 16]
Rosalie Manning Livingston (1835–1874),[ 17] [ 2] [ 18] Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo .[ 19]
Mortimer Livingston (1837–1892), who married Maria McCartie in 1863.[ 2] [ 18]
Annesley Livingston (1839–1870), who died unmarried.[ 2]
Julia Livingston (1841–1920), who died unmarried.[ 2]
James Manning Livingston (1843–1863), who was killed-in-action at the Battle of Gettysburg .[ 2] [ 20]
Maturin Livingston (1849–1879), who died unmarried.[ 2] Livingston died on November 3, 1869, in New York City. He was buried in the St. James Episcopal Churchyard in Hyde Park in Dutchess County, New York .
Descendants
Through his daughter Rosalie, he was the grandfather of Rosalie Livingston Waldo (1859–1907)[ 21] [ 22] Rhinelander Waldo , the New York City Police and Fire Commissioner , from their father's second marriage to Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo .[ 19] Newport, Rhode Island , and died in Paris, France , did not marry.[ 22]
Through his son Mortimer,[ 23] [ 24] [ 2]
References
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