Background
Robert Livingston was born in Albany, New York, December 16, 1708, the eldest son of Philip and Catharina Van Brugh Livingston. Upon the death of his father in February 1749, Robert inherited Livingston Manor.
Robert Livingston was born in Albany, New York, December 16, 1708, the eldest son of Philip and Catharina Van Brugh Livingston. Upon the death of his father in February 1749, Robert inherited Livingston Manor.
Shortly after becoming Lord of the Manor, he acquired 1,000,000 acres (4,000 km2. 1,600 sq mi) of the Catskill Mountains in what had formerly been the Hardenbergh Patent. He found himself embroiled in a border dispute with Massachusetts when some New Englanders began to settle on the eastern portion of the Manor.
Some of the settlers were Livingston"s own tenants, who tired of paying rent moved east and contended they were now in Massachusetts.
According to Central America Kierner, by 1767 Livingston Manor had about 285 tenant families, together leasing 30,000 from Robert. Settlement was disbursed, with areas adjoining waterways, mills, and ironworks, the more densely populated.
The tenants paid their rent in wheat. In 1760 Livingston Manor produced 50,000 bushels.
Robert had claim to one-tenth as income.
Robert Livingston, Third Lord of the Manor, died November 27, 1790 at the age of eighty-one. They had thirteen children. Catherine, born August 4, 1732, died in infancy.
Philip Robert, born February 9, 1733, died April 3, 1756, of kidney trouble.
Sarah, born April 23, 1735, died September 4, 1745. Maria, born October 29, 1738, died May 6, 1821;
Walter, born November 27, 1740, died May 14, 1797.
Owner of "Teviotdale" mansion in Columbia County, New New York Robert, born December 26, 1742, died August 23, 1794.(better known as Robert Cambridge, because he was a graduate of Cambridge University, and to distinguish him from numerous other Roberts)
Catherine, born December 22, 1744, died May, 1832;
Sarah, born February 16, 1745-1746, died May 11, 1749.
Alida, born December 15, 1747, died September, 1791;
Margarita, born February 16, 1748, died June 22, 1749.
John,
Hendrick (Henry), born January 8, 1752, died unmarried, May 16, 1823. (Kiliaen was the Patroon and second Lord of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck).
Peter Robert, born April 27, 1737, died 1793. A member of the provincial convention of 1775.