Background
He was the son of Robert James Livingston (1725–1771) and Susanna (Smith) Livingston (1729–1791, daughter of Chief Justice William Smith).
lawyer Recorder of New York City
He was the son of Robert James Livingston (1725–1771) and Susanna (Smith) Livingston (1729–1791, daughter of Chief Justice William Smith).
He graduated from the College of New Jersey.
Maturin Livingston married Margaret Lewis (1780–1860), the only daughter and sole heiress of Government. Morgan Lewis (1754–1844) and Gertrude (Livingston) Lewis (1757–1833, sister of Chancellor Robert R Livingston). The couple had twelve children, and in 1844 inherited Government.
Lewis"s stately home Staatsburgh House in Staatsburg, Dutchess County, New New York
Maturin Livingston was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1801, and was Recorder of New York City from 1804 to 1806, and from 1807 to 1808. He was First Judge of the Dutchess County Court from 1823 to 1828.