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Robert Livingston and the Politics of Colonial New York, 1654-1728
This is the biography of a wily Scots settler who arrived in New York in 1675 and became one of the colony's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. His career illustrates the growing breach between English and American approaches to political and administrative problems. Originally published in 1961. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
The Livingstons of Livingston Manor
The Livingstons of Livingston Manor provides a rich history of one of the most important families in the early history of New York State as well as the fledgling nation. Livingston Manor—granted to Robert Livingston the Elder (1654–1728) via royal charter from King George I of Britain in 1716—embraced 160,000 acres, including nearly all of what is today Columbia County as well as much of Sullivan and Delaware Counties. The primary family estate in Germantown, NY, where the leaders of the clan lived for more than two hundred years starting in 1728, Clermont on the Hudson River, is now a New York State Historic Site. Succeeding generations included "Chancellor" Robert R. Livingston (1746...
The Livingston Family in America and Its Scottish Origins
Robert Livingston was born in 1654 at Ancrum on the Reviot, Roxburgh, Scotland, and went to Holland with his exiled parents in 1663. He immigrated to Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1673, and moved to Albany, New York. He married Alida Schuyler Van Rensselaer, and died in 1728.
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Major General Richard Montgomery
Writers and orators, such as Thomas Paine and Hugh Henry Brackenridge, used the slain general as a symbol of virtue and self-sacrifice to spur on the war effort and help create a national identity. This image persisted through the early nineteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Genealogical Records; Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Taken from Family Bibles, 1581-1917
This present volume contains the genealogical records found in family Bibles of ninety Dutch and English New York families. Ranging as far back as the 16th century, though usually with a beginning date in the 17th or 18th century, the Bibles exhibit a wealth of genealogical data featuring, in particular, chronological records of births, marriages, and deaths. Well over 3,000 names are listed in the index.
