Robert Livingston the Elder

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Robert Livingston the Elder was a 17th-century Scottish-born colonial official and landowner who became a prominent New York patroon and patriarch of the influential Livingston family.

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Robert Livingston the Elder canonical 4
Robert Livingston 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish emigrant to the Thirteen Colonies
colonial official
landowner
patroon
person
child Catharina Livingston NERFINISHED
Gilbert Livingston NERFINISHED
Joanna Livingston NERFINISHED
Johannes Livingston NERFINISHED
Margaret Livingston NERFINISHED
Philip Livingston NERFINISHED
Robert Livingston the Younger NERFINISHED
citizenship Kingdom of England
Province of New York NERFINISHED
continentOfBirth Europe NERFINISHED
continentOfDeath North America NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath Province of New York NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1654-12-13
dateOfDeath 1728-04-20
dateOfEvent 1686
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Livingston NERFINISHED
givenName Robert
landGrant Livingston Manor NERFINISHED
landGrantArea approximately 160000 acres
languageSpoken Dutch
English
memberOf Livingston family NERFINISHED
monarchDuringService Queen Anne NERFINISHED
William III of England NERFINISHED
notableEvent granted Livingston Manor patent
notableFor being first lord of Livingston Manor
founding the Livingston family fortune in colonial New York
notableWork development of Livingston Manor
occupation colonial administrator
landowner
merchant
placeOfBirth Ancrum NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Clermont, New York NERFINISHED
positionHeld clerk of the New York City and County Court of Sessions
member of the New York provincial assembly
secretary for Indian affairs in New York
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Albany, New York NERFINISHED
Clermont, New York NERFINISHED
Livingston Manor, New York NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Alida Schuyler NERFINISHED
Alida Van Rensselaer NERFINISHED

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Livingston family foundedBy Robert Livingston the Elder
Livingston family hasMember Robert Livingston the Elder
Clermont Manor namedAfter Robert Livingston the Elder
Clermont Manor builtFor Robert Livingston the Elder
this entity surface form: Robert Livingston
Philip Livingston sibling Robert Livingston the Elder
this entity surface form: Robert Livingston
North River Steamboat financedBy Robert Livingston the Elder
this entity surface form: Robert Livingston
Catharina Livingston relative Robert Livingston the Elder