Maturin Livingston
Maturin Livingston (April 10, 1769 New York City – November 7, 1847 NYC), a member of the prominent Livingston family, was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
Maturin Livingston was born on April 10, 1769 in New York City. He was the son of Robert James Livingston (1725–1771) and Susanna (nee Smith) Livingston (1729–1791), daughter of Chief Justice William Smith (1728–1793). He graduated from the College of New Jersey. His brother was Speaker Peter R. Livingston (1766–1847) and they were among the great-grandchildren of Robert Livingston the Younger (1663–1725), through the Younger's eldest son, James Livingston (1701–1763).
He graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1786.[1]
Career
Livingston was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1801, and was Recorder of New York City from 1804 until 1806, and again from 1807 to 1808. He was First Judge of the Dutchess County Court from February 3, 1823 until 1828.[1]
Personal life
On May 28, 1798, he married Margaret Lewis (1780–1860), the only daughter and sole heiress of Gov. Morgan Lewis (1754–1844) and Gertrude (nee Livingston) Lewis (1757–1833). Gertrude was the sister of Chancellor Robert R. Livingston and the daughter of Judge Robert R. Livingston and Margaret Beekman Livingston.[1] In 1844, upon the death of his father-in-law, they inherited Gov. Lewis's stately home Staatsburgh House in Staatsburg, Dutchess County, New York. Together, the couple had twelve children:[2]
- Morgan Lewis Livingston (1799–1869), who married Catherine Manning (1809–1886)
- Gertrude Laura Livingston (1800–1883)
- Julia Livingston (1801–1882), who married Maj. Joseph Delafield (1790–1875), brother of Richard Delafield
- Alfred Livingston (1803–1855)
- Mortimer Livingston (1807–1857)
- Susan Mary Livingston (1809–1875)
- Robert James Livingston (1811–1891), who married Louisa Matilda Storm (1807–1883).
- Maturin Livingston (1815–1888), who eventually inherited Gov. Lewis' house.
- Henry Beekman Livingston (1818–1862)
- Angelica Livingston (1820–1896), who married Alexander Hamilton (1815–1889), son of James Alexander Hamilton and grandson of Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury
- Blanche Geraldine Livingston (1822–1897), who married Lydig Monson Hoyt (1821–1868)
He died at the residence of his son-in-law Maj. Joseph Delafield, in New York City.
Descendants
His granddaughter, Louisa Matilda Livingston (1836–1920), married Elbridge Thomas Gerry (1837–1927), grandson of U.S. Vice President Elbridge Gerry. Louisa was the mother of Robert Livingston Gerry, Sr. (1877–1957) and Peter Goelet Gerry (1879–1957), a U.S. Representative and Senator from Rhode Island.
References
- Notes
- 1 2 3 Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ↑ New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999
- Sources
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 56, 360 and 428; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- Livingston Family tree
- Genealogy of Chief Justice William Smith by Robert Sewell
- Judge Maturin Livingston at Sewall Genealogy
- JOSEPH DELAFIELD, obit in NYT on February 14, 1875
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| Preceded by John B. Prevost |
Recorder of New York City 1804–1806 |
Succeeded by Pierre C. Van Wyck |
| Preceded by Pierre C. Van Wyck |
Recorder of New York City 1807–1808 |
Succeeded by Pierre C. Van Wyck |