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{{Short description|Land in the Province of New York granted to Robert Livingston the Elder}}
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'''Livingston Manor''' was a 160,000 acre ({{convert|650160,000|km2acre|sqmiha|adj=on}}) tract of land in the [[Province of New York]] granted to [[Robert Livingston the Elder]] during the reign of [[George I of Great Britain]]. Located between the Hudson River and the Massachusetts border, the Livingston Manor was located in an area that later became a portion of [[Columbia County, New York|Columbia County]] in the state of [[New York (state)|New York]].▼
 
▲'''Livingston Manor''' was a 160,000 acre ({{convert|650|km2|sqmi}}) tract of land in the [[Province of New York]] granted to [[Robert Livingston the Elder]] during the reign of [[George I of Great Britain]].
 
==History==
[[File:Livingston Manor 1777.png|thumb|250px|Map of Livingston Manor in 1777]]
[[File:Albany County 1777.png|thumb|250px|Map of Livingston Manor and [[Rensselaerwyck]] in 1777]]
 
Livingston Manor was a 160,000 acre ({{convert|650160,000|km2acre|sqmiha|abbradj=on}}) tract of land in the colonial [[Province of New York]] granted to [[Robert Livingston the Elder]] through the influence of [[List of colonial governors of New York|5th Governor]] [[Thomas Dongan]], and confirmed by [[royal charter]] of [[George I of Great Britain]] in 1715, creating the manor and lordship of Livingston.<ref name="Callendar">{{cite book |last1 = Livingston |first1 = Edwin Brockholst |title = The Livingstons of Livingston manor; being the history of that branch of the Scottish house of Callendar which settled in the English province of New York during the reign of Charles the Second; and also including an account of Robert Livingston of Albany, "The nephew," a settler in the same province and his principal descendants |date = 1910 |publisher = The Knickerbocker Press |location = New York |url = https://archive.org/details/livingstonsofliv00newy |access-date =16 September 16, 2016 }}</ref> The original patent was obtained in July 1686.<ref name="Breakup">{{cite journal |last1 = Livingston |first1 = James D. |last2 = Penney |first2 = Sherry H. |title = The Breakup of Livingston Manor |journal = The Hudson Valley Regional Review |date = March 1987 |volume = 4| |issue = 1 |pages = 56–73 |url =http https://www.hudsonrivervalley.org/review/pdfs/hvrr_4pt1_livingstonandpenney.pdf |accessarchive-dateurl =16 September 2016}}<https:/ref>/web.archive.org/web/20150928122417/https://www.hudsonrivervalley.org/review/pdfs/hvrr_4pt1_livingstonandpenney.pdf |access-date This= tractSeptember embraced a large portion of what is now [[Columbia County16, New2016 York|Columbiaarchive-date County]].= TheSeptember lords28, of2015 the}}</ref> manor were:
 
TheLivingston originalManor was approximately 20 miles wide from east to west and was approximately 12 miles long from north to south. It was located between the Hudson River on the west and the Massachusetts border on the east. Livingston Manor encompassesencompassed the presentarea daythat would later become the towns of [[Livingston, New York|Livingston]], [[Germantown (town), New York|Germantown]], [[Clermont, New York|Clermont]], [[Taghkanic, New York|Taghkanic]], [[Gallatin, New York|Gallatin]], [[Copake, New York|Copake]], and [[Ancram, New York|Ancram]], located in [[Columbia County, New York|Columbia County]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name="Breakup"/>▼
 
The lords of the manor were:
 
*[[Robert Livingston the Elder]] (1654–1728), served from 1715 to 1728.
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===Division of land===
The first division of the estate occurred in 1728 upon the death of Robert Livingston the Elder, who stipulated that his third son, [[Robert Livingston (1718-17751718–1775)|Robert Livingston]] (1718–1775), be granted 13,000 acres ({{convert|5313,000|km2acre|sqmiha}}) from Livingston Manor's southwest corner, a tract which Robert christened [[Clermont Manor]].
 
In 1790, upon the death of the last lord of the manor, [[Robert Livingston (1708–1790)|Robert Livingston]] (1708–1790), the remainder of Livingston Manor was divided among histhe heirs of his four youngest sons, rather than continuecontinuing to pass down through [[primogeniture]], as. Robert disapproved of his's eldest son,{{who|Who, his eldestliving son (Philip), whoPeter hadR. died in 1756; or his eldest *living* sonLivingston (Peter1737–1809), who lived till 1793?|date=August 2021}} who had made many unwise financial decisions and was perennially in debt.<ref, name="Breakup"/>and Theit inheritorswas offeared the estate werewould allend menup whoclaimed hadby distinguishedhis themselvescreditors considerablywere duringit andpassed afteron theto [[Americanhim.<ref name="Breakup"/> Revolution]]:
 
The inheritors of the estate were all men who had distinguished themselves considerably during and after the [[American Revolution]]:
 
*[[Philip Livingston]] (1716–1778), delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] and signatory of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]]
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*[[James Duane]] (1733–1797), a son-in-law and Robert’s former ward, who had married his daughter Mary (1738–1821). Duane had been a delegate to the [[Continental Congress]], [[Mayors of New York City|44th]] [[Mayor of New York City]], and signatory of the [[Articles of Confederation]]
 
TheseThe fourland heirs subsequentlywas divided among the landfamilies amongof theirthese ownfour familiesmen, and the power of the Livingston family was slowly diminished. A portion of the estate is still held by the family. The town of [[Livingston, New York]] occupies part of the original tract.
 
===Present day===
▲The original Livingston Manor encompasses the present day towns of [[Livingston, New York|Livingston]], [[Germantown (town), New York|Germantown]], [[Clermont, New York|Clermont]], [[Taghkanic, New York|Taghkanic]], [[Gallatin, New York|Gallatin]], [[Copake, New York|Copake]], and [[Ancram, New York|Ancram]], located in [[Columbia County, New York|Columbia County]] [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name="Breakup"/>
 
==Other Livingston Manors==
===Livingston Manor, New York===
[[Livingston Manor, New York|Livingston Manor]], in present-day [[Sullivan County, New York|Sullivan County]] in New York State, capitalizes on the Livingston Manor name because Manor family members and descendants had a house there however it was not part of the original manor
 
The Sullivan County community, which is about {{convert|60|mi|km}} west of the original manor, was part of the [[Johannes Hardenbergh|Hardenbergh patent]] in 1716 which included much of the [[Catskill Mountains]].
 
In 1750, [[Robert Livingston (1708–1790)|Robert Livingston]], the third lord, bought {{convert|95000|acre|km2}} in the area shortly after becoming the third (and final) Lord of the Manor of Livingston Manor in Columbia County. Most of the land would be sold or leased by 1780. Robert's third son John Robert Livingston (1775–1851)<ref>[http://www.ulster.net/~hrmm/steamboats/livingston/skaaren.html Ulster.net] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013022321/http://ulster.net/~hrmm/steamboats/livingston/skaaren.html |date=2007-10-13 }}</ref> deeded {{convert|8441|acre|km2}} to his nephew Dr. Edward R. Livingston in 1822 around area then called Purvis, New York.
 
In 1882, Purvis was renamed Livingston Manor.<ref>[http://livingstonManor.net/Timeline.htm LivingstonManor.net]</ref> Edward's "manor," which was actually just a house, was on the site of the present village firehouse, according to a modern sign in the village,<ref>[http://livingstonmanor.net/Timeline.htm LivingstoneManor.net]</ref> however other speculation says the house was on the location of the village Town Hall.<ref>[http://livingstonmanor.net/livingston_house_debate.htm LivingstoneManor.net]</ref>
 
===Livingston Manor, New Jersey===
The Reverend [[John Henry Livingston]], a member of the [[Livingston family]], was chosen head of Queen's College (now [[Rutgers University]]) and in 1809 purchased a {{convert|150|acre|km2|adj=on}} plot of land nearby [[Raritan Landing]], which would thereafter be known as the Livingston Manor. A [[Greek Revival]] mansion built by descendants Robert and Louisa Livingston around 1843 stands on the property and is now known as [[Livingston Homestead]]. At the turn of the 20th century, the property was developed as a streetcar suburb, and in 2004 became part of the [[Livingston Manor Historic District]].<ref>Spies, Stacy. ''National Register nomination for Livingston Homestead'' (Washington, DC, National Park Service, 2001).</ref><ref name= hphs>{{Cite web | title = Livingston Manor Historic District | publisher = Highland Park Historical Society | url = http://mysite.verizon.net/reswf4oi/highlandparkhistoricalsociety222/id2.html | access-date = 2011-07-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606232124/http://mysite.verizon.net/reswf4oi/highlandparkhistoricalsociety222/id2.html | archive-date = 2011-06-06 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The house and the district are listed on the [[New Jersey Register of Historic Places]] and the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=NJRHP>{{cite web|title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Middlesex County |url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/middlesex.pdf |publisher=NJ DEP – Historic Preservation Office |page=11 |date=June 2, 2011 |access-date=July 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604073334/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/middlesex.pdf |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref><ref name = NRHP>{{Cite web | title = New Jersey – Middlesex County | publisher = National Register of Historic Places | url = http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/nj/Middlesex/state2.html | access-date = 2011-07-05 }}</ref>
 
==See also==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.raken.com/American_Wealth/manor_lords/manor_lords2.asp Raken.com], Manor Lords
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311043421/http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/rubenstein_stan_dutch_patroons.html CooperativeIndividualism.org], Dutch Patroons
 
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