Morgan Lewis Livingston
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Morgan Lewis Livingston | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 3, 1799 Staatsburg, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 3, 1869 (aged 70) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | United States Military Academy |
| Spouse |
Catharine Currie Manning
(m. 1829) |
| Children | 9 |
| Parent(s) | Maturin Livingston Margaret Lewis Livingston |
| Relatives | Robert James Livingston (brother) Maturin Livingston Jr. (brother) Peter R. Livingston (uncle) Morgan Lewis (grandfather) |
Morgan Lewis Livingston (April 3, 1799 – November 3, 1869), was an American heir and member of the prominent Livingston family from New York.
Livingston was born on April 3, 1799, at his grandfather's home in Staatsburg in Dutchess County, New York.[1] He was the eldest of twelve children born to Maturin Livingston (1769–1847), a former Recorder of New York City, and Margaret (née Lewis) Livingston (1780–1860). His younger siblings included Gertrude Laura Livingston, Julia Livingston, Alfred Livingston, Mortimer Livingston, Susan Mary Livingston, Robert James Livingston, Maturin Livingston Jr., Henry Beekman Livingston, Angelica Livingston, and Blanche Geraldine Livingston. His younger sister Angelica married Alexander Hamilton Jr., the son of Secretary of State James Alexander Hamilton (and grandson of Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury).[2]
His mother was the only daughter and sole heiress of New York Gov. Morgan Lewis and Gertrude (née Livingston) Lewis. His maternal grandmother was the daughter of Judge Robert Livingston of Clermont and Margaret (née Beekman) Livingston, and the sister of Chancellor Robert R. Livingston; Janet Livingston (who married Gen. Richard Montgomery);[3] Margaret Livingston (who married N.Y. Secretary of State Thomas Tillotson);[4] Henry Beekman Livingston;[4] Catharine Livingston (who married Freeborn Garrettson);[4][5] merchant John R. Livingston;[6][7][8] Joanna Livingston (who married Lt. Gov. Peter R. Livingston); and Alida Livingston (who married U.S. Senator, Secretary of War, and Minister to France, John Armstrong, Jr.).[2] His father inherited his maternal grandfather's estate, the Staatsburgh House in Staatsburg, upon the death of Lewis in 1844.[9]
His paternal grandparents were Robert James Livingston and Susanna (née Smith) Livingston, herself the daughter of Chief Justice William Smith.[10] His uncle was Peter R. Livingston and all of his Livingston family members were descended from Robert Livingston the Younger, through the Younger's eldest son, James Livingston.[11]
Career
On October 13, 1814, Livingston matriculated at the United States Military Academy at West Point with the class of 1819,[12] along with Edward Butler, nephew of General Richard Butler and Col. Thomas Butler.[13] Butler courted Livingston's sister Julia, but eventually married Frances Parke Lewis, daughter of Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis and Lawrence Lewis, and grand-niece of George Washington (and great-granddaughter of Martha Washington).[13] Julia later married Maj. Joseph Delafield, brother of Maj. Gen. Richard and Dr. Edward Delafield.[2]
Upon his father's death in 1847, his younger brother, Maturin Livingston Jr. inherited the family home in Staatsburgh, not Morgan, the eldest son.[2]