Robert Gilbert Livingston

In 1740, Livingston was married to Catharina McPheadres (1722–1792), a daughter of John McPheadris and Helena (née Johnson) McPheadris. Together, they were the parents of:^[2]

• Robert Gilbert Livingston Jr. (1749–1791), who married Margaret Hude (1751–1824).^[8]
• Helen Livingston (1751–1791), who married Samuel Hake, Commissary General of the British Army in North America.^[6]
• Catherine Livingston (1756–1829), who married John Reade (1745–1808).^[9]
• Gilbert Robert Livingston (1758–1816), who married Martha De Lancey Kane (1758–1843).^[2]
• Henry Gilbert Livingston (1758–1817), who married Ann Nutter.^[2]
• Simon Johnson Livingston (b. 1762)^[2]

Livingston died on August 27, 1789, in Poughkeepsie, New York "after a tedious illness at an advanced age".^[1] His widow died on August 5, 1792, also in Poughkeepsie.^[2]

Through his daughter Catherine, he was a grandfather of Catherine Livingston Reade (1777–1863), who married her cousin Nicholas William Stuyvesant, a great-great-grandson of Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch Director-General of New Amsterdam.^[2]

Through his daughter Helen, he was a grandfather of Helen Livingston Hake (1773–1807), who married Frederic de Peyster and was the mother of New York City lawyer Frederic de Peyster.^[6] Livingston left an extensive estate, including three farms in Otsego County, New York and extensive lands in Duchess County, New York,^[10] to his granddaughter Helen.^[6]

Through his son Gilbert Robert, he was a great-grandfather of Gilbert Livingston Beeckman, a prominent New York merchant who was the father of Robert Livingston Beeckman, who served as the Governor of Rhode Island.^[2]

• Robert Gilbert Livingston, portrait attributed to John Mare, Frick Art Reference Library Photoarchive.