Dr. Henry Livingston

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About Dr. Henry Livingston

Dr. Henry Livingston, Sr.

  • (27 Aug 1714, Kingston NY)
  • (10 Feb 1799, Poughkeepsie NY)
  • (son of Gilbert Livingston and Cornelia Beekman)
  • + Susanna Storm Conklin eloped in 1742 (9 Jul 1724, Tarrytown, NY & (22 May 1793, Poughkeepsie NY) (daughter of Captain John Jan Conklin and Joanna (Annetje) Storm)

Children:

  • Gilbert Livingston [married Catharine Crannell]
  • Reverend John Henry Livingston [married Sarah Livingston]
  • Major Henry Livingston, Jr. [married Sarah Welles and Jane McLean Patterson]
  • Cornelia Livingston [married Myndert Van Kleeck]
  • Joanna Livingston [married Paul Schenck]
  • Susan Livingston [married Gerardus Duyckinck]
  • Lt. Robert Henry Livingston [married Catherine Tappan]
  • Beekman Livingston [married Catharine Marsh]
  • Catharine H. Livingston [died aged 7]
  • Helena Livingston [married Jonas Platt]
  • Alida Livingston [married General Melancthon Lloyd Woolsey]

Notes

http://www.henrylivingston.com/bios/drhenrylivingstonsr.htm

Livingston, by Ruth Lawrence, p.34

HENRY LIVINGSTON, second son and child of Hubertus or Gilbert Livingston and Cornelia (Beekman) Livingston, was baptizee at the Dutch Reformed Church, New York, August 29, 1714. From 1742 to 1789 he was county clerk of Dutchess County, and from 1759 to 1768 a member of the assembly from that county. Died February 10, 1799. Married, early in 1742, Susanna Storm Concklin, daughter of John and Joanna (Storm) Concklin.

Livingston Genealogy, by Reuben Hyde Walworth, p.19

DR. HENRY LIVINGSTON b. 8 Sept. 1714 at Kingston, son of Gilbert Livingston and Cornelia Beekman, m. Susan Conklin, daughter of John Conklin. They settled at Poughkeepsie, where he had a grant, for life, of the clerkship of Dutchess County. He (was) for many years a member of the Provincial Assembly from the County of Dutchess; was a Whig of the Revolution; and d. 10 Feb. 1799 at his family residence, near Poughkeepsie, in the 85th year of his life.

February 12, 1799.

On Sunday last, the 10th inst. at 1 o'clock, P.M. Henry Livingston, Esq. for about sixty years a much respected inhabitant of this place, closed his eyes in death at the advanced age of 84 years 5 months aned 3 days -- he ever maintained a character of punctuality and integrity, filled for the most of his life important offices, with the greatest exactness, ability and public confidence -- he was ever a republican in principle -- and demonstrated till the last that he was no friend to aristocracy or monarchy. He died rejoicing that the Lord reigns -- and some of his last words (about an hour before his death) were "Let all creatures and things rejoice in and praise the Lord."

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Dr. Henry Livingston's Timeline

1714
September 8, 1714
Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America
1719
April 5, 1719
Age 4
1742
December 17, 1742
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, USA
1746
May 30, 1746
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, USA
1748
October 13, 1748
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, Province of New York
1750
September 29, 1750
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, Province of New York
1751
1751
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States
1754
May 16, 1754
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, Province of New York
1755
September 21, 1755
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, Province of New York