Maturin Livingston

Maturin Livingston
Recorder of New York City
In office 1807–1808
Preceded by	Pierre C. Van Wyck
Succeeded by	Pierre C. Van Wyck
In office 1804–1806
Preceded by	John B. Prevost
Succeeded by	Pierre C. Van Wyck
Personal details
Born	(1769-04-10)April 10, 1769 New York City, Province of New York
Died	November 7, 1847(1847-11-07) (aged 78) New York City, New York
Spouse	Margaret Lewis ​ (m. 1798)​
Relations	Peter R. Livingston (brother) William Smith (grandfather) Morgan Lewis (father-in-law) Alexander Hamilton, Jr. (son-in-law)
Children	12
Parent(s)	Robert James Livingston Susanna Smith
Residence	Staatsburgh House
Alma mater	College of New Jersey

Maturin Livingston (April 10, 1769 – November 7, 1847), 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 (née Smith) Livingston (1729–1791), sister of Chief Justice William Smith (1728–1793) and daughter of Judge William Smith.^[1] 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).^[2]

He graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1786.^[3]

Career

In 1796, Livingston exchanged correspondence with Alexander Hamilton regarding Hamilton's understanding that Livingston had spoken ill of Hamilton's character.^[4][5][6] Livingston's daughter later married Hamilton's grandson, Alexander Hamilton, Jr.^[3]

Livingston was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1801, and was appointed Recorder of New York City from 1804 until 1806, and again from 1807 to 1808.^[7][8] He was First Judge of the Dutchess County Court from February 3, 1823, until 1828.^[3][9]

In 1831, he was one of the original incorporators and directors of the Jackson Marine Insurance Company, in New York City, and was appointed one of the three commissioners to receive subscriptions.^[10]

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 (née 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 (daughter of Col. Henry Beekman).^[3] 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.^[11] Together, the couple had twelve children:^[12][13]

• Morgan Lewis Livingston (1799–1869), who married Catherine Manning (1809–1886).
• Julia Livingston (1801–1882), who married Maj. Joseph Delafield (1790–1875), brother of Richard Delafield.
• Alfred Livingston (1803–1855)
• Gertrude Laura Livingston (1805–1883), who married Rawlins Lowndes (1801–1877), a descendant of Rawlins Lowndes.
• Mortimer Livingston (1807–1857)
• Susan Mary Livingston (1809–1875)
• Robert James Livingston (1811–1891), who married Louisa Matilda Storm (1807–1883).
• Lewis (1814-1886) married Julia Augusta Boggs
• Maturin Livingston Jr. (1816–1888), who married Ruth Baylies (1827–1918), and eventually inherited Gov. Lewis' house.
• Henry Beekman Livingston (1818–1862), who married Mary Lawrence Livingston (1821–1883), the daughter of John Swift Livingston (a grandson of Robert Livingston) and Anna Maria Martina Thompson, in 1844.^[13]
• Angelica Livingston (1820–1896), who married Alexander Hamilton, Jr. (1816–1889), 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.^[13]

Descendants

His granddaughter, Louisa Matilda Livingston (1836–1920), married Elbridge Thomas Gerry (1837–1927), grandson of the 5th 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.

His granddaughter, Elizabeth Livingston (1855–1943), through his son, Maturin Jr., married William George Cavendish-Bentinck (1854–1909), the son of The Rt. Hon. George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (1821–1891) and Prudentia Penelope Leslie (d. 1896).^[14] Elizabeth and George and had two daughters.^[15][16][17] Elizabeth had a twin sister, Ruth T. Livingston (1855–1920), who was the wife of Ogden Mills (1856–1929),^[18] and the mother of Ogden Livingston Mills, the United States Secretary of the Treasury.^{[19] [20]}

References

Notes

1. Wardell, Pat (October 2010). "Early Bergen County Families" (PDF). njgsbc.org. The Genealogical Society of Bergen County. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
2. Lamb, Martha Joanna; Harrison, Mrs Burton (1896). History of the City of New York: History of the city of New York : externals of modern New York. A. S. Barnes. p. 547. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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. p. 1343. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
4. Hamilton, Alexander (18 January 1796). "Founders Online: From Alexander Hamilton to Maturin Livingston". Retrieved 3 January 2020.
5. "Founders Online: To Alexander Hamilton from Maturin Livingston, [20 January 1796]". Retrieved 3 January 2020.
6. "Founders Online: From Alexander Hamilton to Maturin Livingston, [21 January 1796]". Retrieved 3 January 2020.
7. Cornog, Evan (2000). The Birth of Empire: DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience, 1769-1828. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195140514. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
8. Alexander, De A. S. (1906). A Political History of the State of New York volume 1. Medprintor. ISBN 9781450582308. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
9. Sampson, Esq., William (1807). The Trial of the Hon. Maturin Livingston, Against James Cheetham, for a Libel: Held at the Sittings, on the Twenty Eighth of Nov. 1807, Before the Hon. Judge Spencer. S. Gould, Law. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
10. (State), New York (1831). Laws of the State of New York Passed at the Fifty-Fourth Session of the Legislature. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
11. "Clermont State Historic Site: It All Started Here: Livingstons and the Mansions of the Hudson Valley". Clermont State Historic Site. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
12. New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999
13. 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. p. 1345. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
14. Depew, Chauncey M. (20 October 2013). Titled Americans, 1890: A list of American ladies who have married foreigners of rank. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781783660056. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
15. "THE BENTINCKS.; THE LATE DUKE OF PORTLAND AND HIS FAMILY". The New York Times. 25 December 1879. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
16. Times, Special Cable To The New York (23 August 1909). "G. CAVENDISH-BENTINCK DEAD | Wife Was Elizabeth Livingston, Sister of Mrs. Ogden Mills". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
17. Lloyd, Brigitte Gastel. "Biography of William George Cavendish-Bentinck (1854-1909)". brigittegastelancestry.com. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
18. "Ogden Mills Dies At His Home Here. Financier Is the Victim of Pneumonia After Three Weeks Illness. He Was 72 Years Old. Active in Many Philanthropies and Long a Leader in Social Affairs. A Native of California. Interested in Racing". New York Times. 29 January 1929. Retrieved 18 December 2013. Ogden Mills financier and father of Ogden L. Mills, Under-Secretary of the Treasury, died at 1:30 A.M. today at his home, 2 East Sixty-ninth Street, following an illness of more than three weeks. ...
19. "MRS. CAVENDISH-BENTINCK | Former Elizabeth Livingston, a Member of Noted N.Y. Family". The New York Times. 7 November 1943. p. 56. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
20. "LARGE AMERICAN DOWRIES". The New York Times. 19 November 1893. p. 12. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

Sources

• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 56, 360 and 428; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• [1] 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

Legal offices
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