Morgan Lewis Livingston

Morgan Lewis Livingston (April 3, 1799 – November 3, 1869), was an American heir and member of the prominent Livingston family from New York.

Early life Livingston was born on April 3, 1799, at his grandfather's home in Staatsburg in Dutchess County, New York. 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).

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); Margaret Livingston (who married N.Y. Secretary of State Thomas Tillotson); Catharine Livingston (who married Freeborn Garrettson); merchant John R. Livingston; 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.).

His paternal grandparents were Robert James Livingston and Susanna (née Smith) Livingston, herself the daughter of Chief Justice William Smith. 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.

Career On October 13, 1814, Livingston matriculated at the United States Military Academy at West Point with the class of 1819, along with Edward Butler, nephew of General Richard Butler and Col. Thomas Butler. Julia later married Maj. Joseph Delafield, brother of Maj. Gen. Richard and Dr. Edward Delafield. Together, they were the parents of nine children, only two of whom married and had children, including: who died unmarried. Rosalie Manning Livingston (1835–1874), who married Francis William Waldo (1836–1878), son of Horace Waldo and Sarah (née Hazard) Waldo, in 1858. Mortimer Livingston (1837–1892), who married Maria McCartie in 1863. Annesley Livingston (1839–1870), who died unmarried. Maturin Livingston (1849–1879), who died unmarried. and Katherine Livingston Waldo (1863–1899), who were both the elder half-sisters of Rhinelander Waldo, the New York City Police and Fire Commissioner, from their father's second marriage to Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo. he was the grandfather of Frances Livingston (b. 1864); Morgan Lewis Livingston (1866–1919), who married Ida Mary (née Lockwood) Walters, daughter of English immigrant Joseph Charles Lockwood, in 1903; Katherine Manning Livingston (b. 1868), who married George Winthrop Fallon in 1893; Robert James Livingston (b. 1870), who married Charlotte Ames, daughter of Daniel Burnett Ames in 1898; Julia Livingston (1872–1872), who died young; Alice Livingston (1874–1876); Edward Mortimer Livingston (b. 1876), who married Catherine Cecilia Chamberlain, daughter of Willis Henry Chamberlain; and Harold Maturin Livingston (b. 1880).