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Family Gilbert Livingston Will Gilbert Livingston's Gravestone Livingston, by Ruth Lawrence |
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Gilbert Livingston |
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Page 623.--In the name of God, Amen. I, GILBERT LIVINGSTON, of Kingston,
in Ulster County, being sick and weak. Whereas there is to be raised out of the
land given by my father-in-law Colonel Henry Beekman, to my beloved spouse
Cornelia Livingston, deceased, the sum of œ3,000, for my 10 younger children,
Henry, Gilbert, Philip, James, Samuel, Cornelius, Alida, wife of Captain Jacob
Rutson, Joana, Catharine, and Margaret, The said sum shall be equally divided
among them. And whereas there is to be raised the sum of œ1,000 for me and
my heirs and assigns, I give the same and all my lands and estate to my eldest
son, Robert Livingston, and my other 10 children. My
executors have full power to sell all lands to pay debts. I make my sons Robert
and Henry, and my son-in-law, Captain Jacob Rutsen, and my beloved
nephew, Robert Livingston, son of my brother, Robert Livingston, executors.
December 12, 1745. Witnesses, Thomas Beekman, Jacobus De Lameter, Job Viele. Proved, August 29, 1746. End of Liber 15. |
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HUBERTUS or GILBERT LIVINGSTON, fourth son and sixth child of Robert Livingston and Alida (Schuyler-Van Rensselaer) Livingston, was born March 3, 1690. He was registrar of the Colonial Court of Chancery in 1720, and county clerk of Ulster the same year. From 1728 to 1738 he was a member of the Assembly for the Manor; major of Dutchess County militia and received the commission of lieutenant-colonel in 1739. Under his father's will he inherited one-seventh part of the Saratoga patent. It was on this land that General Burgoyne surrendered to General Gates in October, 1777. |
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