Robert Livingston (1688-1775)

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Robert Livingston (July 24, 1688–June 27, 1775) of New York, known as Robert of Clermont, son of Robert Livingston the Elder (1654–1728) and father of Robert Livingston (1718-1775). He married Margaret Howarden (1693–1758) in 1717. He was a member of New York colonial assembly, 1726–27.

Following the death of his father, the first Lord of Livingston Manor, in 1728, most of the manor was inherited by the eldest son Philip Livingston, but 13,000 acres in the southwest corner, later named Clermont, was willed to Robert Livingston (1688–1775), a younger son.

He was a brother of John Livingston and Gilbert Livingston and an uncle of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston and William Livingston. He was the grandfather of Edward Livingston and Robert Livingston (1746-1813), "the Chancellor", who administered the inaugural oath to the first American President, General George Washington. Two grandsons of Gilbert Livingston were Rev. John Henry Livingstonand Major Henry Livingston Jr.. A cousin of John Henry and Henry Livingston was Judge Henry Brockholst Livingston. A daughter of Gilbert Livingston was married to New York Lt. Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt