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 . ary of state, 1831-33; United States min-ister to France, 1835; prepared a code ofcriminal law and procedure for Louisiana,1833, which was considered a model of excel-lence, and his complete works were publishedin 1873. He married (first) April 10, 1788,Mary McEvers, elder sister of his brotherJohns second wife; by which marriage he hadthree children, viz., Charles, Lewis and Julia,all of whom died young. He
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 . ary of state, 1831-33; United States min-ister to France, 1835; prepared a code ofcriminal law and procedure for Louisiana,1833, which was considered a model of excel-lence, and his complete works were publishedin 1873. He married (first) April 10, 1788,Mary McEvers, elder sister of his brotherJohns second wife; by which marriage he hadthree children, viz., Charles, Lewis and Julia,all of whom died young. He married (sec-ond) June 3, 1805, Louise Moreau de Lasy,nee DAvezac de Castera, sister of MajorDAvezac, aide-de-camp to General Jacksonat the battle of New Orleans. By the secondmarriage he had a single child, Coralie, mar-ried Thomas P. Barton, of Philadelphia. (IV) Major John Robert Livingston,seventh child of Judge Robert R. and Mar-garet (Beekman) Livingston, was born Feb-ruary 13, 1755, died September, 1851. Hewas a major of militia and also army commission as major was in the Manorof Livingston Regiment, and his appointmentwas prior to January 15, 1777, on which date. SOUTHERN NEW YORK 1339 he resigned in favor of Samuel Ten Broeck,and he probably succeeded his cousin, HenryLivingston, on that officers promotion tolieutenant-colonel, in place of Robert R. Liv-ingston. His commission as army agent forthe purchase of clothing for the New Yorktroops was dated October 3, 1776. He andAbraham P. Lott were appointed by the NewYork congress, and were allowed two and ahalf per cent, commission on their had charge of a command of the ManorRegiment, as stated, and in August, 1777, didhis utmost to move his soldiers to help Gen-eral Schuyler at Bemis Heights, but his menwere harangued by ringleaders, and he wroteto the chancellor, stating that they no longerconsidered the oath to the state binding. Hewas conmiissioned a captain of the FourthDutchess Regiment, Ju
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