Livingstons of Livingston Manor
Following the death of John Livingstone in 1672, both Janet, his wife, and his son Robert returned to Scotland. Elizabeth, his youngest daughter had already pre-deceased him.
Janet Livingstone was to take up his fight by campaigning and fighting for the rights of ministers who were hounded for their covenanting views at a later date.
Robert was now eighteen years old and, within a few months of his arrival back, he set sail for New England, a venture his father had twice attempted and failed to accomplish on each occasion. Robert`s mission was to carve out for himself a career in business rather than the ministry.
The time of his arrival was opportune; his command of the Dutch language attained by nine years in Holland was just what was required by the new British administration in the process of replacing that of the Dutch in New York.
For the next 175 years, John`s progeny would hold great sway in both state and national governments as well as prominent positions in the army and commerce of the emerging nation, America.
The following pages are devoted to Robert and some of his more illustrious descendents.
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