mansion on the east side of what is now Hanover Square, with grounds extending to the East River. Later he removed to Elizabethtown, N.J., and died there at the Liberty Hall. On November 3, 1739, Peter Van Brugh Livingston he married Mary Alexander (1721–1767), the daughter of James Alexander and Mary Spratt Provoost, and the sister of his business associate, Lord Stirling. Before her death in 1767, they had twelve children, including: Philip Peter Livingston (1740–1810), who was known as "Gentleman Phil," and who married Cornelia Van Horne (b. 1759). Mary Livingston (1742), who died in infancy. Catherine Livingston (1743–1775), who married Nicholas Bayard. James Alexander Livingston (b. 1744). Mary Livingston (1746–1780), who married Capt. John Brown. Peter Livingston (b. 1753), who married Susan Blondel. Sarah Livingston (1755–1825), who married Capt. James Ricketts. William Alexander Livingston (1757–1780), who was killed in a duel. Susan Livingston (1759–1853), who married (1) John Kean in 1789; (2) Count Julian Niemcewicz in 1800, aide to Kosciuzko. Elizabeth Livingston (1761–1787), who married French consul Monsieur Otto. James Alexander Livingston (b. 1763), who died young. Ann Livingston (b. 1767), who died young. On April 9, 1771, he married Elizabeth Ricketts, the widow of William Ricketts, in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Descendants and honors Through his eldest son Philip, he was the grandfather of Van Brugh Livingston (1792–1868), who served as the American Chargé d'affaires (i.e. equivalent of the current U.S. Ambassador) to Ecuador from August 12, 1848 until November 12, 1849, appointed by President James K. Polk. Livingston's daughter Susan Niemcewicz established a scholarship at the College of New Jersey, named in honor of her father. See also Livingston family References Notes Sources Political Graveyard Google Books The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 35; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) 1710 births 1792 deaths Peter Van Brugh Schuyler family Members of the New York Provincial Congress American people of Scottish descent American slave traders American people of Dutch descent New York State Treasurers Yale College alumni Van Brugh family Politicians from Albany, New York Politicians from New York City Politicians from Elizabeth, New Jersey American businesspeople in shipping 18th-century American businesspeople