town of Livingston, New York occupies part of the original tract. Present day The original Livingston Manor encompasses the present day towns of Livingston, Germantown, Clermont, Taghkanic, Gallatin, Copake, and Ancram, located in Columbia County New York. Others Livingston Manor, New York Livingston Manor, in present-day Sullivan County in New York State, capitalizes on the Livingston Manor name because Manor family members and descendants had a house there however it was not part of the original manor The Sullivan County community, which is about west of the original manor, was part of the Hardenbergh patent in 1716 which included much of the Catskill Mountains. In 1750, Robert Livingston, the third lord, bought in the area shortly after becoming the third (and final) Lord of the Manor of Livingston Manor in Columbia County. Most of the land would be sold or leased by 1780. Robert's third son John Robert Livingston (1775–1851) deeded to his nephew Dr. Edward R. Livingston in 1822 around area then called Purvis, New York. In 1882, Purvis was renamed Livingston Manor. Edward's manor, which was actually just a house, was on the site of the present village firehouse, according to a modern sign in the village, however other speculation says the house was on the location of the village Town Hall. Livingston Manor, New Jersey The Reverend John Henry Livingston, a member of the Livingston family, was chosen head of Queen's College (now Rutgers University) and in 1809 purchased a plot of land nearby Raritan Landing, which would thereafter be known as the Livingston Manor. A Greek Revival mansion built by descendants Robert and Louisa Livingston around 1843 stands on the property and is now known as Livingston Homestead. At the turn of the 20th century, the property was developed as a streetcar suburb, and in 2004 became part of the Livingston Manor Historic District. The house and the district are listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places. See also John Livingstone References Raken.com, Manor Lords CooperativeIndividualism.org, Dutch Patroons External links History of Columbia County, New York Dutchess County, New York Pre-statehood history of New York (state) New Netherland History of the Thirteen Colonies Livingston family residences