Robert Livingston was the third and final Lord of Livingston Manor and a member of the assembly for the manor from 1737 to 1790. He was also U.S. Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1781–1783.
William Livingston was an American politician and lawyer who served as the first governor of New Jersey (1776–1790) during the American Revolutionary War. As a New Jersey representative in the Continental Congress, he signed the Continental Association and the United States Constitution. He is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a Founding Father of New Jersey.
Philip Livingston was an American merchant, slave trader and politician in colonial New York. The son of Robert Livingston the Elder and elder brother of Robert of Clermont, Philip was the second lord of Livingston Manor.
Peter Van Brugh Livingston was a Patriot during the American Revolution who was a wealthy merchant and who served as the 1st New York State Treasurer from 1776 to 1778.
Pieter Van Brugh was the Mayor of Albany, New York from 1699 to 1700 and from 1721 to 1723.
Braxton is a given name of English origin meaning "badger", as well as "Brock's town".
Merchant is a surname of Old French and Gujarati origin, meaning a merchant or trader, and was originally given as an occupational name to a buyer or seller of goods. It is shared by the following people:
Charles Ludlow Livingston was an American politician from New York.
Fillis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Livingston is a surname with several different origins. The name itself originates in Scotland as a habitational name derived from Livingston in Lothian which was originally named in Middle English Levingston. This place name was originally named after a man named Levin who appears in several 12th-century charters. In Ireland, the name was adopted by people bearing the Gaelic surnames Ó Duinnshléibhe and Mac Duinnshléibhe. Livingston can also be an Americanized form of Lowenstein, a Jewish surname.
Hendrick van Rensselaer was director of the Eastern patent of the Rensselaerswyck manor. The estate was composed of land in Columbia County, New York, and land opposite Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, named Greenbush.
Cootes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Brough is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lion as a name may refer to:
Spark is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sarah Van Brugh Livingston Jay was an American socialite and wife of founding father John Jay, in which capacity she was the wife of the President of the Continental Congress, of the Chief Justice of the United States, and First Lady of New York.
Peter Van Brugh Livingston or Van Brugh Livingston was an American diplomat who served as the American Chargé d'affaires to Ecuador from August 12, 1848 until November 12, 1849.
Pecqueur is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Walter Rutherfurd was a Scottish-American soldier and merchant who served as the president of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York.
Arfwedson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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