His father expected Peter and his brothers to take their place as his business agents and had them educated accordingly.[4]
Career
In 1761, he was elected to the New York General Assembly, representing the Manor of Livingston. He withdrew from the Assembly in 1768 to make way for his uncle, Philip, but was returned in 1774 and was the last to hold office under manorial rights.[5][6]
On June 6, 1758, Livingston was married to his cousin, Margaret Livingston (1738–1809), in New York City. Margaret was a daughter of Maria (née Kierstede) Livingston and Jacobus "James" Livingston (a son of Robert Livingston the Younger). Together, they were the parents of eleven children, including:[4]
Robert Thong Livingston (1759–1813),[a] who married Margaret Livingston, daughter of John Livingston and Catherine (née de Peyster) Livingston, in 1787.[4]
James Smith Livingston (1769–1837), who married Mary Price.[4]
Moncrieffe Livingston (1770–1853), who married Frances Covert, daughter of Elisha Covert, in 1790. After her death in 1814, he married Catherine Thorn in 1824.[4]
Walter Tryon Livingston (1772–1827), who married Eliza Platner. After her death, he married Elizabeth McKinstry in 1798.[4]
John Lafitte Livingston (1773–1776), who died young.[4]
William Smith Livingston (1779–1795), who died young.[4]
Mary Thong Livingston (1783–1841), who married Alexander Wilson in 1805. After his death three months later, she married George Crawford in 1808.
He died on November 13, 1794, at his home in Livingston. His widow died on July 31, 1809.
Beginning in 1774, Livingston's father built a residence for Peter and his family on 600-acres, known as The Hermitage, in Linlithgo, a hamlet in Livingston, New York.[10] His brother's house, Teviotdale, adjoined The Hermitage to the south. Although he was the eldest son and principal heir of his father, Peter ran up considerable debts during his father's lifetime, and as part of the action taken to curtail his inheritance, his father built him The Hermitage, although the house was put in the name of Peter's eldest son, Robert. Peter's father hoped his son would add a second story but he never did. The house was sold among Livingston family members for many years but wasn't completed until 1939 when "a wing and lifted the roof, adding another story and a half and a portico - a covered porch supported by columns" were added by Ida Helen Ogilvie, founder and former head of Barnard College's Geology department, and her architect, Harold R. Sleeper.[11] Ogilvie died in 1963 and the house remained unused until 1982 when it was purchased by Margaret Rockefeller, wife of David Rockefeller, for $1.5 million. Claiming it was in too poor share to restore, she had the home torn down in 1983.[11]
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↑ Robert Thong Livingston (1759–1813) inherited The Hermitage in 1794 but sold it shortly thereafter to Henry Walter Livingston (his first cousin), to settle his father's debts. In 1800, Robert torn down "Linlithgo" the original manor house at the mouth of Roeliff Jansen Kill built by his ancestor, Robert Livingston the Elder, 1st Lord of the Manor of Livingston.[9]
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