8                      THE BEEKMAN FAMILY

land, and came to America about 1674; ^^ ^i^^ i^
1728.
The Rev. John Livingston, father of Robert Livingston
the founder of the distinguished Livingston family in Amer¬
ica, was, according to Charles Haven Hunt in his Life of
Edward Livingston, the son of the Rev. William Livingston
and grandson of the Rev. Alexander Livingston, and great-
grandson of John Livingston, slain in the battle of Pinkie
field m 1547, who was the son of the fifth Lord Livingston,
descended from Sir Alexander Livingston, of Scotland in

1437.

The seventh Lord Livingston was created, in 1600, Earl

of Linlithgow, a title which descended to the fifth Earl,
who m 1713 was made a peer of the United Kingdom.
Two years later, the latter joined the Earl of Mar and the
cause of the first Pretender. He lost his earldom in con¬
sequence and it has not been restored to his descendants.

Robert Livingston married the widow of the Rqy, Nicholas
Van Rensselaer, Alida Schuyler, daughter of PhilipScnuyler.

In 1685 he purchased from the Indians a large tract of
land, below what is now Hudson, N. Y., of about 160,000
acres, extending along the eastern shore of the Hudson
River for about twelve miles. The purchases were con¬
firmed by Governor Dongan on July 22, 1686, and by royal
charter of George I. in 1715. He became known as first
Lord of Livingston Manor. His descendants were dis¬
tinguished in the history of America and as there were many
intermarriages with members of the Beekman family, his
children are for convenience stated here:—

(a)     Colonel John Livingston, bom May 26, 1680;
died about 1720, was twice married but had no
children. He is seldom mentioned in histories of
the Livingston family although he was a distinguished
man and a brave soldier. He fought in the Indian
and Canadian wars. He married first Mary Win-
throp and lived near New London, Conn., and after
her death he married Elizabeth Knight.

(b)    Philip   Livingston,   bom   in   1686;   died   in   1749,