52                    THE BEEKMAN FAMILY

tary of State, the position held by his brother Chan¬
cellor Livingston dining the Revolution.    He was
Minister to France.    He married first, on April lo,
1788, Mary McEvers.    He was a graduate of Prince¬
ton College in 1781, when the famous Dr. Witherspoon
was President, and afterwards studied law in Albany
and in New York with James Kent, Aaron Burr, and
Alexander   Hamilton   as   fellow-students   and   was
admitted to practise in 1785.    Hon. Edward Living¬
ston and Mary McEvers his wife had children:
(i)    Charles Edward Livingston, born in 1790.
(ii)    Julia Livingston, bom in 1794.
(iii)    Lewis Livingston, bom in 1798, died in 1822.

After the death of his wife, Mary McEvers, on
March 13, 1801, Edward Livingston married on June
3, 1805, Louise D'Avezac de Castera, sister of Major
D'Avezac who was aide to General Andrew Jack¬
son at the battle of New Orleans, and was after¬
ward appointed by President Jackson charge d'
affaires of the United States at The Hague, Holland.
They had a daughter:
(iv)    Coralie Livingston, married in 1833, Thomas

P. Barton of Philadelphia, Pa., who was charge

d' affaires at Paris, France.