Maturin Livingston was an American lawyer and politician from New York

New York

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Life

He was the son of Robert James Livingston (1725-1771) and Susanna (Smith) Livingston (1729-1791, daughter of Chief Justice William Smith

William Smith (chief justice)

William Smith was a lawyer, historian, speaker, loyalist, and eventually Chief Justice of the Province of New York from 1763 to 1782 and Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec, later Lower Canada, from 1786 until his death...

). He graduated from the College of New Jersey

Princeton University

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Maturin Livingston married Margaret Lewis (1780-1860), the only daughter and sole heiress of Gov. Morgan Lewis

Morgan Lewis (governor)

Morgan Lewis was an American lawyer, politician and military commander.Of Welsh descent, he was the son of Francis Lewis, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He graduated from Princeton in 1773 and began to study law on the advice of his father...

 (1754-1844) and Gertrude (Livingston) Lewis (1757-1833, sister of Chancellor Robert R. Livingston). The couple had twelve children, and in 1844 inherited Gov. Lewis's stately home Staatsburgh House

Staatsburgh State Historic Site

The Staatsburgh State Historic Site preserves a Beaux-Arts mansion designed by McKim, Mead, and White and the home's surrounding landscape in the hamlet ofStaatsburg, Dutchess County, New York, USA...

 in Staatsburg

Staatsburg, New York

Staatsburg is a hamlet in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 911 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined...

, Dutchess County, New York

Dutchess County, New York

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Maturin Livingston was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1801, and was Recorder of New York City

Recorder of New York City

The Recorder of New York City was a municipal officer of New York City from 1683 until the early 20th century. He was at times a judge of the Court of General Sessions, of the Court of Special Sessions, and the New York Court of Common Pleas; Vice-President of the Board of Supervisors of New York...

 from 1804 to 1806, and from 1807 to 1808. He was First Judge of the Dutchess County Court from 1823 to 1828.

He died at the residence of his son-in-law Maj. Joseph Delafield (1790-1875, brother of Richard Delafield

Richard Delafield

Richard Delafield served as superintendent of the United States Military Academy, was Chief of Engineers, and was a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

) in New York City.

Speaker Peter R. Livingston

Peter R. Livingston

Peter Robert Livingston was an American politician who served as Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York from February to October 1828.-Life:...

was his brother.

Sources

• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 56, 360 and 428; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/genealogy/robert2.htm#gilbert Livingston Family tree
• Genealogy of Chief Justice William Smith by Robert Sewell
• Judge Maturin Livingston at Sewall Genealogy
• JOSEPH DELAFIELD, obit in NYT on February 14, 1875