Maturin Livingston

Maturin Livingston (April 10, 1769 New York City - November 7, 1847 NYC) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Robert James Livingston (1725-1771) and Susanna (Smith) Livingston (1729-1791, daughter of Chief Justice William Smith). He graduated from the College of New Jersey.

Maturin Livingston married Margaret Lewis (1780-1860), the only daughter and sole heiress of Gov. Morgan Lewis (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 in Staatsburg, Dutchess County, New York.

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

Speaker Peter R. Livingston was his brother.

Sources

• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 56, 360 and 428; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• [1] 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

Legal offices
Preceded by John B. Prevost	Recorder of New York City 1804 - 1806	Succeeded by Pierre C. Van Wyck
Preceded by Pierre C. Van Wyck	Recorder of New York City 1807 - 1808	Succeeded by Pierre C. Van Wyck

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Name	Livingston, Maturin
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Date of birth	April 10, 1769
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Date of death	November 7, 1847
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