Janet Livingston Montgomery
(1743-1828)
BIRTH
1743
PLACE
DEATH
November 6, 1828
PLACE
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Richard Montgomery
(1738-1775)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Janet Livingston Montgomery (1743–1828) married Richard Montgomery in 1773 and was widowed when he died attacking Quebec in 1775. She continued their plans, buying a Hudson River estate in 1802 and building Chateau de Montgomery. She developed a commercial nursery selling seeds and fruit trees, including varieties sent from France by her brother Robert. Enslaved workers helped sustain the estate. She left the property to her brother Edward Livingston.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Janet Livingston’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Janet Livingston is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Janet Livingston died on Nov 6, 1828. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Janet Livingston died on Nov 6, 1828. Janet Livingston Montgomery married Richard Montgomery in 1773 and was widowed when he died attacking Quebec in 1775. She continued their plans, buying a Hudson River estate in 1802 and building Chateau de Montgomery. She developed a commercial nursery selling seeds and fruit trees, including varieties sent from France by her brother Robert. Enslaved workers helped sustain the estate. She left the property to her brother Edward Livingston. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
Clermont Livingston vault, St. Paul's Church
St. Paul's Church, 39 Woods Road, Tivoli, NY 12583, United States
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