Margaret Beekman
(1724-1800)
BIRTH
1724
PLACE
Rhinebeck, Dutchess, Province of New York
DEATH
1800
PLACE
Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Robert Livingston
(1708-1790)
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Margaret Beekman Livingston (1724–1800) managed family property and led the rebuilding of Clermont after its burning in 1777. Widowed in 1775, she returned from refuge in Connecticut and petitioned Governor George Clinton to release skilled tenants from military service for the work. Enslaved people cleared the foundations, and the house was restored by the early 1780s. Her husband was Judge Robert Livingston (1718–1775), distinct from the linked 1708–1790 man.
EARLY LIFE
Margaret Beekman was born 1724. The external genealogical record identifies Henry Beekman and Janet Livingston as the parents. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
No distinct public profession or office for Margaret Beekman is established by the structured external record used for this entry. The surviving information is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independently recorded public career. Margaret Beekman died 1800. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Margaret Beekman died in 1800, in Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States. Margaret Beekman Livingston managed family property and led the rebuilding of Clermont after its burning in 1777. Widowed in 1775, she returned from refuge in Connecticut and petitioned Governor George Clinton to release skilled tenants from military service for the work. Enslaved people cleared the foundations, and the house was restored by the early 1780s. Her husband was Judge Robert Livingston, distinct from the linked 1708–1790 man. 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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