Philip Livingston
BIRTH
Jan 15, 1716
Albany, New York
DEATH
June 12, 1778
York, Pennsylvania
FAMILY
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Livingston, Philip
(1716-1778)
Philip Livingstonwas an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and slave trader from New York City. He represented New York at the October 1774 First Continental Congress, where he favored imposing economic sanctions upon Great Britain as a way of pressuring the British Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts. Livingston was also a delegate to the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence.
BIRTHPLACE:
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Philip Livingston Birthplace Marker
10 N Pearl St, Albany, NY 12207
GRAVE:
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Grave of Philip Livingston
700 N George St, York, PA 17404
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SISTER
Margaret Livingston Jones
WIFE
Christina ten Broeck
(1718-1801)
Margaret Livingston Jones
Catherine Livingston
(1796-1856)
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Independence National Historical Park | 520 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 | MUSEUM | ||
Grave of Philip Livingston | 700 N George St, York, PA 17404 | MARKER | ||
Provincial Courthouse Marker | 1 S George St, York, PA 17401 | MARKER |
DIED:
York, Pennsylvania
Jun 12, 1778
Livingston was born in Albany, New York, on January 15, 1716, the fourth surviving son of Philip Livingston (1686–1749), 2nd Lord of the Manor, and Catherine Van Gogh Livingston, the daughter of New York Mayor Pieter Van Brugh. Along with his brother, William Livingston(1723–1790), he grew up in the Albany area, dividing his time between his father's Albany townhouse and the manor house in Linlithgo, at the junction of the Roeliff Jansen Kill and the Hudson River.
In 1754, Livingston went as a delegate to the Albany Congress. There, he joined delegates from several other colonies to negotiate with Indigenous nations and discuss common plans for dealing with the French and Indian War. Livingston became an active promoter of efforts to raise and fund troops for the war. According to Cynthia A. Kiemer, he owned shares in six privateers, making him one of the colony's leading investors.
He served as a member of the provincial house of representatives from 1763 to 1769 and in 1768 served as speaker. In October 1765, he attended the Stamp Act Congress, which produced the first formal protest to the Crown as a prelude to the American Revolution. He joined New York City's Committee of Correspondence to continue communication with leaders in the other colonies, and New York City's Committee of Sixty. When New York established the New York Provincial Congress in 1775, he was named its president.
He was selected as one of the delegates to the Continental Congress. His brother William, a prominent lawyer in New Jersey, was also a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774 to June 1776. In July 1775, Philip signed the Olive Branch Petition, a final attempt to achieve an understanding with the Crown.