Tag: Judge Robert R. Livingston
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Lives of Livingston Ladies: Janet Livingston Montgomery
Janet Livingston Montgomery, eldest daughter of Margaret Beekman Livingston and Robert the Judge, is a staple in our Legends by Candlelight tours here at Clermont. Most of that is due to her tragic love story with Richard Montgomery, a soldier in the American Revolution, but there is an element of Janet’s story that reads so…
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Lives of Livingston Ladies: Margaret Beekman Livingston
Margaret Beekman Livingston was born on March 1st, 1724 – meaning Happy Belated 301st, Margaret! After losing her mother at a young age, Margaret’s father, Henry Beekman, sent her to live with an aunt in Brooklyn. The idea of a widower raising a daughter alone was not socially acceptable in the Colonial Era (nor by…
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The Babyfaced 18th Century
What do all these men have in common, except of course being related in one way or another? That’s right. There is not one mustache, beard, goatee, van dyke, soul patch or even a serious pair of sideburns among the lot of them. Throughout most of the 18th century facial hair was almost unheard of. …
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