Cornelia Schuyler Livingston

Cornelia Schuyler was born in July 1746. She was the first child born to the marriage of Pieter P. and Geertruy Schuyler. she grew up on Schuyler properties in Albany and at the Flats. However, her father died in 1753 and her mother re-married in 1760. She was left a substntial bequest in the will of her grandmother.

About 1767, she married merchant Walter Livingston following his return from several years in Europe. By 1786, eleven children had been christened at regional churches. Her youngest daughter married steamboat pioneer Robert Fulton.

Cornelia raised her family on Livingston Manor while Walter Livingston served family business interests in New York. Beginning in 1775, he served the American cause in the Commissary Department and afterwards in the New York State Legislature and the Continental Congress. In 1785, he was appointed Commissioner of the United States Treasury. During those years, they probably lived in New York.

Following financial disasters during the early 1790s, these Livingstons retreated to the family estate called "Teviotdale" where Walter Livingston died in 1797.

Cornelia Schuyler Livingston died in 1822. Recent representative "Bob" Livingston is their descendant.

Sources: The life of Cornelia Schuyler Livingston is CAP biography number 1255. This sketch is derived chiefly from family and community-based resources.