Philip Livingston (1716-1778)

Name

Philip Livingston (1716-1778)

Identifier

NJS-PER-00016

Given Name

Philip

Family Name

Livingston

Birth Date

15 January 1716

Death Date

12 June 1778

Sex

Male

Description

Philip Livingston (1716-1778) was a charter trustee of Queen's College and a slave trader. He came from a wealthy landowning family in upstate New York and moved to New York City to operate the family's mercantile business, which was started by his father Philip Livingston (1686-1749). He invested heavily in slave-trading voyages to Africa and owned several plantations in the Caribbean as part of a vast international mercantile operation that revolved around the exploitation of Africans. These activities made him one of the richest men in 18th-century New York.

A signer of the Declaration of Independence, he held a variety of government roles representing the state of New York, including member of the Provincial Assembly (1759-1769), and state senator in 1777. He married Christina Ten Broeck in 1740. They had nine children, of whom daughter Sarah (1752-1814) would marry her cousin and future Queen's College President, the Rev. John Henry Livingston, in 1775.

Spouse of

Christina Ten Broeck Livingston

Parent of

Sarah Livingston (1752-1814)

Sibling of

William Livingston (1723-1790)

Organization

Rutgers University

Same As

Philip Livingston (Wikidata)

Philip Livingston (Wikipedia)

LIVINGSTON, Philip 1716 – 1778 (Biographical Directory of the United States Congress)

Source Resource

https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/1233

Source Site

https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home

Occupation

Slave Trade

Banking, Insurance, and Commerce

Landowning

Government

Contributor

Jesse Bayker