Life After The War
Livingston had married Elizabeth Simpson, an immigrant from Cork, Ireland living in Montreal, in 1772; they had at least two sons, Edward and Richard Montgomery (named after the general in his memory) and three daughters, Elizabeth, Catharine and Margaret. Elizabeth married a business partner of John Jacob Astor, Peter Smith, and was the mother of the famed abolitionist Gerrit Smith. Margaret married Daniel Cady, and one of their children was Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
After the war, Livingston settled in Saratoga. From 1783 to 1794 he served in the New York State Legislature. He died in Saratoga at age 85 in 1832.
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