Livingston Manor - Livingston Manor, New York

Livingston Manor, New York

Livingston Manor in Sullivan County, New York capitalizes on the Livingston Manor name because Manor family members and descendants had a house there however it was not part of the original manor

The Sullivan County community (which is about 60 miles (97 km) west of the original manor) was part of the Hardenbergh patent in 1716 which included much of the Catskill Mountains.

In 1750 Robert Livingston (1708–1790) bought 95,000 acres (380 km2) in the area shortly after becoming the third (and final) Lord of the Manor of Livingston Manor. Most of the land would be sold or leased by 1780. Robert's third son John Robert Livingston (1775–1851) deeded 8,441 acres (34.16 km2) to his nephew Dr. Edward R. Livingston in 1822 around area then called Purvis, New York.

Edward in 1864 and Purvis was renamed Livingston Manor in 1882. Edward's "manor" (which was actually only a house) according to a sign in the village was on the site of the present village firehouse. however other speculation says the house was on the location of the village Town Hall.

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