The Livingston Family-In the Background of Everything

Livingston is a name mentioned in US history a lot as a side note. 
The family was involved in American politics a lot in the time of the colonies and young America. 
They were a Scottish family that moved to the Netherlands and then to New York in the 1600s.
I’m particularly interested in the family because I am a direct descendant of this family (by 9 generations)
and my maternal grandmother was a Livingston.  

The most important Livingston was Chancellor Robert R. Livingston. 
He was part of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence.
  He started to associate himself with the Anti-Federalists in the 1790’s, which helped him
become the diplomat representing the U.S. in France. He helped secure the
Louisiana Purchase, which was one of the most important U.S. events of the time. 
His statue was placed in the National Statuary in the U.S Capitol as one of the 2 statues from
New York, yet most people have no idea who he is.  

The second most important Livingston was Philip Livingston, who signed the

Declaration of Independence.  He was a delegate to the Continental Congress

and a strong advocate for the Declaration. He was then elected to the New York

state senate but he died suddenly in 1778 before he could do much of anything. 

William Livingston was another member of the family who was involved in early
American politics.  He was a governor of New Jersey and he was
invited to the constitutional convention. He signed the Constitution and
was a supporter of the New Jersey plan.

While the Livingstons weren’t as important as some of the other
Founding Fathers, their contributions were essential to early American government.