Est. 1603 · Scotland → Hudson Valley → British Columbia
From a Scottish Minister to Signers of the Declaration: 400 Years of American History
Four centuries of one family: manor lords, revolutionaries, chancellors, artists, and stewards of the land.
Start Here
Choose your path into four centuries of Livingston history.
Open the family tree
Move through 10+ generations on an interactive, zoomable tree, and follow the line from 1603 Scotland to today.
ExploreBrowse notable people
Search 279+ family members by name, generation, or role. Read biographies of chancellors, governors, and reformers.
ExploreSee the estates map
Visit the manors, estates, and forests tied to the family, from the Hudson Valley to the Pacific Northwest.
ExploreEssential reading
Main Line of Inheritance
The direct line of descent through ten generations, from a 1603 Scottish minister to a 21st-century conservationist.
Read story ModernEdmund Livingston and the Livingston State Forest
How a tenth-generation descendant turned 320 years of family land into a public trust.
Read story HeraldryThe Livingston Coat of Arms
One name, many shields. The real Si je puis arms of the Lowland Livingstons, and how to tell them from the Highland crest sold by mistake.
Read storyFeatured Places
The estates and properties that shaped the Livingston story.
Callendar, Falkirk
The ancestral Livingston seat in Lowland Scotland — namesake of the family's later Hudson estate.
Scotland · pre-1600Plymouth Colony
Where the family's Mayflower lines (Hopkins, Snow, Rogers) first set foot in America.
Founded 1620Livingston Manor
The 160,000-acre royal patent that anchored the dynasty for three centuries.
Est. 1686Clermont
Hudson River seat of chancellors and statesmen, now a State Historic Site.
Est. 1730sTeviotdale
Georgian brick house built by Walter Livingston, named for the family's Scottish borders.
Est. 1770sOak Hill
Federal-era estate occupied by six consecutive generations of Livingstons.
Est. 1790sThe Hermitage
Country retreat tied to the wider Livingston circle in the Hudson Valley.
Est. 1700sLivingston State Forest
319 acres of former family land, now a public forest with Hudson River views.
Est. 2008Generations
Years
Family Members
Historic Places