James Livingston (American Revolution)
James Livingston was born in New York, but was living in Quebec when the American Revolutionary War broke out. He was responsible for raising and leading the 1st Canadian Regiment of the Continental Army during the invasion of Canada, and continued to serve in the war until 1781. He retired to Saratoga, New York, where he served as a state legislator and raised a family of five children.
James Livingston was born March 27, 1747, to John Livingston and Catherine Ten Broeck, in Albany, New York, where his father was from the locally prominent Livingston family, and his mother was the sister of General Abraham Ten Broeck. By 1765, the family had moved to Montreal.
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