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This article contains information related to Livingston Manor, the 18th century New York estate. Livingston Manor, New York is a town in Sullivan County. The Livingston Manor Historic District is located in Highland Park, New Jersey.

Livingston Manor was a 160,000 acre (650 km²) tract of land granted to Robert Livingston the Elder through the influence of Governor Thomas Dongan, and confirmed by royal charter of George I of Great Britain in 1715, creating the manor and lordship of Livingston. This tract embraced a large portion of what is now Columbia County. The first division of the estate was made in 1728, when Robert Livingston the Elder stipulated that his son Robert Livingston be granted 13,000 acres (53 km²) from Livingston Manor's southwest corner, a tract which Robert christened Clermont Manor.

In 1790 the remainder of Livingston Manor was divided among the heirs of the last lord of the manor, Robert Livingston, rather than passed down through primogeniture, as Robert disapproved of his eldest son. These four heirs subsequently divided the land among their own families, and the power of the Livingston family was slowly diminished. A portion of the estate is still held by the family.

The town of Livingston, New York occupies part of the original tract. Although an English-deeded tract, some sources list Livingston Manor with the patroonships of New Netherland. 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)1 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 4.160. 2 Edward's "manor" (which was actually only a house) according to a .