Author: Geoff Benton

Geoff Benton is a historian in upstate New York. He received a master’s degree in American History from SUNY Albany and has been researching the Revolutionary War in the Hudson River Valley for several years. He is a member of the editorial board and a frequent contributor to Columbia County History and Heritage. Benton is currently employed at a New York State Historic Site. In his free time he enjoys visiting museums and historic sites with his wife and young daughter.

People Posted on February 2, 2015August 28, 2016

Henry Beekman Livingston, Black Sheep of the Livingston Clan

Henry Livingston, or Harry as he was more commonly known, was born on November 9, 1750. He was a son of Judge Robert Livingston and his wife Margaret Beekman Livingston. Harry was the namesake of Margaret’s father Colonel Henry Beekman. As a child Henry was prone to uncontrolled fits of rage. As he matured to […]

by Geoff Benton