Livingston Memorial Church and Burial Ground is a historic Dutch Reformed

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at CR 10 & Wire Road in Linlithgo, Columbia County, New York. It was built in 1870 on the site of the original 1721 church and above the

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burial crypt established in 1727. It is on land provided by

Robert Livingston the Elder The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory ...

(1654-1728) in his will. It is a one-story, rectangular brick structure, 48 feet long and 24 feet wide. It features a square tower added to the building in 1890 and

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arched windows. The burial ground contains 39 stones, with the earliest dating to 1772-1781; burials ceased in 1890. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1985.

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