[2][3] Livingston's mother was the only child of his namesake, Pieter Van Brugh (1666–1740), the Mayor of Albany, New York from 1699 to 1700 and from 1721 to 1723.

[5] Livingston's maternal great-grandfather, Johannes Pieterse van Brugh (1624–1697), was one of the early settlers of New Netherland and was prominently connected with the Dutch West India Company.

[7] In 1748, he helped found the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and became one of its original trustees, serving until 1761.

[2] Through his eldest son Philip, he was the grandfather of Van Brugh Livingston (1792–1868), who served as the American Chargé d'affaires (i.e. equivalent of the current U.S.

[14] Livingston's daughter Susan Niemcewicz established a scholarship at the College of New Jersey, named in honor of her father.