Robert Livingston Pell

Robert Livingston Pell (May 8, 1818 – February 11, 1880) was an American landowner and descendant of several prominent colonial families of New York.

[2] His first cousin, Alfred Shipley Pell, was a co-founder of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (known today as AXA) in 1843.

[3] Pell attended school in New York City before entering American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy in 1825.

Also on his farm, they had apple orchards,[5] 50 acres of vineyards (with Isabella grapes), and ten artificial lakes used for breeding fish.

"[6] In June 1904, the Redemptorist Fathers purchased 235 acres from the Pell's estate and built Mount St. Alphonsus Seminary,[7] which they owned until 2012, when it was sold to a Bruderhof Community (who live in nearby Rifton) for $21.5 million.

[4] On February 11, 1880, Pell died at 218 Fifth Avenue, the home of his ninety year old aunt in New York City where he usually spent his winters.