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VOLUME V

LEAVITT 1Jescendants of John Leavitt the Immigrant

through his son, Samuel and Mary Robinson

by

EMILY LEAVITT NOYES

TILTON, N. H. 1956

For sale by the author Price $10.25

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CONCORD, N. H.

EMILY AND HERBERT NOYES

DESCENDANTS OF JOHN LEAVITT THE IMMIGRANT

THROUGH HIS SON, SAMUEL AND MARY ROBINSON

'Preface., I have faithfully copied data, pertaining to Leavitts, for

more than twenty years. I have tried to secure correct dates of family records but finding dissimilarity in the records, errors in census reports, vital statistics, town reports, tombstones, and even family Bibles, it is impossible to secure absolutely authentic data in a work of substantial quantity. I do not claim to be always correct and will gladly correct any errors. I do believe my work to be as correct as is humanly possible from existing sources.

Relatives, a tremendous task is completed more for love of you than for any selfish desire. However, I enjoyed the work immensely. I gained the acquaintance of hundreds of lovely "Leavitts," having corresponded with descendants in all but one state of the Union, and in foreign countries. When I reach Heaven I am sure there will be a host of Leavitts awaiting my arrival.

Please consider this preface a letter direct from me to you, my thousands of relatives! I desire to thank every one who so kindly helped and especially do I thank several who contributed the proceeds of many years' labor. John Shepard Leavitt rendered me incalculable aid. I congratulate him for his correctness of copied data and references. The work of Leora Mae Green (Mrs. George Hildenbrand) was valuable. Runnels' History of Sanbornton, Bell's History of Exeter, Dow's History of Hampton, N. H., and Lincoln's History of Hingham, Massachusetts, are rich in Leavitt genealogy and from these I gathered most of my early data. The latest four generations I received from the living. About fifty years between the early and the late seemed impossible to obtain. Elderly Leavitts wrote me they had sent data to one Joseph Leavitt of Chicago who was writing the genealogy some fifty years earlier. I finally located his manuscripts at the Historical Society of that City. I discovered the author was a close relative, Joseph Parker Leavitt (7), John (1) line, whose father removed from the town of Northfield, N. H. to Gil-

manton and there all records stopped. Unknowingly I was continuing his work, which was cut short by his sudden death in 1883.

To my many relatives in states of Maine and Utah, Greetings! especially Della Marriott and Ann Wight. Thanks for your untiring research. Thanks to many others whose names must be omitted. Thanks to early ancestors for carrying on family names which furnished many a clue! For example: the name of Nehemiah is first used in the family of John (I) and continued in his line to the eighth generation. Thanks to my husband, Herbert M. Noyes, for his patience over a period of years of neglected housework; to my brother, Dr. Alvin B. Leavitt, for his research and financial aid; to Leon Leavitt of N. H. many thanks for his English material, a great addition to my own.

Miss Almira Leavitt wrote me "While I was in England I met some unusual English people who told me the Leavitts were of Derbyshire and were very fine people."

This book is a continuation of Volume one, carrying on the line from John's son, Samuel Leavitt. For John's will see Vol. I.

Also see all the English data I secured back of John Leavitt the immigrant. This data is now quite valuable since the bombing of London. Also source of material, John's arrival and name of ship, Notes on Heraldry, John Leavitt 1608-1691.

A National Society of Leavitt Families in America was organized in June 1934 and meetings are held yearly, the last Saturday in June. All descendants are welcome. If interested write the author.

I fondly dedicate this book to my oldest son, Hilton H. Noyes.

EMILY F. (LEAVITT) NOYES

(Mrs. Herbert M.)

CONTENTS

FIRST GENERATION .............................. .

SECOND GENERATION

THIRD GENERATION ............................. .

FOURTH GENERATION ............................ .

FIFTH GENERATION ............................. .

SIXTH GENERATION

Page

35

61

63 68

80 102

SEVENTH GENERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

EIGHTH GENERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

NINTH GENERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175-182

INDEX OF NAMES OTHER THAN LEAVITTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

The National Association of Leavitt Families was organized June 14, 1934 at Hingham, Mass. through the combined efforts of Emily Leavitt Noyes, the author, Dr. Mary Leavitt of Boston, and John S. Leavitt of Dorchester, Mass. Yearly meetings are held the last Saturday in June; all Leavitt descendants being eligible to join.

Leavitt genealogies previously published by Emily Noyes:

John, Vol. I (out of print) Israel, Vol. II Josiah, Vol. III Thomas, Vol. IV To be published: Nehemiah Vol. VI

ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

dau. for daughter; m. marriage; w. wife; b. born; d. death or died;-*this person is carried further either on this page or in next generation as head of a family; (T & J) a marriage connecting the two Leavitt lines of Thomas and John (1). U. S. Census of 1790 written thus: 1-4-2 means one male more than 16 yrs. old, 4 males less than 16, and 2 females of any age including the mother all by same name. J. P. L. refers to the mss. by Joseph Leavitt of Chicago. N. H. P. P. mean the New Hampshire Provincial Papers which are found in all N. H. Libraries in printed form, copied from town records. P r•s mean Probate records. HSame as above" means the line of ancestors run the same from the last name and number given. Names of heads of families are alphabetically arranged in each generation, but only by first letter of the Christian name.

Foreword (Source of Leavitt data.) Several have written short Leavitt

genealogies. A booklet by James Torrey of Lewiston, Maine, 1853 gives names of descendants of Jacob of Pembroke, Mass. and Turner, Maine, without dates. "The Leavitt Family in America" by Jane Eldridge: Utah families are very well done but the eastern material contains many errors. In the work of Joseph P. of Chicago three Leavitts who had secured many data passed it on to him. Thomas Hooker Leavitt (6) J. (1) line describes his work thus: "A family record which I had commenced in 1849 was in 1871 placed in the hands of Joseph Leavitt and with intense interest and at a great cost of time and labor was continued by him to about the time of his death. * * * * The story has been handed down that they came from England on the Mayflower, which had brought to Plymouth the Pilgrim Fathers eight years earlier." (This seems to confirm statements made by authors of early histories that John arrived in 1628, also to confirm the family tradition often repeated that he arrived in this ship.) "They were grandsons of William of Tittleworth, County of Essex, on the coast of England." (If he refers to Thomas and John, and if it be true, John and Thomas were own cousins, but I very much doubt it.) "It is supposed that the Leavitts came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066, for in a church in Normandy several Leavitts are said to be listed as having gone to England with William. The little farm is on Leavitt Street on the edge of Hingham, Mass. The original house is not standing but the farm house now standing is over 200 years old."

(This was written between 1849 and 1871 therefore would make the John Leavitt homestead built before his death. However, descendants at Hingham believe the frame house now standing on Leavitt Street was built in 1712 by two of his grandsons; others say two of his sons built it.)

"John was chosen to seat the people in the meeting house. The Elders and Deacons sat in pews facing the congregation. Men and women sat apart. In 1681 John was taxed seven lbs. 13 shillings and 4 pence for the new meeting house which is still standing at Hingham, Mass., the oldest Pro-

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testant meeting house in the United States. It is called the 'Ship Meeting House,' and has been used by the Unitarians for about 100 years. On Jan. 10th, 1669 town lands were put into 700 shares, of which John received 14½ shares. 'Signed Thomas Hooker Leavitt.' " See New Eng. Genealogical Society, at Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass. mss. by William Hunt Leavitt, January 1900, who was a relative of Thomas Hooker Leavitt. His records differ from those of his relative. "At Dime, on the coast of France, in an old church is recorded the list of names of those crossing to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 and among these names appears the name of Leavitt. Motto of Crest: 'Mens Consia Recti' meaning a mind capable of concentration.''

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR

In Jan. 1934 issue of the D. A. R. magazine pp. 18 to 25 is a very interesting story bf William and his followers, giving a partial list of Americans who descend from him or his followers who were made knights by him.

A picture of the tablet which hangs in Battle Abbey is sliown on p. 21, and carries the names of his companions who were mostly noblemen of Normandy, France, and whom he honored, after his conquest, with knighthood. The name "Lovet" appears in the fourth column, fourth place from bottom line.

Also in this June issue pp. 329-34 "William surnames England" is a most interesting article on William and his band of Conquerors.

A picture of Norman Castle, Falaise, birthplace of William is shown. Also pictures of William and his queen, Matilda.

Among the American and English names who have proven their descent from this band are: M. W. L. S. Lovett Cameron, descended from "Guillaume" (William) Louvet. From same ancestor Canon John Percival Lovett, also M. W. L. S. Lovett Clarendon, also the Rt. Hon. Neville Lovett, and Sir H. Verney Lovett, K. C. S. L. The name John Percival

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Lovett may be of same line as ancestors of John of Hingham, Mass. whose father's name was Percival.

LEAVITTS OF ENGLAND

Among the early New England Leavitts the explorer, Capt. Christopher Leavitt, whose life has been so ably written by Hon. James P. Baxter, for the Georges Society of Maine, comes first. He bore the same arms as the Melton Levetts and the visitation of Dorset in 1623 gives his pedigree. (2 Miscellanea Genealogica of Heraldica, vol. 2 p. 354.) There may have been a connection between the two families but Christopher was descended from the Levetts from Bolton Percy, and not from the Melton Levetts. (Christopher was Uncle to John ( 1) of America.)

The pedigree in the Visitations of Dorset begin with " ... Levett of Harbord, Co. York" who had three sons, Richard, William, and Percival. This undoubtedly means Harewood, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. William Levett, of Harewood, d. in 1569. A Chancery proceedings was begun by his oldest son, Mathew, in 1570. "Levett v. Levett, Series 2, Bundle 116, No. 40." It recites that by his second wife, William Levett, of Harewood left four sons, Richard, William, Percival, and Charles. These undoubtedly the sons of above mentioned "Levett of Harbord." Percival was the godson and cousin of Francis of Bolton Percy, mentioned in his will of 1614-15,

William of Harewood was probably * * the son of William mentioned in the will of his father, Richard, of Bolton Percy, in 1567. This establishes the following pedigree. (See English families Page 15).

The ship "Yorke Bonaventure" in 1623, Capt. Christopher Levett, Master, brought a party of colonists to Casco Bay, Maine. 1630 Ship "Lyon," Christopher Levett is in list of passengers as "transcient." "Planters of the Commonwealth" by C. E. Banks.

**(There was also a branch of the Levetts at Holme and Lund, in the East Riding, in which Mathew and William were family names. It may be that William, of Harewood, came from this line, but their wills do nort indicate this, and the mention of a godson Percival Levett in the will of Francis Levett seems to connect the line of Christopher, with the Bolton Percy family.)

(English notes of London)


Captain Christopher Leavitt, and Robert Gorges, son of Sir Ferdinando, appointed Governor General, were sent to New England in 1623 by the King of England. They started settlements at various places on the coast of Massachusetts, N. H., and Maine, but were obstinately resisted by the sturdy fishermen along the coast, and they all returned to England in the spring of 1624.

N. H. P. P. Vol. I p. 52-53-54-55. LEVETT's VoYAGE. By Hon. S. D. Bell of Exeter. A voyage into New England begun in 1623 and ended in 1624; performed by Christopher Levett, His Majesty's Woodward, of Somersetshire, and one of the Council of New-England. This report was printed by Me. Hist. Soc. II, p. 73, a copy of the original report of Christopher Levett which was printed in 1628.

"To the Right Honorable George, Duke of Buck,ingham; His Grace, Thomas, Earl of Arundel and Surrey; Robert, Earl of Warwick; John, Earl of Holderness; and the rest of the Council for New-England.

"May it please your Lordships that whereas you granted your commission unto Capt. Robert Gorges, Governor of New-England, Capt. Francis West, myself, and the Governor of New Plymouth, as counsellors with him for the ordering and governing of all the said territories, wherein we have been diligent to the utmost of our powers, as we shall be ready to render an account unto your honors when you shall be pleased to require us thereunto. In the meantime I thought it my duty to present to your views such observations as I have taken, &c.

CHAPTER I. "The first place I set my foot upon in NewEngland was the Isle of Shoals, being islands in the sea about two leagues from the main. Upof?- these islands I neither could see one good timber tree, nor so much good ground as to make a garden. The next place I came unto, was Pannaway, where one M. Thomson hath made plantation. There I stayed about one month, in which time I sent for my men from the east, who came over in divers ships. At this place I met with the governor who came thither in a bark which he

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had from one M. Weston, about twenty days before I arrived in the land.

"The Governor then told me that I was joined with him in commission as counsellor, which, being read, I found it was so. And then he, in the presence of three more of the council, administered unto me an oath.

"In the time I stayed with M. Thomson I surveyed as much as possible I could, the weather being unseasonable, and very much snow. About two English miles further to the east I found a great river and a good harbor, called Pascattaway," &c.

Capt. Levett's account is sustained by Gov. Bradford. See Morton N. E. Memorial. Or see N. H. P. P. vol. I, p. 53. See Appendix of vol. 25, ps. 667-668-669, give full record of Captain Levett's visit to Mr. Thomson. "Levett's design was to establish a city at some eligible spot along the New England coast, to be named York after the Metropolitan city in England, and to found there, in all pomp and circumstance, a full prelatical establishment over all New England .. Capt. Levett was an officer in the royal navy, high in favor at court, and of much distinction in the old country. He stayed at Pannaway about a month during the early spring of 1624, awaiting the arrival of his men, to begin his search along the coast for some suitable site for his projected city.

"While Levett still remained at Pannaway, Governor Robert Gorges arrived there with a considerable company. Robert Gorges was son of Sir Ferdinando Gorges and 'like his father' of an active, enterprising, genius, and had newly returned from the Venetian war. He came out with a commission under the Great Seal, appointing him 'Lieutenant General' and Governor of New England, and designating Capt. Christopher Levett, * * * as one of his council. It was at Pannaway that the ceremony of installing Levett into this high office was performed by Gov. Gorges, assisted by three others of his Council, and in the presence of all the people, no doubt, then at the plantation. We may be sure that this ceremony, to which it was desirable to give as much distinction and publicity as possible, was performed in a


most imposing manner on that great and stirring day in the annals of Pannaway." (Much is given in this vol. about early settling of N. H.). The History of Boothbay, Me. states that Capt. Christopher Leavitt had 6000 acres of land there. "Portland By The Sea" by Moulton, 1926 p. 27 shows a picture of Capt. Levett steering his shallop into Diamond River 1623.

In Hist. of Hudson, N. H. Sagamore Indians: "Passacounaway, chief of the Penacooks, a man of mark in his time." ****First heard of this chief was in 1627-28, and it is possible that he was met by Christopher Levett in the neighborhood of Pascataqua in 1623.

After the first voyage of Capt. Christopher Levett to New England, along the Maine coast, he became dissatisfied with the glowing reports of former explorers and wrote home: "Nor will the deare come when they are called, or stand still and looke on a man, until he shoot him, not knowing a man from a beast, nor the fish leape into the kettle." (See "The Real Founders of New Eng." by Bolton 1929. Levett's signature on p. 68. Very interesting article about Christopher). From Maine Early History notes: "Christopher Levett came to Yorke, Maine, in 1623 to found an Episcopal See. He intended to name the place Yorke. After building the first house at Casco Bay, Me. he returned to England for his family. No doubt something prevented him from a second voyage until 1629, when he gave deed of his property to a man named Cleaves."

John of Hingham, being his nephew and a run-a-way, possibly Christopher had a secret ambition in his voyage of 1629. However both are mentioned as having gone aboard the ship, Arabella, to greet Governor Winthrop in 1630.

Mary E. Leavitt of N. H. tells of a family tradition (which has often been repeated by other branches) that John descended from Lord Lovett of Scotland, but the theory was later disproved.

N. H. Hist. Rms. a booklet by Victor Sanborn, a Leavitt descendant: "Leavitts of England." Mr. Sheldon Leavitt, Jr. has had a search made at the College of Arms, the results of

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which he had allowed me to peruse. It appears that there are about five Levett families among English Armorial families: (1) Levetts of Normanton and Melton. (2) The family of Christopher Levett. (3) The Levetts of Straffordshire, descended from William Levett of Savernake, Wilts, through Sir Richard Levitt, Lord Mayor of London in 1707. (4) The Levetts of Sussex. (5) The Levetts of Chester.

Early Leavitts who visited America but may have returned to England: In deeds of Boston vol. 5, p. 47: William Levet, a merchant of sugar, July 1666. A Roger Leavitt is said to have lived at Boston, Mass. as early as 1700. He owned a ship and brought silks from Paris to Boston. His ship was lost and all his goods at sea. He lived here until 1720 married and had a son.

Vital r-s of Boston: George Levit of Great Britain md. to Annie Paden in America 3 Dec. I 720. Boston r-s vol. 28, Roxbury, Mass. Daniel Levitt, and James Levit both of Roxbury took oath of allegiance 21 Apr. 1679. (None of these seem to fit into lines of Thomas or John).

NOTES FROM N. H. STATE LIBRARY HISTORIES

"Levetts had lived at Normanton for many centuries. In the church is a tomb erected to Elizabeth Levett, founder of the girls' school here. A branch of this family settled at Melton and here was found in the old church, founded by Henry I, a stained window bearing the Levett coat of arms. At Melbourne House in Derbyshire a numoer of letters written by Christopher Levett to Sec. Coke, were found, which told of the life and doings of Christopher.

"When John Winthrop landed at Salem, Mass. 1630 he was met by Gov. John Endicott, and Christopher Levett, who went aboard his ship to welcome him. When he died at sea his wife, Frances, was administrator of his effects which were brought back by the ship in which he sailed.

"The Levetts favored letters and Christopher wrote two books and 'his son,' Jeremy (really his sister Mercy's son), graduated at Cambridge and became a preacher. His nephew,


John, was an author. (This may mean nephew of Jeremy. Unless records are in error his only nephew was John (1) of Hingham, Mass. U.S. A. who was not an author)."

"In the section where Christopher lived was an Inn called the Levett Inn. He lived at Sherborne, Dorsetshire, 1618 and was employed in the Royal Forests. His wife, Frances Lottisham, was dau. of Oliver. The council for New England voted to grant Christopher 6000 acres of land to be chosen by himself in the new world. He intended to build a city on his land and call it York after his native city. In 1605 King James granted a patent to William Levett, the uncle of Christopher, to collect tolls at the St. Mary's and the Friars bridges. But for some reason the patent was not used until 1618 when Levett began to enforce his rights. William continued to collect tolls until 1628. Christopher wrote a book, 'A Voyage to New England' and he was the first Englishman to own soil where now stands the city of Portland, Me. The present Co. of York, Me. may have been named by him."

The Parish church at Shere, Co. Surrey, Eng. has many dates of burials and marriages.

RECORDS FROM LONDON, ENGLAND 1547-1603

Transcript of earliest Register of Births of Shere, Eng. l;>y order of the Convocation of Province of Canterbury. p. 166, 5th Edition. Part 2, Misscellanea Genealogia, John Levets was christened the 4th day of Sept. in the year 1547, his father Henry, his mother Alice." 1554 Apr. 24 John Levet, son of Henry and Joan 1562 Mch. 14 Margaret, dau. of Oliver and Joan 1565 June 20 Susan, dau. of Oliver and Joan 1570 Mch. 5 John Levet, son of Oliver and Joan 1566 July 17 Anne Levet, dau. of Henry and Amy 1567 June 26 Robert Levet, son of Henry and Amy 1585 Aug. 15 John Levet, son of John 1586 Dec. 18 Alice, dau. of Edward 1587 Feb. 16 Thomas, son of John 1589 Jan. 11 Robert, son of John 1590 May 23 Elizabeth, dau. of Edward 1592 Nov. 19 Sara, dau. of Edward

MARRIAGE RECORDS OF SHERE, SURREY CO. ENG.

1552 June 8 Henry Levet to Joan Eggar 1552 Aug. 10 Oliver to Joan Symons 1581 Oct. 18 Henry to Amye Worham 1584 Oct. 25 John to Dorothy Boulton 1585 Jan. 23 Edward to Elizabeth Stone 1593 Oct. I Oliver White to Elizabeth Levit, widow 1592 June 20 Robert Brooks to Margaret Levit

RECORDS AT PARISH CHURCH AT SHERE, SURREY CO. ENGLAND, OF BURIALS FROM 1547 TO 1603

1554 June I John Levet 1554 July 8 Alice Levet 1560 Jan. 24 John Levet 1567 Feb. 5 Robert Levet 1570 Nov. 26 John Levet 1581 Dec. 1 Oliver Levet 1584 Mch. 12 Amy, wife of Henry Levet 1589 Mch. 8 John Levet 1592 Dec. 6 Edward Levet 1597 July 6 Henry Levet 1600 Apr. 15 Alice, dau. of Edward Levet

"Subsidy roll for York and Ainstry, made the 2nd day of the XV year of the reign of Henry VIII yr. of 1485."

Robert and John Levett were taxed in Bolton Percy as-

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sessed in goods 10 lbs. "This roll gives all names of all persons dwelling within the Co. with the assessed sums due his Grace, the King."

Going further into ancient history see Domesday Book which is a remarkable record made during the yr. of 1085. There are Leavitts mentioned.

( 1) John Levett of Bolton Percy, whose will was proved 1526 (York wills, vol. 9, fo. 364) m. Agnes ........ .

CHILDREN OF JOHN AND AGNES ( ) LEVETT William (his will of 1546 mentions sons, Guy, Francis, and John);

John (a clerk under 23 in 1526, admon. in 1575); Robert; Richard (executor of his father's will); Isabel m. Kendall; Alison m. Pickering.)

Richard Levett (2), John (1) of Appleton, in Bolton Percy, whose will was proved 1567. (York wills, vol. 17, fo. 7 59) m. 1st Ellen. . . . . . . . . m. 2nd Constance ........ .

CHILDREN OF RICHARD AND ELLEN (?) LEVETT Henry of Appleton, will proved 1597, William; Katherine; Isabel;

Robert; James; Ellen.

CHILDREN OF RICHARD AND CONST ANGE (?) LEVETT Thomas, Margaret.

William Levett (3), Richard (2), John (1), b. d. m. 1st Anne ......... m. 2nd Joan Ynglande, Adman. 6 July 1569. (Dean and Chapter Vacancy Act. Book 1568-70, fo. 165.)

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND ANNE (?) LEVETT Mathew, Elizabeth m. William Nawte. Anne m. John Wardman.

Katherine m. Otto Wardman.

CHILDREN OF WILUAM AND JOAN (YNGLANDE) LEVETT *Richard and William, Twins, b. 1550. Richard, Mayor of Doncaster.

His will proved 1618 mentions only one son, William. William m. Elizabeth (?). No further record of William. *Percival b. 1552, d. 1625 at York, m. Elizabeth Rotherforth. Charles probably of Scaryingham, whom. Grace Ampleforth. Joan m. Thomas Usher.

CHART MADE CAREFULLY FROM FREEMAN OF YORK REGISTER, ENGLAND

Richard Levett (4), son of William (3), Richard (2), John (1) b. 1550, d. 1618, m. Elizabeth ......... He was Mayor of Doncaster.

LONDON RECORDS

CHILDREN OF RICHARD AND ELIZABETH ( *William b. d. m.

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LEVETT

Percival Levett (4), son of William (3) same as above: b. 1552, d. 1625, m. Elizabeth Rotherforth. Dau. of and heiress of Alexander Rotherford. Percival was buried at St. Martin, Micklegate, 13 Feb. l"2G: He was sheriff of York 1587, 1597. Innkeeper at York, 1581, and a freeman same year.

CHILDREN OF PERCIVAL AND ELIZABETH (ROTHERFOR TH) LEVETT

Mary b. 1575, d. m. John Smith of Cottingham, Co. York. Grace b. 1577, d. m. Will Todd of York. Ann b. 1578, d. m. 1st, Christopher Topin, Alderman of York, in 1623, m. 2nd, 1627, Joseph Micklethwaite. *Mercy b. 1579, d. m. Robert Moore, famous rector of Guisley, York. *Percival b. 1580, d. m. (unknown). Rutherforth b. 1582; d. 1584. *Christopher b. 1583 (bpt. 5 Apr. 1586.) d. 1630-1, m. Frances Lottesham.

NoTE: See Maine Col. by Hist. Society, series 2, vol. 4. Contains much about Christopher Leavitt and family. This record states he md. 1st Mercy Moore and gives his sister, Mercy's children as those of Christopher's first wife. Mercy Moore was his sister not his wife according to re-s in London, Eng. "His family were of Normanton, Yorkshire, in the reign of Henry VII."

Mercy Levett (5) dau. of Percival (4), Wm. (3), Richard (2), John (1), b. 1579, d. m. Robert Moore, famous

rector of Guisley, York, 1608.

CHILDREN OF MERCY (LEVETT) AND ROBERT MOORE Sarah b. 1610, m. Robert Hitch. Rebecca b. 1612, d. young. Mary b.

1613, d. 1644 unm. (Her will proved 1644-45 mentions her kindred. York wills). Jeremiah b. 1614, d. m. Edith ......... She d. 1650. He was rector of Leighton, Essex.

Chri~topher Levett (5) same as above: b. 1583, d. 1631, m. Frances Lottesham, dau. of Oliver, of Farington, Co. Somerset. "Christopher Levett of Sherborne, Dorset Co., one of His Majesty's Ship Captains, explored the coast of New England 1623." When he returned to England he wrote a book on trees of New England. (See notes elsewhere in this book.) He returned again in 1630 to N. Eng. in ship Porcupine and died at sea 1631. Data concerning his last voyage to proceedings begun 1631 by his wife against Thomas Wright and Robert Caygh, of Bristol owners of ship Porcupine. Gives in detail sailing agreements and mentions 6000 acres of land to Levett.


CHILDREN OF CHRISTOPHER AND FRANCES (LOTTE. SHAM) LEVETT

Timothy b. 1617, d. m. Florence ......... and had issue: Mary and Joan. He was of West Lyford, Somerst. Elizabeth b. 1619, d. unm.

Percival Levett (5), son of Percival (4), Wm. (3), Richard (2), John (1), b. 1580. d. m. He was of Beverly; Merchant of York, and a freeman in 1611. Many of the names of this family are carried on in the American families of John, all but three in his immediate family and they appear in the next generation, also the names Jeremiah and Timothy appear in both the English and American families of this branch. The registers of England were thoroughly combed for John's ancestors and the following is the only family which seems probable.

CHILDREN OF PERCIVAL AND LEVETT *John b. 1608, d. Nov. 1691 in America, m. 1st, Mary Lovit, m. 2nd,

Sarah Gilman. Joseph b. 1609. Sarah b. 1611. Elizabeth b. 1612. Ben• jamin b. 1614. Samuel b. 1615. Abigail b. 1616. Mary b. 1617. Martha b. 1620. (While there is no positive proof John (1) is of this family, many facts appear to make a doubt seem more unreasonable than fair. Birth of above John is exactly the same as John (1). d. I took from John (l)'s tombstone). ·

William Levett (5) son of Richard (4), William (3), Richard (2), John (1), b. abt. 1575-80. d. m. (He may be the William who md. Elizabeth Weston).

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND LEVETT Elizabeth, Robert, John, Ursula. (Copied from Herald's visitation for 1623. Copied by D. Dudley,

1850, British Museum). (This William may be the twin to Richard. See William (3). b

1550.) William Levett ( ), son of b. d. m. Margaret Spencer.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND MARGARET (SPENCER) LEVETT

Anthony (Living 1623). *Arthur m. Mary Hall. Arthur Levett ( ) son of William ( ), b. d. m. Mary Hall, dau. of John of Petworth. Arthur was of Tittleworth, Co. Sussex.

CHILDREN OF ARTHUR AND MARY (HALL) LEVETT William, Arthur, John, Frances, May.

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(The following record must fit into the other Levett records but I have no proof where. This line carried the coat of arms of John and Thomas of America. He may be William (5) son of Richard see herein).

Family crest of William Levett of Warbleton, Co. of Sussex, England.

William (1) above had son John (2) of Salehurst, Co. of Sussex. m. Elizabeth Weston of Lyghe, Kent. They had a son: William (3), of Warbleton, Co. of Sussex, m. Katherine Bishop, co-heiress and dau. of William, Hastings, Co. of Sussex, Kent. They had a son; William Levett (4) of Salehurst, Co. of Sussex. m. Elizabeth Kilbourne, dau. of Richard of Hawkhurst, Co. of Sussex, Kent. They had a son, Charles Levett (5) their son and heir. He was living 1663.


HERALDRY

The "Lion" ranks first among animals employed in heraldry and is supposed to symbolize nobleness of nature, courage, and generosity.

The Latin motto of the Levett Coat of Arms bearing the "Lion" "Mens Conscia Recti" one record describes its meaning: "The mind conscious of right laughs at the calumnies of evil men." Another record states: "A mind capable of concentration."

From book of Heraldry Nov. 1817: "Salhurst in Sussex. Levitt arms; Semee of Cross, crosslets, fitches, a lion sable, of holding a cross, crosslet fitches of the first. Granted 1 Dec. 1607."

Heraldry dates from the Crusades, and was changed to the present system by the French. In early days ignorance of written words made it necessary to use the coat of arms on deeds, wills, and other public papers.

Abuses in use of coats of arms in early part of sixteenth century made necessary to the Herald's visitations, the reason of which was to control, confirm, and record such bearings as were in use lawfully. Those who can deduce descent from an ancestor whose coat of arms have been acknowledged by such a visitation are entitled to carry same by right of inheritance.

Today an instinctive sense of reverence for our forefathers impels most of us to a fuller knowledge of our family history. Its use is a faithful chronicler in shorthand of the pedigrees of our gentle families and is becoming in modern times more appreciated. One eminent authority remarked that a man who is not proud of his ancestry will never leave anything for which his posterity may be proud of him. Honors of heraldry have been almost exclusively rewards of genius, valor, patriotism, or industry. They should be continued in use by descendants of those who bore them, and to impart to the names an additional lustre to which new generations can point with pride. To be authentic coats of

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arms should be painted in their true colors and done with utmost care and precision.

The crowned lion and fleur de lis are strictly French.

"MEN KHEPER RA" (Royal Scarab)

"Pronomen of Thothmes III who reigned 1577 B. C. or 54 yrs. in all, followed by his son, Amenhotep II.

"The Scarab was a sacred object, not a trivial thing. The most recent scarab that we may pick up is, however, more than 2000 yrs. old; and then we may find other scarabs of the early pyramid builders of 6000 yrs. ago. Therefore any scarab we now find may thus become a portable historical document or record of the past of a people who possessed a literature 5000, or according to Prof. Petrie, 7000 yrs. old.

"About the time scarabs lost their religious aspect, or went out of fashion, money came into use in Egypt - that is, after the Persian period, 500 B. C. and almost ceased to exist. As long as the old Egyptian faith existed the figure of scarabeus was considered by its votaries as the sign of their religion, rnuch in the way the cross became the symbol of Christianity.

"Relative to the scroll or ornament borders used on so many scarabs, it is much more likely that these involved scrolls or twists were a secret form of religious symbols a sacred writing whose clue is lost, but may one day be rediscovered. These scarab scrolls were worn during life and buried with their owners, male and female, as precious relics to be used again in that future state of existence to which all ancient Egyptians believed they had a surety.

"Scarabs were not cut or used during the Hyksos period, extending from 2266 B. C. to 1700 B. C. or while Egypt was under control of those hordes not Egyptian by birth." (By Chas. Mauer).

Possibly the scroll beneath the crest of English or French coats of arms might have a similar meaning. (A scarab was a bug in form of a broach).

JOHN'S ARRIVAL, NAME OF SHIP

John Leavitt of Hingham, Massachusetts, was certainly the first by this name to settle in America and to bequeath American soil to his progeny.

Authors disagree as to the time of his arrival and name of the ship he sailed on. Names of four different ships are given by as many authors. "The Colonial Ancestors" states: "John Leavitt of Hingham, arrived in the ship "The Dilligent" in 1634. This is disproved since his name does not appear in the list of passengers." * Also from the fact that he boarded the ship Arbella on which Gov. Winthrop arrived in 1630, to greet him. "Winthrop Fleet" by Banks, pub. by Houghton & Mifflin 1930: "They landed 8 Apr. 1630." A partial list of its passengers given but no Leavitt.

Among items of food supply on this ship: "42 'tuns'" of beer (10,000 gals.); 14 tuns drinking water; two hogsheads of "syder;" 600 lbs. of "Hadlidyne" (salt cod); 20,000 biscuits; 40 bu. dried peas; 1 ½ bu. mustard seed. They caught a supply of fresh fish on Grand Banks. No lights for passengers, to bed at sunset. 4 "lanthornes, six doz. candles for crew."

Several early authors believe he sailed on the "Mary & John" 20 Mar. 1630 for Massachusetts Bay Colony, this ship owned by Roger Ludlow. The passengers settled at Dorchester Neck, Rev. John White of Dorchester, Eng. as sponsor. 150 persons from Dorset, Somerset, and Devon. Nearly a complete list of its passengers are given but no Leavitt.

"Members of the First Church of Dorchester came in this ship 1629-30. They embarked from Plymouth, Eng. and were gathered" (see above).

"Saco Valley Settlements and Families" states: "John Leavitt arrived with the Pilgrims 1620." He was then aged twelve. In the "History of Ancient Woodbury, Conn." "John Leavitt came to New England and Settled in Dorchester in 1628." This is without doubt the truth. No doubt given to

*(See N. Eng. Historical r-s of 1852).

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the author of above book by the early descendants of John, who settled early in this part of Conn.

The Dudley Genealogy states: "John ran away from an apprenticeship at age of 19." This is generally understood by all early authors and by family tradition. It is also reasonable to believe he would be under the age of 21 if still an apprentice. Being born 1608 he would have been of age in 1629, thus the date of 1628 is without doubt the year John Leavitt arrived in America. To explain: Boys were bound or articled by indenture to serve a certain number of years to learn a trade and were usually freed when they became of age (then 21).

Such boys might not be at liberty to sail away prior to their. 21st birthday. If they did the Captain and boy must keep the secret, so would not be found on the passenger list. Early ships' records were very poorly kept. Many of them have never been published. Most of them now available come from persons looking up data of English-American ancestors. The theory that John was born in Scotland no doubt springs from the Dudley Genealogy.

The "History of Turner, Maine," carries a sketch written by the great-grand-daughter of Jacob Leavitt (5), Caroline W. D. Rich. "I find by records of Washington, D. C., Pembroke, Mass.; (from whence Jacob emigrated) Hingham, Dorchester, Plymouth, and Boston, Mass. we trace the line of John Leavitt back to Teutons of England and find that Sire John came to New England in 1628, from Kent." She gave no references for the latter statement.

"History of Rockingham Co. N. H." states: "His master came from England and took away his little property in Dorchester so Deacon John went to Hampton and Exeter, N. H. for a time." This statement has possibilities. He may have visited his relative, Thomas of Hampton, and it may be the reason of his five sons settling in and near Exeter. It may be where he found his first wife supposed to be a Mary "Lovett." Thomas used this spelling, and Mary may have been his sister.


"History of Whatcom Co. Wash." states: "Descendants of the emigrant, John Leavitt, claim he came to America in the Mayflower." Various branches of the Leavitt lines carry this same tradition. Naturally this tradition gave the impression he came with the Pilgrims in 1620. (See data by John H. Leavitt). John H. was b. 1824 and his father in 1785, the latter a prominent attorney, Hooker Leavitt (5), son of Rev. Jonathan, the famous preacher. This was a very intelligent branch of the John line and no doubt had the correct name of the ship their ancestor arrived on. Hooker's grandfather was living before the death of John (1) so by word of mouth probably received the story from John himself. Thus the story traveled but a short way to reach the writer born in 1824. This is the earliest record found as to name of the ship and date that John arrived. This ship made several trips to America after 1620.

The Dudley Genealogy traces the Leavitts back to the Norman Conquest. The first printed notice of John appears in a book, "Early Dorchester:" "John Leavitt's name first appears in Mattapan year of 1630." Charles Mauer found his name recorded at Hingham as early as 1634 so it seems he must have lost his estate at Dorchester that year, and also that he did not stay long at Hampton and Exeter. From New England Genealogical and Antiquarian Register p. 389: Old Dorchester, Mass. "Few except students in the History of N. E. are aware, probably, that Dorchester was settled before Boston, or even Charlestown.** When many most Godly & Religious people, in ye reign of King Charles ye first, did under ye incouragement of a Charter granted by ye Sd. King Charles, A. D., 1628, Remoue themselves & their Families into ye Colony of ye Mass. Bay in New England. Then it was that the first inhabitants of Dorchester came ouer, & were ye first Company or church Society that arrived here, next ye Town of Salem who was one year before them." Probably John Leavitt was among these. It is the only record the author found of a ship's arrival in 1628.

"In the year 1629, Divers Godly Persons in Devonshire, Somersetshire, Dorcetshire & other places proposed a Re-

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moue to N. England, among whom were two Famous ministers, viz: Mr. John Maverick (who I suppose was somewhat advanced in age) & Mr. John Wareham (I suppose a younger man) then a preacher in the city of Exon, or Exeter, in ye County of Devon etc. - They set sail from Plymouth ye 20th March 1629-30, in a large ship of 400 Tons, one Capt. Squeb master, & arrived at Nantasket (now Hull) ye 30th May 1630. etc-

"They began their settlement here at Mattapan ye beginning of June, as I suppose or thereabouts, A. D. 1630 & changed ye name into Dorchester. Our people were settled here a Month or two before Gov. Winthrop & ye ships that came with him arrived at Charlestown, so that Dorchester Plantation was settled next to ye Town of Salem, being before Charlestown or Boston. The Indians here were kind to our people."

HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT

Genealogy is a most democratic study but pride of ancestry has little to commend it. Knowledge of one's ancestors is most desirable only to enable us to emulate and retain their virtues, and to discard their defects and imperfections. Hereditary influences are ever operating; environment may modify them, for better or worse, but cannot wholly eradicate them from our human natures. The blood of our ancestors flows in our veins; to understand ourselves we must understand them; who they were and what they were.

A goodly number of American Leavitts chose the study of the human body, or that other great profession, the study of the soul. It leads one to believe he inherits a tendency towards the vocation of his ancestors as well as family resemblance and physique. Although John and Thomas (the two first American Leavitts) had a common ancestor (they carried the same coat of arms and only direct descendants inherit them) their progeny chose very different professions. Environment no doubt shaped their lives to a certain degree, but heredity surely played its part in their choice of professions.


The introduction of new blood by marriage would in time change the Leavitt blood somewhat but it is amazing to note how many generations resemble each other. Many such appear in the photographs received by the author. There are two distinct types that foliow the line of John regularly: one type being tall, broad shouldered, and very blond. The other type are quite dark as to hair and beautiful prominent almost black eyes, medium to short of stature and thick set. But the vocation of the two lines are quite different.

The line of John practice medicine and dentistry, many were preachers, some became famous preachers and there still are famous preachers. Others made great headway in astrology and astronomy.

In the line of Thomas we find none who study the stars. Although there are doctors and ministers they are not plentiful and none were famous in these lines. Descendants of Thomas became merchants and Inn keepers and still are. They were daring soldiers and leaders of men, famous lawyers. Many held high office during the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and Indian Wars. In the Revolution were a family of six brothers, General Moses; Col. Thomas; Captain Benjamin; Captain Carr, Simon a drummer; and Jeremiah a private.

To show the power of environment: one branch of John's who settled early in Maine followed the fisherman's trade and several generations were fishermen. Their descendants degenerated and many families strayed far from the fold. The adage that blood will tell proved true for often one son would leave his sordid surroundings and emigrate to a foreign state and make good. (Do not confuse this branch with other Maine branches whose descendants were very fine people).

Scarcely a divorce entered either line of Leavitts of early families for the first six generations then they began creeping into both lines.

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LEAVITTS OF AMERICA

In N. H. Vital Records I find the first American ancestor of the Irish Leavitt families who lived at Littleton, Manchester, and Laconia, N. H. "Thomas Leavitt b. in County of Kerry, Ireland, 1812 was son of Christopher Leavitt of England and whose mother was born in Ireland. Thomas lived at Laconia, N. H. for 48 yrs. and d. here 6 Apr. 1900." There is little doubt he came from the explorer Christopher Leavitt line. I did not carry on this line as they were emigrants not long ago and can be easily traced through N. H. re-s.

They may be from same branch as the Irish Leavitts who settled at Chicago in the early 1800s. One of these was named Christopher.

JOHN LEAVITT 1608-1691

In the manuscripts of Joseph Parker Leavitt (7) in the Chicago Historical Building much of the material on John was copied from the Hingham History, and some of it does not state its source. Joseph had written the records into books with pen and ink, very fine easily readable penmanship. There were sixteen books, one for each generation and one for biography and notes. In the vault was a tin box containing about a thousand letters from Leavitts or descendants.

A motto appeared on the first page of his first book:

"Guard well thy faith, keep true thy heart, Hold thou thine honor fast;

Thus be the lustre of thy worth, Back on thy fathers cast."

"John Leavitt, the ancestor of all the Leavitts in America, was among the first Planters in Massachusetts. He was born in England," (later this word was crossed out and the word, Scotland substituted) "in 1608. * **Tradition tells us he came to Massachusetts in 1628, when he was about 19 years old, and fixed his residence in Dorchester, near where Roxbury St. is now.

"He was a runaway apprentice, by trade a tailor, and by birth a Scotchman. After he had become possessed of some property in Dorchester, his Master learned of his whereabouts, and came to this Country and took from him his possessions, as by law he was allowed to.***

"In 1636 and 1637 a number of lots were granted to John Leavitt at Hingham, Mass. (See the town Great Grant Book, Folio 97), and again in yrs. of 164 7; 1648; and 1665.

"****Dea. John Leavitt was buried in the ancient burying ground where now (1846) is the highway in front of the Academy***"

There has been some controversy as to whether the bones of John were removed and now lie beneath the tombstone which his great-great-grandson, Jacob (5) son of John (4) placed beside the family tomb in the Plain Burying Ground,

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or do they still lie buried beneath the highway. Dr. Charles Howard of Hingham, a descendant of John, says the bones of all in that cemetery were removed to the old Armory and there buried without stones.

Beside the stone is an emblem placed there by the Ancestors Society of Colonial Wars, and another in his memory placed there by the National Society of Leavitt Families of America.

His tombstone is legible and reads: "Here lyeth buried ye body of Deacon John Leavitt, aged 83 yrs. Died November ye 20, 1691."

We know that John Leavitt (1) began his real American pilgrimage in Hingham as early as 1636. "History of Hingham."

"When Peter Hobart first came with his little band of Colonists to 'Bare Cove' in 1635 he found several of hi&· friends who had settled there in 1633.

"Bare Cove was assessed in 1634. The 'Plantation' was erected in July 1635. On Sept. 2nd following the town was changed to Hingham by authority of the General Court. There were but eleven towns in the state and only one in the county of Plymouth, which is older than Hingham.

"On Sept. 12, 1635 Peter Hobart and 29 others drew for house lots and received grants of pasture. In that year specific grants of land were made to upwards of fifty persons and this method was followed for many years, but as the Colony increased in size and the people spn;ad along the shore it was deemed advisable to survey and lay out the unappropriated portions of the township, to be divi_<4:d among the settlers in proportion to the number of acres which they had in their house lots.

"This led to the establishment of numerous land marks, many of which are recognized up to the present time and their names, often quaint, will be handed down to posterity long after their significance is forgotten.

"Who was the first settler in Hingham it is impossible to say, or at what date he came. Mr. Solomon Lincoln, who


wrote an interesting and valuable book, a History of Hingham, a small volume of 183 pages of which 300 copies were printed in 1827, gives and first mentions John Leavitt's name during the year ( do not confuse above book with the later two volumes by another Lincoln) 1636, who settled or received a grant of land at that time, which was founded by grants of John Parker, Joseph Hull, William Carlyle, and the training field on Leavitt Street, in the vicinity of the locality known as 'over the Delaware,' Weir River is crossed by Leavitt Bridge."

In Suffolk deeds he is called, "Sergeant John Leavitt." Vol. 7 Boston deeds, p. 162; Joshua Hobart, John "levet," with Lieut. John Smith and Nathaniel Baker buy 15 miles square of the Indians 4 Apr. 1666 and granted 17 June 1661. P. 164, said tract of land was called the Indian Twunkkec, lying and being beyond the town of Providence, and near the Narragansett Country, in New England. John had at time of his will, 1689, an eighth part of this land in his possession. They also, these three men, later purchased another tract of land, from the Indians, of six miles square lying and being• near to the former tract of land above mentioned, and is called by the name of Penycooke, and having a third part of the said land of six sq. miles, in his possession in 1689.

John sold a house and lot at Dorchester, Mass. 3 Mar. 1635-6 to Thomas Makepeace.

(Many believe three brothers came from England to America, John, Thomas, and one other, but this is an error. No data found concerning a brother to either. This comes from the belief in the Trinity and the superstition that good luck follows a three.)

In 1634 Dorchester, Mass. towns first book of records, p. II: John Niles, Francis Tuthill, John Leavitt, Thomas Rawlins, and others shall have 3 acres apiece upon the Neponsett.

3 Nov. 1634: It is ordered that John Niles, Francis Tuchine, John Leavitt, Thomas Rawlins, and others, shall each of them have six acres of land granted them for their small and part lots at N eponsett betwixt Indian Field and the Mill.

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1665, July 3, at a public meeting of the Town, Josiah, Indian Sagamore, upon the sale of the township of Hingham, to the inhabitants of Hingham, desire that Dea. John Leavitt should have ten acres of land upon the north side of Turkey Hill next to the land of Thomas Nichols, and at the same time, the town by a general vote, to grant that the said John Leavitt should have ten acres of land upon the same place, and accordingly it was layed out unto him bounded by the land of Thomas Nichols, Southward, and with the Town's land, eastward, west, north, which is to have and to hold to him and his heirs and assigns forever. (Grant Book, fol. 97) .

In the History of Hingham by Lincoln it gives the reason, in the Lincoln section, why the Indian favored John, and granted him this extra land. It seems that John had looked after the burial of the Chief's mother.

In the records of the First Church of Dorchester, Mass. we find John was made a freeman in 1634. His name was spelled with an "a." Thomas of Hampton, N. H. name was usually spelled "Lovet." In England it was spelled "Lovet" and "Levet." In early times the "o" and "e" differed only by the kink at their top and with poor penmanship were easily confused. Descendants of both lines after the first few generations spelled it as it is spelled today, Leavitt.

Mr. Grus of Salem wrote in 1627: "The country is very beautiful; - goodly woods and open plains, often 500 acres, some more and some less. Not much troublesome to clear for the plough. The grass and weeds grow up to a man's face. In the lowlands and by fresh rivers there are great meadows without a tree or bush."

Thus it is evident that the first settlers in Hingham did not have to cut down the forest to clear the land before they could plant.

The homestead of John Leavitt was on Leavitt Street, the grant extending froin Weir River in an easterly direction to Turkey Hill near the Cohasset County line. Much of this property was mostly owned as late at 1827 by his descendants through his sons, Israel and Josiah. (There is little doubt


these were the two sons who built the frame house. John mentions his "house" in his will. Log cabins often had several rooms and may also have been called a house) .

"Going eastward from Leavitt Street to Turkey Hill Lane, which leads up over three elevated eminences, one reaches the summit of Turkey Hill. At the first bend, to the right of the lane, are remains of what was once a ledge or boulder about 12 ft. high, with rounded top. This was "Great Rock" and upon its surface was chiseled the following:

"vVhen wild in woods the naked savage ran, Lazel, Low, Loring, Lane, Lewis, Lincoln, Hersey, Leavitt, Jacobs, King, Jones, Sprague, Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age, And were the first invaders of this country, From the island of Great Britain in 1636."

"Hosea Sprague probably cut this inscription on 4 July 1828. Unhappily in 1833 the r9ck was blown to pieces and sold for building purposes.

"From Turkey Hill, during the war of 1812, people viewed the Naval battle between the 'Shannon' and 'Chesapeake.' "

John Leavitt (1) b. 1608 in England. d. 20 Nov. 1691 at Hingham, Mass. U. S. A. m. 1st Mary Lovet in 1637. d. 4 July 1646. She may have been a siste~ to Thomas Leavitt of Hampton, N. H. Her m. to John was later than the date that Thomas arrived. Records say John went to Dover, and Exeter, N. H. for a time after his Master took away his estate in 1634-5. Thomas lived at first at Exeter. His interest in these towns and the fact that his sons settled here later may come from his marriage to Thomas' sister. First cch. Dorchester r-s: "Mary Lovett a member before 1639" (3 yrs. after she md. John). Perhaps Mary was not a Lovet until after her marriage to John and an error was simply repeated time after time. "The Colonial Ancestor" says "he md. first Mary Lovitt." (There was a family of Lovet at Salem, Mass. about 1630. See Hist. of Salem.)

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John m. 2nd Sarah Gilman, dau. of Edward and Mary (Clark) Gilman who were the first by this name to arrive in

America. (See Gilman Gen. herein.) They md. 16 Dec. 1646. She was b. 19 Jan. 1622 at Caston, Eng. d. 26 May 1700. (Gen. of Me. vol. 2. p. 1020 reads: "Sara, wife of Dea. John Leavitt was bpt. 26 Dec. 1617." This is exact date of b. of her brother, Edward.) (Col. Anc. says she was b. 19 July 1622).

Some doubt that John md. the dau. of Edward Gilman. Bell's Hist. of Exeter, N. H. states: "John Leavitt, son-in-law of Edward Gilman, of Hingham, Mass., received a grant of land in Exeter, N. H. 8 July 1652." Savage says: "John Leavitt went to Exeter, N. H. or Dover, N. H. in 1645." (See Gilman Gen. herein).

John was declared a freeman 15 Dec. 1636 meaning a church member. Only freemen could hold office or vote for rulers. The freeman's oath bound him to be a true and faithful subject of the government, and if called upon he was to yield assistance and support thereon with his person and estate.

He was a town officer and from 1658 to 1664 was a deputy. He was a Deacon of the church. "3 May 1680 Deacon John was one of those men, who, in Town Meeting, declared themselves by word, to have the new Meeting House set up in the place where the old one stood."

John was a representative to the General Court in 1656 and again in 1664. Selectman in yrs. of 1661, 63, 65, 68, 72, 74, and 75. He was frequently employed in town business. He was a Magistrate which meant a member of the Governor's Council.

The frame house on Leavitt Street, Hingham, Mass. his descendants say was built in 1712. The cellar stairs came from John's log cabin, made from squared logs split edgewise making two stairs from one log. It is said to be on same site as his cabin. Family legend says this house now standing was built by two of his grandsons. There were but two who would be likely to have built it, sons of Israel and Josiah. While both families had sons old enough to have built it I find but two who remained upon the old home place, Elisha,

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s. of Israel, and his brother John. Tradition also says two brothers built the house and lived in it all their days. Hezekiah lived on part of the estate but there is nothing to prove he lived in the old home. John's will states Josiah owned his own house on John's land. Hingham History says Elisha raised his family in the old home. John lived on Leavitt St. and all of his children were born there. Descendants of John (4-3) were also raised in the old home. The history says he lived at ancestral home on Leavitt St. Sons of Elisha lived on North St. Hingham.

In the index of "Ancestors Society of Colonial Wars" are mentioned these names: John Leavitt 1608-1691; Charles E. Adams; Lyman L. Brooks; Charles I. Cragin; Howard K. James; Richard Leavitt James; Phineas Hubbard; and Phillip Ashton Rollins.

By virtue of descent from John (1) of Hingham, Mass. descendants are eligible to membership in "The Founders and Patriots of America" as well as several other Colonial Societies.

Descendants of his son, Moses,·of Exeter, N. H. are eligible to membership in: "The Society of Colonial Wars," "Society of Colonial Dames" and various other similar societies. Through his wife, Dorothy Dudley, descendants are eligible to join "The Governor Thomas Dudley Family Association;" "Descendants of Royal Families" and similar societies. For Revolutionary War ancestor which makes one eligible to "Daughters (or Sons) of American Revolution" see head of families in the 4th and 5th generations and a few in the 6th. (See Dudley families herein).

John

Hannah

*Samuel *Elizabeth *Jeremiah

CHILDREN OF JOHN AND MARY (LOVIT) LEA VITT

Births Deaths 1637

bpt. 7 Apr. 1639 23 Apr. 1662

bpt. 7 Apr. 1641 6 Aug. 1707 bpt. 21'. Apr. 1644 4 Feb. 1688 bpt. 1 Mar. 1646 before 1689

Marriages m. 27 June 1664 Bathsheba, dau. of Rev.

Peter Hobart, who left family r-s, but no ch. She m. 2nd Joseph Turner and had one son.

m. 20 July 1659 John Lobdell of Hull, Mass. No issue.

m. Mary Robinson m. Samuel Judkins no re. of m.

*Israel *Moses *Josiah *Nehemiah Sarah

Mary

*Hannah

*Abigail

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CHILDREN OF JOHN AND SARAH (GILMAN) LEAVITT bpt. 23 Apr. 1648 26 Dec. 1696 m. Lydia Jackson 12 Aug. 1650 17 June 1730 m. Dorothy Dudley 4 May 1653 14 Sept. 1708 m. Margaret Johnson

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22 Jan. 1656 2!> May 1715 m. Alice Gilman 25 Feb. 1659 after 1689 m. 1st 17 Apr. 1678 Nehemiah Clapp of

Dorchester, Mass. d. 1684. m. 2nd 18 Sept. 1685 Samuel Howe b. 20 Oct. 1642. d. 13 Apr. 1713.

12' June 1661 after 1689 m. 10 Oct. 1682 Benj. Bates of New Lon-don, Conn. m. 2nd. Feb. 1706 (v. r. reads: Jonathan Sikes with penciled "Lane").

20 Mar. 1664 5, Oct. 1728 m. 1st Joseph Loring. m. 2nd Joseph Esterbrook.

9 Dec. 1667 after 1689 m. 1st Isaac Lazell. m. 2nd Isaac Johnson.

Hubbard says: "June 27, 1664, John Leavitt (Jr.) m. to Bathsheba Hobart and they left no descendants."

Sarah md. Samuel Howe who built the Red Horse Tavern at Sudbury, Mass. made famous by Longfellow's poem, "The Wayside Inn."

THE WILL OF DEACON JOHN LEAVITT (1) In the name of God, Amen.

I, John Leavitt, of Hingham, in the County of Suffolk, in New England, Taylor, being in health of body and of perfect mind and memory, praised be God for the same, do make and declare this my last will and Testament, in manner and form, following:

First and Principally: I commit and command my soul unto the hands of Almighty God and my body to the earth, to be decently buried at the discreation of my Executor hereafter to be named, hoping for salvation both of soul and body, by the mercy of God in the merits of my Savior, Jesus Christ. And for, and concerning the disposing of my temporal Estate, I do give and bequeath it as follows: (to witt) My mind and will is that all my just debts, which I owe to any Person, or Persons, whatsoever, shall be first paid, and my funeral charges and Probate of my Will discharged out of my personal Estate by my Execitor hereafter named.

Item. I give and bequeath unto Sarah Leavitt, my well beloved wife all the rest of and residue and remainder of my Personal Estate, (to witt); all my moveable estate and all my household stuff, and all my other goods, chattel, and


Chattels, whatsoever, for her own use and benefit, to dispose of them as she pleases. Item: I give and bequeath unto the said Sarah Leavitt my wife, after my decease, the uses of all the house and lands, meadows and commons which I now have, and am possessed of in the said Town ship of Hingham, either by gift or purchase, or that I shall be possessed of in the said township of Hingham, at the day of my death, for and during the term of her natural life, for her comfortable maintainance.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my grandchild, Samuel Judkins, the sum of fourteen pounds, to be paid unto him by my son, Josiah Leavitt, within one year after decease of the said, Sarah Leavitt, my wife, and to be paid in Country pay (viz) that which is the growth of the Country.

Item: My mind and will is that after the decease of the said Sarah Leavitt my wife, my above said whole estate of houses and lands, meadows and commons in said Hingham; And also what moveable estate that my said wife shall not have disposed of in her life time, shall then be valued and equally divided to my nine children, as to the quantity of my estate, (to witt) to my son Samuel Leavitt, Israel Leavitt, Moses Leavitt, Josiah Leavitt, Nehemiah Leavitt, and to my daughter, Sarah Howe, the wife of Samuel Howe, and my daughter Mary Bate, the wife of Benjamin Bate, and my daughter Hannah Loring, the wife of Joseph Loring, Abigail Leavitt, the wife of Israel Lazell, except the said fourteen pounds, before hereby bequeathed to the above said Samuel Judkins, which said fourteen pounds my mind is shall be deducted from the estate before division of the said estate and the rest of the estate then to be divided into nine parts as aforesaid to be added to the estate of Josiah Leav.itts ninth part for him to pay the said sum of fourteen pounds to the above said Samuel Judkins-but in case the said Judkins shall not live till the time of payment of the fourteen pounds, before mentioned, then my mind and Will is, that the said fourteen pounds shall be divided amongst my said children, as the rest of my estate is to be divided.

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And whereas, I lent to my daughter, Sarah How when she was a widow and called by the name of Sarah Clap, the sum of five pounds and ten shillings in money, my mind and will is that the said five pounds and ten shillings shall be reckoned and accounted to her as a part of her proportion of my estate, when estate shall come to be divided:-

And whereas the said estate being to be divided into nine parts will make my sons and daughters portion equal upon consideration of what I have done for, and given to my daughters upon their marriage, my mind and will is that my four daughters shall pay each of them, five pounds apiece, (which makes twenty pounds) to my grandchild John Lea

vitt, the son of my said son Israel Leavitt out of each of their ninth parts of my estate, which said twenty pounds I do hereby give and bequeath to the said John Leavitt, to be paid to him by my said four daughters, in Country pay, (viz) that which is the grouth of the Country after the said estate shall be divided and their parts set out to them, and they to pay the said twenty pounds to the said John Leavitt, each of them, their own part within six months after the decease of my said wife, and which of these two times shall come last.

And whereas it is said before, in this my will that my said estate after the death of my said wife shall be divided into nine equal parts as the quantity of my estate - yet, nevertheless, my mind and will to settle some my lands to two of my sons, as follows; that is to say, I do give and bequeath unto my son Israel Leavitt a good part of my Home land where he, the said Israel Leavitt now dwelleth, (to witt) from the River till it come within two rods of the Leanto, that join to the Eastward end of my Barn, as it now standeth, and to run across my land from the water next the lane to the land of Thomas Sayer, upon a square line, and to have all that my land from the said line to the River Eastward, both upland and meadow as it is bounded with the line Northward, and with the land of Simon Burr and Thomas Sayer, Southward, and toward the West with the


said cross line that is to be ten (troo's) rods to the Eastward of the said Leanto.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Israel Leavitt, a piece of my great Lot, lying on the Eastward side of the River, (to witt) all that piece of upland which he have fenced in, and have now in his occupation; and the piece of meadow joyning to it, which he now have cleared, (viz.) all the said land and meadow lying within the said fence: also I give unto the said Israel Leavitt another piece of land joining to the former piece of land, (to wit) all that piece of land in which he goeth to the former piece of land and meadow, as it is now bounded with the other piece of land before hereby given to him, toward the west with my pasture as it is now . fenced towards the South and with the Swamp Land of my son Josiah Leavitt, toward the North, and with the Common land toward the East, upon condition that he, the said Israel Leavitt, his heirs and assigners shall from time to time, and at all times forever set up and forever maintain a sufficient fence on the north side of the said piece of land between the said piece of land and Josiah Leavitt's Swamp Land; and the said Israel Leavitt shall not make any ways to his land through any other part of my great Lot, but shall keep within the bounds of his own land.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Israel Leavitt four of my shares of the Commons, (viz.) four shares of the undivided Lands in the said Township of Hingham, provided always, and it is my mind and will that when the estate shall be appraised after the death of my wife, that if the said Lands, Meadows and Commons last above mentioned and given to the said Israel Leavitt shall then be prized at more than the said Israel's ninth part of my estate shall come to, that the said Israel Leavitt shall pay the overplus of the value of the said land and Meadow, and Commons to the use of my children towards the making their parts of my estate, and when the said Lands and Commons shall be prized to the said Israel Leavitt, my mind and will is that the House on the Land that Israel now dwell (eth) upon, shall not be prized as my estate, not yet the labor he have

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bestowed on the other said pieces of land and Meadow in the Great Lot, on the Eastward side of the River; But all the said Lands Meadows and Commons before named, and given in this my last will to the said Israel Leavitt, to be prized as my estate. All which said Lands, Meadows, and Commons, my mind and will is that my said son Israel Leavitt, immediately after the death of my said wife shall have, and hold possess and enjoy, to him and his heirs and assigns forever, provided, he or they shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid the overplus of the value of the said Lands, Meadows and Commons, which shall be more than the ninth part of the said estate, (after the said fourteen pounds be taken out of it) to such of my children as it shall then be ordered for the making up of their part of the said estate. And if he or they shall not presently after the said lands, meadows, and Commons come into his or their hands make satisfaction for the overplus of the value of the said lands, meadows, and commons, to such of my children as it shall be due to be paid unto, that then such of my children shall have so much of the best of the said lands, meadows, and Commons hereby given to the said Israel Leavitt, as the said overplus shall come to, unless they can otherways agree: provided also that if the said lands, meadows, and commons hereby given to the said Israel Leavitt shall not amount to the ninth part of the said estate, after the said fourteen pounds be first deducted from it, that then the said Israel Leavitt shall have his part made up out of the rest of the estate.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my said son Josiah Leavitt, after the death of my said wife, all my great Lot of land lying in said Hingham, containing fifteen acres of land, be it more or less ( except) a part of said lot which I have formerly sold to the said Josiah Leavitt and also, except such

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parts and pieces of the said great lot, given and before men-tioned in this my will to my said son Israel Leavitt, the said great lot my said Josiah Leavitt now dwelleth upon, and the said whole great lot is bounded with the river westward, and another River called Rocky Meadow River Southward and


with the Common Lands Eastward, and Northward: and my mind and will is that my said son Josiah Leavitt, his heirs and assigns shall set up and forever maintain a sufficient fence on the Northward side of my pasture land between the said pasture land and the said piece of land now given to the said Israel Leavitt lying on the northward side of the said pasture: also, I give and bequeath unto my son Josiah Leavitt, four shares of the Commons, to Wit: four shares of the undivided lands in the said Township of Hingham, provided always, and it is my mind and will that said estate shall be prized after the death of my said wife, that if the said land and Commons above mentioned and given to the said Josiah Leavitt shall then be prized at more than Josiah's ninth part of my estate and the fourteen pounds added to it taken out of the whole before division for him to pay, the same Samuel Judkins shall come to, that then the said Josiah Leavitt shall pay the overplus of the value of the said lands and Commons to the rest of my children towards the making of their parts of the said estate: and when the said Lands and Commons shall be prized to the said Josiah: Leavitt, my mind and will is that the Houses now standing upon the great Lot that Josiah Leavitt make use of and dwell in, shall not be prized as my estate, for they are his already, he built them at his own cost and charge by my order and consent, but all the lands and Commons hereby given to him to be prized as my estate, all which said lands and Commons last above mentioned and given to the said Josiah Leavitt, my mind and will is that the said Josiah Leavitt, immediately after the decease of my said wife shall have, hold, possess and enjoy them to him and his heirs and assigns forever, provided he or they shall pay or cause to be paid the overplus of the value of the said Lands and Commons which shall be more than the ninth part of the said estate, and the said fourteen pounds added to it which shall be deducted out of the whole estate before division thereof for him to pay to the Samuel aforesaid.

To such of my children as it shall then be ordered, for the making up their part of the said estate. And if he or

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they shall not presently after the said lands and Commons come into his or their hands, make satisfaction for the overplus of the value of the said lands and Commons to such of my children as it shall be due to be paid unto, that then such of my children shall have so much of the best of said lands hereby given to the said Josiah Leavitt, as the overplus shall come to, unless he or they can otherwise agree: provided also that the said Josiah Leavitt, his heirs executors, administrators or assigns shall pay or cause to be paid unto the said Samuel Judkin the above said fourteen pounds which I have before given him in this my will in the same place and at the time before mentioned to be paid, which fourteen pounds is to be taken out of the whole estate before the division thereof and to be added to the said Josiah Leavitt's ninth part after the division is made to answer him, he said fourteen pounds that he is to pay to the Samuel Judkin as aforesaid, provided also that if the said lands and Commons hereby given to the said Josiah Leavitt upon the apprizal thereof shall not amount to a ninth part of the said estate, and the above said fourteen pounds also added to it, that he is to pay to the said Samuel Judkin, then he shall have his part made up out of the rest of the estate:-

And further, my mind and will is that when my said estate shall be divided what lands shall go to the rest of my children for their parts of my estate that each of them shall have, hold, possess and enjoy their several parts of such lands to them and their respective heirs and assigns forever, and further my mind and will is that after my lands and meadows that I have in said Hingham, be divided, what lands and Commons or meadows, shall fall to any of my children, if any of the children shall be so minded to sell their parts of such lands, meadows or Commons that then my said son Israel and Josiah Leavitt, or either of them shall have their liberty for three years time to purchase or refuse such lands or meadows.

And further:-my mind and will is that if my said son Israel Leavitt shall at any time be minded to sell the said pieces of land and meadow that I have given to him in this


my will, lying in the great Lot aforesaid, that he shall sell them to my son Josiah Leavitt if he will buy them and give the worth thereof. And I do hereby nominate and appoint the above said Sarah Leavitt, my well beloved wife to be the sole executrix of this my last Will and Testament: -

Item: My mind and will is also my earnest desire that my well beloved friends, Daniel Cushing, Senior. Capt. John Smith, Capt. John Jacob, Lieutenant Mathew Cushing and Daniel Cushing Jr. would be helpful to the said Executrix, advise and after her decease I do fully hereby impower my said friends or so many of them as shall be then living to divide my estate and to order to every one of my children and grandchildren aforesaid their several parts and portions of my said estate, in said Hingham, according to this my will and according to their best discretion:-

And whereas, Capt. Joshua Hobart, Lieutenant John Smith and the said John Leavitt heretofore purchased a tract of land fifteen miles square of the Indians which said tract of land is called the Indian Twunkec, lying and being beyond the town of Providence, and near the Narragansett Country in New England:

And having an eighth part of the said tract of land of fifteen miles square still in my hands and in my possession:-

And whereas, the said Capt. Joshua Hobart, and the Lieutenant John Smith and myself did also purchase of the Indians another tract of land six miles square lying and being near to the former tract of land above mentioned, and is called by the name of Penycooke, and having a third part of the said tract of land of six miles square, still in my hand, and in my possession. I do hereby give and bequeath all my parts and proportions to the two said tracts of land, last above mentioned, (to wit) all the estate, right, title and in. terest which I now have, or ought to have of, in or to the said two tracts of land by virture of the Deed and evidence of conveyance, which we have from the Indians, unto my said nine children and two grandchildren, that is to say - to my said son Samuel Leavitt, my son Israel Leavitt, and to my

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son Moses Leavitt, and to my son Josiah Leavitt, and to my son Nehemiah Leavitt, to my daughter, Mary Bate, and to my daughter Sarah How, and to my daughter Hannah Loring, and to my daughter Abigail Lazell, and to my said grandchild John Leavitt, the son of my said son Israel Leavitt and to my said grandchild Samuel J udkin, the above said eleven persons (to wit) my said nine children, my two grandchildren, the last above named to have all my right, title and interest of, in and to the said two tracts of land and to have every one of them, an equal share of them and to enter upon them after my decease:-

And to have, hold, possess and enjoy each of them one eleventh part of my part of all the said two tracts of land, to them and to their several and respective heirs and assigns, forever:-

And my mind and will is they shall at their own cols and charges divide my said parts of the said two tracts of land amongst themselves without any charge or trouble to my Executrix or overseers, and I do hereby revoke, renounce, frustrate and make void all and every testament and testaments, will and wills heretofore by me made and declared, either by word or writing and this only to be taken for my last will and testament, and none other.

Item: Upon consideration, I do give and bequeath unto Bathsheba Turner the wife of Joseph Turner, of Scituate, formerly the wife of my son John Leavitt deceased, the sum of twenty shillings in Country pay, (to wit) that which is of the grouth of the Country, to be paid by my Executrix, after my decease, out of my personal estate.

Memorandum: that the word (pounds) between the thirty seventh and thirty eight line in page the first, in this my will, and (several paragraphs of corrections which I eliminate hereof)

In witness whereof the above said John Leavitt have unto this my last will and Testament set my hand and seal:-the thirty day of November, Anno Domini, Sixteen hundred


eighty nine, and in the first year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, King and Queen of England, &c.

JORN LEA VITI

(and a seal)

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above said John Leavitt to be his last Will and Testament in presence of us:

Mathew Cushing Enoch Wilton (the mark of)

Sarah Lobdell

Boston, January 27, 1691-2

Sarah Leavitt, the Executrix nominated in the will, presented the same for Probate; Mathew Cushing and Enoch Wilton, two of the subscribing witnesses, made oath in the County Court, that they were present, and did see John Leavitt sign and seal and hear him publish this instrument as his last Will and Testament, and that when he so did, he was of a disposing mind, their understanding.

Attest, Jos: Webb, Clerk.

A true copy as appears of Record, Suffolk County Wills and deeds.

Rev. Peter Hobart, M. A. gathered the church in Hingham in 1635, it being the twelfth in order of time in Massachusetts. Its present meeting house, which embodies timbers from its first, was built in 1681, (eight years before the death of the last Mayflower pilgrim), and is the oldest meeting house in continuous use in America. Its pulpit dates from 1755; on its wall hangs a block of wood, carved in 1316 with St. Peter's keys, and originally placed in the church in Hingham, England, whence the first settlers came. Among other treasures is the baptismal basin, made not later than 1590. The parish has had but twelve ministers in nearly three hundred years. The church though originally Calvinistic, has always been inclined to liberal religious views, and today is Unitarian. In an ancient tomb, behind the Meeting

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House, rest the ashes of its early ministers, and near by in a tower erected to the memory of the founders of the church, hang eleven bells, "forever to voice their praise." "Ancient, yet not decrepit; rich in history, yet not satisfied with past achievements; free, yet subject to the higher law of the spirit dedicated to the worship of God, and the service of man."

(1936 cch. program)

John's descendants worshipped in this meeting house 260 years and still do in 1940, the tenth generation.

The old box pews were removed from the church when it was remodeled in 1869, but were restored again in 1930. The church had a "water organ" presented to it in 1912. When the church was restored to its previous order the organ was taken from the north east corner of the building and placed in the gallery. The organ was split in two parts and made into an electric organ.

The old box pews allotted to Leavitt descendants: In the year of 17 56 No. 19 John Leavitt

No. 23 Joshua Leavitt No. 29 Elisha Leavitt, Jr. No. 45 Elisha Leavitt. In the year of 1791 Pew

No. 64 Jacob Leavitt; Dr. Charles Howard, a descendant of the Leavitts of Hingham, now uses this pew, 1935.

From 1681 to 177 5 benches were used instead of pews. John (1) must have used a bench during ten years of worship in this church.

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Five of John's seven sons removed to Exeter and Dover, N. H. (Belknap's N. H. Appendix XXVIII-pp. 322-323-324. Vol. I) (N. H. Hist. Coll. Vol. VIII pp. 226-228 I). Copied.

"To the King's (Charles II) most excellent majesty" (1683)

"The humble address and petition of sundry of your majesty's loyal subject, the freeholders and habitants of your majesty's province of New Hampshire in New England.

Most humbly shewith." (From the town of Exeter)

"That your pet1t10ners, predecessors, either found the lands we now possess vacuum domicilium or purchased them of the Heathen, the nation proprietors of the same, or at least by their allowance, approbation, or consent, have sate downe in the peaceable possession of the same for the space of about fifty years; 'partly by the unreasonable demands of our pretended proprietor, Robert Mason,' we are in a far worse condition than any other, your majesty's plantations," and reduced to such confusions and extremities that necessitate our humble application to your majesty, upon whose clemency and justice only under God we depend for our release.

" 'Your' 'oppressed petitioners' 'most humbly supplicate your most gracious majesty that you will give leave unto one of ourselves, Mr. Nathaniel Weave to spread before your most sacred majesty and your most honorable privy councell our deplorable estate' " &c.

Signed (with 32 others) by

Samuel Leavitt, and Moses Leavitt

Like petitions from Towns of Hampton, Portsmouth, and Dover.

The government (Mason's) became extremely oppressive to the people; and they determined to petition the King for redress of grievances. They accordingly drew up remon-

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strances which were signed by the inhabitants of the several towns. They selected Nathaniel Weave, of Hampton, their Agent for the purpose of presenting their petitions and enforcing them before the King and Council, and raised money by subscription to defray the expenses. Weave went to Boston and passage from thence for England. (Adam's Annals of Portsmouth, p. 75.)

NEW HAMPSHIRE PETITION

"To the Honorable, the Governor and Council of their Majestie's Colony of the Massachusetts Bay in New England:

"The humble address of the inhabitants and trained soldiers of the Province of New Hampshire February 20, 1689-90:

"Humbly showeth, that whereas, since the late revolution in your colony, you have exerted a power of government over their Majestie's subjects and inhabitants wherein, which we are given to understand their Majestie's have been graciously pleased to approve of, and empowered you to continue the same till further order, and we who were under your government, having been for some time destitute of power sufficient, to put ourselves into a capacity of defence against the common enemy; and having, with great expectation, awaited their Majestie's order for a settlement amongst us, which, not yet arriving, considering how liable also we are to destruction by the enemy, which of ourselves we cannot prevent, we are therefore necessitated at present to supplicate your Honors for government, and protection as formerly, until their Majestie's pleasure shall be known concerning us: hereby obliging ourselves to a due submission thereto, and payment of our equal proportion (according to our capacity), of the charge that shall arise for the defence of the country against the common enemy; praying also that such persons may be commissionated to command the Militia as Have already been or shall be chosen by the trained soldiers


in the respective towns, desiring your Honors to grant us this our request, and your petitioners shall ever pray."

Signed with numerous others by

"Moses Leavitt" (N. H. His. Coll. Vol. VIII pp. 293-298)

PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

"At a Council and General Assembly, held by Adj't on Thursday 25th of May 1704. Ordered, that Benjamin Leavitt have 1 lb., 10 s; Od, for riding post, 11th Aug.'t, 1703, to his Excellency at Roxbury, and to be paid in course out of the next Province Rate." ***See Jeremy Benjamin (3), J. (1).

"A petition 1709 from 60 families in the Quamscott Patent, had no town but paid taxes sometimes at Hampton, and sometimes at Exeter. They asked for a Charter for a new town, and Benjamin, Daniel, Ephraim, and Lieut. Samuel voted for same, while Moses Leavitt, jr. voted against it." (For town of Stratham).

N. H. P. P. vol. 3, p. 99: "Moses Leavitt brought a vote from the House of Representatives to this board, that Mr. Richard Hilton's petition be granted concerning a ferry from his house to Swamscott, ***every man and horse to pay 6d a time, and a single person two pence, which being read was agreed to."

In 1723 Thomas Leavitt signed a petition for land in town of Kingstown, with other proprietors of town of )lb. Hampton.

James Leavitt was paid 3 lbs. for 20 men 3 days Muster Roll in 1724.

In 1746 John Levit paid for guarding "ye Garrison at Canterbury, 28 days from 21 Apr. to be paid out of ye money in ye treasury fir defense of ye Gov't." John (3) (1).

A writer living at Exeter, N. H. 1840, whose name was Dearborn, describes Moses Leavitt and several of his descendants, as follows: "Moses the Lot Layer, lived where the late Susie Leavitt lived. He had 12 children, and died 1730, age 80 years; His son John lived on his homestead, dying


during 1768; Dudley lived on the Creighton Place and died in 1765; Daniel and Stephen lived in Brentwood, dying about 1754-5; Joseph lived on the edge of Kensington a part of his life. His son Joseph resided where the late James Folsom lived; Another son of Moses Leavitt, was Moses of Stratham; one daughter married Francis Lyford (error) and another married Fifield. The descendants and· family of another son of Moses had a daughter, Dorothy, who married Mr. John Creighton 9 Sept. 1740. She lived to be 100 years of age and her daughter lived about 100 years."

CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS AT EXETER, N. H.

1638-Rev. John Wheelwright on Apr. 3 purchased a tract of land 30 miles in extent from Indians.

1639-Government organized. 1643-Rev. John Wheelwright goes to Maine. 1650-First meeting house built. 1680-New Hampshire Royal Province. 1690-Indian hostilities began. 1716-Stratham incorporated. 1727-New Market set off from Exeter. 1741-Epping set off from Exeter. 17 42-Brentwood set off from Exeter. 1776-N. H. on 5th Jan. adopted a written constitution the

first in the United States.

ODD NOTES Isaac Clasen of N. Y. Cty. gave a dinner at "Leavitts"

Hotel 16 July 1803. Aaron Burr presided.

(From J. S. L. Of Dorchester) BOSTON, MASS. "William Levett mentioned at Boston in Bond 23 July 1666. Suf. Deeds vol. 5". "Ezekiel Levit in list of male persons of Boston who took oath of allegience 21 Apr. 1679. Bos. r-s. vol. 28."

"Ezekiel Levit under Maj. Thos. Savage, Lt. Gillam 1675-6 at Brookfield, Mass. and Quahog. Soldiers of King Philips War by Badge." "Ezekiel Levitt a witness to deed of John Dossett to John Devotion 1685. Suf. deeds vol. 13." These


do not belong to my recorded families and do not appear in later records.

In May 1775 many of the New Hampshire men were in the Canadian campaign when on the first of May 900 men were taken ill with small-pox. By the middle of June the army that had invaded Canada were thinned out by death or broken by disease, half of them quite ill, the rest destitute of clothing, presented so sad a spectacle that a physician, seeing their suffering when they reached Crown Point, said, "at the sight of so much privation and distress I wept till I had no power to weep." In little more than two months the Northern army lost by desertion and death more than 5000 men. (Hist. U. S. vol. VIII. p. 433) To show what many of our Leavitts lived through during the expedition to Crown Point, so often mentioned in the records of early wars.

To lend a proper atmosphere for the great changes taking place in the lives of our ancestors at this time it might be well to give a bit of general information not commonly found in New England histories.

A few facts gleaned from the Historical Library of Washington.

Just a few thoughts on the Revolution. It is ancient history now and very indifferent is the average citizen to its heroes and its triumphs. One reason for this is that American Historians, endeavoring to be dignified, leaned a little too far and became dull. Besides the average book, written by the men of New England, has too much New England in it.

The reader feels instinctively, that the American Revolution was not so exclusively a tempest in the New England tea-pot. Entirely too much has been made of trivial New England incidents and of third-rate New England individuals. Too many New England mote-hills have been magnified into historical mountains.

Even Henry Cabot Lodge, though he made a manly attempt, could not cut away from the swollen body of tradition.

The Radicals of Massachusetts were not altogether at ease


when they realized how far they had gone. Their tea party was not universally approved. Samuel Adams enjoyed the situation, but such patriots as Benj. Franklin advised that the tea should be paid for. Then again it was vehemently contended that at Lexington the patriots had fired first and in violation of the orders of their own officers.

To one who reads the story of Lexington, especially as it used to be written at the time when to glorify the country was the first duty of an American, it comes as a surprise that after these miles of fighting there were killed of the British but 73, wounded 174, and missing 26. From the constant use of the term, "Marksman" as applied to the American, one would expect the figures to be higher. The truth is, the farmers of Concord and Lexington were not marksmen, for they could not be. A carefully computed statement (Washington, D. C.) is shown that 3763 Americans were engaged at Lexington on the 19th of April 177 5. Accepting for safety's sake 3500 as the number of Americans who actually got a shot at the British, what can be said of their shooting? 73 killed, 174 wounded, 26 missing, a total of 273 British casualties. (Gen. Gage's revised figures).

Not one American in ten made his mark upon the enemy. To the minuteman's shooting-piece and to his inexperience must be laid the facts that he did no better. After all, he did a fair day's work and in the months of siege that followed, showed that he had improved. The American losses at Lexington, were 49 killed, 39 wounded, and 9 missing, total casualties 97.

Then followed Bunker Hill, where the Militia of Mass. was beaten, her chief city of Boston in British hands, her suffering people fed upon the bounty of sympathizing friends. Mass. indeed occupied the perilous position. Virginia was the strong colony of the south and George Washington was the strong man of Virginia. To shrewd Samuel Adams, here was a plain case, and Washington was made Commander-in-chief.

The "Boston Massacre," so called by New England His-


torical writers, inevitably receives handsome treatment. Here are the facts:

The Boston street row of March 5, 1770, was due to the state of feeling against finding quarters for the British troops as they arrived. Now Massachusetts simply followed the example of New York, and North and South Carolina, and for this same feeling the legislature of North Carolina was dissolved. That of New York was repeatedly dissolved for refusing to provide the Royal Troops with provisions. That of Virginia was dismissed for complaining of the treatment of New York. (Show me a history by a New Englander giving these facts!)

On the night of March 5, I 770, an alarm of fire called the people into the streets. The alarm was false and a crowd of men and boys, having nothing to do, amused themselves by annoying a sentinel on guard at one of the public buildings. He called for help and a corporal and six men were soon on the scene, but the crowd would not give way. Forty or fifty men came armed with sticks, and clubs, pressed around these seven soldiers, shouting "Rascals, Lobsters! Bloody-backs!", and throwing snowballs, and occasionally a stone, until in the excitement of the moment a soldier fired his gun. The rest followed his example and when the reports died away, five of the rioters were dead or dying, and six more were wounded. Crispus Attucks, a mulatto, was the first to die. The British Captain Preston, officer of the day, with additional soldiers went to the assistance or support of his men making a total of 15 soldiers engaged.

Capt. Preston and several of the soldiers were indicted for murder. All were acquitted but two, who, convicted of manslaughter, pleaded benefit of clergy and escaped with branding on the hand. And what do you suppose? These English soldiers were defended in court by John Adams and Josiah Quincy, noble New Englanders.

This riot, this "Boston Massacre," or as the people of Mass. delighted to call it, "the bloody massacre," not only gets chronicled under its historic name of the "Boston Massa-


ere," but occupies six pages with illustrative matter and text in the average history. One fourth to one half page of illustrations.

"How many of these so called histories, mention the fight of the "Sons of Liberty," in January 1770 in front of their headquarters in New York? Not one! Well, in New York the Royal troops cut down a liberty pole every time the "Sons of Liberty," replaced it and at last in January 1770, two months prior to the so called "Boston Massacre," the soldiers not only cut the pole down, but sawed it up and piled the pieces in front of the Headquarters of the "Sons of Liberty." A riot and fight started and one citizen was killed, and nine were wounded. A liberty pole in City Hall Park, marks the site of its historic original.

What New Englander historian mentions the first hero martyrs of American Independence? NONE! Woodrow Wilson, in his voluminous history of the "American People," published about 1904, containing 2000 pages of alleged history has just one sentence relative to the tragic chapter in the story of the South. And what is that sentence? He says: "In North Carolina there was next year, (1771), a sudden blaze of open rebellion against the extravagant exactions of Governor William Tryon, the adventurer, who was Royal Governor there, and only blood extinguished it." Cold is the pen which thus traces the heart breaking struggles of a gallant people towards their liberties.

The "sudden blaze," quoting Mr. Wilson, had lasted more than three years, the "open rebellion" was resisted by armed invaders, who were laying waste the crops and burning the homes of the people.

The battle of Alamance, where 3000 men fought and where artillery was used, is not so much as mentioned in Woodrow Wilson's book.

Let me tell you the story of the North Carolina patriots of 1768. The so-called "Regulators," were led by Herman Husbands, a land owner of Quaker ancestry and related to Benj. Franklin. These freemen adopted resolutions "to pay


only such taxes as were agreeable to law and applied to the purposes therein named and to pay no officer more than his legal fees." Gov. Wm. Tryon put Mr. Husbands under arrest, while the people rose and set him free. Later he was jailed. The "Regulators" held a general meeting and appointed two of their number to present an appeal for justice to the Governor, which he considered high treason.

He ordered the "Regulators" to disperse and demanded hostages for the appearance of Husbands to stand trial for riot. The hostages were refused. Husbands stood trial and was acquitted. Other "Regulators" were less fortunate, were convicted, imprisoned, and fined $250 each. At the close of 1770 the General Assembly met at Newborn, No. Carolina; Herman Husbands had been elected to this assembly, but they expelled him. Then this legislature passed an act making it a crime for more than ten citizens to hold a public meeting. Orange County, which had elected Husbands, was cut into three new counties and a proclamation was issued prohibiting the sale of powder, shot, or lead.

Gathering a large force, Gov. Tryon marched into Orange County and the "Regulators" fled in terror, while their homes were burned and their property was confiscated.

But on May 16, 1771, bolder spirits finally mustered at Great Alamance Creek, Orange County, No. Carolina, to await the Governor's little army. It was a straggling unorganized crowd, without artillery; many had no guns and few ammunitions. Again they prayed for the righting of their wrongs, while the Governor replied he had done all he intended to do. He gave the patriots one hour to consider, feeling that with his artillery and superior equipment, his success was certain. There were 2000 of those "Regulators," and they had passed beyond the stage of wisdom.

"Finally Governor Tryon, inflamed with anger, rose in his stirrups and shouted, "Disperse, submit, pay taxes, or I will fire." No wonder that their rash reply was, "Fire and be damned."

Tryon's troops opened fire and the result could hardly


be in serious doubt. The "Regulators" fled the field, leaving 20 of their number dead, besides wounded and those captured. Gov. Tryon's forces lost 9 killed and 61 wounded.

Capt. Few, one of the leaders of the "Regulators" was hanged to the limb of a tree next day, without trial. Others were tried (or high treason, convicted, and put to death. A price of $500 was set upon the head of Herman Husbands and a Royal proclamation authorized any citizen to shoot him on sight. But he escaped and made his way to Pennsylvania. Gov. Tryon and his henchmen, their pockets filled, soon went north, leaving one of the fairest portions of No. Carolina a picture of desolation, leaving the tax payers to groan under a heavy load of illegally made public debt.

Long after the butchery at Alamance, this official report was made to Lord Dartmouth in London by Gov. Martin, who became Tryon's successor: "I can assure your Lordship that these people were grieviously oppressed." Tryon was the author of the New York plot to kidnap Washington and if necessary assassinate him, and he was the soul of Tory resistance in the North.

To what extent were these insurgents of May 177 I the forerunners of the men of Lexington and Concord? Remember that No. Carolina had taken up arms to oppose the landing of the stamps as did also New York City, South Carolina, Virginia, and Stamp Act Congress. Remember that this insurrection had been successful. That was in 1765. Who can doubt that the example sunk deep into the hearts of the people?

"Disperse, ye rebels," cries Major Pitcairn at Lexington, April 19, 1775 and because the brave militia of the North stood their ground history makes heroes of them - most properly.

"Disperse, or I'll fire," shouts Gov. William Tryon, at Alamance, Orange Co., No. Carolina, four years prior to Lexington.

"Fire and be damned," the rebels answer back. Was not the spirit the same? Should not the historian immortalize these men also? Would he be much in error if he declared


the patriots who were shot down there and those who were hanged on trees, there, the first hero-martyrs of American Independence?

Historians have in many cases overlooked, or undervalued, the dominant circumstances which governed the military situation during the closing years of the Revolutionary War ever since that week in March I 776 when Gen. Howe abandoned the city of Boston to Washington's besieging army and took himself and his forces by sea to Halifax. New England was never again assailed by determined and formidable invader. The farmers of Mass. and Conn. might have a talent for war, but they had no love for it. As soon as the fighting was done they returned to their families, conscious of having played the man, and thanking the Divine Providence which had given them the victory. They had more cause to be grateful than they knew, for after the battle of Saratoga, Sept. and Oct. 1777 no hostile force, which could be dignified by the name of an invading army, ever again threatened the New England home.

A few historical truths may prove interesting to New Englanders who have gained most of their information from histories or from poems whose authors seek to please rather than tell the truth.

Paul Revere, patriot, born in Boston, Jan. 1, 1735, was descended from the Hugenots, and was educated in his father's trade of Goldsmith. In the French and Indian War he was at Ft. Edward, on the upper Hudson, as a Lieutenant of artillery.

On his return to New England he established himself as a Goldsmith and without instructions became a copper-plate engraver. A set of four book plates by him are now very much in demand and valued at about $900. He was one of four engravers in America at the time of the Revolutionary War. He had engraved in 1766 a print emblematic of the repeal of the "Stamp Act."

In 1767 another called "The 17 Rescinders." He published a print of the so called, "Boston Massacre," a title so amusing.


It is about time that historians should write the truth, and not hesitate to say that the rioters, "died as the fool dieth," that to make heroes of these undesirable citizens was to put the martyrs' crown on the brow of vulgar ruffians.

Revere engraved the plates, made the press, and printed bills of credit, or paper money, of Mass. He also engraved plates for "Continental money." He was sent to confer in 1773 with the "Sons of Liberty," in New York and Philadelphia. Early in 1775 the Provincial Congress sent him to Philadelphia to learn the art of making gun powder, for as yet New England did not know it all.

Joseph Warren of Boston chose Revere as one of his trusted messengers to warn the people of Lexington and Concord of the coming of the troops, sent by Gen. Gage 18 April 1775, and incidentally to tell Adams and John Hancock of their danger.

Hancock was an important man in his day, a member of the General Court of the Colony of Mass., as was his friend, Samuel Adams.

Hancock, the patriot, and afterwards the Governor of his · state was also the greatest smuggler. Daniel Shay, whose appeals stirred the farmers of Wes tern Mass. to a frenzy of rebellion, broke up the Courts of North Hampton and Worcester and lay seige to Springfield. Governor Bowdoin, in the winter of 1786-7 sent an army of 4400 men under General Lincoln, of Hingham, Mass., against them, pursued and defeated the rebels at Petersham, 3 Feb. 1787, and captured Shay.

Feeling for the insurgents was so strong in Mass., that he was not punished and Gov. Bowdoin was defeated at the next election by John Hancock, the smuggler, and who as treasurer of Harvard from I 773 to I 778 failed to give an accounting of his trust and during his lifetime resisted strenuously all efforts of the college to a settlement, a common defaulter.

Professor McLaughlin says of Hancock, "That he loved nothing better than sunning himself in the smiles of the crowd.''


Shay's rebellion, in Mass., alarmed many a sober friend of Government in every state. It seemed that the foundation of Government was breaking up.

To return to Paul Revere and his famous ride, the truth of which is not to be found in the well known poem of Longfellow, Revere was joined by Mr. William Dawes and Dr. Prescott at Lexington, where the message was delivered to Adams and Hancock. The three riders had not gone far when Paul Revere was captured by British Scouts, and carried back a prisoner to Lexington. William Dawes and Dr. Prescott escaped and reached Concord with the news. Revere never got there, New England history not withstanding.

The Boston clique did not want the great man on the hill captured. He had been in hiding for years, ever since his sloop, the "Liberty" was captured June 1768 by the King's officers, for smuggling a ship load of Madeira wine. Hancock was formally charged with a violation of the Revenue Act and claims laid against his business and estate totalling $400,000.

It is well to remember that this episode of the capture of the "Liberty" and the serving of summons on John Hancock was the cause of the so called, "Boston Massacre." Isn't it time we learned the truth and faced it manfully?

Hancock faced ruin, for the British government would confiscate his estate, if successful in its case, and put a stop to his struttings and paradings. So Hancock tried propaganda, preconcerts plans to have it out with the troops, incites a riot of street ruffians armed with clubs to attack a single sentry on duty at the Custom House on King Street.

When the indictments were filed against him by the customs commission, at a town meeting held at Faneuil Hall, resolutions were addressed to Governor Bernard, expressing the hopes that the custom commissions would never resume their functions, and demanding the removal of the sloop-ofwar, "Romney" from the harbor.

John Adams, on page 21, Vol. 2, of his works, says; "Mr. Hancock was prosecuted on a great number of libels, for penalties upon the acts of Parliament (custom duties)


amounting to 90 or 100 thousand pounds sterling." Adams was his counsel and should know. The cases against him ended only with the battle of Lexington.

Washington in the spring of I 776 fortified Dorchester Heights and Howe agreed to go away and leave the city of Boston without further damage if he was not molested. On March 17th the departure began, the British taking with them to Halifax about 1100 residents of the town who were "Loyalists." John Hancock, having saved his bacon, offered his sword to Washington, who politely declined it, and so he did not serve in the Army. But he lived to recover his estate, due to the success of the Continental arms and the genius of George Washington. It is well for us to keep in mind that he was one of the direct causes of mob violence by the various vulgar ruffians of Boston.

Returning to Paul Revere, he served in the military corps of the war, in his state, and afterwards he cast church bells and cannon. He founded the copper works at Canton, Mass. and later the Revere Copper Co. He was the first to smelt copper ore in the U. S. and roll it into sheets. As grand master of the Masonic Order, he laid the corner stone of the State House, at Boston, in 1795. He died at Boston 10 May, 1818.

Truth need not be sacrificed to interest and history is something more than literature and so should make every sacrifice in the interests of accuracy.

Let us see just what the meaning of massacre is: "to slaughter, to slay." Seems to be applied when little or no resistance is or can be made, and the carnage or butchery is indiscriminately murderous. "To kill with attendant circumstances of atrocity" - commonly used in reference to the killing of a large number of human beings at once, who are not in a condition to defend themselves.

Does this definition properly describe, what Bostonian histories call, "the first blood flowing, that was shed for American Liberty?" The only liberty in jeopardy that night concerned John Hancock. John Adams in his address to the jury and who acquitted after two hours of deliberation, "that


English Army," of eight privates, says in speaking of the mob attack, "If this was not an unlawful assembly, there never was one in the world."

To Chrispus Attuc.ks, a native of Framington, Mass., of mixed Negro and Indian blood, a man of great strength and stature, the leader of the mob, in all probability the shooting of that night is chiefly to be ascribed, and who was the first to die. Now for the law of the Colony at that time; "That there be military watches appointed, kept in every town, at such times, in such places, and in such numbers and under such regulations, as the chief military officers of each town shall appoint, or as they may receive orders from the chief officer of the Reg't."

This needs no comment for it clearly authorizes the chief officer to appoint military watches. The military watch in Boston on the night of March 5, 1770, being founded on such appointment was therefore according to law, and the single sentry, placed at the Custom House, legal.

Elizabeth Leavitt (2), Dau. of John (1) bpt. 28 Apr. 1644 at Hingham, Mass. d. 4 Feb. 1688. m. 23 Mar. 1667 Samuel Judkins, b. 27 Nov. 1638.

Their son Samuel is mentioned in John's will.

CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH (LEAVITT) AND SAMUEL JUDKINS

Samuel b. 27 Nov. 1669 at Hingham. m. Abigail Harriman 30 Nov. 1710.

Samuel and Abigail (Harriman) Judkins had issue: Joel b. 25 Sept. 1712. m. 1-1-1735 Mehitable Elkins b. 6-13-1713.

Joel and Mehitable (Elkins) Judkins had issue: Anna b. 9-11-1739. m. 5-6-1758 Edward Eastman.

Anna (Judkins) and Edward Eastman had issue: Hannah b. 2-12-1764. m. 12-28-1785 William Cale£.

Hannah (Eastman) and William Cale£ had issue: Mary (called Polly) b. 12-6-1791. m. 9-11-1820 James S. Fellows.

Mary (Cale£) and James S. Fellows had issue: Franklin Pierce b. 5-8-1829. m. 2-1-1854 Martha Jane McCurdy.

Franklin Pierce Fellows and Martha J. (McCurdy) had issue: Charles H. b. 9-26-1858. m. 8-6-1887 Henrietta Seeley.

Charles H. Fellows and Henrietta (Seeley) had issue: Mabelle b. 12-14-1892. m. Charles S. Murphy. Maj. Harold C. (U. S. A.) b. I 0-15-1891.


Mabelle (Fellows) Murphy is a Counsellor at Law at Worcester, Mass. and a member of Magna Charta Dames; Daughters of Colonial Wars; Founders and Patriots of America; (is Regent of Worcester Chapter DAR;) Women Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company; Woman's Club &c. Her husband is an attorney and a Judge. Indian Wars

KING PHILIP'S WAR

Samuel Leavitt (2), son of John (1) bpt. 7 Apr. 1641 at Hingham, Mass. d. 6 Aug. 1707 at Exeter, N. H. m. Mary Robinson, dau. of John and Elizabeth, who deeded a house, barn, and 7 acres of land in Exeter, N. H. by the Falls, 24 June 1667 to Samuel Leavitt. (called the Leavitt and Lavel sale). He was known as Lieut. Samuel Leavitt, was representative in 1684, 1685, 9.2, 96, and I 703. He was selectman 1675, 1691 to 6, 1704 to 7. Town of Exeter granted him 15 acres of land in 1664, and again 100 acres 3 Feb. 1698. Was Assembly man at Exeter 1692. He lived about a mile from Exeter village on the Hampton road near the old Leavitt burying ground on the Old Lane place. He also owned land close about the old Keenborough Meeting House site. He moved to Exeter before 1680. (Brentwood re-s say, cch. before 28 Sept. 1668) 1680 his name first appears on town of Exeter records. His sons, Jas., Sam., and Dan. owned land of their father's a large body of it being west and north of D. Hill Mill near the Leavitt Cem. Town of Brentwood granted him land 640 acres. His sons sold much of it later. In Essex Antiquarium vol. VIII, p. 38, 1 Jan. 1904 is a copy of deed signed by Samuel and wife, Mary, in 1667, land at Exeter, N. H. He was one of the first members of the first church of Exeter and was admitted on confession of faith, Sept. 1698. His estate was divided 3 Aug. 1708. Mary Leavitt, exec. deeds land to estate of Nicholas Smith, and signed by Benj., Dan., Ephriam, all of Stratham, "land granted to our father, Samuel Leavitt, in 1672." On Aug. 1, 1709 all heirs mentioned below sell land to James Robinson, land in Exeter, N. H. John, his son, is not mentioned in division of his father's estate. John was a signer of a petition to Mass.


from N. H. settlers 1689. (vol. 8, N. E. G. Hist. rms.) John received land at Exeter from the town 3 Feb. 1698. He served in the Indian Wars, 27 Jan. to 24 Feb. 1696, Capt. Kinsley Hall. The town of Stratham was granted 1629 as Minnicut, and as Stratham 1715-16, original part of the Squamscott Patent, separated from Exeter, N. H. 1716. Petition for granting town on Squamscott Patent favored in 1709, signed by Sam., Dan., Benj., and Ephraim Leavitt. Those opposed signed by Moses, Jr. Petitions signed for town of Stratham 1715 signed by Sam., Sam., Jr., Moses, Jr., Dan., Benj., and Widow Leavitt. First meeting house was built 1718. He was called Samuel of Stratham, also his son same name but called Jr. Samuel, Jr. left a will giving most of his estate to his relatives, and appointing his bro-in-law, Moses Leavitt, exec. (N. H. P. P. 20 Apr. 1680 Exeter tax, vol. I, Samuel paid 13s-5d-) (p. p. vol. I, p. 549 - Samuel Leavitt and Moses Gilman 5 Jan. 1684, had a fist fight with the Justice of the Peace over unfair taxes at Exeter.) In King Philip's War Samuel served in the Exeter Company. App. 1690 as a Military officer, a Lieut. He held same office prior to Cranfield's administration, and was credited at Exeter for service 1676, L. S. D. 1700-6-10. (Badges King Philip).

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND MARY (ROBINSON) LEAVITT John b. 2 Jly. 1665. d. without issue before 1707. Mary b. 13 Jan. 1667. m. Thomas Veasey. Elizabeth b. 9 Jan. 1668. d. 23 Jan. 1754. m. 1st Lieut. James Dudley,

a bro. to Dorothy who md. Moses (2). Heb. 1663. d. 14 Nov. 1720. m. 2nd 8 Oct. 1724 Capt. Robert Briscoe with whom she lived on the old homestead on east side of river. m. 3rd 22 Sept. 1730 Rev. John Odlin d. 1754.

Hannah b. 15 Aug. 1669. Samuel b. 25 Dec. 167 I. d. 19 Dec. I 7 53. m. Sarah Brown, dau. of

Thomas. No issue. *Jeremy Benjamin b: 6 Apr. 1673. d. 1733. m. Elizabeth Gannett. *James b. 1675. d. 1746. m. 1st Alice Gilman. m. 2nd Hannah Dudley. *Sarah d. May 1740. m. Moses Leavitt (3). *Ephriam m. abt. 1680. d. 11 Aug. 1757. m. 1st Martha. m. 2nd Sarah. *Daniel b. abt. 1681. d. 1737. m. Abigail.

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Daniel Leavitt (3) son of Sam. (2), John (1) b. abt. 1680 at Stratham, N. H. d. 1737. m. Abigail who was administratrix of his estate granted to her 14 May 1737. William Pottle executor. His will mentions the children below. He lived and died at Stratham, N. H. His will witnessed by Elizabeth and Moses Leavitt. Daniel had land granted to him by town of Exeter, N. H. 1698 where they lived in 1710. His wife, Abigail, buys land from Owen Runnels and George Veasey 17 June 1728. She sells land to John Leavitt of Stratham, in Stratham, 17 31. Daniel sells land in Stratham to William Pottle 15 June 1734, land and buildings in Stratham also personal property. Sells land at Stra. to his son, John, 1725-6; sells land and buildings and live stock at Stra. I 734. Daniel et al of Exeter sells land to Edward Fifield of Exeter, part of estate of late father Samuel, 18 Oct. 1708; again, Daniel and Abigail of Exeter sells land to brother, James, of Exeter, land in same town 3 Nov., 1710; again, Daniel of Exeter buys land from Moses of Exeter, land at Exeter 1719; Abigail, w. of Daniel, sells land at Stratham and barn I 728; land at Stra. to son, John, I 7 31, and again, to son John I 735, land at Stra. Daniel's son, James, must have d. without issue since his sister, Martha's, children Caleb and Mathew Gilman, petitioned the estate that they might receive their shares. His wife, Sarah, was granted administration of the estate 2 Apr. 17 54 and John Purmot was granted administration de bonis non. Abigail was appointed guardian over her son, Nathaniel, probably her youngest.

CHILDREN OF DANIEL AND ABIGAIL (?) LEAVITT

*John b. abt. 1700. d. before 1759. m. Sarah Connely. *Samuel b. abt. 1706. d. 27 June 1740. m. 1st Ester Griggs. m. 2nd

Sarah Dudley. James d. 9 Feb. 1754. m. Sarah. No issue in r-s.

*Nathaniel d. Living 1761. m. Mary Giles. *Hannah m. Jonathan Leavitt. See Jon. (4). Anna m. Josiah Thorndike. Abigail m. Conner. Martha b. 1709. d. 1809. m. Caleb Gilman. Lived at Unity, N. H.

son of Caleb and Susanna (Folsom) Gilman. Caleb (4), Caleb (3),

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Moses (2), Edward (1). Susannah Folsom was dau. of Peter (2), John (1). Caleb (4) was their eldest child. Martha and Caleb lived and d. at Unity, N. H. (Folsom Gen. p. 61).

Ephriam Leavitt (3), son of Samuel (2), John (1). b. abt. 1680 at Exeter, N. H. Removed to Stratham and was called Ephriam of Stratham. Lived there as early as 1709. d. 11 Aug. 1757. (Lane Gen.). Will dated 5 Aug. 1757 was allowed 31 Aug. 17 57. He mentions list of children below, also grandchildren, Martha, Stephen, Samuel, and Jonathan Leavitt. m. 1st Martha -- of Exeter. "Ephriam and wife Martha, of Exeter, deed land at Swampscott Patent 19 May 1715 to Abraham Stockbridge." m. 2nd Sarah -- who was executor of his will. Ephriam deeds land to Abigail and Susanna Leavitt 18 July 1744 at Chester, N. H. Again deed to John Leavitt land at Bow, N. H. and Stratham, N. H. in 1752. "Ephriam of Exeter 14 June 1715 to Joseph Rawlins, land in Exeter." "Ephriam of Stratham, son of Samuel, 4 Feb. 1716-7 from John and Elizabeth Gilman of Exeter, land and bldgs. in Stratham, N. H." "Ephriam of Stratham 28 May 1716 to estate of Nicholas Smith by Mary Smith, Exectrx., of Exeter." "Ephriam of Stratham from his brother Samuel power of attorney also land in Stratham after my decease, 22 Jan. 1724-5." He also deeds land at Bow, N. H. 1727, land at Chester, N. H. 1735, to Samuel Leavitt land in Stratham 1736, 1 Feb. 1743-4 to Province of N. H. by trustees, land in Stratham, N. H. "Ephriam of Stratham," sells land in Chester 1744, same again 1745 to bro. Samuel. In 1753 land and house in Stratham, land to his daughter Elizabeth Bickford, land at Gilmanton, N. H. 1753, same yr. to his sons, Samuel and John, each land at Stratham. He was a proprietor of Gilmanton in 1727. In Newbury, Mass. V. Records we find Ephriam Leavitt of Stratham filed m. intentions 6 Sept. 17 38 with Judith Morse. Probably was wife Sarah, as we find many instances of a woman called by a different name than the one given in baptism. Among Gilmanton citizens who were delinquent in taxes 18 Jan. 1762 were: James, Ephriam, Dudley, Moses and John Leavitt. 9 Nov. 1767 Abigail, Susanna, and John, Jr. sell land of their father, Ephriam, and their brother, Samuel. (Dea.

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Lane). (Stratham r. vol. 2, G. Rms.) One record says Ephriam and first wife had 4 sons and 4 daughters. Ephriam left a will and mentions the following children with exception of his son, Miles, who died previously. The names of Miles and Martha appear often in the Thurston families, therefore Martha may have been a Thurston. An error appears in a town history which states that Ephriam's son, Samuel, married his cousin, Benjamin's wife, Elizabeth Merrill. Samuel had but one cousin Benjamin, and we find he lived to the age of 61 yrs. He died in 1780. We find deeds wherein this Benjamin and "wife Hannah" sign. The two families of Benjamin and his cousin, Samuel, were born about the same time. Compare the two families and see how impossible it is that Elizabeth was a wife to Benjamin. She was a wife to his cousin, Elisha, who died in 17 58. She married Samuel before 1763 as her first child by him was born 1763. Miles' son, Jonathan, is mentioned in deeds as grandson of Ephriam. (Daniel T. a descendant of Miles sent data to J. P. L. of

Chi.)

CHILDREN OF EPHRIAM AND MARTHA ( ) LEAVITT *Samuel b. 17 Sept. 1714. d. 17 Mar. 1790. m. 1st Sarah Sargent. m. 2nd

Elizabeth Merrill. *Jonathan b. abt. 1716. Sarah m. a Wadleigh. Elizabeth m. Bickford.

*Miles b. abt. 1720. d. 1756. m. Lydia -- . Martha m. Thomas Dolloff. Hannah m. Joseph Dudley, son of Nicholas. b. 1728, at Brentwood,

N. H. (Dudley) He was a Rev. soldier, also in French War. *John b. 1737. d. 7 Feb. 1807.

CHILDREN OF EPHRIAM AND SARAH ( ) LEA VITT Abigail b. 10 Oct. 1740. Susanna b. 13 Nov. 1742. m. Thomas Veasey. An infant died 1744. (Stratham r. vol. 2 N. H. G. R.)

Colonial Wars

Capt. James Leavitt (3), son of Sam. (2), John (I) b. 1675 at Exeter, N. H. d. I 746. m. 1st I Nov. I 702 Alice Gilman dau. of Hon. John Gilman (2). (See Gil. re. herein.) b. 23 May 1683. d. 2 June 1721. (N. H. v. r.) Hem. 2nd 1721 a widow Sarah who d. 1721. (Dover, N. H. v. r.) Hem. 3rd


I 723 Hannah Dudley b. 1689. d. 20 Dec. I 774 and is buried in the Dudley Cem. at Brentwood, N. H. next to Capt. John Dudley who d. 1786. Insc. reads: "Wife of Capt. James Leavitt." James owned land at Chichester, N. H. 1727, lot No. 12 in range 7. He was the only Captain James Leavitt prior to the Revolutionary War. He served under Capt. James Davis in John Gilman's Co. 1710. Served in a scouting party under Capt. James Drake and Maj. Smith 1712. Serg't of Canterbury, N. H. after 1744 also of Contoocook. He, Capt. James Leavitt, sent horses to Serg't Joseph Rawlings at Canterbury 1746. He evidently owned land at Brentwood since he willed land here to his grandsons, James and Israel Ober. He owned land at Gilmanton 1727. He received land 200 acres from town of Exeter, N. H. in 1725. Also granted land in town of Exeter, 100 acres in 1700. (Bell). Served in Indian War 30 Dec. 1695. In 1696 served under Capt. Kinsley Hall. "Ensign" James Leavitt of Exeter, 1739. (N. H. p. p. vol. 9). He sells land to Thomas Veasey of Stratham, portion of Thomas Veasey's wife's estate of the late Samuel Leavitt, 9 Jan. 1727-8. Sells land to Nicholas Gilman in Exeter 1714, "bought of my uncle David Roberson." James buys a church pew 25 Mar. 1731. James made his will May 1746, proved 25 Mar. 1747. One re. states his will made 15 Dec. 17 46 mentions the girls below and but one son, James. Also his sister Elizabeth Odlin, and heirs of sister, Sarah, late of Stratham, grandsons James and Israel Ober, John Gilman, John Tuck, and John Odlin. His son, James, was executor of his will. Town of Exeter granted him land in range No. 9, lot No. 20, 18 Oct. 1732. He received land from his brother, Samuel, land granted by town of Exeter, N. H. to his father, Samuel Leavitt, 16 Feb. 1722-23.

CHILDREN OF JAMES AND ALICE (GILMAN) LEAVITT "'Elizabeth b. 31 Mar. 1704. d. before 1769. m. Jonathan Gilman. Mary b. 5 June 1706. m. Mr. Tuck. Samuel b. 14 June 1709. d. 28 June 1709. Joanna b. 22 Feb. I 710. m. Mr. Cottle.

• Alice or Else }m. John Odlin. twins b. 14 Aug. 1713.

•James d. 1787. m. Amy Veasey.

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Sarah b. 14 Sept. 1715. d. before 1746. m. 1st Mr. Ober. 2nd Jabez Smith. 3rd Jon. Gilman 1769 (after her sister Eliz. died).

Josiah b. 22 Nov. 1718. d. 25 Dec. 1718. John b. 23 May I 720. d. I Mar. I 721.

(Kingston chh. re-s)

Jeremy Benjamin Leavitt (3) son of Sam. (2), John (1) b. 6 Apr. 1763 at Stratham, N. H. d. 1733 same. m. Elizabeth Gannett, dau. of Mathew. His will proved 7 Nov. 1733. He was called, Benjamin. He gives a mortgage deed to a widow, Elizabeth Dudley, of Exeter, land in Stratham, 11 Aug. 1724. Again: he deeds land at Gilmanton, N. H. to his sons, Elisha, John, and Jeremiah, 1733. Again: sells land 29 June 1709 to Thomas and Mary Veasey, land which was granted by town of Exeter to his father, Lt. Samuel, 15 acres, 1664, and 100 acres 3 Feb. 1698. Benjamin had one arm amputated. He taught school and was a selectman. Also set up the first tavern in town of Stratham, N. H. and sold liquor. Was granted land at Gilmanton in I 727. Ch. b. at Stratham. All living 17 33. Elizabeth is said to m. 2nd Nath. Ambrose.

CHILDREN OF J. BENJAMIN AND ELIZABETH (GANNETT) LEAVITT

Hannah b. 25 Aug. 1709. m. 16 Mar. 1758 William Prescott. Mary b. II Sept. 1710. m. Humphrey Wilson and had a ch. b. 24

June 1739. Lived Brentwood. He d. 1770. Jean b. 29 July 1712. John b. 19 Nov. 1713. Nor. of m. or d. but I think he md. Elizabeth

who md. 16 Jan. 1740 Andrew Downer. Elizabeth b. 31 Sept. I 715. d. I 760. m. 1st 23 Oct. I 740 Benj. Cotton.

m. 2nd 5 Oct. I 749 Alexander Magoon. (v. r. say Dec. may have had 31 dys. in Sept. in those days).

Patience b. 23 May 1717. d. 14 Oct. 1741. *Benjamin b. 27 Sept. 1719. d. 12 Dec. 1780. m. Hannah Hill. Joanna b. 24 Apr. I 72 I. m. Dyer.

*Jeremiah b. 16 May 1723. d. before 1758. m. Mary Fogg. Alice b. 5 July I 726.

*Reuben d. I I Dec. I 786. m. Hannah Moore. *Elisha b. I 728-30. d. 26 Nov. I 758. m. Elizabeth Merrill.

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Alice Leavitt (4) dau. of James (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 14 Aug. 1713 a twin to James. m. 27 Feb. 1734-5 Rev. John Odlin son of John.

(N. H. v. r-s Odlins)

CHILDREN OF ALICE (LEAVITT) AND JOHN ODLIN Sarah d. 3 Nov. 1747. John d. 3 Sept. 1747. Elizabeth d. 16 Feb. I 735-6. Abigail d. 12 Aug. 1747.

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Benjamin Leavitt (4) son of .J. Benj. (3) , Sam. (2) , John (1) b. 27 Sept. 1719 at Stratham, N. H. d. 13 Dec. 1780. Killed by a fall from his horse. m. Hannah Hill, daughter of John and Sarah and Grand-dau. of Jonathan Wiggin. (N. H. deeds.) They lived a while on his father's estates at Gilmanton, N. H. Hannah is mentioned in her father's will made 27 May 1753 as Hannah Leavitt. Hannah d. 20 Apr. 1819. They lived at Stratham in 1774. He signed here the Association Test in 1776. In 1751 Benjamin buys land from his brother, Elisha, of Boston, and in I 7 52 he buys from Satchel Clark and wife, Elizabeth, and from John Randlett land in Exeter, N. H. 22 Jan. 17 53. Buys land in Stratham from Thomas and Anna Veasey 29 Mar. 1764. He owned land at Limerick, and at Livingston, Me. Debtors at time of his death, or at time of settling estate 1781, Leavi; John; and Samuel Leavitt. Benjamin and wife, Hannah, sold lands by deeds in 1753 to John Hill and same year to her brother, John jr., all their rights in estate of late John Hill 22 Feb. 1753. (Note: error here in dates. One record says his will made in May, and this deed dates Feb. 1753 "estate of late John Hill." Benjamin sells land in I 7 57 to David Hannaford in Exeter. Military History of N. H. states that Benjamin served for one day 14 Sept. 1756 from Kingston and vicinity and again in 1760. He served under Capt. Atkinson I 750 with troops raised in the vicinity of Kingston,

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N. H. also under Maj. Tash' Co. 19 Aug. to 30 Oct. 1757. He served in the Revolutionary war and was mustered out 20 July 1776 under Capt. James Arnold's Co., Joshua Wingate's Reg't for Ticonderoga. (Granite St. Mo'ly, vol. 25) his son, Reuben, was administrator of his estate 31 Jan. 1781, Benjamin Jr. and Jonathan Chase bondsmen. On the 29th of May 1786 Reuben has his "honored mother, Hannah

· Leavitt, of Stratham widow," sign an indenture in settlement of her husband's estate, the homestead of her late husband, Benjamin Leavitt, of Stratham, one fourth part of the lot of land at Gilmanton, N. H. of 100 acres, lot No. 27, in 2nd div. Witness: Levi Leavitt. The same day "Hannah Leavitt, of Stratham, gives up her right of dower of her land at Stratham, by indenture. Witness: Levi Leavitt." In 1746 Benjamin signed a church covenant at Stratham. Her son, Benjamin jr. and Hannah sell land at Stratham 22 Mar. 1783. Witnesses: Paine Wingate and Hannah Leavitt, Jr. An error appears in histories, no doubt with a single starting point, about Benjamin having married Elizabeth Merrill and after his decease she md. his cousin, Samuel Leavitt. Elizabeth was b. 1733 and Benjamin had a ch. d. 1745. Were she its mother she would be 12 yrs. old. Truth is she md. 1st Elisha· Leavitt ( 4) and after his d. md. his cousin, Samuel Leavitt. She was mother of all his children. Elisha was own brother to Benjamin. That Hannah Hill was Benjamin's wife is proven many times in deeds, and her own father's will. Example: in a deed dated 22 Feb. 1753 "Benjamin Leavitt of Stratham and wife, Hannah (Hill)." In 1774 they lived at Stratham, and deeds place his residence as Stratham but it was said he lived at Gilmanton, N. H. on his fathers estates. N. H. v. r.s give d-s of their ch. in 27 Mar. I 7 45; 19 Jan. 1754; 3 Feb. 1754 was a dau. and 4 May 1760, the last probably Benj., Jr.

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN AND HANNAH (HILL) LEAVITT Sarah b. 9 June 1751. d. 12 Nov. 1816. m. Wheeler Burleigh. ch:

Nancy b. 31 Mar. 1773. Benjamin b. 15 July 1781. Sally b. 3 Dec. 1783.

Benjamin bpt. 26 July 1775. d. young. *Levi or Leavi bpt. 26 July 1761. d. 31 Mar. 1840. m. Sarah Pearson.


Hannah bpt. 16 Dec. 1764. Simon d. 21 Apr. 1774. Polly m. I July 1793 Joseph K. Stanton and lived at Boston. J. P. L.

of Chi. gives list of her ch. Benjamin b. 24 Feb. 1766. m. 1796 Hannah Yeoman of Boston. I find

no ch. Reuben b. 1766. d. 18 May 1819 at Kensington, N. H. and is the only

Leavitt buried in the new cem. this town. Nor. of family. No wife buried here.

In a very old Gilmanton History the following record proves interesting: "in 1826 the greatest number of people died in Gilmanton of any one year, when measles, dysentery, and fever prevailed. 12 died of Dysentery, six of fever, eight of consumption, and six of measles, six of intemperance. Spotted fever prevailed in 1813 and 1814 carrying off numbers. Other epidemics occasionally exhisted but oweing to the uneven surface of the town it is pretty free from morasses and stagnant waters by which means the air is salubrious and climate healthy."

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Elisha Leavitt (4) son of J. Benjamin (3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. 1728-30 at Stratham, N. H. d. 26 Nov. 1758 at Stratham. m. Elizabeth Merrill, dau. of Joseph, b. 13 Aug. 1733. d. 18 Aug. 1792. She survived her husband and married his cousin, Samuel. Elisha bought land and buildings at Stratham 24 Sept. 1751 of Solomon Smith. He sold land in Gilmanton to Jeremiah Leavitt of Exeter, N. H. in 1751, probably his brother. Elisha served in the French war of 17 58. Administration of his estate was granted to his widow, Elizabeth, 27 Dec. 17 58. Her father, Joseph Merrill, mentions her and her son, Josiah, in his will dated 16 Apr. 1760. She married Samuel between 1760 and 1762. Elisha served in the French war under Capt. Sommersbee Gilman I 758.

CHILDREN OF ELISHA AND ELIZABETH (MERRILL) LEAVITT

*Josiah b. abt. 1748-50. m. 1st Hannah--. m. 2nd Sally Light. A child d. IO Nov. 1758. ch. d. 31 Jan. 1759. ch. d. 7 Oct. 1759.


Elizabeth Leavitt (4) dau. of Capt. James (3), Sam. (2), John (I) b. 31 Mar. 1704. d. before 1769. m. 16 Jan. 1724 Jonathan Gilman b. 1701, son of James (2) (see Gilman data). This family recorded in Exeter and printed in the History of Exeter, Family Register Section, p. 19.

CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH (LEAVITT) AND JONATHAN GILMAN

Alice b. 15 Apr. 1725. m. John York of Exeter. Elizabeth m. 5 June 1727. Robert Briscoe b. 21 June 1729. Alice b. 11 July 1731. Jonathan b. 18 May 1733. Hannah b. 29 Dec. 1734. Mary b. 7 May 1737. John b. 28 Nov. 1738. d. inf. Robert Briscoe b. 27 Nov. 1740. Hannah b. 20 Nov. 1743. m. Mr. Thing. Dorothy b. 18 July 1746. m. Jeremiah Conner. John b. twin to Dorothy. d. 3 Apr. 1836. m. 1st Mollie Smith, 27 Oct.

1766, dau. of Richard. They had ten children among them Elizabeth Leavitt Gilman. b. 12 June 1749. m. 2nd Elenior Potter d. 20 Sept. 1767. Lived Gilmanton, N. H. d. 30 June 1829.

NoTE: In a N. H. History this family is given to Hannah Leavitt, dau. of Moses (2) and Jonathan Gilman and is an error.

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James Leavitt (4) son of James (3), Sam. (2), John (I) b. 14 Aug. 17 I 3 twin to Alice. d. 1787 as his will was allowed this date. m. Amy Veasey dau. of George of Stratham, N. H. (D.A.R. Lineage Book calls her Emma). His son, James, was named as executor of his will. James and Amy Leavitt of Exeter, N. H. deed land to Clement Marsh 2 May 1757, the late George Veasey estate of Stratham. James Leavitt, Jr. and Anne Leavitt of Exeter, N. H. deed land to Thomas Wiggin of Stratham 9 Mar. I 740-1, right of land in Exeter granted to George Veasey. James lived in So. part of Exeter which was then part of Brentwood. A vote to build a road in Brentwood, in town meeting, 28 May 17 53 which would run through land of James Leavitt. He served in the French and English war I 755, was selectman of Exeter same year. He was of the First Parish in I 743. He signed a petition not to tax Phillips Exeter Academy, 25 Feb. 1783. Signed for


election of fire wards 1787. The will of George Veasey of Stratham mentions his dau. Amy Leavitt. James of Exeter deeds land to his dau. Else, wife of Daniel Gilman 1 June 1772. James also served in the Revolutionary War under Col. Lovell's command (Hist. of Hing.). He served in Mass. He wills his heirs all his privilege in sawmill E. Stream on East side of Exeter River, also land in Kensington at Grace Swamp.

CHILDREN OF JAMES AND AMY (VEASEY) LEAVITT Alice, Else, or Mary m. Daniel Gilman b. 18 Nov. 1729. (Gil. Gen.)

*James b. 1748. d. (Living 1818) m. Betty Rowe.

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Jeremiah Leavitt (4) son of Jeremy Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (I) b. 16 May 1723 at Stratham, N. H. d. before 1758. m. Mary Fogg b. 1727. d. 20 Mar. 1820. (Bible re. says she b, 7 Sept. 1726). She survived Jere. and m. 2nd. Benjamin Conner. Had one ch. by him. 1760. Jeremiah buys land at Exeter, N. H. 5 Sept. 1744 from Richard Swett. A meeting was held at Jeremiah's house 16 Oct. 1761 to organize an association to take a township at Moultonborough, N. H. He served in the French and Indian War, was a Leu't 1757 under Capt. Ladd. Jeremiah a Lieut. under Maj. Tash, Capt. Anthony Towle's Co. 4: 19 Aug. to 30 Oct. 1757. Posted at Charlestown, Mass.

CHILDREN OF JEREMIAH AND MARY (FOGG) LEAVITT *Jeremiah b. 12 Feb. 1748. d. 30 Aug. 1818. m. Mary Blunt. *Benjamin b. 1752. d. 23 Aug. 1826. m. Abigail Batchelder. *Mary bpt. 21 Mar. 1756. d. 18 June 1812. m. Levi Robinson.

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John Leavitt (4) son of Ephriam (3), Sam. (2), John (I) b. 1737 at Stratham, N. H. d. 7 Feb. 1807 same. m. Rachael d. 15 Oct. 1807. Called Jr. He buys land at Stratham from his father "Ephriam" 1753, buys from Samuel of Stra. I 7 Feb. 1761, buys from John and Hannah Jewett land at Bow, N. H. 14 Nov. 1761. That which he sold to James Man 26 June 1760 at Pembroke, N. H. comprised 40 acres, belonging to his father, Ephriam Leavitt, an original proprietor of Bow. The 1st lot in the 4th range, of 1st div.


John sells land 16 Aug. 1768 at Bow, to Abraham Colby of Newton; sells to Sam of Stra. land in Stra. 16 Aug. 1768; sells to Nahum Leary land in Bow, 24 June 1769; sells to Eliphalet Hale 13 Sept. 1769 land and bldgs. in Stratham; sells to David Carr of Bow, land in Bow, 11 June 1774. Vol. 89, p. 447 John deeds land 10 Nov. 1767 to John Folsom in Stratham "land of my honored father, Ephriam" and wife Rachael signed. He sells land 1783 to his son, Joseph. He served in the revolutionary war under Peter Coffin's company and is mentioned in the Bureau of Pensions thus. In 1748 he signed a Stratham public paper but was not of the town. All ch. below are mentioned in a deed of 1812. See vol. 203 p. 266 "John Leavitt & als to Thurston - William Leavitt, yeoman, of Moultonborough, Straford Co. **** Quitclaim to Nath. Thurston of Stra. all title &c. in 2 acres of land in Stra. property of our honored father John Leavitt, late of Stratham, 5 Sept. 1812." Again: "John Thurston and Else his wife, conveyed to Josiah Bartlett, Jr. of Stra. all right and title, interest, they were entitled to by heirship of said Elsey in a piece of land lying in Stra. aforesaid and is bounded westerly by a road leading from Exeter to Portsmouth, northerly by rocky lane so called: east and southerly by Dr. Charles Chauncey***said land formerly the property of John Leavitt, late honoured father of said Elsey and her right being 1/7 of said premises, 3 Apr. 1827.

Signed John Thurston

Else Thurston."

(See vol. 250-p. 82)

All children below are mentioned in this deed except Hiram and tells where each lived. One record also gives a Samuel but most re-s do not. J.P. L. of Chicago had a family r. from a descendant which includes Samuel. In 1828 her mother could not be living and if her share was 1 /7 of the whole no doubt Samuel received his share prior to 1812. In a letter to J .P .L. of Chicago I found list of ch. including Hiram, from Wm's son, Thos.' wife.


CHILDREN OF JOHN AND RACHAEL LEAVITT *William b. 14 May 1752. d. 11 Aug. 1818. m. Mary Whipple. *Andrew b. 1753. d. 24 Aug. 1846. m. Sarah Hastings. *Samuel b. 4 June 1758. d. 17 Dec. 1831. m. Polly Davis. * John b. 12 July 1760. d. 5 Oct. 1846. m. Elizabeth Bellamy. * Joseph b. I 760. d. IO Aug. 1836. m. Mary. *Elsie m. abt. 1778 John Thurston and lived at Stra. Mary m. Richard Haley and lived at Alfred, Me. He bpt. 1741. Hiram d. before 1812.

John Leavitt (4) son of Daniel (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. abt. 1700 d. before 1759. m. 17 Jan. 1731 Sarah Connoly of Boston, Mass. John receives deeds of land from his father in Stratham 11 Mar. 1725-6, from his mother, Abigail, land 20 Dec. 17 31; from his brother, Samuel, land in Stratham IO Apr. 1755. He deeds land in yrs. of 1727; 1731; 1733; 1734; and land at Bow, N. H. 1732. He buys land at Bow 28 Dec. 1752. In 1759 a petition was taken not to sell land for taxes due the town of Bow: "One lot of 40 acres more or less, 7th lot in 2nd range, originally granted to John Leavitt, late of Stratham, in ye Province aforesaid, yooman deceased and which I purchased of one David Conner." They wished to sell it for 43 lbs. 4 Jan. 1759. (N. H.P. P. vol. II. p. 210). His father owned land at Bow. His brother Samuel's widow sold land at Bow. John lived at Stratham, N. H. His son, John, was called "Jr.," also his nephew, John, son of Ephriam, was called "Jr." Quit Claim deeds show ch. below. living 1767. In 1732 he had land grant at Exeter range No. 2, lots ll 2, and 117, 50 acres.

CHILDREN OF JOHN AND SARAH (CONNOLY) LEAVITT ch. d. June 1747. Son drowned 8 July 1757. John b. before I 759. d. 15 Feb. I 773. m. Rachel. ch: Rachel; Mercy;

Martha; Comfort m. 5 Apr. 1795 Eph. Folsom. Abigail. Susanna d. 8 Aug. 1806. unm. Ford Merrill was appointed her

guardian I Aug. 1803 because she was insane. Made her will 25 May 1803, proved 1806, mentions her brother's dau. Sally.

Samuel b. abt. 1732. d. before 1771. m. Lydia. ch: Sally; Joseph who md. and had 2 sons.

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Jonathan Leavitt (4) son of Ephriam (3), Sam. (2), John


(I) b. abt. 1716 at Stratham, N. H. (he was living when his father's will was proved) m. his cousin, Hannah Leavitt, dau. of Daniel (3) of Kingston, N. H. 30 Sept. 1744-5. Jonathan sells land in Stratham, N. H. with house, 16 Jan. I 752. He buys land in Kingston, N. H. 21 Dec. I 763. He was in the hat business at Kingston as early as 1770. In a diary kept by Samuel Lane of Stratham appears the death of Martha "Dollar" wife of Thomas, d. at the home of Jonathan Leavitt. No doubt this is his sister, Martha Dolloff. Jonathan served in the Revolutionary war. "N. H. Rev. Soldiers" states: "Serg't Jonathan Leavitt enlisted for town of Stratham, N. H. to recruit in 3rd N. H. Reg't. in Cont. Army, until 31 Dec. 1780. Under Henry Elkins at Pierces Is. 1775. Capt. Wm. Prescott, men raised from Col. Jonathan Moulton's Reg't. for N. Y. Pay roll dated Exeter, N. H. He was discharged in the state of N. J."

CHILDREN OF JONATHAN AND HANNAH (LEAVITT) LEAVITT

Dorothy b. 14 Sept. 1746. *Joseph b. abt. 1747. d. 1788-90. m. Elizabeth Hodgedon.

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Miles Leavitt (4) son of Ephriam (3), Samuel (2), John ( 1) b. abt. 1720 at Stratham, N. H. d. 10 July 17 56 at Crown Point. m. Lydia. They lived at Gilmanton which was then part of Gilford, N. H. I find nothing in N. H. wills and deeds about Miles. His son, lived on the lakeshore road at Gilford, and his grandson Miles, Jr. lived in the Miles River Valley. Miles served in the 6th Co. under Lieut. Col. John Hart, acting Captain, to Crown Point in 1756. Lydia made her will 27 Sept. 1800. Proved 13 Apr. 1805. She mentions her sons, Jonathan, Stephen, and his wife, Mehitable, her daughter, Martha who was wife of Benjamin Thurston, and grandson Samuel Thurston, Jr. Also Lydia, Esther, Mary, and Hannah Leavitt. (Her son Jonathan's ch.) Children born at Stratham, N. H. The widow Lydia lost a child 2 July 1757 and another 7 Oct. 1759. Benj. and Martha Thurston deed land 15 Apr. 1780 to Jonathan and his brother


Stephen Leavitt," land formerly owned by our grandfather, Ephriam !--,eavitt."

CHILDREN OF MILES AND LYDIA LEAVITT *Jonathan b. 1752. m. Abigail Smith. Martha m. Benjamin Thurston. They lived at Gilford and had a son,

Samuel, Jr. One ch. d. 29 May 1756. One ch. d. IO Nov. 1756 at Albany, N. H.

*Stephen b. 1757. d. 2 Apr. 1812. m. Mehitable Eaton. NOTE: Samuel called Jr. in those days simply meant he had an older

relative living in same town with same name. This Samuel Thurston had an uncle by same name.

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Nathaniel Leavitt (4), son of Daniel (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. abt. 1720-28. m. Mary Giles 14 Nov. 1748. They deed land in Stratham, N. H. to John Thurston 27 Mar. l 751, to Thos. Veasey 2 Apr. 1753, and 27 Nov. 1753, and to Geo. Veasey land and bldgs at Stratham I 7 July 1754. He was a Mariner and they lived part of their lives at Salem, Mass. He served in the Rev. war from Cambridge, Mass. I Aug. 1775 acct. dated for wages, he of Salem. (Giles Gen.) Also in Capt. Addison Richardson, Col. John Mansfield, 16 Nov. 1776. Reported taken prisoner at Fort Washington same date. Also on orderly book of Col. Israel Hutchinson 27th Reg't, dated Fort Lee. Both he and son same name served so am not sure which record is eithers. He signed the Association Test.

CHILDREN OF NATHANIEL AND MARY (GILES) LEAVITT *Nathan or Nathaniel b. abt. 1750. m. Miss Brown. Anne who m. 6 Dec. 1770 Ephriam Twist 6 Dec. I 770. Ruth L. m. 5 Nov. 1784 George Henry Webber. Mary m. 15 Sept. 1765 Richard Vincent Couch. Last 3 girls m-s in

Salem, Mass. re-s and no proof of this family except no other Leavitt lived here that early.

*David b. abt. l 760. A ch. d. 9 Sept. 17 53. John b. before 1765 moved to Me. with his brothers. Lived at Phil

lipsburgh 1810 cen.

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Reuben Leavitt (4) son of Jere. Benj. (3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. abt. 1728 at Stratham, N. H. d. 11 Dec. 1786 at Gilmanton, N. H. m. 13 Dec. 1781 Hannah Moore. She


survived him and m. 2nd Samuel Mudgett. She was administrator of Reuben's estate 20 Dec. 1786. Thomas Moore, Jr. and Henry Wigg bondsmen. He owned land at Gilmanton, N. H. and at Limerick, Me. They lived at Gilmanton. John Bean of Gilmanton was appointed guardian of Benjamin, Reuben, and Thomas Leavitt, children of Hannah Mudgett, late of Gilmanton, they being under fourteen years of age, 7 Mar. 1793. Rueben deeds land of his brother, Benjamin's, estate 28 July 1783. Again deeds: Reuben Leavitt, of Stratham, cordwainer, and Benjamin Leavitt of Stratham, yeoman, sell land in Stratham 1 Apr. 1784. In the Revolutionary War he served under Capt. Henry Elkins, at Pierce's Island, 5 Nov. 1775. Also under Capt. John Robinson's Co. Col. Trask, 23 Sept. 1776, was in N. Y. to 1 Dec. 1776. Samuel Mudgett was first male b. at Exeter, N. H. 15 Feb. 1764.

CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND HANNAH (MOORE) LEAVITT *Benjamin b. 24 Apr. 1782. d. 3 June 1846. m. 1st Betsy Kelly. m. 2nd

Lydia Sanborn. *Reuben b. 1783. m. Hannah Sawyer of Gilmanton. *Thomas M. b. 22 July 1786. d. 22 Oct. 1882. m. 1st Sally Dearborn.

m. 2nd Mary Wiggin.

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Samuel Leavitt (4) son of Ephriam (3), Samuel (2), John ( 1 ). He signed cch. covenant at Stratham, 1746. b. 17 Sept. 1714 at Stratham, N. H. d. 17 Mar. 1790. m. 1st Sarah Sargent. Issue one daughter who m. Humphrey Wilson. m. 2nd Elizabeth Merrill, widow of his cousin, Elisha Leavitt. She b. 13 Aug. 1733. d. 18 Aug. 1792. All ch. born at Stratham. Samuel and wife, Elizabeth confess their sin of fornication and a son, Elisha was b. No further re-s of him. Samuel and wife, Elizabeth, deed land to Jonathan Hills of Candia, N. H. I Feb. I 770 land in Chester and Candia, N. H. part of lot 94, in 3rd division laid out originally to Zachariah Clifford. Witness: Sarah Leavitt and Samuel Moore. (N. H. Pro. deeds). Samuel Leavitt, yeoman, wife Elizabeth, to James Merrill land in Stratham, N. H. 20 Aug. 1782. Again: they sell land in Stratham, 17 Dec. 1783. Witness: Pain Wingate and Josiah Leavitt. Again: sell land 7 July 1784,


Witness: Pain Wingate, Joseph Leavitt. Again: they sell land to their son, Samuel 3rd, yeoman, land in Stratham 19 Mar. 1784. Witness: Josiah and Joseph Leavitt. ditto: sells land 24 Mar. 1786, bound on N. East by land that belonged to Thomas Veasey 3rd which he lately bought of Samuel Leavitt, excepting some land that belonged to Susannah Leavitt. Again: sell land 8 Dec. 1785 to Joseph Leavitt, Jr. of Stratham, yeoman, her release witnessed by Ephriam Tibbetts, Dudley Leavitt, and Polly Leavitt. Again: sells to Ephriam and Dudley Leavitt of Stratham, land in Stratham, 29 July 1789. Leavitts signed the Association Test 1776 in opposition to Great Britain: Jonathan, Jr.; Benjamin; Josiah; Samuel; Jonathan. 1790 U. S. Census reads: Elizabeth Leavitt, of Stratham; 2-0-3 meaning she had two sons and two daughters at home. Served in war in Peter Coffin's Co. Mentioned in Bureau of Pensions. Lieut. Samuel. Under Capt. Dan. Jewell, Col. Thos. Bartlett for West Point, 4 July to 25 Oct. I 780. His son, Samuel in same.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND ELIZABETH (MERRILL) LEAVITT

Samuel b. 29 Feb. 1763. d. at sea. m. Sarah Ayers 13 Nov. 1785. b. 1767. d. 2 Apr. 1832. He··was called Samuel 3rd. No issue. In Rev. War 1780 and 178!.

*Joseph b. 14 Apr. 1767. d. 9 Mar. 1828. m. Mary Wiggin. *Ephriam b. 24 Oct. 1769. d. 15 June 1846. m. 1st Judith Cogswell.

m. 2nd Abigail Piper. *Dudley b. 15 June 1772. d. 5 Feb. 1838. m. 1st Dorothy Frost. m. 2nd

Mary F. Frost. Lydia m. Samuel Thurston and had a son Samuel. Elizabeth (not sure of this £am.) m. Thomas Wiggin. A dau. b. before 1790. Living at home.

NoTE: A child died in 1766. NoTE: Dudley Leavitt' of Stratham buys land from Ephriam Leavitt

same town, cordwainer, sons of Samuel Leavitt (4) 20 Sept. 1792. Dudley of Stratham sells to Joseph Leavitt of Nottingham, N. H. 2 Mar. 1793, both schoolmasters. At one time they both taught school at Wolfeboro, N. H. 15 Mar. 1785 Leavitts of Stratham signed for a Justice of Peace, Samuel, Samuel, Jr., and Samuel 3rd, and Josiah.

Samuel Leavitt (4) son of Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1706 at Stratham, N. H. d. 27 June 1740, administration granted to his wife, Sarah, 27 Aug. 1740. m. 1st 5 Jan. 1726


Ester Griggs. m. 2nd Sarah Dudley, dau. of Samuel and Hannah (Thing) Dudley. b. 9 Apr. 1716 at Exeter, N. H. A widow, Sarah Leavitt, d. at Stratham, N. H. 4 Feb. 1755 which may have been Samuel's widow or could have been widow of his brother, James. Their dau. Abigail, sells her right of heirship to her brother, Jonathan, 15 Sept. 1761, he of Stratham, her right to estate at Stratham, "of the late Samuel Leavitt my father." (See p. p. of N. H. registry). One r- gives the children to Sarah but I have no proof that any or all of them belong to her.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND SARAH (DUDLEY) LEAVITT Abigail m. 22 June 1758 Benjamin Batchelder of Brentwood, N. H.

*Jonathan b. 1738. d. 8 May 1805. Sarah m. Samuel Philbrick of Exeter, N. H.

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Andrew Leavitt (5) son of John (4) Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1753 at Stratham, N. H. d. 24 Aug. 1846 at Amherst, N. H. m. 1st Sarah Hastings. m. 2nd widow Elizabeth (Kendall) Jones, who d. May 1818 aged 55 yrs. m. 3rd widow Abigail (Rust) Hildreth 30 Oct. 1818, who d. 12 Feb. 1834 aged 66 yrs. Andrew was a housewright and came to Amherst before the Revolutionary War and learned a trade with Dea. Ephriam Barker with whom he came. He was one of the families signing a petition 30 June 1781 to set off Amherst, N. W. parish which in 1803 resulted in Mt. Vernon, N. H. He moved to Amherst in 1770 but in 1776 while working at Charlestown moved his family to Medford, Mass. and in 1777 to Rindge, N. H. where he lived about 5 yrs. then returned to Amherst. He and his brother, Joseph, were minute men of Amherst. (History of Marblehead, Mass. states: He fought at Bunker Hill, twice served as a privateer, taken prisoner and confined at Halifax Prison). He lived to be 94. He served in the Revolution under Capt. Josiah Crosby's Co., Col. James Reed, 19 June 1775, for one month, fifteen days, again for 8 months Dec. 1. He enlisted from Cambridge, Mass. walking from Amherst, enlisted again and was at Winter Hill when the British evacuated Boston. He served at the Battle of Bunker Hill and at Cambridge when Washington took charge of the army. He was probably the last survivor of Amherst soldiers who served at Bunker Hill. On pension list 1840 under Hillsboro, N. H. Co. as private in a Mass. Cont'l line, at this time living with his son, William, of Mt. Vernon, he aged 87. He was the only pensioner of this war named Andrew Leavitt from any state. U. S. Cen. 1790: 3-2-5.

CHILDREN OF ANDREW AND SARAH (HASTINGS) LEAVITT William b. before 1774. d. 28 Nov. 1872. rn. Sarah Burnham. Nathaniel b. before 1774. d. in Calif.

*Hannah b. 4 Aug. 1779. d. 16 Mar. 1846. m. John Adams. *Andrew b. 4 Apr. 1781. d. 6 Sept. 1828. m. 1st Emma Pain. m. 2nd

Sarah Hendley.

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*Mary }d. 20 Sept. 1868. m. Jesse Hutchinson. twins b. 25 July I 785.

Sarah d. before Dec. 1825. m. Jesse Averill, b. 1772. d. 2 Mar. 1840. ch: Miles; nine others.

*John b. 16 Apr. I 786. d. 13 Aug. I 862. m. Nancy Averill. Roxanna b. before 1780. m. John Marvell. Had a son who md. 1882. Betsey b. I 793. d. 1850. (Ill with T. B. 3 yrs.)

*Benjamin b. I 794. d. 5 June 1848. m. 1st Clarissa Rhodes. m. 2nd Mary Ames.

CHILDREN OF ANDREW AND ELIZABETH (KENDALL) LEAVITT

*Daniel Kendrick b. Dec. 1800. (Hist. says b. 25 Jan. 1801) d. 17 Sept. 1888. m. Lucinda J. Boynton.

*Nancy b. 7 Apr. 1803. d. 22 Feb. 1889. m. Hiram S. Parker. Amy b. 1809. m. 20 Nov. 1829 John Bassett Haines of Marblehead,

Mass .. Hist of Milford, N. H. says she m. John B. Harris of Swampscott, Mass. (Hist. of Milford, N. H.) (Hist. of Mt. Vernon, by Smith) (Hist. of Marblehead, Mass.) (N. H. v. r.s.)

From the "Farmers' Cabinet" published at Amherst, N. H. 3 Sept. 1846. No. 3, vol. 45.

DIED In this town, 29th ins. Mr. Andrew Leavitt aged 94 years.

As a shock of corn full ripe, he has been gathered to the grave, the place for all the living.

Mr. Leavitt was another, and nearly the last, of the generation which has gone before us, of the elderly residents of this place, there are but a few more left.

Mr. Leavitt was a respected Master Carpenter in his day, and the most of the houses built in this village of thirty years standing, are the workmanship of his hands.

He was the oldest member of the church in this place, and as a wise Master-builder, we trust he laid a good foundation for future repose, in a house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens; having imbibed and proffessed the Christian faith in the atoning blood of an Almighty Saviour.

He lived an honest, industrious, life, and was respected by all who knew him.

He has left a circle of very numerous descendants, to the third and fourth generations - among them the "Hutchinson Family" of vocal songsters, all of whom venerate his memory.


Benjamin Leavitt (5) son of Reuben (4), Benj. (3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. 24 Apr. 1782 at Gilmanton, N. H. d. 5 June 1846 at Dixfield, Me. m. 1st. Lydia Sanborn, dau. of Jeremiah and Lydia (Tilton) Sanborn b. 8 Feb. 1788. d. 1818. m. 2nd Betsy Kelly b. 24 May 1798. d. 21 Oct. 1876, was dau. of Jacob and Deborah (Page) Kelly of Epping, N. H. They removed to Mexico, Maine in 1832. He was a shoemaker. They also lived at Dixfield, Me. and died here. Their first six children born in Gilmanton, the others at Mexico, Me. (Lydia the daughter, wrote J. P. L. of Chiher grandfather's name was Reuben. Benjamin sells land at Gilmanton, N. H. to Joshua Bradford 22 May 1800.

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN AND LYDIA (SANBORN) LEAVITT Lovisa (also called Louisa Sanborn) b. I Oct. 1807. d. 11 Jan. 1868 at

Hallowell, Me. m. 1st 5 Jan. 1831 Bartlett C. Richardson. d. 21 May 1841. Shem. 2nd Dec. 1842 Stephen Lord.

Hannah m. 11 Jan. 1838 Isaac Greeley. Sarah d. Mar. 1866. m. Sept. 1839 Greenleaf Robinson. Lydia S. b. Jan. 1818. d. 23 Apr. 1883 (?). m. 14 June 1842 Abraham

Batchelder at Hallowell, Me. (Batchelder Gen. says b. 1815). *Mary Jane b. 20 Mar. 1813. d. 20 Aug. 1878. m. John Cram Lyford

and lived at Manchester, N. H. John b. at Pittsfield, N. H.

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN AND BETSY (KELLY) LEAVITT *William Kelly b. 13 Mar. 1821. d. 1865. m. 1st Ellen Holden. m. 2nd.

Arvilla D. b. 3 Nov. 1822. d. 24 Sept. 1845. Benjamin Franklin b. 26 May 1826. d. 9 Feb. 1898. m. Delaney Stock

bridge, b. 1826. ch: Frank H. b. 1851. m. Adell R. Dillingham; Susan; Philip.

*John Taylor Moore b. 7 July 1828. d. 18 Jan. 1896. m. 27 Nov. 1859 Belsura March.

George Storrs b. 21 July 1830. d. 28 May 1907. m. 18 June 1867 Mary R. Rolfe of Colebrook, N. H. ch: Mary W. b. 14 Sep. 1872. m. Chas. 0. Stevens.

*Emily E. b. 26 Feb. 1833. d. 11 Feb. 1907. m. Julius Lamb. *Henry M. b. 20 Apr. 1837. d. 5 Apr. 1913. m. Sarah E. Brackett. Arozina b. 6 Mar. 1842. d. 27 July 1919. m. 1st James F. Keasor b. I

May 1836. m. 2nd Jameson.

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Benjamin L. Leavitt (5) son of Jeremiah (4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1752 at Exeter, N. H. d: 23 or 28 Aug. 1826 (tmbst. says 23 Aug.) m. 23 Oct. 1781 Abigail Batchelder b. 1756. d. 18 Nov. 1832. (N. H. v.r.) They are buried

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in the Winter St. Cem. at Exeter, N. H. and a D.A.R. marker stands at his head, white stone supplied by the government to the D.A.R. chapter of Exeter. Mary F. Bennett was appointed adm. of his will 11 Sept. 1826. His fathers family and his own family are buried in the cem. near the S. W. Leavitt house. He sells land at Sandwich, N. H. to Andrew Brier 10 June 1808. He served in the Revolutionary war named on account of 26th regiment at Trenton 31 Dec. 1776, Capt. Isaac Sherman, Col. Sam. Gerrish, took oath in Middlesex Co. 177 5, 4th Co. Also in 38th Reg't with Capt. Sherman, Lt. Col. Loammis Baldwin (Late Col. Gerrish), again under Capt. Isaac Sherman, Col. Loammis Baldwin, in 26th Reg't. again under Capt. Caleb Robinson's Co. Col. Baldwin (Mass. Rev. Sol-s.) Also pay abstracts for April, June, 1776 dated N. Y. With Col. Loammis Baldwin in 26th Sept. 1775. With Capt. Isaac Sherman I Jan. 1775 to 77. (N. H. Rev. Sold-rs). Also a private in Col. Gerrish' Mass. Reg't. 17 May 1775; again in Capt. Raymond DeGuissard's Co. of Mass. on pay roll dated 24 Apr. 1782. He was discharged 400 miles from his home. Rock. Co. pensioners Benjamin Leavitt as a private in Mass. Cont. line, being aged 66 in 1819. He was the only Leavitt named Benjamin to receive a pension in the state of N. H.

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN AND ABIGAIL (BATCHELDER) LEAVITT

*John Blake b. I Apr. 1782. d. 4 Oct. 1859. m. Sarah Prescott. Jeremiah b. 9 Jan. 1785. d. 9 Feb. 1827. (Not mentioned in v. r.) Benjamin Dow b. 16 Apr. 1787. d. 21 Feb. 1855. I dau. b. before I 790 no name. Abigail Thorndike b. 12 May 1790. m. 30 Aug. 1812 Rufus Swazey. Mary Fogg b. July 1792. m. Mr. Bennett. Daniel Sherbourne b. 12 Feb. 1795. d. 13 Feb. 1848. m. Mary S. b.

1801. d. 2 July 1844. Major Daniel was said to have started the first horse drawn stage from Exeter, N. H. to Boston, Mass. ch: 2 dau-s b. 21 June 1823; 4 Dec. 1824.

Hannah Taylor b. 17 Apr. 1797. m. 1817 John Lougee. Frances b. 9 Oct. I 799, at Dover, N. H. m. 30 May 1824 Sam. Ham. Lived at Danvers, Mass.

Betsey L. b. 1803. d. 6 Aug. 1853 unm. NoTE: Benjamin Dow Leavitt above m. 1st at Salem, Mass. 10 July

(?) Joan Stetson. (Newburyport v. r.) m. 2nd 11 July 1837 Sarah Clark Bowen of N. Providence, R. I. (Sutton v. r.) m. 3rd 20 Feb. 1840


Adeliza Gardner of E. Greenwich, R. I. (m. int. Grafton v. r.) Benjamin buys land at E. Boston 1835. Called trader and gentleman, of Boston and Grafton, Mass. I find no issue in v. r.s.

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David Leavitt (5) son of Nath. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1760-1 at Salem, Mass. m. I think Judith b. 1765 is recorded with family of Alden at Leeds, Me. b. in Mass. aged 85. 1850 census. David served in the Revolutionary War "birthplace and residence, Salem, Mass." enlisted 3 Mar. 1777 by Col. Carlton for war. David of Salem under Capt. John Williams, Col. Ebenezer Sprout paid for service 15 July 1777 to 31 Dec. 1779. He was taken from the 1st. Essex Co. reg't. for continental army on order of council of 7 Nov. I 777, res. Salem. Corp. David Leavitt, Capt. Hitchcock, Col. Sprout, cont'. army pay accts. 1 Jan. to 31 Dec. 1780, res. Salem. 7 mos. as private and 5 mos. as corporal. Muster rolls dated variously 1781-2, at West Point, Phillipsborough, York Huts; reported on command in the Jerseys Oct. and Nov. 1781. Also descriptive list dated 3 Feb. 1781 Capt. Luke Hitchcock 1st. Mass. reg't, aged 20. Also Corp. under Capt. Luke Hitchcock, Col. Joseph Vose 1st. reg't. Muster roll Jan. 1782 dated Huts. **** Also with Capt. Enos Stone of Lenox, Berkshire Co., Mass. with northern army at Ticonderoga in 1777. (vol. 15 N. E. G. H. Rms.) Again: under Capt. Enos Stone, Col. Brewer, return dated Camp at Valley Forge, 25 Jan. 1778. Also same 7 Nov. 1777 for 3 yrs. of war. He was a N. Y. pensioner a private in Mass. line, 1820.

Dudley Leavitt (5) son of Samuel (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John. (I) b. 15 June 1772. d. 5 Feb. 1838. m. 1st 7 Oct. 1806 Dorothy Clifford Frost, dau. of Lieut. William and Sarah b. I Mar. 1785. d. 20 Apr. 1822. (Andover, Mass. v. r.) m. 2nd 5 Aug. 1823 Mary Frost b. 1787 at Andover, Mass. d. 17 Apr. 1846. (J. P. L. of Chi. says md. Cora Carleton). They were buried in the family lot on a farm but were later removed to East Northwood, N. H. cem. He was a farmer and signed a paper as an obligation in regard to a minister at Northwood 18 Jan. 1799.

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CHILDREN OF DUDLEY AND DOROTHY (FROST) LEAVITT *Nathan Holt b. I Sept. 1807. d. 16 July 1869. m. Betsey Batchelder. Sarah Elizabeth b. 15 Apr. 1810-12. d. 30 May 1816. Mary Frost b. 7 Aug. 1814. m. 3 Oct. 1829 Samuel H. Furber b. 31

July 1814. Samuel Frost b. 16 Oct. 1816. d. 17 Nov. 1894 of heart disease. m.

Martha N. Furber. No issue. He was a very prominent man in Northwood. Gen. 1840 gives them 2 sons aged 5 and 6, but history says no ch. grew up.

CHILDREN OF DUDLEY AND MARY F. (FROST) LEAVITT *Rev. Dudley Prescott b. 5 Oct. 1824. d. 10 Oct. 1903. m. 1st Caroline

Howe. m. 2nd Elvira Clark.

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Elsie Leavitt (5) dau. of John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. abt. 1760 at Stratham, N. H. m. John Thurston about 1778. He was a Revolutionary soldier.

CHILDREN OF ELSIE (LEA VITT) AND JOHN THURSTON John b. 1780. m. 1st Hannah Mason. m. 2nd Jane Smith.

"Pheebe b. 1784. d. 17 Sept. 1869. m. James Cram, Jr. "Dolly d. 1843. m. Theophilis Jones. Sally b. 1791. d. 1867 at Exeter, N. H. Betsey b. and d. young. Hannah b. 31 Mar. 1803. d. 26 June 1872. m. John L. Conner. Mary Carr b. 1804. m. John I. Norse.

Ephriam Leavitt (5) son of Samuel (4), Ephriam (3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. 24 Oct. 1769. d. 15 June 1845. m. 1st Judith Cogswell, 16 Mar. I 795, dau. of Lt. Jeremiah and Mehitable (Clement) Cogswell. b. 25 Sept. 1777. in Gilmanton, N. H. d. 19 Mar. 1821. They lived in Chichester, N. H. but later in Levant, Me. he m. 2nd 23 Sept. 1822 Abigail Piper of Stratham, N. H. (N. H. V. R.). (Gil. Vol. 4). Ephriam was a student at Phillips Exeter 1793. Taught school and held several town offices. (Cogswell Gen. p. 180: Judith m. Eph. Leavitt s. of Samuel and Elizabeth (Merrill) Leavitt.)

CHILDREN OF EPHRIAM AND JUDITH (COGSWELL) LEAVITT

Mehitable b. 17 Dec. 1795. d. 26 Sept. 1820. "Jeremy N. C. b. 6 Dec. 1797. d. 8 Aug. 1876. m. Ruth Seavey. Samuel b. 2 Mar. d. 13 Mar. 1799. Ephriam Merrill b. 19 Feb. 1800. d. 20 Mar. 1820.


Thomas Cogswell b. 21 Mar. 1802. d. Feb. 1868. m. 1825 Elizabeth Jane Robinson.

Julia b. 12 Jan. 1804. d. 4 Apr. 1824. Eliza Payson b. 25 Jan. 1806. d. 13 Jan. 1807. Dorothy Frost b. 6 Nov. 1807. d. 12 Apr. 1820. Dudley G. W. b. 18 May 1810. d. 1846. m. a French woman. I think

he was called Geo. W. Sarah b. 22 Jan. 1812. m. Sept. 1832 Stephen Mills.

CHILDREN OF ABIGAIL PIPER

Ephriam Piper b. 30 July 1824. d. May 1835. Julia Badger b. 29 July 1826. m. 16 May 1846 Stephen Sibley (Cogs

well Gen.) b. 1 Oct. 1821. 9 ch. Davis Gen. calls him Franklin Davis and Cynthia (Fisher) Sibley.

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Captain James Leavitt (5) son of James (4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1748 at Exeter, N. H. d. after 1818. (DAR Lin. book says b. 1739. d. 2 Jan. 1804. (£am. bbl. of his dau. Eliz.) He was living 1818 according to pension. m. 17 69 Elizabeth Rowe b. at Exeter. m. at Kensington, N. H. She was called Betty. 1790 cen. 2-3-6 meaning one more son than mentioned below b. before 1774. James served in the Revolutionary War and on pension roll 14 Apr. 1818, aged 70. In N. H. lines. Served as Minute Man in 1777, Capt. Isaac Frye's Co., Col. Scammell's Reg't. 5 Dec. 1776 he served under Capt. Joseph Parson, and Col. David Gilman, men raised from 3rd N. H. Reg't. to 11 Mar. 1777. Lived at Exeter.

CHILDREN OF JAMES AND BETTY (ROWE) LEAVITT

*Elizabeth b. 21 Dec. 1769. d. 18 Aug. 1860. m. William Odlin. Emma b. 21 June 1771. d. 22 Jan. 1843. m. 11 July 1789 Josiah Coffin

Smith. (Exeter News Letter) Susannah m. 4 or 7 of Feb. 1793 Isaac Lord of Effingham, N. H. Martha b. abt. 1775. m. Col. Richard Hilton, 31 Jan. 1798. ch: Sarah

b. 18 Aug. 1801 at New Market, N. H. d. 10 Nov. 1884. m. 16 Feb. 1825 William H. Clarke.

*James b. 10 Apr. 1777. d. 27 Jan. 1841. m. Lydia Leavitt. *Benjamin b. 1778. d. 8 May 1824. m. Betsey Dodge.

Mary m. int. 18 Jan. 1800 Simeon Folsam. Thomas b. 1784. m. widow Sally Glidden and lived at Parsonfield,

Me. No issue. He attended PhiIIips Exeter Acad. aged 10 yrs.

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Jeremiah Leavitt (5) son of Jere. (4), Jeremy Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1), bpt. 12 Feb. 1749 at Exeter, N. H. d.

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30 Aug. 1818. m. (Published) 2 Mar. 1771 Mary Blunt, dau. of Isaac and Mary (Abbot) Blunt of Andover, Mass. Jeremiah learned the hatters trade here. b. 14 Feb. 1746-7. (Andover v. r. say md. 2 May). He was selectman 1794-1807. (Bell). 1790 census 5-3-6. He served in the Rev. war en-listed under Capt. Robert Pike, Col. Senter, 1777 for one year. Administration was granted his son, Samuel, 14 Sept. 1818 "hatter." He sells land at New Hampton, N. H. 22 July 1807 to Levi Robinson. Lived at Exeter, N. H.

CHILDREN OF JEREMIAH AND MARY (BLUNT) LEAVITT Jeremiah b. 14 July I 772. d. inf. Mary b. 12 Jan. 1775 d. I Feb. 1843. m. William Robinson 12 July

1792. Isaac b. 25 Sept. I 778. d. 13 Mar. 1854 unm.

*Samuel b. 3 Sept. 1782. d. 10 May 1855. m. Abigail Kimball. Sarah W. b. 22 Jan. 1789. m. 2 July 1816 Abraham Merrill. Relatives

and v. r. say Abner Merrill. Bell says Abraham. NoTE: 4 other sons and 3 other dau-s b. before I 790 must have d.

young as no history mentions them.

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John Leavitt (5), son of John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 11 July 1760 at Stratham, N. H. d. 5 Oct. 1846. m. 13 Dec. I 781 Elizabeth Bellamy, dau. of John and Mary (Burnham) Bellamy, b. 18 Mar. 17 62 at Kittery, Me. d. 13 May 1827. His war re-s say she d. 9 Apr. 1844, at Kittery. He lived at Stratham until after the war as he signed the Association Test here, 1776. He is listed at Tuftonboro, N. H. in 1812. He was in Peter Coffin's Co. of minute men sent to Mass. Dec. 1775 to Winter Hill, also in Mark Wiggin's Co. Pierce Long's reg't, 30 Sept. 1776 at Portsmouth Harbour, N. H. until Feb. 1777 then to Ticonderoga, joined McClary's Co., Scammells Reg't., N. H. Continental troops 13 Mar. 1777 for 3 yrs. Discharged 30 Jan. 1780. (Granite Mo'ly). Col. Alex. Scammell, 3rd Reg't, 3rd Co. 1777-8-9, and I 780. Major Jason Wait's Co. Col. Alex. Scammell I 780. (N. H. Rev. Soldiers) Ch. b. at Kittery. (J.P.L. of Chi. says

she d. 9 Apr. 1844 same as pension re-s claim. Probably where he got it, also that John d. at Tuftonboro). John Leavitt of Moultonboro sells land to Rufus Adams in same town, 24 July 1783.


CHILDREN OF JOHN AND ELIZABETH (BELLAMY) LEAVITT A son b. before 1790. d. 31 Mar. 1784.

*Charles B. b. 31 Mar. 1783. d. Apr. 1887. m. Sarah Lewis. Nancy b. 3 Aug. 1784. d. Aug. 1848. m. Sept. 1806 her cousin, John

W. Leavitt. Mary b. 29 Dec. 178-? m. Mr. Buker of Saco, Me. 2 ch. Betsy b. 29 Jan. I 790. m. 7 Mar. 1822 Jacob Gray of Andover, Mass.

3 ch. Sally called Anna, b. 24 Jan. 1792. d. 1852-55. m. II Nov. 1813 John

M. Penniman b. 8 June I 788. 9 ch. Alice b. 14 Apr. 1794. (also spel'd Elsey) m. 9 Mar. 1827 Joseph

Freeze, of Sandwich, N. H. 3 ch. *William Cutts b. 14 Apr. 1795. d. 29 Nov. 1871. m. Alice Penniman. *John Bellamy b. 28 Mar. 1802. d. 13 Apr. 1856. m. Esther L. Selman.

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Jonathan Leavitt (5) son of Samuel (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1738 at Stratham, N. H. d. 8 May 1805. He buys his fathers land in Stratham, N. H. from his sister, Sarah and husband, Samuel Philbrick, of Epping, 15 Jan. 1757, also his sister, Abigail's, share 15 Sept. 1761. 1790 cen. reads: 2-1-2. Jonathan buys land at Allentown 17 Oct. 1777. He deeds land to Moses of Allentown in this town 4 June 1790. Purchase price of land in Allentown 1777 was 94 lbs. 4 shillings. This deed was given by Walter Bryant of Newmarket, to Jonathan Leavitt of Stratham. Descendants say he served in the Revolution but there were so many by name of Jonathan I cannot make sure of his service.

CHILDREN OF JONATHAN LEAVITT Jonathan b. 1759. m. Rhoda Sinclair who sells his land 25 Sep. 1812.

*Moses b. 1761. d. 30 Mar. 1832. m. 1st Elizabeth Nelson. m. 2nd Betsey or Elizabeth Jewell.

Mercy b. 1766. d. 18 Mar. 1826 (Maybe error). Son b. before 1790. Atores b. abt. 1770. m. Bertha Jewell. Lived at Allenstown, N. H.

ch: Daniel b. June 1801. d. 21 Apr. 1865. m. Abigail Piper, b. 1800. d. 3 May 1865. The Allentown Leavitt are said to be of fine character, strong, and capable. Their farms were large and prolific. Daniel died of heart disease. He was a farmer. Many of their farms are now dense forests. One has a family graveyard around which are large stones still in place in spite of heavy timber growing in and about it. Each stone is about four ft. in diameter. No doubt five or six pairs of oxen took part in placing these carefully chosen stones that would stand the ravages of time and weather, with many winters' frosts. Some of the stones have inscriptions and made of marble, while others are field stones and unmarked.

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Miriam (7) dau. of Moses (6), and her husband, John Hayes, owned the farm which was about a mile from this graveyard, and owned several hundred acres. It is said there were no other buildings nearer than two miles. They had several children. 1830 cen. Daniel was unm. 1840 cen. he had a son aged 5 to 10 yrs., also a wife and two other females, probably daughters. I find none of their names in v. r.

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Jonathan Leavitt (5) son of Miles (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1752 at Gilmanton, N. H. m. 24 Sept. 1777 Abigail Smith of Greenland, N. H. They settled in Gilmanton, N. H. 1790 cen. 1-2-3. 1810 cen. 2 sons and 2 dau-s. at home.

Jonathan sold land to Stephen Leavitt at Gilmanton, N. H. 5 Sept. 1797. Jonathan and Stephen buy land 5 Feb. 1780 from Benjamin and Martha Thurston of Chichester, N. H. All of their right to and belonging to their grandfather, Ephriam Leavitt of Stratham, N. H. Again: Jonathan Leavitt of Stratham, and Benjamin Thurston and wife, Martha, of Chichester to George Dennett, land in Gilmanton, part of the land laid out to our Grandfather, Ephriam Leavitt, an original proprietor of Gilmanton and is No. 27 in 3rd range of 1st division, 13 Mar. 1775. Again: 23rd of July 1814 sells land "to my son Miles" for $500. "Part of my homestead farm in Gilford, N. H. part of 100 acre lot No. 18 in 15th range, bounded northwest corner by the pond, southerly by rangeway 100 rds., thence southerly parallel with the shore of pond 50 acres by measure." Jonathan signed alone, and Samuel Leavitt a witness. He was in the revolutionary war. Jonathan Leavitt husbandman, enlisted in Samuel Gilman's continental troops 27 May I 77 5 aged 24. Col. Enoch Poor's regiment. He was mustered out 20 July 1776, in James Arnold's Co., Joshua Wingate's reg't, for Ticonderoga. He served in Nicholas Rollin's Co. and Abraham Drake's regiment, of N. H. troops. Again: In Saratoga campaign 8 Sept. to 29th of Oct. 1777. Again: Jonathan Leavitt 2nd of Stratham enlisted for 6 mos. N. H. regiment continental service 4 July to 16th of Dec. 1780. (Granite St. Mo-ly Vol. 8 p. 785 Rev. War Soldiers. N. H. Gen. Hist. rms.)


CHILDREN OF JONATHAN AND ABIGAIL (SMITH) LEA VITT

Lydia. Esther m. 26 Oct. 1815 Daniel Frohock. Hannah b. 1784. m. 15 Nov. 1804 Samuel Welch. Jonathan b. 1790. m. Jane Smith 13 Dec. 1813. 1850 cen. he lived with

Aphia Marston aged 48, he 60. *Miles b. abt. 1789. d. 12 Jan. 1838. m. Martha Thurston.

NoTE: All above ch. living when grandmother made her will. Jonathan and Jane had ch: Jonathan b. 1817. d. 12 June 1880. m. 1st Lucy Gilman b. 1810. d. 17 Nov. 1853 at Quincy, Mass. m. 2nd Jan. 1854 Sarah Caverly. ch. of Lucy: Gilman Quincy b. 9 Dec. 1847. d. 1913. m. Sarah Lee; Lizzie m. Mr. Nutter. No ch. (See 8th Gen. Gilman Q. family).

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Josiah Leavitt (5) son of Elisha (4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. abt. 1748-50 at Stratham, N. H. m. 1st Hannah (maybe Dudley) who d. 23 Oct. 1784. m. 2nd 29 Aug. 1785 Sally Light of Greenland, N. H. He signed a paper 15 Mar. I 785 at Stra. for Justice of Peace. They lived at Stratham. He signed the Association Test 1776. He served in the Revolutionary War under Peter Coffin's Co. he a Corporal. He is mentioned in bureau of pensions. Josiah and wife, Hannah, with Stephen Thurston, Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth, and Daniel Palmer all of Stratham, N. H. sell land to William Carlton of Pembroke, N. H. lot 17 and one half of lot 18, of 4th range in 1st div. of land laid out to proprietors of Bow and now in Pembroke, N. H. 8 July 1772. Josiah, yeoman, and wife, Hannah, sell to Simon Veasey, land in Allenstown, N. H. bounded on north corner by land that W. Bryant sold to Jonathan Leavitt by a deed in I 777, dated 9 Mar. 1779. Witness: Jon. Chase, Mark Wiggin, Wm. French, Jr. 2 July 1775 Josiah and wife, Hannah, renew their covenant in the Stratham Church. He removed to Wolfeboro, N. H. where he was taxed 1788 and again in 1793 but removed to Tuftonboro, N. H. He sells land at Tuftonboro to Woodbury Langdon in 1794. At Wolfeboro they lived in the 3rd school district at Wolfeboro Neck. In War r-s at Concord, N. H. I find Josiah formerly of Stratham, who served in the Revolution; his widow, Sally, applied for a pension and lived at Wolfeboro at this time. 1790 cen. 1-0-2 but one dau. at home. Neither mentioned

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in 1810 cen. Granite St. Mo. Mag. gives his service in full in Rev. War.

CHILDREN OF JOSIAH AND HANNAH LEAVITT Josiah b. 1769-70. Cen. 1810 at Meredith, with wife, 5 sons, 1 dau.

1 son Josiah b. 1815. d. 12 Dec. 1859 of drink. I think he md. and had a son 2 July 1851.

Ch. d. 1775, 8 June. Joseph b. 29 Dec. 1776. d. 18 Oct. 1778. Polly (also called Molly) b. 10 Mar. 1772. d. 4 Apr. 1856. m. 6 Nov.

1796 Ichabod Libby. Son: Dudley Leavitt. (Dud. Gen.) (Stra. cch. r-s)

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Joseph Leavitt (5) son of Jonathan (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. abt. 1747-8 at Kingston, N. H. d. 1789-90. m. 6 July 1780 Elizabeth Hodgedon of Dover, N. H. (D.V.R.). He settled at Wolfeboro, N. H. 1770 in north east part. U. S. Census 1790 0-3-3 showing he was pot living as his widow was alone with the children. 1782 he was taxed here with a wife, two children, house and barn. Taxed again 1788. He signed a paper at Wolfeboro in 1785. He served in the Rev. War mustered into Capt. John Moody's Co. at Exeter, N. H. 23 Dec. 1776. Col. Baldwin's men raised in Col. Badger's and Stickney's regiment. He buys land at Wolfe. 3 Sept. 1776 from Betty Folsom of Wolfeboro. (Deeds) His widow was taxed in 8th School district 1793. She md. 1794 George Warren. Joseph sells land at Stratham to Edward Lock 13 Apr. 1789. (Hist. of Carroll Co. says he owned 100 acres at Wolfeboro). George Warren q. claims deed of land "of late Joseph Leavitt of Wolfe. to Joseph jr. 8 Apr. 1809. Wit. Richard Rust." The same date he re-sells it to George Warren.

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Jonathan b. 1781. Living in Me. 1830 cen. in Somerset Co. Had 4 sons and 5 dau-s.

*Edward b. 1782. d. 30 Nov. 1864. m. Rachel Emery. *Joseph b. Feb. 1788 tombstone. (Cens. says 1785.) d. 10 June 1867. m.

Phobe Kent. Joanna m. 22 Jan. 1811 Chase Perkins. Susanna b. before 1790. m. 24 Apr. 1808 John Kent.

NOTE: Chase Perkins was s. of Thomas of Wakefield, N. H. He and


Joanna Leavitt had a dau. Lydia. Chase had a sister Lydia who md. a Leavitt. See typed copy of Perkins Gen. at Hist. Bldgs. Concord, N. H. gives his heirs &c.

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Joseph Leavitt (5) son of John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1760 at Stratham, N. H. d. 10 Aug. 1836 at Amherst, N. H. m. Mary b. 1766. d. 21 July 1844. He settled at Amherst when quite young. He served in the Revolution under Capt. Josiah Crosby; Col. James Reed, 9th Co. to Aug. 1, 1775. Was in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Rev. pensions of 1840 read: Mary aged 75 lived with Mary Leavitt, probably her son, Hiram's widow. (Mass. Soldiers and Sailors).

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND MARY LEAVITT Sarah b. 5 Aug. 1780. d. June 1824, at Moultonboro, N. H. m. Francis

Coombs. George b. 20 June 1788. (1810 cen. does not give him). Elizabeth b. 29 Nov. 1790. d. 28 Mar. 1850. Mary b. 19 Feb. 1792. Joseph b. 20 June 1794. John b. I Mar. 1796. Nancy b. 5 Jan. 1798. d. Jan. 1803. Charlotte b. 10 Nov. 1800. d. 7 July 1867. Hiram b. 5 Mar. 1802. d. 30 June 1842 at Nashua, N. H. m. Mary E.

Wills, dau. of Edward H. and Sarah E. Wills. b. 1807. d. 3 Mar. 1870 of congestion of the lungs. N. H. v. r. gives no family.

Joseph Leavitt (5) son of Samuel (4), Ephriam (3), Samuel (2), John (1). b. I 767 at Stratham, N. H. d. 9 Mar. 1829 at Bangor, Maine. (6 Mar. Hist. of Bangor says). m. Mary Wiggin l Feb. 1801 at Lee, N. H. b. 1773 who d. 1 June 1849. They moved to Portland, Maine 1808-9 and to Bangor 8 Oct. 1810. Admitted to 1st church l June 1828. He was 1st merchant and ship builder of his time. His was first ship built in Bangor. The Alpha, launched 11 Oct. 1811. His schooner, The Experiment, captured July 1812 off St. Georges River by British privateer, "Weazel," Joseph Leavitt on board but set ashore at mouth of St. Georges river, other ships of his were captured and he fitted out a privateer, a schooner of 50 tons, manned with a crew of 40 and sent her to Bay to capture the British vessels and prizes but they were too formidable. He bought a house at comer of Brown and

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Exchange Sts. He was founder of Bangor Bank 1814, town clerk 1816-17, and selectman. (Bangor Hist. Mag.) He made several trips to sea when he was young.

He attended Exeter Academy for one year, taught school 7 yrs., then went into trade at Lee, N. H. a town set off from Durham, N. H. in 1766. Joseph Leavitt among conspicuous names of the town. Buys land in Lee, N. H. from Gilbert Fernald, 31 Jan. 1798. (Lee, N. H. in History of Strafford County). His widow lived at Levant, Me. 1830 census and had with her 3 sons and 2 daus.

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND MARY (WIGGIN) LEAVITT *Joseph b. 25 Dec. 1801. d. 16 Apr. 1865. m. Frances Randall 5 Nm,•.

1828. Samuel b. 26 Feb. 1803. d. I Apr. 1861 at Lincoln, Me. m. Miranda

Wyman. James Fulton b. 9 July 1804. d. 18 Apr. 1857. m. Hannah B. Morse. Mary B. b. 18 Feb. 1806. d. 21 Nov. 1868. m. 27 Oct. 1830 Reuben

Swain Prescott. *William Fred b. 29 Sept. 1807. d. 26 Mar. 1853. m. Clarissa M. E.

Brackett. *George Washington b. 5 Apr. 1809. d. 26 Jan. 1865. m. Abigail Ride

out. *Alfred Wiggin b. 16 Nov. 1810. d. 14 Oct. 1885. m. 1st Julia Lucas.

m. 2nd Julia Gilman. Elizabeth Merrill b. 16 Mar. 1813. d. 16 Aug. 1847.

*Dudley Franklin b. 9 Dec. 1814. d. 7 July 1886. m. Dolly McQuestion. Full family of Samuel Leavitt and Miranda Wyman in 1850 cen. She

b. 1809. ch: Mary A. b. 1826; Margaret W. b. 1828, m. 12 June 1862 Sewell Fuller at Augusta, Me.; Martha J. b. 1832; Francis b. 1835; Miranda b. 1839; John James b. 1853; Samuel b. 1845; Edward b. 1847; Laura E. b. 1849.

James Fulton m. 3 Sept. 1837 Hannah B. Morse of Skowhegan, Me. where they lived their full lives. ch: I - Hester A. b. 1837; James Fulton b. 9 Nov. 1839. m. 9 Jan. 1861 Clara B. White, b. 22 Oct. 1884. d. 28 Feb. 1925. They lived corner of Leavitt St. He a lawyer. ch: Mary Elizabeth b. 15 Sept. 1862; Hannah Ellis b. 23 June 1864; Cora Annie b. 5 Dec. 1866; Nellie Louisa b. 23 Aug. 1868 m. Fred Hill; Thankful b. 28 Apr. 1871. m. Mr. Adams; Hazel Fulton b. 7 Apr. 1884. unm. 2 -Charles P. b. 1842. m. Jennie T. b. 1841; 3 - Jennie S. b. 1841.

Joseph removed from Lee, N. H. to Bangor by way of Augusta, with his wife. The roads were fairly good but 20 miles of it was intolerably bad. His wife rode for 10 miles on a hired horse, while with the help of a man he hired he got his own horse and chaise over it. (See Hist. of Pen. Co.


Maine. pub. 1882 by Wms. Chase, & Co. pp. 553-4: 647; 812. for description of the town and his views). He at once went into trade with James Bartlett with whom he had previously been in Company in Portland, Me. Trade not being profitable there, they removed their stock to Bangor in Sept. and Mr. Leavitt made it up to $7,000. He contracted with two Webster brothers for a ship, burden 250 tons, to be off the 1st .of Oct. 1811. This was the first ship ever built at Bangor, and was launched 12 Oct. 1811. In 1812 he sold half of his ship to Mr. Penniman of Boston and purchased of him his house, (Corner of State & Brown Sts.) and on the lot built a brick two story house.

Before his majority he made several voyages to sea, at-,,. tended Exeter, N. H. Academy one year, taught school 7 yrs. Then went into trade at Lee, N. H. where he remained 14 yrs. 1810 he took to Bangor, Me. his considerable accumulations. Here he built vessels, carried on trade in various kinds of merchandise, bought and sold lands, engaged in banking as a director of the Bangor Bank, town clerks, selectman. He lost much in the war of 1812 and at his death his worldly possessions were small.

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Levi (or Leavi) Leavitt (5) son of Benjamin (4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 20 July 1761 at Stratham, N. H. d. 31 Mar. 1840 at ·washington, Vt. m. Sarah Pearson a sister to Taylor Pearson who md. Mary Leavitt dau. of *Jon. (4). (D.A.R. member E. F. Condon says she was Sarah Burleigh. Confused with his sister. Levi named a son Andrew Burleigh but not for a wife, rather for his bro-in-law. (No doubt taken from Eldredge, Leavitt Gen.) Sarah was b. 23 Dec. 1762. d. 30 Oct. 1835. 1790 cen. gives 1-2-2 correct number of ch. They lived at Meredith until late in life then removed to Washington, Vt. maybe following their children. He was a basket maker and so were his sons. He was a member of the Baptist Society of Mere. in 1797. (N. H.P. vol. 12) Vt. Rev. pensions for 1834 his name for Orange Co. Vt. as a private in N. H. Militia placed on roll 22 Apr. 1833 aged 73 yrs.

*See page 56, vol. I.

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He served in the Revolutionary War 1779 to 178 I. Under Capt. Samuel Runnels, Col. Hercules Mooney, N. H. troops for R. I. 8 July 1779 to 11 Jan. 1780. Col. Wentworth 1779 for R. I. Capt. Daniel Jewell, Col. Thomas Bartlett at West Point 1780. Served his enlistment to 1781. (G. M. & N. H. Soldiers) (Much of this family supplied by Charles Leavitt a desc. from £am. bbl.) He was only man named Levi Leavitt to receive a pension.

CHILDREN OF LEVI AND SARAH (PEARSON) LEAVITT Sally B. b. Thurs. 17 Jan. 1785. m. 12 Mar. 1812 Daniel Grant of

Gilford. Taylor b. Tues. 22 Nov. 1785. d. 8 Feb. 1809. Find nor. of £am. Leavi b. Sat. 31 Oct. 1789. d. 25 Sept. 1828. m. 31 Dec. 1818 Hannah

Bedee. ch: 1820 cen. 1 son under 10. Lived Gilford. Rachel b. Thurs. 12 Aug. 1791. d. 15 Jan. 1805. Ryene or Rienne b. Thurs. 19 June 1794. Hannah b. Wed. 24 Aug. 1796. d. 19 Aug. 1798.

* Andrew Burleigh b. Mon. 25 Mar. 1799. d. 22 Jan. 1856. m. Eunice Kelley.

Hannah b. Sun. 22 Mar. 1801. d. 23 Oct. 1833. m. Jesse Swain. ch: Jane Hannah m. James Foster. ch: Ellen Lucy m. John Condon. She member of D.A.R. No. 15826.

Benjamin b. Fri. 16 Mar. 1804. d. 18 Apr. 1878. m. Lauresa and lived at Piermont. 1850 no ch. at home.

Rachael b. Wed. 18 Jan. 1809. m. 1st 26 June 1828 (?) m. 2nd 12 July 1832 a Sanborn (Boston Transc. 17 Jan. 1912. E. J.P.)

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Mary Leavitt (5) dau. of Jeremiah (4), J. Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) bapt. 21 Mar. 1756. d. 18 June 1812. m. abt. 177 6 Levi Robinson b. 18 Sept. 17 53 at Exeter, N. H. d. 22 Oct. 1849. She joined the church at Sanbornton, N. H. on confession of faith, 13 July 1783. They lived at New Hampton, N. H. He served in the Rev. War. (Pension claim No. S-17057). While living at Exeter, N. H. he served as private with N. H. troops as follows: volunteered Apr. 177 5 soon after the battle of Lexington and marched in Capt. Hackett's Co. to Lexington and remained there about two weeks, then returned to Exeter. He re-enlisted in May or June 1775 and served 7 mos. in Capt. Elkins' and Moses Leavitt's companies, Col. Poor's Reg't. Enlisted again in June 1776 and served five months in Capt. Samuel Nay's Co., Col. Winchester's Reg't. He was allowed a pension on his application exe-


cuted 23 Aug. 1832, then a resident of N. Hampton, N. H. (then Stratford Co). Lived early in Exeter but removed to

Sanbornton near Hunkins Pond 1783. 1939 only the cellar remains of his home. 1792-3 he sold and moved to the Blake place in N. Hampton, N. H. on the old New Hampton and Bristol rd, and later moved up the road to the Weed place.

CHILDREN OF MARY (LEAVITT) AND LEVI ROBINSON *Jeremiah b. 27 Sept. I 778. d. I 854. m. Phebe Keniston. *Josiah b. 24 Oct. 1780. d. 9 Sept. 1864. m. Susanna Dow. *Benjamin b. 22 Oct. 1782. d. 5 Apr. 1866. m. Polly Glines.

Mary b. 29 Aug. 1784. m. William Nichols and lived at N. Hampton. Ephriam b. 20 June 1786. m. Mary Keniston. m. 2nd Sophia Lane,

lived at Allenstown, N. H. Joanna b. 13 June 1788. m. John Gordon, lived N. Hamp. Sarah b. 17 Jan. 1790. m. John Tilton and moved to N. Y. and later

to Ohio. Levi b. 7 Mar. I 795. m. Miss Greene of So. Reading, Mass. He was a

leather dresser of Lynn. *Nathaniel Conner b. 28 Sept. 1797. m. Betsy Knox.

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Nathan (or Nathaniel) Leavitt (5) son of Nath. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. abt. 1750 at Stratham, N. H. d. before 1810. m. Mary Brown who was left a widow. 1810 cen. had 2 sons and 2 dau-s b. before 1810. Lived at Livermore then. No doubt Jon. was md. Lived at Salem, Mass. and Livermore, Me. (No ch. in Salem re-s.) Lived at Phillipsburgh, Me. 1810 cen. Listed at Lyman, N. H. 1805. He served in Rev. War from Cambridge, Mass. 1 Aug. 1775 acct. dated for wages he of Salem. Again with Capt. Addison Richardson, Col. John Mansfield 16 Nov. 1776. Reported taken prisoner at Fort Washington same date. His name on orderly book of Col. Israel Hutchinson 27th Reg't dates at Fort Lee. (Giles Gen.)

CHILDREN OF NATHANIEL AND MARY (BROWN) LEAVITT *Jonathan b. abt. 1775-80. m. Miss Brown. Anna m. abt. 1801 Daniel Chase, she of Clinton, Me.

*David b. before 1785. m. Mary. James b. 1784 to I 794 U. S. Cen. 1830 says b. I 780 to I 790. Lived at

Canaan, Me. 1830 cen. He m. and had ch.: 3 sons and 2 dau-s b. 1800 to 1815, no names given.

Reuben Leavitt (5-4), J. Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b.

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1783-4 at Gilmanton, N. H. d. 3 Nov. 1844 at Gilford, N. H. and is buried here. m. 19 Nov. 1809 Hannah Sawyer of Gilmanton. She d. before 1840. Reuben buys land from Josiah Sawyer of Gilford, a q. c. deed given for 40 acres of land being part of lot No. 13 in the first range of Masonian lots in this town, 31 Dec. 1811. (Maybe her father).

CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND HANNAH (SAWYER) LEAVITT Lavinia b. "'1.810. m. 14 May 1828 Thomas Cobb of Portland, Me. 2 dau-s b. 1825 to 30.

*Isaac E. b. 1817. d. 30 Apr. 1866. m. 1st Livonia. m. 2nd Almira Hoit. 2 sons b. 1820 to 30. Maybe one was John who m. 2 Dec. 1847 Mary

C. Gile, b. 7 Aug. 1822 ;it Belmont, N. H. 1 dau. b. 1830-35.

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Samuel (5) son of John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2) John (1), b. 4 June 1758 at Stratham, N. H. d. 17 Dec. 1831 at Wolfeboro, N. H. m. Polly (or Mary) Davis 13 Mar. 1793. She b. 3 May 1772, at Stratham, N. H. d. 20 Nov. 1858. Both lived and died at Wolfeboro, N. H. and are buried in the old section of the Main St. cemetery. N. H. Rev. Pensions 1840 says, Polly of Wolfeboro, N. H. ag'd 68 lives with Barron T. He served in the Revolutionary War and received a U. S. soldier's pension. Served as private under Capt. Samuel Gilman June 1775, Col. Enoch Poor's Reg. in battle of Bunker Hill and served until next spring. Term of service 8 months. Discharged at Winter Hill.

There were 3 Samuel Leavitts who served in this war. (This Samuel and his father both enlisted from Stratham where they both then lived.) The others were Samuel (4), Eph. (3), and his son Samuel (5), all of Stratham.

When Samuel first came to Wolfeboro, N. H. he lived in a log cabin on the north east corner of South Main and Center Sts. Later he lived in the Banfield house on Center St. where Nathaniel Brewster lived in 1932. Later he lived and died at Wolfeboro Neck. He and wife Polly deed land in 1802 at Wolfeboro, N. H. Sold land 8 acres at Stratham, north side of road from Stratham to No. Hamp. July 1795. They sell land at Stratham 27 Mar. 1793.


CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND POLLY (DAVIS) LEAVITT

Daniel b. 8 July 1793. d. I May 1795. Sally b. I Jan. 1795. d. 8 July 1811.

*Samuel b. 17 Sept. 1797. d. 18 Jan. 1838. m. Jemima Piper. Perkins A. b. 23 Aug. 1798. d. 10 Nov. 1815. Mary b. 19 Jan. 1800. d. 18 Sept. 1801. Sussanna b. 28 Apr. 1802. d. 26 Jan. 1806. Permelia b. 14 Feb. 1804. d. 25 Feb. 1804.

*George b. 8 Oct. 1809. d. 10 Mar. 1888. m. 1st Elizabeth A. Frost. 21:d Mary J. Emmerson.

*Frederick Byron Trank b. 14 Nov. 1814. d. 29 Oct. 1888. m. Mary Whitten.

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Stephen Leavitt (5) son of Miles (4), Ephriam (3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. 1757 at Stratham, N. H. d. 2 Apr. 1812 at Gilford, N. H. where he settled in 1785. U. S. Census of I 790 reads: 1-2-5 m. Mehitable Eaton. Issue 10 ch. Stephen sells land to Eben Smith 40 acres in 5th range, lot No. 2, in 2nd division, in Gilmanton, said lot drawn at right of Ephriam Leavitt, 6 Dec. 1784. He sold land in Gilmanton part of a 40 acre lot, No. 27, 4 June 1776. He was in the war of Revolution Husbandman of Epping, N. H. aged 21 under Capt. James Norris, Col. Enoch Poor, 15 June 177 5. (Age is in error). Under Capt. Mark Wiggin, Col. Pierce Long at Portsmouth, N. H. 22 Aug. to 7 Dec. 1776. His widow survived him. His son, Jacob, was administrator of his estate. Benjamin Leavitt and Miles Thurston bondsmen. All of Gilford. Guardians of his children were appointed 15 Apr. 1814. Samuel L. was placed with John Smith; Sally with Miles Thurston; Stephen with Samuel Leavitt; Jonathan with Eben Smith; and Mehitable with her mother, the widow of Stephen. These five being the youngest children. Samuel Leavitt and Jacob Eaton bondsmen. Probably Jacob Eaton was father of Mehitable.

CHILDREN OF STEPHEN AND MERIT ABLE (EATON) LEAVITT

*Samuel b. 1784. d. 7 Mar. 1866. m. Nancy Gilman. William S. b. abt. 1774. m. Oct. 1806 Anna Leavitt. Had 2 sons and

I dau. 1790 cen. Anna must have been 2nd wife. Lived 1778 at East Milton, N. H.

Jacob b. I 792. d. 10 Jan. 1862. m. Sarah A. Conner I Jan. 1846. ch.: Climena A.; Jacob E.; Susie E.; Geo. F.; Caroline B.

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*Benjamin b. 1783. d. 8 Oct. 1873. m. Jemima Ames. Lydia b. 23 Dec. 1781. d. 26 Mar. 1855. m. Daniel Moulton Thurston

of Gilford b. 27 Apr. 1784. *Miles b. 8 Feb. 1788 on the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee. d. 27 Jan.

1870. m. Sarah Brown. Mehitable b. 23 Sept. 1804. d. 31 Aug. 1851. m. 15 Feb. 1827 John

Furbur Coleman b. 1 Aug. 1805 at Dovet, N. H. d. 23 Nov. 1864. Issue 3 ch.

Eliza b. 20 May 1809. m. 30 Dec. 1829 Benjamin F. Goldsborough 13 Nov. 1808. Living 1878 at Grand Rapids, Mich.

Esther d. young. Sally b. between 1793 and 99. m. Mallard and had a dau. Mrs. Clara

Davis. *Stephen b. 10 Mar. 1796. d. 24 Feb. 1870. m. Charlotte Sargent. Jonathan b. 1800. d. 18 Sept. 1883. m. Susanna Sleeper.

NoTE: Lydia and Daniel M. Thurston moved to Grand Rapids, Mich. He d. 26 Feb. 1842 at Adrian, Mich. 7 ch. Jonathan and Susanna had ch.: Susan T. b. 1823; Joseph A. b. 1833. d. 1 Aug. 1885. m. Eliza A. Marsh. He served in the Civil War, Co. E, 8th Reg't. b. Nashua, N. H. Enlisted 13 Nov. 1861. Discharged because of disability 6 June 1862 at Carrollton, La. ch.: Mary E. b. 15 Jan. 1863. d. 25 Jan. 1863; son b. 4 Sept. 1864.

Thomas Moore Leavitt (5) son of Reuben (4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 29 July 1786 at Gilmanton, N. H. d. 22 Oct. 1882 at Stratham, N. H. m. 1st 27 Sept. 1810 Sally Dearborn dau. of Joseph and Mary (Dearborn) Dearborn, b. 21 July 1789. d. 11 Feb. 1839. Hem. 2nd 27 May (or 4 July) 1839 (Mrs.) Mary Crimbell, dau. of Daniel Wiggin. b. 1799. d. 1884 of heart disease. 1813 Thomas lived at New Hampton, N. H. when his bro. Benj. q. c. deed of land, he of Gilmanton, Reuben of Gilford and Thomas of N. Hamp. Land deeded to these two bro-s. He lived most of his life at Stratham, N. H. where he was taken by his uncle Taylor Moore aged six yrs. He was a blacksmith. He was called Deacon. 5 May 1813 Reuben and Thomas deed land to their bro. Benj. of Gilmanton.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS M. AND SALLY (DEARBORN) LEAVITT

*Elizabeth b. 9 Oct. 1811. d. 13 Dec. 1886. m. John S. Yeaton. *Sarah Ann b. 9 Aug. 1813. d. 5 Nov. 1871. m. David Knowles. (See

re- of her sister, Elizabeth) Lavina b. 29 July 1815. d. 7 Dec. 1842. unm. Andrew b. 23 Nov. 1817. Lived and d. at San Francisco, Cal. unm.

*Sophia Moore b. 28 Nov. 1819. d. 21 June 1897. m. Nathaniel D. Tilton. (See re- of her sister Eliz.)


*Thomas Moore b. 18 Nov. 1821. d. 29 Dec. 1870. m. Mary J. Richards. Joseph b. 22 Mar. 1824. d. 25 Feb. 1826. Mary Jane b. 30 Mar. 1826. d. 2 Sept. 1827. Daniel b. 5 Apr. 1828. d. 29 Nov. 1830. Levi Woodbury b. 15 June 1830. d. 13 Nov. 1830. Daniel Woodbury b. 10 Dec. 1832. d. 8 May 1842.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS M. AND MARY (CRIMBELL) LEAVITT

George Freeman b. 10 Aug. 1841. m. ch.: Ella. Ella m. Mr. Tibbetts; Charles; Cora; Helen.

Albert Clarence b. 19 Nov. 1842. d. 6 Nov. 1915 unm. (N. H. v. r-s. Fam. Bible of above Thos. by gr. grandson, Richard

C. Manning)

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William Leavitt (5) son of John (4), Eph. (3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. 14 May I 752 at Stratham, N. H. d. 11 Aug. 1818 at Moultonboro, N. H. m. Mary Whipple dau. of William and Mary of Ipswich, Mass. b. 26 May 1755. d. 8 Dec. 1831. They lived at Moultonboro. His will made 19 Dec. 1785. His wife, Mary, administratrix. She was appointed 9 Sept. 1818. She inherited land from her father, William Whipple at Moultonboro. Estate of her husband settled 13 Nov. 1819. 15 Oct. 1819 Thomas Leavitt was appointed administrator of William Leavitt's estate, both of Moultonboro, and brothers. List of claims against the estate of William, Sr. John W. and Thomas. Mary was called, after her husband's death, a spinster because she was a spinner of wool. In her will dated Moultonboro, 28 Apr. 1828 it says in part: "To my eldest son, John H., all of my real estate in Strafford Co. To my daughter, Anna Nay, one half of my wearing apparel. Two grandchildren, Ebenezer and Polly Leavitt the heirs of my son, William, all the rest to be divided equally between my sons and daughters. My son, John H., executor. John's name appears in documents as John W. but his mother calls him John H. Her will was proved 21 May 1832. (Moultonboro R. Vol. 59 N. E. G. H. Rms), (N. H. V. R.), (J. P. L. Chi-). They moved to Moultonboro, N. H. after their son John was born 1778. He served in Rev. War enlisting 8 June 1778 as a private.

William deeds land at Deerfield to Samuel Cate 14 July

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1778. This land was the fifth lot in fifth range. Witnesses: Jeremiah and Lydia Eastman.

12 Mar. 1777 at town meeting of Moultonboro, a Congregational church covenant was signed by Mary Leavitt.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND MARY (WHIPPLE) LEA VITT *John W. (or H.) b. 20 Dec. 1778 at Ipswich, Mass. d. 18 Apr. 1851 at

Moultonboro. m. Nancy Leavitt, dau. of his uncle, John. m. 2nd 1 Apr. 1850 Elizabeth Caverly.

Polly b. 21 Jan. 1781. d. 10 July 1803. *William b. 24 Feb. 1783. d. 15 Feb. 1819 at Gosport, Va. m. Elizabeth

Beede. Mark b. 17 Aug. 1785. d. 26 Sept. 1826 in N. Y. City.

*Jonathan b. 19 Sept. 1787. d. 16 July 1840 at Tuftonboro, N. H. m. Hannah Nay.

Caleb b. 1 Nov. 1789. d. 22 Dec. 1815 at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, unm.

*Anna b. 20 Jan. 1792. d. 26 July 1878. m. Anthony Nay. *Thomas b. 6 July 1796. d. 9 Mar. 1852. m. Hannah W. Copp.

Nathaniel b. 7 Oct. 1797. d. 23 Feb. 1833 at Boston, Mass. m. Elizabeth W. Phipps. Shem. 2nd abt. 1841 John Mitchell.

Bethia b. 15 Dec. 1800. d. 17 May 1803.

Two brothers by name of Whipple came over from England before the Revolution, and one of them, William, later became a Signer of the Constitution from N. H. His brother, John Angel James, md. Celinda Wright of Pownal, Vt. Daughter of Hon. Josiah Wright. John A. J. Whipple and wife lived for a time at Pownal, Vt. at Whip• ples Corners, but early in life moved to Ohio, then the Wild West. Had 6 sons and 3 daughters. Henry, Josiah Wright, Lewis B., John M., Benjamin, and James, all of whom were ministers. Daughters: Zilpha, Esther, Nancy, (who md. a Babcock). Many of their sons moved to Texas before she had gained her independence, Lewis B., was one of the greatest Methodist preachers of Texas.

Above was written for D. A. R. Magazine in 1913 by Miss Louise Mooar, Historian of James Roe Chapter, D. A. R. Colorado, Texas.

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Alfred Wiggin Leavitt (6) son of Joe. (5), Sam. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 16 Nov. 1810 at Bangor, Me. d. 14 Oct. 1885. m. 1st Julia Lucas, b. Feb. 1814. d. 22 Aug. 1856. m. 2nd Julia A. Gilman of Exeter, N. H. b. 20 June 1820. d. 25 Aug. 1896. They lived at Bangor, Me. for a time. Last 28 years of life he lived at Kenduskeag, Me. formerly part of Levant. They lived at Levant, Me. 1840 census. Fam. Bbl. tmbst.

CHILDREN OF ALFRED W. AND JULIA A. (GILMAN) LEAVITT

Nellie A. b. 12 Mar 1859. d. 25 Oct. 1940. Lived 1939 at Kenduskeag, Me. m. William E. Nason. ch.: I-Helen Gilman b. 17 Apr. 1893. m. 2 Aug. 1922 Amos B. Jewett. Living on the old Leavitt homestead at Kenduskeag, Me. No ch. 2-Harold Leavitt b. 24 Sept. 1900. m. 4 Aug. 1928 Helen L. Crowell. ch.: Robert William b. 29 July 1932. Gerald Crowell b. 2 June 1934.

Hattie M. b. 29 July 1861. d. 5 June 1864.

War of 1812

Andrew Leavitt (6) son of Andrew (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 4 Apr. 1781 at Amherst, N. H. d. 6 Sept. 1828 at Marblehead, Mass. m. 1st 31 July 1803 Emma Pain who d. of T. B. 4 Jan. 1820. m. 2nd 5 Sept. 1820 Sarah Hendley b. 1790. v. r. Marblehead says d. 29 Jan. 1857 making her b. date 1776. He served in the war of 1812 on a Privateer, was taken prisoner and confined in the Dartmoor prison of England. He d. at Marblehead of a disease contracted while in prison. (See Hist. error.) (U. S. Census of yr. of 1820 gives five ch. living.)

CHILDREN OF ANDREW AND EMMA (PAIN) LEAVITT

*Andrew b. 1809. d. 28 Nov. 1839. m. Abigail Hooper. Emma m. 22 Nov. 1829 John B. Harris. Harriet A. m. 6 Nov. 1836 Pharez Shirley, Jr. Hannah A. m. 10 May 1835 George Laraby of Merrimack, N. H. Elizabeth H. m. 18 Nov. 1832 Henry Blaney.

Andrew Burleigh Leavitt (6) son of Leavi (5), Benj. (4-3), Samuel (2), John (1). b. Monday 25 Mar. 1799 at Meredith, N. H. d. 22 Jan. 1856. m. Eunice Kelley b. 7 Dec. 1799. d. 22 Feb. 1880. Married at Gilmanton, N. H.

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CHILDREN OF ANDREW B. AND EUNICE (KELLY) LEAVITT *John T. G. b. Friday 25 Sept. 1824. d. 1 Dec. 1881. m. Elvira Glines. Haven F. b. Tuesday 4 Apr. 1826. d. 30 Apr. 1887. m. Matilda Ald

rich 14 Mar. 1850. b. 27 Dec. 1824 at Ryegate, Vt. He d. at Milbury, Mass. ch.: Hattie J. b. 13 Mar. 1851. d. Mar. 1879. Nettie b. 26 Dec. 1858. Lizzie b. 18 Nov. 1860. Living. m. Mr. Shepard and lived at Auburn, Mass.

*Charles S. b. Monday 24 Mar. 1828. d. 19 Mar. 1909. m. Harriet Aldrich.

*Almon Curtis b. Friday 21 Jan. 1831. d. 28 Mar. 1913. m. Mary F. Russell.

Mary Jane b. 31 Mar. 1833. d. 29 Sept. 1835. Major Andrew b. 14 Dec. 1837. d. 1 Dec. 1840. Mary Jane b. Monday 6 Apr. 1840. m. 1st Levi Glines. He d. 11 July

1865. m. 2nd Jed Nason. No issue. No doubt you have all the "stuff" you care for about the "Leavitt's"

but nevertheless I am going to have a print made and send you of my father on his coach taken with the Profile House background seventyfive or seventy-six years ago - (This picture is one of my treasures and I had it enlarged from a very small one)

(written 1939) Yours very truly,

CHARLES E. LEA VITI

Driver is Andrew B. Leavitt (6), Leavi (5), Benj. (4-3), Sain. (2), John (1). Above letter is from his son, Charles E. Leavitt. Photo must have been taken about 1865.

Anna Leavitt (6) dau. of Wm. (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (I) b. 20 Jan. 1792 at Moultonboro, N. H. d. 26 July 1878. m. 3 Oct. 181 I Anthony Nay of Milan, N. H. bpt. 27 Apr. 1788, at Hampton, N. H. Son of Joseph and Mary (Towle) Nay, dau. of Anthony Towle. Joseph was son of John (2), (1). John (2) md. as first wife Mrs. Deliverance (Robie) Leavitt, widow of John Leavitt son of Thomas (I) probably gr-dau. of Henry Robie. Joseph was in the Rev. War. (See Hist. of Hamp. N. H.). They lived at Ossipee, and Milan, N. H. and are buried at West Milan. Deliverance had one ch. John Nay bpt. June I 729. Joseph's mother was Ladd.

CHILDREN OF ANNA (LEAVITT) AND ANTHONY NAY Mark d. unm. Caroline d. unm.

*Mary b. 1817. m. Phillip Horr. George m. 1st Martha Philbrick. m. 2nd Hannah Wetherby. m. 3rd

Lucinda. Lived Rye, N. H. ch.: Henry; Marshall; George.


Elizabeth m. Edward Green. Lived at Stark, N. H. and had a store. No. ch.

Samuel d. unm. William moved west during gold rush 1849. md. and lived in Ore.

Issue, George, Josephine and Marshall. *Moses C. b. 22 Jan. 1824. d. 14 Dec. 1891. m. Adeline Young. *Anthony b. 1 Mar. 1827. d. 23 Dec. 1910. m. Bethia Briggs.

Ormsbry m. Sarah Horne. ch.: Annie m. Melvin Forbush; Bessie m. Melvin Cole, Stark, N. H.

*Sarah m. Warren Bailey. Joseph d. unm. at Port Orford, Ore.

Benjamin F. Leavitt (6) son of Stephen (5), Miles (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1783 at Gilford, N. H. Living 1840 cen. m. 30 Jan. 1806 Jemima Ames of Gilmanton, N. H. 1785. d. 29 Nov. 1856. A deed dated 30 Oct. 1849 Benj. sells land to Geo. W. Leavitt and his own wife, Jemimah, Another deed q. c. to Samuel Leavitt, who owned the farm jointly with him, 22 Apr. 1815. A m~rtgage was discharged on this estate 1902. (I have copies of a number of deeds if any descendant desires them) He buys land at Gilford from his bro. Samuel.

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN F. AND JEMIMA (AMES) LEAVITT Lavina m. Mr. Cobb. Comfort b. 1810. m. 26 Aug. 1832 Benj. Gilman.

*George W. b. 1811. d. 2 Mar. 1895, of lagrippe. m. 14 Sept. 1834 Mahala Thompson.

Mehitable m. Mr. Gilman. Marston b. 1804. (b. date must be error but he is given so) d. 1842,

his father was administrator of his estate 18 Oct. 1842 "as next of kin."

Benjamin b. 1824. m. Polly b. 1812. Lived at Campton, N. H. Buys land at Campton from Leavitt Clark, 1842. 1840 cen. gives him wife Sarah b. 1820. ch.: Benjamin b. 1853, m. Eliza Sorrell. Lived at ~mouth, N. H. ch.: Flora b. 1873; Mary b. 1874; Carrie b. 1876; Etta b. 1878. Flora m. 1 Nov. 1890 Addison W. Heath of Ashland, N. H. Cordelia J. b. 1854. d. 1877 of t.b.; Roscoe b. 1855; Lillian G. b. 1868. (She in this £am. in cen. could be wife of Roscoe.)

Benjamin Leavitt (6) son of James (5-4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1778 at Exeter, N. H. d. 8 May 1824 at Exeter. m. Betsey Dodge, 1 July 1804. He was son of Captain James of Exeter. Benjamin attended Phillips Exeter in 1789. He was a brushmaker. Betsey was b. 1785. d. 12 Oct. 1865. Her


will was made 17 Aug. 1861, and proved 8 Nov. 1865 and mentions, daughters, Eliza Perkins; Martha Freeze; Emma S. Robinson; son James; and grandson Franklin Leavitt.

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN AND BETSEY (DODGE) LEAVITT Eliza b. abt. 1805. m. Lewis Perkins. Martha } m. Dudley Freese of Epping.

twins. Mary d. 17 May 1849. m. Landaw Adams of Lowell, Mass. 27

Nov. 1834. Emma S. m. Edwin Gilman Robinson 9 Dec. 1840. Lydia m. John Moulton Dec. 1829. James S. b. 1814. d. 1896. m. Sarah Ellis. ch.: Mary Elizabeth m. Wil

liam Wallace Keller. She mem. D. A. R. *Benjamin b. 1804. d. 13 July 1839. m. Sarah E. Stevenson.

Benjamin Robinson (6) son of Mary (Leavitt 5), Jere. (4), J. Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 22 Oct. 1782 at Exeter, N. H. d. 5 Apr. 1866. m. Polly Glines. He d. at Ashland, N. H.

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN AND POLLY (GLINES) ROBINSON *Sarah Glines b. 9 Sept. 1816. d. 9 May 1891. m. Augustus Burpee of

New Hampton, N. H. Calvin. Had son, Luther. Lived at No. Hampton.

Benjamin Leavitt (6) son of Andrew (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1794 at Amherst, N. H. d. 5 June 1848. m. 1st 19 Mar. 1817 Clarissa Rhodes who d. 9 Sept. 1836 aged 41. m. 2nd Mary Ames who d. 21 Nov. 1862, at Fitchburg, Mass. aged 70. He was administrator of his father's estate who died intestate. He lived at Amherst.

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN AND CLARISSA (RHODES) LEAVITT

Jane b. 1817. d. 17 June 1834. Abby b. before 1820. d. 9 June 1836. Caroline A. b. 1822. d. 27 Nov. 1846. m. 2 May 1843 Henry W. Carter. Edward d. 9 Oct. 1836 young. Charles b. 1831. d. 1 July 1853 at Manchester, N. H. (U. S. Cen.

1820 gives them 5 ch. 3 others must have been b. prior to 1820 and died after)

Charles B. Leavitt (6) son of John (5-4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1), b. 31 March 1784. d. 21 May 1852. m. 3 Apr. 1817 Sarah Lewis of Lynn, Mass. at Swampscott, Mass. b. 30


June 1799. d. 15 Feb. 1861. Of Lynn, Mass. Alonzo P. Lewis who wrote the first History of Lynn was her brother.

CHILDREN OF CHARLES B. AND SARAH (LEWIS) LEA VITT Charles b. 18 Mar. 1818. d. Apr. 1887. m. Mary Swett. He was a shoe

maker at Swampscott, Mass. ch.: Charles Lewis b. 17 Oct. 1839, m. Lydia and had ch.: 1-Ruth N. b. 9 Apr. 1858; Carrie Augusta b. 15 Jan. 1861. She was adopted by John Swett who asked the court to change her name to Swett. Ruth was adopted by Charles S. Main and her name changed. 1863 as their parents d. before this. 2-Sally d. inf. 3-Mary T. b. 1852; 4-John S. b. 1853; 5-Miles D. b. 1855; 6-William C. b. 1859. m. Abbie M. Berry, dau. of Freeman and Judith of Barnstead, N. H. ch.: William Chester b. 26 Nov. 1884. d. 13 Dec. 1891. Above John S. m. Martha Susan Clark. Lived Lynn, Mass. ch.: Walter Clark b. 1879, m. 18 Jan. 1904 Grace Louise Faunce b. 1880. Lived Swampscott.

*William R. b. 5 June 1820. d. 13 June 1863. m. Susan and had ch.: William b. 1854; Charles.

Sarah A. b. 10 Apr. 1822. d. 21 July 1824. Sarah Ann b. 28 Jan. 1829. d. 7 Oct. 1901. m. 11 Dec. 1845 George

B. Taylor. Lived at Lynn, Mass. * John Burns b. 19 Jan. 1835. d. 28 Mar. 1915. m. Martha K. Dill. Eliza Lois b. 18 July 1844. d. 22 Oct. 1865.

David Leavitt (6) son of Nathaniel (5-4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1775 to 1785 from U.S. Census, at Canaan, Me. m. Mary b. I 796 (Cen. 1870 of Canaan, Me.). Lived at Patten and Canaan. (Census of 1830 gives them a s. b. abt. 1815, as. b. before 1820, as. b. abt. 1825, a dau. b. abt. 1815, one abt. 1815 to 1820, 3 dau-s b. after 1825.)

CHILDREN OF DAVID AND MARY LEAVITT Mary m. Miles Nelson. Lucinda m. William Brown. Ann m. Mr. Hunter.

*David b. 1825 d. Mar. 1859. m. Marcia I. Emery. Lillian m. Mr. Crommett.

NoTE: 1820 Census gives David 3 dau-s b. from 1804 to 1820, and a son b. 1810-1820. Relatives say Mary may have been a Pettigrew as she was Aunt to a Mr. Pettigrew.

Daniel Kendrick Leavitt (6) son of Andrew (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. Dec. 1800 at Amherst, N. H. d. 17 Sept. 1888 at Mt. Carmel, 0. and is buried in the Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinatti, 0. m. Lucinda Jane Belch Mar. 1830. In 1872 Daniel bought a farm of 136 acres at Mt. Carmel, 0. He openly expressed his views against


slavery. She born at Pisgah, 0. 1811. d. 13 May 1893 at Mt. Carmel, 0. Hist. of Clermont Co. 0. 1880. p. 450a see his picture. Says he was b. 25 Jan. 1801.

CHILDREN OF DANIEL K. AND LUCINDA J. (BELCH) LEAVITT

Elizabeth B. b. 1831. d. 16 Jan. 1911 at Cincinnati, unm. Andrew. Daniel b. 1840. d. 26 Dec. 1902 at Mt. Carmel, 0. m. Eunice Niles. Anna Boynton d. 20 May 1914. Mary m. Byington Campbell of Ripley, 0. Cordelia b. 17 Oct. 1848. d. 18 Nov. 1908. Harriet L. b. 10 May 1852 at Cincinnati. d. 13 Sept. 1925. Topsy. Rufus d. aged 1 7.

Dolly Thurston (6) dau. of Elsie (Leavitt 5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. at Stratham, N. H. d. 1843. m. Theophilis Jones son of Daniel of Exeter.

CHILDREN OF DOLLY (THURSTON) AND THEOPHILIS JONES

*Mary W. b. 20 Sept. 1831. d. 19 Jan. 1914. m. Sylvester Cram. Daniel b. 27 Dec. 1836. d. 28 Feb. 1912. m. Hattie Davis b. 19 Oct.

1840. d. 24 Jan. 1921. Almira d. unm. William m. Delina Lovejoy.

Civil War

Rev. Dudley Prescott Leavitt (6) son of Dudley (5), Sam. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 5 Nov. 1824 at North

wood, N. H. d. 10 Oct. 1903 at Melrose, Mass. m. 1st 5 May 1850 Caroline Howe, dau. of Winslow Howe of Portsmouth, N. H. She d. at Chesterfield 16 Feb. 1852. m. 2nd 2 May 1853 Elvira Clark, dau. of James and Lucinda (Eastman) of Lisbon, N. H. b. 18 Feb. 1830 at Landaff, N. H. d. 1905 and is buried with her husband at Park Cem. Tilton, N. H. Dudley was first an apprentice in the office of the New Hampshire Patriot, of Concord, N. H. He served as private in the Civil War for about four years, in N. H. and at Haverhill, Mass. He was a Methodist Minister and prepared at N. H. Conference Seminary of Tilton, N. H. (Now called Tilton School for boys), and the Gen. Biblical Inst. of Concord, N. H. He was ordained Deacon by Bishop Baker at Nashua, N. H. 14 June 1852 and as Elder by same Bishop


at Rochester, N. H. 7 May 1854. (Native N. H. Minst.) Pastor of Methodist Ch. at Concord, N. H. 1863-5, at Walpole, N. H. 1850, Chesterfield, N. H. 1851, Littleton, N. H. 1852-3, Whitefield, N. H. and Bethlehem 1854, Nashua 1855-6, Newport 1857 and many other towns in Mass., Ct., R. I., So. Car. until he moved to Melrose, Mass. and d. here. (See Hist. of Littleton, N. H.) His first wife had one ch. James who d. young.

CHILDREN OF REV. DUDLEY AND ELVIRA (CLARK) LEAVITT Channing Prescott b. 1859. d. aged 7 yrs. Mary Frances b. 20 Jan. 1862. d. 1924. Dudley Prescott b. 20 June 1859 prob. twin to C. P. d. young. Luella Katherine b. 12 Dec. 1865. d. I Oct. 1945 at Newport, R. I. Blanche b. 26 Aug. 1869. d. 1917.

Dudley Franklin Leavitt (6) son of Joe. (5), Sam. (4), Ephriam (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 9 Dec. 1814 at Lee, N. H. d. 7 July 1886. m. 27 Oct. 1841 Dolly McQuesten b. 19 Mar. 1822. Dudley was a well known citizen of Bangor, Me. He was collector of the Port, under Pres. Buchanan. He was by trade a lumberman, merchant, and speculator in Bangor. (B. V. R.) (Bangor Mag.) (Winchester Notes: Dolly Ingersoll McQuertur, She b. 17 Mar. 1823 at Haverhill, Mass. d. 21 Feb. 1898 in Mass.)

CHILDREN OF DUDLEY F. AND DOLLY (McQUESTEN) LEAVITT

""Frank Wiggin b. 14 Dec. 1854. d. 28 Apr. 1904. m. Harriet H. Gardiner.

Bertha Jane Miller b. 15 Jan. 1848. d. 8 Aug. 1924. m. William Edward Carleton. ch: William Dudley b. 11 Sept. 1878. Guy Edward b. 15 Nov. 1879. m. 2 May 1929 Sarah Smith Loomis. Ruth Ingersoll b. 6 May 1887. They lived at Charlestown and Brookline, Mass.

Carolyn Warren b. 9 Apr. 1863. m. Walter B. Swan 31 Oct. 1896. He b. 13 July 1871 in Boston. They had issue: Eleanor Foster b. 29 Mar. 1904. m. 28 Sept. 1933 Herbert Standley Eyre of New York b. 24 Aug. 1900.

Mary, Ellen, John Allison, and Walter died between ages of one and six years.

Edward Leavitt (6) son of Joseph (5), Jon. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1782 at Wolfeboro, N. H. d. 30 Nov. 1864 at Glenburn, Me. m. abt. 1814 Rachel Emery b. 13 Dec. 1794. d. 14 Aug. 1834. dau. of Samuel (6), John (5),


Zachariah (4-3), James (2), Anthony (1 ). Samuel Emery served in the Revolutionary War under Col. Nixon in battle of Bunker Hill and later was 45 mos. in service in Capt. Toogood's Co. Col. Thos. Nixon's reg't. He was a Sergeant 1 Aug. 1777. He was first tax collector in Canaan, Me. 1788. He lived at Bloomfield and Ripley, Me. He d. 2 Oct. 1836. A descendant of Edward Leavitt feels sure Samuel Emery was in same regiment and company as Edward's father if so Mr. Emery must have first lived in Mass. or N. H. and I presume this is true since hundreds of N. H. families took advantage of the offer of free homestead land in Maine after the war. The family legend of Edward states that 12 families moved at same time to Ripley, Me. and settled the town, they believe took up the town charter. Edward is dropped from the Wolfeboro, N. H. r-s 1810. I find him alone living at Palmyra, Me. 1810 census. 1830 cen. at Ripley, Me. he is called Edward, Jr. 1820 cen. he lived at Harmon, Me. Edward lived at Ripley but later moved to Glenburn. 1830 cen. all ch. below living. Edward was third cousin to the other Edward (5) of Ripley, Me.

CHILDREN OF EDWARD AND RACHEL (EMERY) LEAVITT Calvin Dearborn b. 30 July 1816. m. Eliza Frost, 8 Aug. 1839. He and

his son Nelson were together in the Civil War. Both returned. Calvin was drowned at the time of a celebration when President Grant was received by Maine soldiers after the Civil War. He was crowded from the wharf and as he could not swim he grasped the piling beneath the wharf and the next morning was found dead still holding on. Lived at Ripley, Me. ch: Edward Nelson b. 3 Dec. 1839. d. 11 July 1864.

Olive Emery b. 29 Sept. 1819. d. abt. age of 18. Lucy b. 1820. m. 1st Mr. Gipson. ch: Albert and Laura. She m. 2nd

and moved to Calif. Margaret Jane b. 13 Feb. 1821. m. Albert Reed, 14 July 1844 at Bos

ton. Owned a ranch in Kansas. ch: Mary; Emma; Lillian; Alfred. *Samuel b. 3 Dec. 1821. m. Lavina Kimball.

Levi Emery b. 16 Dec. 1823. d. prior to 1830 census and descendants do not remember him.

Mary b. 26 Sept. 1825. *Chase Perkins b. 10 June 1829. d. 3 Feb. 1897. m. Sarah M. Keniston.

NoTE: I have no documentary proof that Edward was son of Joseph but I do have more circumstantial evidence than many a man was hanged by. Descendants say he was b. at Wolfeboro, N. H. I have the other few families of this section carried on with plenty of proof, but


Joseph (5) as above I have v. r. and census only. Census gives, a son for Joseph (5) b. exact date that Maine v. r-s give for Edward (See his d. date). Descendants of Joseph, Jr. lived at Wakefield and showed me the old family burying ground in a pasture where Joseph, Jr. and wife are buried. This man told me Joseph, Jr. went to Maine when young but later returned to Wolfeboro, md. Phobe Kent and lived rest of his life in this locality. Edward named a son, "Chase Perkins," and if he is son of Joseph there was one Chase Perkins who, would be his bro-in-law. Family descendants from Edward remember a Chase Perkins who came often to visit the family. The line of Ephriam (3) was the only early line this section who carried on the name Edward, and many also carried on the name of Samuel. I spent one day at Wolfeboro and Wakefield searching for proof, but did not exhaust the source of information. To descendants who may be interested for better proof please write me. (Emily F. Noyes, author).

Elizabeth Leavitt (6) dau. of Thos. M. (5), Reuben (4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 9 Oct. 1811 at Stratham, N. H. d. 13 Dec. 1886. m. John Sanders Yeaton 13 May 1832, b. 1809 at Epsom, N. H. d. 27 Apr. 1864 at Manchester, N.H.

CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH (LEAVITT) AND JOHNS. YEATON *Sarah Elizabeth b. 12 June 1833. d. 2 Jan. 1911. m. 1st Oliver

Holmes Gould. m. 2nd Richard C. Manning. *Helen Maria b. 6 July 1847. d. 12 Oct. 1907. m. Frederick Wm.

Hartley. (for her £am. see Sarah's re-d).

Sarah Ann Leavitt (6) dau. of Thos. M. (5) same as above: b. 9 Aug. 1813 probably at New Hampton, N. H. d. 5 Nov. 1871. m. David Knowles of Stratham, 16 Nov. 1846.

CHILDREN OF SARAH A. (LEA VITT) AND DAVID KNOWLES Thomas d. unm. Belle d. unm. Addie m. Mr. Lindsay.

Sophia Moore Leavitt (6) dau. of Thos. M. (5) same as above: b. 28 Nov. 1819 prob. at Stratham, N. H. d. 21 June 1897. m. Nathaniel D. Tilton b. 7 July 1820 at Gilmanton, N. H. d. 12 Dec. 1876. Sophia was last to survive of Thomas' first family. This Tilton line is related to Charles E. Tilton, for whom the town of Tilton was named.

CHILDREN OF SOPHIA M. (LEAVITT) AND NATHANIEL D. TILTON

Alfred Woodbury m. Clara Fairbanks. No issue.

SIXTH GENERATION

Charles. Edward. Nathaniel D. m. 1898 Stella Ballou. No issue.

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Elizabeth Leavitt (6) dau. of James (5-4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 21 Dec. 1769-70, at Exeter, N. H. d. 18 Aug. 1860. m. 19 June 1791 William Odlin b. 16 Feb. I 767 at Exeter. They lived at Exeter, N. H. Much controversy as to whose dau. Elizabeth was, came up during my research but I found her identity in herd. r. at Concord, N. H.

CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH (LEAVITT) AND WILLIAM ODLIN

James b. 9 Jan. 1792. d. 30 July 1856. m. Martha H. Osborn. ch: James W. b. 3 Dec. 1819. d. 9 Mar. 1891; George 0.

William b. 10 Jan. 1793. d. 30 Aug. 1863. m. Betsy. ch: Thomas who d. 5 Mar. 1826.

Thomas b. 16 Nov. 1794. d. 5 Mar. 1826. m. Hannah Poeeter. No issue.

Joseph } d. 1873. twins b. 16 Jan. 1797.

Benjamin d. 1876. *Betsey b. 23 Nov. 1799. d. 3 Sept. 1863. m. James Perkins. Woodbridge b. 9 May 1805. d. l Apr. 1879. m. 1st Joanna Odiorne. m.

2nd Delia Little, 9 Oct. 1844. He bequeathed to Phillips Exeter Acad. $20,000 to found the Odlin professorship of English Literature. ch: Anne Odiorne b. 20 May 1843. Living in 1856.

*Mary Ann b. 29 July 1810. d. 26 Jan. 1842. m. Elihu T. Stevens.

Emily Elizabeth Leavitt (6) dau. of Benj. (5), Reuben (4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 26 Feb. 1833 at Gilmanton, N. H. d. 11 Feb. 1907. m. 30 Dec. 1855 Julius Lamb b. 29 Apr. 1819 at Hartland, Vt. son of Harvey and Esther (Hammond) Lamb. They lived at Hartland, Vt. (Hammond Gen.)

CHILDREN OF EMILY E. (LEAVITT) AND JULIUS LAMB John E. b. 22 Aug. 1857. m. Clara A. Hammond. Clara A. b. l Oct. 1859. Living unm. 1904. Edward E. b. 18 July 1865. m. Carrie E. Headle. I ch.

Frederick Byron Trank Leavitt (6) son of Samuel (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 14 Nov. 1814 at Wolfeboro, N. H. d. 29 Oct. 1888 at same. m. 5 Nov. 1837 Mary Whitten, b. 14 Nov. 1815. d. 29 Oct. 1884. One re- says shed. 7 May 1887 of typhoid fever.


CHILDREN OF FREDERICK B. T. AND MARY (WHITTEN) LEAVITT

Samuel b. 14 Sept. 1841. d. 2 Nov. 1912. m. 13 Jan. 1866 Lucy Shepard, b. 23 Oct. 1841. d. 28 Dec. 1907. dau. of Daniel and Hannah (Estes) Shephard. He occupied machine shop at Wolfeboro Falls, N. H. ch: Miriam b. 17 Dec. 1910. She gave me the above data 1933, from the fam. Bbl.

George W. b. 1850. d. 1919 unm. Charles J. b. 19 Dec. 1854. d. 24 Sept. 1933. m. 1st Clara A. Bradley,

b. 1855. d. 1894. m. 2nd Mary L. Canney b. 1866. d. 1924.

George Washington Leavitt (6) son of Sam. (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (I) b. 8 Oct. 1809 at Wolfeboro, N. H. d. 10 Mar. 1888 at Garland, Maine, where he settled as a young man. m. 1st Elizabeth A. Frost 7 Apr. 1834. She d. 29 Mar. 1835. m. 2nd 29 Dec. 1838 Mary J. Emerson. 15 May 1840 Hamilton Locke appointed guardian of Mary C. D. Leavitt, minor ch. of late Elizabeth Leavitt, and grchild of Joseph C. Frost.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE W. AND MARY J. (EMERSON) LEAVITT

Dorinda b. 7 Mar. 1841. d. 26 Oct. 1909. m. Joseph Ames. ch: Linnie May m. Frank P. Morrison. No issue.

Moses A. b. 16 Jan. 1845. d. 20 Dec. 1924. m. 1st Fannie E. Tapley b. 25 Dec. 1851. d. 17 Nov. 1904. Issue: George Edward b. 28 Mar. 1878. d. 7 Nov. 1892. Moses m. 2nd 25 Dec. 1906 May I. Hewes. Living 1935 at Bangor, Me. No issue.

Henrietta b. 13 Sept. 1848. d. 19 Aug. 1849. (Bible of Geo. W. L. above.)

George Washington Leavitt (6) son of Joseph (5), Sam. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1), b. 5 Apr. 1809 at Wakefield, N. H. m. Abigail Rideout, b. 1815 in Me. Lived at Richmond, Me.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE W. AND ABIGAIL (RIDEOUT) LEAVITT

Lavinda Emma b. 1837. m. 25 Nov. 1863 Luther E. Pope. Margaret A. b. 1840. Waldron b. 17 Oct. 1842. m. 1st 6 Jan. 1878 Lydia A. Leavitt. (See

Chas. N. 6) m. 2nd Clara E. Holbrook, dau. of John M. and Harriet. Lived Brunswick, Me. ch: Sidney C. b. 19 Apr. 1888; Prudence Letty b. 31 Dec. 1898. Sidney m. 24 Aug. 1935 widow Mary E. Leavitt b. 1892.

Rebecca J. m. 1844. Prudence G. b. 1847.

William B. b. 1849. Jotham C. b. 1854.


*Nathan L. b. 1856. m. 1st Emily B. Allen; m. 2nd May E. Strickland. Joseph E. b. 8 June 1857. d. 21 Oct. 1907. Lived Saco, Me. m. 2nd

27 Nov. 1895 Eliza Grant.

Hannah Leavitt (6) dau. of Andrew (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John ( 1 ), b. 4 Aug. 1779 at Amherst, N. H. d. 16 Mar. 1846 at Milford, N. H. m. 26 Feb. 1805 John Adams of Mason, N. H. b. 24 Aug. 1778.

CHILDREN OF HANNAH (LEAVITT) AND JOHN ADAMS John P. b. 26 Nov. 1805 at Mason. m. 14 May 1846 Lucy J. Roach. Andrew Hastings b. 5 July 1807 at Washington, N. H. Hannah b. 11 June 1810' at Washington, N. H. Elliot W. b. 16 June 1813. m. Mary Morse of Troy, N. Y. Noah Webster b. 25 Feb. 1815. m. 8 Nov. 1855 Clara W. Warren. Adoniram Judson b. 3 Oct. 1820. m. 9 Apr. 1845 Harriett Lincoln

Norton b. 23 Feb. 1820 at Brooksville, Me. ch: Edward Dean b. 9 Apr. 1846. m. 10 Oct. 1872 Frances A. Gutterson b. 5 Mar. 1848. d. 4 Dec. 1921 N. Y. City. Frank B. b. 26 Jan. 1848. d. inf. Charles A. b. 9 July 1849. Walter B. b. 10 Sept. 1851. m. Elizabeth F. Fosdick. George L. b. 5 Dec. 1853. m. Mary V. Stites. Franklin b. 10 May 1855. d. London, Eng.

William Kendrick b. 22 Dec. 1856. Living at Milford, N. H. 1936 unm. Marshall P. b. 16 Mar. 1858. d. 22 Sept. 1883 unm. Harriett J. b. 5 Jan. 1861. m. Henry J. Williams. Ernest H. b. 25 Apr. 1862. d. 17 Aug. 1864.

Ransom B. b. 20 Oct. 1822 at Hillsboro, N. H. m. 16 Dec. 1867 Ellen R. Calderwood b. 15 Apr. 1840.

Henry Moses Leavitt (6) son of Benjamin (5), Reuben (4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 20 Apr. 1837 at Gilmanton, N. H. d. 5 Apr. 1913. m. 29 Dec. 1870 Sarah E. Brackett b. 9 Aug. 1851. d. 19 Mar. 1933 the same year she sent me her family data. dau. of John and Hannah (Gould). All ch. b. at Colebrook, N. H.

CHILDREN OF HENRY M. AND SARAH E. (BRACKETT) LEAVITT

*Annie H. b. 3 Nov. 1871. m. Fred H. Gould, 12 June 1901, b. 2 June 1897. ch: Henry Leavitt b. 12 Apr. 1902, m. 6 May 1929 Florence M. Patterson. ch: Walter George b. 10 Apr. 1930; Roger Leavitt b. 23 Oct. I 93 I. George Reuben b. 23 Sept. 1904, m. 10 Oct. 1931 Mary C. Shep

pard and lives at Warwick, N. Y.


Walter H. b. 6 Sept. 1873. Living 1933 unm. Eda b. 21 Jan. 1877. m. 1st Frank W. Baldwin 1875 20 Jan. 1897, b.

19 Dec. m. 2nd Charles 0. Stevens 24 Feb. 1926. ch: Ellen b. II May 1898. Living. m. 7 Sept. 1927 Kenneth G. Cowles. Harry Justus b. 6 Nov. 1900. Hollis Walter b. 30 May 1908. Justus Willard b. 8 Apr. 1911.

Claude Wallace b. 13 May 1881. d. 25 Aug. 1907. m. Stella N. Lord 29 June 1902, b. I June 1884. ch: Irena .Leavitt b. 28 Sept. 1902, m. 31 Aug. 1932 Martin H. Day. Henry Walter b. 30 Nov. 1903. m. 23 Dec. 1927 Marion Covell. ch: Claude b. 14 Mar. 1928; Richard Freeman b. 30 Mar. 1929; Faith b. 10 Jan. 1932. Frank Claude b. 24 Dec. 1906. d. 18 July 1908.

Isaac E. Leavitt (6) son of Reuben (5-4), J. Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1817 at Gilmanton, N. H. d. 30 Apr. 1866 of lung fever. m. 1st 3 Oct. 1839 Livonia Colman b. 1819 d. 21 Dec. 1856. m. 2nd Almira Hoit, dau. of Thomas and Miriam, 13 Apr. 1857. b. 1830 at Gilford, N. H. She survived Isaac and m. 2nd 6 Jan. 1876 Isaac H. Culver. Her step-son, Harris J ., left a will in which he gave his silver watch and his organ to his nephew, Austin Folsom. Dated 21 Aug. 1866. 21 Dec. 1868 the heirs of Isaac E. q. c. deed the homestead farm of Isaac where he lived same being 3 /9 of estate to Benj. A. Leavitt.

CHILDREN OF ISAAC E. AND LIVONIA (COLEMAN) LEA VITT

Plummer E. b. 9 June 1841. also called Pluma m. 19 July 1862, John R. J. Folsom.

Julia A. b. 1843. Amanda J. b. 1844. Eben E. b. 1846. d. prior to 1866. Reuben L. b. 1846. d. 1870. Amrietta F. b. 28 Sept. 1847. Henrietta P. b. 1848. Clara C. b. 2 Sept. 1849. d. 29 Sept. 1866. Livonia Ellen b. 17 June 1851. d. 3 May 1870. Caroline B. b. 1855. d. 18 Dec. 1869. Harris J. b. Nov. 1856. d. unm.

CHILDREN OF ISAAC AND ALMIRA J. (HOIT) LEAVITT Belle b. 3 Feb. 1864. Isaac C. b. 8 May 1866. d. May 1868. Ida E. d. inf.

James Leavitt (6-5-4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 10 Apr. 1777 at Exeter, N. H. d. 27 Jan. 1841. m. Lydia Leavitt (6)


Thos. (1) line. 7 Apr. 1804. b. Oct. 1783. d. 5 Mar. 1879. James attended Phillips Acad. of Exeter. He worked for his bro-in-law, Isaac Lord, at Effingham, N. H. James and Isaac Lord buy land from Joshua Nickerson of Eaton, N. H. 16 July 1802. James buys land at Effingham 100 acres 18 Dec. 1807 from Thos. Cutts of Saco, Me. He kept Leavitts Tavern across the Great Ossipee River at the Toll Bridge. He served the town as selectman seven years and was Representative to the Legislature 1820-21-22. James buys land from his father, James Leavitt, of Exeter, 1802. They are both buried at Effingham, N. H. opposite the home of their gr-grandson, E. Forrest Leavitt.

CHILDREN OF JAMES AND LYDIA (LEAVITT) LEAVITT James b. 25 Aug. 1805. d. 24 Mar. 1865. m. Louisa Lord, b. 21 Sept.

1808. d. II Nov. 1852. m. 2nd Nancy. Ch: James Madison b. 19 June 1834. d. Waco, Texas, IO Nov. 1891

unm. He served in 2nd Mass. Battery, known as the famous Nim's Battery.

Georgianna F. b. 9 June 1836. d. m. 9 June 1859 William C. Pierce of Fitchburg, Mass. Issue:

Willie L. b. 5 May 1864. d. 8 May 1867. Walter L. b. 10 Nov. 1868.

Lydia b. 21 May 1807. d. 20 Jan. 1851. m. Frederick Lord of Parsonfield, Me. b. 9 July 1806. d. 29 Nov. 1846. 2 ch.

Susan L. b. 28 Nov. 1808. d. 28 Sept. 1829. m. 14 Oct. 1828 William Milliken b. at Effingham. He lived at the Falls and built the first mill this town for carding wool, dressing, and dying cloth.

*Thomas b. 17 Apr. 1811. d. 16 July 1896. m. Elizabeth Haskell. *John Carr b. 27 July 1813. d. 19 Jan. 1893. m. 1st Hannah Clark.

m. 2nd Elizabeth Lamper. Huldah b. 17 July 1815. d. 14 May 1816. Isaac L. b. 20 Mar. 1817. m. Harriet and lived in Calif. Elizabeth b. 20 Aug. 1819. m. E. Clark b. 21 Mar. 1816. d. 1885.

Lived Dover, N. H. Elizabeth erected tombstones for her parents in the family cemetery.

Amelia A. b. 17 Apr. 1822. m. Benjamin Taylor of Effingham, N. H. b. 12 Sept. 1816. d. 1887. Issue: Charles F.

Louisa L. b. 25 Jan. 1827. d. 7 May 1840.

Jeremy N. C. Leavitt (6) son of Ephriam (5), Sam. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 6 Dec. 1797. d. 8 Apr. 1876. m. 13 Mar. 1823 Ruth M. Seavey, dau. of George and Betsey (Lane), b. 8 Mar. 1799. d. 2 Apr. 1872. They lived at Chi

chester, N. H. At the N. H. State Library is a booklet written


by the Pastor of the Congregational Church of Chichester, and preached as a funeral sermon 5 Apr. 1872 for Ruth. This is in print. She was a member of the church from 1817 to time of her death. Two of her four children living at this time.

CHILDREN OF JEREMY N. C. AND RUTH M. (SEAVEY) LEAVITT

George C. b. 21 Jan. 1824. m. Elizabeth, a school teacher. d. 12 Aug. 1854 at Sterling, Ark. No ch.

Augustus b. 8 Oct. 1825. d. 8 Nov. 1886. m. 24 Feb. 1858 Betsey F. Towle b. 8 June 1823. No issue.

Elvira Ruth b. 27 Sept. 1827. d. 1872. m. 13 Feb. 1849 Jacob S. Sanborn b. 26 Mar. 1823. Issue 5 ch. See San. Gen. p. 492.

Nathaniel d. 13 June 1831. Jacintha b. 13 June 1831. (Lane Gen.) d. 25 Apr. 1832.

(v. r. gives b. of Augustus as above) (Cen. 1850 gives his b. 1816)

CHILDREN OF JEREMIAH AND PHEBE (KENISTON) ROBINSON

*Benjamin b. 19 Aug. 1803 at Exeter, N. H. d. 1852. m. Delilah Hollinshed.

*Jeremiah m. Chlo Crofut.

Jonathan Leavitt (6) son of William (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 19 Sept. 1787, at Moultonboro, N. H. d. 16 July 1840 at Tuftonboro, N. H. m. 21 Apr. 1814 Hannah Nay of Ossipee, N. H. b. 7 May 1786 at Ossipee. d. 23 Sept. 1874 (tomb says 7 Nov.) at Tamworth, N. H. In 1817 they settled at Tuftonboro, N. H. In 1856 three of their children moved west. Buys land from John T. Dodge at Moultonboro on rd. to Tuftonboro, 10 Feb. 1817. Jonathan and his brother, Caleb, and their brother-in-law, J. L. Taylor, moved to Vernon, Minn. in the lumber business. In 1858 the two brothers moved their business to Madelia, Minn. but were driven away from here by the Indian outbreak in August 1862. Jonathan died from exposure, in scouting for Indians, from diphtheria at the time of the Sioux War. Members of the Old Congregational Society of Tuftonboro came from families of Jonathan.

CHILDREN OF JONATHAN AND HANNAH (NAY) LEAVITT Mary b. 26 Sept. 1814 at Wolfeboro, then part of Ossipee, N. H. d.

II Apr. 1873 at Tamworth, N. H. *Caleb b. 19 Aug. 1816. d. 19 July 1901. m. Lucy B. Nutting.


Lucy Jane b. 6 Aug. 1818. d. abt. 1908. m. 1843 Wentworth Lord b. 8 Feb. 1808. No issue.

Bethia b. 5 Oct. 1820. d. 26 Jan. 1837. Jonathan b. 13 July 1822. d. 26 Sept. 1862 at So. Bend, Minn. Hannah b. 7 Aug. 1824. d. 27 Aug. 1825. Sarah b. 27 July 1826. d. 23 Sept. 1876, at So. Bend, Minn. m. Jacot'.

L. Taylor. Joseph William b. 9 Mar. 1832. d. 2 Apr. 1834 at Tuftonboro, N. H.

Jonathan Leavitt (6) son of Nathan (5), Nathaniel (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. abt. 1775-80. m. Miss Brown b. abt. 1780. Census calls him Jonathan but the descendants call him Jothan. U. S. Census 1830 gives 2 dau-s b. before 1810; son b. abt. 1802; son b. abt. 1810; dau. b. before 1815; son b. same; dau. b. 1815 to 1820; dau. b. 1820 to 1825. Relatives gave me much of the family below. Lived at Fairfield, Me. 1800 cen. "He came here from Mass." He was the first and only Leavitt here until 1830.

CHILDREN OF JONATHAN AND MISS (BROWN) LEAVITT

*Nathan b. 2 June 1798. d. 20 Oct. 1880 m. Elizabeth Hanson. Samuel b. 1800. d. unm. David b. 1815. d. unm. Mildly insane. Hariah Eliza Hepzibith b. 1808. Mary Saphronia Lucy Julia

*Bryant b. 1810.

John Bellamy Leavitt (6) son of John (5-4), Eph. (3), Sam (2), John (1) b. 28 Mar. 1802 at Kittery, Me. d. 13 Apr. 1856. T.B. m. 14 Apr. 1826 Esther Lindsey Selman of Marblehead, Mass. At this time John lived in Salem, Mass. b. 19 Jan. 1808. dau. of Francis G. and Esther (Lindsey) Selman. They lived at Manchester, N. H. He kept a hotel at Bedford, N. H. Her father, Francis G. was b. 26 June 1782. Esther Lindsey b. 27 July 1787. They were m. 16 Apr. 1807. Esther was the dau. of Capt. Nathaniel and Sarah (Lee) Lindsey. Capt. Lindsey was also a prominent figure in history of the Revolution.


CHILDREN OF JOHN B. AND ESTHER (SELMAN) LEAVITT

John Bellamy b. 12 Oct. 1826-7 at Salem, Mass. He moved to California and sailed from San Francisco for home but was never heard from.

Caroline Augusta b. 12 July 1829. m. John Kennedy of Manchester. Francis Selman b. 28 May 1833. d. 12 June 1867. m. Rosanna. ch:

Nellie b. 23 Dec. 1859. Sarah Lindsey b. 22 July 1831. d. 12 Aug. 1864 at Lynn Mass. m.

Charles Pool at Marblehead, Mass. Nathaniel L. b. 3 May 1836 at Tuftonboro, N. H. d. ·w July 1858 at

Swampscott, Mass. Samuel b. 1836. Probably twin to Nathaniel and d. young as no

mention in late records. NOTE: Capt. Francis G. Selman was son of Capt. John and Deborah

(Girdler) Selman. He was First Lieutenant on the Privateer, "Growler" during the war of 1812 and was taken prisoner and confined on several prison ships in 1813-14-15 during which time he kept a journal extracts from which the town Historian of Marblehead, Mass., Samuel Roads, Jr., published in a small manual in 1883. This journal is somewhere in the possession of the Leavitt family also a small miniature painted of his father, Capt. John Selman, a prominent figure in Revolutionary history. Caroline Kennedy, daughter of above John (6), owned the above mentioned journal as well as two large oil portraits of the Leavitts, probably her parents. They hung in the upper part of the old Selman homestead at 19 Franklin St., Marblehead, Mass. This house was in the possession of the Selmans from 1779 to 1933 when it was sold to• strangers.

John Taylor Moore Leavitt (6) son of Benjamin (5), Reuben (4), Benj. (3) Sam. (2), John (1) b. 7 July 1828 at Mexico, Maine. d. 18 Jan. 1896 at Dixfield, Me. (heart failure). m. 27 Nov. 1859 Belsura Marsh, b. 1838. They lived at Dixfield, Maine.

CHILDREN OF JOHN T. M. AND BELSURA (MARSH) LEAVITT

Charles E. b. 27 June 1860. d. 30 Jan. 1905. m. Rosa H. Lovejoy. Had ch.

Orlando F. b. 5 May 1862. d. 15 Dec. 1911 at Jay, Me. John Taylor b. 21 June 1865. d. 20 May 1922. (Me. v. r. b. 21 Jan.

1863) *Carroll E. b. 3 Feb. 1869. d. 24 Sept. 1933. m. Daisy G. James. Gilman H. b. 9 Nov. 1875. d. 17 June 1908.

John W. Leavitt (6) son of William (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 20 Dec. 1778 at Ipswich, Mass. d. 18 Apr. 1851 of apoplexy at Moultonboro, N. H. where they lived from 1778. m. 1st Sept. 1806 Nancy Leavitt, his cousin,


dau. of John 5, b. 1785. d. Aug. 1848. m. 2nd 1 Apr. 1850 Elizabeth Caverly at Moultonboro, N. H. b. 1800.

CHILDREN OF JOHN W. AND NANCY (LEAVITT) LEAVITT Son d. young. Mary Jane b. 5 Sept. 1807. d. 12 Oct. 1874. m. 1823 Eliphalet Smith

of Newmarket, N. H. 12 ch. Martha Ann b. 21 Oct. 1809. d. 30 Mar. 1878. m. 10 Mar. 1831

Thomas J. Sanborn, of Meredith, N. H. ch: Alexander A. b. 13 Feb. 1833; Alfred b. 25 Oct. 1834; Mary E. b. 18 Apr. 1836. d. 1838; Mary E. b. 25 Aug. 1838. 1840 cen. gives I dau. b. 1825-30 and a son b. 1820-25.

John Blake Leavitt (6) son of Benjamin L. (5), Jere. (4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1 Apr. 1782 at Exeter, N. H. d. 4 Oct. 1859 same. m. Sally Prescott dau. of Simon and Jemima (Blake). bpt. 30 Aug. 1783. d. 26 July 1869. (v. r. calls her also Sally Perkins)

CHILDREN OF JOHN B. AND SALLY (PRESCOTT) LEAVITT Charles Frederick b. 31 Dec. 1806. d. 5 Oct. 1855. m. 1st Maria Sweet,

1 child. m. 2nd Eliza Brown, 5 children. Sarah Marcia b. 31 Dec. 1808. m. 4 Dec. 1828 Ebenezer Wyatt of

Portsmouth. Mary Blake b. 13 Jan. 1811. m. Mar. 1830 Charles H. Dunbar of

Haverhill, Mass. (v. r. Hav. says 21 Mar. 1831) John Lane b. 16 Feb. 1813. m. Elizabeth Holland, dau. of Wm. and

Sally (Fabeus) of Boston. 5 ch. Harriet Atwood b. 4 June 1815. d. 26 Aug. 1818. Frances Ann b. 3 July 1817. m. 15 Oct. (or 7 Oct.) 1836 Thomas

Sullivan. Harriet Atwood b. 16 July 1819. m. 26 Nov. 1845 Samuel F. Piper of

Stratham, N. H. Jemima Prescott b. 13 Dec. 1822. m. 9 Oct. 1845 David M. Quimby of

Salisbury, Mass.

John Leavitt (6) son of Andrew (5), John (4), Eph, (3), Samuel (2), John (1), b. 16 Apr. 1786. d. 13 Aug. 1862. He settled on a farm formerly owned by Wm. Small of Amherst, N. H. He was a carpenter by trade. m. Nancy Averill of Milford, N. H. 17 Nov. 1816. b. 24 Mar. 1793. d. 22 Nov. 1854. 1850 cen. gives all ch. below then living.

CHILDREN OF JOHN AND NANCY (AVERILL) LEAVITT

John Calvin b. 9 Aug. 1818. d. 18 Sept. 1836. Alma Averill b. 21 Dec. 1822. m. Farnum C. Clark.


George A. b. 4 Apr. 1824. d. 28 Nov. 1856. Nancy A. b. 5 Feb. 1827. d. 13 Apr. 1854 unm.

Joseph Leavitt (6), son of Joseph (5), Sam. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (I) b. 25 Dec. 1801. d. 16 Apr. 1865. m. Frances Randall, b. 1810, dau. of Oliver and Sarah (Norcross) Randall of Bangor, Maine. (Randall). m. 5 Nov. 1828. He was secretary of the Rising Virtue Lodge of F. & A. M. 1844. (Bangor Mag.)

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND FRANCES (RANDALL) LEAVITT Frances A. b. 27 Sept. 1830. Infant b. 2 Feb. d. 8 Feb. 1835. Mary b. 1 May. d. 20 Aug. 1836. Joseph Frank b. 21 Apr. 1837. d. 11 June 1887 (Bangor v. r.) Ann B. b. July 1840. d. 2 Jan. 1851.

Joseph Leavitt (6) son of Joseph (5), Jon. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (I) b. 1788. d. 10 June 1867 at Wolfeboro, N. H. where he lived most of his life. He is buried in the Rust family lot in a cow pasture in the locality called Pleasant Valley. m. Phobe Kent b. 1796. History of Wolf. says they were members of the 1st Christian Church 1812. Descendants say he went to Maine but returned again to Wolfeboro, and I find his record in census of 1840 at Harmon, Me. also his brother, Edward, lived here 1820 cen.

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND PROBE (KENT) LEAVITT *John C. b. 28 Mar. 1817. d. 3 Sept. 1864. m. Betsey S. Rust. Sarah C. b. abt. 1820. m. 27 Nov. 1845 Nathaniel K. Hunt as his 2nd

wife, of New Durham, N. H. He was son of Samuel Hunt. I record says Elizabeth Leavitt m. Nathaniel K. Hunt. ch: Sarah Elizabeth; Charles Franklin; Susan Jane; Marcia Thomas.

Joseph L. b. 12 May 1834. d. 21 July 1917 and buried in father's lot. Called Lorenzo his middle name. m. Harriet M. Kent b. 1834. d. 19 Oct. 1906. (Hunt Gen.)

Josiah Robinson (6) son of Mary (Leavitt) (5), Jere. (4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 24 Oct. 1780 at Exeter, N. H. d. 9 Sept. 1864. m. Susanna Dow of Poplin or Exeter, N. H. b. 19 Sept. 1784. d. 19 Oct. 1874. They lived at New Hampton. All ch. b. here. They lived on or near the old Gordon stock farm. He d. under the hill from same. House not standing.


CHILDREN OF JOSIAH AND SUSANNA (DOW) ROBINSON Leavitt b. 11 Sept. 1804. d. 22 Feb. 1882. m. Nancy Cauley.

*Eliza D. b. 15 Oct. 1806. d. 10 June 1901. m. James Blake. Abigail D. b. 12 Aug. 1808. d. 2 Feb. 1898. m. William Moore of

Bristol, N. H. *Sally T. b. 24 July 1810. m. John C. Gordon June 1830. Isaac L. b. 26 June 1812. d. 16 July 1896. m. 1st Tirzah Gordon. m. 2nd Sarah A. Adams in June 1936.

Nancy D. b. 18 June 1814. d. Dec. 1857. m. Paine Blake. Joseph D. b. 12 May 1816. d. 16 Dec. 1896. m. Jerusha Mason.

*Mary Ann b. 13 Apr. 1819. d. Feb. 1896. m. Samuel Dearborn. Susannah b. 7 June 1821. d. Jan. 1896. m. Martin L. Palmer. Harriet D. b. 4 July 1823. d. young. Angeline b. 16 Mar. 1826. d. 21 June 1901. m. John K. Robinson (7).

*Rufus L. b. 11 Apr. 1828. d. 16 Oct. 1916. m. Paulina Lowell of Frankfort, N. Y.

Mary Leavitt (6) dau. of Andrew (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 25 July 1785 at Amherst, N. H. d. 20 Sept. 1868. m. 7 Aug. 1800 Jesse Hutchinson of Milford, N. H. They had 16 children all born here. Several of their children became the famous "Tribe of Jesse" who were renowned in Europe and America for their gift of song. See Mt. Vernon Hist. They travelled the U. S. prior to the Civil War singing abolition songs.

CHILDREN OF MARY (LEAVITT) AND JESSE HUTCHINSON John m. Fannie Patch. Their dau. Viola, m. Lewis Campbell and

had a dau. Catherine who m. Randolph Rapley. Lived at Toledo, O. She member of D. A. R. No. 84235.

David m. Betsy Hayward. Had issue: Virginia b. in N. H. m. Capt. Frederick A. Kendall. She joined the D. A. R. through service of Andrew Leavitt (5).

Civil War

Mary Jane Leavitt (6) dau. of Benj. (5), Reuben (4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 20 Mar. 1813 at Gilmanton, N. H. d. 20 Aug. 1878. m. I May 1837 John Cram Lyford b. 26 June 1814 at Pittsfield, N. H. d. 28 Dec. 1897. Lived at Manchester, N. H. He served in Civil War 3 yrs. in 7th N. H. Inf.

CHILDREN OF MARY J. (LEAVITT) AND JOHN C. LYFORD John Melvin b. 15 May 1839. d. 29 June 1844. Mary A. b. 5 July 1843. d. 15 Nov. 1874. m. Mr. Bickford. Ervin Salone b. 7 Apr. 1848. d. 19 Sept. 1897. m. 3 July 1875 Clara

E. Grafton.


Miles Leavitt (6) son of Stephen (5), Miles (4), Ephriam (3), Samuel (2), John (1). b. at Gilford, N. H. 8 Feb. 1788. d. at Gilford 27 Jan. 1870 aged 82. m. Sarah Brown 3 Sept. 1815. She was called Sally, and Nancy, b. 19 June 1797. d. 7 Sept. 1871. Sarah was dau. of Ephriam and Miriam (Colby) Brown. They lived their lives on the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee at Gilford, N. H.

CHILDREN OF MILES AND SARAH (BROWN) LEA VITT

Edward S. b. 16 Oct. 1815. d. 23 Jan. 1896. m. Mary Fernald of Saco, Maine, 14 Apr. 1855, dau. of Rev. James and Maria (Brackett) Fernald, of Saco, Maine. They had a dau. Adelaide M. b. 27 Oct. 1858. d. 15 Aug. 1883 at Minn. Edward was educated at Gilmanton, N. H. Academy, graduated at Dartmouth College 1843, practiced law at Lowell, Mass., until 1849, went to California in the gold rush, built a steamer in San Francisco, traveled in Mexico and Central America. In Oregon 1851-4, Judge of Clarkamas Co., 1854-5. Teacher at Rockford, Ill. 1856 at Rochester, Winona Co., Minn. Practiced engineering until 1864, then a life insurance agent. He died intestate at Tilton, N. H. and his brothers and sisters were appointed administrators. He left no widow nor children.

Ephriam B. b. 14 Feb. 1819. d. 15 Jan. 1845 unm. Sarah F. b. 9 Jan. 1821. d. 9 Nov. 1875. m. Frank S. Flanders 14 Aug.

1853. ch: Lilly A. m. 1876 Thomas C. Frohock. * Albert D. b. 3 Mar. 1823. d. 2 Nov. 1902. m. Martha Furnald Jan.

1848. *John P. b. 3 June 182.5. d. 8 Mar. 1903. m. Caroline M. Hicks 3 Nov.

1856. m. 2nd Dorothy Brown. Mariam B. b. 16 July 1827. d. 17 Nov. 1918. m. Samuel L. Foss 25

Mar. 1852. Tiney b. 27 Nov. 1829. d. 7 Apr. 1838. Mehitable b. 26 Apr. 1831. d. same day. Eleanor B. b. 20 Aug. 1833. d. 19 Feb. 1912. m. John G. Hatch 15

Feb. 1852. ch: Charles F. b. 10 Apr. 1854; Belle b. 2 Jan. 1856. m. Mr. Morrill.

Mary B. b. 17 Sept. 1835. d. 8 Nov. 1926. Daniel B. b. 23 Oct. 1837. Born blind. A writer of songs. unm. d. 31

Dec. 1912. *Pamelia C. b. I Feb. 1841. d. 1936. m. 1st Geo. W. Maloon. m. 2nd

Joseph Weeks Gile. m. 3rd George C. Spaulding.

Miles Leavitt (6) son of Jon. (5), Miles (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1791-95 at Gilmanton, N. H. d. 12 Jan.

1838 (drowned). Martha, was app. adm. of his estate 12 Feb. 1838. m. 9 Nov. 1815 Martha Thurston of Gilford, b. 1801. d. 22 Aug. 1867. She b. at Alton, N. H. They lived on the


Lake Shore road, at Gilford, N. H. He was called Miles, Jr. She was dau. of John B. and Phebe (Harris) Thurston. She was app. guardian over all ch. below except Smith. Benj. Thurston and Samuel Leavitt were app. bondsmen. (Prob. her bro. and his) John Soans, Samuel Leavitt, and Rob't Carr were app. to set off the dower for the widow of Miles 6 Dec. 1838, the "Miles Leavitt estate. House and land about 66 acres also a wood lot situated in lot No. 1, 16th range, in Gilford. Borders on Lake Winnipisiogee." Jonathan sells land to Taylor Leavitt abt. 10 a-s joining land of Taylor, "all my right in a certain piece of land in Gilford, being part of lot No. 18, in 15th range, 19 Dec.-1860." Martha sells her right of dower to Benj. A. 24 Sept. 1856; lot No. 18, in range No. 15. "being one third part left him by my husband, Miles Leavitt," Also another piece of land one side bounded by land of Sam. Leavitt, also "an undivided third part of 10 acre lot bounded northerly by Winnipesiogee pond, 24 Sept. 1856." Again: Jon. "F," Daniel, and Martha A. all of Gilford q. c. to Laura A. Rice of Bristol, N. H. land bounded one side by the big lake, one side by land of Benj. A. Leavitt, another piece of land being our home place and the estate sold to said Jon. and Martha A. by deed abt. 1860. 2 Mar. 1880. (N. H. deed, wills, and census). (Martha's full name was Martha Harris Thurston but deeds call her M. A.) 1840 cen. Martha lived alone with her ch. 2 dau-s. and 3 sons. The others d. young. Jon. S. sells land to Benj. A. 24 Sept. 1856. (An error of £am. below exists from certain histories; as having belonged to Sam. (7-6-5) of T. (1) line. I copied the will of above Miles and it gives the family as his. See the true £am. of above Sam. under T. (1) re-s. (Relatives say Daniel had no issue, but is an error.)

CHILDREN OF MILES AND MARTHA (THURSTON) LEAVITT

2 ch. d. inf. prior to 1820. Jonathan S. b. 12 Jan. 1822. d. 17 Jan. 1896. (May have md. Abbie

A. b. 1822) No issue. Benjamin A. b. 1825-6. d. 8 Apr. 1901. m. Ruhannah E. Sanborn 8

Apr. 1855. ch: Opher b. 3 May 1857; Sarah E. b. 19 Jan. 1859; Orren B. b. 18 May 1858, d. 27 Jan. 1912 unm.; Lizzie R. m. 28 Nov. 1878 Edward 0. Gilman of Woburn, Mass.

Roxanna b. 1829.


Miles L. b. 1830-5. Mary b. 5 May 1838. Abigail b. 27 Nov. 1833. Smith b. abt. 1836. Drowned with his father 12 Jan. 1838. Daniel b. 22 May 1836. (cen. 1835). d. 4 July 1917. m. 1st 27 Oct.

1860 Mary E. Thompson. m. 2nd Sarah C. Lane. m. 3rd 13 May 1890 Hannah M. Gilman, b. Feb. 1834. She was a Leavitt. d. 27 Dec. 1922 Bright's dis. ch: Abigail A. b. 8 Aug. 1862; d. 14 Feb. 1895 of cancer, m. Benjamin Woodman; Nancy J. b. 1868, m. Frank Wilkerson; Mary E. b. 1864.

(N. H. v. r:s and N. H. Biog. & Gen.) NoTE: In Miles' will the committee gave to the widow in part: "Set

off in the house on said homestead farm, the front room at the westerly end of said house and that part of the chamber which is situated directly over said front room, a fourth part of the cellar situated under west end of said house with a privilege in the oven and a privilege to pass and repass to and from said cellar, chamber, and oven. Also set off to her a part o.f the barn on said homestead."

Revolutionary War

Moses Leavitt (6) son of Jonathan (5), Sam. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1761 at Allentown, N. H. d. 30 Mar. 1832. m. 1st Elizabeth Nelson, b. 1765. m. 2nd Elizabeth Jewell. His will dated 2 Mar. 1831, his sons Daniel and Jonathan, executors. After d. of wife Moses was appointed guardian of his son, Jonathan, 21 June 1805, he being upwards of 14 yrs. Elizabeth Nelson d. 9 Oct. 1852. They lived at Allenstown, N. H. Moses was paid by town of Stratham, N. H. to serve in the R. I. expedition in the Revolution, 1778. U. S. Cen. 1790: 1-2-3. It is said by descendants that a deed of land in Allenstown by Jonathan to some of his descendants was destroyed and valuable timber land was lost to them because the Exeter, N. H. records had been burned by fire. This was a deed to a Mason grant. (In a letter from a descendant, Joseph H. Leavitt, of Stratham, N. H. to J.P. L. of Chicago, this family line is established correctly). 1810 cen. Moses was the only Leavitt in Allenstown, N. H.

CHILDREN OF MOSES AND ELIZABETH (NELSON) LEAVITT Susannah b. I 7 Jan. I 783. m. John Brown of Poplin, N. H.

*Jonathan b. IO Oct. 1785. d. 27 Dec. 1864. m. 1st Rachel Stockbridge, m. 2nd Charlotte Boyd.

*Samuel b. 22 July I 787. d. 28 Feb. 1848. m. Betsy Burley. Polly b. 6 Oct. I 789'. m. 1808 Joe Cate. 8 ch. Rhoda b. 28 Mar. 1791. m. Moses Burley.


*Hannah b. 10 Feb. 1794. d. after Civil War. m. James Lyford. Nancy b. 27 June 1796. m. 1st William Burley 30 Dec. 1813. He d.

1819. m. 2nd James Burley.

CHILDREN OF MOSES AND ELIZABETH (JEWELL) LEAVITT

Joannah b. 15 Jan. 1800. d. 7 June 1859. m. 9 Nov. 1820 Abram Sanborn. Lived at Wilmot, N. H.

Daniel b. 22 Jan. 1801. d. 22 Sept. 1865. m. Abigail Cate, Widow of Joe. Cate. (Folsom her maiden name) Lived at Newmarket, N. H. and Deerfield. (Folsom Gen.)

*John T. b. 12 Jan. 1802. d. 31 Mar. 1881 of cancer. m. Martha B. Folsom.

Betsy b. 24 July 1803. d. 1 Aug. 1862, unm. of dropsy. Miriam b. 30 Aug. 1804. d. 12 Sept. 1850 .. m. John Hayes, who sur

vived her and m. 2nd Adelia Blanchard. ch: Augusta m. Manning Rand; Maria d. unm.

NOTE: John Hayes, Jr. drove horse cars in Boston but later md. and returned to Allenstown. He had several sons and a daughter Katherine, who when a small child on her way to school saw a rattle snake which she chased into a cleft; when half way in she tied a handkerchief about her hand and pulled him out, and with aid of two other children killed him with stones. He measured four ft.

Sally b. 17 Jan. 1808. d. 31 July 1880 unm.

Nathaniel Conner Robinson (6) son of Mary (Leavitt 5), Jere. (4), Jeremy Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 28 Sept. 1797 at Sanbornton, N. H. d. 5 Sept. 1848. m. Betsy Knox 30 Jan. 1823. b. 10 Dec. 1796. d. 26 Jan. 1854. They lived at Pembroke, N. H.

CHILDREN OF NATHANIEL C. AND BETSY (KNOX) ROBINSON

*John Knox b. 3 Apr. 1824. Living. m. Angeline Robinson. Anstress b. 5 Sept. 1829. m. Aaron Hook. Frances Ann b. Apr. 1831. d. 31 Dec. 1884. m. John Quimby. Lived

at Lowell, Mass. Several ch.

Nathan Holt Leavitt (6) son of Dudley (5), Sam. (4), Ephriam (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1 Sept. 1807. d. 16 July 1869. m. 15 Mar. 1832 Betsey Batchelder, dau. of Samuel and Sally (Shelbourne) Batchelder. They lived at Northwood and Newmarket, N. H. He a merchant. He was appointed guardian of his step-mother, Mary F. Leavitt, an insane person, 20 Mar. 1844. He was town clerk 1839-40. (Hist. Rock. Co.) Betsey b. 1814.


CHILDREN OF NATHAN N. AND BETSEY (BATCHELDER) LEAVITT

Nathan H. b. 30 Sept. 1832. d. 25 Mar. 1801. m. Mary E. Badger 16 Oct. 1853. dau. of Wm. and Mary S. (Joy) (Joy Gen.) b. I July 1833. d. 3 Jan. 1908. They moved to Newmarket, N. H. He was representative to Legislature 1881-2, a Democrat and merchant. Rep. again 1868-9. (Hist. Rock. Co.) He lived at Leavitts Court, Newmarket. Sold carriages .. ch: Lizzie C. b. 20 June 1854. m. Thomas Willey.

William Prescott b. 6 July 1834. d. 31 Dec. 1841. George Blake b. 24 Mar. 1836. d. 18 Aug. 1838. Elizabeth Aumette b. 16 Mar. 1840. d. 20 Sept. 1840. Helen Adilia b. 20 Feb. 1843. m. Mr. Varney. Evelyn Augusta b. 20 Jan. 1846. Sarah Emma b. 1848. George Kittredge b. 20 Dec. 1850. m. Josie Hayes and lived at New

market, N. H. ch: Bessie and Alice. Eva m. Hiram Kelsey.

Nancy Leavitt (6) dau. of Andrew (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 7 Apr. 1803 at Amherst, N. H. d. 22 Feb. 1889 at Lowell, Mass. m. 1 Jan. 1828 Hiram Stearns Parker of Lexington, Mass. b. 16 July 1803. d. Jan. 1852. Lived at Lowell, Mass.

CHILDREN OF NANCY (LEAVITT) AND HIRAM S. PARKER Abigail Anna b. 24 Aug. 1824. m. 17 July 1850 Charles Wm. Rea b.

IO Nov. 1827 at Hereford, P. Q. Theodore Henry b. 4 Nov. 1833. d. 5 June 1891. Emma Frances. Charles Leavitt b. I Aug. 1839. m. 23 Oct. 1867 at Nashua, N. H.

Maria Barker b. at Sandwich, N. H. 25 Sept. 1847, dau. of John and Rebecca (McLane).

Susan Weatherbee b. 24 Nov. 1841. m. 19 Mar. 1864 George Edgar Wentworth b. at Alstead, N. H. 14 Mar. 1842. d. 14 Oct. 1881.

Phoebe Thurston (6) dau. of Elsie (Leavitt 5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (I) b. 1784 at Stratham, N. H. d. 17 Sept. 1869 at Lowell, Mass. m. 30 Jan. 1809 at Northwood, N. H. James Cram, Jr. (7) as his 2nd wife, son of Wm. (6), Neh. (5), Wadleigh (4), John (3), Benj. (2), John (1). Hem. 1st Mary S. Rollins dau. of Nicholas, and Abigail (Tilton) Rollins, b. 3 June 1772. d. 7 Sept. 1807. They lived at Newmarket, N. H. and all ch. b. here.

CHILDREN OF PHOEBE (LEAVITT) AND JAMES CRAM, JR. Ann b. II Mar. 1813. d. 12 Mar. 1843.


Joseph Carr b. 12 July 1819. d. 14 May 1885. m. 1st Sarah Smith. m. 2nd 1871 Clara E. Smith.

Benjamin Franklin b. twin to Joseph. d. 25 Nov. 1864 at Sterling, Ill. m. 8 Oct. 1840 Jane Stackpole.

Samuel Leavitt (6) son of Stephen (5), Miles (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John ( 1) b. 17 84 at Stratham, N. H. d. 7 Mar. 1866, his will made 1857. m. Nancy Chase N. H. v. re-s say Nancy Gilman) b. Nov. 1778. d. 7 Aug. 1870. (Hist. Belk. Co. says she was Nancy Chase) He moved to Gilford with his parents 1785. He was a carpenter, joiner, wheelwright. At Gilford he lived near Lake Shore Park where he owned a sawmill for many years. He was selectman ten years, a Justice of Peace and Representative to the Legislature for several terms. A highly respected member of the Methodist Church.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND NANCY (CHASE) LEAVITT *Taylor b. 1806. d. 1880. m. 1st Maria Roberts. m. 2nd Lydia Lamprey. *Gilman b. 1821. d. 20 Dec. 1872. m. Wealthy C. Munsey. l dau. no name.

· Samuel Leavitt (6) son of Samuel (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John ( 1) b. 17 Sept. I 797. d. 18 Jan. 1838. Will made 16 Dec. 1837, proved 3 Feb. 1838. m. 7 Oct. 1827 Jemima Piper, b. 24 Jan. 1803, dau. of John and Jemima (Hersey) Piper. (Haley Gen.) (Hist. of Wolfeboro) They lived at Wolfeboro, N. H. In 1814 he taught school at Tuftonboro where he finally became a prominent citizen. Selectman 1828-30-35. Representative 1830~36-37. John Neal and Gilman Piper executors of his will. Leaves to his unborn child if a son $1,000, if a daughter, $500. If any ch. die before md. their share goes to the Tuftonboro and Wolfeboro Academy and the church if said meeting house be built within one mile of his home. Gives his mother, Mary Leavitt, two shillings per week and his mother-in-law, Ann Piper, one shilling per week. Jemima m .. 2nd 28 May 1841 William W. Blaisdell.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND JEMIMA (PIPER) LEA VITT Woodbury Langdon b. 1828. d. 26 Oct. 1863 unm. He enlisted in

Civil War 20 Sept. 1862 from Tuftonboro, in 16th Reg't N. H. Vols. Co. B. Mustered out 20 Aug. 1863. Lived Wolfeboro, N. H.

John Samuel b. 6 Jan. 1829 at Tuftonboro. d. 25 Nov. 1909 of a


weak heart. m. I Apr. 1851 Lydia French of Farmington, N. H. b. 6 Jan. 1820 at Tuftonboro. d. 28 Mar. 1907, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Foss) French. ch: John Samuel b. 5 June 1852. d. 13 May 1923 at Gorham, Me. of angina. m. 1st 2 June 1880 Elizabeth B. Moore. m. 2nd Olive E. Averhill. m. 3rd 18 Dec. 1901 Clara E. Sturgis, b. 1862. Both widowed. m. 4th 19 Apr. 1908 Emily Brooks, d. 12 May 1918. b. 12 Mar. 1835 at Gorham, Me. v. r. of Me. gives another m. to Bertha Smith, b. 12 Aug. 1859. d. 9 Oct. 1930, dau. of Calvin H. ch: of Olive E. I - Fred A. b. 1878. m. 31 Aug. 1907 Annie L. Ellis, dau. of Charles and Annie (Gage) b. 1887; 2 ~ Harry b. 1880, m. 2nd at Baltimore, Md. Elizabeth Russell.

Martha; Ann Mary; and Jemima Abbie b. after her father's death, 1838. She m. 26 Apr. 1866 Charles A. Dore at Dover, N. H.

Samuel Leavitt (6) son of Jeremiah (5), Jere. (4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1780. d. 10 May 1855. tmbst. reads 18 May. m. 6 Mar. 1803 Abigail,Kimball. They lived on the old homestead at Exeter, N. H. His father was a potter since 1794. She b. 1778. d. 19 Dec. 1868, aged 90. (E. V. R.) She was admitted to the Baptist church 21 Apr. 1811. Samuel committed suicide because of business failure. It seems his brother-in-law was more clever than he when they were in the hat business together. Samuel lost his all but the brotherin-law flourished and the elderly Samuel could not stand the result.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND ABIGAIL (KIMBALL) LEAVITT Betsey b. 1804. d. unm. Hannah d. 30 Aug. 1805 aged 2.

*Samuel W. b. 3 Jan. 1807. d. 10 Jan: 1896. m. Margaret Sargent. Isaac d. aged 2. William R. b. 1811. d. 18 Feb. 1862. m. Louisa Willey, b. 1816. d.

18 may 1858. He was a Civil War Veteran. He enlisted 12 Aug. and mustered out 22 Aug. 1861. d. of disease. In Co. B, 3rd N. H. Reg't. (Exeter Soldiers 1861-2) "Died of conjested fever" and was first buried at Hiltons Head but removed to the National Cemetery at Beaufort, S. C. in section 17, grave No. 11. His number 2587. A Private. 1850 cen. had one ch. Harriet b. 1840.

Jeremiah K. b. 1814. d. 29 Aug. 1893. m. Adela Jones: 24 July 1839. ch: Josephine b. 1840; Julia Mariah b. 14 Mar. 1845.

Abigail K. b. 1815-20. m. 14 Nov. 1839 William P. Moses. *Nathaniel K. b. 1818. d. 29 Dec. 1882. m. Hannah Hayes Prescott. Jeremiah K. served in Civil War, enlisting 15 Sept. 1862 as a private.

Discharged as disabled 17 Oct. 1864 at Washington, D. C.

War of 1812

Stephen Leavitt (6) son of Stephen (5), Miles (4), Ephriam


(3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. 10 Mar. 1796 at Gilford, N. H. d. 24 Feb. 1870. (N. H. V. R. says he d. 14 Sept. 1879) Lived at Gilford. m. 20 Nov. 1822 Charlotte Sargent b. 4 Dec. 1799 at Pittsfield, N. H. d. 7 June 1857. (N. V. R. 23 Oct. 1882.) dau. of John and Charlotte Sargent. His son, Daniel T., left a will which was proved 21 Jan. 1896 appointing his wife, Elizabeth F., his executrix. Left his sister Charlotte R. Clark of Lakeport, N. H. and his brother, John S., of Stoneham, Mass. legacies and the rest to his wife, thus proving he had no descendants.

CHILDREN OF STEPHEN AND CHARLOTTE (SARGENT) LEAVITT

Charlotte R. b. IO June 1825. m. 1852 Daniel K. Smith. * John S. b. 29 Dec. 1827. d. II Oct. 1901. m. 1st 29 Apr. 1849 Emily

C. Conner. m. 2nd Mary E. Leavitt. Daniel T. b. 7 Mar. 1832. d. 27 Dec. 1895. d. of cancer on the face.

m. 5 Feb. 1853 Elizabeth F. Blaisdell. He was a very important man of affairs in town of Gilford. (He sent data from the family Bible to J. P. L. of Chi- in 1878 but gave no issue his own family.

NoTE: Charlotte must have married a Clark according to the will of her brother Daniel T.

In Stephen's will he leaves his wife, Charlotte $250 in money and all of the furniture, to his son, John S., $50; to his dau. Charlotte R. Wiggin $10; to his son, Daniel T., all the rest of his property, both personal and real, and he is to support his mother all the days of her life. Daniel appointed sole executor.

War of 1812

Thomas Leavitt (6) son of William (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 6 July 1796 at Moultonboro, N. H. (His son wrote J. P. L. of Chi- his father was b. 1793) d. 9 Mar. 1852. m. 22 Mar. 1819 Hannah W. Copp b. 21 May 1801 at Tuftonboro. Issue 12 children. Six lived to grow up. He was in the War of 1812 under Capt. Courson's Co. b. Moultonboro. She d. 14 Feb. 1888 of pneumonia. She was dau. of Moses and Elizabeth (Wiggin) Copp of Tuftonboro.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND HANNAH W. (COPP) LEAVITT

Eliza J. b. 18 June 1824. m. 1st Mar. 1860 Hugh Young. 1 ch. Hugh d. 1861. m. 2nd Daniel Smith.

Susan C. b. 4 July 1830. m. 1 Jan. 1855 Daniel G. Lord. ch: John F. m. at Ashland, N. H.

Edwin L. b. 19 Sept. 1832. d. 5 Aug. 1862 in Civil War Federal Army, 2nd Mass. Light Battery, a Corp. ch.: Mary A.; Moses W.


Nathaniel b. 31 Dec. 1835. d. 4 July 1863 in battle of Helena, Ark. Mary Ann b. 6 Dec. 1846. d. 26 Dec. 1865.

*William Moses b. 4 July 1848. Living 1880 at Moultonboro. Thomas. William had ch: Winfield; Ellen; Ethelyn m. Wm. Trohon.

Civil War

Thomas M. Leavitt (6) son of Thos. M. (5), Reuben (4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 18 Nov. 1821 at Stratham, N. H. d. 29 Dec. 1870. m. Mary Jane Richards, dau. of John and Lydia of Lynn, Mass. b. 17 Aug. 1826 at Lynn. d. 3 July 1884 at Manchester, N. H. They lived here. Shed. of cancer. He served in the Civil War, enlisted 7 Oct. 1861. Mustered in 20 Dec. 1861 as Serg't. Wounded 14 June 1863 at Port Hudson, La. Re-enlisted and mustered in 4 Jan. 1864 and discharged 2 Jan. 1865 at Natchez, Miss. as a non-com. officer. 1870 cen. gives ch. below. They lived also at Saugus, Mass.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND MARY J. (RICHARDS) LEAVITT Ida N. b. 3 Mar. 1854. d. 12 Nov. 1933. unm. Frank E. b. I 7 Jan. 1856. d. 30 Dec. 1930. m. 1st Alice L. m. 2nd

Julia A. Rand. m. 3rd Dell A. Titus. Mary B. b. II Nov. 1866. d. 4 Aug. 1918. unm. ch: of Alice: Thomas H. b. 19 Apr. 1881. d. 27 July 1881 of T. B. ch: of Julia: Walter E. b. 30 Mar. 1891. d. 4 Oct. 1910 unm.

William Leavitt (6) son of William (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 24 Feb. 1783 at Moultonboro, N. H. d. 15 Feb. 1819 at Gooport, Va. m. Elizabeth Beede b. 4 Mar. 1780 at Sandwich, N. H. d. 25 July 1862 at Mt. Vernon, Me. She outlived her husband and m. again and left 2 ch. Her parents were Daniel and Dolly (Hackett) Beede.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH (BEEDE) LEA VITT *Ebenezer b. 17 July 1804. d. 2 Nov. 1874 at Phillips, Me. m. Jedidiah

N. Billington. Polly b. 24 Nov. 1806. m. 29 Dec. 1824 James Pearl b. Mt. Vernon,

Me. 29 Dec. 1803.

William Cutts Leavitt (6) son of John (5-4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 14 Apr. 1795 at Stratham, N. H. d. 29 Nov. 1871 at Manchester, N. H. m. 15 Aug. 1823 Alice Penniman. Lived at Tuftonboro, N. H. b. 14 June 1802 at Moultonboro, N. H. d. 14 Sept. 1847. m. 2nd 8 Jan. 1849 Mary Wal-


dron Johnson of Gorham, Me. b. 23 May 1811. d. 2 Nov. 1891, dau. of Oliver and Betsy (Quimby) of Gorham, Me.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM C. AND ALICE (PENNIMAN) LEAVITT

Betsy b. 23 Mar. 1824. d. 15 Apr. 1842 at Dover, N. H. John Williams b. 3 Oct. 1825. d. 19 Aug. 1831. Charles Bellamy b. 2 Jan. 1828. d. 16 Feb. 1862. Enlisted in U. S.

Navy. Charles was in the Civil War, enlisting at Boston, Mass. 17 July 1861 for three years. Served on U. S. S. "Ohio"; "Maria Denning"; "Cairo"; and "Mississippi Dotilla." He died in the Mound City Hospital.

William H. b. 6 July 1832. d. 25 Apr. 1853. Lydia A. b. II Sept. 1834. d. 20 Oct. 1843. Lemuel T. b. 26 Feb. 1837. d. 17 Nov. 1859. m. Emma Task.er. 1

ch. d. inf. Betsy b. 4 July 1842. d. 22 Feb. 1843. Children of Mary W.: Lydia Alice b. 11 June 1851. m. 13 June 1880

George Wash. Stone, of Swampscott, Mass. b. 16 Oct. 1823 at Lynn, Mass.

William Kelly Leavitt (6) son of Benj. (5), Reuben (4), Benj. (3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. 13 Mar. 1821 at Gilmanton, N. H. d. 1865. m. 1st Ellen Holden of Woonsocket, R. I. m. 2nd?

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM K. AND ELLEN (HOLDEN) LEA VITT *William Courtney b. 13 Apr. 1854. d. 24 Nov. 1932. m. Fannie E.

Clark. m. 2nd Mabel Keazor.

William Fred Leavitt (6) son of Joseph (5), Sam. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 29 Sept. 1807 at Lee, N. H. d. 26 Mar. 1853 at Bangor, Maine. m. 18 June 1836 Clarissa M. E. Brackett of Warren. She d. 30 Oct. 1888 aged 77 yrs. William F. was a lumberman and moved to Bangor in 1846. (Hist. of Penobs. Co.)

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM F. AND CLARISSA M. E. (BRACKETT). LEAVITT

Joseph F. b. 12 May 1842 at Levant, Penobs. Co., Maine. d. 20 June 1891. m. I 7 May 1875 Mary A. Margesson. Called J. Fred, Jr. Ticket agent of the European and N. Am. R. R. (Hist. Pen. Co.) Moved to Nashville, Tenn. 1865. Returned to Boston.

William F. b. before 1840. Clara E. b. 12 July 1840. d. 26 Feb. 1931 unm. Ann B. Angelica C. Susan M.

SEVENTH GENERATION

Almon Curtis Leavitt (7) son of Andrew B. (6), Leavi (5), Benj. (4-3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. Friday, 21 Jan. 1831 at Washington, N. H. (N. H. V. R.). d. 28 Mar. 1913 at Laconia, N. H. m. Mary Freeman Russell of Conway, N. H. 2 Jan. 1853. She b. 1834. d. 28 Jan. 1915 at Malden, Mass. He was the first conductor on the Lake Shore Railroad. Was selectman of Laconia, N. H. 1871. (Hist. Belknap Co.) Was R.R. agent at the Laconia station in 1857.

CHILDREN OF ALMON CURTIS AND MARY F. (RUSSELL) LEAVITT

*George Russell b. 30 Nov. 1857. d. 14 Jan. 1935. m. 1st Lucy A. Busiel. m. 2nd Jessie L. Phelps.

Lizzie Florence (uses the name Florence) b. 18 Mar. 1870. m. Frank B. Elwell. They live at Pittsfield, N. H. ch:

*Wayne Bermont b. 23 June 1894 at Laconia, N. H. *Miriam Freeman b. 12 May 1903 at Malden, Mass. *Richard Leavitt b. 4 Oct. 1904 at Malden, Mass. Wayne m. Alice T. Waitt at Wakefield, Mass. 15 Jan. 1918. Issue:

Wayne Bermont Elwell b. 27 Jan. 1921 at Melrose, Mass. Wayne was in the World War.

Miriam F. m. 12 Sept. 1921 William C. Zelek, Jr. Issue: Florence Louise b. 5 Sept. 1922 at Melrose Highlands, Mass.; Janice Elwell b. 14 Sept. 1923 at Melrose Highlands, Mass.

Richard Leavitt Elwell m. 31 July 1933 Marie Carolyn Herman at Newton, Mass.

Civil War

Albert Dudley Leavitt (7) son of Miles (6), Stephen (5), Miles (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 3 Mar. 1823. d. 2 Nov. 1902. m. Martha (Bailey) Furniss b. 1 Jan. 1818 at Barnet, Vt. d. 1 Jan. He was a stone cutter. They removed to Iowa in May 1858, but later to Cloverdale, Mendocina Co., Calif. He served in the Civil War in the 9th Iowa Gav., Col. Knight, Capt. Charles Slocum.

CHILDREN OF ALBERT D. AND MARTHA (FURNISS) LEAVITT

Louisa J. b. 10 Oct. 1849, at Gilford, N. H. m. Ebenezer Hawes, a sea Captain. Issue: Harriet, Martha, Laura, Nancy.

*Charles E. b. 11 Sept. 1855. m. Elizabeth W. Ferguson.

Anthony Nay (7) son of Anna (Leavitt) (6), Wm. (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. I Mar. 1827. d.

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23 Dec. 1910. m. 16 Oct. 1853 Bethia Briggs b. 8 Feb. 1835. d. 3 Dec. 1920. They lived at Milan, N. H. Bethia Swan Briggs (8) was dau. of John R. (7), Luther (6), Eph. (5), Barnabas (4), John (3), Hugh (2), John (1).

CHILDREN OF ANTHONY AND BETHIA (BRIGGS) NAY Alvinza Ayers b. 15 Dec. 1856. d. 7 July 1884 unm. Horace Greeley b. 21 Jan. 1859. d. 28 Dec. 1932. m. Nellie Grindle

20 June 1889, dau. of Wilford and Betsey (Gray). ch: Junie d. young; Wilford b. 24 Feb. 1893, m. Grace, living 1939 at Wanamassa, N. J. No ch. Winona b. 20 Dec. 1895.

*Carrie Evelyn b. 3 July 1861. m. Flagg F. Grant. *Lillian Rose b. 7 Sept. 1863. m. Charles Greene. * John Briggs b. 23 Mar. 1869. m. 1st Elizabeth Mclnnis. m. 2nd Hattie

S. Lane. *Joseph William b. 22 July 1873. m. Elsie Chamberlain. Mary Ellen b. 30 Apr. 1876. m. Charles Tolman of Thomaston, Me.

No issue. George Anthony b. 27 Aug. 1878. Living 1938 unm. at Woolford,

Alberta. Can.

Andrew Leavitt (7) son of Andrew (6-5), John (4), Eph. (3) Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1809 at Marblehead, Mass. d. 28 Nov. 1839. m. 21 June 1829 Hooper, dau. of John and Abigail (LeCroix) Hooper, bpt. 3 May 1807. d. 2 Nov. 1883 at Lynn, Mass. v. r. of Mrbl'hd says 1 Nov. aged 74-5 mo.-15 days, also he d. aged 32 making his b. 1807.

CHILDREN OF ANDREW AND ABIGAIL (HOOPER) LEAVITT Charles b. Sept. 1833. d. 26 Sept. 1833. Ebenezer H. b. Oct. 1839. d. 4 Sept. 1847 by fractured skull falling

from wharf at low tide. Eben N. b. 1841. m. Jennie Lunt Hooper, dau. of Frank and Mary

(Martin) Hooper. (Hooper Gen.) Hannah.

* Andrew } m. Sarah Shepherd. Lived Auburndale, Mass. No issue. b. twins 1838.

Harriet m. Samuel Ireson. Lived at Lynn, Mass. No issue. Sarah m. Prentiss. Had one son, Joshua. Emma b. 23 Nov. 1834. d. 3 Sept. 1864. m. 1st Reynolds. m. 2nd

Warren Debill Smith of Old Hadley, Mass. ch: Harriet Hooper b. 10 Dec. 1860 at Old Hadley, Mass. d. 17 June 1929. m. 19 Oct. 1882 Willmond Kingman Chandler of Chelsea, Mass.

Emma Leavitt b. 17 Apr. m. 31 Oct. 1883 Edward Swift Benedict of Brooklyn, N. Y. No issue: She is a member of D. A. R. No. 15650.

Benjamin Robinson (7) son of Jere. Robinson (6), Mary (Leavitt 5), Jere. (4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 19


Aug. 1803 at Exeter, N. H. d. 1852. m. 26 Dec. 1833 Delilah Hollinshed b. 6 July 1812 at Pa. d. 1 Mar. 1901. She survived Benjamin and m. 2nd Hugh Davidson. Died in Chicago. Benjamin lived at Port Clinton, Ohio.

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN AND DELILAH (HOLLINSHED) ROBINSON

*Mary Leavitt b. 29 Oct. 1835. m. 26 Dec. 1853, Abiathar Thompson. John J. b. 1 Apr. 1837. d. infant. Charles Leavitt b. 29 Nov. 1839. d. 20 May 1864 in Civil War at

Adairsville, Ga. from wounds. m. 28 Feb. 1864 Sarah V. Hyde. ch: Eugene.

Jeremiah b. 11 May 1842. d. young. Phebe b. 15 May 1844. d. 28 Dec. 1914. m. 15 May 1864 John Denison

b. 12 Nov. 1841 at Plymouth, 0. d. 22 June 1898 at Ft. Wayne, Ind. She d. at Sycamore, Ill. None of their ch. living 1937. ch: Charles b. 3 Mar. 1865. d. Feb. 1866; Georgia b. 27 Feb. 1868. m. 20 June 1894 Fred Kimmons b. 16 June 1867; Infant b. 24 Mar. 1873; d. Daisy b. 22 Oct. 1875. m. 25 Mar. 1896 Frank Binkley b. I Feb. 1870; Gail b. 6 Apr. 1879. m. 23 Dec. 1912 Edward W. Neill b. 4 May 1870. d. 24 Apr. 1913.

Jeremiah b. 26 Nov. 1846. d. 21 June 1932 unm.

Benjamin Leavitt (7) son of Benj. (6), James (5-4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1804 at Exeter, N. H. d. 13 July 1839. m.

25 Apr. 1833 Sarah E. Stevenson of Amesbury, Mass. Woodbridge Odlin of Exeter settled his estate 1840. They had one child who moved to Saco, Maine.

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN AND SARAH E. (STEVENSON) LEAVITT

Benjamin Franklin b. 1836. m. Laura A. Patterson, dau. of Tristram, b. 25 Dec. 1844 at Portland, Me. d. 21 May 1921 at Saco, Me of heart disease. ch: Emma E. b. 25 Sept. 1866. d. 23 Feb. 1910 at Saco.

Betsey Odlin (7) dau. of Elizabeth (Leavitt 6), James (5-4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 23 Nov. 1799 at Exeter, N. H. d. 3 Sept. 1863. m. 25 Nov. 1825 James Perkins.

CHILDREN OF BETSEY (ODLIN) AND JAMES PERKINS Elizabeth b. 16 Oct. 1828. Woodbridge Odlin b. 12 June 1831. d. 1884.

Bryant Leavitt (7) son of Jonathan (6), Nathan (5), Nath. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1810 probably at Clinton, Me. d. before 1860. m. Mary Varney b. Skowhegan, Me.


b. 1810-20 Cen. Bryant and his wife died very young and left three daughters and one son.

CHILDREN OF BRYANT AND MARY (VARNEY) LEAVITT

*Cyrus Bryant b. I Jan. 1846. d. 3 June 1916. m. 1st Mary. m. 2nd Ida H. Pollard.

Mary A. b. 1838. d. 1917. m. Benjamin F. Chase and lived in Calif. Charlotte b. 1841. d. I 9 I 4. m. Prescott Cleveland and lived at Skow

hegan, Me. No issue grew up. *Malinda b. abt. 1829. d. 1917. m. Isaac Decker (Saco Valley).

Caleb Leavitt (7) son of Jonathan (6), Wm. (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 19 Aug. 1816 at Wolfe

boro, N. H. then part of Ossipee. d. 19 July 1901. m. 7 Nov. 1850 Lucy B. Nutting at Boston, Mass. b. 6 July 1821 at Pepperill, Mass., dau. of Timothy and Fanny (Farnsworth) Nutting. d. 17 Mar. 1911. Both died at Mankato, Minn. They moved to Minn. 1858. In 1866 they removed to Spring Island near Mankato, Minn.

CHILDREN OF CALEB AND LUCY B. (NUTTING) LEAVITT

*Timothy Farnsworth b. 17 Aug. 1851 at Woburn, Mass. d. 18 Mar. 1931. m. 1st Mary Hynson. m. 2nd Rosalthea Burnett.

*Henry Hovey b. 30 June 1853. d. 9 Mar. 1930. m. 1st Emma Powell. m. 2nd Bertha Ayward. m. 3rd Stella Joyce.

Isadora Ardel b. 21 Sept. 1855. d. 20 Apr. 1863 at Madelia, Minn. Saymore Leslie b. 29 Jan. 1860 at Madelia, Minn. d. 1913 at Houston,

Texas, unm.

Carroll E. Leavitt (7) son of John T. (6), Benj. (5), Reuben (4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 3 Feb. 1869 at Dixfield, Me. d. 24 Sept. 1933. m. 31 Apr. 1893 Daisy G. James. Lived at Eustis, Me. and Lewiston.

CHILDREN OF CARROLL E. AND DAISY G. (JAMES) LEAVITT

Earl b. 17 June 1895. d. 13 Aug. 1902. Vernon D. b. 20 Jan. 1901. m. Thirza L. Henderson. ch: Keith E. b.

14 Dec. 1929; Marilyn Doris b. 13 Apr. 1933; Barbara Louise b. 2 Aug. 1935.

Evan J. b. 6 Nov. 1904. m. 21 Dec. 1926 Evelyn Wing (Me. v. r. calls her Blandie). ch: Carroll Leon b. 5 Sept. 1927; June Evelyn b. 22 May 1935.

Girl b. 27 June 191 I.

Charles Smith Leavitt (7) son of Andrew (6), Leavi (5), Benj. (4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 24 Mar. 1828 on Monday at Washington, Vt. d. 19 Mar. 1909. m. 6 Mar. 1852 Harriet


Aldrich b. 21 Dec. 1831. d. 20 July 1912. b. at Littleton, N. H. dau. of Daniel and Hannah (Drake) and sister to Matilda who md. his brother, Haven. He was a farmer and stage driver of Carroll, N. H. and drove the stage for years for the famous Profile House of the White Mountains.

CHILDREN OF CHARLES S. AND HARRIET (ALDRICH) LEAVITT

Chester Andrew b. 31 Jan. 1863. d. 14 Oct. 1927. m. 1st Carrie Thompson. m. 2nd Bertha Durkee. ch: Ella F. b. 17 July 1886. m. John Mciver. ch: Smith; John.

Charles Edward b. 30 Dec. 1865. Living 1940 at Concord, N. H. m. 17 Feb. 1890 Nelly A. Moulton, b. 21 Feb. 1860. d. 16 Mar. 1931. No issue.

Chase Perkins Leavitt (7) son of Edward (6), Joe. (5), Jon. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 10 June 1829 at Ripley, Me. d. 3 Feb. 1897. m. Sarah Morrison Keniston 17 Aug. 1853. b. 27 Aug. 1834 at Campton, N. H. d. 23 Apr. 1916, dau. of David Dustin and Sarah (Cone) Kenniston. He was a railroad man and d. of heart failure. They moved to Plymouth, N. H. in 1870.

CHILDREN OF CHASE P. AND SARAH M. (KENISTON) LEAVITT

*Nellie Sarah b. 21 Dec. 1855. m. George W. Plummer. *Ida May b. 16 Aug. 1859. d. 11 Apr. 1923. m. Fred M. Sawyer. *Vena Grace b. 31 Mar. 1869. m. Joseph L. Atwood.

(Hist. of Plymouth, N. H.) Fam. Bbl.

David Leavitt (7) son of David (6), Nathaniel (5-4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1825 probably at Patten or

Canaan, Me. d. Mar. 1859. m. Marcia L Emery 8 Oct. 1851, dau. of Jonathan and Hannah (Cheney) of Bangor, Me. and grand-dau. of David Emery a private in the Mass. Continental Army. He was one of George Washington's life guards. The Emery Gen. gives date of m. as 1853. David was a civil engineer and moved to Red Wing, Minn. His wife survived him and md. 2nd Alonzo Hurd. She b. 1828. 1870 census gives his b. as Fairfield, Me. 1825.

CHILDREN OF DAVID AND MARCIA I. (EMERY) LEAVITT *Walter Corren b. 16 July 1854 at Patten, Me. d. 11 Mar. 1893. m.

Anetta A. Pettengill.


Ebenezer Leavitt (7) son of Wm. (6-5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 17 July 1804 or 1806 at Sandwich, N. H. d. 2 Nov. 1874 at Phillips, Me. (Formerly called Berlin). m. 18 Jan. 1828 Jedidiah N. Billington, dau. of Seth and Mary (Norris). They lived at Phillips, Me. b. 1808. Mary Norris' parents were Nathan and Jedidiah (Hammond) Norris. Seth Billington's parents: Nathaniel and Abigail (Handy).

CHILDREN OF EBENEZER AND JEDIDIAH N. (BILLINGTON) LEAVITT

*Seth Billington b. 15 July 1829. d. 18 Apr. 1885. m. Martha Walker. Elizabeth B. b. 13 Feb. 1831. m. 2 Oct. 1875 Addison Merrill b. 1

Feb. 1838 at Phillips. Daniel C. b. 12 July 1832. d. 13 May 1908. m. 14 May 1864 Olive A.

Brackett, dau. of Joshua and Mary b. 17 Sept. 1838. d. 1897. No. issue. He a dealer in furniture at Phillips, Me.

Ebenezer b. 3 Mar. 1835. d. 19 June 1857. A school teacher. William A. b. 30 Nov. 1837. d. 24 Aug. 1858. Mary Angelia b. 10 Oct. 1841. m. 3 May 1866 Daniel F. Houghton

of Weld, Me. b. 10 July 1841. Mary was called by middle name, Angelia. ch: Joana, Lizzie, and Ethel.

Lucy L. b. 8 Dec. 1843. d. 27 Oct. 1865. Abbie V. b. 18 Sept. 1846. d. 1 June 1873 at Wilton, Me.

Eliza D. Robinson (7) dau. of Josiah (6), Mary (Leavitt 5), Jere. (4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 15 Oct. 1806 at New Hampton, N. H. at the so called Gordon Stock Farm. d. 10 June 1901. m. James Blake 14 June 1827. b. 1801. d. 14 Mar. 1848. The old New Hampton stock farm is still habitable, 1947. They lived various places in Mass. and N. H.

CHILDREN OF ELIZA (ROBINSON) AND JAMES BLAKE

Asa P. b. 23 May 1828. d. 23 Aug. 1831. James W. b. 23 Nov. 1829. d. 27 Aug. 1831. Isaac b. 11 Nov. 1831. d. 12 May 1913. m. Laura Huse 16 Jan. 1861. Catherine G. b. 8 Apr. 1833. m. Charles Hubbard 3 Sept. 1854. Edwin W. b. 26 June 1835. d. 11 Dec. 1906. m. Sarah Gage 24 Oct.

1858. Josephine W. b. 29 Aug. 1837. d. 16 Dec. 1914 unm. James W. b. 11 Jan. 1840. d. 11 Aug. 1900. m. 19 May 1866 Mary

Johnson. Susanna b. 6 Mar. 1842. d. 1843. Abigail M. b. 22 Feb. 1844. d. 26 May 1911. m. R. M. Locke 23 Nov.

1870. Eliza A. b. 25 Mar. 1846. d. 26 July 1932. m. 26 Sept. 1863 Charles


Dow. m. 2nd William W. Mason. *Mary S. b. 17 Sept. 1848. m. C. L. Walker.

Frank Wiggin Leavitt (7) son of Dudley F. (6), Joe. (5), Sam. (4), Ephriam (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 14 Dec. 1845 at Bangor, Me. d. 28 Apr. 1904. m. 14 Dec. 1870 Harriet Howell Gardiner of the "Gardiner's Island" family. (Gen.). b. 17 Nov. 1845 at Brooklyn, N. Y. d. 28 Feb. 1927 at New York City. All children born at Bangor, Me.

CHILDREN OF FRANK W. AND HARRIET H. (GARDINER) LEAVITT

Maria Veazie b. 26 Feb. 1873. Living unm. 1938 at N. Y. City. d. 31 Mar. 1947.

Howell Gardiner b. 16 May 1876. d. 22 June 1924. m. Gladys E. Macfarlane.

Edith Carleton b. I Sept. 1880. Living. m. George A. Round 16 May 1917 and had issue: Arthur H. b. 10 July 1925 at Norton, Mass. They now live at Riverside, Conn.

Maria V. Leavitt is Head of Gift Section Public Library, N. Y. City. She was educated at private schools, Pratt Institute 1896. Catlgr. of New York Public Library 1896-9, Order Div. 1899-1900, head of gift section 1900 to 1938 when she retired. Member of A.L.A., N.Y.L.A., New York Library Club, N. Y. Pub. Libr. Staff Assn. of which she was President 1927, A.W.A. An Episcopalian. (From "Who's Who in Library Service" N. Y. H. W. Wilson Co. 1933. Comp. by C. C. Williamson and Alice J. Jewett).

Howell G. Leavitt m. I Jan. 1917 Gladys Euphemia Macfarlane of Bridgeport, Conn. They moved to Sag Harbor, Long Island, where he became a prominent citizen. Vice Pres. and General Manager of the Joseph Fahys Company. They had ch: Elizabeth Byrd b. 25 Dec. 1921 at Sag Harbor. Patricia Gardiner b. 9 Apr. 1923.

George Washington Leavitt (7) son of Benjamin (6), Stephen (5), Miles (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 9 Sept. 1809 at Gilford, N. H. d. 3 Mar. 1895. m. Mahala Thompson b. 13 Oct. 1814. d. 27 Sept. 1902. Her dau. was executor of her will 21 Oct. 1902. She left much of her estate to her dau. Maria whose will is also filed at Court House, Laconia, N. H. George was called Washington Leavitt. He owned part of Welch Island in Lake Winnipesaukee. (Deeds Belknap Co.) Mahala was dau. of Jonathan and Betsey (Pickering) Thompson.


CHILDREN OF GEORGE W. AND MAHALA (THOMPSON) LEAVITT

*Mary Eliza b. 16 Mar. 1835. d. 18 Mar. 1895. m. John S. Leavitt (7). Betsey Maria b. 3 May 1837. d. 18 Mar. 1924. unm. George Frank b. 22 Oct. 1839. d. 15 June 1900. m. 1st Ellen A. Smith.

m. 2nd Phebe M. Sargent. m. 3rd Myrtie M. Greenwood. No issue. * Arcanna Isadore b. 7 Oct. 1844. Living 1940. m. Thomas E. Canney. Lavina (Lavinia) b. l Apr. 1847. d. Sept. 1889. m. Hoit Davis. No

issue. (Arcanna and Osborne H. Abbott sent much of above)

Capt. Gilman G. Leavitt (7) son of Sam. (6), Stephen (5), Miles (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1821 at Gilmanton, N. H. m. 7 June 1847 Wealthy C. Munsey, dau. of George and Hannah (Barton) Munsey, of Pittsfield, N. H., b. 3 June 1825. d. 30 Aug. 1914 at Concord, N. H. He was a blacksmith and for many years was foreman at Abbott and Downing Carriage shop at Concord, N. H. where they made the so called Concord wagons and stages. Called Capt. Leavitt. Both buried at Gilford, N. H. Served in Civil War, Co. H of N. H. Vols. 3rd Reg't, as Serg't. Wounded in wrist at battle of Antietam Bridge, Md. 17 Sept. 1862, transferred to Co. K.; enlisted 28 July 1862, must'd out 15 Aug. '62; as Serg't. Disch'd at Manchester, N. H. 27 May 1865.

CHILDREN OF GILMAN G. AND WEALTHY (MUNSEY) LEAVITT

Sarah G. b. 11 June 1845. d. 25 Mar. 1899. m. 27 Aug. 1870 Hiram M. Worthley. ch: Leaner B. m. 1895 Geo. W. Cheney of Bristol.

Samuel H. b. 15 Aug. 1851 at Gilford, N. H. d. 22 Feb. 1901. m. 9 Mar. 1874 Ella M. McMurphy, dau. of Alexander and Mary (Kidder), b. 1856 at Bristol, N. H. He was a painter. ch: Amy Bell m. Milton Ballard. ch: Rosamon, m. Mr. Raymond; Ernest Frank b. 12 Sept. 1879. d. 28 Oct. 1918. m. Evelyn L. ch: Evelyn; Harry B.; Lulu May b. 5 Apr. 1884.

Frank A. b. 16 Feb. 1866 at Gilford, N. H. d. 11 Aug. 1942. m. 11 Dec. 1889 Angie A. Chamberlain, dau. of Lauriston and Lydia A. (Gould). b. 1870. d. 16 Dec. 1949. He a member of the Eureka Lodge, F. and A. M.; the Wonolancet Club and Fish and Game Club. A silversmith of Concord, N. H. many years. ch: Marjorie Constance b. 3 Oct. 1891. m. Leigh Hall; Paul Chamberlain b. 4 Dec. 1893. m. Catherine Lyons; Beatrice Aurora, b. 29 June, 1895. m. Edward Hale Brooks; Ruth Armine m. Elsworth Cherry, m. 2nd Richard Wood; Robert Gilman b. 3 May 1912, m. 2 Jan. 1934 Margaret Whiting. Lived 1935 at Haddonfield, Ct.


Hannah Leavitt (7) dau. of Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 10 Feb. 1794 at Allenstown, N. H. d. 21 May 1879. m. James Lyford b. 25 Feb. 1795. d. 17 Jan. 1855. Son of Biley Dudley and Dorothy (Blake) Lyford. They lived at Fremont, N. H. Hannah was a weaver and was hired to weave for the large family of Biley Lyford who was well-to-do. She md. his son and lived in a house he built for them at Fremont. One of the quilts which Hannah wove, a blue and white one, was handed down to her descendant, Harold George, of Methuen, Mass. He said in 1936 it was in good condition.

CHILDREN OF HANNAH (LEAVITT) AND JAMES LYFORD Elizabeth Blake b. 14 Nov. 1820. m. Frank (Francis H.) Blackler.

1939 have no living descendants. Their dau. Ellen, m. Aaron Robinson who graduated from Tilton, N. H. Seminary and in his will left this school a legacy.

Eziekel D. b. 23 Aug. 1823. d. 8 Apr. 1884. m. Rhoda Ellis. One ch. d. young.

Susan b. and d. inf. *Sarah S. b. 13 Sept. 1830. d. 13 Jan. 1917. m. William Perkins.

Jeremiah Robinson (7) son of Jere. Robinson (6), Mary (Leavitt) (5), Jere. (4), J. Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. at

Port Clinton, 0. d. m. Chlo Crofut.

CHILDREN OF JEREMIAH AND CHLO (CROFUT) ROBINSON Euphemia. Triphene m. 1861 Dixon Gill. Roswell Leavitt m. 1867 Sarah E. Hyde. Mary Ann m. 1866 James Bisnette. Nancy E. m. 1872 John M. Hannes. Laura E. m. 1875 George M. Thayer. Clara V. m. 1879 Nelson Clemons. Charles m. 1884 Sophia Bonsene. John m. 1887 Lena Heim.

John P. Leavitt (7), son of Miles (6), Steph. (5), Miles (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 3 June 1825. d. before 17 Mar. 1903. His will made 20 Jan. 1900. Wills his wife, Dora, half of his homestead. His son, Joseph, owned half of the estate. m. 1st Caroline M. Hicks 3 Nov. 1856. b. 13 June 1833. d. I Apr. 1869. m. 2nd July 1872 Dorothy Brown b. 24 Mar. 1840 at East Tilton, N. H. Caroline was a widow. He was a farmer. Ch. living at Laconia, N. H. 1933.


CHILDREN OF JOHN P. AND DOROTHY (BROWN) LEAVITT Joseph Miles b. 17 June 1873. d. 9 Sept. 1938 unm. Curtis b. 25 May 1875. d. 20 Mar. 1928. m. 1st Nellie Morrill who d.

12 Jan. 1900 of T. B. dau. of Rufus. m. 2nd Minnie Lebregue. No issue.

Kate Marion b. I Dec. 1877. Living 1933. m. Harry Thompson. Issue: Eva b. 9 July 1890.

John A. (son of Caroline) b. 2 Apr. 1858. d. 29 Mar. 1935. m. Nellie J. Gilman b. 3 Aug. 1867. d. 2 Nov. 1933. Lived at Milford and Laconia, N. H. ch: Roscoe S. b. 9' July 1885. m. Mattie Boyce. ch: Loleah Irene b. 27 Oct. 1912; Roscoe John b. 21 June 1916; Warren S. b. 27 Oct. I 921.

Albert S. b. 23 Aug. 1888. m. Anna Dupont. ch: Irene Lillian b. 9 Oct. 1914; Doris May b. I Dec. 1919. m. 30 Oct. 1937 Roland Hamel; Florence Edna b. 9 Feb. 1923; Pearl Louise b. 13 May 1924.

Florence b. 2 Jan. 1893. m. Leslie C. Dockham. Living at Laconia, N. H. No issue.

Revolutionary War

John Thomas Leavitt (7) son of Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 12 Jan. 1802 at Allenstown, N. H. d. 31 Mar. 1881 at Portsmouth, N. H. m. 19 Feb. 1831 Martha B. (Patty) Folsom b. 1 June 1792. d. 21 Dec. 1862, dau. of Capt. Asa and Sally (Boardman) Folsom. (Fol. Gen.) She was of Stratham. v. r. says b. 1794. Tombst.

says b. 1800. They lived at Allenstown until 1877 when he removed to Portsmouth. Asa Folsom was a Capt. in Rev. War.

CHILDREN OF JOHN T. AND MARTHA B. (FOLSOM) LEAVITT

Sarah Elizabeth Boardman b. 26 Aug. 1835. d. July 1880. m. Clark W. Sanderson. Moved west. Issue: John.

*John Folsom b. 11 May 1838. d. I June 1909. m. Almira F. Rand. (v. r. and fam. Bbl.)

John Burns Leavitt (7) son of Charles B. (6), John (5-4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 19 Jan. 1835 at Lynn, Mass. d. 28 Mar. 1915. m. July 1867 Martha K. Dill of Eastham, Mass. b. 16 June 1845. d. 26 Nov. 1924.

CHILDREN OF JOHN B. AND MARTHA K. (DILL) LEAVITT Eliza May b. Apr. 1868. d. 1875.

*Herbert Leslie b. 3 Aug. 1872. m. Abbie J. Littlefield. Fred Nelson b. 28 Oct. 1882. Living 1935. m. Ida May Tuxbury, dau.

of Charles and Mary Tuxbury of Amesbury, Mass. b. 18 Oct. 1882. No issue 1935.


John Taylor Gilman Leavitt (7) son of Andrew B. (6), Leavi (5), Benj. (4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. Friday, 25 Sept. 1824 at Washington, Vt. d. 1 Dec. 1881. m. Elvira M. Glines 30 Jan. 1850, b. 13 Oct. 1834. d. 25 July 1909. b. at Moultonboro, N. H. Elvira m. 2nd Augustus Hodgdon and lived at Troy, N. H. John and family lived at Carroll, N. H. Only two ch. grew up. Alice and Martha but d. young. Julius was adopted his name being Green. He m. Julie E. Moody and lived at Troy, N. H. They had one ch. Minnie 0. who d. inf. John, his wife, and his parents are buried at Stratford, N. H. Tombstone insc.

CHILDREN OF JOHN T. G. AND ELVIRA (GLINES) LEAVITT Clara J. b. 26 Mar. 1851. d. 27 Aug. 1854. Charles E. Mary Alice b. 30 Apr. 1855. d. 9 June 1880. m. Asa H. Holmes. No

issue. Clara. Martha A. b. 18 Oct. 1871. d. young. m. 13 Dec. 1892 Amos A. Dexter.

No issue. Albert. They had 8 children.

John Carr Leavitt (7) son of James (6-5-4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 27 July 1813 at Effingham, N. H. d. 14 Jan. 1894. m. 1st 24 Sept. 1837 Hannah Clark b. 9 July 1818. d. 14 May 1853. m. 2nd 1 Jan. 1854 Elizabeth A. Lamper, dau. of John and Betsy (Doe), b. 21 Sept. 1822. (N. H. v. r. says b. 10 Sept. 1821) d. 25 Nov. 1902. John went into business at Dover, N. H. but later returned to Effingham about 1840 and went into business buying the store built by Isaac Lord, and carried on the business until 1876. He was selectman and Representative in the Legislature 1859-60. His death was very sudden.

CHILDREN OF JOHN C. AND HANNAH (CLARK) LEAVITT * Alphonso C. b. 25 Nov. 1838. d. II Oct. 1886. m. Mary Furbush. Maria b. 1843. James W. b. 8 Aug. 1845. d. 15 July 1846.

*Mary Ella b. 30 Nov. 1847. d. 27 Oct. 1928. m. Chase Jellison. Charles H. b. 5 Nov. 1852. d. 17 Sept. 1918 of cancer. m. Gara A.

Ward, dau. of Daniel S. and Jane P. (Eastman) of Rumney, N. H. Living at Dover, N. H. 1934. Issue: Lester W. b. 25 June 1877. d. 1932. No issue.


CHILDREN OF JOHN C. AND ELIZABETH A. (LAMPER) LEAVITT

*John Edgar b. 15 Sept. 1856. d. 18 May 1932. m. 1st Flora Hitchcock. m. 2nd Alice E. Young.

John C. Leavitt (7) son of Joe. (6-5), Jon. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 28 Mar. 1817. d. 3 Sept. 1864. m. Betsey Stoddard Rust, dau. of Wm. Rust of Wolfeboro, N. H. They live.din Wolfeboro. (Rust Gen.) They married 25 Apr. 1845. (Hist. of Wolf. says 1843) (N. H. V. R. says m. 19 Oct. 1843). She b. 18 Sept. 1824. d. 29 Mar. 1890. They are buried in the Rust family cemetery on a deserted farm, in Pleasant Valley section of Wolfeboro. Their son, Harry, owned this farm. The buildings burned and with them the family Bible. He still lives in the same locality 1933.

CHILDREN OF JOHN C. AND BETSEY (RUST) LEAVITT Mary Olive b. 29 Feb. 1847. m. 25 Nov. 1874 Geo. L. Wilbur. 2nd

Edgar Abbott and is buried in Abbott lot. John W. b. 16 Feb. 1852. d. 10 Oct. 1934. m. 16 Dec. 1882 Mary E.

Fogg b. 31 Oct. 1843. Lived at Wolfeboro, N. H. m. 2nd Loretta Miller 1906.

Charles E. b. 16 May 1857. d. 26 Oct. 1897. Lived at Farmington, N. H. m . .11 Jan. 1892 Mintie E. Cate, dau. of Jared P. Tibbetts. Her 2nd m.

Harry Rust b. 15 Aug. 1860. d. 26 Apr. 1936. m. 8 May 1884 Lottie E. Manchester b. 25 Mar. 1845. Charlotte (called Lottie) dau. of Asa. d. 12 Aug. 1915. m. 2nd Mary Adeline Adams b. 1 Dec. 1858. Living with him at Wolfeboro 1933. This family was burned out twice and lost the family records. Some of the descendants removed the bodies of the Leavitt family from the old Leavitt farm, which had been sold, to the Rust family lot located in the Rust farm pasture.

John Sargent Leavitt (7) son of Stephen (6-5), Miles (4), Ephriam (3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. 29 Dec. 1827 at Gilford, N. H. d. 11 Oct. 1901. m. 1st 29 Apr. 1849 Emily C. Conner, dau. of Joseph and Annie (McCoy) Conner, b. Oct. 1828. d. 5 May 1855 of T. B. No issue. John moved to Stoneham, Mass. in 1851. m. 2nd 28 Sept. 1855 Mary E. Leavitt dau. of George W. (7). b. 16 Mar. 1835. d. 18 Mar. 1895. A quitclaim deed 16 Jan. 1899 selling Welch Island in Lake Winnipesaukee was signed by: Wallace A.; John S.;


George F.; and Phebe Leavitt; Anna I. Canney and Thomas F. Canney, island formerly owned by George W. Leavitt.

CHILDREN OF JOHN S. AND MARY E. (LEAVITT) LEAVITT Herbert K. b. 14 July 1856. d. 16 July 1869. Wallace A. b. 8 Aug. 1872. Living 1940 at Stoneham, Mass. m. Nettie

Maria Munn. No issue.

John Knox Robinson (7) son of Nath. C. (6), Mary (Leavitt 5), Jere. (4), Jeremy Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 3 Apr. 1824 at Pembroke, N. H. m. Angeline Robinson, his cousin. (See Josiah Robinson 6). They lived at Pembroke, N .H.

CHILDREN OF JOHN K. AND ANGELINE (ROBINSON) ROBINSON

Nathaniel Conner b. 18 Mar. 1852. d. 25 Sept. 1853. Aura Pauline b. 18 Mar. 1854. m. Frank J. Whitney 31 Dec. 1879.

Lived Los Ang., Cal. ch: Nadine, m. Foss. Susan Idella b. 17 Mar. 1856. d. 30 Oct. 1897. m. Walter E. Hook.

No issue. *John Howard b. 15 May 1859. m. Lura Bell Byron. Rufus B. b. 22 Dec. 1863. m. Bessie Whitemore. No issue. Grace Angeline b. 12 Aug. 1866. d. 1 Jan. 1926. m. Forest E. Love

joy. No issue. Katie Blanche b. 12 May 1872. Living unm. Los Angeles, Cali. 1939. Karl Levan b. 31 Jan. 1875. d. Apr. 1905 unm. in Idaho.

War of 1812

Jonathan Leavitt (7) son of Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 10 Oct. 1785 at Allenstown, N. H. d. 27 Dec. 1864 at Stratham, N. H. where he always lived. He d. of palsy. m. 1st Rachael Stockbridge who d. 22 Aug. 1827. m. 2nd 27 July 1828 Charlotte (Odell) Boyd a widow, b. 12 Apr. 1795. d. 22 Feb. 1887 at Newington, N. H., dau. of James and Hannah (Veasey) Odell. All ch. b. at Stratham.

CHILDREN OF JONATHAN AND RACHAEL (STOCKBRIDGE) LEAVITT

Rachael S. b. 3 July 1807. m. 1832 David Jewell and lived at Stratham. Jonathan b. 17 Oct. 1808. d. 23 July 1842. m. Angeline Towle. v. r.

gives them three ch. d. inf. Mary b. 30 Sept. 1810. d. 14 Feb. 1853.

*Abraham b. II Jan. 1812. d. 16 Sept. 1896. m. 1st Catherine Blaisdell. 2nd Cynthia Shaw.

SEVENTH GENERATION

Hezekiah S. b. 16 June 1814. d. 4 June 1844. *William b. 9 Mar. 1817. d. 15 Mar. 1877. m. Sarah E. Pillsbury. "James S. b. 23 Nov. 1819. d. 30 Aug. 1871. m. Annie Kelly. George b. 1823. d. 1824.

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CHILDREN OF JONATHAN AND CHARLOTTE (BOYD) LEAVITT

"Joseph H. b. 4 Oct. 1834. d. 21 Dec. 1902. m. Sarah 0. Moulton.

Mary Ann Robinson (7) dau. of Josiah (6), Mary (Leavitt) (5), Jere. (4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 13 Apr. 1819 at New Hampton, N. H. d. 8 Feb. 1896. m. Samuel John Dearborn b. 24 Aug. 1812 at Sanbornton, N. H. Here they lived and died.

CHILDREN OF MARY A. (ROBINSON) AND SAMUEL J. DEARBORN

Narcissa b. 26 Feb. 1840. m. Cornelius Redding b. 26 Jan. 1831 at Middleboro, Mass. ch: Mary Narcissa b. 12 Feb. 1869, at N. Hampton, N. H.; Cornelia Belle b. 25 Dec. 1870. m. Ellery Elwood Davis, b. 17 Sept. 1869 at Storrington, Conn. Lived same. ch: I - Elwood Redding, b. II July 1898. m. 30 Aug. 1920 Anne McBride. ch: Elwood Charles b. 19 Aug. 1921. 2 - Cazel Narcissa b. 7 July 1900; 3 - Benajah Lorrain b. 12 Aug. 1902. m. May 1926 Julia A. Palmer. ch: Shirley Annette b. 19 May 1927; Margaret Agnes b. 20 Feb. 1932.

Mary W. Jones (7) dau. of Dolly (Thurston 6), Elsie (Leavitt 5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 20 Sept. 1831 at Newmarket, N. H. d. 19 Jan. 1914. m. Sylvester Cram who d. 22 Dec. 1890. He was son of Levi and Lavey (Bunker) Cram, and grandson of James and Mary (Rolins) Cram. (See Phebe Leavitt 6). Sylvester was b. 24 June 1832.

CHILDREN OF MARY W. (JONES) AND SYLVESTER CRAM

*Elmer H. b. 25 Sept. 1865. Living 1939 in summer at Newmarket, N. H. m. Abbie L. Kelly.

William E. b. 13 July 1867. Living unm.

Mary Nay (7) dau. of Anna (Leavitt 6), Wm. (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 22 Mar. 1817 at Ossipee, N. H. d. I Sept. 1910. m. Phillip Horr b. 17 Apr. 1812. d. 29 Oct. 1877. They lived at Bridgton, Me. All this family buried at Waterford, Me. in Elmvale Cem. except son, Alcander.


CHILDREN OF MARY (NAY) AND PHILLIP HORR

James d. inf. Kate M. b. 20 Feb. 1844. d. 25 Oct. 1870. m. Albert Green. Alcander d. inf. Julia S. b. 15 Dec. 1850. d. 27 Mar. 1864. Alcander P. b. 12 Oct. 1852. d. 12 May 1881. m. Georgia A. Weston

b. 14 Aug. 1856. d. 14 Nov. 1881. Their ch. reared by their grandmother, Mary (Nay) Horr. They lived at Waterford, Me. ch: Carrie unm. 1939 at Arlington, Mass.; Georga W. both school teachers.

Moses Colby Nay (7) son of Anna (Leavitt 6), Wm. (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 22 Jan. 1824. d. 14 Dec. 1891. m. 20 July 1851 Adaline Mehitable Young b. 24 Mar. 1830 at N. Wakefield, N. H. d. 31 May 1919. Their children lived and d. at East Boston, Mass. and are buried in the Wood Lawn Cem. all except Winslow who moved to Calif. All descendants are dead 1939 except some of Winslow's children and grandchildren. Moses lived at E. Boston until 1854 when he removed to West Milan, N. H.

CHILDREN OF MOSES AND ADALINE (YOUNG) NAY Winslow P. b. 21 Dec. 1853. Almena b. 16 Nov. 1852. d. unm. Isabel b. 22 Apr. 1855. d. 16 Nov. 1876. m. Charles Snow 17 Aug.

1875. Cordelia b. 25 Mar. 1856. d. 26 Aug. 1859. Bigelow Freemont b. 21 Feb. 1857.

Nathan L. Leavitt (7) son of Geo. W. (6), Joe. (5), Sam. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 17 Aug. 1855 at Rich

mond, Me. m. 1st 12 June 1876 Emily B. Allen, dau. of Warren Allen. b. 12 Jan. 1861. d. 23 Aug. 1917. m. 2nd 3 Jan. 1920 May E. Strickland b. 7 Dec. 1863. d. 27 June 1909 of cancer. Dau. of Joseph of Wells, Me.

CHILDREN OF NATHAN L. AND EMILY B. (ALLEN) LEAVITT *Fred L. b. 12 Sept. 1878. m. Viola Hamilton. William A. b. 25 Feb. 1882. d. 21 Sept. 1892. Bert L. b. 9 Jan. 1884. d. 4 Oct. 1892. Lulu May b. 30 Apr. 1885. George Warren b. 9 Jan. 1886. d. 29 Sept. 1899 of typhoid fever. Charles D. b. 9 June 1890. Milton b. 28 June 1892. d. 12 Sept. 1892. Lillian Margaret b. 2 Dec. 1893. Florence Belle b. 28 Sept. 1895.


Nathan Leavitt (7) son of Jonathan (6), Nathan (5), Nath. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 2 June 1798 at Fairfield, Me. d. 20 Oct. 1880. m. 24 Dec. 1821 Elizabeth Hanson, widow of George Baldwin and born at St. Andrews, N. B. 10 Dec. 1796. d. 6 May 1880. She had two children by first m. Mary who d. aged 4, and Hannah. Nathan was father of 12 ch. all b. at Clinton, Me. She was dau. of William Hanson who lived to be 105.

CHILDREN OF NATHAN AND ELIZABETH (HANSON) LEAVITT

Sarah Ann b. 2 Dec. 1822. d. 29 May 1829. Jonathan G. b. 4 Apr. 1824. d. 7 Sept. 1826.

*William Hanson b. 13 Jan. 1826. d. 14 Aug. 1904. m. 1st Lucy Cain. m. 2nd Minerva S. Jones.

*Benjamin H. b. 14 Nov. 1835. m. Celera Edwards. Moses Appleton b. 12 Oct. 1829. d. 29 Feb. 1910. m. 1st Sophronia.

m. 2nd Betsey. ch: Nellie Satora by first wife at Clinton, Me. b. 8 Sept. 1865. d. 14 Oct. 1935- unm.

(Hist. of Billerica) Lucy Morrison b. 2 Oct. 1831. d. 7 Aug. 1846.

*Nathan S. b. 6 Oct. 1833. d. 23 Aug. 1920. m. 1st Mary A. Jewell. m. 2nd Harriet A. Soper.

Phoebe Jane b. 2 Feb. 1838. m. 24 July 1862 Timothy Foster Farmer. Rachel W. b. 9 Mar. 1840. m. Reed. Dorcas Ellen b. 4 Aug. 1842. m. Flanders. Lived Mass. Mary Elizabeth b. 5 Nov. 1827. m. Reed. Lived in Granitville, Mass. George B. b. 28 Dec. 1844. d. same day.

Nathaniel Kimball Leavitt (7) son of Samuel (6), Jeremiah (5-4), Benj. (3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. 1818. d. 29 Dec. 1882. m. 14 Apr. 1844 at Epping, Hannah Hayes Prescott, dau. of Chase and Deborah (Follet) Prescott, b. 22 Sept. 1815. (Prescott d. 12 Dec. 1886). He was Deputy Sheriff and jail keeper for years. Representative 1857-60. Lived at Somersworth and Great Falls, N. H. Postmaster of Exeter and lived on Chestnut St. Children born at Exeter. He died of heart disease.

CHILDREN OF NATHANIEL K. AND HANNAH H. (PRESCOTT) LEAVITT

Frank Chase b. 21 Feb. 1849. m. Clara Augusta Wiggin. d. at Chicago. ch: Charles Wiggin b. 18 Nov. 1878 at Dover, N. H.

*George S. b. 11 Feb. 1852. d. 18 Nov. 1921. m. Clara S. Churchill. Hannah Kimball m. Mr. Chadwick and is said to have had a son,

Nathaniel Kimball Chadwick who md. and left issue.


Pamelia C. Leavitt (7) dau. of Miles (6), Steph. (5), Miles (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1 Feb. 1841 at Gilford, N. H. d. 1936 aged 95 yrs. m. 1st" 25 May 1867 George W. Maloon. He d. and she m. 2nd Joseph Weeks Gile 22 Nov. 1873, b. 1 Feb. 1841. He d. and she m. 3rd George C. Spaulding.

CHILDREN OF PAMELIA C. (LEAVITT) AND GEORGE W. MALOON

F. Edwin living at Laconia, N. H. m. They had one ch. Kenneth, instructor in the Syracuse College of Applied Sciences. He teaches mechanical drawing. An aeronautical engineer at Buffalo, N. Y. 1939. He became engaged to Mildred E. Mathews, of Rochester, N. H. 1939 attending the Nurses Training School of the New England Baptist Hospital of Boston.

CHILDREN OF PAMELIA C. (LEA VITT) AND JOSEPH W. GILE George m. Mable Whicher. They live at Plymouth, N. H.

Civil War

Rufus L. Robinson (7) son of Josiah (6), Mary (Leavitt 5), Jere. ( 4-3), Sam. (2), John ( 1) b. 11 Apr. 1828. d. 16 Oct. 1916. m. Paulina Lowell of Frankfort, N. Y. They lived here. All three sons were doctors. Rufus lost his right hand in the war. They had 7 ch. but 4 below are all I found.

CHILDREN OF RUFUS AND PAULINA (LOWELL) ROBINSON Charles Leighton. Lived at Lyndhurst, N. J. Edwin J. Living at Los Angeles, Calif., 1939. Rufus L. Living at N. Y. City, 1939. Frances E. b. 7 Mar. 1866. Living at E. Rochester, N. Y., 1939. m.

Mr. Farmer.

Sarah A. Nay (7) dau. of Anna (Leavitt 6), Wm. (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 28 Apr. 1828. d. 16 May 1921. m. Warren A. Bailey b. 9 July 1829. d. 2 May 1909. Lived at Lawrence, Mass. all of their md. lives.

CHILDREN OF SARAH (NAY) AND WARREN BAILEY Elizabeth A. b. 13 Oct. 1854. d. 19 Nov. 1919. m. Ella F. b. 3 Aug. 1856. d. 26 May 1920. m. Alphonso A. b. 16 Sept. 1860. d. 16 July 1893. m. Louise Wentworth. Henrietta b. 11 June 1863. Henry H. b. 19 Sept. 1865. d. 7 Jan. 1900. m. his brother's widow,

Louise (Wentworth) Bailey. Annie M. b. 5 Mar. 1871. Living 1939 at Lawrence, Mass. unm.

(Fam. Bbl. of Miss Annie M.)


Sarah Elizabeth Yeaton (7) dau. of Elizabeth (Leavitt 6), Thos. M. (5), Reuben (4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 12 June 1833 at Exeter, N. H. d. 2 Jan. 1911 at Gambier, Ohio. m. 1st 20 Nov. 1856 Oliver Holmes Gould who d. 12 Aug. 1859. b. 7 Mar. 1831. m. 2nd 11 Oct. 1865 at Manchester, N. H. Richard Clarke Manning b. 8 Jan. 1830 at Salem, Mass. d. 2 Mar. 1904 at Salem, Mass.

CHILDREN OF SARAH E. (YEATON) AND OLIVER H. GOULD Charles Frederick b. 14 Nov. 1858. d. 11 July 1910 at Chula Vista,

Calif. unm.

CHILDREN OF SARAH E. (YEATON) AND RICHARD C. MANNING

Richard Clarke b. 7 Aug. 1867 at Salem, Mass. Living 1938 at Gambier, 0. m. 30 July 1912 Gertrude Devol b. 5 Sept. 1874 at Athens, 0. No issue.

Helen Maria Yeaton (7) dau. of Eliz. (Leavitt 6), same as above: b. 6 July 1847 at Chicopee Falls, Mass. d. Oct. 1907 at Salem, Mass. m. 21 Mar. 1891 at Colorado Springs, Colo. Frederick William Hartley who d. Aug. 1896. b. at Ivybridge, Eng. 1852. He also d. in Eng.

CHILDREN OF HELEN M. (YEATON) AND FREDERICK W. HARTLEY

Cyril b. 2 F'eb. 1892 at Col. Sp., Col. m. 26 Dec. 1917 at Salem, Mass. Gertrude Miriam Long b. 6 Oct. 1893. ch: Baron Manning b. 4 Aug. 1924 at Salem.

Sarah Glines Robinson (7) dau. of Benjamin (6), Mary (Leavitt 5), Jere. (4), J. Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 9

Sept. 1816 at New Hampton, N. H. d. 9 May 1891. m. Augustus Burpee and lived at N. Hamp.

CHILDREN OF SARAH (ROBINSON) AND AUGUSTUS BURPEE Ellen F. b. 14 Nov. 1840. m. Evarts W. Farr, 1861. b. IO Oct. 1840. ch:

Ida Louise b. 1863. m. 1884 Edwin C. Miller. Live 1936 at Malden, Mass.

Rose. Manley.

Sally Robinson (7) dau. of Josiah (6) same as above: b. 24 July 1810 at Sanbornton, N. H. m. John Calvin Gordon and had nine ch. to grow up. One son, Rev. Adoniram J.

DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL LEA VITT

was pastor of the Clarendon St. Baptist church of Boston, Mass. Susannah (sister to Sally) and Martin L. Palmer had three ch. one now living 1938. Frank F. lives at Stoneham, Mass.

Civil War

Samuel E. Leavitt (7) son of Edward (6), Joseph (5), Jon. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 3 Dec. 1821 probably at

Harmony, Maine. m. Lavina Kimball, b. 1830. He served in the Civil War, enlisting as a substitute for another man of Harmony, Me. 1870 census lived at Glenburn, Me. 1850 lived at Harmony.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND LOVINA (KIMBALL) LEAVITT *Chase E. b. Sept. 1851 at Harmony, Maine. d. 24 Nov. 1901. m. Ada

F. Farrar. Laura b. 22 Mar. 1859 at Glenburn, Maine. m. 18 Sept. 1882 Arthur

Thos. Cummings. Lived at Somerville, Mass. (Cummings). Ada b. 1860. Ruemer b. 1848. (girl) Clara b. 1849. Mary J. b. 1850.

Samuel W. Leavitt (7) son of Samuel (6), Jeremiah (5-4), Benj. (3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. 2 Jan. 1807 at Exeter, N. H. d. 10 Jan. 1896 at Exeter, N. H. m. Margaret Sargent, dau. of Moses and Betsy (Morrow) b. 18 Dec. 1812. He owned the house on corner of Front and Winter Sts. in Exeter. Record says: "Lived in home of our forefathers in N. H." He was an old time potter and hatter and for many years a deputy sheriff, jailor, and Justice of the Peace. Trustee of Robinson Female Seminary. Survived by a son and four daughters. (Granite State Monthly Feb. 1896). Up within a few weeks of his death he had never seen a sick day in his life. He was a life long Democrat. (N. H. V. R. says m. Margaret S. Plummer).

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL W. AND MARGARET (SARGENT) LEAVITT

Hannah K. b. 23 Mar 1834. m. Andrew J. Hoitt. John H. d. young. b. 29 Mar. 1835.

*Margaret Ann b. 19 Mar. 1837. m. Geo. F. Milliken. Susan B. b. 6 Sept. 1839. m. 19 Feb. 1868 Wm. Hill and lived at

Nottingham, N. H.


Anna M. b. 21 Nov. 1840. m. Chas. Marseilles. Lived Exeter. I ch. b. Jan. 1842. d. young.

Charles H. b. 22 Nov. 1846. d. 14 May 1916. Living 1934 aged 91. No ch. He was station agent at Rockingham Jct., N. H.

NoTE: N. H. V. R. Charles H. m. Mary Augusta Watson b. at Nottingham, N. H. He was a soldier in Civil War, 29th Mass. Co. K infantry. A private. Enlisted 18 May 1861 for 3 yrs. Wounded but returned to duty 21 May 1864 from Campbell General Hospital in Mass.

Taylor Leavitt (7) son of Sam. (6), Stephen (5), Miles (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1806 at Gilmanton, N. H. d. Apr. 1870 aged 64. He removed to Gilford with parents when a small boy. He worked in sawmill with his father, and on the farm. Later owned 140 acres of his father's land. He m. 1st 27 Mar. 1836 Maria Roberts. dau. of John of New Durham, N. H. She removed to Gilford, N. H. with parents at eight years of age. b. 1813. d. 19 Aug. 1864. He m. 2nd 9 Apr. 1865 Lydia Lamprey, dau. of John and Catherine (Roberts) Mooney b. Salem, Mass. 1815. Her 2ndm.

CHILDREN OF TAYLOR AND MARIA (ROBERTS) LEAVITT John Roberts b. 23 July 1836. d. 18 Oct. 1901. m. 1st 23 Sept. 1861

Emeline M. Carr. m. 2nd 15 Sept. 1872 Nancy J. Bunker, b. 1851, dau. of Nathaniel of Meredith, N. H. She living 1914 under name of Jennie N. Emeline d. 15 Sept. 1875. Had one dau. Annie M. d. 1877 aged 14. Nancy was of Tamworth, N. H. b. 1852. d. 1938. Adopted two girls, Blanche Ellen b. 22 Nov. 1891, and Flossie E. He was overseer of poor at Laconia, N. H. He served in all chairs of Chocorua Lodge No. 51, I.0.0.F. and as a member of the Grand Lodge, also a member of Endicott Rock Lodge, No. 23 K. P. Member of Free Baptist Church of Lakeport. He was a grocer under name of Leavitt & Plummer. Later a partner of E. P. Osgood.

Samuel Leavitt (7) son of Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 22 July 1787 at Allenstown, N. H. d. 28 F.eb. 1848. m. Betsy Burley of Candia, N. H. Children born at Allenstown. m. 17 Oct. 1811 at Candia, N. H. b. 1794. d. 28 Aug. 1825. He is buried in the North Road Cemetery at Sandown, N. H.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND BETSY (BURLEY) LEAVITT Polly m. 1880 Joshua Hall. 4 ch. Moses b. 1814. d. 5 Sept. 1862. m. Mary J. Hall. (N.H.V.R. reads: b.

May 1816. d. 14 Sept. 1864) William B. b. 31 July 1818. d. 27 Apr. 1876. m. Mahala B. Barrett.


Samuel d. aged 4 yrs. 23 Aug. 1825. Hannah m. 16 Nov. 1848 Daniel Holt. 1 ch.

*Charles Warren b. 3 Feb. 1840. d. 25 Jan. 1917. m. 1st Sophia R. Lamphrey. m. 2nd Martha A. Thompson. m. 3rd, 23 June 1894 Mary E. Lamprey. m. 4th Eliza Spencer Lilley.

Mary R. b. 1845. (not in 1850 cen.) Joanna M. b. 1844. d. 4 May 1849. Joanna M. b. 1851. d. 9 Jan. 1856. Julia M. b. 9 June 1850. m. 12 Oct. 1873 Albert E. Cook. Had one

dau.

Thomas Leavitt (7) son of James (6-5-4-3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. I 7 Apr. 1811, at Effingham, N. H. d. 18 July 1896. m. Elizabeth Haskell b. 1817. d. 9 Jan. 1879. She was of Amesbury, Mass. Thomas moved to Boston where he built the Avenue Hotel on Dorchester Ave., of which he was proprietor until 1880. He was a member of the Mass. Legislature 1860 and '63. Was a Trustee of So. Boston Savings Bank and was a member of its board of investment from time of its charter in 1863. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of St. Paul's Lodge A. F. and A. M., St. Mathew's Royal Arch Chapter, and St. Omer's Commandery. Ch. born at So. Boston.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND ELIZABETH (HASKELL) LEAVITT

*Thomas F. b. 8 Mar. 1843. d. 17 Sept. 1911. m. Mary A. Treanor. James b. 24 June 1845. d. 1885. m. Mary Maddern. Charles H1 b. 19 July 1847. d. 30 July 1848. Elizabeth A. b. Jan. 1850. d. 10 Sept. 1850. Estelle E. b. IO Oct. 1855. d. 23 Feb. 1942. m. James Mellen Leavitt.

William Courtney Leavitt (7) son of Wm. K. (6), Benj. (5), Reuben (4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 13 April 1854 at Martinez, Calif. d. 24 Nov. 1932 at Norway, Maine, on Thanksgiving night after a sudden shock. m. 1st 24 Nov. 1880 Fannie E. Clark of Norway, Me. m. 2nd 25 Dec. 1912 Mabel Kezar of Colebrook, N. H. She is living 1934 at Norway, Me. d. 13 Apr. 1944. Wm. was a member of the Odd Fellows and Secretary of same. He manufactured tinware and was in hardware and stove business. He was a Commandery or Knight Templar.


CHILDREN OF WILLIAM C. AND FANNIE E. (CLARK) LEAVITT

Elizabeth June b. 20 June 1883. Living 1934. m. E. W. Hutchins of Cedar Brook Farm, Norway, Me. Issue 3 ch.

*George Clark b. 2 Nov. 1888. m. Blanche Rhodes. William Holden b. 27 Dec. 1893. Living 1934. m. Lettie Sinclair and

lives at Norway, Me. No issue. Christine b. 25 Dec. 1896. Living 1934 at Oxford, Me. m. Harry

Crockett. No issue.

EIGHTH GENERATION

Abraham Leavitt (8) son of Jon. (7), Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Dan (3), Sam (2), John (1) b. 11 Jan. 1812. d. 16 Sept. 1896. m. 1st 3 Nov. 1840 Catherine Blaisdell at Palmyra, Me. b. 14 Jan. 1818. d. 12 Dec. 1871. m. 2nd 29 Apr. 1876 Cynthia Shaw b. 17 Feb: 1846. d. 15 Aug; 1900. Dau. of Jeremiah Shaw. He moved to Palmyra, Me. in 1835. A shoemaker and farmer.

CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM AND CATHERINE (BLAISDELL) LEAVITT

Hosea b. 23 Sept. 1846. d. 19 Nov. 1864. Charles A. b. 10 Nov. 1848. d. 22 Dec. 1931. m. 21 June 1874 widow

Octavia Jordon. d. 20 July 1921. m. 2nd 27 Nov. 1922 Sarah E. Rogers. ch: Charles S. b. 24 May 1875. Living 1934 at Palmyra, Me. m. 15 Mar. 1904 Nellie J. Hanson b. 1879. Walter E. b. 19 Feb. 1881. m. 7 Apr. 1904 Catherine Jones.

Annie F. b. 4 Oct. 1851. d. 16 Oct. 1866. Josiah H. b. 21 Jan. 1857. d. 25 June 1864.

CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM AND CYNTHIA (SHAW) LEAVITT Perley R. b. 23 Apr. 1877. d. I Nov. 1909. m. Bessie Johnson. ch:

Annie Eston b. 13 Oct. 1904. Arthur J. b. 9 Nov. 1884. Living at the old homestead in Palmyra. m.

14 June 1905 Florence M. Parkman, b. 5 Nov. 1884. d. 3 June 1929, dau. of Romanzo. 3rd ch. b. 20 June 1909; Doris Madeline b. 7 Aug. 1920; Lloyd Elton b. 4 Jan. 1925. (v. r. calls Roy 2nd ch.). He m. 2nd 5 May 1934 Gertrude Ethel McLeod, b. 1901. ch: by Florence: Roy Bertram b. 21 Feb. 1908. m. Jennie M. Maguire 21 Feb. 1931. ch: Robert Arthur b. 30 July 1931.

Alphonso C. Leavitt (8) son of John C. (7), James (6-5-4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 25 Nov. 1838 at Effingham, N. H. d. 11 Oct. 1886. m. 20 Feb. 1862 at Eff. Mary Furbush dau. of George E. of Freedom, N. H. b. 31 Mar. 1839. d. 8 Dec. 1903 of T. B. He d. of Bright's Disease. Both buried in Lords Cem. at Freedom, in a field. He was a merchant.

CHILDREN OF ALPHONSO C. AND MARY (FURBUSH) LEAVITT

*William A. b. 18 Dec. 1862. d. I Oct. 1927. m. Ada Pease. Herbert E. b. 15 Sept. 1868. Grace A. b. 1873 lived with her father 1880 cen. but no proof she

is dau. of above.

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Andrew Leavitt (8) son of Andrew (7-6-5) John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1838. m. Sarah E. Shepherd. He was a shoemaker and lived at Marblehead, Mass. 1860. (re. of Marblehead, Ms. town clerk) (1860 cen. his mother and sister, Harriet lived with him.)

CHILDREN OF ANDREW AND SARAH (SHEPHERD) LEA VITT Samuel H. b. 18 Mar. 1851. d. inf. Clarence Andrew b. 19 Nov. 1859. Eben b. 17 Apr. 1863. Charles H. b. 12 Aug. 1867. Carrie Gilbert b. 9 May 1870.

Arcanna Isadore Leavitt (8) dau. of George W. (7), Benj. (6), Stephen (5), Miles (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. Oct. 1844 at Gilford, N. H. d. 19 July 1941. m. 2 Feb. 1868 Thomas F. Canney b. 20 Apr. 1841. d. I July 1911. They lived at Wolfeboro Falls since August 1868 and she was the town's eldest resident for sometime. Has lived in the same house continuously. 1940 she is thought to be the oldest former student of New Hampton Academy. At the advanced age of 95 years she was very active making rugs and helping with the housework. She has witnessed the modes of travel from stage coach to railroad and now to automobile, and enjoys motoring.

CHILDREN OF ARCANNA I. (LEAVITT) AND THOMAS E. CANNEY

Bertie Leavitt b. l Jan. 1870. d. 28 Aug. 1876. Blanche Isadore b. 25 Mar. 1873. m. Dr. Curtis B. Cotton. No issue. Girl b. 20 May 1884. d. inf. Lena Marie b. 16 July 1887. d. 24 Nov. 1924. m. Osborne H. Abbott.

No issue.

Benjamin Hanson Leavitt (8) son of Nathan (7), Jothan (6), Nathan (5), Nath. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 14 Nov. 1835 at Clinton, Me. m. Celera Edwards of Vt.

When he was 13 yrs. old he ran away to become a sailor. When 16 he could shoulder an anchor weighing 525 lbs. He moved to California and became a pioneer lumber manufacturer. He made $20,000 in three years but lost it all by selling to a company that never paid him. He owned 1400 acres of farm land and raised cattle his brand being


BL on right hip. Probably no one in northern California is more deserving of credit for what has been accomplished in the line of irrigation than Benjamin Leavitt. Soon after settling on his ranch in Lassen Co. he dug ditches and canals to bring water to his property. In so doing he was the first to resort to irrigation, in order to raise better and larger crops. Later he dug the canal of the Susan River canal system and in 1889 constructed the reservoir using Alkali Lake, which he enlarged. The reservoir when finished covered over 2000 acres of land. Above Susanville he constructed two other reservoirs covering 36,000 acres. He personally superintended building of the dam and gained a prior and preferred right on this. (See Hist. of Calif. by J. M. Guinn. p. 465) for further re-s of Benj.) He was a member of Lassen Lodge No. 149 F. & A. M. Lassen Chap. No. 47 R.A.M.

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN H. AND CELERA (EDWARDS) LEAVITT

Lola May m. Charles Brophy. 4 ch. Emma m. Frank Johnston. Lived at Standish, Cal. Lizzie m. Victor Perry. Grace m. James Elledge. Fanny m. Vinton Gunter. James; George; Benjamin d. aged 4.

Carrie Evelyn Nay (8) dau. of Anthony (7), Anna (Leavitt 6), W. (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1)

b. 3 July 1861. Living 1938 at Portsmouth, N. H. m. 22 Mar. 1887 Flagg Forest Grant. who d. 20 Jan. 1894. son of Stephen and Mary (Jellison) Grant. He was a r. r. station agent.

CHILDREN OF CARRIE E. (NAY) AND FLAGG F. GRANT Editha b. 31 Aug. 1888. m. Fred Proctor. Live at Portsmouth, N. H.

No issue. Marjorie Bethia b. 25 Sept. 1895. m. Eldon Martin a Methodist min

ister, b. 21 Jan. 1894 at Williamstown, Vt. son of Irvin and Elizabeth (Briggs). ch: Eric b. 29 Mar. 1922; Julian b. 25 June 1929; Stephen b. II Nov. 1932.

Chase E. Leavitt (8) son of Samuel E. (7), Edward (6), Joe. (5), Jon. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. Sept. 1851 at Harmony, Me. d. 24 Nov. 1901 at Bangor, Me.


m. Ada F. Farrar (v. r. of Me. calls her Farrell. Dau. of Ezekiel and Lucy (Gray) Farrell) b. 1854. d. 4 Mar. 1918.

CHILDREN OF CHASE E. AND ADA F. (FARRAR) LEAVITT Edwin Emery b. 19 Sept. 1872 at Dudson or Glenburn, Me. He was

a stevedore. d. 26 May 1905. m. Delia A. Flynn 31 Oct. 1900. ch: Edwin C. b. 20 Oct. 1901. d. 21 Mar. 1907.

Nettella b. June 1875 at Bangor, Me. Howard M. b. 4 Sept. 1879 at Bangor, Me. d. 19 Dec. 1935. (Divorced) Arthur C. b. 2 Jan. 1891. d. 22 May 1916 unm. Found dead at the

harbor.

Civil War

Charles Warren Leavitt (8) son of Taylor (7), Sam. (6), Stephen (5), Miles (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 3 Feb. 1840 at Gilford, N. H. d. 25 Jan. 1917. m. 1st Sophia R. Lamphrey, 2 Nov. 1867, b. 1849 at Gilmanton, N. H. She d. and he m. 16 Oct. 1880, Martha A. (Thompson) Dolloff, dau. of Moses and E. J. Thompson. She m. 1st Charles W. Dolloff. She b. 1847. d. abt. 2 Sept. 1891, buried at Pine Grove Cem. at Gilford, N. H. m. 3rd Mary E. Lamphrey, 23 June 1894. m. 4th 21 Jan. 1897 Eliza (Spencer) Lilley, widow of Joseph, b. 22 July 1849, in Leicester, Eng. dau. of George H. and Elizabeth (Cliffe) Spencer. He sells land to John R. Leavitt of Gilford, N. H. bounded by land of John R. and Taylor Leavitt, near Alton Bay, N. H. 1866. Charles served in the Civil War. Enlisted in Co. G. 12th N. H. Reg't 9 Aug. 1862 as a Private. Severely wounded 3 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, Va. Mustered out 21 June 1865. Discharged July 1865.

CHILDREN OF CHARLES W. AND MARTHA (THOMPSON) LEAVITT

Myrtle E. b. 7 Jan. 1882. m. Levi Wright. (N. H. v. rs) Florence Arlene b. 22 May 1886. d. 15 July 1917, at Boston, Mass.

Buried at Gilford, N. H. m. 25 May 1907 Frank R. Cheney b. 22 Feb. 1870, at Warner, N. H. d. 6 Feb. 1912 at Concord, N. H., buried at Bennington, N. H. ch: Haven Leavitt b. 27 Aug. 1911 at Dover, N. H. m. 21 Jan. 1933 Marian Knight Armitage at Trenton, N. J. b. 5 Jan. 1914 at Worcester, Mass. ch: 1 - Beverly Armitage Cheney, b. 1 Feb. 1935 at Rochester, N. Y. They lived 1937 at Newark, N. J. 2 - Leavitt Knight b. 19 Feb. 1940.

World War

Charles Edward Leavitt (8) son of Albert D. (7), Miles


(6), Stephen (5), Miles (4), Ephriam (3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. 11 Sept. 1855 at Lowell, Mass. Living 1935 at Cloverdale, Calif. m. Elizabeth Walker Ferguson b. 29 May 1867 at Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co. Calif. Children born at Mendocino Co., Calif.

CHILDREN OF CHARLES E. AND ELIZABETH W. (FERGUSON) LEAVITT

* Albert Henry b. 31 July 1889. m. Leona I. Gottenba. Cecilia Wilhelmina b. 5 July 1892. Living 1935. m. Charles Herman

Hixon. ch: Mary Elizabeth b. 13 Aug. 1915; Janet Irene b. 21 May 1920 in Somona Co., Calif.

Charles Edward b. 21 Oct. 1894. m. Irene Fear, adopted daughter of Samuel Fear. He served in the World War enlisting IO May 1917 and serving until Oct. 1919, 72 Company, 7th Regiment, U. S. Marines at Cuba. ch: Charlotte Roberta b. 15 Apr. 1927. Cecelia Marion b. 25 Mar. 1930.

Martha Janet b. 19 Nov. 1896. Living 1935. m. Frederick Moffma. No issue.

George Ezra b. 20 Apr. 1899. Living 1935. m. Mary Alice McHugh. No issue. Served in the World War. Enlisted 20 Apr. 1917 anp. was

. in the 20th Company, 5th Regiment U. S. Marines serving as shock troops in France. He went through all the heavy fighting with the 2nd Div. under General Lejeune (?)

Cyrus Bryant Leavitt (8) son of Bryant (7), Jothan (6), Nathan (5), Nath. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1 Jan. 1846 at Fairfield Me. d. 3 June 1916 of Apoplexy. b. on Leavitt Hill. m. 1st Mary. 2nd Ida Goodrich Colby Manson. (N. H. r. s. say Ida H. Pollard). He d. at Plaistow, N. H. Lived a while at Clinton, Me. His sons, Forrest, and George, were in shoe business for years at Haverhill, Mass.

CHILDREN OF CYRUS AND MARY LEAVITT

George Bryant b. 1869. d. 1925. m. Catherine J. No ch. Forrest Elmer b. 7 Sept. 1873. m. 1st Grace Darling Brown. m. 2nd

Mary L. Dunn. ch: Donald B.; Helen E.

CHILDREN OF CYRUS B. AND IDA G. C. (MANSON) LEAVITT

Orville. Colby M. b. 1882. m. 1st 31 July 1909 Florence G. Griffin. m. 2nd

6 Jan. 1934 Emily E. Johnson. Clifton Frank b. 1885. m. Edith A. Houston, b. 1886. ch: Vaughn E.

b. 15 June 1910 at E. Derry, N. H. m. Christie E. Ellis; Erma Mae b. 11 Aug. 1913.

Ralph Lynwood.


Mark m. Lottie P. Decker, b. 1894 at Clinton, Me. Lived at Haverhill and Plaistow. ch: Dorothy Evelyn b. 13 Feb. 1919 at Plaistow, N. H.

Lottie Bell. Leana Verne. Clyde b. 15 June 1900. d. 24 Apr. 1917 unm.

Elmer H. Cram (8) son of Mary W. (Jones 7), Dolly (Thurston 6), Elsie (Leavitt 5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 25 Sept. 1865. d. 1947. Living 1939 at Newmarket, N. H. in summer and at Wakefield, Mass. in winter. m. 11 Nov. 1891 Abbie Louise Kelley.

CHILDREN OF ELMER H. AND ABBIE L. (KELLEY) CRAM

Theodore Francis b. 29 Sept. 1892. d. 8 Jan. 1918. m. Marion Dudley. ch: Barbara Louise b. 17 Nov. 1917. Theodore and wife both graduated from N. H. State College and their daughter also graduated , from same school. Marion was dau. of George and Grace (Bartlett) Dudley of Lee, N. H.

Fred Leeland Leavitt (8) son of Nathan (7), Geo. (6), Joe. (5), Sam. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 12 Sept. 1878 at Bowdoinham, Me. d. at Wolfeboro, N. H. Viola Hamilton who was b. Adams but adopted by Silas Hamilton. b. 17 Nov. 1880 at Bowdoinham, Me. d. 27 May 1926 at Gardiner Me. Lived at Bowdoinham.

CHILDREN OF FRED L. AND VIOLA (HAMIL TON) LEAVITT

* Arthur Ellsworth b. 15 Dec. 1896. m. Sarah M. Townes. William H. M. b. 5 Jan. 1905. Living. m. Henrietta E. Stearns, 14

June 1929. Irene Beatrice b. 20 Apr. 1907 at Gardiner, Me.

George Russell Leavitt (8) son of Almon C. (7), Andrew (6), Leavi (5), Benj. (4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 30 Nov. 1857 at Laconia, N. H. d. 14 Jan. 1935. m. 1st 23 Jan. 1879 Lucy Annie Busie!, dau. of Lewis F. of Laconia. b. 30 July 1859 at Boston. d. 16 July 1892. m. 2nd 30 May 1895 Jessie Lyon Phelps b. 9 Aug. 1859. d. Aug. 1935. dau. of Elisha and Lucretia (Baker) Phelps. Elisha was a professor of Dartmouth College. Jessie was a member of the Samuel Adams Chapter D. A. R., at Methuen, Mass. and also a member of the Mayflower Society of Plymouth, being a direct descendant of Elder Brewster.


CHILDREN OF GEORGE R. AND LUCY A. (BUSIEL) LEAVITT Harry Curtis b. 23 Oct. 1879. m. Magdalene T. Ralbett 6 Jan. 1900.

b. 23 Mar. 1880. d. 16 Apr. 1937. Of England. ch: Virginia Busiel b. 23 Nov. 1903 at Dorchester, Mass. 1935 is employed at Shawmut Bank, Boston.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE R. AND JESSIE L. (PHELPS) LEAVITT *Roger Phelps b. 30 Dec. 1897 at Boston. Living 1939 at Rochester,

N. Y. m. Helen Howe. *Dr. Jerome Rollins b. 9 June 1904 at Lexington, Mass. m. Veronica

Mercier. (Stimpson Ge. and £am. Bbl.)

George Sibley Leavitt (8) son of Nathaniel K. (7), Sam. (6), Jeremiah (5-4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 11 Feb. 1852 at Exeter, N. H. d. 18 Nov. 1921. m. 23 Mar. 1876 Clara Sophia Churchill dau. of Alamander and Clara (Taylor) Churchill of Lowell, Mass. b. 23 Mar. 1856. He was a postoffice clerk in 1872 and a reporter. Shed. 14 Sept. 1908. He was a wood dealer at Exeter.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE S. AND CLARA (CHURCHILL) LEAVITT

Deborah Prescott b. 19 Nov. 1883. d. 5 Dec. 1918. m. Harry-Milford Hope of Boston 14 July 1908.

Elizabeth Alice b. 6 Aug. 1891. d. 7 Dec. 1918 unm. at Newton, Mass. Blanche Churchill b. 16 Nov. 1876. Living unm.

NoTE: Blanche lives 1938 in the same house where her great- grandfather, John Taylor lived.

(N. H. V. R.) (Fam. Bible)

George Clark Leavitt (8) son of Wm. C. (7), Wm. K. (6), Benj. (5), Reuben (4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 2 Nov. 1888 at Norway, Maine. Living 1934 at Olney, Philadelphia, Pa. m. 13 Dec. 1913 Blanche Rhodes of Berwick, Pa. George is a news editor on the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. He graduated at University of Maine in 1911. She b. 1888.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE C. AND BLANCHE (RHODES) LEAVITT

William Lloyd b. 28 Sept. 1914 at Nashua, N. H. George C. b. 2 Mar. 1919 at Germantown, Pa. Fanny E. b. 31 Mar. 1922 at Philadelphia, Pa. Blanche Marie b. 7 Mar. 1930 at Philadelphia.


Civil War

Gilman Quincy Leavitt (8) son of Jonathan (7), Jon. (6-5), Miles (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) (See Jonathan

5). b. 9 Dec. 1847. d. 1913. m. 2nd Sarah Lee, of Attleboro, Mass. b. 8 Mar. 1848. d. 1925. He enlisted at age of 18 in the 42nd regiment Mass. Volunteers Militia. After the Civil War he settled in Taunton, Mass. Mustered in 14 July 1864. Discharged 11 Nov. 1864.

CHILDREN OF GILMAN Q. AND SARAH (LEE) LEAVITT Edgar Curtis b. 18 Aug. 1874. d. 23 May 1930. m. Susan Daniels 26

Jan. 1898. b. I July 1876. ch: Raymond Boomer b. 22 Oct. 1899. m. Catherine Galloway 7 June 1923. They lived 1939 at Westmoreland Hills, Md. ch: Raymond Boomer b. 23 Apr. 1925 at Richmond, Va.; Donald Lee b. 2 Sept. 1929 at Annapolis, Md. Curtis Gilman b. 12 Sept. 1902. Unm.

Harry W. b. 5 Oct. 1878. Living. m. 1902 Mabel Costello. Live Taunton. No issue.

Olive Elizabeth b. 10 Feb. 1884. m. 2 Oct. 1907 Fremont W. Leonard. Issue: Merrill F. b. 20 Aug. 1909. m. Alice McAndrews of Taunton, Mass. Gilman W. b. 22 Mar. 1912; Gladys b. 31 Aug. 1914.

Henry Hovey Leavitt (8) son of Caleb (7), Jonathan (6), William (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 30 June 1853 at Woburn, Mass. d. 9 Mar. 1930 at Ashland, Ore. m. 1st Emma J. Powell, b. 27 Dec. 1858. dau. of Rev. and Mrs. John Walker Powell. She d. 3 July 1886 and is buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Minn. He m. 2nd Feb. 1892 Bertha Alward dau. of N. P. Alward of Vernon Center, Minn. She d. 1912. He. m. 3rd Stella Joyce of Colorado Springs, Colo. 1914. She survived her husband and lives 1935 at Ashland Ore. No issue. 1899 Henry moved to Lake Crystal, Blue Earth Co., Minn. 1909 they moved to Ashland Ore.

CHILDREN OF HENRY H. AND EMMA J. (POWELL) LEAVITT *Vera Lucy b. 29 Apr. 1881. Living 1935 at Tracy, Minn. m. D'Alton

Prouty. Fayette Fred b. 22 Nov. 1882. d. 9 Mar. 1920. m. Emma B. Williams.

He a Methodist minister. Lived Rochester, N. Y. b. 15 Apr. 1897. Emma m. 2nd A. Carlyle Smith. b. 12 May 1902. Both living 1934 at Baker, N. Y. ch: Earl Fayette b. 2 July 1919. Living 1934 at home unm. He is the only male to carry on the Leavitt name from the branch of Caleb (7).


Harvey Powell b. 24 Jan. 1885. Living 1935. m. Irene Hazelton, b. 26 Apr. 1886 at Lake Crystal, Minn. dau. of Chas. J. and Clara (Taylor). ch: Lois b. 3 Sept. 1917, at Tulsa, Okla.; Lorraine b. 6 Oct. 1919 at Oklahoma City, Okla.

CHILDREN OF HENRY H. AND BERTHA (ALWARD) LEAVITT Grace b. 28 Jan. 1893. Living 1935 unm. at Salem, Ore. Alice b. 6 May 1895. Living 1935 at Pasadena, Cal. m. A. G. Lathrus. Amy b. 30 Apr. 1897. Living unm. 1935 at Lo& Angeles, Cal. Alward W. b. 5 Sept. 1899. Lives 1935 in Nampa, Idaho, unm. Rosa b. I May 1903. Living 1935 in Seattle, Wash. m. Mr. Rasmussen.

Has one ch. Amy b. 16 June 1924.

Herbert Leslie Leavitt (8) son of John B. (7), Charles B. (6), John (5-4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 3 Aug. 1872 at Lynn Mass. m. 28 Sept. 1892 Abbie J. Littlefield dau. of Leonard and Mary Littlefield of Dedham, Mass. b. 22 Aug. 1869. Live at Swampscott, Mass. but Herbert has his office at Lynn.

CHILDREN OF HERBERT L. AND ABBIE J. (LITTLEFIELD) LEAVITT

Eliza May b. 16 Mar. 1895. d. 1895. *Leslie Nelson b. 8 Feb. 1898. Living 1935. m. Helen L. Devitt, 12 May

1923. b. 12 Oct. 1897, dau. of Edward and Lena Devitt. ch: Neda Helene b. 15 Jan. 1926.

*Hazel May b. 16 July 1899. Living 1935. m. 2 July 1924 Norman H. Shields. ch: Robert Leslie b. 12 July 1925; Norma Hazel b. 5 Oct. 1927. d. 8 Oct. 1927; Natalie Irene b. 24 Jan. 1934.

Edith Irene b. 30 Apr. 1902. Living 1935. m. 2 Sept. 1933 Sigfred Frederickson. No issue.

Rolland Leonard b. 5 Jan. 1904. d. 14 Dec. 1904.

Ida May Leavitt (8) dau. of Chase P. (7), Edward (6), Joe. (5), Jon. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 16 Aug. 1859 at Campton, N. H. d. 11 Apr. 1923. m. 23 May 1885 Fred M. Sawyer son of Walter H. and Sarah (Fifield) Sawyer. Lived at Plymouth, N. H.

CHILDREN OF IDA M. (LEAVITT) AND FRED M. SA WYER Lela Atwood b. 3 Apr. 1880. Living 1939. m. Edward Tuck. ch: Doro

thy Ida b. 26 Mar. 1916; Barbara Louise b. 5 Jan. 1920.

Civil War

James Leavitt (8) son of Thomas (7), James (6-5-4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 24 June 1845. d. 1885. m. Mary Maddern 11 Mar. 1869. b. Mar. 1849 at Boston, Mass. They


lived at S. Boston. He served in the Civil War in 6th Reg't. Mass. Inf. Vols. 100 days, mustered in 16th of July 1864. Discharged 27 Oct. 1864.

CHILDREN OF JAMES AND MARY (MADDERN) LEAVITT James b. 16 Aug. I 87 I. d. 19 I I. m. late in life. No issue. Edwin Forrest b. 15 Jan. 1876. m. Florence Louise Gerrish 3 May

1904, b. 1876. Lived at Ossipee, N. H. He served in State Legislature in 1917, and as Sheriff of Carroll Co. from 1919 to 1926, and three terms as county commissioner. ch: Mary Lida b. 2 Mar. 1906. m. John Murphey. ch: Helen Louise b. 16 Oct. 1936. Harry Morton b. July 1911. A deputy sheriff, killed in an auto

accident 27 Dec. 1946. m. Marguerite Huckins. ch: Ernest Morton b. 11 Mar. 1938.

Louise b. 8 Apr. 1912. d. 24 Apr. 1944 unm. (Me. v. r.) (Fam. Bbl.)

James S. Leavitt (8) son of Jonathan (7), Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 23 Nov. 1819. d. 30 Aug. 1871 m. Annie M. Kelly b. 12 Sept. 1826 d. 28 Mar. 1894 of heart disease. (He d. of T. B.) dau. of Charles and Olive (Keniston). (N. H. v. r. states he m. 14 Jan. 1942 Ann M. Pinkham. Fam. bbl. says Kelly) He was a carpenter. I think lived at Stratham, N. H. None of his sons in civil War.

CHILDREN OF JAMES S. AND ANNIE (KELLY) LEAVITT John J. b. 26 Feb. 1843. d. 4 Apr. 1892. m. Mary F. Winn. No ch.

lived. *Hezekiah H. b. 4 Oct. 1844. d. 23 Mar. 1918. m. Annie M. Ayers. *Charles R. b. 24 Oct. 1847. d. 18 June 1907. m. Mattie C. Hammond. *George E. b. 24 July 1849. d. 28 Sept. 1893. m. Laura A. Whitaker. Franklin P. b. 12 Sept. 1854. d. 19 Dec. 1922. m. 1896 Myra A. Moss.

No issue. Annie M. b. 8 Oct. 1861. Living at Rye, N. H. m. 30 Oct. 1889 Daniel

Jenness Parsons. Issue: Norman Leavitt b. 19 July 1892. d. 21 May 1915.

*William Henry b. II Oct. 1863. m. Lydia Richardson.

John Howard Robinson (8) son of John K. (7), Nath. (6), Mary (Leavitt 5), Jere. (4), Jeremy B. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 15 May 1859 at Pembroke, N. H. Living same 1937. m. 12 Nov. 1889 Lura Belle Byron of Pembroke, N. H.

CHILDREN OF J. HOWARD AND LURA B. (BYRON) ROBINSON

John Everett b. 29 Mar. 1891. m. Clara Stuart. d. May 1931. m. 2nd Inez Davison. ch: (Clara (Stuart) Robinson): Clara Stuart b. 25


Nov. 1919; Ruth Leslie b. 5 June 1921; John Everett b. 26 Apr. 1929. ch: (Inez (Davison) Robinson): Elizabeth Ann b. 7 Sept. 1933.

Lewis Byron b. 26 Aug. 1893. m. 1st Miriam French. m. 2nd Norine Taylor. ch: Natalie J. b. 31 Mar. 1927.

Nathaniel Edwin b. II June 1895. m. Ethel Mae Jones 14 May 1921. ch: John J. b. I 7 Aug. I 922.

Joseph Howard b. 8 Dec. 1897. m. Flossie M. Lewis. ch: Virginia b. 24 Nov. 1923; Howard L. b. II May 1926; Donald J. b. 27 Aug. 1929; Carl B. b. 18 July 1933; Thomas F. b. I July 1934; Beverley b. 20 Dec. 1936.

Ivan b. 18 Apr. 1899. m. Miriam E. Hadlock. ch: Ivan b. 13 Aug. 1922; Barbara E. b. IO May 1927; Richard A. b. 7 Feb. 1929; Janice E. b. 8 Dec. 1930. ·

Ruth b. 7 May 1903. m. George Stuart of Bristol, R. I. 28 June 1930 No issue. Live at Naugatuck, Ct.

Norman Charles b. 15 Sept. 1905. m. Ruth E. Ford, 6 June 1931. Lived Pembroke, N. H. ch: William C. b. 22 Oct. 1933; Irving S. b. 21 Aug. 1934.

John Edgar Leavitt (8) son of John C. (7), James (6-5-4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 15 Sept. 1856 at Effingham, N. H. d. 18 May 1932. m. 1st 29 Mar. 1880 Flora Hitchcock b. 1857 at So. Boston, Mass. He divorced her and m. 2nd 20 Aug. 1892 Alice E. Young of West Parsonfield, Me. John was town clerk in Effingham, N. H. 1878-9. Moved to Boston and worked for a clothing house, of Macullar, Parker, & Co. He later became a manufacturer. He d. at So. Hanson, Mass. Buried in Pembroke, Mass. Alice b. 14 Apr. 1868 at So. Boston Mass.

CHILDREN OF JOHN E. AND ALICE (YOUNG) LEAVITT Harold Stanley b. 2 Aug. 1893. m. Gladys Nute Deardon of Stough

ton, Mass. ch: Richard A. b. 22 May 1914, at same.

Civil War

John Folsom Leavitt (8) son of John (7), Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 11 May 1838 at Allenstown N. H. d. 31 May 1909 of heart trouble. m. I Mar. 1866 Almira F. Rand b. 27 Aug. 1838. d. 2 Aug. 1902. dau. of Sherburn W. and Laura S. (White) Rand. They lived for a time at Exeter, N. H. He was later employed in the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, N. H. in the general store house. He enlisted in the Civil War in 2nd Co. Heavy Art. which later became Co. B. 1st N. H. Heavy


Art. Mustered in as Corporal; mustered out 11 Sept. 1865. Member of Storer Post 1, G. A. R. Member of the Methodist Church. (J. P. L. mss. Fol. Gen.) (Fam. bble of dau. Laura).

CHILDREN OF JOHN F. AND ALMIRA F. (RAND) LEA VITT Grace F. b. 6 Feb. 1867. d. 27 Apr. 1907. Frank S. b. 1 Apr. 1869. m. Eunice Goodwin, 14 Feb. 1894, dau. of

Joseph L. and Mary (Moore) of Lynn, Mass. b. in Nova Scotia 12 Dec. 1871. He was a fireman. ch: 1 - John Harold b. 5 July 1894, m. 1932 Dorothy Baker, b. 8 Sept. 1901 at Quincy, Mass. ch: John Harold b. 24 July 1923; Dorothy Rolfe b. 8 June 1925; Gloria Sherbourne, b. 28 Mar. 1928. 2 - Ralph Goodwin b. 18 Aug. 1896. m. 1925 Gertrude Tirre. ch: Mahlon Tirre b. 13 June 1927; Donald Goodwin b. 25 Aug. 1933. 3 - Grace Gertrude b. 1900. m. Wesley Hawkes, 1922. ch: Robert Webster b. 1928; Judith b. 1933. 4 - Edith Frances b. 1903. m. 1926 Donald Chisholm. ch: Shirley Anne b. 1927; Pauline b. 1932.

George W. d. aged 2 of T. B. Laura b. 23 Feb. 1877. Living 1935 at Boston, Mass. unm. John d. aged 1 yr. Martha W. b. 1 Aug. 1880. d. 23 Mar. 1932 unm.

John Briggs Nay (8) son of Anthony (7), Anna (Leavitt 6), Wm. (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. Mar. 12, 1869. Living 1938 at West Milan, N. H. m. 1st Elizabeth Mcinnis 16 June 1897. Elizabeth b. 16 June 1875. d. 15 Feb. 1920. m. 2nd 23 Jan. 1924 Harriet E. (Scales) Lang b. 9 Oct. 1887. Widow of Walter H. Lang. No issue.

CHILDREN OF JOHN B. AND ELIZABETH (McINNIS) NAY Harford b. 21 Dec. 1899. m. Roma Davis, 2 Aug. 1925, b. 8 Apr.

1905 at Jefferson, N. H. dau. of Llewellyn A. ch: John Briggs b. 25 July 1930; Nancy Lila b. 3 May 1934.

Olivia b. 11 July 1903. m. Aubrey Bean. No issue 1938. Living 1939 at Island Pond, Vt.

Joseph William Nay (8) son of Anthony (7), same as above: b. 22 July 1873. Living 1938 at Woolford, Alberta, Can. m. Mary Elsie Chamberlain of Needham, Mass. 6 July 1905, b. 12 Aug. 1878 at Dedham Mass. dau. of George and Mary Ann (Lumbert) Chamberlain. Ch. b. at W. Milan, N.H.

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH W. AND ELSIE (CHAMBERLAIN) NAY Lynwood Joseph b. 2 Apr. 1906. m. Anne Frost of Va. ch: Joanne

Olivia.


Elliot Chamberlain b. 13 Sept. 1908. m. Maxine. Living 1940 at Woolford, Alta., Can. ch: George Elliot; Dale; Marlene.

May Elsie b. 2 Jan. 1915.

Joseph H. Leavitt (8) son of Jonathan (7), Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 4 Oct. 1834 at Stratham, N. H. d. 21 Dec. 1902. m. 6 Dec. 1854 Sarah Olevia Moulton b. 23 Dec. 1832. d. 14 Apr. 1917.

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH H. AND SARAH 0. (MOUL TON) LEAVITT

George Henry b. I Feb. 1856. d. 1 Nov. 1912 unm. Charlotte Elizabeth b. 20 Sept. 1858. Living at Belmont, Mass. m ... 24

Apr. 1880 William Edward Clapp b. 16 Sept. 1859. d. 7 Feb. 1924. Charles William b. 29 June 1860. d. 29 Aug. 1909. m. Flora Gillis b.

24 July 1861. d. 7 Feb. 1915. ch: Raymond William b. 20 Feb. 1894. d. 29 June 1921.

* Jonathan Laurence b. 5 Sept. 1864. m. Jennie Plaisted. *Joseph Everett b. 5 Dec. 1868. m. Sarah L. Marston. Emma Sarah b. 31 Oct. 1874. Living at Lynn, Mass. m. 1st 17 May

1893 Salathiel B. Richardson who d. 12 June 1893. m. 2nd 12 Aug. 1914 Cornelius Wm. O'Keefe b. 26 Jan. 1872.

Lillian Rose Nay (8) dau. of Anthony (7), Anna (Leavitt 6), Wm. (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 7 Sept. 1863. Living 1938 at W. Milan, N. H. m. 16 Aug. 1882 Charles Green of Bolster Mills, Me. b. 4 Feb. 1856 at Otisfield, Me. son of Abraham and Harriet (Upton) Green.

CHILDREN OF LILLIAN R. (NAY) AND CHARLES GREEN Carrie b. 19 May 1883. m. Walter Elingwood. Percy b. 1 Oct. 1885. unm. 1925. Merle A. b. and d. 24 May 1896. Daisy Belle b. 13 June 1888. m. 21 June 1916 Leslie Bickford, b.

Nov. 1892 at Lisbon Falls, Me. son of Frank P. and Emily (Buker). ch. b. at Lisbon Falls. Kenneth b. 2 July 1917; Donald b. 30 May 1919; Janice b. 12 Sept. 1923. d. 13 Jan. 1924; Charlene b. 17 Apr. 1927; Norman Leslie b. and d. 12 Apr. 1925.

Malinda Leavitt (8) dau. of Bryant (7), Jothan (6), Nathan (5), Nath. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. abt. 1829. d. 1917. m. 18 Sept. 1843 Isaac Decker. (Saco Val. and BBL. r-s). Lived at Clinton, Me.

CHILDREN OF MALINDA (LEAVITT) AND ISAAC DECKER Frank Lester m. Ida Chase. ch: 1 - Lottie P. m. Mark Leavitt; 2 -

Effie L. m. Llewellyn Decker. ch: Lawrence F.; Norman A. (See


Cyrus B. 8) ch: Dorothy C. Lives Haverhill, Mass. 3 - Eugene E.; 4 - Estella M. d. young.

H. Ellsworth m. Alfreda Wells. 2 ch. Manley m. Pauline Manson. ch: Fred d. aged 19; Ernest m. Helen

Purinton; Minnie m. Arthur Raymond. Fred d. aged 19. Bertha Emma.

Mary Ella Leavitt (8) dau. of John C. (7), James (6-5-4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 30 Nov. 1847 at Effingham, N. H. d. 27 Oct. 1928. m. 11 Sept. 1877 Chase Taylor Jellison b. 8 Oct. 1847 d. 10 May 1932.

CHILDREN OF MARYE. (LEAVITT) AND CHASE T. JELLISON Walter Leavitt b. 5 Jan. 1879. d. 22 July 1928. m. Harriet M. Cruse.

ch: Arlene Cruse b. 29 Apr. 1904, m. Samuel Henry Franks. ch: Natalie E. b. 4 June 1938. Mary Pauline b. 20 July 1907, m. 20 June 1934 Arthur Henry O'Neil. ch: Patricia b. I Apr. 1939.

Charles Howard b. 28 May 1880. m. Marjory Hazelgrove, 25 Dec. 1914. ch: Mary Katherine b. 27 Sept. 1915. m. 27 Dec. 1933 Eben Morrison. No issue 1937. Natalie Belle b. 2 Feb. 1917. m. 10 Oct. 1932 Ansel Carson. ch: Raymond Gerald b. 13 Aug. 1941. Chase Taylor b. 19 Feb. 1919. d. 20 Apr. 1920. Charles. Howard b. 3 Aug. 1921.

Natalie Maud b. 28 Dec. 1882. m. 28 June 1926 Frank W. Smith. No issue 1937.

Flora Belle b. 7 Sept. 1885. Living unm. 1935.

Mary Leavitt Robinson (8) dau. of Benj. (7), Jere. (6), Mary (Leavitt 5), Jere. (4), Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 29 Oct. 1835. m. Abiathar Thompson.

CHILDREN OF MARYL. (ROBINSON) AND ABIATHAR THOMPSON .

John m. Melissa Whiteman. ch: Dora; Ruby; Chub (son). Lyle m. 1st Minerva Snyder. ch: Ollie; Jay. m. 2nd (?). Issue: 5 ch. George m. Bertie. ch: Georgia; Nellie; Gerald; Alfred; one other. James m. Gusta. Had ch. Elizabeth m. John French. ch: Lucille; Warthon; Beatrice; Donald;

Lurene. May m. Orrin Ellithorpe. ch: Myra; Troy; Gertrude; Howard.

Mary S. Blake (8) dau. of Eliza D. (Robinson 7), Josiah (6), Mary (Leavitt 5), Jere. (4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 17 Sept. 1848 at Haverhill, N. H. Living 1937 nearing 90. m. 31 Aug. 1871 Calvin L. Walker of Manchester, N. H. They lived here most of their lives.


CHILDREN OF MARY S. (BLAKE) AND CALVIN L. WALKER

*Lyman W. b. 9 Nov. 1876. m. Nellie E. Reed.

Margaret Ann Leavitt (8) dau. of Samuel W. (7-6), Jere. (5-4,) Benj. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 19 Mar. 1837 at Exeter, N. H. m. 4 Nov. 1856 George F. Milliken, b. 8 Oct. 1834 at Portland, Me. d. 10 Oct. 1921. Lived at Boston, Mass.

CHILDREN OF MARGARET A. (LEAVITT) AND GEORGE F. MILLIKEN

Susan Alice b. 19 Dec. 1857. d. Aug. 1897. m. Dr. Richard Schubreck who played in the first Boston Symph. Orchestra, a trumpeter, 1885 to '87. b. abt. 1855 in Eng. ch: Margaret m. William Asbury Dorey and had ch: Margaret m. Sidney Warren Andrews and had 2 ch: William Dorey Andrews b. 1931; Mary Adelaide Andrews b. 1936.

Moses Leavitt (8) son of Sam. (7), Moses (6), Jon (5), Sam. (4), Dan (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 1814 at Allenstown, N.H. d. 5 Sept. 1862. m. Mary J. Hall. d. 1873. They lived at Allenstown, N. H. (Tombstone insc. reads: Moses d. 15 Sept. 1864. Mary J. d. 26 Aug. 1873 aged 53 yrs. llmos.)

CHILDREN OF MOSES AND MARY J. (HALL) LEAVITT Daniel F. b. 16 Dec. 1856. d. 23 Sept. 1909. Lived Allenstown, N. H.

m. Mary E. Piper, 4 July 1877. b. 28 Apr. 1857 at Epsom, N. H. d. 9 Dec. 1918 at Manchester, N. H. dau. of Gardiner and Maria H. (Dustin) ch: Hattie M. b. 1878.

Nathan S. Leavitt (8) son of Nathan (7), Jothan (6), Nathan (5), Nath. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 6 Oct. 1833 at Clinton, Me. d. 23 Aug. 1920. m. 1st 1855 Mary Ann Jewell of Clinton, Me. She d. spring of 1857. m. 2nd 24 Aug. 1862 Harriet A. Soper b. Vt. 6 Mar. 1836. d. 22 Sept. 1913 at Tahoka, Tex. Nathan bought part of his father's farm in Maine aged 18 and worked it until he moved to Ill. in 1855. He settled first at Fort der Lac, Wis. 15 Aug. 1862 he enlisted in the war of the rebellion in Co. A. 21st regiment of Wis. volunteers, and served eight months. He fought under Gen. Geo. H. Thomas and a very interesting account of his service is given on p. 525 in Hist. & Biog. record of North and West Texas 1906, by B. B. Paddock, vol. 2. After the war he removed to Honey Lake, Calif. but


soon returned to Wis. He built a bridge when the Milwaukee & Northern R. R. was being built. 1877 he moved to Texas with the firm of McLellan Co. but later worked for the Jones Co. He was post master in the town of Stamford. Ten men went bonds for him where but two were required. He lived latter part of his life and died at Tahoka, Lynn Co. Texas.

CHILDREN OF NATHAN AND MARY A. (JEWELL) LEAVITT One d. inf. Edward J. b. 18 Feb. 1857.

CHILDREN OF NATHAN AND HARRIET A. (SOPER) LEAVITT William Henry b. 28 Sept. 1868. Mary Ellen b. 1 Oct. 1872. d. 19 Apr. 1900. m. Mr. Moore. Nathan D. L. b. 18 Jan. 1880. Nancy Eliza b. 31 July 1875. d. 18 Nov. 1918. m. F. P. Thomas.

*Delia Edna b. 4 Mar. 1877. m. Claus Seth.

Nellie Sarah Leavitt (8) dau. of Chase P. (7), Edward (6), Joe. (5), Jon. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 21 Dec. 1855 at Campton, N. H. Living 1939 at Lochmere, N. H. m. 27 Feb. 1877 George W. Plummer son of Thomas J. They owned and operated a farm near Lochmere, N. H. for many years, in township of Belmont. He was born 1 July 1843. d. 9 Apr. 1925.

CHILDREN OF NELLIE S. (LEAVITT) AND GEORGE W. PLUMMER

*Scott Leavitt b. 9 Mar. 1883. Living 1939. m. Gladys M. Eaton.

Sarah Stevens Lyford (8) dau. of Hannah (Leavitt 7), Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 13 Sept. 1830 at Freemont, (then called Poplin) N. H. d. 13 Jan. 1917. m. 10 Oct. 1849 William Perkins and lived at Haverhill, Mass. This family is buried in Linwood Cemetery, at Haverhill.

CHILDREN OF SARAH S. (LYFORD) AND WILLIAM PERKINS Martha Washington b. 1 Oct. 1851. d. 13 Jan. 1854. Flora Eugenia b. 21 Sept. 1856. d. Aug. 1927. m. Harry E. George,

son of Lucien. Lived at Haverhill, Mass. ch: Harold W. b. 6 Nov. 1876. Lived at Methuen, Mass. unm. His reason: "When I was 16 or 17 yrs. old a lot of us young fellows vowed we might marry but if so we would not have children to be imposed upon by Mark


Hanna, (U. S. Senator) and his kind, and nearly all of us have kept the vow. There was considerable said during the war against people who refused to have children and perpetuate their families, but I was thankful I had no sons to go through all the discomforts (that is an easy word for it), of war. I expected to die in France." Harold was very active in town affairs, and was a member of the Mass. legislature. He committed suicide by shooting upon learning he had an incurable malady, 25 Nov. 1937.

Seth B. Leavitt (8) son of Ebenezer (7), Wm. (6-5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 15 July 1829 at Phillips,

Me. d. 18 Apr. 1885. m. 10 Dec. 1852 Martha Walker, dau. of Robert and Rahannah (Cotton) Walker of Madrid, Me. b. 18 May 1834 at Phillips. They lived at Phillips, he a farmer.

CHILDREN OF SETH B. AND MARTHA (WALKER) LEAVITT Cora E. b. 4 Mar. 1857. Louisa M. b. 19 Oct. 1854. d. 17 June 1872. m. 21 Aug. 1869 Frank

B. Page b. 31 Dec. 1845. 2 ch. Arthur and Ervin. Clara A. b. 4 Oct. 1861. m. William Mcfee. Mary A. b. 30 Sept. 1863. m. Augustus H. Roemer. Willie G. b. IO July 1865. m. Mabel Green. No issue. Nettie P. b. 13 May 1869. m. Edwin Gove. Cary E. b. 10 Apr. 1871. m. 1st Ida E. Wilbur. m. 2nd Nina Sawyer.

m. 3rd Nellie Gardner. Lived at Farmington, Me.

Timothy Farnsworth Leavitt (8) son of Caleb (7), Jonathan (6), William (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 17 Aug. 1851 at Woburn, Mass. d. 18 Mar. 1931 at

Plant City, Fla. m. 1st Mary Emma Hynson 8 June 1881, dau. of Mathew and Rebecca (Blossom) b. 1862. d. 25 May 1885 at Walnut Grove, Minn. m. 2nd Rosalthea Burnett 5 June 1893 at Mankato, Minn. b. 30 Nov. 1895. Lived at Slayton, Minn. for a time and later Plant City, Fla. She was dau. of Herman D. and Lucy Caroline (Darrow) Burnett. Herman h. 1839 near Albany, N. Y. Lucy b. 1841. d. I 7 Nov. 1917. He d. 21 Jan. 1918, both at Mankato, Minn. Timothy's wife, Rosalthea, living 1935 at Plant City. Timothy lived with his parents until 1873 then moved to Evanston, Ill. and attended school at Northwestern University for one year. In 1874 he went to Metropolitan Business College in Chicago and completed the course 29 May 187 4. He returned to Minn. and was employed at farm work and


school teaching until 1877. Mary, His first wife, 1s buried with an infant son, Seymour, in Walnut Grove.

CHILDREN OF TIMOTHY AND MARYE. (HYNSON) LEAVITT Wallace Elwood b. 8 Apr. 1882. Living 1935 at St. Paul, Minn. He

was born at Walnut Grove, Minn. m. 1913 Olive E. Keenan of Litchfield, Minn. b. 27 July 1881. He is an auditor with the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1935, is employed with the Public Works Administration and auditing for a large building to be built in the state of Iowa. No issue.

Eugene b. 1884. d. infant.

CHILDREN OF TIMOTHY AND ROSALTHEA (BURNETT) LEAVITT

Gladys Lucy b. 19 July 1894 at Plant City, Fla. d. 4 July 1931. m. Oscar S. Nelson.

Hazel Elsie b. 23 July 1899 at Slayton, Minn. unm. Vivian Althea b. 17 July 1901 at Slayton, Minn. Living 1935. m. Otis

Davenport. Live at Plant City, Fla. Issue: Eugenia b. 19 June 1925; Eunice b. 19 Aug. 1926.

Civil War

Thomas F. Leavitt (8) son of Thomas (7), James (6-5-4-3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. 8 March 1843. d. 17 Sept. 1911. Buried Mt. Hope Cemetery. m. 12 Jan. 1870 Mary A. Treanor, b. at Boston 19 March 1852. She was a Franklin Medal Scholar given by the City of Boston at Lawrence School, from a fund established by Benjamin Franklin for excellence in scholarship and still only given to boys in the Boston Latin School and Boston English High School, (1956). She was prominent in literary and theatrical circles. They lived at South Boston and Dorchester, Mass. She d. 21 Sept. 1931 and is buried in Cedar Grove, Dorchester. He served in Civil War, 1st unattached Co. Inf. Mas. Vols. for 90 days. Enlisted 29 April 1864. Discharged I Aug. 1864. He was engaged in the hotel business with his father and later conducted his own hotels.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS F. AND MARY (TREANOR) LEAVITT *Thomas b. 28 Aug. 1872. Living. 1st m. Alice S. Jones b. I May 1878.

d. 17 March 1921. m. 2nd Mildred V. Murch b. 3 Dec. 1892. m. 28 July 1923. (See page 185.)

Herbert b. 28 Aug. 1874. d. 3 July 1875. Lizzie Edna b. 16 Jan. 1876 at Boston. d. 9 March 1886. Buried Mt.

Hope Cemetery.


Bertram b. 21 Aug. 1878 at Boston. d. 23 June 1921 at Providence, R. I. Buried Cedar Grove Cemetery. m. Inez Elizabeth Wilkinson 27 June 1900. b. Boston 1880. d. 4 Jan. 1953. Both buried in Cedar Grove Gem. All ch. b. at Boston, Mass. ch: Stanley W. Leavitt b. 11 Apr. 1901 at Boston. Living at Provi

dence, R. I. Frances E. b. 18 Jan. 1903 at Boston. Living. m. Robert Gray, Jr.,

5 May 1923. b. 21 Apr. 1890 in Scotland. d. 30 Mar. 1952 at Providence, R. I. No issue.

Bertram F. b. 15 Mar. 1910. m. 19 July 1949 Dorothea Mary McHale b. 14 Feb. 1914. No issue.

William Leavitt (8) son of Jonathan (7), Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 9 Mar. 1817 at

Stratham, N. H. d. 15 Mar. 1877. m. 29 June 1841 Sarah E. Pillsbury b. 8 Nov. 1822 at Middleton, N. H. d. 18 Jan. 1907. He was a farmer and a carpenter. Their son, George, was a farmer and all of the girls were school teachers. They lived at Palmyra, Me. All ch. born Palmyra. Sarah was daughter of Jacob R. and Betsy (Currier) Pillsbury. Her father was born at So. Hampton, N. H. but died at Palmyra.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND SARAH (PILLSBURY) LEAVITT Sarah E. b. 29 June 1843. d. 29 June 1911. m. 7 Aug. 1864 Joseph C.

Millett at Palmyra, Me. ch: Millie H. b. 9 Feb. 1873. d. 8 Aug. 1874; Lula G. b. 22 Feb. 1876, m. 6 Feb. 1904 Ernest Parkman. They had 1 ch: 22 Aug. 1915 Marion E. All living at Newport, Me. Joseph d. 5 Apr. 1919. He was an officer in the Civil War.

George H. b. 28 June 1846. d. 18 Sept. 1847. *George W. b. 28 June 1848. d. 24 Apr. 1894. (Tombstone says 1899)

m. Ella Crawford. He m. 2nd Etta Parkman. Lois M. b. 11 Sept. 1853. d. 25 Apr. 1937. m. 17 Nov. 1886 Charles

Fred Maines. They lived at Lewiston, Me. They had issue: Vera A. b. 2 Nov. 1887, d. 8 Nocv. 1887; Gladys A. b. 24 Sept. 1890. m. 11 Oct. 1921 Clyde T. Holden. No issue. They live at Millinocket, Me. Charles Maines d. 24 July 1916.

Mary Adelle b. 21 Feb. 1858. d. 10 Apr. 1880.

William B. Leavitt (8) son of Sam. (7), Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 31 July 1818 at Allenstown, N. H. d. 27 Apr. 1876 at Leominster, Mass. m. Mahala B. Barrett of Manchester, N. H. b. 26 Sept. 1828 dau. of John R. and Betsy (Stevens) Barrett. William was a stone mason by trade. She d. 15 Aug. 1879 at Leominster, Mass. They lived in Va. in 1849, in W. Gardner,


Mass. 1852, Westminster, 1867 and settled m Leominster later.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM B. AND MAHALA B. (BARRETT) LEAVITT

Mabel A. b. 7 June 1870. d. 4 Dec. 1873. Cena A. b. 19 Sept. 1857. d. 19 Dec. 1859. Frank M. b. 23 May 1853 at Hooksett, N. H. m. 30 June 1880 Mary

E. Tripp b. 16 May 1854. They lived at Leominster, Mass. James R. b. 24 Oct. 1855 at Gardner, Mass. In 1880 he was a miner

in Calif. unm. Anna G. b. 6 Dec. 1859. Emma P. b. 5 July 1851 in Va. d. 19 Feb. 1879 at Leominster. m. 2

June 1875 Horace W. Carter. 1 ch. Clara A. b. 15 May 1864. Henry B. b. 4 Feb. 1868 at Westminster, Mass.

William Hanson Leavitt (8) son of Nathan (7), Jon. (6), Nathan (5), Nath. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 13 Jan. 1826 at Clinton, Me. d. 14 Aug. 1904. m. 1st Lucy Cain in 1858. She b. 1842 at Clinton, Me. d. 14 Aug. 1868. He m. 2nd Minerva Submit Jones, no issue. One wife was called Sophie.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM H. AND LUCY (CAIN) LEAVITT *George Almon b. 21 Oct. 1859. m. Nellie J. Eames.

Vena Grace Leavitt (8) dau. of Chase P. (7), Edward (6), Joe. (5), Jon. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 31 Mar. 1869 at Campton, N. H. Living 1939. m. 19 Oct. 1889 Joseph L. Atwood and lives at Plymouth, N. H. 1947. Son of Moses and Lucinda (Smith) Atwood, of Lisbon, N. H. Joseph Leland Atwood was b. 18 Sept. 1865.

CHILDREN OF VENA G. (LEAVITT) AND JOSEPH L. ATWOOD *Leland Leavitt b. 7 Sept. 1895. m. Annie Adams. *Sarah Lucinda b. 5 Dec. 1899. Living. m. Raymond Smart.

Chase Carlos b. 28 Mar. 1902. m. Helen Page of Center Harbor, N. H. ch: Chase Carlos b. 16 Mar. 1927.

Margaret Vena b. 21 Sept. 1906. m. Ernest Nichol and lives at Grantwood, N. J. Issue: James Atwood b. 3 Oct. 1935; Margaret Anne b. 26 Sept. 1938.

Walter Corren Leavitt (8) son of David (7-6), Nath. (5-4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 16 July 1854 at Patten, Me. d. 11 Mar. 1893 at Minneapolis, Minn. m. 27 June


1878 Annetta A. Pettengill dau. of William P. and Mary A. (Blake) Pettengill. Walter was a lawyer and graduate of Bates College. He was a member of the Minn. Chapter of S. A. R. No. 3292. She was b. 25 Jan. 1854. d. 14 Apr. 1888.

CHILDREN OF WALTER C. AND ANNETT A A. (PETTENGILL) LEAVITT

Mary Isabel b. 27 Feb. 1881. d. May 1881. Walter Blaine b. 14 Mar. 1882. d. 21 July 1893. Madeleine A. b. 30 July 1884. Living unm. 1937 a teacher in Minn.

Public schools. *David H. b. 16 Aug. 1886. m. Myrtle Murrell.

NINTH GENERATION

Albert Henry Leavitt (9) son of Charles E. (8), Albert D. (7), Miles (6), Stephen (5), Miles (4), Ephriam (3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. 31 July 1889 in Mendocino Co. Calif. Living 1935. m. Leona Inez Gotterba b. 21 Oct. 1898 in Orange Co. Calif. Living at Fresno, Calif. 1935. Leona was daughter of Oscar H. and Harriet Bell (Holiday) Gotterba he of San Bantista, and she of Los Angeles, Calif.

CHILDREN OF ALBERT H. AND LEONA I. (GOTTERBA) LEAVITT

Edna Elizabeth b. 14 Dec. 1916 in Mendocina Co., Cal. Leona Martha b. 24 Apr. 1918 in Sonoma Co. Charles Albert b. 26 Apr. 1921 in Sonoma Co. Virginia Ruth b. 4 Sept. 1924 in Orange Co. Robert Henry l . . James WilliamS twms b. 1 Apr. 1927 m Orange Co.

Rose Marie b. 12 Aug. 1931 in Fresno Co. Albert Henry b. 20 Mar. 1934 in Fresno Co.

Arthur Ellsworth Leavitt (9) son of Fred L. (8), Nathan (7), Geo. (6), Joe. (5) Sam. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 15 Dec. 1896 at Bowdoinham, Me. m. Sarah Marjorie

Townes 24 Nov. 1921. b. 1903. Living at Gardiner, Me.

CHILDREN OF AR THUR E. AND SARAH M. (TOWNES) LEAVITT

Barbara Maxine b. 3 Jan. 1924. Margaret Elizabeth b. 8 Apr. 1926. Arthur Leonard b. 7 June 1928. Robert Eugene b. 31 Mar. 1933. William Ellsworth b. 23 Aug. 1934 at Gardiner, Me.

Charles Reuben Leavitt (9) son of James S. (8), Jon. (7), Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4) Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 24 Oct. 1847. d. 18 June 1907. m. 1st Martha C. Hammond of Gardner, Mass. 25 Nov. 1880. (Bangor V. R.) m. 2nd Alice B. Collamore who survived him. He was Superintendent of International Paper Co. of W. Enfield, Me. Martha Comins Hammond d. 22 Dec. 1901.

CHILDREN OF CHARLES R. AND MATTIE (HAMMOND) LEAVITT

Ralph Hammond b. 25 Apr. 1862. Living 1935 at W. Enfield, Me. m. Mabel A. Gunn, b. 4 Mar. 1893, living 1935 at W. Enfield, Me.

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ch: Dorothy Martha b. 24 Dec. 19'11; Charles Ralph b. 24 Feb. 1916; James Linwood b. 13 Mar. 1918.

Delia Edna Leavitt (9) dau. of Nathan (8), Nathan (7), Jothan (6), Nathan (5), Nath. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 4 Mar. 1877 at Greenleaf, Wis. Living 1937 at Tahoka, Texas. m. Claus Seth.

CHILDREN OF DELIA E. (LEA VITT) AND CLAUS SETH Albin Dee b. 6 Feb. 1903 at Stamford, Tex. Living. m. Tencye Han

cock, 12 May 1929. ch: William Albin b. 19 Nov. 1935 at Lubbock, Tex.

Harriet Christine b. 1 June 1908 at Stamford, Tex. Living. m. Samuel Oscar Izard, 27 July 1928. ch: Samuel Oscar b. 13 Apr. 1931 at Tahoka, Tex.

David H. Leavitt (9) son of Walter C. (8), David (7-6) Nath. (5-4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 16 Aug. 1886 at Minneapolis, Minn. Living same 1937. m. 16 Aug. 1907 Myrtle Murrell.

CHILDREN OF DAVID H. AND MYRTLE (MURRELL) LEAVITT

Harriet A. b. 27 July 1908. Living 1937. m. May 1937 Hilmuth Kossart, an engineer. ch: Patricia Ann b. 24 Apr. 1932.

Madeleine W. b. 14 Feb. 1913. m. Nels Beckman, May 1931. ch: Gerald b. May 1934; Robert b. Nov. 1935.

Elaine M. b. 8 Jan. 1915. m. Harry Dahl, engineer in an Ammunition Co. ch: William H. b. 26 Apr. 1934; David D. b. 29 Apr. 1937.

David D. b. 11 July 1920. Betty J. b. 27 Sept. 1922.

George W. Leavitt (9) son of Wm. (8), Jonathan (7), Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 28 June 1848 at Palmyra, Maine. d. 24 Apr. 1894. m. 1st 24 Mar. 1881 Ella Crawford who was b. Sept. 1857. d. 27 Mar. 1885. m. 2nd 25 Dec. 1887 Etta Parkman, who d. 3 Sept. 1931. She b. 4 May 1867.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE W. AND ELLA (CRAWFORD) LEAVITT

George W. b. 29 July 1882. d. 30 Dec. 1885.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE W. AND ETTA (PARKMAN) LEAVITT

Bessie E. b. 5 June 1889. d. 11 Dec. 1913. Roy W. b. 22 Mar. 1894. Living 1934 at Palmyra, Me.

NINTH GENERATION 177

George E. Leavitt (9) son of James S. (8), Jon. (7), Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 24

July 1849 at Stratham, N. H. d. 28 Sept. 1893. m. 1st Lizzie Batchelder dau. of James of N. Hampton, N. H. They were divorced and she m. 2nd Mr. Dunbrach. Hem. 2nd 14 Jan. 1875 Laura Whitaker dau. of John and Mary Gage (Eaton) b. at Haverhill, Mass. Lizzie was b. 26 July 1847. George was a carpenter and lived at Seabrook, N. H.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE E. AND LIZZIE (BATCHELDER) LEAVITT

George Edward b. 22 Aug. 1869. Living 1939. m. Catherine McClusky b. 5 Mar. 1872 at Stockport, Eng. d. 16 Apr. 1933. George lived at Amesbury, Mass., was a carpenter. His son, Thomas F., served in the World War, private in 77th Div., 306 Field Arty. Took active part in Baccarat Sect. Vesle Sect. Ois Aisne Sect. Meuse Argonne Off. under A. E. F. from 24 Apr. 1918 to 29 Apr. 1919.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE E. AND CATHERINE (McCLUSKY) LEAVITT

George E. b. 26 Aug. 1891. m. Margaret E. Wells. ch: George E. Roger Radcliff b. 16 Aug. 1893. m. Anna Rowell. No issue 1938. Thomas Franklin b. 9 Sept. 1895. Living 1938 unm. Ellen Louise b. 12 Dec. 1897. m. Ernest Pearson. ch: Ernest Richard

b.12Apr.1919. Arthur Waldo b. 5 Apr. 1900. m. Marion Upton Root, b. 9 Jan. 1900.

ch: Marion Upton b. 25 Jan. 1925; Eleanor Lois b. 26 Oct. 1927; Norman Arthur b. II Aug. 1936.

Paul Butler b. 30 Apr. 1902. m. Isabelle Simpson, 16 Sept. 1923, b. 1900. Lived Beverly, Mass. ch: Paul William b. 18 Jan. 1924. d. young; Thomas Franklin b. 30 July 1926; Patricia Mae b. 3 Aug. 1932.

Elizabeth b. 14 Oct. 1904. m. Frank D. Bateman. ch: Francis Daniel b. 13 Mar. 1921; Charles Eugene b. 14 Apr. 1923; Mary Elizabeth b. 11 Dec. 1925; Kathleen Lois b. 9 Apr. 1934; Thomas Edward b. 22 Dec. 1935.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE E. AND LAURA (WHITAKER) LEAVITT

Vard Bernard b. 31 Dec. 1880. d. May 1954. m. Mildred Veasey. ch: Barbara V. b. 21 Sept. 1916.

Urban W. b. 28 Dec. 1886. m. Florence White. ch: Laura Frances b. 15 Apr. 1915; Christine Louise b. 12 July 1917; Anne Elizabeth b. 8 Dec. 1925.

George Almon Leavitt (9) son of William H. (8), Nathan (7), Jothan (6), Nathan (5), Nath. (4), Pan. (3), Sam.


(2), John (1) b. 25 Dec. 1859 at Fairfield, Me. Living 1938. m. 25 Dec. 1882 Nellie Jane Eames, daughter of Franklin Prince and Abigail (Howe) Eames b. 18 Sept. 1862 at Swanville, Me. Her mother was born at Belfast, Me. Abigail Howe's father was a sea captain and she was left an orphan at the age of eleven. m. 2nd 13 Jan. 1895 at Manchester, N. H. Carrie A. Barney dau. of Jesse. Her 2nd m.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE A. AND NELLIE J. (EAMES) LEA VITT William F. b. 19 May 1886. Living 1938. m. Evelyn Hayes. Lena Eames b. 12 May 1884 at Clinton, Me. d. II Dec. 1934. m. Per

ley Stanley. Lucy Abigail b. 8 May 1894 at Belfast, Me. m. George D. Tucker and

they live at Malden, Mass. No issue. Raphnel Atlee b. 10 Feb. 1892. Living. m. Bernice Moore of Swan

ville, Me. b. 189;9. ch: Raphnel A. b. 10 May 1919. d. 20 Jan. 1920; George Robert b. II May 1922.

Hezekiah Leavitt (9) son of James S. (8), Jonathan (7), Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Dan. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 4 Oct. 1844 at Stratham, N. H. d. 23 Mar. 1918. m. Annie M. Ayers b. 1856. Ch. born at Stratham, N. H.

CHILDREN OF HEZEKIAH AND ANN M. (AYERS) LEAVITT Son b. and d, infant. b. 18 Mar. 1879. Bryant A. b. 4 Aug. 1888. Living 1934 at Millinocket, Me. m. 1st I

June 1915 Marjorie D. Hanscom. m. 2nd Vestena L. Collings. No issue. She b. 14 Dec. 1907 at Calais, Me.

Arnold S. b. 14 Jan. 1890. Living 1936. m. Marie P. Bryce b. 22 June 1893, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ch: Virginia Bryce b. 15 Feb. 1929.

Dr. Jerome Rollins Leavitt (9) son of Geo. R. (8), Almon C. (7), Andrew (6), Leavi (5), Benj. (4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 9 June 1904 at Lexington Mass. m. 5 Jan. 1947

Veronica Mercier of Lawrence, Mass. They live 1938 at Laconia, N. H. Jerome graduated from the Eastman College of Optometry at Rochester, N. Y. In 1937 he was chief clinician in a Boston clinic. He is a past president of the Merrimack Valley Optometrist Assa. and is a member of their executive board.

He has done pioneer work in the reading difficulties of school children, this being a new field with the modern optometrist. For five years, Dr. Leavitt has practiced in the


branch of optometry known as Orthoptics ( ocular training and coordination).

CHILDREN OF JEROME R. AND VERONICA (MERCIER) LEAVITT

Jane Phelps b. II June 1937.

Joseph Everett Leavitt (9) son of Joseph H. (8), Jon. (7), Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Daniel (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 5 Dec. 1868 at Stratham N. H. m. Sarah Lucy Marston 24 Dec. 1889. b. 12 Mar. 1870, at North Hampton,_ N. H. They live 1935 at Newington, N. H.

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND SARAH LUCY (MARSTON) LEAVITT

Roy Everett b. 16 May 1891. Sadie Ethel b. 6 June 1893. d. infant. Gladys S. b. 10 Feb. 1895 at Newington, N. H. m. 14 Apr. 1913

Wm. J. Young. Rayford Belmont b. 2 Nov. 1896. m. Sadie Flora Campbell 27 June

1914, b. 1894. ch: Merle M. b. 24 May 1915; Robert Rayford b. 16 Sept. 1917.

George Harold b. 28 Feb. 1898. m. Clara Helen Rock. ch: Harold Everett b. 18 Sept. 1917; James B. b. 31 Jan. 1919; Ellsworth b. 25 Mar. 1920.

Warren Marston b. 4 Dec. 1906. m. 26 Dec. 1916 Hazel Lillian Quackenbush. ch: Ruth M. b. 26 Aug. 1925; Doris Lucille b. 5 Dec. 1928; Margaret Irene b. 8 Oct. 1930.

Jonathan Laurence Leavitt (9) son of Joseph H. (8), Jonathan (7), Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Daniel (3), Samuel (2), John (I) b. 5 Sept. 1864, at Stratham, N. H. Living 1935 m. 10 Dec. 1890 Jennie Smith Plaisted b. 18 Sept. 1869. d. 9 May 1932. dau. of Samuel Plaisted, Jr. of No. Hampton, N. H. Lived at Portsmouth, N. H.

CHILDREN OF JONATHAN L. AND JENNIE S. (PLAISTED) LEAVITT

Ralph Norman b. 5 Mar. 1903. m. 6 Oct. 1928 Viola Mary Green b. 1907 at Windsor, Me. Living at Portsmouth, N. H. 1935. ch: Anita Louise b. 20 Aug. 1929 at Alton, N. H.; Beverly Ann b. 6 Jan. 1934.

Lyman W. Walker (9) son of Mary S. (Blake 8), Eliza D. (Robinson 7), Josiah (6), Mary (Leavitt 5), Jere. ( 4-3),

Sam. (2), John (1) b. 9 Nov. 1876 at Manchester, N. H. Living 1937 at Belmont, Mass. m. 27 July 1906 Nellie E.


Reed of Dresden Me. Lyman visited London, Eng. 1903 for one year and lived in Scotland seven years.

Lyman has a whirling chair given to Mary (Leavitt) and Levi Robinson by their son, Levi, Jr. which is in perfect condition.

CHILDREN OF LYMAN W. AND NELLIE E. (REED) WALKER Calvin Willard b. 5 May 1907 in Scotland. m. Jessie Cummings Laing

I Jan. 1931, of Jamaica Pl., Mass. ch: Lindsay James b. 25 Jan. 1932; Calvin Robert b. 2 May 1936; Maida Vale b. 28 Dec. 1944.

Lindsay Reed b. 26 May 1909. Killed at a grade crossing at Tilton, N. H. in an automobile accident, 26 Aug. 1927.

Maida Geraldine b. 20 Oct. 1913. Living. m. 30 May 1936 J. Robert Smith of Rochester, N. Y. ch: Bryan Robert b. 9 May 1939; Mark Willard b. 24 Feb. 1942.

World War

Dr. Leland Leavitt Atwood (9) son of Vena G. (Leavitt 8), Chase P. (7), Edward (6), Joe. (5), Jon. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 7 Sept. 1895 at Plymouth, N. H. Living 1939 at ·worcester, Mass. m. Annie Adams b. 7 Dec. 1895 at No. Attleboro, Mass. dau. of James and Elizabeth (Todd) Adams.

He is head of the Department of Modern Languages at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He received the degree of Master of Arts in 1922 at Cornell, and degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1927. He was an instructor at Cornell five years, and assistant professor at the North Carolina College for Women for two years. He is a member of the Modern Language Association of America, the Alpha Sigma Alpha fraternity, the Clark Scholarship Society, and the Alliance Francaise. He recently edited a French Text, with instruction notes, grammatical exercises and vocabulary, which is being published by the Century Co. of N. Y. He served in the World War, enlisting in the army and spent sixteen months in France, serving much of his time as an Interpreter. The French Government sent him to Paris to a French school for three months to better learn the language.


CHILDREN OF DR. LELAND L. AND ANNIE (ADAMS) ATWOOD

Richard Adams b. 22 Mar. 1925 at Greensboro, N. C. Robert Leland b. 8 May 1929 at Worcester, Mass.

Sarah Lucinda Atwood (9) dau. of Vena G. (Leavitt 8), Chase P. (7), Edward (6), Joe. (5), Jon. (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 5 Dec. 1899 at Plymouth, N. H. Living 1939 at Indianapolis, Ind. m. Raymond Woodus Smart who was a teacher at Plymouth High School. b. 27 May 1892 at Dover, N. H. son of Charles Gould and Lillian Augusta (Woodus) Smart.

CHILDREN OF SARAH L. (ATWOOD) AND RAYMOND SMART Jeanne Marie b. 26 Jan. 192~ at Detroit, Mich.

Scott Leavitt Plummer (9) son of Nellis S. (Leavitt 8), Chase P. (7), same as above: b. 9 Mar. 1883. Living 1939 at East Tilton (Lochmere) N. H. m. Gladys May Eaton of Belmont, N. H. dau. of Charles Robert and Melissa Ann (Sanborn), Eaton b. 12 July 1894.

Scott is an operator at the Public Service Company plant at Lochmere, N. H.

CHILDREN OF SCOTT AND GLADYS M. (EATON) PLUMMER Clayton R. b. 11 May 1914. Graduated from N. H. State College at

Durham, N. H. 1939 at Springfield College. Hem. 17 Mar. 1945 Mary Virginia Cross of Knoxville, Tenn. ch: Clayton Robert, Jr. b. 28 July 1946.

Doris Eaton b. 13 July 1917. Graduated at Plymouth Normal School and is 1939 teaching school. m. 14 Mar. 1942 Robert Williams Breck, son of Walter W. and Frances (Haskell) Breck. ch: Judith Williams b. 8 Apr. 1944.

Donald G. b. 24 Dec. 1918. Graduated from Tilton School for Boys. 1939 attending Marietta College at Marietta, 0.

Vera Lucy Leavitt (9) dau. of Henry H. (8), Caleb (7), Jon. (6), Wm. (5), John (4), Eph. (3), Sam. (2), John (I) b. 29 Apr. 1881. Living 1935. m. D'Alton Prouty son of Fosdick and Catherine (Blanchard) Prouty. b. 1869. d. 2 Oct. 1923. Vera lives 1935 near Tracy, Minn. on the farm to which Fosdick Prouty and his family moved from Wis. in 1887. The nine oldest children finished High School and some attended college. The sons and two daughters live with their mother, 1935.


CHILDREN OF LUCY V. LEAVITT AND D'ALTON PROUTY Catherine Blanchard b. 29 Dec. 1904. Living 1935 at Tracy, Minn.

m. Clyde Horsman and has 3 ch. Neal Deon b. 15 June 1930; Virginia Marie b. 14 Sept. 1932; Margery Alice b. 27 Oct. 1933.

Alice Lucy b. 13 July 1906. Alice Prouty m. Leslie A. Jones a World War Veteran. They live 1935 at Tracy, Minn.

Ethel Leavitt b. 24 Apr. 1908. Ethel Prouty m. Harold H. Rowell, a mechanic. They live 1935 in Tracy, Minn. They have 2 ch: Hugh Harold b. 13 Dec. 1927; Vera Mae b. 5 Dec. 1930.

Charles Henry b. 10 Mar. 1910. D'Alton b. 7 Mar. 1912. Vera Marie b. 7 June 1915. Woodrow Wilson b. 17 Nov. 1916. John Lewis b. II Oct. 1918. Doris Lea b. 27 Sept. 1920. Robert Nichols b. 1 Mar. 1924.

William A. Leavitt (9) son of Alphonso C. (8), John C. (7), James (6-5-4-3), Samuel (2), John (1) b. 18 Dec. 1862 at Effingham or Freedom, N. H. d. I Oct. 1927. m. 1st Ada Maud Pease b. 1871 in Boston. m. 2nd Alice 0. Mason 6 Oct. 1910. He was a painter. They lived many years at Somerville, Mass. and he worked in the Quincy Market, Boston.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM A. AND ADA (PEASE) LEAVITT George A. b. 22 Aug. 1899 at W. Ossipee. d. 29 Aug. 1920 umn.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM A. AND ALICE 0. (MASON) LEA VITT Harold M. b. 30 Apr. 1911 at Madison, N. H. m. Nora Ada Bell, b.

1912. ch: Harold Mason b. 4 Feb. 1931. Mary E. b. 30 June 1914 at Madison, N. H. Herbert E.

William Henry Leavitt (9) son of James S. (8), Jonathan (7), Moses (6), Jon. (5), Sam. (4), Daniel (3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 11 Oct. 1863 at Stratham, N. H. Living 1934 at Great Works, Me. m. 1st 28 May 1889 Winnie J. Gibson of Ashland, N. H. He was then a brakeman. She b. 1864. Winnie died at childbirth and the child also. He m. 2nd Lydia Richardson 4 Oct. 1893. Lived at Howland, Me.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM H. AND LYDIA (RICHARDSON) LEAVITT

1st ch. b. 13 Nov. 1894. James Henry b. 13 Mar. 1896. Living 1934. m. Amy E. Kinney 13

June 1920, b. 1894. ch: William; Dorothea.


See page 42 vol. 3 Descendants of Josiah Leavitt. John W. Leavitt (6) son of Samuel (5), David (4-3),

Josiah (2), John (1) b. 3 July I 790 at Washington, Conn. d. 17 July 1870. m. 8 Aug. 1820 Cecilia Kent, dau. of Capt. John and Sarah (Smith), b. 13 Sept. 1798 at Suffield, Conn. d. 9 May 1892. (She descends from Capt. John; John; Dudley; (who md. Ruth Ruggles); John b. in Eng. 1664. m. Abigail Dudley; Serg't Samuel b. at Gloucester, Eng. but settled at Suffield, Conn. 1678, before 1641 m. Frances (?) and d. Aug. 1683). He was the son of Thomas who came from Gloucester of the firm of Leavitt and Burritt, dry goods, N. Y. City, also of Philadelphia, Pa.

CHILDREN OF JOHN W. AND CECILIA (KENT) LEAVITT *John W. b. 1827. d. 23 Sept. 1904. m. Catherine Churchill. *Cecilia b. abt. 1821. d. 1852. m. Jean Adolph Beaux. Sarah m. J. B. Austin. Samuel. Fannie d. aged abt. 17. Eliza d. unm. 1906. Emily b. 1841. d. 1903. m. W. F. Biddle.

*Charles Wellford m. Sarah Allibone. Cecilia and J. A. Beaux had ch: Alice Constance; William Laurence m. Blanche Isabel Whitlick. He d. abt. 1939. Cecil Kent d. in Italy.

Cecilia Leavitt (7) dau. of John W. (6), Sam. (5), David (4-3), Josiah (2), John (1) b. abt. 1818. d. 1852. m. Jean Adolph Beaux.

CHILDREN OF CECILIA (LEAVITT) AND JEAN A. BEAUX Aimee Ernesta b. 26 Oct. 1852. d. 23 Oct. 1939. m. Henry Sturgis

Drinker. ch: Henry Sandrith b. 15 Aug. 1880. m. 16 May 1911 Sophie L. Hutchinson and had issue: Henry Sandrith b. 29 May 1914, m. 29 June 1942 Ruth Brooks; Cecilia b. 17 Feb. 1917. m. 27 July 1940 Henry Saltonstall. ch: Kent b. 29 July 1942; Ernesta b. 13 May 1920. m. 22 Dec. 1939 Frederick L. Ballard, Jr. ch: Frederick L., Jr. b. 12 Sept. 1941; Pemberton Hutchinson b. 2 May 1921. 2 - James B. D. b. 23 Oct. 1882. m. 1917 Mary Manus. ch: Henry M. m. Blathwaite; Mary Elwyn m. James Logan. 3 - Cecil Kent b. I 7 Mar. 1887. 4 - Ernesta b. 16 Jan. 1892. m. Samuel L. M. Barlow of N. Y. No issue. 5 - Philip b. 12 Dec. 1895. 6 -Catherine S. b. 1 Jan. 1897. m. 1st Ezra Bowen. ch: Catherine b. 1924; Ezra b. 1927. Shem. 2nd Y. McKean Downs.

Cecilia b. 1 May 1855. d. 17 Sept. 1942. She was an outstanding artist and portrait painter. She became a pupil of William Sartain, and


studied at the Julian School and the Lazar School in Paris. She received a degree of doctor of laws in 1908 from the University of Pennsylvania, and her degree of master of arts at Yale in 1912. Honors conferred upon the noted woman artist included the Philadelphia Art Club's gold medal, the Dodge prize from the National Academy of Design, bronze and gold medals from the Carnegie Institute, a gold medal from the 1900 Paris Exposition, and many others. Miss Beaux' work is represented at the Boston Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum at New York, the Luxembourg Gallery at Paris and the gallery of the Uffizi, Florence, Italy. She was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Miss Beaux, who had been a summer resident at Gloucester since 1900 and for many years active in social affairs here, leaves several nieces and nephews, among them Mrs. Samuel L. M. Barlow of New York, the artist's chief model for many years.

Charles Wellford Leavitt (7) son of John W. (6), Sam. (5), David (4-3), Josiah (2), John (1) m. Sarah Allibone.

CHILDREN OF CHARLES W. AND SARAH (ALLIBONE) LEAVITT

William Foster Biddle m. Helen Clark. Noch. Lived Essex Fells, N. J.

Fannie d. young. *Charles Wellford b. 13 Mar. 1871 at Riverton, N. J. m. Clara Gordon

White. Cecilia A. Living 1943 at Essex Fells, N. J. Emma F. B. d. abt. 1932. m. Dr. B. A. Randall. Issue: Alexander b.

10 Nov. 1894; Franceina b. 18 Sept. 1896. m. Samuel Fox; John Leavitt b. 1903.

Sarah A. m. W. Turle. Issue: Penelope b. 30 Aug. 1896; Lovell b. 8 Dec. 1899.

John W. Leavitt (7) son of John W. (6), Sam. (5), David (4-3), Josiah (2), John (1) b. 1827 at N. Y. City. d. 23 Sept. 1904. m. Catherine Churchill dau. of William and Cornelia (Van Nostrand) b. 6 Feb. 1819 at New Hackensack, N. Y. They lived at N. Y. City. (Churchill Gen.)

CHILDREN OF JOHN W. AND CATHERINE (CHURCHILL) LEAVITT

John. Grace. Cecil Kent b. 1860 at N. Y. City. d. 17 Dec. 1930 at Concord, N. H.,

a widower.

Charles W. Leavitt (8) son of Charles W. (7), John W. (6), Samuel (5) David (4-3), Josiah (2), John (1) b. 13


Mar. 1871 at Riverton, N. J. d. 1928. m. Clara Gordon White b. abt. 1879. They lived at White Plain, N. J. and Hartsdale, N. Y.

CHILDREN OF CHARLES W. AND CLARA G. (WHITE) LEAVITT

Charles b. 10 July 1900. d. 27 July 1901. Gordon b. 10 Jan. 1902. N. Y. City. m. Margaret Stewart MacLeay,

23 Feb. 1925. ch: Clara. Kent b. 27 Aug. 1903. m. 13 Oct. 1928 Mary Boocock. ch. Adele;

Charles. Charlotte b. 16 Feb. 1906. Living 1943. m. George Bell Dyer. He was

a Major in the war. Clarissa b. 20 Dec. 1908. d. 17 Jan. 1909. Dundas b. 19 July 1910. m. Emily Lennsen. ch: Dundas; Sarah. They

live at Havre de Grace, Md. He served as Lieut. in World War II.

Thomas Leavitt (9) son of Thomas (8-7), James (6-5-4-3), Sam. (2), John (1) b. 28 Aug. 1872. Living 1956 at Assinippi, Mass. m. 1st Alice S. Jones. m. 2nd Mildred V. Murch. He joined the editorial department of the Boston Journal in 1896 and remained there until 1903 when he purchased the Dorchester Beacon, an old established newspaper in Dorchester, Mass. Five years later he also purchased the Roxbury Gazette, later also the Boston Courier. In 19 I 7 he purchased the South Boston Inquirer. In 1921 he purchased the Beverly (Mass.) Evening Times, and continued to publish all these newspapers for some years when he began gradually to sell them, the Beverly Evening Times being the last one he disposed of on March 17, 1933, when he retired from the newspaper publishing business.

He organized and incorporated the Cadman Co-operative Bank in Dorchester in June, 1920, and became its first and only Treasurer and executive officer, being still active (1956). When he organized this bank, he retired as a di-

rector in three other Boston banks. He was always an active Republican in politics. He was a member of the Boston City Government in 1903-1904-1905, a member of the Republican State Committee in 1906 - a member of the Mass. House of Representatives in 1906-1917-1918-1919, and a member of the Mass. Senate in 1907. He served as a member of the Cemetery Commission and the Schoolhouse Commission in Boston while Hon. George A. Hibbard was


Mayor. He is a 32nd degree Mason, a member of Union Lodge A.F. and A.M., which was instituted by Paul Revere, Grand Master; Dorchester Royal Arch Chapter, St. Omer Commandery K.T., Aleppo Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. Mystic Shrine, Neponset Lodge I.0.0.F. and Massachusetts Consistory S.P.R.S.

He has been a 100 percent member of the Beverly Rotary Club since 1921 having made up his attendance in many foreign clubs. He has been an extensive traveler in this country, and in company with his wife and daughter and son, has made many trips abroad to Europe and the Orient.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND MILDRED (MURCH) LEAVITT Dr. Thomas (M.D.) (IO) b. 6 Mar. 1925 in Boston. m. June Phyllis

Rothman 18 June 1949. b. 5 July 1925. He was a Sergeant in World War II serving with the 309th Gen. Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan, in charge of the mechanical operating unit, on the island of Kyushu; attended Thayerlands Academy, Phillips Andover Academy, Harvard University, Boston University, B. U. Medical School, Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C. Member Union Lodge A.F. and A.M., 32nd degree Mason, member Massachusetts Consistory, S.P.R.S. ch: Dianne Victoria b. 13 Dec. 1951 at Boston; Betsy Ann b. 12 Aug. 1954 at Boston.

Mildred Shirley b. 9 Dec. 1927 at Boston - Educated at Thayerland School, Braintree; Thayer Academy and the School of Practical Arts. m. Aug. 17, 1956 Augustus Tynell of Stoughton, Mass.

To trace your line back to immigrant John, look in index for maiden name of a close female, then trace backwards.

INDEX OF NAMES OTHER THAN LEAVITT

Abbott 87, 139, 143, 155; Adams 80, 105, 113, 121, 143, 159, 173, 180, HH; Aldrich 136; Aldridge lOj; Allen 113 146; Allibone 183, 184; Ames 81, 99, 104, 1()5, 112; Andrews 168; Atwood 93, 136, 173, 181; Armitage 157; Attucks 60; Austin 183; Averill Bl, 119, 12S; Ayers 163, 178; Ayward 135.

Badger 126; Ballow lll; Bates 35; Barker BG, 126; Ballard, Jr. 139, 183; Barlow 183.; Bartlett 159; Baker 159, 165; Barrett 151, D2, 173; Barney 17&; Batchelder 72, 79, B2, 83, 125, 121>, 177; Bateman 177; Baldwin 113, 147; Bailey 104, 132 148; Beckman 176; Bell 182i Beaux 183; Benedict 133; Bellamy 74, B7; Bean 77, 107; Binkley 134; Bisnette 14D; Bictdle 183; Bickford 65, 121, 166· Billington 130, 137; Blake 119, 137, 140, 168, 174, 221; Blackler 140; Blathwaite 183; Blaisdell 127, 129, 144, 154; Blossom 1 iO; Boynton Bl; Bowen 83, 183; Boardman 141; Boyd 124, 143; Bonsene 140; Boocock 185; Boyce ; Boomer 161; Briscoe 62; Brnwn 62, 76, 99, 96, 106, 117, 119, 122, 124. 140, 141, 15B; Brooks 12B, 139, 1B3; Bradford 82; Brackett 82, 93, 113, 122, 131, 137; Bryant 85, 90, 135; Briggs 104, 133, 156; Brier 83; Breck 181; Bro_phy 156; Bryce 178; Bradley U2; Brewer 84; Busie! 132, 159, 160: Buker 88; Bunker 1:\1; Burley 125, 1:\1; Burnett 135, liO, 171; Burnham 80, Burleigh 69, 94, 124; Burpee 105, 149; Byron 144, 163.

Carter 105; Calef 60; Canney 112, 139, 155; Campbell 107, 119, 121; Carson 167; Carr !5l; Carlton 9Q;_ Cain 14i'., 173; Cate 124, 125, 143; Ganley 121; Caverly 90, 101, 119; Carleton 84, llm; Chase t>9 90, 94, 96, 127, 135,; Chandler 133; Chadwick 147; Chisholm 165; Chamberlain 133, !39

0, 165, 166; Cheney 136, 139, 157; Churchi!l 147, 160,

183, 184; Cherry 139; Clapp 35, lo<>· Clemens 140; Clark 85, 106, 107, 115, 119, 124, 129, 131, 142, 152, 15,3; Cleveland 135;_ Colderwood 113; Costello 161; Clifford 77; Coffin 86; Cotton 167; Cottle 66; Collings 118; Cobb 104; Couch 76; Connor 63, 71, 72, 85, 129 143; Cone 136; Courson 1.29; Colby 122; Colman 114; Covell 114; Cole 104; Copp IOI; 129; Condon 95; Cobb 9Z; Coleman 49; Coggswell 78. 85; Cook 152; Collamore 175; Connely 63, 74c; Crornmett lvo; Crockett 152; Cross Hll;° Cram 85, 107, 126, 145, 159; Crawford 113; Cowles 113; Crosby 92; Cooms 92; Crimbell 99; Cruse 167; Crafut 116, 140; Culver 1.14; Cummings 150; Cushing 42, 44.

Davis 66, 74, 97, 107, 139_, 145, 165; Davidson 134; Daniels 161; Davison 164; Day 114; Darrow 170; Dearbon 77 ,_ :t9, 121, 145; Decker 135, 159, 166; Devitt 162; Devol 149; Denison 134; Deardon lo4; Dexter 14~; Dillingham 82; Dockham 171; Dow. 96, 120, 121 13&; Dodge 86. 104, 105; DoJloff 65 157; Downer 67, 183; Dore 128; Drmker 183; Dilf 106 141; Dunbar 119; Dunbrach 177; Drake 136; Dustin 168; Durkee 136; Dupont 141; Du~n 15&; Dudley 35,, 62, 65, 66, 67, 70; Dyer 67, 185.

Eyre 105; Eaton 76, 98, 169, 1-77, lBl; Eston 154; Edwards 147, lfh, 156; Eastman 60, 142; Emery 91, 108, 109, 1,36; Ellis 140, 158; Ellithorpe 167; Eilingwood 166; Elkins 60; Eledge 156; Emerson 112; Elwell 132; Estes 112.; Esterbrook 35.

Farrar 150. 157; Faunce 1·06; Fairbanks I.JO; Fabens 119; Farmer 147, 148; Farr 149; Fellows 60; forbush 142, 154i· Fear 158; Fernald 122; Fifield 16~; Flanders 122; Flynn 157; Folsom 63, 64, 74, 86, 1 4, 125, 1.41; Fogg 67, 72, 143; Fosdick 113; Foss 122, 128, 144; Ford 164; Fox 184; Foster 95; Franks 167; Frederickson 162; Frost 78, 84, 109, 112, 165; French 90, l.28, 164, 167; Freeze &8, 105; Furber 85; Fuller 93; Furniss 132; Furguson 132, 1!'>8.

Galloway 161; Gardiner 83, 108, 138, 170· Gannett 62, 67; George 169; Gage 137, 177; Gilman 35, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 71, 72, 90, 93, 98, 102, 104, 105, 124, 127, 141, 161; Gerrish 163; Gibson fo2; Gillis 106; Gile 63, 76, 122, 148; Gipson 109; Goodwin 165; Gove 170; Girdler 118; Glidden 86; Glines 96, 103, 105-, 142; Goldsborough 99; Gould 110, 113, 139, 149; Gotterba 158, 175; Gordon 96, 121, 149; Griffin 158; Green 96, 104, 133, 146, 166, 170, 179; Greenwood 139; Grant 4:,; Gill 140; Grindle 95, 113, 133, 156; Gray 88, 133, 17:?:; Grafton 121., 122; Gunter 156; Gutterson 113; Greeley 82; Griggs 79; Gunn 175.

Haskell 115, 181; Hazelton 162; Hazelgrove 167; Ham 83; Hawkes 165; Hadlock 164; Hammond 163; Hamilton 146, 159; Hartley 144; Hayes 89, 125, 126, 147; Hanson 147; Harnies 140; Hamel 141; Hall 139; Hammond Ill, 137; Henderson 135,; Hawes 132; Hayward 121; Hatch 122; Hartley 110; Harris 81, 102; Haines, Hall 66, 151; Haley 74; Hastings 80; Hancock 57, 176; Harriman 60; Hall 62; Hanson 154; Hammond 175; Hanscom 178; Hackett 130; Hersey 127; Hewes 112; Herman 132; Heath 104; Headle 111; Hendley 80; Heim 140; Hildreth 80; Hitchcock 84, 143, 164; Hixon 158; Hill 67, 68, 69, 150; Hicks 122, 140; Hoit 114, 150; Holiday 175; Holt 152; Home 104; Hollinshed 134; Holland 119; Houston 158; Holmes 142; Hobart 34. 35, 42, 44; Howe 35, 36, 107, li8; Hooper 102

1 133; Holden 82, 131; Hollinshed 116; Holbrook 112; Hodgedon 75, 91;

Hoi] 97; Howarct 45, Howe 85, 160; Hope 160; Hoit 114, 150; Horr 103, 146: Hodgdon 142; Houghton 137; Hook 144; Huckins 163; Huse 137; Hurd 136; Hubbard 137; Hutchinson 81, 121, 1&3; Hunt 120; Hunter 106; Hutchins 153; Hyde 134, 140; Hynson 135, 170, 171.

Ireson 133; Izard 176.

Jackson 35; Jacobs 42; Jameson 82; James 118! 135,; Jellison 142, 167; Jewett 72, 102; Jewell 78, 88, 95, 120, 125, 144, 147, 165. 69; Jordan 154; Johnston 156, 158; Johnson 35, 131, 137, 154; Jones 80, 8!">, 107, 128, 147, 154, 164, 171, 173, 185; Joyce 135; Joy 126; Judkins 34, 60.

Kelsey 126; Kelley 77, 8,?, 95, 102, 103, 159; Kelly 145, 163; Kent 91i 120, 183; Keniston 96, 109, 11~, 136, lw; ~eazor 82, 1'.ll, 152; Kendall 80, 81, 21; Keenan 171; Kennedy 118; Kimmons 134; Kidder 139; Kimball 87, 109, 128, 150; Kinney 182; Kossart 176; Knowles 99, 110; Knox 96.

Ladd 72; Lamper 115, 142, 143; Laing 180; Lahrus 162· Lang 83 149 165· Lamprey 127, 152, 157; Lane 96, 124, 133; Lamb 82, Ill; Laraby 102; Lathru~ 162°; Laz'ell 35, 36; Langdon 90; Lennsen 184; _Lecroix 117., 133; Lebregue 141; Lee 40, 117, 161; Lewis 88, 105, 106; Leonard 161; Libby 91; Little 111; Littlefield 141, 162· Lindsey 110 117· Light 70, 90; Logan 183; Loring 35, 36; Lodge 50; Logan 183; Low~II 121, 148; Lobdell 34, 44; Lock 137; Lord 82, 86, 114, 115, 117, 129; Lovejoy 107, 118, 144; Loomis 108; Lucas 93, 102; Lyons 139; Lyford 82, 121, 125, 140, 169.

Manus 183; Mason 121, 138, 182; Manson 158, 167; Marston 166; Marsh 71 99, 118; Mansfi~ld 76; Manning 100, 110; 125,, 149; Manchester 143; Maddern 152, '162, 163; Marsceilles 151; Mar~ell 81; Manchester 143; Martin 156; Marston 90, 179; MacLeary 185,; March 82; Mam 106; Maloon 122, 148; Magoon 67; Maines 172; Mallard 99; Mathews 148; Margesson J;;l; Merrill 65 67, 70, 74, 77, 85, 87, 137; Menniman 88, 130; McAndrews 161; McBride 145; McC:urdy 60; Mcfee 170; McCoy 143; McClusky 177; Mcfarlane 138; McHugh 158; McHale 172; Mcinnis 133, 165-; McLane 126; McLaughlin 57; McMurphey n9; Mciver 136; McQuestion 93, 108; Milford 160; Mitchel 101; Miller 143, 149; Mills 86; Millett 172; Milliken 115, 168; Mercier 160, 178, 179; McLeod 154; Mills 86; Moore 67, 77, 128, 165, 169; Mooney 95, 151; Mooar JOO; Moss 163; Moffma 158; Moody _142; Moore 76, 77, 82, 121, 178; Morrill 141, 145; Moulton 136, 145; Morrill 122· Morrow 150; Moses 128; Morse 93, 113; Morrison 112, 167; Murch 171; Munsey 127, 139; Munn 143; Mudgett 77; Murphey 60, 163; Murrell 174, 176.

Nay 101, 103, 116, 132, 133, 145, 146, 148, 165, 166; Nason 102, 103; Nelson 88, 106, 124, 171; Neal 127; Neill 134; Nichol 96, 173; Niles 107; Nickerson 115; Norse 85,; Norris 137; Norcross 120; Noch 184; Nutter 90; Nutting 116, 135.

Odell 144; Odlin 62, 66, 68, 86, Ill, 134; Odiorne 111; O'Neil 167; Osgood 151; Osborn 111; O'Keefe 165.

Pain 80, 102; Page 82, 170, 173; Patch 121; Palmer 90, 121, 145, 150; Parkman 154, 172, 176; Parsons 163; Patterson 113, 134; Parker 81, 126· Pease 154, 182; Perkins 91, 101, 111, 134, 140, 165, 169; Pearl 130; Perry 186; Pearson 69, 94, 95, 177; Pettigrew 106; Pettingill 136.,_ 174; Pinkham 163; Pillsbury 145, 172; Pickering 138;_ Pierce 60, 115; Phipps 101 · Yhelps 132, 159, 160; Philbrick 79, 103; Pike 87; Piper 7i;, 85, 86, 88, 98, 119, 168; Plummer 136, 151, 169, 181; Plaisted 166; Pollard 135, 158; Pope 113; Pottle 63; Powell 135,, 161; Prescott 67, 119, 128, 147; Prentice 133; Proctor 156; Prouty 161, 181, 182; Purinton 167.

Quackbush 179; Quincy 90, Quinby 119, 125,, 131.

Rand 125, 164, 165; Rasmussen 162; Randall 93, 120, 184; Raymond 139, 167; Rawlins 64; Rollins 126; Revere 57; Ralbett 160; Reed 80, 92, 109, 147, 180; Redding 145; Raynolds 133; Raply 121; Rhodes 81, 105, 153, 160; Richards JOO, 130; Richardson 76, 82, 163 166, 182· Rideout 112; Roberts 151; Robinson 34, 62, 66, 72, 77, 82, 86, 89, 95-, 105, 116, 121, 125, 137,_ 140, 144, 145, 148, 163, 164; Roemer 170; Rollins 126; Root 177; Rowell 177; Runnels ~5; Rust 120, 143; Russell 103, 128, 137; Rolf 82; Round 138; Rogers 154; Rowe 72, 86.

Sanborn 77, 82, 95, 116, 119, 123, 125, 181; Saltonstall 183; Sargent 65, 77, 128, 139, 150; Sawyer 97, 162, 136, 170; Sanderson 141; Sayer 37; Selman 85, 117, 118; Scales 165; Seavey 85,; Seth 176; Senter 87; Shubreck 168; Shirley 102; Shepherd 103, 112, 113, 133, 155; Shaw 144, 154; Seavey 115,, 116; Sherbourne 83; Shields 160; Sinclair 88, 153; Simpson 177; Sleeper 99; Smart 173, !Bl; Smith 42, 67, 71, 73, 76, 81, 85, 89, 90, 98, 127, 128, 129, 139, 167, 183; Small 119; Snider 167; Snow 146; Spencer 157; Sprout 84· Stites 113;_ Stackpole 127; Sorrell 104; Soper 147, 168, 169;, Spaulding 122; Stevens 113; Stone 131; Strickland 146; Stanley 178; Stevens 82, 112; Stevenson 105, 134; Stanton 70; Stone 84; Stockbridge 64, 82, 124, 144; Stuart 164; Swain 95; Sweet 119; Swett 72; Sullivan 119.

Tasker 131; Taylor 106, 115, 117, 162, 164; Tapley 112; Tash 72; Thurston 73, 74, 76, 85 89 90 99, 122, 123; Thompson 104,, 124, 134, 136, 138, 141, 145,, 152, 157, 167; Thorndike 63· thayer 140· Thomas 169; Tibbett 78, 100, 143; Tirre 165; Todd 180; Towle 72, 116, 144; Townes 159, 175;, Tilton 82, 96, 99, 110, 126; Trohan 130; Towle 116, 144; Tolman 133; Treanor 152, l;l; Tucker 178; Turner 34, 43; Tuck 06, 162; Tuxbury 141; Tyron 54.

Upton 166.

Veasey 144, 177; Vose 84; Varney 126, 134, 135; VanNostrand 184.

Warren 57; Walker 137, 138, 170; Wallace 105; Wadleigh 65· Warren 113; Ward 142; Wateon 15,l; Walker 167, 179; Wilkerson 124, 172; Willey 126, 128; Whipple 74, 100; Whitten 98, 111, 112; Wingate Wentworth 95, 148; Welch 9u; Wetherby 103; Weeks 148· Weston 146; Wells 167, 177; Wilton 44; Wilson 67, 77; Wiggin 78, 177; Wilber 170; White 164 177; Whitaker 177; Whitemore 144; Whitney 144; Whitaker 163; Whiteman 167· Whicber 148; Wing 135; Whiting 139; Winn 163; White 164, 184, 185; Whitlick 183'. Williams 84, 113, 161; Wiggin 90, 92, 99, 129, 147; Wills 92; Wilbur 143; Wood 139; Woodman 124; Wright 157; Wyat 119; Wyman 93.

Yeaton 99, 149; Yeoman 70; Young 104, 129, 143, 146, 164, 179.

Zelek 132.

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