Tailor who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1634 (based on grant of land at Dorchester).
First settled in Dorchester; moved to Hingham in 1636. Died in Hingham 20 November 1691 (as "Deacon John Leavitt"), "aged 83."
MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1637 _____ _____. She died at Hingham on 3 July 1646 and was buried there on 5 July 1646. (She has been called Mary, probably based on the admission of a "Mary Lovett" as a member of Dorchester church about 1638. The Leavitt family had already moved to Hingham before the second church was organized, so this church admission is almost certainly not for the first wife of John Leavitt.
(2) Hingham 15 December 1646 Sarah _____. She died at Hingham on 26 May 1700. (Her name has been given in some secondary sources as Sarah Gilman, but Walter Goodwin Davis, in his account of EDWARD GILMAN {1638, Hingham}, says only that she "died after arrival in New England." However, the repeated association of John Leavitt with Daniel Cushing, who did marry a daughter of Edward Gilman, suggests that this wife may well have been Sarah Gilman .
Five of the sons of John Leavitt resided at one time or another at Exeter, New Hampshire. They were part of a larger migration from Hingham to Exeter which took place over a period of two decades or more, and included EDWARD GILMAN {1638, Hingham} and JOHN FOLSOM {1638, Hingham} and many members of those two families as well.
Tailor who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1634 (based on grant of land at Dorchester).
First settled in Dorchester; moved to Hingham in 1636. Died in Hingham 20 November 1691 (as "Deacon John Leavitt"), "aged 83."
MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1637 _____ _____. She died at Hingham on 3 July 1646 and was buried there on 5 July 1646. (She has been called Mary, probably based on the admission of a "Mary Lovett" as a member of Dorchester church about 1638. The Leavitt family had already moved to Hingham before the second church was organized, so this church admission is almost certainly not for the first wife of John Leavitt.
(2) Hingham 15 December 1646 Sarah _____. She died at Hingham on 26 May 1700. (Her name has been given in some secondary sources as Sarah Gilman, but Walter Goodwin Davis, in his account of EDWARD GILMAN {1638, Hingham}, says only that she "died after arrival in New England." However, the repeated association of John Leavitt with Daniel Cushing, who did marry a daughter of Edward Gilman, suggests that this wife may well have been Sarah Gilman .
Five of the sons of John Leavitt resided at one time or another at Exeter, New Hampshire. They were part of a larger migration from Hingham to Exeter which took place over a period of two decades or more, and included EDWARD GILMAN {1638, Hingham} and JOHN FOLSOM {1638, Hingham} and many members of those two families as well.
Bio by: Linda Mac
Family Members
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1LT Samuel Leavitt I
1641–1707
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Israel Leavitt
1648–1696
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Moses Leavitt
1650–1731
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Deacon Moses Leavitt I
1650–1731
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Josiah Leavitt
1653–1708
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Nehemiah Leavitt
1656–1715
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Sarah Leavitt Clapp Howe
1659–1726
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Mary Leavitt Bates
1661–1706
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Hannah Leavitt Estabrook
1664–1728
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Abigail "Abial" Leavitt Johnson
1667–1748
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