John Leverett (1662 - 1724)

Born 25 Aug 1662 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Rogers) Leverett — married 25 Nov 1697 (to 7 Jun 1720) in Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Sarah (Crisp) Colman — married 5 Apr 1722 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 3 May 1724 at age 61 in Massachusetts Bay

Biography

John Leverett, the son of Hudson and Sarah (Payton) Leverett was born in Boston in 1662. He married Mrs. Margaret Rogers Berry, daughter of Dr. John Rogers and Elizabeth (Dennison) Rogers and widow of Capt. Thomas Berry in 1697. The marriage was performed by Dr. Cotton Mather.

John was President of Harvard College from 1707 until his death in 1724. His burial is at Old Burying Ground, Cambridge. His memorial includes photos, links to family members and the full latin inscription.^[1]

John and Margaret had two daughters that lived to maturity, Sarah born in 1700 and Mary born 1701.

Birth

John born Aug. 25, 1662, bap. May 8, 1670 ^[2]

Marriage 1

Mrs. Margaret Berry, daughter of Dr. John Rogers and Elizabeth Dennison. She was the widow of Capt. Thomas Berry. She was born February 18, 1664. They were marrier, November 25, 1697 by Dr. Cotton Mather, and died June 7, 1720, in her 55th year — preceding her husband four years.^[3]

Children of John and Margaret

Nine children, mostly deceased in infancy

1. Sarah born November 12, 1700.
2. Mary born October 29,1701.^[4] m. John Denison.^[5][6]

Marriage 2

In 1722, he married Sarah, widow of William Harris, Esq. She was daughter of Richard and Sarah Crisp, and was born September 15, 1672. The date of her first marriage was 1695. Sarah was married four times. (3) in 1725 to John Clark; (4) 1728 Rev. Benjamin Colman.^[7]

Sources

• CELeverett: A memoir biographical and genealogical, of Sir John Leverett, knt., governor of Massachusetts, 1673-79: of Hon. John Leverett, F.R.S., judge of the supreme court, and president of Harvard college; and of the family generally ... Author: Charles Edward Leverett. Crosby, Nichols & Co. 1856. A Google e-book. CELeverett
• http://www.harvard.edu/history/presidents/leverett
• Bowen's Boston News-Letter and City Record (Abel Bowen, Boston, May 13, 1826) Vol. 1, Page 249
• Shurtleff, Nathaniel. Genealogical Notice of the Family of Elder Thomas Leverett, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1850) Vol. 4, Page 132 & Page 134-5
• Sibley, John Langdon. Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University (Cambridge: Charles William Sever, 1885) Vol. 3, Page 180-98.

Footnotes

1. ↑ John Leverett. memorial at Find A Grave.
2. ↑ #CELeverett Page: 96
3. ↑ #CELeverett Page: 129, 143
4. ↑ #CELeverett Page: 143
5. ↑ "The Second Wife of Hudson Leverett." The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937- Vol. 25. p. 160, 161.
6. ↑ Ancestry and descendants of Sir Richard Saltonstall : first associate of the Massachusetts Bay colony and patentee of Connecticut. by Saltonstall, Leverett, 1897. Page 20, 139.
7. ↑ #CELeverett Page: 143