Born in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jacob Leavitt Sr.
and Sylvia (Bonney) Leavitt
Sister of
Joseph Leavitt, Tabitha (Leavitt) Jones, Jacob Leavitt Jr., Isaiah Leavitt, Sarah (Leavitt) Dillingham, Cyrus Leavitt and Isaac Leavitt
Wife of
Levi Merrill
— married
13 Mar 1779 in New Gloucester, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Saraiah Merrill, Levi Merrill Jr., Silence Merrill, Calvin Merrill, Joanna Merrill, Humphrey Merrill, Alvah Merrill and Sylvia Zipporah (Merrill) Richmond
Died
at age 67
in Turner, Oxford, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Aug 2014
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Biography
Children and Marriage
Sylvia married Levi Merrill 1779 in Maine. She was born in Pembroke, the daughter of Jacob and Sylvia (Bonney) Leavitt, and died in Turner. Sylvia and Levi were the parents of thirteen children, the first one born in New Gloucester, the other twelve born in Turner, Maine, namely: 1. Saraiah 2. Levi 3. Lucy 4. Tabitha 5. Tile 6. Luther 7. Calvin 8. Jacob 9. Joanna 10. Theodosious 11. Humphrey 12. Alvah 13. Sylvia
[Excerpt from The Merrill Family by Lot Augustus Merrill, December 1938]
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 December 2020), memorial page for Sylvia Leavitt Merrill (1759–14 Mar 1826), Find a Grave Memorial no. 74410653, citing East Burial Grounds, North Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by BeNotForgot (contributor 46974545) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sylvia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sylvia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sylvia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sylvia:
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~1.56%
Stephen Carlisle
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Sec8564
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~1.56%
Marjorie (Fish) Luce :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member marjorieluce
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Nina (Arango) Hansen :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member nina_the_birder
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Shirley (Adams) Van den hazenkamp :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Roberta (Pearson) Weisbrod :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A349051 [compare], Ancestry member rdweisbrod_1
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~0.78%
Ronald Perkins :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Rperk
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