Jeremy Benjamin Leavitt (1673 - bef. 1733)

Born 6 Apr 1673 in Exeter, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Gannett) Leavitt — married about 1708 in Rockingham Co., New Hampshire [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 7 Nov 1733 before age 60 in Stratham, New Hampshire

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Biography

Jeremy Benjamin Leavitt was born on April 6, 1673 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire. He went by his middle name, i.e. "Benjamin," and was the son of Samuel and Mary (Robinson) Leavitt.

Jeremy married Elizabeth Gannett in Stratham, New Hampshire about 1708 where they continued residence and raised their family. Jeremy and Elizabeth had at least 12 children as follows: Hannah (b. August 25, 1709); Mary (b. September 11, 1710, d. 1793); Jean (b. July 29, 1712); John (b. November 19, 1713); Samuel (1714-1790); Elizabeth (September 30, 1715; d. abt. 1760); Jeremiah (1717-1758); Patience (May 23, 1717; d. October 14, 1741); Benjamin (September 27, 1719; d. abt. 1780); Joanna (b. 1721); Alice Elsie (1726-1754); Reuben (1728-1786); and Elisha (b. 1728).

Jeremy "Benjamin" was both a school teacher and tavern keeper in Stratham. He passed away in Stratham in late summer of 1733. His Will was proved on November 7, 1733. He named his widow "Elizabeth" as his "sole executrix." He named the following children (as they appeared in sequence) in his Will: John, Jeremiah, Elisha, Hannah, Mary, Jane Elizabeth, Patience, Joanna, Alice, and Benjamin. Children listed above who were not named had died young before Jeremy Benjamin's Will was executed.

Sources

• New Hampshire Births, and Christenings Index, 1714-1904; Name: Jeremy Leavitt; Birth Date: 6 Apr 1673; Birth Place: Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire; Gender: Male; Father's Name: Samuel Leavitt; FHL Film Number: 15785. [Repository: Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "New Hampshire Birth Records, early to 1900." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009. New Hampshire Registrar of Vital Statistics. "Index to births, early to 1900." New Hampshire Registrar of Vital Statistics, Concord, New Hampshire.] (birth record)

• Noyes, Emily Leavitt. "Samuel Leavitt's Children," p. 62, in Descendants of John Leavitt through His Son, Samuel, Vol 5 (Concord, NH: Evans Print Co., 1956, pg 62) (This genealogy names Jeremy Benjamin Leavitt's parents, his vital data, as well as his wife with maiden name)

• Noyes, Sybyl, et al. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012 (latest edition), pp. 424-5.

• Global, Find A Grave Index, accessed 07 July 2019, memorial page for Jeremy Benjamin Leavitt, Memorial no. 188302215; Includes biography; Created by Bob Meyers on March 25, 2018; and maintained by Bob Meyers (contributor 48979358): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188302215/jeremy-benjamin-leavitt

• Merrill, Samuel. A Merril Memorial, An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts. (self-published, 1932; copy 26 was given to the Genealogical Society of Utah), p. 347. [cites daughter Alice Elsie's marriage to Daniel Merrill; in this Memorial, Alice Elsie's parents are identified by name including their residence being "of Stratham." [Repository: A Merril Memorial, An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts; Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 (database on-line, image #357 of 735). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.]

• New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982; All Counties; Vol. 32-34. [Repository: Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 (database on-line, frames #271-2 of 1219). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: New Hampshire County, District and Probate Courts.] (Jeremy Benjamin Leavitt's Will dated August 15, 1733; proved November 7, 1733)