Israel Leavitt (1648 - abt. 1696)

Born 23 Apr 1648 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Died about 26 Dec 1696 at about age 48 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Israel Leavitt was born on April 23, 1648 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay. His parents were John Leavitt and Sarah Gilman.^[1][2]

He married Lydia Jackson 10 Jan 1676/77.^[1][3] Together they had 9 children:^[1]

1. Lydia b. 1691
2. John b 1678
3. Israel b 1680
4. Abraham b 1686
5. Elisha b 1684
6. Solomon 1682
7. Sarah b 1688
8. Hannah b 1693
9. Mary b 1695

He lived on Leavitt Street in Hingham.^[1]

Referred to as "Husbandman."^[1]

He died intestate on December 26, 1696 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay.^[1]

Israel Leavitt served in King Philip’s War.

He is buried at Hingham Center Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[4]

Research Notes

It is highly unlikely that Israel had more wives. If he died in 1696, and Lydia died after him in 1729.^[5]

Some unsourced profiles show Preserved Hall as Israel's wife, but Preserved Hall married Lydia (Jackson) Leavitt^[6] in 1699.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Thomas T Bouvé; Edward Tracy Bouvé; John Davis Long; Walter Lincoln Bouvé; Francis Henry Lincoln; George Lincoln; Edmund Hersey; Fearing Burr; Charles Winfield Scott Seymour; Hingham (Mass.). (1893). Pub. by the town. Vol II, p.428-429
2. ↑ The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 p.271
3. ↑ The New England Historical Genealogical Register, 1847-2011. First Settlers of Hingham. p.254
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28299009/israel-leavitt: accessed 9 March 2023), memorial page for Israel Leavitt (23 Apr 1648–26 Dec 1690), Find A Grave: Memorial #28299009, citing Hingham Center Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by GLeavitt (contributor 46791358).
5. ↑ Mackenzie GN. Colonial Families of the United States of America; in Which Is Given the History Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies from the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown 13th May 1607 to the Battle of Lexington 19th April 1775. New York Baltimore: Grafton Press The Seaforth Press; 1902. Vol. VII, p.321
6. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700. p.458

See also:

• SAR Membership78466 Henry W Littlefield No known ancestors within the SAR database.

• Leavitt Genealogy. Mrs. Loera Mae Greene Heldenbrandt