Joseph Leavitt (1816 - 1864)

Born 16 May 1816 in Turner, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Jane E (Craylon) Leavitt — married 14 Sep 1844 in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Descendants

Biography

Joseph Leavitt, son of Issachar, son of Joe, son of Jacob, son of Solomon, Son of John, son of Israel, son of John: born 1815 at Turner; christened 16 May 1816 in Turner, Androscoggin, Maine; died 1864. Married in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada in 1844 to Jane E. Creighton, born in New Brunswick. 1860 census finds them living at Turner, Maine, then at Wilton, Maine in 1870, but most of their married life they were at Frederickton. New Brunswick. He was called Captain.

Sources

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVN-W9H : 17 October 2017), Joseph Leavitt, 16 May 1816; citing Turner, , Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.

• "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-K8GS : 13 March 2018), Joseph Leavitt and Jane Creighton, 14 Sep 1844; citing Fredericton, , New Brunswick, Canada, p. 254, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 846,413

• Noyes, Emily Leavitt. Descendants of John Leavitt, the Immigrant Through his son, Israel and Lydia Jackson. (Tilton, NH: National Association of Leavitt Families, 1948, Sep. 1998 edition), page 80.

• Leavitt Genealogical Database (Joseph V. Leavitt, Western Association of Leavitt Families), accessed 21 March 2016.