Ebenezer Leavitt (1771 - abt. 1845)

Born 2 Mar 1771 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Wallace) Leavitt — married 10 Jul 1796 in Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine

Descendants

Died about 8 Sep 1845 at about age 74 in Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Ebenezer Leavitt was born on 2 March 1771 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, son of Nathaniel Leavitt (~1750– ).

Ebenezer (25) married Sarah Wallace (22) (born about 1773 in Small Point, Sagadahoc, Maine) on 10 July 1796 in Georgetown, Sagadahoc. ^[1]

Their children [from the Leavitt book]

1. David Leavitt (1796–1864​​)
2. Samuel Leavitt (1798–?​​)
3. Israel Leavitt (1800–?)
4. Elisha Leavitt (1802–?​​) died young
5. William Leavitt (1805-?​​)
6. Elisha Leavitt (1816-?​​)
7. Charles Nelson Levitt (1819–1890​​)
8. Sarah (Leavitt) Darling Johnson (1822-?​​)

FamilySearch list:

1. David Leavitt (1796–1864 • LZGV-QQQ​​)
2. Samuel Leavitt (1798–Deceased • LZZJ-G8S​​)
3. Israel Leavitt (1800–1887 • 9KJC-G57​​)
4. Elisha Leavitt (1802–1803 • KCX8-MRQ​​)
5. Nathaniel Leavitt (1804–1892 • KHCX-NMJ​​)
6. Elisha I. Leavitt (1805–1886 • LHYL-8NK​​)
7. William Leavitt (1808–Deceased • KCXK-WYS​​)
8. Sarah (Leavitt) Darling (1810–1893 • LZ8V-12W​​)
9. David H Loveitt (1814–1883 • LBM6-JKB​​)
10. Henry C Leavitt (1815–Deceased • K8QD-C3N​​)
11. Deborah Leavitt (1818–1880 • K633-5MY​​)
12. Charles Levitt (1819–1890 • K465-TLP​​)
13. James Leavitt (1822–Deceased • KZQW-Q78)

He supposedly remarried after his first wife died. His sons Elisha and David did not like her, so they ran away to sea, and were shipwrecked on Mahogany Island.

Ebenezer was in a military record in 1812-1815 in United States.^[2]

Ebenezer died on 8 Sep 1845 in Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, United States aged ~73.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
   citing FHL microfilm: 10919;
   FamilySearch Record: F4F8-9HW (accessed 7 October 2022)
   Ebenezer Levit marriage to Sarah Wallace on 10 Jul 1796 in Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States.
2. ↑ Military: "United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815"
   citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 123; FHL microfilm 882,641.
   FamilySearch Record: Q29K-6P2R (accessed 7 October 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-95ZX-BFS Image number 02201
   Name: Ebenezer Leavitt; Military Service Date: 1812-1815; Military Service Place: United States.

• Leavitt book, vol. 2 by Emily Leavitt Noyes, p. 30 (1941)
• The Leavitt Families of Great Island, Harpswell, Me. by Rev Chas. E. Smiett, p. 4
• 1820 United States Federal Census for Ebenezer Leavit, Maine, Cumberland, Harpswell. 1820 Census, Ancestry (subscription service).

• 1830 United States Federal Census for Ebenezer. Leavit, Maine, Cumberland, Harpswell 1830 Census, Ancestry (subscription service).

• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F8-9H7 : 14 January 2020), Sarah Wallace in entry for Ebenezer Levit, 1796. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F8-9H7