Captain Levi Rounsevell

Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 DEATH : 1/3/1815 VOLUME : Rogers, Thomas (Vol. 19)

Captain Levi Rouncewell Rounswell Rounsevell Roundsvell

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Levi Rounsevell (1739 - bef. 1815)

Levi Rounsevell
Born 1739 in Freetown, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of William Rounsevell and Elizabeth (Macomber) Ashley
Brother of William Rounseville Jr., Joseph Rounseval, Elizabeth (Rounseville) Pierce, Micah Ashley [half], Abiah (Ashley) Hathaway [half] and Noah Ashley [half]
Husband of Betsy (Howland) Rounsevell — married 28 Apr 1760 in Middleborough, Massachusettsmap
Husband of Molly (Gooch) Rounsevell — married 7 Sep 1776 in Freetown, Massachusettsmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Abner Rounseville, William Rounseville and John Rounsevell
Died before 3 Jan 1815 before age 76 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Captain Levi Rounsevell served with 20th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
SAR insignia
Levi Rounsevell is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 282185
Rank: Captain
Levi Rounseville was a Captain of a company of Minutemen which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and for most of the rest of 1775 served in Col. David Brewer's 20th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Levi Rounsevell was born in 1739 in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay. His parents were William Rounsevell and Elizabeth Macomber. [citation needed]

Betty Howland married Levy Rounseville on 28 April 1760 in Middleborough, Massachusetts, United States.[7]

Together they had these children: [citation needed]

Abner Rounseville
William Rounseville
Mary betrothed Levy Rouncafull on 7 September 1776 in Freetown, Massachusetts, United States.[8]

Together they had these children: [citation needed]

John Rounsevell
Levi was mentioned on a memorial in Rounsevell Cemetery, Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States with a death date of 3 January 1815.[9]

Sources

↑ DAR
↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
↑ [United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783]]
↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
↑ History of Bristol County, Massachusetts
↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #59007566 (accessed 12 May 2023)
Betty Howland marriage to Levy Rounseville on 28 Apr 1760 in Middleborough, Massachusetts, USA.
↑ Marriage intent: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #68789816 (accessed 12 May 2023)
Mary Brown intent to Levy Rouncafull on 7 Sep 1776 in Freetown, Massachusetts, USA.
↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #73739849 (accessed 12 May 2023)
Memorial page for Capt Levi Rounsevell (1739-3 Jan 1815), citing Rounsevell Cemetery, Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by InMemory (contributor 48117472).
Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Bristol County, Massachusetts (J.W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, PA 1883); p. 290
A History of The Town of Freetown, Massachusetts (J.H. Franklin & Co., Fall River, Mass., 1902); p. 16, 21, 73, 116, 138-9, 153, 163, 247
"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N72S-FX5 : 2 March 2021), Levi Rounsville in entry for Sarah Mason, 30 Jul 1860; citing Freetown, Massachusetts, v 138 p 92, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,176.
The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 10, No. 4, p. 170
</span"Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK2-ZNS8 : 19 February 2021), Levi Roousevell Or Rounsevell, 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGX1-5T4Z : 19 February 2021), Levi Rounsevell, 24 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLF-MR2P : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 11 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBX-MWWC : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 12 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGX1-5T44 : 19 February 2021), Levi Rounseval, 17 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLF-MR2R : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 18 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLF-MR2T : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 22 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLG2-61XM : 19 February 2021), Rounsevells, 24 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLF-MR2Y : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 28 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLG2-6161 : 19 February 2021), Levi Rounsevells, 30 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLF-MR2B : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 2 Jul 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLF-MR21 : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell Or Rouncewell, 4 Jul 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLF-MRLM : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 6 Jul 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLF-MRL9 : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 8 Jul 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBX-MWW4 : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 11 Jul 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBX-MWWH : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 12 Jul 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBX-MWWZ : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 14 Jul 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLF-MR25 : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 16 Jul 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBX-MWW8 : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 18 Jul 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBX-MWWD : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 20 Jul 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBX-MWW6 : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 22 Jul 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBX-MWWX : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 24 Jul 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBX-MWWF : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 26 Jul 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBX-MWWN : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 28 Jul 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLG2-616R : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 30 Jul 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLG2-616Y : 19 February 2021), Rounsevell, 3 Aug 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLF-MR2G : 19 February 2021), Levi Rounsevell, 7 Oct 1775; citing Military Service, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGFD-15FY : 19 February 2021), Levi Ronnsevell, 8 Nov 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 13, p. 611
Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. [1]
Levi ROUNSEVELL
Birth 1739
Location Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Original Text Gen. 6: LEVI ROUNSEVELL6 ( Elizabeth Macomber5, Elizabeth Williams4, Elizabeth Rogers3, John Rogers2, Thomas Rogers1)
Father William Rounsevell
Mother Elizabeth Rounsevell
Volume Name Rogers, Thomas (Vol. 19) Page 491
"United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKL-3FW : accessed 31 December 2021), Levi Rounsevelle, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 223, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.
"United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-T7GS : 1 March 2021), Levi Rounsevell, 24 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711090.
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMC-HBH4 : 1 March 2021), Levi Rounsevell, May 1775; citing Military Service, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140774.
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-DG4C : 1 March 2021), Levi Rounseval, 17 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711090.
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of ROUNSEVILLE, LEVI", Ancestor # A053268.
Vital Records of Freetown, Massachusetts, Births and Deaths 1686-1793, and Intentions of Marriage 1695-1795 (Lee D. van Antwarp, Glenview, Illinois);
p. 126 "Capt. Levi Rounceful of Freetown entered bis intentions of marriage to Mary Brown of Milton September the 7th 1776"

Captain Levi Rouncewell Rounswell Rounsevell

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rounsevell-2

Born 1739 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Son of William Rounsevell and Elizabeth (Macomber) Ashley

Brother of William Rounseville, Abiah Ashley [half], Micah Ashley [half] and Noah Ashley [half]

Husband of Betsy (Howland) Rounsevell — married 28 Apr 1760 in Middleborough, Massachusetts

Husband of Molly (Gooch) Rounsevell — married 7 Sep 1776 in Freetown, Massachusetts

Father of Abner Rounseville and William Rounseville

Died 3 Jan 1815 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Profile last modified 14 Nov 2019 | Created 11 Oct 2014

Biography

Levi was born in 1739. Levi Rounsville ... He passed away in 1815.

Sources

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

Name Levy Rounseville

Marriage Date 28 Apr 1760

Marriage Place Middleborough, Massachusetts

Spouse Name Betty Howland

PROBATE RECORD : 1754

LOCATION : Freetown,Bristol,Massachusetts,United States

NOTE : page 1 of 10 CASE NUMBER : 21994 VOLUME : Bristol 20000-21999 PAGE : 21994:1

Find A Grave: Memorial #73739849

Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 DEATH : 1/3/1815 VOLUME : Rogers, Thomas (Vol. 19) PAGE : 491 TEXT : Gen. 6: LEVI ROUNSEVELL6 ( Elizabeth Macomber5, Elizabeth Williams4, Elizabeth Rogers3, John Rogers2, Thomas Rogers1) FATHER :William Rounsevell MOTHER :Elizabeth Rounsevell DAR[1] A053268 Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): CAPTAIN ville was in charge of all the Minute Men of Free Town that responded to the Lexington alarm.

Levi Rounsevell built an iron blast near Fall Brook in 1784 with Job Pierce and others. Th e location became Furnace Village. (cyberfair.gsn.org/Freetown/Lexicon.html) He was a captai n in the Revolutionary War. (Stearns, GFHSNH, 2:904) Guardianship papers of 7 Nov 1797 gran t him custody of Asenath, Abiathar, and Betsy Rounsevell, minor children of his late brothe r William of Freetown. Levi Rounsevell was Captain of the only Freetown company of Minute Men "that responded to th e call at Lexington alarm, and he afterwards raised and commanded a company in the 9th regime nt of the Continental Army." Nathaniel Morton, grandfather to Gov. Marcus Morton, was his Li eutenant in the company of Minute Men, and Henry, a younger brother of Capt. Job Peirce, wa s his Lieutenant in the 9th regiment of the Continental army. (War Rolls in office of the Sec retary of State, Boston, cited by Ebenezer W. Peirce, The Peirce Family)

Levi enlisted as private on 11 April 1757 in the 5th Foot Company of Taunton, MA. April 177 5 he was Captain of Freetown Minute Men, and August 1775 Captain of Col. David Brewster's Reg iment. (Avis Kirsch, A Rounseville Chronicle)[newanderson2.ged]

Levi Rounsevell

Born 1739 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Son of William Rounsevell and Elizabeth (Macomber) Ashley

Brother of William Rounseville, Abiah Ashley [half], Micah Ashley [half] and Noah Ashley [half]

Husband of Betsy (Howland) Rounsevell — married 28 Apr 1760 in Middleborough, Massachusetts

Husband of Molly (Gooch) Rounsevell — married 7 Sep 1776 in Freetown, Massachusetts

Father of Abner Rounseville and William Rounseville

Died 3 Jan 1815 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Profile last modified 14 Nov 2019 | Created 11 Oct 2014

Biography

Levi was born in 1739. Levi Rounsville ... He passed away in 1815.

Sources

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Name Levy Rounseville Marriage Date 28 Apr 1760 Marriage Place Middleborough, Massachusetts Spouse Name Betty Howland PROBATE RECORD : 1754 LOCATION : Freetown,Bristol,Massachusetts,United States NOTE : page 1 of 10 CASE NUMBER : 21994 VOLUME : Bristol 20000-21999 PAGE : 21994:1 Find A Grave: Memorial #73739849 Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 DEATH : 1/3/1815 VOLUME : Rogers, Thomas (Vol. 19) PAGE : 491 TEXT : Gen. 6: LEVI ROUNSEVELL6 ( Elizabeth Macomber5, Elizabeth Williams4, Elizabeth Rogers3, John Rogers2, Thomas Rogers1) FATHER :William Rounsevell MOTHER :Elizabeth Rounsevell DAR[1] A053268 Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): CAPTAIN