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About Thomas Leavitt
Thomas Leavitt is NOT a known son of Thomas Levett, Jr. and Margaret Lindley. His birthdate is seen as 11//1616 at Tixover, Rutland, England with insufficient supporting evidence.
“ Decades, centuries have been spent finding the birth and parents of farmer Thomas Leavitt with no success. Best research indicates he was from Colchester, Essex, England.”
Thomas Leavitt and Isabella Bland were married c1644. (after which he moved to Hampton, N.H. and lived on the Asten homestead) <https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofh02dowj#page/586/mode/2up>
Thomas, (lived in) Exeter 1639; may have been br. of the first John, bef. 1644 rem. to Hampton, and d. 28 Nov. 1696; leav. says Farmer, s. Hezron, Aratus, b. 1646; John; Thomas; James, 1602, d. young; Isabel; Jemima; and Heriah; but the order is unkn. His w. Isabel d. 19 Feb. 1700. His name is used as a grantee, with John Wheelwright and two others in that enormous forgery of the deed of the whole S. and E. part of the Province of N. H. with the Isle of Shoals from Indian sachems 17 May 1629, certain. more than seven yrs. bef. the principal W. came to this country, and hear nine yrs. bef. that honest purch. by W. of all the lds. for 30 ms. betw. the gr. riv. Merrimack and Piscataqua. Nor can any evid. be discov. prob. bef. the gen. conflagrat. of this globe, that L. was here a single yr. earlier than W. >Savage, v3, pp70-71.
Inscription: In Memory of Thomas Leavitt 1616-1696 The first Leavitt to settle in New Hampshire 1639 National Association of Leavitt Families
Thomas Leavitt, one of the first settlers of Exeter, and a signer of the "Combination," in 1639, removed to Hampton and as early as 1644 married Isabella (Bland) Asten, daughter of Joshua (or John?) and Joanna Bland, of Colchester, England. [1]
Isabella was the widow of Frances Asten, who had died a year or two before her marriage to Thomas. She brought to the marriage three children: [2]
Interesting article about him on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Leavitt_(settler)#cite_note-3
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Leavitt-188
Thomas Lovett formerly Leavitt
Born before Nov 1616 in Colchester, Essex, England
Son of Thomas Leavitt and Margaret Lindley
[sibling%28s%29 unknown]
Husband of Elizabeth Leavitt — married 1635 in of, New Hampshire,British Colonial America
Husband of Isabella (Bland) Leavitt — married 1644 in British Colonial America
Father of Thomas Leavitt, Jemima Leavitt, John Leavitt, Aretas Leavitt, Hezron Leavitt, Thomas Leavitt, James Leavitt and Heriah Leavitt
Died 28 Nov 1696 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Profile last modified 13 Jan 2018 | Created 27 Mar 2011 Thomas (Leavitt) Lovett migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).
Biography
Thomas Leavitt, one of the first settlers of Exeter, and a signer of the "Combination," in 1639, removed to Hampton and as early as 1644 married Isabella (Bland) Asten, daughter of Joshua (or John?) and Joanna Bland, of Colchester, England. [1]
Isabella was the widow of Frances Asten, who had died a year or two before her marriage to Thomas. She brought to the marriage three children: [2]
Interesting article about him on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Leavitt_(settler)#cite_note-3
Isabella Asten, born circa 1633, died December 7, 1719, married Philip Towle Jemima Asten, baptized January 24, 1641, married John Knowles Keziah Asten, also baptized January 24, 1641, married ______? Tucker Thomas and Isabella lived on the Asten homestead (later the residence of John C. Marston.) Children of Thomas and Isabella are:
Aretas Leavitt, born circa 1646, died Jauary 14, 1739, married Ruth Sleeper Hezron Leavitt, died November 30, 1712, married Martha Taylor John Leavitt, married Deliverence Robie, on May 28, 1701 James Leavitt, born November 10, 1652, married and lived in Portsmouth Researcher's notes
Dow states in his History of Hampton that Isabella's father, John Bland was sometimes called Smith.
Birth
These dates have been suggested.
1602 about 1610 1616 in Colchester, Essex, England 1612 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, married 1643 Marriage
1644 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA[3]
Sources
- History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire|History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire, by Joseph Dow, Salem, MA, 1893, Vol. 2, page 810 https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofh02dowj#page/n5/mode/2up </li>
- <i> History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire|History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire, by Joseph Dow, Salem, MA, 1893, Vol. 2, page 586 </li>
- Marston. Lane Memorial Library - Hampton, Rockingham Co, New Hampshire. Publication: Lane Memorial Library; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb/~marston/Hampton</li></ol>
- History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire|History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire by Charles Henry Bell, J.J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York, 1889, pages 29, 88 https://books.google.com/books?id=ngo1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA29
- The Leavitts of America : a compilation of five branches and gleanings from New England to California and Canada by Woods Cross, Utah: Published by Mrs. Jane Jennings Note: Cover title.|||"How to use this book," signed: Cecilia G. Steed, genealogist.|||"Errata" p. [5]-[9].|||"Additions" p. [10]-[16].|||Includes index.
- American Genealogical-Biographical Index Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, CT, USA
- Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s,</i> William P. Filby, editor, Published by Gale Research, Farmington Hills, MI, 2012
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing, Published by The Generations Network, Inc, Provo, Utah, 2004
- Sanborn, Victor Channing, Esq. Tomas Levet of Exeter and Hampton, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1913) Vol. 67, Page 66
- http://www.leavittfamilies.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I3840&tre... (has errors)
- Notes: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=118804489&pi...
- Reference: GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index - SmartCopy: Sep 4 2020, 3:54:48 UTC
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Thomas Leavitt's Timeline
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1616
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of, Colchester, Essex, England (United Kingdom)
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1645
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Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British North America (USA)
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1646
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Essex, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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1648
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Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
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November 10, 1652
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Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
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November 28, 1696
Age 80
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Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, New England
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