Person:Elisha Leavitt (5)

m. 24 Jan 1712/13
  1. Elisha Leavitt1713/14 - 1790
  • HElisha Leavitt1713/14 - 1790
  • W.  Ruth Marsh (add)
m. Bef 1742
Facts and Events
Name Elisha Leavitt
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1 Mar 1713/14 Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1742 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Ruth Marsh (add)
Death[2][3] 30 Jun 1790 Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Reference Number? Q5361783?
References
  1. Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Indexes to and Vital Records of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1635-1880. (Microfilm of manuscript at Hingham: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1965)
    Vol. 1 p. 160.

    "Elisha Leavitt the son of Elisha Leavitt and of Sarah his wife was born the first day of march 1713."

  2. Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County). Probate records, 1636-1899. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969-1971).

    Vol. 89, p. 399 Will of "Elisha Leavitt of Hingham ... Yeoman", dated 6 Sep 1788, proved 13 Jul 1790, names wife Ruth Leavit, son Jeurius Leavitt, daughter Meuriel Rice, grandson Charles Rice son of my Daughter Meuriel Rice [under 21] ["the whole of Georges Island the whole of Lovils Island & one half half of Gallops Island"], grandson Caleb Rice son of my daughter Meuriel Rice [under 21], graddaughter Sally Rice daughter of my daughter Meuriel Rice, granddaughter Priscilla Rice daughter of my daughter Meuriel Rice, granddaughter Meuriel Rice Jun'r daughter of my Daughter Meuriel Rice. Son Jeurius Leavitt, son-in-law Nathan Rice, & friend Samuel Norton to be executors. [Samuel Norton renounced his executorship.]
    Vol. 89, p. 611 31 Jul 1790: Inventory of Elisha Leavitt late of Hingham deced: £9300.6.10 plus notes and cash £567.17.3 by Benj'a Cushing, Joseph Andrews, A Lincoln.
    Vol. 90, p. 322 20 Mar 1791: Division of estate of Elisha Leavett late of Hingham Yeoman to his son and the Children of his daughter: to Jeurius Leavitt, rest to children of his late Sister Mrs. Mariel Rice in common (not individually named).
    Vol. 91, p. 205 27 Mar 1792: Account of Jarius Leavitt and Nathaniel Rice Executors of Elisha Leavitt Deceased, allowed.

  3. Lincoln, George; Thomas T. Bouve; Edward T. Bouve; John D. Long; Walter L. Bouve; Francis H. Lincoln; Edmund Hersey; Fearing Burr; Charles W. S Seymour; and Town of Hingham. History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts . (Hingham, Massachusetts: The Town, 1893)
    Vol. 2, p. 433.

    Elisha Leavitt [#15], s/o Elisha Leavitt [#7] and Sarah Lane, b. Hingham 1 Mar 1713-14, d. 30 Jun 1790, m. Ruth Marsh.