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George Henry Bissell

Father of the American Oil Industry

John Leavitt

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• • Great-grandfather of George Henry Bissell — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10 
  • Father:
  • Joshua Leavitt 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Devotion   
  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Jul 1724 
  • Birth Location:
  • Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 5 Apr 1798 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Old Center Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Abiah Kent
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  • Child:

  Amelia Leavitt (Ahnentafel No:5 )

• Sources for John Leavitt

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Suffield, p. 168, Birth record for John Leavitt.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/07/2019).
  • ³ Dwight, Benjamin W., The History of the Descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass., Vol. 1, New York: John F. Trow and Sons (1874), 405-407, 412.