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George Henry Bissell

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Josiah Leavitt

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of George Henry Bissell — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 40 
  • Father:
  • John Leavitt 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Gilman   
  • Birth Date:
  • 4 May 1653 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
  • 8 May 1653 
  • Christening Location:
  • Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Death Date:
  • 14 Sep 1708 
  • Death Location:
  • Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  • Hingham Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Margaret Johnson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Oct 1676 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Joshua Leavitt (Ahnentafel No:20 )

• Sources for Josiah Leavitt

  • ¹ Early New England Families, 1641-1700, Humphrey Johnson (m. 1641), p. 6.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/07/2019).
  • ³ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. IV, I-L, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2005), 275.
  • ⁴ Dwight, Benjamin W., The History of the Descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass., Vol. 1, New York: John F. Trow and Sons (1874), 406, gives Josiah's name as Joseph.