Ancestry of
Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

Fanny Willy

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• • 5th Great-grandmother of Ben Jealous — 8th Generation
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  • 173 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1780 
  • Birth Location:
  • Northfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Dudley Leavitt
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  • ABT 1798 
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  Joseph Leavitt (Ahnentafel No:86 )

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  • Fanny Willy may have been the daughter of Ezekiel and Patty (Glover) Willey of Northfield, New Hampshire.

• Sources for Fanny Willy

  • ¹ New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947, Marriage record for son Joseph Leavitt and Ruth F Stevens.
  • ² Noyes, Emily Leavitt, Leavitt: Descendants of John, the Immigrant Through His Son, Moses, Concord, New Hampshire: Evans Printing Company (1941), 55, 64, gives Fanny's maiden name as Milly.
  • ³ Watson, Marston, Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Volume 1, Governor Thomas Dudley and Descendants . . ., 2nd Ed., Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2004), 164, gives Fanny's maiden name as Milly.

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