Ancestry of
Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

Susan A. Leavitt

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Ben Jealous — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 43 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Leavitt 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Austin   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 Mar 1826 
  • Birth Location:
  • Northfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Nov 1910 
  • Death Location:
  • Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Wells Cemetery, Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Milton Youngman
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 4 Nov 1850 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Lucy J. Youngman (Ahnentafel No:21 )

• Additional marriages for Susan A. Leavitt

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  • Spouse:
  • David Barnard
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 18 Jun 1870

• Sources for Susan A. Leavitt

  • ¹ Federal Census, NH, Grafton, 1850, Dorchester, Image 11 of 18.
  • ² Federal Census, NH, Grafton County, 1860, Dorchester, p. 7, Image 17 of 18.
  • ³ Federal Census, NH, Grafton County, 1870, Canaan, p. 15, Image 15 of 47.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/21/2023).
  • ⁵ New Hampshire, U.S., Death Records, 1650-1969, Death record for Susan A Barnard.
  • ⁶ New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971, Marriage record for Leonard W Smith and daughter Lucy J Youngman.
  • ⁷ New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982, Will of spouse Milton Youngman, dated 05 APR 1860, proved 12 MAY 1860.
  • ⁸ Noyes, Emily Leavitt, Leavitt: Descendants of John, the Immigrant Through His Son, Moses, Concord, New Hampshire: Evans Printing Company (1941), 105.

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