Ancestry of
Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

Joseph Leavitt

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Ben Jealous — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 86 
  • Father:
  • Dudley Leavitt 
  • Mother:
  • Fanny Willy   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1803 
  • Birth Location:
  • Canterbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Sep 1880 
  • Death Location:
  • Dorchester, Grafton, New Hampshire 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Town House Cemetery, Dorchester, Grafton, New Hampshire 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Austin
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Oct 1823 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Northfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire 
  • Child:

  Susan A. Leavitt (Ahnentafel No:43 )

• Additional marriages for Joseph Leavitt

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  • Spouse:
  • Ruth F. Stevens
  • Marriage Date:
  • 12 Aug 1877
  • Marriage Location:
  • Wentworth, Grafton, New Hampshire

• Sources for Joseph Leavitt

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/21/2023).
  • ² New Hampshire, U.S., Death Records, 1650-1969, Death record for daughter Susan A Barnard.
  • ³ New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947, Marriage record for Joseph Leavitt and Mary Austin.
  • ⁴ New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947, Marriage record for Joseph Leavitt and Ruth F Stevens.
  • ⁵ Noyes, Emily Leavitt, Leavitt: Descendants of John, the Immigrant Through His Son, Moses, Concord, New Hampshire: Evans Printing Company (1941), 64, 105.

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