Rouse Howland Leavitt (1773 - aft. 1865)

Born 1773 in Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Robinson) Leavitt — married 14 Oct 1798 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Anne (Unknown) Leavitt — married 14 Mar 1815 in Livermore, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died after 1865 after age 92 in Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Birth

Rouse Howland Leavitt was born in 1773 in Rhode Island, the son of Joseph Leavitt and Lydia (Howland) Leavitt.^[1]

Marriages

1. Rouse Leavitt married Anna (or Hannah) Robinson at Rochester, Massachusetts, on 14 Oct 1798.^[2].
2. On 28 Feb 1815, Lieut. Rouse H. Leavitt and Mrs. Anne (Unknown) Wescott, both of Livermore, Maine (then in Massachusetts), published at Livermore their intention to marry,^[3] and they married at Livermore on 14 Mar 1815.^[4]

Residences

Rouse Howland Leavitt and his two wives recorded 16 children at Livermore, Maine (in Massachusetts until 1820), between 1801 and 1833, eight with each wife.^[5] At some point, Rouse Leavitt "exchanged farms with Sidney Turner of Turner."^[6] He is shown living at age 92 in the household of his son, Clark Leavitt, at New Bedford, Massachusetts, in the 1865 Massachusetts State Census.^[7]

Children

Rouse Howland Leavitt recorded the following children at Livermore, Maine (in Massachusetts until 1820). The first eight are with Anna (Robinson) Leavitt and the last eight with Anne (Unknown) (Wescott) Leavitt.^[5]

1. Mylora Leavitt, born on 21 May 1801
2. Susanna Leavitt, born on 3 Dec 1802
3. Anna Leavitt, born on 4 May 1804
4. Joseph Leavitt, born on 2 Apr 1806
5. Stillman Leavitt, born on 28 Jul 1807
6. Howland Leavitt, born on 2 May 1809
7. Alpheus Leavitt, born on 19 Oct 1811 (twin), died at the age of nine months
8. Libeus Leavitt, born on on 19 Oct 1811 (twin)
9. Seth Leavitt, born on 18 Oct 1815
10. Abigail Leavitt, born on 22 Sep 1817
11. Lydia Leavitt, born on 9 Jun 1819
12. Peter Morrill Leavitt, born on 7 May 1822
13. Clark Leavitt, born on 14 Oct 1824
14. Mary Jane Leavitt, born on 24 Aug 1827
15. Stephen Leavitt, born on 28 Oct 1829
16. Jerome Leavitt, born on 14 Mar 1833

Death

No record has been found of the death of Rouse Leavitt. The 1865 Census is the last record found of him.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 160 for the year of his birth; see the Residences section of his father's profile for Rhode Island
2. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, database, FamilySearch, Rouse Leavit and Anna Robinson, 14 Oct 1798; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2
3. ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; "Livermore Vital Records, 1762-1810," unpaginated; FHL Microfilm 11332, image 325 of 718
4. ↑ Marriage recird of Lieut. Rous H. Leavitt and Mrs. Anne Wescott,, in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine, FamilySearch > Vital and town records, 1797-1910 > unpaginated > Marriages and marriage intentions, 1811-1842 > image 326 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332; the marriage is also recorded in another volume ot the Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1805-1862", page 25; FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 220 of 718, saying it was Rouse's second marriage but not giving the name of the bride. The year is unclear—it appears to have been altered—but given the date of the intention, the date of the death of Rouse's first wife, and the birth date of their first child, it is surely 1815.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1805-1862", page 25; FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 220 of 718
6. ↑ Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 160
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Massachusetts State Census, 1865, database with images, FamilySearch, Bristol > New Bedford, Ward 01 > image 20 of 49, Clark Leavitt household, family #325; State Archives, Boston.