John Leavitt

Male, Deceased Person

1608 – 1691

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Who was John Leavitt?

Deacon John Leavitt was a tailor, public officeholder, and founding deacon of Old Ship Church in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, the only remaining 17th-century Puritan meeting house in America and the oldest church in continuous ecclesiastical use in the United States. Hingham's Leavitt Street is named for the early settler, whose descendants have lived in Hingham for centuries.

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Born
1608
Hingham
Died
Nov 20, 1691

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on July 23, 2013

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