VERMONT NORTH
ALBANY, Vermont
Jeremiah and Sarah Shannon Leavitt's son, Nathaniel, married Deborah
Delano. For a short while they lived near Irasburg, Vermont. Then, they
moved across the border to Hatley, Lower Canada (Quebec) with the rest
of Jeremiah's family. Deborah is buried in Albany's Delano Cemetery.
Nathaniel's sister, Sarah, married William Rowell. They settled in the
Albany area and are buried in the Enoch C. Rowell Cemetery.
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BARTON, Vermont
One of Jeremiah and Sarah Shannon Leavitt's sons, Jeremiah II,
married Sarah Sturtevant. She was from a very religious family who
lived in Barton. Her parents were Lemuel and Priscilla Thomson
Sturtevant.
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IRASBURG, Vermont
Jeremiah and Sarah Shannon Leavitt's son, Wiear, married Abigail
Cowles. She was from an established Irasburg family, Phineas and
Catherine Stone Cowles. Upon Abigail's death, Wiear married her sister
Phoebe.
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Delano Cemetery, Albany:
To Honor
Deborah Delano Leavitt
Born November 25, 1 792, Grantham, NH. Died April 18, 1829, Derby, VT.
And to pay respect to her parents:
Moses and Lydia Baker Delano
Moses Delano, born June 15, 1 762, Tolland, CT.
Lydia Baker, born February 4, 1 765, Tolland, CT.
Deborah Delano was the third child born to Moses and Lydia Baker Delano.
Her siblings were:
Laura Delano, born January 27, 1788, Connecticut. Died 1860.
Aaron Delano, born May 29, 1791, Grantham, NH. Died 1793.
Achsa Delano, born October 18, 1794, Grantham, NH. Died June 3,
1829.
Fredrick Delano, born February 1, 1 797, Grantham, NH. Died
December 9, 1881, Milton, OH.
Roxanna Delano, born April 5, 1800, Grantham, NH. Died April 30,
1833, Albany, VT.,
Hannah Delano, born February 16, 1802,Grantham, NH. Died 1802.
Luther Delano, born May 25, 1803, Grantham, NH. Died October 30,
1880, Albany, VT.
Lucy Delano, born May 25, 1803, Grantham, NH. Died August 8,
1849, Adams, OH.
Hannah Delano, born August 1 1, 1805, Grantham, NH. Died August
1 1, 1805. Grantham NH.
Moses and Lydia Baker Delano were early settlers in Albany. The Delano and the Leavitt families had been neighbors and associates in Grantham, NH. Deborah Delano married Nathaniel Leavitt, son of Jeremiah and Sarah Shannon Leavitt, in 1817. Nathaniel and Deborah settled for a time near Irasburg, VT. After the birth of their,second child, they joined the Jeremiah Leavitt family, settling in Hatley, Stanstead, Quebec. To Nathaniel and Deborah were born six children:
Their Children:
Salena Leavitt, born 181 7, Irasburg, Orleans, VT. Died December
6, 1884, Massawippi, Hatley Township, Quebec.
Roxana Leavitt, born December 15, 1818, Irasburg, Orleans, VT.
Died June 16, 1881, American Fork, Utah, UT.
Caroline Elizabeth Leavitt, born June 30, 1819, Hatley,
Stanstead, Quebec. Died April 13, 1869, Albany, Orleans, VT.
Nathaniel Leavitt Jr., born November 1 7, 1823, Hatley,
Stanstead, Quebec. Died April 7, 1896, Ogden, Weber, UT.
Flavilla Lucy Leavitt, born July 3, 1826, Hatley, Stanstead,
Quebec. Died in UT.
John Leavitt, born March 18, 1827, Hatley, Stanstead, Quebec.
Died August 1, 1899, Ogden, Weber, UT.
Deborah Delano Leavitt died April 18, 1829. In the autumn of that year, Nathaniel Leavitt married Betsy Bean of Hatley, Quebec. To this marriage were born three children, Rosilla, Mary Jane, and Wire. In 1837, 55 members of the extended Leavitt family left Hatley, bound for Kirtland, Ohio, where they hoped to join with the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Four of Deborah's children were in that group: Roxana, Nathaniel, Flavilla Lucy and John. When Nathaniel died enroute, in Michigan, these four children continued the journey with other members of the Leavitt family. They became early pioneering settlers of the Great American West. Betsy returned to Quebec with her three small children. Salena and Caroline Elizabeth, who had remained in the east, reared their families and became prominent citizens in their own communities of Massawippi, Quebec and Albany, VT. Today, Nathaniel and Deborah Delano Leavitt have a large posterity residing in both the eastern and the western United States and in Canada. Because the burial place of Deborah Delano Leavitt is unknown, this memorial marker is placed at the gravesite of her parents to honor her memory and theirs, celebrating a symbolic reconnection with her family members who departed so long ago.
Placed Here This 22nd Day of September, in the
Year 2004
by The Western Association of Leavitt Families
Enoch C. Rowell Cemetery, Albany:
Here, near the community where they were early
settlers and lived out their lives, We place this memorial to honor the
memory of
William and Sarah Leavitt Rowell
William Rowell, born January 23, 1789, to Sgt Enoch and Rachel
Worthen Rowell, Candia, Rockingham, NH. He died August 1, 1871, Albany,
Orleans, Vermont. He married, March 22, 1818, Sarah Leavitt,
born August 10, 1799, to Jeremiah and Sarah Shannon Leavitt, Chester,
Rockingham, NH. She died September 4, 1873, Albany, Orleans, Vermont.
Their Children and Grandchildren:
Philena Rowell, born April 27, 1819. Died August 5, 1848.
Married Martin C. Chamberlin. Their child: William Henry Chamberlin,
1847-1848.
Mary Rowell, born October 5, 1820. Died, February 17, 1825.
Wallace William Rowell, born October 16, 1825. Died March 11,
1850.
Sarah Jane Rowell, born July 30, 1833. Died, March 8, 1895.
Married David Simpson. Their children: Avis Jane Simpson, 1852-1881;
Philena Rowell Simpson, 1864-1880; Wallace David Simpson, 1869-1893;
William M. Simpson, 1870-1871; Walton Bagley Simpson, 1875-1919
Viola Rowell, born September 23, 1837. Died June 16,1914.
Married Enoch Converse Rowell Their children: William Wallace Rowell,
1865.
Jennie Clover Rowell, 1867; Mary Viola Rowell, 1869.
Sarah Leavitt was the seventh child and second daughter born to Jeremiah and Sarah Shannon Leavitt. Her grandparents were Nathaniel and Lydia Sanborn Leavitt and Thomas and Ann Rand Shannon. As a small child, she traveled from New Hampshire with her parents and their family to settle in Hatley, Quebec, Canada. In 1837, fifty five members of the Leavitt family left Hatley, Quebec, to join with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kirtland, Ohio. Sarah and William were well-settled and thriving in this Vermont valley. The parting that occurred with the westward migration became all too permanent. Twenty two members of the Leavitt family died along the way, including Sarah's mother, Sarah Shannon Leavitt, all five of her brothers, her sister Betsy, and her sister in law, Lucy Rowell Leavitt.
William Rowell, who had come north from Plainfield, New Hampshire as a young man, became a civic and business leader in Albany.
Along this quiet path one senses some of the tender events in the lives of Willam and Sarah Leavitt Rowell, for here, also, are the resting places of their children. Philena who died at age 29, lies alongside her little son, Wm. Henry Chamberlin, who died one month after his mother. Wallace William, age twenty five at his death, lies a few steps away. Mary, who died at age 6, lies beside him. Viola, upon whose memorial stone this plaque is placed, lived to a good old age and rests here as well. Sarah Jane Rowell Simpson's burial place is in nearby Craftsbury.
The members of the Leavitt families who successfully completed the westward migration became a large extended family. They were colonizers and among the earliest settlers in the great American West. This memorial, placed to honor their memory, marks a symbolic reconnection of William and Sarah Leavitt Rowell with the western branch of their Leavitt Family.
Placed by
The Western Association of Leavitt Families.
This 22nd day of September, in the year 2004
We place this memorial to honor
Enoch and Caroline Elizabeth Leavitt Rowell
Caroline Elizabeth Leavitt, born June 30, 1819, to Nathaniel and
Deborah Delano Leavitt, Irasburg, Vermont. She died April 13, 1869 in
Albany, Orleans, Vermont. She married, 1846 in Albany, Orleans, Vermont,
Enoch Rowell, born July 18, 1821, to Daniel and Mercy Johnson
Rowell, Irasburg, Vermont. He died June 7, 1886, Albany, Vermont.
Their Children
Eugene Augustus Rowell, born March 9, 1848. Died August 19,
1919. Married Mary Eliza Lowell Faye.
Willard Converse Rowell, born January 15, 1853. Died November
29, 1929. Married Luella S. Priest.
Mercy Philena Rowell, born August 20, 1854. Died October 9,
1923. Married Archibald C. Williams.
Carolina Viola Rowell, born May 20, 1860. Died December 25,
1928. Married Fred M. ~Fletcher.
Enoch Rowell was a member of the Rowell family who were early settlers in Albany, Vermont. His grandparents were Sgt. Enoch Rowell and Rachel Worthen of Plainfield, New Hampshire. His father, Daniel Rowell, came to Albany with his brothers to settle. Caroline Elizabeth Leavitt Rowell was a member of a large Leavitt family. Her grandparents, Jeremiah and Sarah Shannon Leavitt, were among the earliest settlers in Hatley, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada. Her Delano grandparents came early to IrasburgVt.
In 1837, fifty five members of Caroline Elizabeth Leavitt's extended family left Hatley, bound for Kirtland Ohio to find the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Caroline Elizabeth remained in Vermont. As they traveled, twenty two of their num ber perished. Among those who died was Caroline Elizabeth's father, Nathaniel Leavitt. Her mother, Deborah Delano, had died earlier. Two of her sisters, Roxana and Flavilla Lucy, and two brothers, Nathaniel Jr and John, did live to settle in the west. In consequence of the difficulties of communication and travel, the western branch of the Leavitt family lost contact with Caroline Elizabeth and her posterity.
The members of the Leavitt family who successfully completed the westward migration became a large extended family. They were colonizers and earliest settlers in many of the western states. This memorial marks a symbolic reuniting of Caroline Elizabeth Leavitt Rowell with her extended Leavitt family.
Placed by
The Western Association of Leavitt Families.
September 22, in the year 2004
Barton Cemetery:
To Honor
Lemuel and Priscilla Thomson Sturtevant
Lemuel Sturtevant, born November 9, 1 756, Halifax, Plymouth, MA, to
Lemuel and Deborah Bryant Sturtevant. Died November 15, 1839, Barton,
Orleans, Vermont. He married Priscilla Thomson, December 24, 1 778, in
Plymouth MA, Priscilla Thomson, born April 1 1 , 1 760, Middleboro,
Plymouth, MA, to John and Lydia Wood Thomson. She died July 4, 1842,
Barton, Orleans, Vermont.
Their children:
Cyril Sturtevant, born August 16, 1779, Middleboro, Plymouth,
MA. Died April 19, 1866, Barton, Orleans, VT. Married Lucy Benton.
Lemuel Sturtevant, born January 30, 1 781, Lyme, Grafton, NH.
Died November 15, 1863, Barton, Orleans, VT. Married Zilpha Cory.
Priscilla Sturtevant, born November 28, 1782, Lyme, Grafton, NH.
Died January 22, 1822. Married Page Dean.
Jarius Sturtevant , born July 16, 1784, Lyme, Grafton, NH. Died
August 1 7, 1843. Married Johanna Dodge.
Mary/Polly Sturtevant, born January 10, 1 786, Lyme, Grafton,
NH. Died November 15, 1845, Hatley, Stanstead, Quebec. Married Joshua
Sawyer Woodard.
Ezra Thomson Sturtevant, born Janurary 28, 1788, Lyme, Grafton,
NH. Died May 1, 1872, Lebanon, NH. Married Lucy Merrifield.
Cyrus Sturtevant, born November 26, 1 789, Lyme, Grafton, NH.
Died November 16, 1864, Lebanon, NH. Married Phoebe Wyman.
Huldah Sturtevant, born September 1 7, 1 791, Lyme, Grafton, NH.
Died June 23, 1870. Married Jay Johnson.
Lucy Sturtevant, born February 1 7, 1791, Lyme, Grafton, NH.
Died May 24, 1864. Married Richard Newton.
Isaac Bryant Sturtevant, born October 17, 1795, Lyme, Grafton,
NH. Died March, 1796.
Sarah Sturtevant, born September 5, 1 798, Lyme, Grafton, NH.
Died April 3, 1878, Gunlock, Washington, Utah. Married Jeremiah Leavitt.
Deborah Sturtevant, born October 5, 1799, Barton, Orleans,
Vermont. Married Mr. Dean, 181 7.
Lydia Sturtevant, born May 1, 1802, Barton, Orleans, Vermont.
Died 1871. Married Jesse Leland.
Lemuel Sturtevant was a patriot of the Revolutionary War. As a result of his service, he was awarded property in Barton, Vermont, and moved his family there. He kept a store in Barton for a time. He was noted to have been an hospitable man and a man of great faith. He and Priscilla welcomed teachers of all religious persuasions into their home, and invited neighbors to hear the discourses. Their eleventh child, Sarah Sturtevant married young Jeremiah Leavitt, on March 6, 1817. They moved to Hatley, Quebec, where they carved out a home and farm. In 1837, Jeremiah and Sarah Sturtevant Leavitt left Hatley, in a company of 55 Leavitt family members. They were bound for Kirtland, Ohio, where they hoped to join with the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was the last time Sarah Sturtevant Leavitt would have seen her parents and siblings. Sarah's husband, Jeremiah Leavitt, died at Bonaparte Iowa, before they reached their destination. She remained the matriarch of a large posterity, who were colonizers and settlers of the great American West. The placing of this memorial in honor of Sarah Sturtevant Leavitt, her parents and her siblings, is a symbolic reconnection of these of this family, separated those many years ago.
Placed this 22 day of September, 2004, by
The Western Association of Leavitt Families.
Irasburg Cemetery:
To Honor
Phineas and Catherine Stone Cowles
Phineas Cowles, was born June 4, 1762, to Nathaniel and Phoebe Cole
Cowles, at Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut. He died February 22,
1839, Irasburg,Vermont.
Catherine Stone was born November 19, 1766, to Matthias and
Susannah Chadwick Stone, at Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts. She died
January 1 1, 1822, Irasburg, Vermont. They married April 2, 1 789, at
Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
Their children
Abigail Cowles, born 1 794. Cornish, New Hampshire. Married
Wiear Leavitt. Three children: Anna, Jeremiah and Charlotte. Abigail
died 1824, Hatley, Quebec, Canada.
Catherine Cowles, born 1795, Cornish, New Hampshire. She died
April 3, 1798.
Phoebe Cowles, born July 26, 1796. She married widowed Wiear
Leavitt. Six children: Charles W., George, Emmeline, Abigail, Louisa
and Levi. Phoebe died April 6, 1850, Salt Lake City, Utah. Abigail and
Levi died young.
Charles Cowles, born 1 797, Cornish, Sullivan, New Hampshire. He
died March 29, 1 798.
Sarah Cowles, born 1 798, Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire.
Sarah died in Sheffield, Vermont, after 1839. She married Joseph
Stafford. Twelve children: Merinda Sally, Elijah K., Dennison, Lucetta
K., Harriet N., Charles D., Mary S., Martha A., Joseph Curtis, John
Wesley, Frank A., and Ellis.
Catherine Cowles, born December 25, 1801 , Cornish, Sullivan,
New Hampshire. Died young.
Susanna Cowles, born January 21, 1803, Cornish, Sullivan, New
Hampshire. Died young.
Charles M. Cowles, born August 1, 1808, Irasburg, Orleans,
Vermont. Charles M. died June 7, 1882, Irasburg, Vermont. Married Anna
Metcalf. Five children: Jefferson, Harvey H., Christina Ann, Sarah
Jane, and Louisa M.
Charlotte Cowles, born about 1810, Irasburg, Vermont. Died young.
Phineas and Catherine Stone Cowles were early settlers of Irasburg, Vermont, coming to this valley from New Hampshire, between 1803 and 1805. Phineas had served in the Revolutionary War. Like many families, they lost a number of their children to early death. One of those deaths was their first-born Abigail, who died leaving three young children and her widowed husband, Wiear Leavitt. Later, their daughter, Phoebe, married Wiear Leavitt and to them were born six more children. In 1837, Wiear and Phoebe Cowles Leavitt, and most of their children, were among a party of 55 Leavitt family members who had embraced the doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and who migrated west to join the Church. Though after the death of Catherine Cowles, Phineas Cowles was, himself, baptized in the faith, he stayed behind and lived out his life among the people with whom he had worked to build his community. The placing of this plaque is a symbolic reconnection with the children and grandchildren of Phineas and Catherine Cowles, who bade goodbye those many years ago.
Placed this 22nd day of September, 2004 by the
Western Association of Leavitt Families