Researching Dudley Leavitt
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 14 people with the Leavitt surname? In that year Leavitt was ranked number 3565 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Dudley means "From the meadow" and is of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Records of Dudley Leavitt on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Dudley Leavitt and the Leavitt Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 64 people with the Leavitt surname in the UK? Leavitt is now ranked number 3982 for popularity in the UK. |
Leavitt Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called Dudley Leavitt
Dudley Leavitt (publisher)
Dudley Leavitt (1772 – September 20, 1851) was an American publisher. He was an early graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy in his native town of Exeter, New Hampshire, and later moved to Gilmanton where he first edited a newspaper and taught school. Within a few years, Leavitt relocated to Meredith, where in addition to teaching school and farming, he began publishing in 1797 Leavitt's Farmers Almanack, one of the nation's earliest farmers' almanacs. A polymath, Leavitt poured his knowledge of disparate fields including mathematics, language and astronomy into the wildly popular almanacs, which outlived their creator, being published until 1896. The inaugural issue of 1797 carried the title of The New England Calendar: Or, Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1797. On the cover was the disclaimer that the new publication was "Calculated for the Meridian of Concord, Latitude 43° 14' N. Longitude 72° 45' W.: And with But Little Variation Will Answer for Any of the New England States."
Source: Dudley Leavitt (publisher), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Dudley Leavitt (minister)
Rev. Dudley Leavitt (1720–1762) was a Congregational minister born in New Hampshire, educated at Harvard College, who led a splinter group from the First Church in Salem, Massachusetts, during a wave of religious ferment nearly a decade before the Great Awakening. Following Leavitt's death at age 42, his congregation elected to christen itself 'The Church of Which the Rev. Dudley Leavitt was late Pastor' after the charismatic preacher. Leavitt Street in Salem is named for the early minister.
Source: Dudley Leavitt (minister), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Leavitt
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