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Note: John Wheeler Leavitt was the son of Abiah (Kent) Leavitt [2] and John Leavitt of Suffield, CT a carpenter, farmer and landowner whose family was among the first settlers of Suffield. John Leavitt's brother Thaddeus[3], a prominent Suffield merchant, was among the eight original purchasers of the Western Reserve from the state of Connecticut in 1796.[4] Other extended family members were also involved in purchase of Western Reserve lands including Oliver Ellsworth, whose son Henry Leavitt Ellsworth later traveled to the Reserve to oversee family land grants, staying at the inn belonging to his cousin John Leavitt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Capt. John Wheeler Leavitt, a farmer and merchant, married Silence Fitch of Suffield in 1777.[5] In 1800 John Wheeler Leavitt and his wife set out for the Western Reserve, where the town of Leavittsburg was named for the family with the expectation that it would become the market town for Trumbull County. (John Leavitt was also one of the original proprietors of Aurora, Ohio, with members of the King, Phelps, and Granger families of Suffield. Leavitt was also an original proprietor of Mantua, Ohio.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Capt. �b�John Wheeler Leavitt�/b� (1755-1815), born in Suffield, Connecticut, was an early settler of Ohio's Western Reserve lands, where members of his family had bought large tracts from the state of Connecticut, and where Capt. Leavitt became an early innkeeper, politician and landowner in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. Capt. Leavitt was a member of the Connecticut Land Company and with his cousin Ebenezer King from Suffield paid over $51,000 for some 78,500 acres (318 km2) of Ohio land, which included the township of Warren.[1] The Leavitt family of Warren would go on to play a substantial role in the history of their adopted town and in Ohio. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Leavitt wan an important man in Warren Township of Trumbull County. The town of Leavittsburg was named for three Leavitt families namely, John, Samuel and Enoch. Their land was around the square that was set aside for fifty years, but no town developed. Warren the couty seat of the Western reserve soon outstripping it. The original owners of township No. 4 Range what is now Warren township, were Ebenezer King and John Leavitt. John Leavitt came with a party of friends in 1799 to look over the ground. He returned to Connecticut for his wife and children and came back in 1800. He erected a cabin on the west side of Main Street in Warren Ohio afterwards converting it into a public house of entertainment. He became Justice of the Peace and judge of the Probate Court. He was one of the stockholders of the Western Reserve Bank at its organization in 1811-1812. Old Erie Lodge #3 F and A.M. ws formed in 1803. John Leavitt becomig its Senior Warden and in 1812 its Master. His realestate investments were involved.
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