John Leavitt

For other people named John Leavitt, see John Leavitt (disambiguation).
Old Ship Church, 1681, Hingham, Massachusetts

Deacon John Leavitt (1608–1691) 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 [1] is named for the early settler, whose descendants have lived in Hingham for centuries.[2]

  1. ^ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Vol. I, Part I, Historical, Published by the Town, 1893, Thomas Tracy Bouvé and others, University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1893
  2. ^ John Leavitt's Family Gathers in Hingham for his 400th Birthday, The Patriot-Ledger, June 30, 2008 Archived October 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine