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Benjamin Leavitt
Died
Aug. 23, 1826,
aged 78 yrs.

Benj. Leavitt
Mass. Mil
Rev. War

Cemetery: Winter Street Cemetery, Exeter New Hampshire

Leavitt, Benjamin, Exeter, N. H.List of men belonging to Capt. Isaac Sherman's co. who took the oath in Middlesex Co. June 24, 1775, required by Congress to be taken by the Mass. army; also, Capt. Isaac Sherman's co., Col. Gerrish's regt.; receipt for advance pay, signed by said Leavitt and others, dated Cambridge, June 24, 1775; also, Private, Capt. Isaac Sherman's (4th) co., Col. Samuel Gerrish's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 17, 1775; service, 2 mos. 15 days; also, Capt. Sherman's co., Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin's (late Col. Gerrish's) 38th regt.; pay abstracts for Aug. and Sept., 1775, dated Camp at Sewall's Point; also, company return dated Camp at Sewall's Point, Sept. 26, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp at Sewall's Point, Dec. 26, 1775; also, Private, Capt. Isaac Sherman's co., Col. Loammi Baldwin's (26th) regt.; return for advance pay for Jan., 1776, etc.; also, same co. and regt.; pay abstracts for Feb. and March, 1776; also, (late) Capt. Isaac Sherman's co., Col. Baldwin's regt.; pay abstracts for April-June, 1776, dated Camp at New York; also, Capt. Caleb Robinson's co., Col. Baldwin's regt.; pay roll for mileage, etc., for the year 1776, dated Exeter, Feb. 22, 1777; said Leavitt reported discharged 400 miles from home. 2

 

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