Benjamin LEAVENS

Male 1816 - 1843  (27 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin LEAVENS was born in 1816 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada (son of Daniel LEAVENS and Jane BLOUNT); died on 22 Apr 1843 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Buried in Friends Quaker Cemetery in Bloomfield (East End)

    Benjamin married Eustace CLAPP on 23 Oct 1838. Eustace was born on 20 Oct 1821 in Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 5 Jan 1907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Paul Clapp LEAVENS was born on 10 Oct 1841 in Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Mar 1925 in Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Stephen Blount LEAVENS was born on 19 Oct 1941 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Aug 1918 in Wellington, Hillier Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Daniel LEAVENS was born on 13 Apr 1789 in Dutchess County, New York, USA (son of Benjamin LEAVENS and Sarah CUNNINGHAM); died on 24 Aug 1879 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

    Notes:

    Daniel married Jane Blount on 27 Jun 1809 in Bloomfield. They had 10 children, 7 sons and 3 daughters.

    Daniel Leavens was a son of the pioneer Benjamin, and came to Canada when only eleven years old. He succeeded his father in the ownership of the old homestead lying to the northwest of Bloomfield. It has been handed down through successive generations, and to-day remains in the possession of a descendant of its pioneer proprietor. The old homestead, built of cedar logs, although greatly benefited by many times repairs, and largely extended by additions found necessary, still stands, like some old jewel in a new setting.
    Daniel made his house a home by marrying Jane Blount in 1809. The ceremony was performed before Stephen Conger, a Justice of the Peace; for ministers were scarce in those days and their services were often dispensed with by espousing couples. The seventeen-year-old bride was the daughter of Cornelius Blount. He was one of Hallowell 's early settlers who came in with the Bowermans. Purchasing land from the Crown, he settled at Bloomfield near his fellow-travelers. It is related that he was compelled to carry on his back all the way from Picton, six miles distant, the only board he could find suitable for a door for his log cabin. Although brought up a Presbyterian, he became an orthodox Friend, probably through the influence of his wife, whose maiden name was Lydia Bull. In his house is said to have been held the first Friends' meeting in Prince Edward County.
    Daniel Leavens was drafted in the War of 1812, but for the sum of eighty dollars he was able to provide a substitute. During that war he engaged in transporting troops and military stores from Kingston to Toronto. He was a magistrate when he died in 1879 at the old age of ninety years. His wife lived to be seventy-five, and died in 1868.
    Source: Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte, Page 481-482

    Died:
    Buried in Friends Quaker Cemetery in Bloomfield (East End)

    Daniel married Jane BLOUNT on 27 Jun 1809 in Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Jane was born on 9 Aug 1792 in Canada; died on 15 May 1868 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Jane BLOUNT was born on 9 Aug 1792 in Canada; died on 15 May 1868 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Buried in Friends Quaker Cemetery in Bloomfield (East End)

    Children:
    1. 1. Benjamin LEAVENS was born in 1816 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Apr 1843 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Samuel LEAVENS was born on 24 Sep 1811 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Sep 1869 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Lydia LEAVENS was born on 24 Mar 1810 in Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Apr 1867.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Benjamin LEAVENS was born on 10 Oct 1766 in Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York, USA (son of Peter LEAVENS and Catharine CASTON); died on 6 Oct 1844 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Buried in Friends Quaker Cemetery in Bloomfield (East End)

    Benjamin married Sarah CUNNINGHAM on 18 Oct 1787 in Dutchess County, New York, USA. Sarah (daughter of Daniel CUNNINGHAM and Abigail RICHMOND) was born on 30 Mar 1766 in Dutchess County, New York, USA; died on 27 Aug 1847 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sarah CUNNINGHAM was born on 30 Mar 1766 in Dutchess County, New York, USA (daughter of Daniel CUNNINGHAM and Abigail RICHMOND); died on 27 Aug 1847 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Buried in Friends Quaker Cemetery in Bloomfield (East End)

    Children:
    1. Phebe LEAVENS was born on 5 Feb 1791 in Dutchess County, New York, USA; died on 16 Jan 1882 in Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 2. Daniel LEAVENS was born on 13 Apr 1789 in Dutchess County, New York, USA; died on 24 Aug 1879 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Willam Burton LEAVENS was born on 27 Jan 1793 in Dutchess County, New York, USA; died before 1802.
    4. Samuel T LEAVENS was born on 15 May 1796 in Dutchess County, New York, USA; died in 1807 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Thomas C LEAVENS was born on 29 Sep 1799 in Dutchess County, New York, USA; died on 6 Oct 1799 in Dutchess County, New York, USA.
    6. William Bateman LEAVENS was born on 27 Jan 1793 in Dutchess County, New York, USA; died before 1851.
    7. Mary LEAVENS was born on 14 Nov 1805 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Feb 1899.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Peter LEAVENS was born on 17 Nov 1707 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, USA; died in 1776 in New York, USA.

    Peter married Catharine CASTON on 24 Feb 1744 in Westchester County, New York, USA. Catharine was born on 6 Jun 1722 in Westchester County, New York, USA; died on 12 May 1809 in Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Catharine CASTON was born on 6 Jun 1722 in Westchester County, New York, USA; died on 12 May 1809 in Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 4. Benjamin LEAVENS was born on 10 Oct 1766 in Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York, USA; died on 6 Oct 1844 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Joseph LEAVENS was born on 5 Feb 1754 in Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York, USA; died on 25 May 1844 in Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Catherine LEAVENS was born on 3 Mar 1760 in Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York, USA; died on 26 Feb 1828.

  3. 10.  Daniel CUNNINGHAM was born in 1731 in Dublin,Ireland; died in 1798 in Richmond, Wise, Virginia, USA.

    Daniel married Abigail RICHMOND after May 1764 in Magdalena, Dutchess County, New York, USA. Abigail (daughter of Cyrus RICHMOND and Phebe MOTT) was born on 16 Jul 1743 in Stonington, Connecticut; died in Dec 1819 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Abigail RICHMOND was born on 16 Jul 1743 in Stonington, Connecticut (daughter of Cyrus RICHMOND and Phebe MOTT); died in Dec 1819 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. MARTHA CUNNINGHAM was born in 1775 in Dutchess County, NY State; died on 23 Jan 1842.
    2. William CUNNINGHAM was born on 11 Dec 1769 in Dutchess County, New York, USA; died on 20 Mar 1851 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 5. Sarah CUNNINGHAM was born on 30 Mar 1766 in Dutchess County, New York, USA; died on 27 Aug 1847 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Mary CUNNINGHAM was born in 1765; died on 16 Nov 1850.