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Daniel LEAVENS

Male 1789 - 1879  (90 years)


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  • Name Daniel LEAVENS 
    Born 13 Apr 1789  Dutchess County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Aug 1879  Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Buried in Friends Quaker Cemetery in Bloomfield (East End)
    Person ID I19336  Patrick Goodmurphy Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2020 

    Father Benjamin LEAVENS
              b. 10 Oct 1766, Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 6 Oct 1844, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah CUNNINGHAM
              b. 30 Mar 1766, Dutchess County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 27 Aug 1847, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 18 Oct 1787  Dutchess County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2603  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane BLOUNT
              b. 9 Aug 1792, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 15 May 1868, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 27 Jun 1809  Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Benjamin LEAVENS
              b. 1816, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Apr 1843, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)  [natural]
     2. Samuel LEAVENS
              b. 24 Sep 1811, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Sep 1869, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)  [natural]
     3. Lydia LEAVENS
              b. 24 Mar 1810, Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 7 Apr 1867  (Age 57 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F11638  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Apr 1789 - Dutchess County, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Aug 1879 - Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • 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