Thomas Leverett

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Thomas Leverett (born July 10, 1765 in Boston , † April 8, 1833 in Windsor , Vermont ) was an American politician and from 1806 to 1813 Vermont Secretary of State .

Life

Thomas Leverett was born in Boston to John Leverett and Mary Greenleaf. He was a descendant of John Leverett , a colonial governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony .

Leverett moved to Windsor, Vermont. There he held the post of postmaster from 1802 . He was also Superintendent of the State Prison .

As a member of the Democratic Republican Party , Leverett was Secretary of State of Vermont from 1806 to 1813.

Thomas Leverett married Susannah Johnson. They had seven children. He died in Windsor on April 8, 1833.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c A memoir biographical and genealogical, of Sir John Leverett, knt., Governor of Massachusetts, 1673-79: of Hon. John Leverett, FRS, judge of the supreme court, and president of Harvard college; and of the family generally ... Crosby, Nichols & Co., Jan. 1, 1856, pp. 155 ( books.google.de ).
  2. ↑ An Authentic History of the Vermont State Prison: From the Passing of the Law for Its Erection in 1807, to July, 1812 . Preston Merrifield, 1812, p. 79 ( books.google.de ).
  3. ↑ Chronicles of Windsor, 1761-1975 . town of Windsor, Vermont, 1977, p. 137 ( books.google.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Leverett, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1765
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1833
Place of death Windsor , Vermont