Jonathan Leavitt

[3] Leavitt attended Yale College, taught school in New Haven, and then achieved early prominence as a lawyer in Greenfield.

He subsequently served as chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1812, and Judge of Probate from 1814 to 1821.

Thomas Hooker, New England divine and chief founder of the Colony of Connecticut.

Members of the Leavitt family became prominent in nearby Charlemont and Heath, and were noted for their abolitionist activities.

Joshua Leavitt, born in nearby Heath, Massachusetts, was a member of this family.)

Jonathan Leavitt House, later Leavitt-Hovey House , Greenfield, Massachusetts
Miniature of Jonathan Leavitt, painted ca. 1812, Yale University Art Gallery
A Summary of the Laws of Massachusetts , Jonathan Leavitt, Esq., Greenfield, 1810