Cambridge deaths: LEVERETT, John, May 3, 1724, a. 62 y. GR1
From The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England, by F.L. Weis:
PRESIDENT JOHN LEVERETT, S.T.B, F.R.S, b. Boston, Aug. 25, 1662, son of Hudson and Sarah (Payton) Leverett; H.C., 1680, A.B., A.M., S.T.B., 1692.; F.R.S., 1713; Tutor and Fellow, H.C.; preached 1680-1684; Judge of the Superior Court; Judge of Probate; Member of the Corp., H.C., 1692; Rep. in Legislature; Speaker, 1700; Member of the Governor's Council; President of Harvard College, 1707-1724, d. Boston, May 2, 1724, a. 61.
From Epitaphs from the Old burying-ground in Cambridge by William Thaddeus Harris:
John Leverett was the grandson of Governor Leverett; he graduated at Harvard College in 1680, and was a tutor in this institution ; he was a representative, Speaker of the House, a member of his Majesty's Council, a justice of the Superior Court, and a judge of probate ; he was chosen president of Harvard College, and inducted into office Jan. 14,1708, in which station he remained till his sudden death, May 3, 1724. President Leverett has been represented as a man of vast learning, and true piety. " His talents were eminently practical. He knew better than most men what course to shape in difficult times, and how political and religious factions were to be managed or controlled. In all his official relations, his industry, vigor, and fidelity were conspicuous and exemplary." Rev. N. Appleton, in a funeral discourse occasioned by the death of President Leverett, says, " He was a pillar both of the church and state, an honor and ornament to society, and the glory of New England."
Cambridge deaths: LEVERETT, John, May 3, 1724, a. 62 y. GR1
From The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England, by F.L. Weis:
PRESIDENT JOHN LEVERETT, S.T.B, F.R.S, b. Boston, Aug. 25, 1662, son of Hudson and Sarah (Payton) Leverett; H.C., 1680, A.B., A.M., S.T.B., 1692.; F.R.S., 1713; Tutor and Fellow, H.C.; preached 1680-1684; Judge of the Superior Court; Judge of Probate; Member of the Corp., H.C., 1692; Rep. in Legislature; Speaker, 1700; Member of the Governor's Council; President of Harvard College, 1707-1724, d. Boston, May 2, 1724, a. 61.
From Epitaphs from the Old burying-ground in Cambridge by William Thaddeus Harris:
John Leverett was the grandson of Governor Leverett; he graduated at Harvard College in 1680, and was a tutor in this institution ; he was a representative, Speaker of the House, a member of his Majesty's Council, a justice of the Superior Court, and a judge of probate ; he was chosen president of Harvard College, and inducted into office Jan. 14,1708, in which station he remained till his sudden death, May 3, 1724. President Leverett has been represented as a man of vast learning, and true piety. " His talents were eminently practical. He knew better than most men what course to shape in difficult times, and how political and religious factions were to be managed or controlled. In all his official relations, his industry, vigor, and fidelity were conspicuous and exemplary." Rev. N. Appleton, in a funeral discourse occasioned by the death of President Leverett, says, " He was a pillar both of the church and state, an honor and ornament to society, and the glory of New England."
Inscription
Hie jacent Reliquiae Honoratiss. et Rev. admodum Dom.
Johannis Leveeett, Armig. qui Majoribus oriundus
illustribus, illustrius nomen reddidit quam accepit.
Virtus et Pietas, Sapientia et Gravitas juventuti fuere
Laurea, nee non Senectuti Corona. Majestas et Authoritas
in oculo, voce, vultu; Benignitas et Humanitas in corde re
sederunt; in Secundis moderatus, in adversis constanti et in
fracto fuit animo. Maritus et Pater amantissimus, amicis
dulcis et fidus, prudens Consiliarius, fortis Auxiliarius.
Linguarum et Artium Academicarum inter peri
tissimos nee minus in Jurisprudentia et Theo
logia quam in Philosophia conspicuus.
Omnes fere Honoris gradus conscendit et ornavit. Juvenem
admodum mirata est et plausit Academia Tutorem primari-
um et Socium ; ut et postea Communium Domus Pro-
locutorem De Probatione, Testamentorum judicem et in
Superiori Tribunali Justitiarium; Regi a consiliis assistentem
et in variis Legationibus honorificis et momentosis sagaci-
ter et integre versantem, contemplata est universa Patria.
Tandem Collegii Principalis et Societatis Regiae soci-
us cooptatus, Scholee Prophetarum ad annos sedecim
pari Authoritate et Lenitate praseidebat: donee morte in-
stantanea Deo visum sit a Filiis Prophetarum Dominum e
Lecto et Somno in coelam assumere, Maii 3° MDCCXXIV. Æt. LXII.
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