The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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Thomas married Lavina Fisher in April or May 1775 at the Episcopal Church at Eastchester. The known children of Thomas and Lavina were:
Martha was born about 1781.
Nathaniel was born on 17 March 1785.
Thomas was born about 1786.
Hester was born about 1791.
Thomas enlisted from Peekskill, Westchester County, about 1 March 1776, in the Third Regiment of the Westchester Militia. He served one year as a private in the company of Captain Ezekiel Hyatt, of the Regiment of Colonel McDougall. During his term, he participated in the Battle of White Plains at the end of October 1776 in Westchester County. In November, he became extremely ill and was sent home on furlough. His term expired before he recovered.
He spent much of his life in Westchester County, however; he was a resident of Madrid, Saint Lawrence County, New York, when he applied for a pension in 1818.
He died on 7 November 1838 in the town of Eastchester and was buried at Saint Paul's Church Cemetery in Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York. He died without a Will, and his son-in-law, Thomas Secord, administered his estate. The names mentioned in Thomas’ estate proceedings were the deceased and his wife, Lavina’s sister Augusta Lawrence, Thomas’ two sons Nathaniel and Thomas, and his son-in-law Thomas Secord. The estate was valued at less than $350.00.
Sources:
Find a Grave.com, digital record, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed 10 July 2020), memorial for Thomas Le Viness, Find A Grave Memorial # 62168600, Mount Vernon, New York.
Sons of the American Revolution, National Society, Louisville, Kentucky. Primary application of Frederick Charles LeVinus, National Number 180114.
Roberts, James A., Comptroller, New York in the Revolution as Colony and State. Second Edition. New York. Albany: Brandow Printing Company, 1898, pages 212.
Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Micropublication M804, roll 1553. Washington: National Archives. S/W20430.
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