La familia Levett, a la que pertenecía Christopher Levett, procedía de Bolton Percy, Yorkshire. Pero esta familia York compartió un escudo de armas con los Levetts de Normanton y High Melton, Yorkshire, una especie de ensayo temprano de ADN, lo que indica que las dos familias tenían raíces comunes. El escudo de armas de Christopher Levett apareció en primer lugar en Sherborne, Dorset, donde residía. [1]
Se desconoce la duración del servicio de Levett como gobernador de Plymouth, pero regresó a Inglaterra un año después de su nombramiento (1624), y durante su tiempo en Nueva Inglaterra parece haber estado en constante movimiento. Tampoco están claros cuáles fueron los deberes de Levett como Gobernador de Plymouth, en cuya capacidad se le conoce como el «oficial judicial principal», y se le agregó «Esquire» a su nombre.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony refers to the explorer as "Christoper Levite." Nathaniel Morton, Bradford's nephew and the colony's secretary, calls him "Christopher Levet." Record-keeping in the early days of the colony was sometimes sporadic.
Many historians point to the efforts of Gorges and Mason, as well as their fellow Council member Levett, as attempts to plant the Church of England on the northern border of the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony.[8]
Following Capt. Levett's death, his wife Frances (Lottisham) Levett appealed to her good friend, the mother-in-law of John Winthrop the Younger, for help in recovering her late husband's effects. Winthrop's father-in-law Henry Payner then wrote to Winthrop in Massachusetts, "sollicting him to call for Captayne Endicott and Mr. Conant to examine them aboute it, and to doe for her what he can to helpe her to right."[9]. Winthrop's father-in-law's letter, combined with the fact that Capt. Levett was carrying letters with him to England written by the colonists and critical of the English church, may indicate that Levett himself was experiencing a change of heart towards the ongoing conflict between the King and the Puritan cause.
There is some question whether Levett's settlement was located on House Island or on nearby Cushing Island in Casco Bay. Historian James Phinney Baxter seems to suggest that Levett may have left his men behind on House.[10]
An examination of Leyton, Essex, records reveals that Jeremiah Levett also owned property at "Temple in the Forest of Knaresborough", North Yorkshire. His father being a Yorkshireman, it probably isn't surprising that Jeremiah Levett owned property in the county, although his exact ties to Knaresborough are unclear.[11] A John Levett became rector of Knaresborough in 1668 and served for 25 years.[12]
