His Maine family were sailors , as reflected in early photographs showing his seven - year - old sister Syrena and him at the wheel of the Alice S. Wentworth in Lynn , Massachusetts .
John F. Leavitt was born to the sea .
John F. Leavitt 's Maine family were sailors , as reflected in early photographs showing his seven - year - old sister Syrena and him at the wheel of the Alice S. Wentworth in Lynn , Massachusetts .
John F. Leavitt was born to the sea .