levett never returned to maine, and the small group of men he left behind in a stone house were never heard from again. levett's patented lands eventually passed to a group of plymouth merchants as levett's attention was diverted to more pressing naval matters. eventually levett returned to the massachusetts bay colony, where he met with governor john winthrop in 1630, and he died aboard the return voyage home. the body of the early adventurer was buried at sea, and his wife was forced to appear at a bristol court the following year to recover his effects.