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THE LEVERING FAMILY; A GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT OF Two cf the Pioneer Settlers OF ROXBOROUGH TOWNSHIP, Philadelphia County, (PENNSYLVANIA,) AND THEIR DESCENDANTS; AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING BRIEF SKETCHES OF ROXBOROUGH AND MANAYUNK. RY HORATIO GATES JONES, Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and Corresponding Member of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, and of the Historical Societies of New York, \Visconsin, &c., &c. PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY KING & BAIRD, 607 SANSOM ST. I 8 5 8. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year I 858, by HORATIO GATES JONES, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. PREFACE. As this volume is a Family History, designed chiefly for the descendants of two of the Pioneer settlers of Roxborough, no apology will be offered for its publication. It has its defects, and no doubt contains numerous errors, both as to dates and names, but when it is remembered, that much of the information has been gathered by correspondence with parties at a distance, some from researches among old wills, deeds and tombstones, and the rest from the family traditions and recollection of aged people, the readers, I trust, wiil not be severe in their criticism. In Pennsylvania there is no law for the Registration of Marriages, Births and Deaths. One was passed a few years ago, but it was soon repealed; and it is only in a few of the Churches and Friends' Meetings, that any such records are pre served. • Inaccuracies, therefore, in these particulars, especially among the early generations, must be expected. My attention was directed to the importance of a Genealogy of the Family several years since, and the collection of facts was begun, to gratify my own taste, with no idea of printing; but the materials increased on my hands, and finally assumed such a shape, that some of the members of the Levering Family urged the importance of having them preserved m some permanent form. The Book merely purports to be a Genealogy, and not a personal his tory of the parties named in it. It is but proper to say, that the history -of Gerhard or Garrett Levering's descendants, especially of his children, is very imperfect, and I feel almost sure that there is a link wanting; for in Wigard's Genealogy, IV PREFACE. I have traced about ten generations. This publication, it is hoped, will lead other members of the family to renew and prosecute the researches here begun, and at some future day, the mystery which involves the his tory of Gerhard Levering may be solved. I wish also thus publicly to express my acknowledgments to several kind friends, for the invaluable aid they have afforded me in the preparation of this work. Special thanks are due to the late venerable Thomas Levering, of Bennington, O.; Messrs. William, Nathan and Charles Levering, of Knox Co., 0.; Mr. Charles Joseph Levering, of Hope, Ia.; Mr. Jacob B. Tshudy, of Litiz, Pa.; Hon. Abraham Levering, of Monroe Co., Pa.; Mr. Thomas E. Sater, of Hamilton Co., 0.; Mr. John Levering, of Lower Merion, Pa.; Mr. Peter A. Keyser, of Philadelphia, and Mr. A. J. Levering, of Baltimore. To no one, however, am I under greater obliga tions, than to my kinsman of Baltimore, whose numerous letters always contained some valuable data or suggestions. I would suggest to all who may read this book, to make corrections where needed in their copies, and to add blank leaves for the purpose of continuing the history of their own families. I shall also be obliged for any corrections th.. t may be furnished to me. H. G. J. LEVERINGTON, PENNA., July 27, 1S58. EXPLANATIONS OF NUMBERS, SIGNS, ETC. The several members of the LEVERING FAMILY are numbered in regular order, and each one is known by the Arabic figures placed at the left of his name, and whenever he is mentioned in other parts of the book, the figures are repeated-in front of his name. The Roman numerals indicate the children of a family according to their age. The indices at the right of each name, are used to des:.gnate the generation to which the person belongs: thus (7) William, 3 is of the third generation from Rosier Levering. The number placed in a parenthesis after the record of a marriage of a person, or at the close of his sketch, is that of the oldest child by that marriage, and shows where the names of the children may be found. If no such number is inserted, the record of that family has not been ascer tained. Thus (13) Jacob Levering, m. Alice Tunes (22); in order to find the record of Jacob Levering's children, turn to page twenty-eight, and look for number 22, when it will be seen that that is the number of Magdalena Levering,4 his oldest child. A very slight examination will thus enable any one to make use of this Genealogy. When the name of a widow or a married lady is mentioned, her maiden name, when known, is added, enclosed in a parenthesis. ABBREVIATIONS. The fallowing are some of the .Abbrer_1iatio11s tmd in this book. B., Baltimore. d. y., died young. Bap., Baptist. da. or dau., daughter. b., born. m., married. Ch., or ch., Church. L. M., Lower Merion. d., died. M., Manayunk. d. unm., died unmarried. Pa. or Penn., Pennsylvania. d. s. p., died without issue (sine prole.) R. or Rox., Roxborough. ERRATA. On page 43; the fac-simile of u B. Levering," should follow (5 I) IV. B.ENJAMIN.5 On page 46 ; in last line of the page, the figures ( 189) should follow the words u of R." in the first line of page 4 7. On page 55, in fifth line from bottom, and on page 66 in twelfth line from the top, for "St. Mary's," read Wapattkanetta. On page 94, in third line from the bottom, tl1e figure (193) should precede the word "Titus." On page 115, in fifth line from the top, for "Aeahel Hassey" read "Asahel Hussey." On page I 32, in fonrth line from bottom, for u Hagy," read "Hager." On page 147, in eighth line from bottom, for" Croks" read" Crooks." INDEX OF CHRISTIAN NAMES. NoTE.-This list includes, for the most part, the names of adult males bearing the name of Levering, and where the same name appears more than once on the same page, there is but one reference. The Barnes in X ote C. of the Appendix are not indexed. A. Decatur, 84, 124. Dyer Nichols, 84, 124 . .Aaron, (Col.) 35, 36, 57. Aaron, 54, 55, t:10, 76, 85, 86, 126. Aaron Righter, 57, 58, 81,119. E. Aaron Theodore, UO, 145. bWmund, 100, 136.. Abel, 68. Edward, 95. Abraham, 23, 24, 28, 29, 44, 45, 49, 65, Edward Jesse, 84, 124. 92, 93, 152, 179. Elisha, 101 • .Abraham, (Judge) 174, 180, 182. Enoch, 36, 37, 58, 66, 83, 94, 163, 171. Andrew, 95. Eugene, 88, 122. Andrew J., ]6, 84. Anthony, 28, 29, 31, 32, 46, 47, 49, ol, F. 66, 70, 96. .Anthony JJeaves, 29, 77, 112. Flavius Josepn:ca, 91 • Albert Ferdinand, 183. Fleeson, 76, 110. Allen, 96. Francis L., 102. Allen F., 96. Francis Ramsay, 67, 96. .Arthur Clarence, 183. Frederick Augustu:,, Bl, 122 • Frederick T., ~7. B. G. Ben/amz'n, 6, 28, 27, 28, 31, 82, 48, 48, 51, 6i. 69, 72, 96, 98, 101. Garrett, 149, 151, 154, 156. Benfamz'n Franklin, 85, 120. GERHARD, 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 7, 8, 16, 17, 140, Benjamin Washington, 97, 136. 174. Geor!Je Armitage, 92, 132. George B., 102, 139. c. George Washi1igton, 84, 125. Caasett, 163. Griffith, 62, 53, 73, 103, 139. Cave, 83, 12fl. Charles, (Judge) 55, 61, 77. H. Charles, 69, 77, 97, 111, 157, 163. Charles Augustus, 102. Henrich, 152. Charles Ilenry, 180, 183. Henry, 83, 123, 126, 153, 154, 1&7, W2. Charles Joseph, 178, 181, 182. Henry Stanton Barle, 85. Charles Reuben, 77, 113. Charles Warren, 81, 120. I. Clement, 76, 110. Israel, 49, 70. Clifford, 100. Clinton, 81. J. Columbus, 163. Jacob, 9, IO, 16, 22, 28, 24, 31, 44, 45, D. 48, 40, 65, 67, 68, 95, 163, 159, 167. JJaniel, 72, 102, 1G2, H,3, 164,156,161, James Jefferson, 82. 1G3, 164. Jeremiah, 4!). David, 160. Jesse, 59, 84, 122, 124. YIII INDEX OF CHRISTI.AN NA1IES. John, 29, 31, 45, 46, 59, 60, 65, 70, 72, \ R. 85, 93, 99, 102,133,155,157,158, R'1 ht 84 124 159, 164, 179, 182. R f erlG" ' · John, (Rev.) 174, 175, li6. Ribey,t Eo.H. 83 .,,o7 hn B enton, 164 • Robert° er F.,"· 76,·• 111.· John Brown, 88, 122. R r • 182 J, h O 164 ogers .,,arvis. ohn p,''d· • .:r ,, RosrnR, 1, Hi, 16, 149. Jo n ier inan<>, 18u, R • r r h E 100 osier .,,ones, 112. o.10 n ., • IR · u · 12" J oh n nowen- • ll , 6-o, 9?•. , osier ~uarzs, "· John S., 167, 172. John Wright, 123. s. Jonathan, 153, 159. Samuel, 47, 48, 67, 69, 73, 85, 96, 97, Jonatl,an Hager, 65, 92, 132. 103, 139. Joseph, 52, ti7, 72, 91, 103, -158, 176, Samuel .,_ffatthias, 97. 177, li8. Samuel Stump, 121, 147. Joseph Hagy, 93, 138. Septimus, 24, 31, 32, 33, 52, 53, 85. Joseph Rowland, 123. Silas Gilbert., 66, 94. Silas Jones, 94. L. Spencer Oone, 78, 114. Stewa.rt SiPilly, 183. Lawrason, 81, 119. 1 Lemuel S., 95.