William Levering b. 1767 Plymouth Twp., Montgomery Co., PA; d. 23 MAR 1828 Philadelphia Co., PA; m. 08 JUN 1794 Philadelphia Co., PA; Catharine Wolford b. 06 JUL 1775 Montgomery Co., PA; d. 04 NOV 1842 Philadelphia Co., PA. Both buried: Leverington Cemetery, Roxborough, Philadelphia Co., PA.
NOTE: Roxborough Township was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia in 1854 following the passage of the "Act of Consolidation". The township had also been variously known as Manatawna and Leverington in it's earlier history.
CHILDREN:
1) Charles Levering b. 09 APR 1795
2) Benjamin Levering b. 09 JUL 1796
3) Maria Levering b. 03 OCT 1798
4) William Wigard Levering b. 08 JAN 1801
5) Eliza Levering b. 07 JUL 1803
6) Mariann Levering b. 16 JUL 1806
7) Harriet Levering b. 05 JUN 1807
PARENTS: Elizabeth ____ (surname unknown) m. widowed Wigard Levering [AKA Wechard Levering].
SIBLINGS:
1) Mary Levering b. 1762
2) Peter Levering b. 01 JAN 1764
3) Margaret Levering b. 1765
4) William Levering b. 1767
5) Magdalena Levering b. 12 MAR 1768
6) Alice Levering b. 1771
7) Hannah Levering b. 20 DEC 1775
HALF-SIBLINGS (from widowed father's first marriage to Elizabeth Sturges):
1) Joseph Levering b. 25 APR 1748
2) Jacob Levering b. Abt. 1750
3) Elizabeth Levering b. Abt. 1753
4) Benjamin Levering b. 1754
5) Wigard Levering b. 1756
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Alice Tunes [also spelled "Alce", "Aeltie"] m. Jacob Levering.
PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: 1) Magdalena Boeker m. John Wigard Levering. 2) Beatrix Luken m. Abraham Tunes.
PATERNAL GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: 1) Adelheid Oettgenoeltgen m. Wilhelm Jansen Luken. 2) Elizabeth Van De Walle m. Rosier Levering. 3) Sidonia Wilhelmina Braviers m. Willem "William" Böker. BOEKER SURNAME SPELLING VARIATIONS (with/without an "s" at the end; Böker spelled in English: "Boeker"): Bäcker, Baecker, Baker, Bakker, Becke, Becker, Bocker, Boecker, Boeker, Boekr, Böker, Boker, etc.
TOMBSTONE: "William Levering, d. March 25, 1828"
From a reprint of: "The Levering Family: Or A Genealogical Account of Wigard Levering and Gerhard Levering, Two Of The Pioneer Settlers of Roxborough Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania" by Horatio Gates Jones, 1858; Appendix (Note C), reprint page numbers 190-193: "A list of persons named Levering buried in the Roxborough graveyard [Leverington Cemetery], extracted from the Book of Records kept by the Trustees of the graveyard, and also gathered from the tombstones. The list is, of course, very imperfect, as in early times few tombstones were put up, and the Records do not begin until September 1786. The letter 'd' stands for died, and 'b' for buried." [pg. 190] AND "Adjoining this burial ground [Leverington Cemetery] is the graveyard of the Roxborough Baptist Church. The following Leverings are some of the large number buried there, as taken from the tombstones" [pg. 193; fifteen names posted 08 MAR 2010 at Find-A-Grave in the Roxborough Baptist Church Cemetery listings]
NOTE: Roxborough Township was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia in 1854 following the passage of the "Act of Consolidation". The township had also been variously known as Manatawna and Leverington in it's earlier history.
CHILDREN:
1) Charles Levering b. 09 APR 1795
2) Benjamin Levering b. 09 JUL 1796
3) Maria Levering b. 03 OCT 1798
4) William Wigard Levering b. 08 JAN 1801
5) Eliza Levering b. 07 JUL 1803
6) Mariann Levering b. 16 JUL 1806
7) Harriet Levering b. 05 JUN 1807
PARENTS: Elizabeth ____ (surname unknown) m. widowed Wigard Levering [AKA Wechard Levering].
SIBLINGS:
1) Mary Levering b. 1762
2) Peter Levering b. 01 JAN 1764
3) Margaret Levering b. 1765
4) William Levering b. 1767
5) Magdalena Levering b. 12 MAR 1768
6) Alice Levering b. 1771
7) Hannah Levering b. 20 DEC 1775
HALF-SIBLINGS (from widowed father's first marriage to Elizabeth Sturges):
1) Joseph Levering b. 25 APR 1748
2) Jacob Levering b. Abt. 1750
3) Elizabeth Levering b. Abt. 1753
4) Benjamin Levering b. 1754
5) Wigard Levering b. 1756
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Alice Tunes [also spelled "Alce", "Aeltie"] m. Jacob Levering.
PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: 1) Magdalena Boeker m. John Wigard Levering. 2) Beatrix Luken m. Abraham Tunes.
PATERNAL GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: 1) Adelheid Oettgenoeltgen m. Wilhelm Jansen Luken. 2) Elizabeth Van De Walle m. Rosier Levering. 3) Sidonia Wilhelmina Braviers m. Willem "William" Böker. BOEKER SURNAME SPELLING VARIATIONS (with/without an "s" at the end; Böker spelled in English: "Boeker"): Bäcker, Baecker, Baker, Bakker, Becke, Becker, Bocker, Boecker, Boeker, Boekr, Böker, Boker, etc.
TOMBSTONE: "William Levering, d. March 25, 1828"
From a reprint of: "The Levering Family: Or A Genealogical Account of Wigard Levering and Gerhard Levering, Two Of The Pioneer Settlers of Roxborough Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania" by Horatio Gates Jones, 1858; Appendix (Note C), reprint page numbers 190-193: "A list of persons named Levering buried in the Roxborough graveyard [Leverington Cemetery], extracted from the Book of Records kept by the Trustees of the graveyard, and also gathered from the tombstones. The list is, of course, very imperfect, as in early times few tombstones were put up, and the Records do not begin until September 1786. The letter 'd' stands for died, and 'b' for buried." [pg. 190] AND "Adjoining this burial ground [Leverington Cemetery] is the graveyard of the Roxborough Baptist Church. The following Leverings are some of the large number buried there, as taken from the tombstones" [pg. 193; fifteen names posted 08 MAR 2010 at Find-A-Grave in the Roxborough Baptist Church Cemetery listings]
William Levering b. 1767 Plymouth Twp., Montgomery Co., PA; d. 23 MAR 1828 Philadelphia Co., PA; m. 08 JUN 1794 Philadelphia Co., PA; Catharine Wolford b. 06 JUL 1775 Montgomery Co., PA; d. 04 NOV 1842 Philadelphia Co., PA. Both buried: Leverington Cemetery, Roxborough, Philadelphia Co., PA.
NOTE: Roxborough Township was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia in 1854 following the passage of the "Act of Consolidation". The township had also been variously known as Manatawna and Leverington in it's earlier history.
CHILDREN:
1) Charles Levering b. 09 APR 1795
2) Benjamin Levering b. 09 JUL 1796
3) Maria Levering b. 03 OCT 1798
4) William Wigard Levering b. 08 JAN 1801
5) Eliza Levering b. 07 JUL 1803
6) Mariann Levering b. 16 JUL 1806
7) Harriet Levering b. 05 JUN 1807
PARENTS: Elizabeth ____ (surname unknown) m. widowed Wigard Levering [AKA Wechard Levering].
SIBLINGS:
1) Mary Levering b. 1762
2) Peter Levering b. 01 JAN 1764
3) Margaret Levering b. 1765
4) William Levering b. 1767
5) Magdalena Levering b. 12 MAR 1768
6) Alice Levering b. 1771
7) Hannah Levering b. 20 DEC 1775
HALF-SIBLINGS (from widowed father's first marriage to Elizabeth Sturges):
1) Joseph Levering b. 25 APR 1748
2) Jacob Levering b. Abt. 1750
3) Elizabeth Levering b. Abt. 1753
4) Benjamin Levering b. 1754
5) Wigard Levering b. 1756
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Alice Tunes [also spelled "Alce", "Aeltie"] m. Jacob Levering.
PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: 1) Magdalena Boeker m. John Wigard Levering. 2) Beatrix Luken m. Abraham Tunes.
PATERNAL GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: 1) Adelheid Oettgenoeltgen m. Wilhelm Jansen Luken. 2) Elizabeth Van De Walle m. Rosier Levering. 3) Sidonia Wilhelmina Braviers m. Willem "William" Böker. BOEKER SURNAME SPELLING VARIATIONS (with/without an "s" at the end; Böker spelled in English: "Boeker"): Bäcker, Baecker, Baker, Bakker, Becke, Becker, Bocker, Boecker, Boeker, Boekr, Böker, Boker, etc.
TOMBSTONE: "William Levering, d. March 25, 1828"
From a reprint of: "The Levering Family: Or A Genealogical Account of Wigard Levering and Gerhard Levering, Two Of The Pioneer Settlers of Roxborough Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania" by Horatio Gates Jones, 1858; Appendix (Note C), reprint page numbers 190-193: "A list of persons named Levering buried in the Roxborough graveyard [Leverington Cemetery], extracted from the Book of Records kept by the Trustees of the graveyard, and also gathered from the tombstones. The list is, of course, very imperfect, as in early times few tombstones were put up, and the Records do not begin until September 1786. The letter 'd' stands for died, and 'b' for buried." [pg. 190] AND "Adjoining this burial ground [Leverington Cemetery] is the graveyard of the Roxborough Baptist Church. The following Leverings are some of the large number buried there, as taken from the tombstones" [pg. 193; fifteen names posted 08 MAR 2010 at Find-A-Grave in the Roxborough Baptist Church Cemetery listings]
NOTE: Roxborough Township was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia in 1854 following the passage of the "Act of Consolidation". The township had also been variously known as Manatawna and Leverington in it's earlier history.
CHILDREN:
1) Charles Levering b. 09 APR 1795
2) Benjamin Levering b. 09 JUL 1796
3) Maria Levering b. 03 OCT 1798
4) William Wigard Levering b. 08 JAN 1801
5) Eliza Levering b. 07 JUL 1803
6) Mariann Levering b. 16 JUL 1806
7) Harriet Levering b. 05 JUN 1807
PARENTS: Elizabeth ____ (surname unknown) m. widowed Wigard Levering [AKA Wechard Levering].
SIBLINGS:
1) Mary Levering b. 1762
2) Peter Levering b. 01 JAN 1764
3) Margaret Levering b. 1765
4) William Levering b. 1767
5) Magdalena Levering b. 12 MAR 1768
6) Alice Levering b. 1771
7) Hannah Levering b. 20 DEC 1775
HALF-SIBLINGS (from widowed father's first marriage to Elizabeth Sturges):
1) Joseph Levering b. 25 APR 1748
2) Jacob Levering b. Abt. 1750
3) Elizabeth Levering b. Abt. 1753
4) Benjamin Levering b. 1754
5) Wigard Levering b. 1756
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Alice Tunes [also spelled "Alce", "Aeltie"] m. Jacob Levering.
PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: 1) Magdalena Boeker m. John Wigard Levering. 2) Beatrix Luken m. Abraham Tunes.
PATERNAL GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: 1) Adelheid Oettgenoeltgen m. Wilhelm Jansen Luken. 2) Elizabeth Van De Walle m. Rosier Levering. 3) Sidonia Wilhelmina Braviers m. Willem "William" Böker. BOEKER SURNAME SPELLING VARIATIONS (with/without an "s" at the end; Böker spelled in English: "Boeker"): Bäcker, Baecker, Baker, Bakker, Becke, Becker, Bocker, Boecker, Boeker, Boekr, Böker, Boker, etc.
TOMBSTONE: "William Levering, d. March 25, 1828"
From a reprint of: "The Levering Family: Or A Genealogical Account of Wigard Levering and Gerhard Levering, Two Of The Pioneer Settlers of Roxborough Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania" by Horatio Gates Jones, 1858; Appendix (Note C), reprint page numbers 190-193: "A list of persons named Levering buried in the Roxborough graveyard [Leverington Cemetery], extracted from the Book of Records kept by the Trustees of the graveyard, and also gathered from the tombstones. The list is, of course, very imperfect, as in early times few tombstones were put up, and the Records do not begin until September 1786. The letter 'd' stands for died, and 'b' for buried." [pg. 190] AND "Adjoining this burial ground [Leverington Cemetery] is the graveyard of the Roxborough Baptist Church. The following Leverings are some of the large number buried there, as taken from the tombstones" [pg. 193; fifteen names posted 08 MAR 2010 at Find-A-Grave in the Roxborough Baptist Church Cemetery listings]
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