. Jacob Levering, 1693 - 1753, s/o John Wigard Levering . . author: Michael D. Nestor, email: mdn3557@yahoo.com 13 Jacob Levering,4 (Wigard,3,Rosier,2,Robert,1) . . b 21 Jan 1693 Roxborough, Philadelphia Co, Pa; d Oct 1753 Roxborough, Philadelphia Co. . m 2 Feb 1717 to Alice Tunes (Aeltie), b 2 Jan 1691, d 1750 Pa, d/o Abraham Tunes and Beatrix Lucken (Boetzen). . See more on Abraham's and Beatrix's ancestry below. . issue: . 1. Magdalena Levering, b ca 1716. . 2. Abraham Levering, b 1717, d 1804. 132 3. Wigard Levering (Wickhard), b 1719 Roxborough Twp, Philadelphia Co, m Elizabeth Sturges. . 4. William Levering, b 1721, d 1785. . 5. Jacob Levering, b ca 1723, d 1807. . 6. Anthony Levering, b ca 1725, d 1788. . 7. Benjamin Levering, b 1728, d 1804. . 8. Septimus Levering, b ca 1731. . Abraham and Beatrix came to America in 1683 on the ship "Concord". . Abraham Tunes, b 1661 Rheindahlen, Germ, d 1730 Germantown, Philadelphia Co, Pa, was s/o Anthonius Klinken (Thoniss) and . when he came to America he changed his name to Abraham Tunes, using his father's 1st name as his surname. Anthonius Klinken . was b 1610 Monchen Gladback, Rhineland and his wife's name unknown. Anthonius was s/o Johann Klinken, b ca 1587 Monchen, . Gladback, d 13 Mar 1630, and Trientgen Ander Heiden, b 1591 Monchen, d 1608 Monchen, d/o Johann Heiden and Agnes/Nies. . Johann Klinken was s/o Herman Klinken and Giert ____. . Beatrix Lucken was d/o William Jansen Lucken, b ca 1620 Dahlen, Germany, d after 1694, m 1649 Dahlen to Adelheid Alletgen, b ca . 1623, d after Aug 1694. William Jansen Lucken was s/o Johann Lucken, b ca 1595 ?Rheindahlen, d 1636-38, and Boetrix Ther Mehr, . b ca 1590 Dahlen Monchen. Johann was s/o Wilhelm Lucken. . The Lucken family one of "the 13 original families from Krefeld, Germany", see Ref 4 below. . Ref: 1. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~janet/Levering.html . 2. records.ancestry.com/Wigard_Levering_records.ashx?pid=7852155 No author mentioned. . 3. Nancy J. Salvi's notes. . 4. "Pennsylvania German Roots Across the Ocean", Marion F. Egge, editor, published by the Genealogical Society of Penn- . sylvania, Special Publication No. 8, copyright 2000. p 87: 'The Ancestry of the Thirteen Krefield Emigrants of 1683', . Wilhelm Niepoth, translated by John Brockie Lukens. |