Anna Levering 1
- Born: 2 May 1761, Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
General Notes:
ANNA: b. May 2, 1761, at Roxb. Mr. Jones furnishes a
tradition concerning her as follows: "During the occupation
of Philadelphia by the British, a party of Lee's
Virginia Troopers, who were hovering around the British
pickets, stopped over night at the house of Andrew Wood,
on the Ridge, about one mile and a half above the Wissahickon.
They occupied the barn, and while asleep, were
surprised by a party of Tories, who killed a large number
and set fire to the barn. Some who escaped and
were badly wounded, took refuge at Abraham Levering's.
His daughter ANNA bound up their wounds, and then took
them down to the river Schuylkill and rowed them across
in a canoe on their way to Valley Forge."
The Andrew Wood barn was rebuilt with the same walls. I remember it as a "pointed" stone structure, with loop-holes for ventilation. Anna died in a few years after the occurrence related.
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