Samuel Levering 1
- Born: 19 Dec 1765, Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
General Notes:
SAMUEL: b. Dec. 19, 1765, at Roxb.; m. Rebecca Roberts,
of Plymouth; b. Aug. 15, 1768. He was baptised
in the Schuylkill Mch. 3, 1785. His wife followed in the
religious ordinance before their marriage. They were of
the constituent members of the Roxborough Baptist
Church when organized.
They lived at the lower end of Manayunk, on what is now known as Shur's Lane. He subsequently bought the premises of Andrew Wood, where the barn was burned by the Tories.
Mr. Jones relates of him: "When he buried his first born child, he had a headstone placed at the grave, with the following inscription engraved upon it:
"THE FIRST BORN
AMONGST MANY
BRETHREN."
This to an unnamed infant suggested confidence in the future.
Samuel d. Nov. 5, 1823. Mrs. L. d. March 25, 1854. Both are buried in Lev. Cem
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