Abraham Levering ¹

  General Notes:

ABRAHAM: b. Nov. 19, 1787; m. April 2, 1814, Catharine,
dau. of William and Catharine Hagy, of Lower
Merion. She was b. May 26, 1792, upon premises which
had descended from her grandfather, Jacob Hagy.(*) It
consisted of a large farm and paper mill, on Mill Creek,
where this stream empties into the Schuylkill River, on
its right bank, above Manayunk. This property is still
owned in the family.

Abraham removed from Roxb. to Lower Merion before their marriage. Both were baptized by Rev. H. G. Jones, and joined the Lower Merion Bapt. Ch., in which he was made a Deacon on May 3, 1828. Mrs. L. subsequently was ordained a Deaconess. She officiated, as an attendant to the Pastor, when women members were received,
(*)Jacob Hagy was a skilled paper maker when he emlgrated from Switzerland to America. He, at first, settled upon a small stream near to the left bank of the Schuylkill, opposite and about one mile above the mouth of Mill Creek, where he erected one of the earliest paper mills built in the colonies, and operated it until after he acquired the above described property. after baptism, by the "laying on of hands," into full fellowship of the church, as the writer well remembers.
In 1854 they removed West, with the unmarried part of the family, following their sons--the writer and (1032) William H.--to Lafayette, Indiana, where he acquired considerable property, and d. Oct. 7, 1866. Mrs. L. d. Nov. 21, 1883, in her 92d year. Both were taken to and b. in Lev. Cem.

Abraham married Catherine Hagy on 2 Apr 1814 in Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. (Catherine Hagy was born on 26 May 1792 in Pennsylvania, USA.)