Jacob Levering (1693-1753)
FATHER: Wigard Levering
MOTHER: Madalena (Boker) Levering
SPOUSE: Alice (Tunis) Levering (d. 1753, Roxborough); m. 1717
BURIAL SITE: Unknown? Possibly on the family's estate in Lower Merion
MOTHER: Madalena (Boker) Levering
SPOUSE: Alice (Tunis) Levering (d. 1753, Roxborough); m. 1717
BURIAL SITE: Unknown? Possibly on the family's estate in Lower Merion
JACOB b. January 21, 1693, in Roxborough, city of Philadelphia. He was probably the first of the family name born in the place. He married Alice Tunes.
Col. John Levering wrote:
On February 20, 1717, his father conveyed to him 85 acres of land upon which he settled. The tract bordered upon the river Schuylkill, and embraced a large part of what since became the bourough of Manayunk, and subsequently a ward of the city. The area comprised all between Washington and Levering Streets as now subdivided. Jacob lived in, probably a log house in the meadow on the easterly side of Green Lane until 1736, when he built a stone house on the westerly side of this street. The date stone - which was an ostentatious embellishment in the architecture of those days - bears his initials, and is still preserved. His great grandson, Peregrine Wharton Levering, during his lifetime and occupancy of the premises, enlarged the structure. Since his death, which occurred in 1888, his unmarried daughter, Eliza, demolished the old mansion and (in 1890) erected a modern dwelling upon the site.
Jacob owned, also, a considerable estate on the opposite side of the Schuylkill, now in Lower Merion Township, in Montgomery County. This remained in family succession to and including his great grandson John Levering, who died in 1878.
Col. John Levering wrote:
On February 20, 1717, his father conveyed to him 85 acres of land upon which he settled. The tract bordered upon the river Schuylkill, and embraced a large part of what since became the bourough of Manayunk, and subsequently a ward of the city. The area comprised all between Washington and Levering Streets as now subdivided. Jacob lived in, probably a log house in the meadow on the easterly side of Green Lane until 1736, when he built a stone house on the westerly side of this street. The date stone - which was an ostentatious embellishment in the architecture of those days - bears his initials, and is still preserved. His great grandson, Peregrine Wharton Levering, during his lifetime and occupancy of the premises, enlarged the structure. Since his death, which occurred in 1888, his unmarried daughter, Eliza, demolished the old mansion and (in 1890) erected a modern dwelling upon the site.
Jacob owned, also, a considerable estate on the opposite side of the Schuylkill, now in Lower Merion Township, in Montgomery County. This remained in family succession to and including his great grandson John Levering, who died in 1878.
CHILDREN of (18) Jacob and Alice Tunes Levering:
(61) 1. Magdalena: b. 1716
(62) II. Abraham: b. 1717 – d. 1804
(63) III. Wigard: b. 1719 – d. 1782
(64) IV. William: b. 1721 – d. 1785
(65) V. Jacob: b. 1723 – d. 1807?
(66) VI. Anthony: b. 1725, m. Agnes Tunis 1751, d. 1788
(67) VII. Benjamin: b. 1728, d. 1804
(68) VIII. Septimus: b. 1731, d. ?
(61) 1. Magdalena: b. 1716
(62) II. Abraham: b. 1717 – d. 1804
(63) III. Wigard: b. 1719 – d. 1782
(64) IV. William: b. 1721 – d. 1785
(65) V. Jacob: b. 1723 – d. 1807?
(66) VI. Anthony: b. 1725, m. Agnes Tunis 1751, d. 1788
(67) VII. Benjamin: b. 1728, d. 1804
(68) VIII. Septimus: b. 1731, d. ?