Rosier Levering
Col. John Levering (1897 book) designates Rosier as the progenitor of the Levering family in America. Here's what he says about him:
ROSIER LEVERING (1) was born in the early years of the seventeenth century. He is the known progenitor of the Levering family in America hence I designate him as the zero or bench mark from which to grade succeeding generations descending from him. It is believed that he was born in Holland of ancient English or Anglo Saxon parentage exiled because of persecution for their religious principles. He married Elizabeth Van de Walle, of Wesel, in Westphalia, in Germany near to the frontier of Holland. They settled in the same district, at Gemen, where several children were born to them, between the years 1648 and 1662. Tradition preserved by the remnant of the family at Gemen, says they occupied the old Levering homestead in that town and that they died there.
Children of ROSIER and ELIZABETH (Van de Walle) Levering
(2) I. John Wigard - immigrated to America with brother, Gerhard in 1685.
(3) II. Eberhard
(4) III. Elizabeth
(5) IV. Alche
(6) V. William
(7) VI. Gerhard (b. 1660) - immigrated to America with brother, Wigard, in 1685. Most of the 1897 Levering book contains the lineage for Wigard's line. The section for Gerhard's line begins on page 664, and is brief in comparison. Gerhard's family settled in Whitpain Township, outside Philadelphia. Gerhard's son, Jacob, purchased the land where his descendants built a farm, which still stands today as Normandy Farm, a hotel and conference center (where my husband and I held our wedding reception!).
(8) VII. Daughter
ROSIER LEVERING (1) was born in the early years of the seventeenth century. He is the known progenitor of the Levering family in America hence I designate him as the zero or bench mark from which to grade succeeding generations descending from him. It is believed that he was born in Holland of ancient English or Anglo Saxon parentage exiled because of persecution for their religious principles. He married Elizabeth Van de Walle, of Wesel, in Westphalia, in Germany near to the frontier of Holland. They settled in the same district, at Gemen, where several children were born to them, between the years 1648 and 1662. Tradition preserved by the remnant of the family at Gemen, says they occupied the old Levering homestead in that town and that they died there.
Children of ROSIER and ELIZABETH (Van de Walle) Levering
(2) I. John Wigard - immigrated to America with brother, Gerhard in 1685.
(3) II. Eberhard
(4) III. Elizabeth
(5) IV. Alche
(6) V. William
(7) VI. Gerhard (b. 1660) - immigrated to America with brother, Wigard, in 1685. Most of the 1897 Levering book contains the lineage for Wigard's line. The section for Gerhard's line begins on page 664, and is brief in comparison. Gerhard's family settled in Whitpain Township, outside Philadelphia. Gerhard's son, Jacob, purchased the land where his descendants built a farm, which still stands today as Normandy Farm, a hotel and conference center (where my husband and I held our wedding reception!).
(8) VII. Daughter