[Ancestors] [Descendants]
William Levis
Last updated 30 Aug 2021 in Spear–Johnson Family.
Individual
Father: Samuel Levis (1649 – bet 1733/1734)
Mother: Elizabeth Clator (? – ?)
book-chester-and-delaware-pa-v1-1904: Gilbert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead (ed.), Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania, Volume 1, New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904; book image (PDF), Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 23 Aug 2019)
Reference Detail: Page 251 (PDF page 371), "The Levis Family"
Comment Detail: Source includes name (William [Levis]).
book-plantagenet-ancestry-2004: Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry — A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004; individual page images, unrecorded site (accessed 15 July 2009)
Reference Detail: Page 537, Need family, #18.ii.a
Comment Detail: Source includes name (William [Levis]).
estate-probate-samuel-levis-1734: Probate record for Samuel Levis (1734); Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 25 Aug 2021)) ⟩ "Chester ⟩ Estate Papers, No 496-624, 1700-1810" images 132-139; citing "Estate Papers, 1713-1810, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Register of Wills; Probate Place: Chester, Pennsylvania"; also ⟩ "Chester ⟩ Will Books A-C, Vol 1-3, 1713-1755" images 173-174; citing "Will Book A, Vol. 1, 1714-1820, pages 411-413"
Reference Detail: Estate papers, will pages 1-2; Will books pages 411-412
Comment Detail: Source includes name (William [Levis]).
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book-chester-and-delaware-pa-v1-1904: Gilbert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead (ed.), Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania, Volume 1, New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904; book image (PDF), Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 23 Aug 2019)
Reference Detail: Page 251 (PDF page 371), "The Levis Family"
Comment Detail: Source identifies William [Levis] as a biological child of Samuel Levis.
book-plantagenet-ancestry-2004: Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry — A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004; individual page images, unrecorded site (accessed 15 July 2009)
Reference Detail: Page 537, Need family, #18.ii.a
Comment Detail: Source identifies William [Levis] as a biological [implied] son of Samuel Levis.
estate-probate-samuel-levis-1734: Probate record for Samuel Levis (1734); Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 25 Aug 2021)) ⟩ "Chester ⟩ Estate Papers, No 496-624, 1700-1810" images 132-139; citing "Estate Papers, 1713-1810, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Register of Wills; Probate Place: Chester, Pennsylvania"; also ⟩ "Chester ⟩ Will Books A-C, Vol 1-3, 1713-1755" images 173-174; citing "Will Book A, Vol. 1, 1714-1820, pages 411-413"
Reference Detail: Estate papers, will pages 1-2; Will books pages 411-412
Comment Detail: Source identifies William [Levis] as a son of Samuel Levis. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.
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book-chester-and-delaware-pa-v1-1904: Gilbert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead (ed.), Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania, Volume 1, New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904; book image (PDF), Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 23 Aug 2019)
Reference Detail: Page 251 (PDF page 371), "The Levis Family"
Comment Detail: Source identifies William [Levis] as a biological child of Elizabeth (Clator) Levis.
book-plantagenet-ancestry-2004: Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry — A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004; individual page images, unrecorded site (accessed 15 July 2009)
Reference Detail: Page 537, Need family, #18.ii.a
Comment Detail: Source identifies William [Levis] as a biological [implied] son of Elizabeth Claytor.
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Family
Spouse/Partner: Elizabeth Read (? – ?)
Married: ?
book-chester-and-delaware-pa-v1-1904: Gilbert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead (ed.), Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania, Volume 1, New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904; book image (PDF), Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 23 Aug 2019)
Reference Detail: Page 251 (PDF page 371), "The Levis Family"
Comment Detail: Source notes marriage of William [Levis] and Elizabeth Read.
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Research Notes (Conflicts/Spelling/Followup)
FOLLOWUP
William was born 8 Sep 1688 (7, 8, 1688 [old style]), moved to Kennet, Chester County about 1718, where he married Elizabeth Reed on 14 Dec 1720 (10, 14, 1720 [old style]). He died 11 Apr 1747 (2, 11, 1747 [old style]). [research-genealogy-of-the-smedley-family-1901]
The will of Samuel Levis (b.1649) names two grandchildren that are his son William's (and probably Hannah's). Their names were given as Sam'll [Samuel] and Elizabeth. [estate-probate-samuel-levis-1734]
research-genealogy-of-the-smedley-family-1901: Gilbert Cope (compiler), Genealogy of the Smedley Family, Descended from George and Sarah Smedley, Settlers in Chester County, Penna; Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Wickersham Printing Company, 1901; book image (PDF), Internet Archive (https://archive.org: accessed 21 ?Apr ?2018); original held by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, Fort Wayne Indiana
Reference Detail: Page 224 (PDF page 326)
estate-probate-samuel-levis-1734: Probate record for Samuel Levis (1734); Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 25 Aug 2021)) ⟩ "Chester ⟩ Estate Papers, No 496-624, 1700-1810" images 132-139; citing "Estate Papers, 1713-1810, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Register of Wills; Probate Place: Chester, Pennsylvania"; also ⟩ "Chester ⟩ Will Books A-C, Vol 1-3, 1713-1755" images 173-174; citing "Will Book A, Vol. 1, 1714-1820, pages 411-413"
Reference Detail: Estate papers, will pages 1-2; Will books pages 411-412
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