Source Citations for Samuel Levis
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Source Citations
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)
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)
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"
periodical-samuel-levis-quaker-immigrant-1999: “Samuel Levis: Quaker Immigrant to Pennsylvania” by Leslie Mahler, journal article; The Genealogist, 13.1 (American Society of Genealogists: Spring 1999), pages 30-36, online home (https://fasg.org/the-genealogist/: accessed 31 Mar 2007)
religious-registry-quaker-leicester-rg6-1397-66: Registry from Society of Friends (Leicester, England), class RG6, piece 1397, page 66 [written] or 20 [stamped]; England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837, database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 25 Aug 2021), “⟩ Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland ⟩ Piece 1397: Monthly Meeting of Leicester: Old Dalby: Marriages (1668-1711)”, image 28; citing “The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 1441”
Source Reference Details
Name Details
book-plantagenet-ancestry-2004:
Reference Detail: Page 537, Need family, #18.ii, #18.ii.a
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Samuel Levis).
estate-probate-samuel-levis-1734:
Reference Detail: Estate papers, will pages 1-2; Will books pages 411-412
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Samuel Levis).
religious-registry-quaker-leicester-rg6-1397-66:
Reference Detail: Right page, top
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Samuel Levis).
Birth Details
book-plantagenet-ancestry-2004:
Reference Detail: Page 537, Need family, #18.ii
Comment Detail: Source includes date (30 Sept. 1649) and location (Harby, Leicestershire [, England]).
periodical-samuel-levis-quaker-immigrant-1999:
Reference Detail: p. 35, (gen. 14, Samuel Levis)
Comment Detail: Source includes date (30 7m 1649) and location (Harb, Leicestershire [, England]). The 7m is presumed to be September, since this predates the 1752 Gregorian calendar reform in England.
Death Details
book-chester-and-delaware-pa-v1-1904:
Reference Detail: Page 251 (PDF page 371), "The Levis Family"
Comment Detail: Source includes year (1734).
periodical-samuel-levis-quaker-immigrant-1999:
Reference Detail: p. 36, (gen. 14, Samuel Levis)
Comment Detail: Source defines boundaries to possible date of death. It must have happened between the date of his will (4 October 1728) and the date it was proved (13 April 1734).
Father Details
book-chester-and-delaware-pa-v1-1904:
Reference Detail: Page 250 (PDF page 366), "The Levis Family"
Comment Detail: Source identifies Samuel [Levis] as a child of Christopher Levis.
periodical-samuel-levis-quaker-immigrant-1999:
Reference Detail: p. 35, (gen. 13, Mary Need)
Comment Detail: Source (citing Christopher Levis' will) identifies Samuel Levis as a son of Christopher Levis. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.
book-plantagenet-ancestry-2004:
Reference Detail: Page 537, Need family, #18.ii
Comment Detail: Source identifies Samuel [Levis] as a biological [implied] son of Christopher Levis.
Mother Details
book-chester-and-delaware-pa-v1-1904:
Reference Detail: Page 250 (PDF page 366), "The Levis Family"
Comment Detail: Source identifies Samuel [Levis] as a child of Mary (Nede) [Levis].
book-plantagenet-ancestry-2004:
Reference Detail: Page 537, Need family, #18.ii
Comment Detail: Source identifies Samuel [Levis] as a biological [implied] son of Mary Need.
Marriage Details
book-chester-and-delaware-pa-v1-1904:
Reference Detail: Page 251 (PDF page 371), "The Levis Family"
Comment Detail: Source includes date (1680 (3 mo, 4)) of the marriage of Samuel Levis and Elizabeth Clator.
book-plantagenet-ancestry-2004:
Reference Detail: Page 537, Need family, #18.ii.a
Comment Detail: Source includes date (4 May ⟨conflict⟩) of marriage of Samuel Levis and Elizabeth Claytor. See research notes of either for conflict details.
religious-registry-quaker-leicester-rg6-1397-66:
Reference Detail: Right page, top
Comment Detail: Source includes date (4th of the third month 1680 [old style]) and location (⟨apparent conflict⟩). See research notes for conflict details.
Miscellaneous Facts Details “Events”
book-chester-and-delaware-pa-v1-1904:
Reference Detail: Page 251 (PDF page 371), "The Levis Family"
Comment Detail: Source includes year (1684) of his second arrival in the colonies, this time with his family.
periodical-samuel-levis-quaker-immigrant-1999:
Reference Detail: p. 35-36, (gen. 14, Samuel Levis)
Comment Detail: Source includes latest possible date (by 4 November 1684) and location (Pennsylvania).
estate-probate-samuel-levis-1734:
Reference Detail: Estate papers, will page 1; Will books page 411
Comment Detail: Source includes date (the Fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one Thousand, Seven hundred and Twenty Eight) and rank (yeoman).
book-plantagenet-ancestry-2004:
Reference Detail: Page 537, Need family, #18.ii.a
Comment Detail: Source includes date (4 Oct. 1728).
estate-probate-samuel-levis-1734:
Reference Detail: Estate papers, will page 2; Will books page 412
Comment Detail: Source includes date (Fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Eight).
periodical-samuel-levis-quaker-immigrant-1999:
Reference Detail: p. 36, (gen. 14, Samuel Levis)
Comment Detail: Source includes date (4 October 1728).
book-plantagenet-ancestry-2004:
Reference Detail: Page 537, Need family, #18.ii.a
Comment Detail: Source includes date (13 April 1734).
estate-probate-samuel-levis-1734:
Reference Detail: Will books page 414
Comment Detail: Source includes date (the Thirteenth day of Aprill anno Dom 1734).
periodical-samuel-levis-quaker-immigrant-1999:
Reference Detail: p. 36, (gen. 14, Samuel Levis)
Comment Detail: Source includes date (13 April 1734).
Miscellaneous Facts Details “Attributes”
book-chester-and-delaware-pa-v1-1904:
Reference Detail: Page 251 (PDF page 371), "The Levis Family"
Comment Detail: Source includes year (1684) and location (Springfield, Delaware county, Pennsylvania).
book-plantagenet-ancestry-2004:
Reference Detail: Page 537, Need family, #18.ii
Comment Detail: Source includes latest estimated immigration date (4 Nov. 1684) and location (Springfield, Chester County, Pennsylvania) in which the family settled.
General Notes Details
book-chester-and-delaware-pa-v1-1904:
Reference Detail: Page 251 (PDF page 371), "The Levis Family"
estate-probate-samuel-levis-1734:
Reference Detail: Estate papers, will page 1; Will books page 411
Research Notes Details
book-plantagenet-ancestry-2004:
Reference Detail: Page 537, Need family, #18.ii.a
estate-probate-samuel-levis-1734:
Reference Detail: Estate papers, will page 1; Will books page 411
religious-registry-quaker-leicester-rg6-1397-66:
Reference Detail: Right page, top