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Magdalena Levering (Bökers)

Also Known As: "Boecekers"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Leiden, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden
Death: November 01, 1717 (67)
Wissachickon Creek, Roxborough Township, Philadelphia County, Province of Pennsylvania
Place of Burial: Roxborough, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Bökers [Boecekers] and Sidonia Wilhelmina Boeker
Wife of John Wigard Levering
Mother of Anna Catherine Frey; Maria Elizabeth Levering; William Boekrs Levering, I; Anna Sibella Miller; Elizabeth Levering and 9 others

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About Magdalena Levering

When Wigard was twenty three years of age about the year 1671-2 he married Magdalena Boker

He says Her father's was William Baker and her mother's maiden name was Williams Braviers of the city of Leyden in Holland aforesaid Magdalena my wife was also born in Leyden the brief statement which he gives in his own Family Bible concerning his wife's family

His movements after his marriage be gathered from this same Bible

His first child was born and the next five were born at Mulheim on the river Rhiir that it is probable he left Gamen the latter part of 1672 and Mulheim to reside as his second child Anna Catharina was in March 1673 The sixth child Anna Sibella was born in Sept

It was at this time that he probably heard of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania founded by the illustrious quaker The Frankford Company had become the purchasers of tract of about 25,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania part was already located by Jacob Vandewall and most likely agents scattered through Germany to induce young and to emigrate thither with their families On Holmes Map seen the following inscription Germantown Jacob Company It does not appear who this Jacob Vandewall was as the mother of Wigard Levering was named Elizabeth Vandewall it was perhaps some relative who had become interested in land speculation...  pg. 2  The Levering Family, Or, A Genealogical Account of Wigard Levering and ...  By Horatio Gates Jones, 1858 , BY KING & BAIRD 607 SANSOM ST  Philadelphia


(f/g) Magdalena Bokers Levering Birth: 1650, Netherlands Death: 1717 Roxborough Philadelphia County Pennsylvania, USA

Magdalena was born in 1650 in Leiden, South Holland, Netherland. She was the daughter of William Boker and Sidone Williams Braviers. She married John Wigard Levering in April 1674 in Westfallen, Gemen, Borken, Prussia. Known children: Anna Sophia, Anna Catherine, Maria Fria, William, Amelia Anna Sophia, Anna Sibella, Herman, Elizabeth, Sidonia, Jacob, Magdalena b. 13 Jan. 1693 (d. 3 weeks old), and Magdalena (Tunes/Tennis)b. 4 Jun. 1696.

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Children:
 Anna Sophia Levering (1675 - ____)*
 Maria Elizabeth Levering (1677 - 1677)*
 William Levering (1679 - 1746)*
 Sidonia Levering DeHaven (1691 - 1736)

Burial: Leverington Cemetery Roxborough Philadelphia County Pennsylvania, USA Created by: KRW Record added: Apr 23, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 14053267 -tcd



Born in Holland in 1660


Magdelina Boeker Levering is buried in Leverington Cemetery in Roxborough, Pa.

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Magdalena Levering's Timeline

1649
November 22, 1649
Leiden, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden
1667
1667
1672
1672
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Westphalia, Germany
1673
March 15, 1673
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Herzogtum Berg, Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation
1675
January 1675
Gamen, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1676
July 1676
Mulheim, Herzogtum Berg, Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation
1679
May 4, 1679
Mülheim, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
1682
July 1682
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Herzogtum Berg, Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation
1684
September 15, 1684
Müllheim, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany