Maria Elizabeth Levering b. JUL 1677 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; d. OCT/NOV 1677 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; buried: Mülheim an der Ruhr, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

NOTE: She "died in the eighteenth week of her age."

PARENTS: John Wigard Levering b. 1649 Gemen, Borken, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; d. 02 FEB 1745 Roxborough, Philadelphia Co., PA; m. APR 1674 North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Magdalena Boeker b. Abt. 1650 Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands; d. "in the summer of 1717, aged about 67 years" Roxborough, Philadelphia Co., PA. Both buried: Levering Cemetery, Roxborough, Philadelphia Co., PA.

NOTE: John Wigard Levering went my his middle name, Wigard.

NOTE: Magdalena (nee Boeker) and John Wigard Levering emigrated with their four surviving children from Germany aft. 20 MAR 1685 to the British colony of Pennsylvania.

BOEKER SURNAME SPELLING VARIATIONS (with/without an "s" at the end): Bäcker, Baecker, Baker, Bakker, Becke, Becker, Bocker, Boecker, Boeker, Boekr, Böker, Boker, etc.

NOTE: Roxborough Township was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia in 1854 following the passage of the "Act of Consolidation". The township had also been variously known as Manatawna and Leverington in it's earlier history.

SIBLINGS:

1) Anna Sophia Levering b. JAN 1675
2) Anna Catharine Levering b. MAR 1676
3) Maria Elizabeth Levering [SELF]
4) William Levering b. 04 MAY 1679
5) Amelia Anna Sophia Levering b. JUL 1682
6) Anna Sibella Levering b. SEP 1684
7) Herman Levering b. 18 NOV 1686
8) Elizabeth Levering b. 07 JAN 1689
9) Sidonia Levering b. 23 APR 1691
10) Jacob Boeker Levering b. 21 JAN 1693
11) Magdalena Levering b. 13 JAN 1695 d. FEB 1695
12) Magdalena Levering b. 04 JUN 1696

MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Sidonia Wilhelmina Braviers b. Abt. 1630 Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands; d. (date/place unknown); buried: (place unknown); m. Abt. 1650 Willem "William" Boeker b. Abt. 1624 (place unknown); d. (date/place unknown); buried: (place unknown).

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Rosier Levering b. "in the early years of the seventeenth century" Netherlands (?); d. (date unknown) Gemen, Borken, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; m. (date unknown) North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Elizabeth Van de Walle b. (date unknown) Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; d. (date unknown) Gemen, Borken, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Both buried: Gemen, Borken, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.