Person:James Levens (3)

m. 5 Jul 1639
  1. John Levens1640 - 1696
  2. James Levens1642 - 1675
  3. Peter Levens1644 - 1644/45
  4. Andrew Levens1644 - 1698
  5. Rachel Levens1646 - 1694/95
Facts and Events
Name[1] James Levens
Gender Male
Birth[3] 16 Apr 1642 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Christening[1] 24 Apr 1642 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Death[1][2] 25 Aug 1675 Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United StatesKilled by the Indians.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 John Levens, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    2:1175.

    "James (Levens), bp. Roxbury 24 April 1642 [RChR 114], supposed to have been slain in King Philip's War on 25 August 1675, but received wages on 24 November 1676 [Bodge 130, 451]; no further record."

  2. Leavens, Philo French. The Leavens name, including Levings: an account of the posterity descending from emigrant John Levins, 1632-1903. (Passaic Daily News Print, 1903)
    14.

    "'James Levins of Roxbury.' … 'Born at Roxbury in the year 1642; slain in the service of his country by the Indians in a fight at Hadley, Aug. 25, 1675; aged 33 years.'"

  3. Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1925-1926)
    1:214.

    "Levens, James [Leavins. (church record, First Religious Society, Unitarian.)], s. James [John. (church record, First Religious Society, Unitarian.)], [born] Apr. 16, 1642."