Person:William Levering (2)

From their marriage certificate, which was preserved by their granddaughter, Deborah Levering, they appear to have been married after the manner of the Friends ceremony, without the intervention of civil or ecclesiastical benediction. The instrument read: "Whereas, William Lavering, Junr., of Rocksboarough, in the County of Philad., and Province of Penna., and Martha Daves, daughter of Thomas Daves of the same place, having published their intention of marriage with each other, according to a law in that case provided, and nothing appearing to obstruct their proceedings, did appear at the house of William Lavering, in Rocksboarough afd., on the seventeenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine, in an assembly for that occasion met: And the said William Levering taking the said Martha Daves by the hand, did in a solemn manner openly declare that he took her to be his loving wife, promising by the Lord's assistance to be unto her a faithful and loving husband until death should separte them: And there and then in the said assembly the said Martha Daves did in like manner openly declare that she took the said William Levering to be her husband, promising in like manner to be unto him a faithful and loving wife until death should separate them and there and then the said William Lavering and Martha Daves, she according to the custom of marriage, assuming the name of her husband as a further confirmation thereof, did to these presents put their hands, and wee whose names are hereunto written, being present amongst others at the solemnization and superscription in manner aforesaid as witnesses thereunto, have also set our hands the day and year above written. Wm. Levering, Junior Mr. Levering Wm. Levering Hannah Levering Aaron Levering Nathan Levering John Hinkle Elizabeth Hinkle Peter Keyser Isaac Deaves John cunrads Barbary Cunrads Jacob cooke Susana Cooke Enoch Levering John Colp Derick Keyser Wm. Deaves Hannah Keyser The certificate appears to have been written by someone who was unacquainted with the spelling of either of the family surnames, or that of the township in which the ceremony was enacted. The bride's first attempt at writing Mrs. Levering furnishes evidence of a bad spell of nervousness. While the parents of the groom furnish proof of their "presence and consenting," those of the bride appear conspicuously absent. Mr. Jones, in an article entitled, "Roxborough and the Revolutionary War, published in the Manayunk Sentinel, July 6, 1882, testifies to having seen an original military muster roll, containing names of enlisted men, under date of Aug. 1, 1776, which did not appear upon the rolls of the Penna Archives. This roster shows that William Levering, the subject of this sketch, was captain of the company, which formed part of the First Rifle Battalion of Philad. Co., under Colonel Matlack. Mrs. Jones state: "He inherited from his father the smith shop, tools, etc., opposite the Leverington Hotel, where his grandfather Wigard died; also owned the house and small farm below the shop, now (1858) owned by G.W. Hipple. Upon the partition of his father's estate he received a tract of land above the hotel, and extending from Leverington Avenue to the line of John Gorgas' land."