Biographical Sketch of Christopher LEVIS (1881); Chester County, PA

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From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881);

pg. 628

LEVIS, Christopher, of Harby, in Leicestershire, England, by Mary, his wife, had 
the following children:  Samuel, b. 7,30,1649; Mary, b. 3,8,1652, d. 7,16,1764; 
Richard, b. 10,28,1654, d. 4,23,1663; Sarah b. 7,30,1763, d. 1,23,1701; Hannah, 
b. 7,30,1763, d. 3,26,1705.  The father was buried 8,23,1677.
  Samuel Levis, of Harby, and Elizabeth Clator, of Nottingham, were married 
3,4,1680.  Mary Levis, of Harby, perhaps the widow of Christopher, married 
Thomas Wright, 3,4,1680.
  Samuel Levis, with his wife and sisters, Sarah and Hannah, came to 
Pennsylvania in 1684 (see William Garrett) and settled in Springfield township, 
where he died about 1734.  Sarah married Thomas Bradshaw, of Darby, in 1687, and 
Hannah became the wife of Michael Blunston in 1691.
  The children of Samuel and Elizabeth Levis were Samuel, b. 12,8,1680, m. 
Hannah Stretch, of Philadelphia; Alice, b. 8,7,1682; Mary, b. 8,9,1685, m. 
Joseph Pennock; William b. 7,8,1688, d. 2,11,1747; Elizabeth, b. 10,20,1690, d. 
10,10,1777, m. William Shipley; Christopher, b. 10,27,1692, d. 2,3,1694; Sarah, 
b. 6,31,1694, m. George Maris.
  Samuel Levis and Hannah Stretch, daughter of Joseph, were married 10,15,1709, 
and had four children,-Samuel, b. 8,21,1711, m. Mary Thomson, 6,12,1742; John, 
b. 8,3,1713, m. Rebecca Davis, 8,25,1738; Joseph, b. 11,29,1715-6, m. Susanna 
Waln, 1739; William.
  William Levis settled in Kennett, and married, 10,14,1720, Elizabeth Reed, by 
whom he had children,-Elizabeth, b. 8,30,1721; Samuel, b. 9,18,1723, m. 
Elizabeth Gregg; William, b. 12,3,1725-6, m. Jane Ogden and Martha Marshall; 
Sarah, b. 6,31,1728; Mary, b. 2,10,1732; Lydia, b. 6,16,1734, m. John Lamborn.