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Descendants of Michael Levey

8. ABRAHAM² LEVEY (MICHAEL¹) was born May 29, 1802 in Schenectady, Albany, NY, and died November 11, 1881 in Amsterdam, Montgomery Co, NY. He married MARGARET MORRISON December 06, 1821 in Schenectady, NY.

Notes for ABRAHAM LEVEY:
Birth: lst Dutch Reformed Church, Schenectady, christened as "Abram." His
witnesses were Abraham Haver and Geertruy Oostrander.
Marriage: lst Dutch Reformed Church, Schenectady, 6 Dec 1821, Arthur C.M.
Kelly, editor, Marriage Record of Schenectady Reformed Church, 1694-1852,
Schenectady, New York, p. 93. She was described as "of Rotterdam."
Census: At the time of the 1880 FC, he was listed as Abram Leavey, age 79,
retired farmer; wife Margaret 81, daughter Margaret 40, and grandson Howard
were in his household. He stated that his father was born in Germany (U.S.
Federal Census 1880, Montgomery County, Amsterdam, NY, ED 43, p. 20, hh 192.
FHL 1254865).
Census: 1835 State census shows him in Rotterdam, 6 females under 16, 4 acres,
2 cattle, 2 hogs, and reports they had manufactured 15 yards of wool and 25
yards of cloth (Rotterdam, Schenectady, NY, p. 3, FHL 0503206).
Census: 1855 State census lists Abraham Leavy, 54, Margaret, 57, wife;
Margaret, 21, child; Jenett, 20, child; John, 15, child; and Agnes, 13, child.
Census: 1865 State census lists Abram Leevy, 64, b. Schenectady; Margaret M.,
66; Margaret, 26, child; John, 23, child; and Agnes, 20, child. They were
living in Amsterdam on a 150-acre farm valued at $8,000. They had had 10
children (1865 NY State census, Montgomery, Amsterdam, 2nd E.D., p. 43, FHL
479195).
Burial: Green Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam, NY. Margaret Levey (either his wife or his daughter) bought the cemetery plot in Dec 1881, probably for him (copy of deed provided by Winifred Massey Tillotson, Fayetteville, NY, 16 Sep 1997).

More About ABRAHAM LEVEY:
Fact 1: June 28, 1802, First Dutch Ref, Schenectady, Albany, NY

Notes for MARGARET MORRISON:
Birth: First Dutch Reformed Church, Schenectady. She was the daughter of John
and Hannah Humphreys Morrison, both born in Londonderry, NH, dwelling in
Currysbush, m. 16 March 1785 (Pearson, First Settlers of Schenectady, p. 123).
Death: Gravemarker, Greenhill Cemetery, Amsterdam reads: "Margaret Levey, died
31 May 1884, 86 years."

More About MARGARET MORRISON:
Fact 2: Greenhill Cem, Amsterdam, Montgomery, NY

Children of ABRAHAM LEVEY and MARGARET MORRISON are:

ELIZABETH³ LEVEY, b. May 11, 1822, Schenectady, NY; d. February 22, 1891, Hoffman's, Schenectady, NY; m. ALONZO FRENCH, December 30, 1846, Schenectady, NY.

Notes for ELIZABETH LEVEY:
Birth/death: W.N.P. Dailey, "Levey-French-Hoffman-Dorn" ms, 1937, Donald
Keefer collection, Schenectady, NY, in possession of compiler. However,
Elizabeth was in the hh of her parents at the time of the 1850 FC.
Marriage: "Married: By the same (Rev. Mr. Mead), Dec. 30th, Mr.
Alonzo French, to Miss B. Levee, both of Rotterdam." (The Schenectady Cabinet,
Tuesday 5 Jan 1847 -- the Keefer Collection.)
Census: 1880 FC, Schenectady, Glenville, NY, Alonzo French, 56; Elizabeth
French, 57, and Martha, daughter, 26. ED 98, p. 3, HH 22, FHL 1254930.
Death-Burial: Beukendaal Chapter, DAR, Tombstone Records of the First Reformed
Church of Rotterdam, NY.

More About ELIZABETH LEVEY:
Fact 2: First DRC Church, Rotterdam, Schenectady, NY

Notes for ALONZO FRENCH:
Birth-marriage-death: W.N.P. Dailey, "Levey-French-Hoffman-Dorn" mss, 1937,
Donald Keefer collection, Schenectady, NY, in possession of compiler.
Parents: He was the son of John J. and Rachel Dorn French.
Occupation: First employed on Erie Canal packets; next worked for
Utica-Schenectady Railroad; later, for 40 years, on NY Central Railroad at
Hoffman's Ferry as agent, postmaster, switch tender, etc.
Birth place: 1855 State census, Schenectady, FHL 0503207, gives his place of
birth as Montgomery.
Death-burial: Beukendaal Chapter, DAR, Tombstone Records of the First Reformed
Church of Rotterdam, New York, 1934.
Census: 1865 New York State census shows them in Glenville; Alonzo 42, born
Montgomery, station agent; Elizabeth, 43, b. Schenectady; Jay C., 12; Martha,
10; and Austin, 8 (FHL 0503208).

More About ALONZO FRENCH:
Fact 2: First DRC Cem, Rotterdam, Schenectady, NY

ii.

HANNAH M. LEVEY, b. January 01, 1825, Schenectady, NY; d. November 30, 1908, 514 Rugby Road, Schenectady, NY; m. WILLIAM HOFFMAN, October 25, 1848, Schenectady DRC, Schenectady, NY.

Notes for HANNAH M. LEVEY:
Birth-death: W.N.P. Dailey, "Levey-French-Hoffman-Dorn" ms, 1937, Donald
Keefer collection, Schenectady, NY, in possession of compiler.
Marriage: Anna Leavy, 22y, of Rotterdam, born Rotterdam, m. William Hoffman,
24 y, of Schenectady, b. Rotterdam, married 25 Oct 1848, Schenectady, NY.
Source: Arthur C.M. Kelly, editor, Marriage Record of Schenectady Reformed
Church, 1694-1852, Schenectady, NY, p. 113 (DAR Library). Also, "Married: On
the 25th inst. by the Rev. Dr. Van Vechten, Mr. William Hoffman of this city,
to Miss Anna Levy, of Rotterdam." (The Schenectady Cabinet, Tuesday, 31 Oct
1848 -- the Keefer Collection.)
Death-burial: Vale Cemetery records in possession of compiler. Section G, Lot
58a. She died of bronchitis; was 83 at time of death. In the family plot are
the remains of Earl M. Hoffman, 29 Apr 1918; Ruth Hoffman Freeman, 3 Feb 191,
William M. Hoffman, 26 Jul 1933, and John McClumpha, Aug 1855. The Dailey ms.
states that Hannah's husband William Hoffman was first buried in Green Cemetery
and then moved to Vale Cemetery -- but there is no record of that.

More About HANNAH M. LEVEY:
Fact 2: December 03, 1908, Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, NY

iii.

CATHERINE LEVEY, b. 1828, Schenectady, NY; d. February 12, 1906, Schenectady, NY; m. JOHN MCCLUMPHA, Abt. 1853, Schenectady, NY.

Notes for CATHERINE LEVEY:
Birth/marriage/death: W.N.P. Dailey, "Levey-French-Hoffman-Dorn" ms, 1937,
Donald Keefer collection, Schenectady, NY, in possession of compiler.
Census: At the time of the 1850 FC she was shown in the household of William
Hoffman and her sister Hannah; Catherine's age was given as 23. She is listed
in the same census in the household of her parents with an age of 17. The
State census for Schenectady, 1855, gives her age as 27 (FHL 0503207).
Death-burial: Vale Cemetry records in possession of compiler. She was 79 at
time of death; she died of pleurisy. She is buried in Section G, lot 58. Also
buried there are her husband John McClumpha and sister-in-law Eliza.
No children; line ends.

More About CATHERINE LEVEY:
Fact 2: February 15, 1906, Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, NY

Notes for JOHN MCCLUMPHA:
Marriage and death from W.N.P. Dailey,
"Levey-French-Hoffman-Dorn" mss., Keefer Collection, Schenectady, NY, in
possession of compiler.
Birth: 1855 State census, Schenectady, NY, hh 34, lst Division, FHL 0503207.
Death-burial: Vale Cemetery records in possession of compiler. He was buried
in Section G, plot 58-58a. His age at time of death was 32.

iv.

DINAH LEVEY, b. Abt. 1830, Rotterdam, Schenectady, NY; d. December 24, 1860, Schenectady, NY; m. HARMON CONSAUL, September 09, 1852, Schenectady, Schenectady, NY.

Notes for DINAH LEVEY:
Birth/death: W.N.P. Dailey, "Levey-French-Hoffman-Dorn" ms, 1937, Donald
Keefer collection, Schenectady, NY, in possession of compiler. 1850 FC puts
her birth in 1834 which seems compatible with her marriage in 1852. However,
Vale Cemetery records give her age as 32 at death, thus born 1828. The 1855 NY
State census reports her age as 25, thus born about 1830.
Death-burial: Vale Cemetery records in possession of compiler. Those records
show her death as 24 Dec 1860. They state she was the daughter of Abraham and
Margaret Levey and that she died of consumption. She was first interred in the
vault at the First Dutch Reformed Church. That record also says she was 32
when she died.

More About DINAH LEVEY:
Fact 2: April 08, 1861, Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, NY

Notes for HARMON CONSAUL:
Birth-marriage-death-burial: Vale Cemetery records in possession of compiler.
Marriage from The Schenectady Cabinet, Tuesday, 14 Sep 1852
(The Keefer Collection).
Burial: Harmon Consaul plot, Bll, Vale Cemetery.
Occupation: Shoemaker
Married 2nd: Maria, who was 38 at the time of the 1865 state census (2d Ward,
page 10) FHL 0503208. The only child in the hh was Mary, age 11. Maria died
15 Jun 1908, at the age of 81, and is buried in the Consault plot, Bll, Vale
Cemetery.

More About HARMON CONSAUL:
Fact 2: April 17, 1909, Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, NY

MARGARET LEVEY, b. Abt. 1835, Schenectady, NY; d. January 1889, Schenectady, NY.

Notes for MARGARET LEVEY:
Birth/death: W.N.P. Dailey, "Levey-French-Hoffman-Dorn" ms, 1937, Donald
Keefer collection, Schenectady, NY, in possession of compiler.
She never married. At the time of the 1850 FC, her age was given as 15; in the
1860 FC, her age was given as 25. In the 1880 FC she was living with her
parents and her age was given as 40.
Death-burial: Vale Cemetery records in possession of compiler. Her body was
placed in the vault 25 Jan 1889 and then buried in Section G, plot 58, in April
1889.
Name: Burial records give her name as "Maggie."
No children; line ends.

More About MARGARET LEVEY:
Fact 2: April 1889, Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, NY

vi.

MARTHA LEVEY, b. 1837, Schenectady, NY; d. 1854, Detroit, MI.

Notes for MARTHA LEVEY:
Birth/death: W.N.P. Dailey, "Levey-French-Hoffman-Dorn" ms, 1937, Donald
Keefer collection, Schenectady, NY, in possession of compiler. 1850 FC puts
her birth in 1837.
Dailey gives her date and place of death. Did she marry before she went to
Michigan?

vii.

AGNES LEVEY, b. 1839, Schenectady, NY; d. 1879, Amsterdam, Montgomery, NY; m. ISAAC J. DE GRAFF, Abt. 1860, Schenectady, NY.

Notes for AGNES LEVEY:
Birth/death: W.N.P. Dailey, "Levey-French-Hoffman-Dorn" ms, 1937, Donald
Keefer collection, Schenectady, NY, in possession of compiler. She was also
called "Aggie." Both the 1850 and 1860 FC place her birth as about 1839.

Notes for ISAAC J. DE GRAFF:
Birth estimated. After Aggie's death, Isaac married Marian Laffaree or Laffray
of Amsterdam and had a child Mildred born Jan 1891 (1900 FC, Amsterdam,
Montgomery, NY, ED 80, sheet 7).
He was a hardware merchant in Amsterdam and
deceased by 1939.

viii.

JOHN LEVEY, b. 1840, Schenectady, NY; d. July 23, 1871, Amsterdam, Montgomery, NY; m. MARGARET JANE FERGUSON, December 02, 1869, Amsterdam, Montgomery, NY.

Notes for JOHN LEVEY:
Birth/death: W.N.P. Dailey, "Levey-French-Hoffman-Dorn" ms, 1937, Donald
Keefer collection, Schenectady, NY, in possession of compiler.
Marriage: Presbyterian Church, Amsterdam, NY, Marriages: 2 Dec 1869, John
Levey and Jane Furgerson, resided in Amsterdam. By ltr, Mrs. Violet Fallone,
14 Sep 1995.
Death: "Died of typhoid fever 23 Jul 1871, John Levey, age 30 years (Amsterdam
Recorder, Montgomery Co, NY). By ltr, Mrs. Violet Fallone, 14 Sep 1995.

Notes for MARGARET JANE FERGUSON:
Birth/death: W.N.P. Dailey, "Levey-French-Hoffman-Dorn" ms, 1937, Donald
Keefer collection, Schenectady, NY, in possession of compiler. Dailey gives
her name as Janet; however, gravemarker reads, "Margaret Jane Levey, daughter
of James Ferguson, wife of John, d. 4/2/74 ae 24.

More About MARGARET JANE FERGUSON:
Fact 2: Montgomery, NY

ix.

JANET LEVEY, b. 1841, Schenectady, NY; d. Abt. 1858, Schenectady, NY.

Notes for JANET LEVEY:
Birth-parents: 1850 FC, Schenectady, NY. This child is not listed by
Dailey; however, she is included in the 1850 FC (described as "idiotic" and not
in school) and in the 1855 State census, but not in the 1860 FC.

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