I find it interesting that you said some of your ancestors were of Dutch ancestory. According to my English/ Dutch dictionary, "Leven" is one of the words used for 'life" In a message dated 1/17/2009 7:56:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jmh963@hotmail.com writes: Thanks for the infrormation John about the name Levin. I was curious because I have not run across that name previously and thought it might have been a name particular to the Delmarva Region. Most of my ancestors that settled on the Eastern Seaboard settled in the area between North Carolina and Maryland in the 1600s-1700s with some Dutch ancestors settling in New Amsterdam & Fort Orange and then moving south as well as my share of Pennsylvannia Germans and French settles in Louisiana. Thanks, Mike> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:10:46 -0500> From: Johnlyon0@cs.com> To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [LDR] The Name LEVIN> > mike hilton <jmh963@hotmail.com> wrote:> > >I've noticed in the Delmarva Region that the name Levin, has been used since the early 1700s and was wondering with whom the name Levin originated? There is a Levin Vaughan, Levin Smith, Levin Gale, Levin Dashiell, & others in the 1700s and 1800s and was wondering if anyone had any ideas about the name Levin and its use in the Delmarva peninsula.> > __________> > It's an old Hebrew name, akin to Levi and thus "Biblical". Surely the earliest Levin on Delmarva was the Quaker Levin Denwood of Accomack and Northampton (b. 1603, per Torrence), whose son Levin came to Monie in Somerset ca 1665 with other Quaker exiles from VA, inspiring in-family namings of Levin Covington, Levin Gale, etc. It appears in many, many Somerset famiiies.> > I have Levins in my ancestry in colonial New York and New England, too. It's not that rare. Not like Affradozy and Zorobabel, which are pearls of great price.> > John> ***************************************> QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING?> Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ:> http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_012009 *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)