Paul Schopp, Executive Director of the Camden County Historical Society, answering a query about a so-called "Liney Ditch" in Camden, NJ, provided some very specific and interesting history "in a nutshell" that included the name LEVERING. I have not got massive LEVERING connections, and I cannot swear to it that this LEVERING is part of the line(s) that criss-crosses the 13's descendant lines, etc. But I think it at least is a relevant try, so here goes: > Liney Ditch takes its name from Line Ditch, a.k.a. Little Newton > Creek, a.k.a. Kaighn's Run, a stream located in South Camden. > This stream originated out near 10th Street at one time. It > flowed under Broadway between Jackson and Lansdowne Street and > appears on 19th and early 20th century maps and atlas plates. > Once Eavenson & Levering constructed their wool scouring mill at > the intersection of 4th, Jackson and Ferry avenues, the stream to > the east disappeared. The wool scouring mill used the stream for > its effluent. Even today, there are still bridges in place on > Ferry Avenue and the railroad that span the watercourse. In the > late 18th and into the 19th century, a Little Newton Creek Meadow > Co. existed for creating banked meadowlands along the stream. > Line Ditch takes its name from serving as the dividing line > between Kaighn and Mickle lands. > Now, regarding Liney Ditch. This community of shanties sprang up > on dredge spoils deposited along the Delaware River shore from > Jackson Street south to about Jasper Street. The shanty town > begins to appear during the late 1890s and grew to rather large > proportions, relatively speaking, by the 1930s. The community > featured tarpaper shacks, a chapel, a store and post office, a > common fountain to supply water and dirt streets and paths. The > shanty town disappeared when Camden City began constructing a > major new sewage treatment plant on the dredge spoils in the late > 1940s. Today, this treatment plant is the home to the CCMUA > (Camden County Municipal Utility Authority). The name Liney > Ditch seems to be an enduring part of the history and lore of > Camden. Vince