Among the members of the Huguenot Church at Amsterdam, Holland, was Daniel Levan and his wife Marie Bean, refugess from Picardy, France. From a baptismal certificate it seems that some of their children were born in Amsterdam. About 1715 4 sons of the refugee set out for PA. They were Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph, the latter of whom died at sea. These were followed in 1727 by their brother Daniel, all of whom settled in the limits of Berks Co. (1) Abraham, son of Daniel and Maria( Bean) Levan, was born in Amsterdam in 16889 and died in 1771. He married Catharine Wenner, d/o Mrs. Isaac DeTurk by a former marriage. She was born in France, Feb. 22, 1706. Children, Daniel, Isaac, Esther, married a Bertolet, Susan married a Mowery, Elizabeth married a Resser. ' (1) Isaac Levan, son of Daniel and Maria, emigrated from Amsterdam, located in Exter, Berks Co, in 1730, he moved to Reading in 1770, where he died Aug 1786. He married Mary Margaret ___. Children, Abraham, Isaac, Daniel, Jacob, Mary w/o Peter Feather and Judith, w/o Samuel Weiser (1) Jacob, s/o Daniel and Maria, died 1768. Children, Col. Sebastin Levan, married Susan Snyder, Jacob married Susanna Ludwig, Catharine married Valentin Brobst, Elisabeth married George Adam Snyder, "Susanna" married Charles Neudorf, Eva married Peter Yoder, Maria married Jacob Hottenstein, 2nd to Frederick Hill. (1) Daniel the fourth son of Daniel and Maria (Bean) who came to America, also settled in Maxatawny. His son Daniel was admitted to the bar in Berks Co in 1768. Best Wishes, Geri