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Levin Lank
(1735-Bef 1784)
Naomi Barr
(1741-1789)
David Scudder
(Abt 1738-Bef 1773)
Susanna Knock
(Abt 1740-1773)
Thomas Barr Lank
(1764-1838)
Comfort Scudder
(Cir 1764-1791)
Capt. Levin J. Lank
(1789-1875)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Eleanor

2. Ann Coulborn

Capt. Levin J. Lank

  • Born: Oct 25, 1789, Sussex Co., DE
  • Marriage (1): Eleanor in 1823
  • Marriage (2): Ann Coulborn on Sep 20, 1832 in Sussex Co., DE
  • Died: Nov 16, 1875 at age 86
  • Buried: Mt. Olivet M. P. Church, Seaford, Sussex Co., DE
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bullet  General Notes:

7 Nov. 1850 Census for 11th Subdiv, Sussex Cnty, DE: Household includes Levin, 62, ship carpenter with real estate valued at $1000; wife Ann, 38; dtr Elizabeth, 15; dtr Margaret, 12; son Levin, 10; dtr Catharine, 7; son Robert, 4; son Urias E., 24, who was married within the year (1850). All were b. DE. Next interviewed were Robert Coulborn, 77, ship carpenter, and Priscilla, 79.
6 June 1860 Census for Broad Creek Hd., Sussex Cnty, DE: Household includes Levin Lank, 69, farmer; Annie, 47; Margaret A., 20; Levin J., 19; Catharine J., 15; Robt. R., 12; Sabra M., 8. Value of real estate is $5000. All b. DE.
1870 Census describes Levin Lank, 80, as a ship "carpender." Value of his personal estate is $5750 and real estate as $11,600. Also living in the household are wife Ann, 60, son Robert, 22, with his wife, Julia, 20, and their son William, age 1/12 and born in May. Annie Holt, 18, is the white domestic servant (cannot read or write).
Capt. Lank's will was witnessed by Henry White Baker, bank president of the town's First National Bank, created in Feb. 1865 with capital stock of $55,000. It was located on the corner of High and Cannon Streets.
From "Delaware - Past and Present" ( Published by Lewis Historical Publishing Co.,Inc., 1929): "Thomas Lank's son, Levin, spent his life on the farm in Broad Creek Hundred, where he was a large landowner and a builder of ships, and lived to the age of eighty-four years."

bullet  Research Notes:

Per National Archives & Public Records Admin., no record of Levin Lank in US Customs Svc. Index to Masters of Vessels Entering Various Ports, 1820-1870; nor Indexes to Abstracts of Seamen's Protection Certificates, Various Ports, 1797-1875, nor to Index to SPCs, 1792-1861. Title of 'Capt.' was often bestowed upon master shipbuilders as well as small boat owners delivering local goods or seafood (oysters, clams, crabs, rockfish) on the Nanticoke River and Chesapeake Bay to Baltimore.


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Levin married Eleanor in 1823. (Eleanor was born about 1790 and died in 1830.). The cause of her death was complications from childbirth.


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Levin next married Ann Coulborn, daughter of Robert Coulbourn and Priscilla Bestpitch, on Sep 20, 1832 in Sussex Co., DE. (Ann Coulborn was born on Jan 22, 1812 in Delaware, died on May 19, 1891 and was buried in Mt. Olivet M. P. Church, Seaford, Sussex Co., DE.)




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