- Born: 1735, East of Mill Creek, Broadkill Hundred, Sussex CO, DE
- Marriage: Naomi Barr in 1759
- Died: 1784 at age 49
- Buried: Milton, Broadkill Hundred, Sussex CO, DE
 General Notes:
The exact date of decease is unknown. Naomi and lawyer Robt. Jones signed the 1000-pound Administrative Bond on the Estate of Levin Lank on 11-24-1784. The estate audit was completed a year later on 12-7-1785. There may or may not have been a will. No record of a will in Dover.
The direct Lank line (Levin-Thomas-Levin-Robert) of this report is supported by this Lank line's family Bible. Additional genealogy reports have provided fuller details of members. It has been family hearsay that Levin was the son of one of three brothers who came to Lewes from England. One report (www.esva.net/ghotes/lank/i0000027.htm#i27) reveals that Levin was one of 3 brothers (John, b. 1740 in VA, and James, b. 1745 in CT), although the other 2 had a different mother (unknown). It was Thomas who was the son of one of the 3 brothers (Levin). Other records indicate 1740 as Levin's birth, although this Lank Bible states 1735. Another report indicates original Lank was a sailor, b. around 1705 in Lincolnshire, England and died in Phila. His wife and Levin's mother was Miss Mitchell, b. 1722 in Milton. FamilySearch.org indicates George Lanke (b. 1705) and Mary (b. 1704) as parents of Levin, John and James.
Research Notes:
There were other Lanks in the area, specifically in MD, at this time. The spelling is problematical.
[Maryland State Archives]
SOMERSET COUNTY COURT -- (Tax List) -- 1729 -- MSA C 1812
Year: 1729; Hundred: WICOMICO; Household Number: 118
Name: Lank, Francis; Standardized Name: LANCAKE, FRANCIS; Status: HEAD - TAXED
MSA No: C1812-6-14991
MARYLAND INDEXES -- (Assessment of 1783, Index) -- 1783 -- Somerset County
MSA S 1437
Cannon Lank. Eversham, 150 acres. SO Rewastico p. 50. MSA S1161-9-11. 1/4/5/52
Francis Lank. Batchelors Folly, 106 1/4 acres. SO Wicomico p. 72
Thomas Lank. Addition to Collins Lott, 100 acres. SO Rewastico p. 50. MSA S1161-9-11. 1/4/5/52
MARYLAND STATE PAPERS -- Confiscated British Property Papers) -- 1775-1897
MSA SSI 999
Dates: 1782, Nov. 26.
Statement of a deed execution from Clement Holliday and Nathaniel Ramsey to Francis Lank for "Bachelor's Folly" in Wicomico Manor.
MSA S999-17-840 MdHR 19990-16-01/06 Location: 1/7/3/21
HARWOOD, BENJAMIN to LANK, FRANCIS.
Dates: 1782, Nov. 27.
Receipt for land conveyance expenses.
MSA S999-17-841 MdHR 19990-16-01/07 Location: 1/7/3/21 13
Levin married Naomi Barr, daughter of James Barr and Ann Starr, in 1759. (Naomi Barr was born in 1741 in Milton, Broadkill Hundred, Sussex CO, DE, died on 18 Nov 1789 and was buried in Milton, Broadkill Hundred, Sussex CO, DE.)
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