Capt. Levin J. Lank
- Born: 25 Oct 1789, Sussex Co., DE
- Marriage (1): Eleanor in 1823
- Marriage (2): Ann Coulborn on 20 Sep 1832 in Sussex Co., DE
- Died: 16 Nov 1875 at age 86
- Buried: Mt. Olivet M. P. Church, Seaford, Sussex Co., DE
 General Notes:
1850 Census: 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).
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).
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."
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.
Levin married Eleanor in 1823. (Eleanor was born on an unknown date and died in 1830.) The cause of her death was complications from childbirth.
Levin next married Ann Coulborn, daughter of Robert B. Coulborn and Priscilla Bestpitch, on 20 Sep 1832 in Sussex Co., DE. (Ann Coulborn was born on 22 Jan 1812, died on 19 May 1891 and was buried in Mt. Olivet M. P. Church, Seaford, Sussex Co., DE.)
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