 1764 - 1831 (67 years)
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| Name |
Samson Levy [2, 3] |
| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Alt Birth |
1761 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  [4] |
| Born |
1 May 1764 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Admitted to the Bar |
9 Jun 1787 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [4] |
| Census |
1800 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [5] |
| 1800 US |
- "Philadelphia Dock Ward" - 1 male 26-44, 1 female 26-44, 3 other free persons.
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| Name |
Sampson Levy [6] |
| Reference Number |
1201 |
| _UID |
4B541A05907E4A818CC5E7E9A8FF0D6DD9BE |
| Died |
15 Dec 1831 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [2, 4] |
| Person ID |
I1201 |
aojd-demo |
| Last Modified |
14 Nov 2011 |
| Father |
Samson Levy, b. 19 Aug 1722, New York, New York (Manhattan), New York , d. 22 Mar 1781, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age 58 years) |
| Mother |
Martha Lampley, b. 1731, d. 1807 (Age 76 years) |
| Married |
3 Nov 1752 [2, 7, 8] |
| Family ID |
F157 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Sarah Coates, b. 16 Dec 1776, d. 27 Jan 1854 (Age 77 years) |
| Married |
5 Sep 1793 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [2] |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
14 Nov 2011 |
| Family ID |
F442 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- "One of the incoporators of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts." [4]
- (Research):AJLLJ Portrait Database 5 Aug 2011
The son of Samson Levy and Martha Lampley Levy, and the grandson of Moses Raphael Levy and Grace Mears Levy, Samson Levy, Jr. grew up among Philadelphia's social elite. Raised Episcopalian, his family attended Saint George's Church.
In 1793 he married Sarah Coates, daughter of William Coates and Margaret Norris. They had two daughters— Sophia and Margaret— and their family maintained its position within the upper strata of Philadelphia society. They attended balls, belonged to exclusive clubs, and Samson became an incorporator of the Pennsylvania Academy of Art.
Samson, like his older brother Moses, sought a career in law. Indeed he studied under his brother, and after his apprenticeship joined the practice in 1787. Known for his ebullience in the courtroom, one contemporary observer described Levy's courtroom oratory this way: "his manner of speaking was so energetic, and his voice so agreeable, that the uninitiated considered him— to borrow a figure from his name— 'the very Samson of the bar.' Indeed, it seems that Levy was something of a celebrity in early 19th-century Philadelphia, known for outrageous and brilliant courtroom antics.
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| Sources |
- [S285] AOJD & Heritage Muse, Inc., David M. Kleiman, (AOJD-online.net.
Heritage Muse, Inc.
165 West End Ave.
New York, NY 10023
[email protected]).
- [S4] FAJF-Stern, Rabbi Malcolm Stern, (3rd edition updated and revised. n.c.: Genealogical Publishing Company for the American Jewish Archives, 1991.), PG. 154 LEVY I (1) (Reliability: 3).
- [S4] FAJF-Stern, Rabbi Malcolm Stern, (3rd edition updated and revised. n.c.: Genealogical Publishing Company for the American Jewish Archives, 1991.), PG. 158 LEVY I (7) MILLIGAN, STANSBURY. (Reliability: 3).
- [S44] wikipedia.org, various, HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/SAMSON_LEVY (Reliability: 3).
- [S378] 1800 US Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Second Census of the United States, 1800. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1800. M32, 52 rolls.), YEAR: 1800; CENSUS PLACE: PHILADELPHIA DOCK WARD, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA; .ROLL: 43; PAGE: 266; IMAGE: 106. (Reliability: 3).
- [S106] Geneological and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland, (digital edition on Ancestry.com), THOMAS EDWARD HAMBLETON - PG 509 (Reliability: 3).
- [S7] Adeline Moses Loeb & Carl M. Loeb, Kathy L. Plotkin, Margaret Loeb Kempner, etal (Reliability: 3).
- [S3] AMLAJA, Judith E. Endelman, (unpublished manuscript), SECTION III, CH 5 PG 10 (Reliability: 3).
- [S294] Loeb Jewish Portraits Database, (http://www.loebjewishportraits.com/home.html), LEVY, SAMSON JR. (Reliability: 3).
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