Isaac Lefevre (1648 - 1702)

Born 1648 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France

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Biography

This profile is for one of the men named Isaac Lefevre who is mentioned in George Newton LeFevre’s The Pennsylvania LeFevres, said there to have been born in 1648 and died in a dungeon in 1702. But no evidence has been found so far that he actually existed.

Here is what LeFevre has to say about him and his parents:

Of Andrew LeFevre of 1604 is recorded by his Huguenot pastor: “They (Andrew LeFevre and his wife) were the best people among us.” Another person wrote of them: “Having walked before God in Christian simplicity and performed their duty, they both died at a good old age.” Andrew’s son Isaac, of 1648, suffered severe persecution by the Roman Catholics for seventeen years because of his loyalty to Christ his Saviour. He died in a dungeon in a fort in 1702. Abraham LeFevre, of 1632, another son and a faithful Huguenot, with his wife and three sons and three daughters were killed by the Roman Catholics in 1685, after the revoking of the Edict of Nantes, because of the nobility of their character.” ^[1]

Isaac also figures in a family tree on p. 10, where he is shown as the brother of actual, documented individuals Simon Lefevre (abt.1640-1690) and Andrew Lefevre (abt.1636-1696) (pioneers of New Paltz, New York) and the uncle of Isaac LeFevre (1669-1751), early settler of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania).

However, no primary evidence has yet been uncovered that he, his father Andre Lefevre (abt.1604-abt.1670) or his siblings Abraham Lefevre (abt.1632-1685) and Judith Lefevre (1644-1690) ever existed, or if they did, that they had any relationship to Simon Lefevre (abt.1640-1690), Andrew Lefevre (abt.1636-1696) or Isaac LeFevre (1669-1751).

Sources

1. ↑ LeFevre, George Newton, The Pennsylvania LeFevres. 1952. p. xiii, at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061954632&view=1up&seq=1&q1=Isaac.

See also: la Favre, Jeffrey. “Ancestors of Isaac T. Lafaver 1801” at http://www.lafavre.us/genealogy/possible-ancestors.htm.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Leffew-3 created through the import of 2010-09-14.ged on Jul 28, 2011 by Bob Carson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Bob and others.
• WikiTree profile Lefevre-81 created through the import of 2010-09-14.ged on Jul 28, 2011 by Bob Carson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Bob and others.
• WikiTree profile Leffew-4 created through the import of Williams Family Tree(1).ged on May 30, 2012 by Chris Harter. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Chris and others.
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