Levi Updike (1784 - 1861)

Born 4 Mar 1784 in Somerset, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Theodocia (Grover) Updike — married 10 Jun 1801 in Somerset, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Aug 1861 at age 77 in Geneva, Kane, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Levi Updike II BIRTH 4 Mar 1784 in Somerset, Somerset County, New Jersey, DEATH 18 Aug 1861 BURIAL West Side Cemetery Geneva, Kane County, Illinois

Son of William Updike & Naomi Johnson, his date of birth is documented but his early history is sketchy with (currently) no records to support some of the suppositions found in vague genealogies.

Levi, alive as of the 1860 Geneva, IL census, died sometime between 1860-1870.

(Note: there is another Levi Updike who died in 1861 and is buried in Dutchneck Cemetery in Princeton, NJ but he's the son of William Updike & Alchea Vorhees).

The family lived in New Jersey until about 1820 when they moved to Tompkins County, New York where their last three children were born.

In 1836 (or '37) Levi headed west and arrived in Kane County which was then in its infancy of settlement. He purchased land for a farm about a mile and a quarter east of present-day downtown Geneva, making the Updikes one of the oldest families in the area. It's unclear how many of their children made the journey with them but the 1840 Geneva census shows them as a family of 7 (Levi & Theodosia with 3 sons & 1 daughter of the appropriate ages for Levi, B. G., Johnson, and Caroline).

Marriage between Theodocia Grover and Levi Updike in Somerset, NJ 1801 Jun 10

Children (per FAG memorial)

Children attributed to them (but unconfirmed) include: William, Cornelius, Catherine (Alden) Gilbert, Sarah (died in infancy), Susan, Samuel, Randolph, Eliza (Simeon) McKinley, Levi, B. G., Caroline nee Updike Wycoff Teal Thayer, and Johnson Updike. Of these, William, Catherine, Samuel, Randolph, Eliza, Levi, B.G., Caroline & Johnson all appear in Kane County records.

The 1840 Geneva census shows them as a family of 7 (Levi & Theodosia with 3 sons & 1 daughter of the appropriate ages for Levi, B. G., Johnson, and Caroline).

W B Updike 1802–1848

Samuel Updike 1812–1872

Randolph Updike 1814–1862

Eliza Updike McKinley 1817–1900

Levi Updike 1819–1889

B G Updike 1822–1867

Johnson J Updike 1826–1888

Caroline Updike Thayer 1828–1885

• General Reference^[1]
• 1784 NJ birth^[2][3]
• 1801 Jun 10 NY marriage between Levi Updike and Theodosia Grover^[4]
• 1850 US Census IL age 69 with wife Theodosia 65 Gilbert^[5]
• 1860 US Census NJ age 76 in the home of James 40 and Elizabeth 38 Brown^[6]
• 1861 Aug 18 IL aged 77 death^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ General: Charles Wilson Opdyke, The Op Dyck Genealogy, Containing the Opdyck-Opdycke-Opdyke-Updike American Descendants of the Wesel and Holland Families (Albany, N.Y.: Printed by Weed, Parsons, 1889), p.285.
2. ↑ Year: 1784; Find A Grave: Memorial #43067264
3. ↑ Year: 1784; "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1931." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
4. ↑ Year: 1801; Marriage Records. New Jersey Marriages. New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey.
5. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Geneva, Kane, Illinois; Roll: 112; Page: 137A
6. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Washington, Mercer, New Jersey; Page: 215; Family History Library Film: 803697
7. ↑ Year: 1861; Find A Grave: Memorial #43067264