Anna Selover

UNDOCUMENTED ANCESTRY We find numerous sources with tantalizing data, but hesitate to adopt their findings when: the lines of descent conflict from one web source to another. documentation & sources are absent or insufficient the sources listed are unavailable to us, so that scope or ambiguity can't be assessed We offer this page as an ancestral possibility, with the caveat that it is unconfirmed by us.

"The original surname was Seloivre. The oldest known ancestor is Thomas Isaac Seloivre (1590-1641), a French Huguenot who moved from the Calais area to Middelburg, Netherlands, around 1630. His son and grandson, both named Isaac, came to New Amsterdam (now New York) in the 1680s, where the Dutch influence changed the spelling to Selover or Slover."
,https://forebears.io/surnames/selover#meaning
Anna Selover was baptised in 1703, daughter of Isaac Seloover and 3rd wife Judith Waldron whom he married on 1 Jan. 1700. She married Bragon Covert in December of 1723, and they seems to have lived most of their life in Somerset, New Jersey. However, their second and third child were born in New York.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth		N.Y.
Baptism	21 July 1703	N.Y.
Marriage	1 Dec 1723	New Amsterdam Dutch Reformed Church	To Bragon Covert
Death

Ancestry chart segment

Generation 8             Generation 9      Generation 10
                                      
                                       
                  +-- Bragon Covert  
                  |   (1696-????)      
 Lucas Covert ----+                 +-- Isaac Seloover  
 (1741-????)      |                 |   
                  +-- Anna Selover--+
                      (1703-????)   |
                                    +-- Judith Waldron
                    
                                 
Sources: 

Children

(10 children with Bragon Covert)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Jannetze Covert	F	4 Nov 1724	New York
Johannes/John Covert	M	1727	Brooklyn, NY
Isaac Covert	M	26 Mar 1729	Harlingen, Somerset, NJ
Daniel Covert	M	14 Apr 1731	Millstone, Somerset NJ
Bergon Covert	M	21 Oct 1733
Jacob Covert	M	26 Mar 1738	Millstone, Somerset NJ
Mareytie Covert	M	16 Sept 1739	Millstone, Somerset NJ
Lucas Covert	M	15 Sept 1741	Raritan, Somerset Co. New Jersey; Somerville NJ	Cornelia Van Zandt	Direct Line
Annatie Covert	M	14 Jan 1743/44	Somerville, NJ
Tunis Covert	M	25 Mar 1745	Millstone, Somerset, NJ

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Dutch Kills, Long Island NY	birth 1796
New York	by 1724	birth of Jannetze
Brooklyn, NY	by 1727	birth of Johannes/John
Harlingen, Somerset NJ	1729	birth of Isaac
Millstone, Somerset NJ	1731	birth of Daniel
Raritan, Franklin Twp., Somerset Co., NJ	by 1741	birth of Lucas
Somerville, NJ	1743/44	birth of Annatie
Millstone, Somerset NJ	1745	birth of Tunis

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	New Amsterdam & New York Reformed Dutch Church , Baptismal Records,online at Olive tree genealogy: http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/rdcbapt_1703.shtml Child: Anna Selover; date of baptism: 21 July 1703;Parents: Isaac Selover & Judith Waldron; Witnesses: Joseph Waldron & Anna Waldron (i.e. Annetje Daniels )
2	"Register, in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, from its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700" by Teunis G. Bergen, N. Y., S. W. Green's son, printer, 1881. Digitized by Google Books at http://books.google.com/books?id=gi2OJypMncAC&pg=PA258&dq=%22Isaac+Selover%22+1699+NY&client=internal-uds&source=uds "Selover, Isaac, schoolmaster and chorister of Fld. (Flatlands) in 1695, m. 1st Hester Leenda; m. 2nd, 23 Jan 1695 in N. Y. Janneken van Wilkenhof wid. of Jan Thyssen, as per N. Y. D. ch. rec.(N.Y. Dutch church records) Issue: Jacquemyntje bp. 27 Mar 1696 Abraham bp. 29 Aug 1697 Jannetje bp. 20 Aug 1699 Daniel bp. 14 Aug 1700, settled in Somerset Co. NJ where he had numerous descendants Maria bp. 31 Aug 1701 Anna bp. 21 July 1703, m. 1 Dec 1723 Bragon Covert All bp. in N. Y. Isaac m. 1 Jan 1700 Judith Waldron. Signed his name "Isaac Seloover". One of his descendants in 1770 signed "Isaac Selover". Note the discrepancy of this marriage date (1 Jan 1700) with the date (16 Dec 1699) recorded in "NY Surrogates Office wills, Vol 3." , below. Expect 16 Dec 1699 was date of banns published, & 1 Jan 1700 was date of marriage of Isaac Seloover to Judith Waldron.
3	Christopher Rumbaugh, Corvallis, Oregon, website: http://www.open.org/rumcd/d0001/g0000014.htm Notes for these generations of Coverts: Teunis Janssen Covert m. Barbara Lucas Van Kessel (daughter of Lucas Van Kessel); Jan Teunise Covert m. Jannetje Brokaw (daughter of Bourgon Broucard & Catherine LeFevre); Bragon Covert m. Ann Selover. Sources include 1996 interview of Robert Covert (deceased), Port Charlotte, FL; Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn; "Hol. Soc. Yr. Bk. 1897, p 170", mentions gravestone of John Covert, Seneca Co. NY; A note in the "NYG&B mss file" details"Anna Selover....dau of Isaac Selover, schoolmaster & choirister of Flatlands in 1695, and Janneken van Wiekenof, wid. of Jan Thyssen. Note: "we have Anna's parents as Isaac Selover and Judith Waldron. (The Covert Family", Fisher, Covert & Patterson, 1979 p 20). Perhaps Janneken van Wiekenof was a stepmother since this was her 2nd marriage." Appears well sourced; some source titles unclear (abbreviated).
4	Marriage Record Isaac Selover & Judith Waldron,"NY Surrogates Office wills, Vol 3.", visitor contributed (no contact information), to GeneaLinks marriage records, http://genealinks.com/marriages3/records107.htm Isaac Selover to Judith Waldron, 16 Dec 1699, unk NY NY Surrogates Office wills, Vol 3. Note the discrepancy of this marriage date (16 Dec 1699) with the date (1 Jan 1700) recorded in Register....Early Settlers of Kings County Long Island, above. Expect 16 Dec 1699 was date of banns published, & 1 Jan 1700 was date of marriage of Isaac Seloover to Judith Waldron.
5	Somerset County Genealogical Quarterly Volume 8, online at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PABUTLER/2003-07/1057200413 Luke Covert, born October 18, 1741 in Franklin Twp., Somerset, New Jersey; died 1821 in Butler Co., Pennsylvania. He was the son of Bergon (Bragon) Covert and Annetze Selover (Slover). He married Cornelia Van Zandt May 12, 1768. She was born May 15, 1746 in New Jersey, and died in Butler Co., PA. She was the daughter of Peter Praa Van Zandt and Sarah Willense.
6	New Amsterdam Dutch Reformed Church Marriages 1639-1801 at http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rbillard/na_marriages_1639-1801.htm 1723 01 Dec; Bregon Coevers, jm V. Boswyk; Anna Slover, jd V. Mannor V. Fordam, beide woonende alhier

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Web Sources - Documentation Not Given

Ref. Num.	Description	Extract
W1	My Family Website on Rootsweb.com, owner Debbie Harrison; see at: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2424533&id=I519050993 For extract of data on our direct line, see "My Family" by Debbie Harrison on Rootsweb.com. Sources not listed. Bragon Covert (b. 1696 in Dutch Kills,Long Island N Y; Bap. 29 Mar 1696, Reformed Dutch Church, NYC; d.in Millstone, Somerset, NJ.) married to Anna Selover (b. 1703 in New York; d. in Millstone, Somerset, NJ; daughter of Isaac SELOVER (b: Abt. 1660 in Zeeland, Holland) & Judith WALDRON (b. 22 Dec 1675 in Harlem, NY). Ten children of Bragon Covert & Anna Selover: 1. Lucas COVERT b: 15 Sep 1741 in Raritan, Somerset County, N J (descendants listed) 2. Jannetze COVERT b: 4 Nov 1724 in New York 3. Johannes John COVERT b: 1727 in Brooklyn, N Y 4. Isaac COVERT b: 26 Mar 1729 in Harlingen, Somerset, NJ 5. Daniel COVERT b: 14 Apr 1731 in Millstone, Somerset, N J 6. Bergon COVERT b: 21 Oct 1733 7. Jacob COVERT b: 26 Mar 1738 in Millstone, Somerset, N J 8. Mareytie COVERT b: 16 Sep 1739 in Millstone, Somerset, N J 9. Annatie COVERT b: 14 Jan 1743/44 in Somerville, N J 10. Tunis COVERT b: 25 Mar 1745 in Millstone, Somerset, N J
W2	US and International Marriage Records Name: Bragon Covert Gender: male Birth Place: NY Spouse Name: Anna Slover Spouse Birth Place: NY Spouse Birth Year: 1703 Marriage Year: 1723 Marriage State: NY Number Pages: 1 Source Citation: Source number: 35.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: SAB. Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie. Description: This database contains marriage record information for approximately 1,400,000 individuals from across all 50 United States and 32 different countries around the world between 1560 and 1900. These records, which include information on over 500 years of marriages, were extracted from family group sheets, electronic databases, biographies, wills, and other sources. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&_80004000=Bragon%20Covert&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&recid=283882&recoff=1%202&db=WorldMarr_ga&indiv=1&requr=294913&ur=0
W3	The Covert Family of Lancaster N.Y., owner Robert Thornton Covert, on Genealogy.com at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/o/v/Robert-T-Covert/ODT1-0001.html Pg. 5 - Bragon Covert & Anna Selover. Their children: Jannetje Covert 1724; Isaac Covert 1729; Daniel Covert 1731, 2 wives,4 children; Bergun Covert 1733-1807, m. Femmetie Phoebe Coshum 1741, extensive descent listed, pg 5-7; Jacob Covert 1738-1799 m. Luteshe, 1 child Anna Covert 1783; Marytie Covert 1739; Lucas Covert 1741 m. Cornelia Van Zandt 1746, 9 children pg.7-8; Annetie Covert 1744-1823, m. James Knight, 5 children; Tunis Covert 1746-1825, m. Magdalene Van Heuglen 1738-1818, 7 children, including descendants of son Oliver Covert m. Ruth Williamson. We have listed their information regarding our direct line ancestors at Excerpt - Descendants of Theunis Janzsen Covert.

Source notes

• Date discrepancy for marriage date of Isaac Selover & Judith Waldron: in "Early Settlers of King County...", date is 1 Jan. 1700. On GeneaLinks: "NY Surrogates Office wills, Vol. 3", date is 16 Dec 1699. Is the earlier date a registration date?