Bragon Covert

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.

Bragon Covert's father, Hans Teunise Covert, born in Heemstedt, Holland in 1657, was the immigrant to America. From the name spelling "Hans", and from his wife Jannetje Brokaw having been born in Mannheim, Germany, we assume Hans Tuenise Covert migrated first to Germany, then to America where his children were born in Brooklyn, then Long Island NY, and by 1706 in Somerset, New Jersey. Bragon Covert was baptised in the Dutch Reformed Church of New York City (was New Amsterdam until 1665), and seems to have lived most of his life in Somerset, New Jersey. However, his second and third child were born in New York. He died in Millstone, Somerset, New Jersey.
His oldest son Lucas Covert moved west to Butler County PA, in 1796, the year Bragon would have been 100 years old.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	before 29 Mar 1696	Dutch Kills, Long Island NY	bapt. Brooklyn (Long Island)
Baptism	29 Mar. 1696	Dutch Ref. Church of Brooklyn, Dutch Kills, Long Island NY
Marriage	1 Dec 1723 license granted 15 Nov 1723	New Amsterdam, Dutch Ref. Church	To Anna Selover
Death		Millstone, Somerset NJ

Ancestry chart segment

Generation 8             Generation 9      Generation 10
                                      +-- Hans Teunise Covert
                                      |   (1657/58-1719)
                  +-- Bragon Covert --+
                  |   (1696-????)     |
 Lucas Covert ----+                   +-- Jannetje Brokaw
 (1741-????)      |                         (1667 - ????)
                  +-- Anna Selover
                      (1703-????)
                    
                                 
Sources: 

Children

(10 children with Anna Selover)

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	1)Annatie unknown Marya unknown	4 children
Bergon Covert	M	21 Oct 1733		Femmetie Phoebe Coshun (b.1741)	12 children
Jacob Covert	M	26 Mar 1738	Millstone, Somerset NJ	Luteshe unknown	died 1799; 1 child Anna Covert b. 1783
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
Annatie Covert	M	14 Jan 1743/44	Somerville, NJ	James Knight	died 1823; 5 children
Tunis Covert	M	25 Mar 1745	Millstone, Somerset, NJ

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Dutch Kills, Long Island NY	birth 1696
New York	by 1724	birth of Jannetze
Brooklyn, NY	by 1727	birth of Johannes/John
Harlingen, Somerset Co. NJ	1729	birth of Isaac
Millstone, Somerset Co. NJ	1731	birth of Daniel
Raritan, Franklin Twp.,Somerset Co., NJ	by 1735- through at least 1741	Tax rolls, & birth of Lucas
Somerville, NJ	1743/44	birth of Annatie
Millstone, Somerset Co. NJ	1735-1745	Janeway Acct. Book, & 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.
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. 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. 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".
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	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: This unique collection of records was 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
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
7	Notes of Robert Covert(deceased), Port Charlotte FL, 1996, posted online at: http://www.open.org/rumcd/d0001/g0000014.htm Note: Nov 2008 this site address no longer functional. These notes, copied Jan 2008, were posted as part of a Covert family tree, owner not recorded. Records of Dutch Ref. Ch. of Brooklyn: "Bragon Covert was baptized 29 Mar 1696. Parents were Hans Coevers & Jannitje; witnesses were Ysaac Brokaer & Marritje Coevers. (Hol. Soc. Yr. Bk. 1897, p. 170). Covert Ancestry: "Brogum Coevers, young man of Bushwick & Anna Slover of Fordham (Fordham Manor) both living here (Nieu Amsterdam) were granted marriage license 15 Nov 1723 & were married 1 Dec 1723. His father, Jan, willed him 266 acres of land 2 May 1719, proved 13 Apr 1723." Hist. of Hunterdon & Somerset Co., 1888, J. P. Snell, p. 815: "He (Bragon) is shown on the 1735 tax roll of Franklin Twp., Somerset Co., N.J. for 266 acres, 3 cows and tax of 1 pound, 5 shillings." Janeway Account Book 1735-1746 at Bound Brook, N. J: states that Brogun Covert traded there Feb 1735-1745 and was of Millstone (Gen. Mag. of J. J. 33:77). The baptism dates for Bragon's and Anna's children indicate they stayed in Nieu Amsterdam through 1733 before moving their family to N. J." The owner of this family tree lists Bragon Covert's mother as Jannetje Brokaw, & her parents as Bourgon Broucard and Catherine LeFevre; Bragon Covert's father as Jan Teunise Covert, & his parents as Tuenis Janssen Covert & Barbara Lucas Van Kessel; maternal grandfather as Lucas Van Kessel.
8	The New York Genealogical and Biological Record, published by the New York Genealogical & Biogrphical Society, 226 West 58th Street, New York. Vol. XXXVII, 1906. Three sections of continued Covert family history begin on pages 117, 197, and 267. See: http://www.archive.org/stream/newyorkgenealogi83newy/newyorkgenealogi83newy_djvu.txt http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/new-york-genealogical-and-biographical-society/the-new-york-genealogical-and-biographical-record-volume-83-ywe/page-14-the-new-york-genealogical-and-biographical-record-volume-83-ywe.shtml	See complete text at Covert Family History, NY G&B Record
9	Bassett's Notes on Coverts, ed. by Leslie A. Bryan 1957; copy at MN Hist. Soc. Library, St. Paul MN extracted 2008 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams> Derivation of Covert name; probably French Huguenot Teunis Janse Covert & wife Barbara Lucas immigrated 1651 from Heemstede, North Holland. Their 8 children included Hans (John) Teunnise Covert, born in Brooklyn, married Jannetie/Jannitze Brokaw. Eight children of Hans Teunnise Covert & Jannitze Brokaw included Bragon Covert, bapt. in Brooklyn, m. Anna Slover of Fordham Manor. Their 8 children included Lucas Covert, bapt. at Somerville, married Cornelia Van Zandt.
10	Hoi. Soc. Year-Book 1897, at http://www.archive.org/stream/newyorkgenealogi83newy/newyorkgenealogi83newy_djvu.txt Note: source has other Covert records. Baptism March 29, 1696, Bragon, son of Hans Coevers and Jannetje Coevers (Hoi. Soc. Year-Book, 1897).

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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	Descendants of William Humphrey of Londonderry NH (1686-1768)..., website by Sandy Humphreys at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~humphreyr/fam01337.htm Single source cited is another family history: "Genealogy of the Bussing family: descendants of Arent Harmans Bussing who came from Bentheim in Westphalia to NY City in 1639, settling at Harlem....", by Wm. Kearney Hall, 1918- . Publ. 1992 by W.K. Hall, St. Louis MO. Bragon Coevert born before 29 Mar 1696, bapt. at Brooklyn; married 1 Dec 1723 at RDC of NY to Ann Selover, born before 21 Jul 1703 at DRC of NY, parents Isaac Selover & Judith Waldron.
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

• Dutch Kills, Brooklyn, Long Island: Per Wikipedia,
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Kills,_Queens
  Dutch Kills was a hamlet on a navigable tributary of Newtown Creek. It remained a community of farms during the 19th century, and in 1870 consolidated with Hunters Point, Ravenswood, Astoria & Steinway to form Long Island City, Queens NY. Dutch Kills "occupied what today is centrally Queensboro Plaza."
  Newtown Creek forms part of the boundary between present-day Queens Co. (Queens) & Kings. Co. (Brooklyn). It runs parallel to and just south of I-495 which crosses the East River into Manhattan at the Queens Midtown Tunnel. The southernmost tributary runs northward from an area of Kings Co. (Brooklyn) just SE of I-278,the Brooklyn Queens Expy, into Newtown Creek in Queens.
• Identity of baptism witnesses (for Bragon Covert) Ysaac Brokaer & Marritje Coevers are unknown. Ysaac Brokaer could be a grandparent; or they could be an aunt & uncle.