Magdaline Covert

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	20 Jul 1778	NY
Marriage	~1795	NJ	To James Wigton
Death	after 1833	expect Muddy Creek Twp, Butler County, PA
Burial	after 1833	not found expect Muddy Creek Twp, Butler County, PA	see Research Notes

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 6           Generation 7           Generation 8
 
                    +--  Wigton
                    |   ( )      
                    +                        +-- Lucas Covert
                    |                        |   (1741-????)
                    +--  Magdalena Covert  --+
                        ( )                  |
                                             +-- Cornelia Van Zandt
                                               (1746-????)
Sources: 

Children

(all children with Wigton)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Wigton	M

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
NJ	1778 - after 1795	birth, marriage in NJ
Lewisburg, Northampton Co, PA	after 1795 - about 1802
Middlesex Twp. Butler Co, PA	by 1803	from tax records; may not indicate twp residence
Center Twp. Butler Co, PA	by 1810 - after 1820
Slipperyrock Twp. Butler Co, PA	by 1840	from tax records; may not indicate twp residence
Muddy Creek Twp. Butler Co, PA	by 1830 and by 1850 death

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1
14	Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania, Vol. 3, Editor-in-chief: John W. Jordan. Author: Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921. Pages 1272-1274. From the Historic Pittsburgh Full Text Collection. Collection is searchable; policy prohibits reproduction of text. http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pitttext;cc=pitttext;q1=catherine%20covert;rgn=full%20text;idno=03aee8434m;didno=03aee8434m;view=image;seq=0247
15	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Bert Winfred Wilson.	N/A

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Ref. Num.	Description	Extract
W1	Descendants of Maria Waldron by Stephen L. Flanagan posted Mar. 20, 2001 on GenForum, Genealogy.com (Covert Forum). Five generations including a Rose Anne Covert, the great-grandmother of the author. Beyond implied family knowledge, no sources listed. Lucas Covert born 15 Sept, 1741 in Somerville, NJ; died 1821 in Brady Twp., PA; married Cornelia Van Zandt. She was born 15 May, 1746 in NJ; died in Butler Co. PA. Their children: *Garret Covert b. 15 Sept 1769 in NJ; married Eleanor Black (lists 7 children) *Ann Covert b. 27 Nov 1772 in NJ; d. 1846; married John Emery *Magdaline Covert b. 29 Nov 1775 in NJ; d. 1850 Butler Co. PA; *Catherine Covert b. 20 July 1778 in NJ; d. bef. 1850 in prob. Butler Co. PA; married John Stoughton *John VanZandt Covert b. 11 Aug 1781 in NJ; d. 1873; married Sarah Bennett *Barnet Covert b. 8 Sep 1784 NJ *Jacob Covert b. 21 Sep 1787 NJ; d. 20 Sep 1869, Grove City PA; married Mary Ann Cornelius (14 Jan 1788-14 Feb 1876)(lists 12 children). *Mary Covert b. 9 July 1789 NJ; married William McNees *Sarah Covert b. 27 Aug 1793 NJ; d. 10 Aug 1872, Worth Twp. Butler Co. PA.	(See full text)
W2	Surnames Wigton, Smith, Bowen, Covert, Boston, Van Zandt, by JEAlbin on ancestry.it surname discussion board. http://boards.ancestry.it/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=1058&p=localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.butler One entry: My g-grandmother was Aryadnie Wigton Albin. She came with her parents Edward D. & Hannah Smith Wigton to Cooper Co, MO from Butler Co, PA between 1865 & 1870. Edward was the son of John Wigton II and Rachel Tawneyhill. Hannah was a sister of Rebecca Ann Smith and their parents were Dan Smith and Rebecca Boston. John Campbell Wigton was the son of William Wigton & Margaret Campbell. William & John II were brothers (also James, and four sisters). Their parents were John Wigton I and Magdalen Covert daughter of Luke and Cornelia Van Zandt Covert. Luke's parents were Bergon & Annetze Selover Covert. Cornelia was the granddaughter of Resolved Waldren, an original patentee in 1666 of the Harlem Commons City, NY. John I was the grandson of John Wigton who came from Scotland on "The Cow" ship in 1725 with brothers, Samuel & William. John was b. 1700 & d. 1801 in Bucks Co, PA where he was a early settler in Doylestown. He is buried with his wife Isabel in the Deep Run Presbytarian Cemetery (also called "God's Acre). Covert, Campbell, Black, McClymonds, by S McMorrine, same website address: Luke Covert's children (included) Garrett Covert and John Covert. 2nd Generation: Garrett Covert married Ellen Black; their children (3rd Generation): Cornelia Covert & John Covert. Cornelia Covert was born 17 May 1797, according to a letter of 1885 from A. C. Campbell of Brazil, IN to Joseph J. V. Campbell; her grandfather was Luke Covert. She married 27 Nov 1818 Alexander Campbell, son of James Campbell. (Alexander?) born 1796 Butler Co. PA, died 1851 Edinburg PA; buried Greenwood Cem., New Castle PA. Cornelia Covert & Alexander Campbell's children (4th Generation): James Campbell, Garrett Campbell, Margaret Ann Campbell, John Henry Campbell, Thomas C. Campbell, Orlando Clay Campbell, McKee Campbell, Joseph Johile Van Zandt Campbell. (4th Generation) James Campbell born 7 Feb 1820, died 1891, expect in Brazil IN. "Alexander Campbell's oldest son James settled in Brazil, IN, and died in 1891". His son (Generation 5): A. C. Campbell.
W3	Rootsweb:PA Butler, from contributor to this site, Susan McMorrine, at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PABUTLER/2003-07/1057200413 Children of Luke Covert & Corneliz Van Zandt are: Garret Covert b. 15 Sept 1769 Susanna (Anne) Covert b. 27 Nov 1772 Magdalena Covert b. 29 Nov 1775; d. ~1850 Butler Co. PA Catherine Covwert b. 20 July 1778; m. John Stoughton. John Covert b. 11 Aug 1781, NJ; d. 1873; m. Sarah Bennett. Barnet Covert b. 8 Sept 1784 Jacob Covert, Sr. b. 21 Sept 1787 NJ; d. 20 Sept 1869, Butler Co. PA.
W4	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. 7 & 8 - Lucas Covert & Cornelia Van Zandt. Their children: Garret Covert 1769; Ann Covert 1772; Magdalene Covert 1775; Catherine Covert 1778; John Covert 1781; Barnet Covert 1784; Jacob Covert 1787; Mary Covert 1789; Sarah Covert 1793. We have listed their information regarding our direct line ancestors at Excerpt - Descendants of Theunis Janzsen Covert.