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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.  <br>His oldest son Lucas Covert moved west to Butler County PA, in 1796, the year Bragon would have been 100 years old.
  
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| '''Birth'''  || 1696 || Dutch Kills, Long Island NY  || || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
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| '''Birth'''  ||before 29 Mar 1696 || Dutch Kills, Long Island NY  ||bapt. Brooklyn (Long Island) || <sup class="reference">[W1] </sup>
 
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| '''Baptism''' ||29 Mar. 1696 || Dutch Ref. Church of Brooklyn, <br>Dutch Kills, Long Island NY  || || <sup class="reference">[7][9][W1] </sup>
 
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| '''Death''' ||  ||Millstone, Somerset NJ ||  || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
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| '''Marriage''' ||1 Dec 1723<br>license granted 15 Nov 1723 ||New Amsterdam, Dutch Ref. Church || To [[Anna Selover]] || <sup class="reference"> [6][7][9]</sup>
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| '''Death''' ||  ||Millstone, Somerset NJ ||  || <sup class="reference"> [W1]</sup>
 
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| Lucas Covert  || M ||15 Sept 1741 ||Raritan, Somerset Co. New Jersey || || || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Jannetze  Covert  || F ||4 Nov 1724 ||New York || || || <sup class="reference">[W1][W3]</sup>
 
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|Johannes/John Covert  || M ||1727 ||Brooklyn, NY || || || <sup class="reference">[W1][W3]</sup>
 
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| Isaac Covert  || M ||26 Mar 1729 ||Harlingen, Somerset, NJ || || || <sup class="reference">[W1][W3]</sup>
 
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| Isaac Covert  || M ||26 Mar 1729 ||Harlingen, Somerset, NJ  || || || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Daniel  Covert  || M ||14 Apr 1731 ||Millstone, Somerset NJ  ||1)Annatie unknown<br>Marya unknown ||4 children || <sup class="reference">[W1][W3]</sup>
 
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|Daniel  Covert  || M ||14 Apr 1731 ||Millstone, Somerset NJ || || || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Bergon Covert  || M ||21 Oct 1733 ||  ||Femmetie Phoebe Coshun (b.1741) ||12 children || <sup class="reference">[W1][W3]</sup>
 
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| Bergon Covert  || M ||21 Oct 1733 ||  || || || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Jacob Covert  || M ||26 Mar 1738 ||Millstone, Somerset NJ ||Luteshe unknown ||died 1799; 1 child Anna Covert b. 1783 || <sup class="reference">[W1][W3]</sup>
 
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|Jacob Covert  || M ||26 Mar 1738 ||Millstone, Somerset NJ  || || || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Mareytie  Covert  || M ||16 Sept 1739 ||Millstone, Somerset NJ  || || || <sup class="reference">[1][W3]</sup>
 
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| [[Lucas Covert]] || M ||15 Sept 1741 ||Raritan, Somerset Co. New Jersey<sup class="reference">[W1]</sup>;<br>Somerville NJ<sup class="reference">[2]</sup> ||[[Cornelia Van Zandt]] || || <sup class="reference">[W1][W2][W3]</sup>
 
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|Annatie  Covert  || M ||14 Jan 1743/44 ||Somerville, NJ  || || || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Annatie  Covert  || M ||14 Jan 1743/44 ||Somerville, NJ  ||James Knight ||died 1823; 5 children || <sup class="reference">[W1][W3]</sup>
 
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|Tunis  Covert  || M ||25 Mar 1745 ||Millstone, Somerset, NJ  || || || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Tunis  Covert  || M ||25 Mar 1745 ||Millstone, Somerset, NJ  || || || <sup class="reference">[W1][W3]</sup>
  
 
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| New York ||by 1724 ||birth of Jannetze  ||<sup class="reference"> [W1] </sup>
 
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| Harlingen, Somerset Co. NJ  || 1729 ||birth of Isaac  ||<sup class="reference"> [W1]</sup>
 
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| Millstone, Somerset Co. NJ  || 1731 ||birth of Daniel  ||<sup class="reference"> [W1]</sup>
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| Raritan, Franklin Twp.,Somerset Co., NJ|| by 1735- through at least 1741||Tax rolls, & birth of Lucas||<sup class="reference">[5][7][W1] </sup>
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| Millstone, Somerset Co. NJ  || 1735-1745 ||Janeway Acct. Book, & birth of Tunis ||<sup class="reference">[7][W1]</sup>
 
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[[Image:Gravestone John Covert.JPG|120px|left|thumb|Gravestone of John Covert, Old Muddy Creek Cemetery, Brady Twp., Butler Co. PA]][[Image:Gravestone Sarah Covert.JPG|120px|left|thumb|Gravestone of Sarah, wife of John Covert, Old Muddy Creek Cemetery]][[Image:Gravestones Covert plot.JPG|190px|left|thumb|Covert plot, upper abandoned section, Muddy Creek Cemetery]]
 
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The gravestones of John & Sarah Covert are among the few remaining markers in the abandoned upper cemetery at Muddy Creek.
 
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[[Image:Gravestone Silas Covert.JPG|120px|left|thumb|Gravestone of Silas & Margaret Covert & children, Muddy Creek Cemetery]][[Image:Gravestone Silas & Margt Covert 2.JPG|140px|left]][[Image:Gravestone Children of S&M Covert.JPG|140px|left|thumb|children of Silas & Margaret Covert:  Alfred P. & Cindarella Covert]]
 
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|'''1790 U.S. Federal Census''', Northumberland Co. PA, ancestry.com pg.5.  Left column, line 7 lists family of Luke Coubert with 2 males over 16, 3 males under 16, and 5 females. <br>This suggests that Luke had 4 sons & 4 daughters by 1790. See source notes.
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|'''New Amsterdam & New York Reformed Dutch Church , Baptismal Records''',online at Olive tree genealogy:<br> http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/rdcbapt_1703.shtml<br>Child: Anna Selover; date of baptism: 21 July 1703;Parents: Isaac Selover & Judith Waldron; Witnesses: Joseph Waldron & Anna Waldron.
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| '''[[Source: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895|Book: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895]]''', page 615, indicates that ''Luke Covert'' was the original pioneer settling in Slippery Rock, Brady Twp., Butler Co., PA, in 1796.  He was from Holland. His youngest child, ''John'', died in 1873. Luke was supposedly a Hessian soldier in the Revolutionary War who became attached to the American cause while in New Jersey, by being taken prisoner or otherwise.  After the war, he settled in Northumberland Co. until 1796, when he moved to Brady Twp. along with his family.  The area where he settled became known as "Covert's run."   
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|'''"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<br>http://books.google.com/books?id=gi2OJypMncAC&pg=PA258&dq=%22Isaac+Selover%22+1699+NY&client=internal-uds&source=uds<br>"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:
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*Jacquemyntje  bp. 27 Mar 1696
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* Abraham  bp. 29 Aug 1697
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* Jannetje  bp. 20 Aug 1699
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* Daniel  bp. 14 Aug 1700, settled in Somerset Co. NJ where he had numerous descendants
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* Maria  bp. 31 Aug 1701
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* Anna bp. 21 July 1703, m. 1 Dec 1723 Bragon Covert<br>All bp. in N. Y. <br>  Isaac m. 1 Jan 1700 Judith Waldron.  Signed his name "Isaac Seloover".  One of his descendants in 1770 signed "Isaac Selover".
 
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|'''Souvenir History of Slippery Rock''', 1925, ed. Rev. Goerge S. Bowden, p. 23<br>"Brady township, once part of Slippery Rock, claims as its first settler, ''Luke Covert'', who came in 1796; while James Campbell, Alexander Irvine and Bartol Laffer came the following year as did also Daniel McDeavitts with his wife and three children,, Henry, Catherine and James."
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|'''Christopher Rumbaugh''', Corvallis, Oregon, website:  http://www.open.org/rumcd/d0001/g0000014.htm<br>Notes for these generations of Coverts:<br>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.<br> 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
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van Wiekenof was a stepmother since this was her 2nd marriage."<br> Appears well sourced; some source titles unclear (abbreviated). 
 
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|'''West Liberty Cemetery''', Brady Township, Butler County PA, 1966 by Dwight Cooper, RD #1 Box 100, East Harlansburg Rd. New Castle PA 16101. Exerpt as reported in '''Western Penna. Genealogy Society Quarterly''' Vol 23 #2, 1996 p.51.<br> "Brady Township was formed 29 March 1854 of portions of Slippery Rock and Connoquenessing townships...Early settlers in the township area were ''Luke Covert and his son John''...West Liberty was surveyed Feb. 13, 1829.  In 1845 ''John and Jacob Covert'' resurrected the village.  When the plat was recorded in 1847 the lot owners were James Vogan, James J. Hoge, Charles Coulter, Charles Coulter, Robert Campbell, Conrad Snyder, John Stephenson, John Fagan, John Craig, ''John Covert'', William McCannon, William McClymonds, David McJunkin, John Boyle, Thomas B. Evans, and Isaac Cornelius. The place at one time was known as Bulger which was the name of the post office."
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| '''US and International Marriage Records'''<br>
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Name:  '''Bragon Covert'''
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Gender: male
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Birth Place: NY
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Spouse Name: [[Anna Selover|Anna Slover]]
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Birth Place: NY
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Spouse Birth Year: 1703
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Source Citation: Source number: 35.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: SAB.
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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.
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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.
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|'''1883 History of Butler County''' by Waterman, p. 363.  "Among the first to take up land and make a home within the territory now known as Brady Township was Luke Covert, a Holland Dutchman, who had been a soldier in the American Army during the Revolution. He came from New Jersey to Northumberland County, and thence here. His family consisted of eleven children, of whom John Covert was the last survivor, and died in 1873, in his ninety-second year. John Covert married Sarah Bennett, and reared a family of eight children. <br>The Covert family moved from the East with horses and a wagon, cutting roads and making bridges as they came. After settling here, they allowed their horses to run in the woods, until sometimes they became so wild it was difficult to catch them. Mr. Covert, however, had a method which seldom failed. He would creep up to a horse as he was feeding, catch him by the tail, wind in around a tree and cling on, until the animal could be haltered and rendered manageable.  He once kept a horse all winter standing near the corner of his log house.  He had no stable but he covered the beast with warm blankets, fed him well, and in the spring the animal was fat and in good order.  
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|'''Somerset County Genealogical Quarterly Volume 8''', online at:
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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.
 
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|'''Gravestone transcription''' Oct 2006 by E W Williams, Old Muddy Creek Cemetery, Clay Twp., Butler Co. PA. <br> "John Covert died Dec 31, 1873 aged 92 yrs & 5 mos."<br>"Sarah wife of John Covert died (Aug) 19, 1848, age 67 years".<br>These two stones are located centrally in the old upper cemetery at Muddy Creek. Next to them is a broken stone with only "Sarah J." legible, perhaps a daughter.
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|'''New Amsterdam Dutch Reformed Church Marriages 1639-1801''' at<br> http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rbillard/na_marriages_1639-1801.htm  <br>1723 01 Dec; Bregon Coevers, jm V. Boswyk; Anna Slover, jd V. Mannor V. Fordam, beide woonende alhier
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|'''1810 U.S. Federal Census''' Butler Co. Pa, Slippery Rock Twp, ancestry.com pg.1.  Two Covert households on an alphabetized listing, neither with a male old enough to be Lucas Covert, but possibly his sons. Both first initials appear to be "J", but possibly "I", etc.<br>First household has 1 male age 10-15, 1 male 25-44, 1 female under 10, 1 female 25-44. Possibly household of John VanZandt Covert, age 29 in 1810.<br>Second household has 1 male age 16-25, 1 female under 10, 1 female 16-25.  Possibly household of Jacob Covert, age 23 in 1810.
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|'''Notes of Robert Covert'''(deceased), Port Charlotte FL, 1996, posted online at:<br>http://www.open.org/rumcd/d0001/g0000014.htm<br>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.  
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*'''Records of Dutch Ref. Ch. of Brooklyn''': "Bragon Covert was baptized 29 Mar 1696. Parents were ''Hans Coevers'' & [[Jannetje Brokaw|Jannitje]]; witnesses were Ysaac Brokaer & Marritje Coevers. ('''Hol. Soc. Yr. Bk. 1897, p. 170''').
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*'''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."
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* '''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." 
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*'''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).
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* 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."<br><br>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.
 
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| '''1840 United States Federal Census''', Slipperyrock Twp, Butler Co, Pa, page 1.  Family of Col. John Covert:2 male 15-20, 1 male 50-60, 2 females 10-15, 2 females 15-20, 1 female 50-60. This corresponds to John Covert, son of ''Lucas Covert'' (along with John's wife Sarah Bennett. <br>Also on the page (and close by) are Jacob Covert: 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 50-60.    <br>Also, Perry Covert: 1 male <5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female <5, 1 female 20-30; probably a grandchild of Lucas.  Also of note on the page is [[Richard Hines]].
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|'''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
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|'''Book:  West Liberty Cemetery,Brady Township, Butler County PA''', 1966 by Dwight Cooper, RD #1 Box 100, East Harlansburg Rd., New Castle PA 16101. <br>"West Liberty was surveyed Feb. 13, 1829. In 1845 ''John and Jacob Covert'' resurrected the village.  When the plat was recorded in 1847 the lot owners were James Vogan, [[James Irvin Hogue|James J. (sic) Hoge]] (see source notes), Charles Coulter, Robert Campbell, Conrad Snyder, John Stephenson, John Fagan, John Craig, ''John Covert'', William McCanon, william McClymonds, David McJunkin, John Boyle, Thomas B. Evans, and Isaac Cornelius. the place at one time was known as Bulger which was the name of the post office."
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*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.
 
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|'''Descendants of Maria Waldron''' by Stephen L. Flanagan posted Mar. 20, 2001 on Genforum, Genealogy.com (Covert Forum), email sflanagan1@cfl.rr.com.  Five generations including a Rose Anne Covert, the great grandmother of the author.  No sources given.<br>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: <br>*Garret Covert b. 15 Sept 1769 in NJ; married Eleanor Black (lists 7 children)<br>*Ann Covert b. 27 Nov 1772 in NJ; d. 1846; married John Emery<br>*Magdaline Covert b. 29 Nov 1775 in NJ; d. 1850 Butler Co. PA;<br>*[[Catherine Covert]] b. 20 July 1778 in NJ; d. bef. 1850 in prob. Butler Co. PA; married John Stoughton<br>*John VanZandt Covert b. 11 Aug 1781 in NJ; d. 1873; married Sarah Bennett<br>*Barnet Covert b. 8 Sep 1784 NJ<br>*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). <br>*Mary Covert b. 9 July 1789 NJ; married William McNees<br>*Sarah Covert b. 27 Aug 1793 NJ; d. 10 Aug 1872, Worth Twp. Butler Co. PA.
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|'''''Hoi. Soc. Year-Book 1897''', at http://www.archive.org/stream/newyorkgenealogi83newy/newyorkgenealogi83newy_djvu.txt <br>Note: source has other Covert records.
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|'''My Family''' Website on Rootsweb.com, owner Debbie Harrison; see at:<br>
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http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2424533&id=I519050993<br>For extract of data on our direct line, see [["My Family" by Debbie Harrison on Rootsweb.com]]. Sources not listed.<br> Bragon Covert (b. 1696 in Dutch Kills,Long Island N Y; Bap. 29 Mar 1696, Reformed Dutch Church, NYC; d.in Millstone, Somerset, NJ.)<br> 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:
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* 1. Lucas COVERT b: 15 Sep 1741 in Raritan, Somerset County, N J (descendants listed)
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* 2. Jannetze COVERT b: 4 Nov 1724 in New York
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* 3. Johannes John COVERT b: 1727 in Brooklyn, N Y
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* 4. Isaac COVERT b: 26 Mar 1729 in Harlingen, Somerset, NJ
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* 5. Daniel COVERT b: 14 Apr 1731 in Millstone, Somerset, N J
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* 6. Bergon COVERT b: 21 Oct 1733
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* 7. Jacob COVERT b: 26 Mar 1738 in Millstone, Somerset, N J
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* 8. Mareytie COVERT b: 16 Sep 1739 in Millstone, Somerset, N J
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* 9. Annatie COVERT b: 14 Jan 1743/44 in Somerville, N J
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*10. Tunis COVERT b: 25 Mar 1745 in Millstone, Somerset, N J   
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|'''Descendants of William Humphrey of Londonderry NH (1686-1768)...''', website by Sandy Humphreys at  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~humphreyr/fam01337.htm <br> 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.<br><br> 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.
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|'''The Covert Family of Lancaster N.Y.''', owner Robert Thornton Covert, on Genealogy.com at <br> http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/o/v/Robert-T-Covert/ODT1-0001.html<br>Pg. 5 - Bragon Covert & Anna Selover. Their children:
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* Jannetje Covert 1724;
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* Isaac Covert 1729;
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* Daniel Covert 1731, 2 wives,4 children;
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* Bergun Covert 1733-1807, m. Femmetie Phoebe Coshum 1741, extensive descent listed, pg 5-7;
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* Jacob Covert 1738-1799 m. Luteshe, 1 child Anna Covert 1783;
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* Marytie Covert 1739;
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* [[Lucas Covert]] 1741 m. Cornelia Van Zandt 1746, 9 children pg.7-8;
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* Annetie Covert 1744-1823, m. James Knight, 5 children;
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* Tunis Covert 1746-1825, m. Magdalene Van Heuglen 1738-1818, 7 children, including descendants of son Oliver Covert m. Ruth Williamson. <br>We have listed their information regarding our direct line ancestors at [[Descendants of Theunis Janzsen Covert by Robert Thornton Covert|Excerpt - Descendants of Theunis Janzsen Covert]].
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===Source notes===
 
===Source notes===
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* The 1883 History of Butler County  calls Lucas Covert a "Hollad Dutchman", possibly referring not to his place of birth but to his Dutch heritage, as opposed to being German "Deutsch". The later 1895 History apparently quotes this earlier source, but expanding on his Revolutionary War record to say that he was a Hessian who became attached to the American cause in NJ. All other sources, however, place Lucas Covert as born in Somerville NJ, and his ancestors as having been in NJ or New Amsterdam area for two generations before him. His grandfather, Hans Teunise Covert,born in Heemstedt, Holland in 1657,  was the immigrant. 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 are born in Brooklyn, then Long Island NY, and by 1709 in Somerset, New Jersey.  
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* Dutch Kills, Brooklyn, Long Island: Per Wikipedia,<br> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Kills,_Queens <br>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."<br>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.
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* The curious tradition of Lucas Covert having been a Hessian soldier could possibly be explained if he did in fact begin his Revolutionary War fighting on the side of the British, as many colonists did, and at some point, whether from being taken prisoner or otherwise as the war progressed, changed his allegiance to the cause of the revolutionaries.
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* 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.
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* 1790 census, Northumberland Co. PA corresponds to  (2 males over 16):Lucas Covert age 49, son Garret age 21; (3 males under 16):  sons John 9, Barnet 6, & Jacob 3; (5 females): Cornelia VanZandt Covert age 44, daughters Ann 18, Magdalene 15, Catharine 12, & Mary age 1.    This source agrees with the ''1883 History of Butler Co. PA'' in placing the Luke Covert family in Northumberland Co. before settling in Butler Co. PA. 
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[edit] 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) [W1]
Baptism 29 Mar. 1696 Dutch Ref. Church of Brooklyn,
Dutch Kills, Long Island NY 		[7][9][W1]
Marriage 1 Dec 1723
license granted 15 Nov 1723 		New Amsterdam, Dutch Ref. Church To Anna Selover [6][7][9]
Death Millstone, Somerset NJ [W1]

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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: [7][9][W1]

[edit] Children

(10 children with Anna Selover) [W1]

Name Gender Date of Birth Birthplace Spouse Notes Sources
Jannetze Covert F 4 Nov 1724 New York [W1][W3]
Johannes/John Covert M 1727 Brooklyn, NY [W1][W3]
Isaac Covert M 26 Mar 1729 Harlingen, Somerset, NJ [W1][W3]
Daniel Covert M 14 Apr 1731 Millstone, Somerset NJ 1)Annatie unknown
Marya unknown 		4 children [W1][W3]
Bergon Covert M 21 Oct 1733 Femmetie Phoebe Coshun (b.1741) 12 children [W1][W3]
Jacob Covert M 26 Mar 1738 Millstone, Somerset NJ Luteshe unknown died 1799; 1 child Anna Covert b. 1783 [W1][W3]
Mareytie Covert M 16 Sept 1739 Millstone, Somerset NJ [1][W3]
Lucas Covert M 15 Sept 1741 Raritan, Somerset Co. New Jersey[W1];
Somerville NJ[2] 		Cornelia Van Zandt [W1][W2][W3]
Annatie Covert M 14 Jan 1743/44 Somerville, NJ James Knight died 1823; 5 children [W1][W3]
Tunis Covert M 25 Mar 1745 Millstone, Somerset, NJ [W1][W3]

[edit] Places of Residence

Location Dates Notes Sources
Dutch Kills, Long Island NY birth 1696 [W1]
New York by 1724 birth of Jannetze [W1]
Brooklyn, NY by 1727 birth of Johannes/John [W1]
Harlingen, Somerset Co. NJ 1729 birth of Isaac [W1]
Millstone, Somerset Co. NJ 1731 birth of Daniel [W1]
Raritan, Franklin Twp.,Somerset Co., NJ by 1735- through at least 1741 Tax rolls, & birth of Lucas [5][7][W1]
Somerville, NJ 1743/44 birth of Annatie [W1]
Millstone, Somerset Co. NJ 1735-1745 Janeway Acct. Book, & birth of Tunis [7][W1]

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[edit] 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).

[edit] DISCLAIMER: USE OF UNDOCUMENTED WEB SOURCES

Some of the information on this page was found on websites presented by researchers who have either not listed their sources or employ the circular logic of citing additional undocumented websites.
These web site sources are listed separately below, in a table following our standard source table. The attribution number for these web sources is preceded by a "W".
We frequently find conflicting information on the web family trees. We offer the un-sourced information on this page as a starting point for further research only, and discourage its inclusion on additional posted websites or in other reproduced material without either further documentation or a disclaimer.

[edit] 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 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.

[edit] 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.

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