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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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|  Dutch Kills, Long Island NY|| birth  1796 ||  ||<sup class="reference"> </sup>
 
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| America|| ~1776-1873|| served in American Revolution, possibly on both sides ||<sup class="reference">[2][5]</sup>
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| Raritan, Somerset Co., NJ|| by 1741|| birth of Lucas||<sup class="reference"> </sup>
 
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| Northumberland Co, PA|| by 1790 ||  ||<sup class="reference">[1][2][5]</sup>
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| Coverts Run, Slippery Rock Twp, <br> now Brady Twp, Butler Co, PA || 1796<br>probably until death ||  ||<sup class="reference">[2][3][4]</sup>
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| Harlingen, Somerset NJ  || 1729 ||birth of Isaac  ||<sup class="reference"> </sup>
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| Millstone, Somerset NJ  || 1731 ||birth of Daniel  ||<sup class="reference"> </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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<br style="clear: left"/> Also buried in the upper section at Muddy Creek are Silas & Margaret Covert, & 2 children; relationship unknown. <br>Transcriptions: Silas Covert died Nov 11, 1870 aged 59 yrs 6 mos & 18 da.  Margaret Covert died Jan 13, 1853 aged 37 yrs 8 mos & 13 d. Alfred P. died Jan 14, (1820?) aged 24 yr _mo & 8 da.  Cindarella died...
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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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|'''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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| '''[[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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|'''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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|'''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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|'''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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|'''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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|'''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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| '''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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|'''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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* 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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* 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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Revision as of 13:57, 21 January 2008


UNDOCUMENTED ANCESTRY

We find numerous sources with tantalizing data, but hesitate to adopt their findings when:

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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.  
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 1696 Dutch Kills, Long Island NY
Marriage To Anna Selover
Death Millstone, Somerset NJ

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Generation 8             Generation 9      Generation 10
                                      +-- Hans Teunise Covert
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                  +-- Bragon Covert --+
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 Lucas Covert ----+                   +-- Jannetje Brokaw
 (1741-????)      |                         (1667 - ????)
                  +-- Anna Selover
                      (1703-????)
                    
                                 
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Children

(10 children with Anna Selover)

Name Gender Date of Birth Birthplace Spouse Notes Sources
Lucas Covert M 15 Sept 1741 Raritan, Somerset Co. New Jersey
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
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
Raritan, Somerset Co., NJ by 1741 birth of Lucas
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
Somerville, NJ 1743/44 birth of Annatie
Millstone, Somerset NJ 1745 birth of Tunis

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Sources

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1 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.
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)
5 Research of Jeanne Eichelberger, correspondence 2006-2007 & ongoing.

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