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| '''Birth'''  ||15 Sept 1741 ||Somerville, NJ  || || <sup class="reference">[2][5][W1]</sup>
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| '''Birth'''  ||15 Sept 1741 ||Somerville, NJ  || || <sup class="reference">[5][8][W1]</sup>
 
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| '''Marriage''' || || || To [[Cornelia Van Zandt]] || <sup class="reference">[11][W1]</sup>
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| '''Death''' ||1821 ||Brady Twp., Butler Co. PA ||  || <sup class="reference">[W1]</sup>
 
| '''Death''' ||1821 ||Brady Twp., Butler Co. PA ||  || <sup class="reference">[W1]</sup>
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| Ann Covert  || F ||27 Nov 1772  ||NJ  ||John Emery  ||d. 1846 || <sup class="reference">[W1]</sup>
 
| Ann Covert  || F ||27 Nov 1772  ||NJ  ||John Emery  ||d. 1846 || <sup class="reference">[W1]</sup>
 
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| [[Magdaline Covert]]  || F ||29 Nov 1775 || NJ  || John Wigdon ||d. 1850 Butler Co. PA || <sup class="reference">[13][W1]</sup>
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| [[Magdaline Covert]]  || F ||29 Nov 1775 || NJ  || John Wigdon ||d. 1850 Butler Co. PA || <sup class="reference">[16][W1]</sup>
 
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| [[Catherine Covert]] || F ||20 July 1778 || NJ || [[John Stoughton]] ||d. before 1850<br>expect Butler Co. PA || <sup class="reference">[12][W1]</sup>
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| [[Catherine Covert]] || F ||20 July 1778 || NJ || [[John Stoughton]] ||d. before 1850<br>expect Butler Co. PA || <sup class="reference">[15][W1]</sup>
 
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|  John VanZandt Covert  || M || 11 Aug 1781 || NJ  || Sarah Bennett ||d. 1873 || <sup class="reference">[6][7][9][10][11][W1][W2]</sup>
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|  John VanZandt Covert  || M || 11 Aug 1781 || NJ  || Sarah Bennett ||d. 1873 || <sup class="reference">[9][10][12][13][14][W1][W2]</sup>
 
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| Barnet Covert  || F || 8 Sept 1784 ||NJ  ||  || || <sup class="reference">[W1]</sup>
 
| Barnet Covert  || F || 8 Sept 1784 ||NJ  ||  || || <sup class="reference">[W1]</sup>
 
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|  Jacob Covert  || M ||21 Sept  1787 || NJ  ||Mary Ann Cornelius (14 Jan 1788-<br>14 Feb 1876)  ||d. 20 Sept 1869<br>Grove City PA || <sup class="reference">[7][9][10][W1]</sup>
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|  Jacob Covert  || M ||21 Sept  1787 || NJ  ||Mary Ann Cornelius (14 Jan 1788-<br>14 Feb 1876)  ||d. 20 Sept 1869<br>Grove City PA || <sup class="reference">[13][15][113][W1]</sup>
 
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| Mary Covert  || F || 9 July 1789 || NJ  || William McNees || || <sup class="reference">[W1]</sup>
 
| Mary Covert  || F || 9 July 1789 || NJ  || William McNees || || <sup class="reference">[W1]</sup>
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| America|| ~1776-1873|| served in American Revolution, possibly on both sides ||<sup class="reference">[2][5]</sup>
 
| America|| ~1776-1873|| served in American Revolution, possibly on both sides ||<sup class="reference">[2][5]</sup>
 
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| New Jersey ||by 1769-1789 ||  ||<sup class="reference">[2][5][W1] </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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| Coverts Run, Slippery Rock Twp, <br> now Brady Twp, Butler Co, PA || 1796<br>probably until death ||  ||<sup class="reference">[3][4][5][6][7]</sup>
 
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| '''1800 United States Federal Census''', East Buffalo Twp, Northumberland Co, PA, page 2.  Census is not dated.<br>Family headed by Luke Covert:  1 male 10-16, 1 male 16-26, 1 male >44, 2 females <10, 1 female >44.<br>The children here are Jacob (age 13) and John (age 19) along with Mary (age 10 and Sarah (age 7).
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| '''1810 United States Federal Census''', Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 1.  Census is not dated.<br>Family headed by Luke Covert: 1 male >44, 1 female <10, 1 female 16-25, 1 female >44.<br>There are two other Coverts on the page, but the listing is alphabetical.  The additional Covert heads of household are identified only by initials which are unclear, possibly P, I or J.  The young female in the Luke Covert household is possibly a granddaughter.
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| '''1820 United States Federal Census''', Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 5.  Census is not dated.<br>Family headed by Luke Covert: 1 male >44, 1 female 10-16, 1 female >44.<br>The families on either side of Luke Covert are headed by James Hoge and William Hoge.
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| '''[[Source: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895|Book: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895]]''', Brown & Co., 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."     
 
| '''[[Source: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895|Book: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895]]''', Brown & Co., 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."     
 
| <div style="text-align: center">[[Source: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895|transcript]]</div>
 
| <div style="text-align: center">[[Source: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895|transcript]]</div>
 
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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."
 
|'''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 Irvin Hogue|James J. Hoge]](sic), 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."
 
|'''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 Irvin Hogue|James J. Hoge]](sic), 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.  
 
|'''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''' June 2006 by E W Williams, Old Muddy Creek Cemetery, Clay Twp., Butler Co. PA.  
 
|'''Gravestone transcription''' June 2006 by E W Williams, Old Muddy Creek Cemetery, Clay Twp., Butler Co. PA.  
 
* "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.
 
* "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.
 
|'''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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| '''1830 United States Federal Census''', Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 1.   
 
| '''1830 United States Federal Census''', Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 1.   
 
*John Covert family: 1 male age 5-10, 1 male age 10-15, 1 male age 15-20, 1 male age 40-50;  1 female age under 5, 2 females age 5-10, 1 feamle age 10-15, 1 female age 15-20, 1 female age 40-50.
 
*John Covert family: 1 male age 5-10, 1 male age 10-15, 1 male age 15-20, 1 male age 40-50;  1 female age under 5, 2 females age 5-10, 1 feamle age 10-15, 1 female age 15-20, 1 female age 40-50.
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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]].
 
| '''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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|'''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."
 
|'''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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| '''Jeanne Bortmes Eichelberger''',  correspondence, 2006-ongoing, including 27-page manuscript (2006), "Information on the  Stoughton Line". Jeanne is a descendant of [[William Stoughton (1797)|William Stoughton]].  She brought the ancestry line of Luke Covert to our attention; her sources are apparently from the web.  No further documentation given.
 
| '''Jeanne Bortmes Eichelberger''',  correspondence, 2006-ongoing, including 27-page manuscript (2006), "Information on the  Stoughton Line". Jeanne is a descendant of [[William Stoughton (1797)|William Stoughton]].  She brought the ancestry line of Luke Covert to our attention; her sources are apparently from the web.  No further documentation given.
 
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|'''Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania, Vol. 3''', Editor-in-chief: John W. Jordan.  
 
|'''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.<br>From the Historic Pittsburgh Full Text Collection. Collection is searchable; policy prohibits reproduction of text.<br>Extract:Jane Stoughton was a daughter of John and Catherine (Covert) Stoughton, both born in Pennsylvania.  Catherine Covert "was of Holland descent, her mother's maiden name being Van Zant, a family that had settled on Manhattan Island, New York."   
 
Author: Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921. Pages 1272-1274.<br>From the Historic Pittsburgh Full Text Collection. Collection is searchable; policy prohibits reproduction of text.<br>Extract:Jane Stoughton was a daughter of John and Catherine (Covert) Stoughton, both born in Pennsylvania.  Catherine Covert "was of Holland descent, her mother's maiden name being Van Zant, a family that had settled on Manhattan Island, New York."   
 
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  
 
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|'''1850 United States Federal Census''', Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA, pg. 35. Undated.<br>Lines 6-11: John Wigdon age 88, farmer, $1500 estate; Magdalena age 78; Sarah age 40; Covert age 33; Phebe H. age 25; Robert Logan age 52.  All born in PA.<br>Note: Robert Logan is living with his wife Euphamia Stoughton's aunt & uncle. Her mother [[Catherine Covert]] and Magdalena Covert Wigdon were sisters, daughters of [[Lucas Covert]].
 
|'''1850 United States Federal Census''', Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA, pg. 35. Undated.<br>Lines 6-11: John Wigdon age 88, farmer, $1500 estate; Magdalena age 78; Sarah age 40; Covert age 33; Phebe H. age 25; Robert Logan age 52.  All born in PA.<br>Note: Robert Logan is living with his wife Euphamia Stoughton's aunt & uncle. Her mother [[Catherine Covert]] and Magdalena Covert Wigdon were sisters, daughters of [[Lucas Covert]].
 
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|'''Official Register of Officers and Men of NJ in the Revolutionary War''' Ed. by Will. S. Stryker. Trenton, NJ. 1872. (878p.):558 <br>Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index,  Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA<br>Name:  Luke Covert
 
|'''Official Register of Officers and Men of NJ in the Revolutionary War''' Ed. by Will. S. Stryker. Trenton, NJ. 1872. (878p.):558 <br>Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index,  Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA<br>Name:  Luke Covert
 
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The Covert family came early to Butler County from the Dutch community of New Jersey. Lucas Covert was one of the first settlers in Butler County.
Surname Covert : Americanized spelling of an unidentified Dutch or German name, perhaps Kofoed. Kofoed Name Meaning and History:
  1. Altered spelling of Dutch Koefoed or Koevoet, literally ‘cow’s foot’, hence a nickname for someone with a club foot or other deformity of the foot, or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a cow’s foot (presumably a butcher’s shop). The term also denotes a crowbar (because it is cleft like a cow’s hoof), and the name may also have arisen as a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of such tools.
  2. Danish: nickname with the same meaning as 1, from ko ‘cow’ + fod ‘foot’. http://www.ancestry.it/facts/Kofoed-family-history.ashx


Date Location Notes Sources
Birth 15 Sept 1741 Somerville, NJ [5][8][W1]
Marriage To Cornelia Van Zandt [14][W1]
Military Revolutionary War, private, NJ [17]
Death 1821 Brady Twp., Butler Co. PA [W1]

Ancestry chart segment 

 Generation 7           Generation 8             Generation 9
 
                                             +-- Bragon Covert
                                             |   (1696-????)
                    +-- Lucas Covert --------+
                    |   (1741-????)          |
 Catherine Covert --+                        +-- Anna Selover
 (1778->1850)       |                            (1703-????)
                    +-- Cornelia Van Zandt
                        (1746-????)          
Sources: [14][15][W1][W3]

Children

(11 children with Cornelia Van Zandt)[8]

Name Gender Date of Birth Birthplace Spouse Notes Sources
Garrett Covert M 15 Sep 1769 expect NJ Eleanor Black [W1]
Ann Covert F 27 Nov 1772 NJ John Emery d. 1846 [W1]
Magdaline Covert F 29 Nov 1775 NJ John Wigdon d. 1850 Butler Co. PA [16][W1]
Catherine Covert F 20 July 1778 NJ John Stoughton d. before 1850
expect Butler Co. PA 		[15][W1]
John VanZandt Covert M 11 Aug 1781 NJ Sarah Bennett d. 1873 [9][10][12][13][14][W1][W2]
Barnet Covert F 8 Sept 1784 NJ [W1]
Jacob Covert M 21 Sept 1787 NJ Mary Ann Cornelius (14 Jan 1788-
14 Feb 1876) 		d. 20 Sept 1869
Grove City PA 		[13][15][113][W1]
Mary Covert F 9 July 1789 NJ William McNees [W1]
Sarah Covert F 27 Aug 1793 expect Northumberland Co. PA d. 10 Aug 1872
Worth Twp,Butler Co. PA 		[W1]

Places of Residence

Location Dates Notes Sources
Holland birth 1741 [5][5][W1]
America ~1776-1873 served in American Revolution, possibly on both sides [2][5]
New Jersey by 1769-1789 [5][8][W1]
Northumberland Co, PA by 1790 [1][2][5][8]
Coverts Run, Slippery Rock Twp,
now Brady Twp, Butler Co, PA 		1796
probably until death 		[3][4][5][6][7]

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Gravestone of John Covert, Old Muddy Creek Cemetery, Brady Twp., Butler Co. PA
Gravestone of Sarah, wife of John Covert, Old Muddy Creek Cemetery
Covert plot, upper abandoned section, Muddy Creek Cemetery


The gravestones of John & Sarah Covert are among the few remaining markers in the abandoned upper cemetery at Muddy Creek.


Gravestone of Silas & Margaret Covert & children, Muddy Creek Cemetery
Gravestone Silas & Margt Covert 2.JPG
children of Silas & Margaret Covert: Alfred P. & Cindarella Covert


Also buried in the upper section at Muddy Creek are Silas & Margaret Covert, & 2 children.
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...

Sources

Ref. Num. Description Image of original
1 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.
This suggests that Luke had 4 sons & 4 daughters by 1790. See source notes.
1790 census pa northumberland pg 5.jpg
2 1800 United States Federal Census, East Buffalo Twp, Northumberland Co, PA, page 2. Census is not dated.
Family headed by Luke Covert: 1 male 10-16, 1 male 16-26, 1 male >44, 2 females <10, 1 female >44.
The children here are Jacob (age 13) and John (age 19) along with Mary (age 10 and Sarah (age 7).
1800 census pa northumberland east buffalo pg 2.jpg
3 1810 United States Federal Census, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 1. Census is not dated.
Family headed by Luke Covert: 1 male >44, 1 female <10, 1 female 16-25, 1 female >44.
There are two other Coverts on the page, but the listing is alphabetical. The additional Covert heads of household are identified only by initials which are unclear, possibly P, I or J. The young female in the Luke Covert household is possibly a granddaughter.
1810 census pa butler slippery rock pg 1.jpg
4 1820 United States Federal Census, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 5. Census is not dated.
Family headed by Luke Covert: 1 male >44, 1 female 10-16, 1 female >44.
The families on either side of Luke Covert are headed by James Hoge and William Hoge.
1820 census pa butler slippery rock pg 5.jpg
5 Book: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895, Brown & Co., 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."
6 Souvenir History of Slippery Rock, 1925, ed. Rev. Goerge S. Bowden, p. 23
"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."
7 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.
"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(sic), 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."
8 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.
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.
9 Gravestone transcription June 2006 by E W Williams, Old Muddy Creek Cemetery, Clay Twp., Butler Co. PA.
  • "John Covert died Dec 31, 1873 aged 92 yrs & 5 mos."
    "Sarah wife of John Covert died (Aug) 19, 1848, age 67 years".
    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.
  • "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.; (Other side of obelisk: Children of S. & M. Covert, Alfred P. died Jan 14, (1820?) aged 24 yr 2 mo & 8 da.; Cindarella died June (2 or 7), aged 24 yrs 2 mos; Sarah M.....(illegible without surface enhancement).
  • Minerva died (Dec) 2, 1818, 54 yrs 6 mos 9d ; John A. died Mar 20, 1852, aged 2 mos 2 d.; Nancy died Jan 23, 18(60) aged 2 __ yrs
    Note: this transcription, among the Covert transcriptions at Muddy Creek, fails to indicate whether one stone or three; no photo; possibly another side of the Silas Covert obelisk.
  • Govert/Covert, Sarah Wife of John Govert died (Aug)19, 1848, age 67 yrs.; John Govert/Covert died Dec 31, 1873 aged 92 yrs & 5 mos.
    Note: Lettering appears to read Govert; stone lies near other Covert graves.
10 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.
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.
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.
11 1830 United States Federal Census, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 1.
  • John Covert family: 1 male age 5-10, 1 male age 10-15, 1 male age 15-20, 1 male age 40-50; 1 female age under 5, 2 females age 5-10, 1 feamle age 10-15, 1 female age 15-20, 1 female age 40-50.
  • Jacob Covert family: 1 male age under 5, 1 mlae age 5-10, 12 males age 10-15, 1 male age 15-20, 1 male age 40-50; 1 female age under 5, 1 female age 5-10, 1 female age 10-15, 2 females age 15-20, 1 female age 40-50.
  • Also in their neighborhood were the families of James Hoge, James I Hoge, James & John McDavitt, 4 Cornelius families;and Robert McCandless with 2 males under age 5, 1 male & 1 female age 20-30.
1830 census pa butler slippery rock pg 1.jpg
12 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.
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.
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.
1840 census pa butler slippery rock pg. 1.jpg
13 Book: West Liberty Cemetery,Brady Township, Butler County PA, 1966 by Dwight Cooper, RD #1 Box 100, East Harlansburg Rd., New Castle PA 16101.
"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. (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."
14 Jeanne Bortmes Eichelberger, correspondence, 2006-ongoing, including 27-page manuscript (2006), "Information on the Stoughton Line". Jeanne is a descendant of William Stoughton. She brought the ancestry line of Luke Covert to our attention; her sources are apparently from the web. No further documentation given.
15 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.
Extract:Jane Stoughton was a daughter of John and Catherine (Covert) Stoughton, both born in Pennsylvania. Catherine Covert "was of Holland descent, her mother's maiden name being Van Zant, a family that had settled on Manhattan Island, New York." 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

16 1850 United States Federal Census, Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA, pg. 35. Undated.
Lines 6-11: John Wigdon age 88, farmer, $1500 estate; Magdalena age 78; Sarah age 40; Covert age 33; Phebe H. age 25; Robert Logan age 52. All born in PA.
Note: Robert Logan is living with his wife Euphamia Stoughton's aunt & uncle. Her mother Catherine Covert and Magdalena Covert Wigdon were sisters, daughters of Lucas Covert.
1850 census pa butler slippery rock pg 35.jpg
17 Official Register of Officers and Men of NJ in the Revolutionary War Ed. by Will. S. Stryker. Trenton, NJ. 1872. (878p.):558
Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
Name: Luke Covert

Birth Date: 1750 Birthplace: New Jersey, Volume: 35 Page Number: 253 Biographical Info: priv.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c1%2c+%2c%2c%2c1%2c+%2c%2c%2c1%2c+%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c1%2c+%2c%2c&gsfn=Lucas&gsln=Covert&gsby=1741&gsb2co=2%2cUSA&gsb2pl=33%2cNew+Jersey&gsdy=&gsd2co=1%2cAll+Countries&gsd2pl=1%2c+&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-b&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&recid=2342732&recoff=1+2&db=agbi&indiv=1

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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 McGinnis Family Tree by Gloria Charles 67, on Ancestry.com Family Trees. Unsourced.http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/family.aspx?tid=2893248&pid=-1636099783&sid=-1634729376
Silas Covert was the youngest son of John VanZandt Covert & Sarah Bennett, and a grandson of Lucas Covert. Silas Covert married Margaret Esther Moore (1817-1893)
W3 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 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).

Source notes

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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