Hans Teunise Covert

UNDOCUMENTED ANCESTRY We find numerous sources with tantalizing data, but hesitate to adopt their findings when: the lines of descent conflict from one web source to another. documentation & sources are absent or insufficient the sources listed are unavailable to us, so that scope or ambiguity can't be assessed We offer this page as an ancestral possibility, with the caveat that it is unconfirmed by us.

Hans Teunise Covert was born in Heemstedt, Holland in 1657/58. His name is also seen as "Jan", the Dutch form of the German "Hans" (short for Johan/Johannes). From the name spelling "Hans", and from his wife Jannetje Brokaw having been born in Mannheim, Germany, we assume Hans Tuenise Covert, or possibly his parental family, migrated to Germany, probably Mannheim.
Hans Teunise Covert and wife Jannetje Brokaw migrated to America, sometime before the birth of daughter Catherine in 1688. (The old Dutch colony at New Amsterdam had become New York, under British rule, in 1664.) His known children were born in America; the first child Catherine born 1688 in Brooklyn; the next five children born 1690-1699 in Dutch Kills, Long Island NY; and finally two daughters born 1706-1709 in Somerset, New Jersey.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	15 Jan 1657/58	Brooklyn NY
Marriage		Mannheim, Germany	To Jannetje Brokaw (b. 1667 Mannheim, Ger.)
Death	1719	Millstone, Somerset NJ

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 9        Generation 10             Generation 11                        Generation 12
                                                                                                         
                                                                                +-- Jean Pierre Couvert 
                                                                                |
                                           +-- Teunis Janszentje Covert --------+                         
                                           |   (1625-1697/98)                   |
                                           |                                    +-- Unknown
                 +-- Hans Teunise Covert --+
                 |   (1657/58-1719)        |                                    +--  Lucas Van Kessel
                                           |                                    |
                 |                         +-- Barbara Janse Lucas Van Kessel --+
                 |                             (1631-????)                      |
 Bragon Covert --+                                                              +--  Unknown
 (1696-????)     |                                                               
                 |                          +-- Bourgon Broucard  
                 |                          |                                    
                 +-- Jannetje Brokaw -------+
                     (1667 - ????)          |
                                            +-- Catherine LeFevre
                      
                    
                                 
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Children

(8 children with Jannetje Brokaw)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Catherine Covert	F	1688/89	Brooklyn, NY	(1st) Thomas Bird; (2nd) Benjamin Wood
Ariaentje Covert	F	bap. 3 Aug 1690	Dutch Kills,(Brooklyn) Long Island NY	Jacob Coursen/Courser
Teunis Covert	M	bap. 16 Apr 1693	Dutch Kills, (Brooklyn) Long Island NY	Marytie unknown	"oldest son"
Bragon Covert	M	bap. 29 Mar. 1696	Dutch Kills,(Brooklyn) Long Island NY	Anna Selover (Direct Line)
Lucas Covert	M	1697/99	Dutch Kills,(Brooklyn) Long Island NY		"youngest son"
Jane Covert	F	1699/1703	Dutch Kills, (Brooklyn) Long Island NY	Ann Brown
Mary Covert	F	6 Aug 1706	Somerset, NJ
Barbara/Bathseba Covert	F	26 Oct 1709	Somerset, NJ	Johannes Swick

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Heemstedt, Holland	b. 1657/58 ????
Mannheim, Germany	????	marriage to Jannetje Brokaw
Brooklyn, NY	by 1688	birth of dau. Catherine Covert
Dutch Kills, Long Island, NY	by 1690- at least 1699	birth of 5 children
Somerset NJ	by 1706- d. 1719	birth 7th child, till death
Millstone, Somerset NJ	????- d. 1719	death

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	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	See complete text at Covert Family History, NY G&B Record
2	Early History of New York by Bergen, as quoted in The New York Genealogical and Biological Record, Vol. XXXVII, 1906, p. 117. Coevers or Covert, Teunis Janse emigrated in 1651, from Heemstede, in North Holland; m. Barbara Lucas or Jans; resided at first in New Amsterdam, and finally settled in Bedford in Brooklyn, at which place he took oath of allegiance in 1687; member of Ref. Du. Ch. of New Amsterdam prior to 1660; member of Ref. Du. Ch. of Brooklyn in 1660, 1677 and 1685; and died prior to 1700. Issue: Hans Teunise, m. Jannetje Boka (Bragow); oath of allegiance 1687; on the Raritan, N.J. 1705. Marretje Teunise, m. 24 Nov 1682 Jean Messerole, Jr. of Bushwick. Lucas Teunise (see under Lucas Covert & family) Mauritz Teunise, bap. 6 Aug 1663; m. i April 1690 (sic, 1 April 1690?) Ann Fonteyn, widow of Jacob Jansen; oath of allegiance 1687. Aeltje Teunise, m. 18 May 1679 in New York, william Pos or Post of New York. Sarah Teunise, m. 7 April 1680 in New York, Arent Frederickson of New York. Annetje Teunise, bap. 18 Aug 1661; m. 16 Apr 1687 Garrett Sprong. Jannetje Teunise (supposed), m. Titus Syrachs DeVries. Aaggrica or Eechtje, m. Derk Paulus of Jamaica. Jahannes Teunise m. Jannetje; oath of allegiance 1687; settled on the Raritan, N.J.
3	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). 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.
4	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.
5	"Covert Ancestry" compiled by Edson Salisbury Jones, contributed by Byron Barnes Horton, Sheffield PA, Edition of 50 copies. Reprinted from the New York Gen. & Biogr. Record,1906, N.Y.; printed by Tobias A. Wright, 1906. Copy at MN Hist. Soc. Library, St. Paul, MN viewed 2008 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams; slim paperback of maybe 20 pages, brittle, pages loose from binding. Extract: Derivation of Covert surname: possibly from Coevorden or Koevorde, fortified town in Province of Drenthe, Holland SSE of Assen. This town-name form has not been seen in connection with: "Theunis, whose surname is variably recorded as Coevors, Coevers, Couverts, etc.; but has been seen in two instances connected with his alleged children. These are (a) in record of marriage of Aeltje, where she appears as "Aeltje Theunis Van Couverden" (N.Y. Du. Ch. Rec. - NYG&B Soc. Co.., 1890, p. 45); and (b) in Snell's Hist of Hunterdon and Somerset Cos., N.J. p. 561, and Messler's Hist. of Somerset Co., p. 34 where the authors say that among the heads of families who came from Long Island to N.J. was "Jan Hans Coeverden." The next nearest form is in the deed from "Abraham Coverd" to his brother "Isaac Coverd." Note that wives of Dutchmen were usually spoken of and recorded by their maiden names." "Bergen's "Early Settlers of Kings Co., N.Y." treats the Covert family the most extensively of any work seen. Of Theunis and his family, he says: Teunis Janse (Covert) emigrated 1651 from Heemstede; m. Barbara Lucas or Janse; Hans Teunise (Covert) m. Jannetje Boka (Bragow). In records of Ref. Du. Ch. of NY before 1660; and Holland Society Year Book 1879 p. 133: wife as Barbara Jans appears only once; wife as Barbara Lucas found several times on the church record; no marriage record found; uncertain that the two women were identical. son Hans/Jan Teunis (Covert) m. Jannetje, dau. of Bragoon Braghar or (Bourgen/Broecord/Broeckaert). Bragon b. 1696 (son of Hans Coevers & Jannetje Coevers) (Hol. Soc. Year-Book 1897) Will of "Jan Kuvers" of Millstone, Somerset Co., NJ dated 2 May 1719 & proved 13 Apr 1723, names wife Jane; sons Tunis (eldest), Bergon and Lucas (youngest); daus. Catherine Bird, Orinchy Courser (baptised "Arientje"); Jane, Marry & Bathseba. Signed "Jan Koevers". Rev. E. T. Corwin's "Historical Discourse on the Occasion of the Centennial Anniversary of the Reformed Dutch Church of Millstone" (NJ) refers to the purchase of 2,000 acres on the banks of Millstone River by "John Covers and John Brocars", p. 25.

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Ref. Num.	Description	Extract
W1	Debbie Harrison, "My Family" , Rootsweb.com, updated 10 Feb 2003; Hans Teunise Covert ID#: 1519050921 Lists dates, spouse, children for these generations: Pierre Couvers, Jean Pietersen Couvert, Teunise Janszentje Couvert, Hans Teunise Covert, Bragon Covert, Lucas Covert, Catherine Covert. No sources listed.
W2	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 Appears well sourced; some source titles unclear (abbreviated).
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 See pg. 5-8 for Hans Teunise Covert & Jannetje Brokaw. Their children: Catherine Covert (1689) m. 1st Thomas Bird, 1 daughter; m. 2nd Benjamin Wood. Ariaentje Covert (1690) m. Jacob Coursen (1690); 6 children listed. Teunis Covert (1693) m. Marytie unknown; 5 children listed. Bragon Covert (1696) m. Anna Selover (1703);7 children & descendants pp. 5-7 Lucas Covert (1699), m. Ann Brown; 2 sons listed, pg. 8 Jane Covert (1703) Maria Covert (1706) Barbara Covert (1709), m. Johannes Swick; 6 children listed, pg. 8 We have listed their information regarding our direct line ancestors at Excerpt - Descendants of Theunis Janzsen Covert.

Source notes

• Dutch Kills, Brooklyn, Long Island: Per Wikipedia,
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Kills,_Queens
  Dutch Kills was a hamlet on a navigable tributary of Newtown Creek. It remained a community of farms during the 19th century, and in 1870 consolidated with Hunters Point, Ravenswood, Astoria & Steinway to form Long Island City, Queens NY. Dutch Kills "occupied what today is centrally Queensboro Plaza."
  Newtown Creek forms part of the boundary between present-day Queens Co. (Queens) & Kings. Co. (Brooklyn). It runs parallel to and just soutn 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.