Catherine Covert

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	20 Jul 1778	NY
Marriage	expect ~1795	expect Northumberland Co., Lewisburg area	To John Stoughton
Death	after 1850	expect Muddy Creek Twp, Butler County, PA
Burial	after 1850	not found expect Muddy Creek Twp, Butler County, PA	see Research Notes

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 6           Generation 7           Generation 8
 
                    +-- John Stoughton
                    |   (1773-1833)      
 Andrew Stoughton --+                      +-- Lucas Covert
 (1802-1867)        |                      |   (1741-????)
                    +-- Catherine Covert --+
                        (1778->1850)       |
                                           +-- Cornelia Van Zandt
                                               (1746-????)
Sources: 

Children

(all children with John Stoughton)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Luke Stoughton	M	1792-93	expect PA	Margaret Wick	died ~1838/39
William Stoughton	M	1796-1797	PA	Mary Elizabeth Wick
Jacob Stoughton	M	~1800	PA	-never married-	died ~1841
Andrew Stoughton	M	1802/1803	Butler County, PA	Mary Glenn	Direct line
John Stoughton	M	1805	Butler County, PA	Nancy Boyle
Euphamia Stoughton	F	1810	Butler County, PA	Samuel Logan
Hannah M. Stoughton	F	26 Oct 1815	Butler County, PA	John Patterson	died ~1845
Barnard V. Stoughton	M	1817	Butler County, PA	1) Susan Harvey 2) Susan Myer
Jane Stoughton	F	6 Dec 1821	Butler County, PA	Thomas Boyle
Mary Stoughton	F		Butler County, PA		"Polly", not in will;

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
NJ, possibly Somerset, Franklin Twp.	b. 1778 - 1789	birth to 11 yrs old
Lewisburg, Northumberland Co, PA	1790 - 1800	age 12-22; marriage
Center Twp. Butler Co, PA	by 1810 - after 1820
Muddy Creek Twp. Butler Co, PA	by 1830
possibly Slippery Rock Twp. Butler Co, PA, with daughter Euphamia.	by 1840
Muddy Creek Twp. Butler Co, PA	by 1850

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1A	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.
1B	1800 United States Federal Census, West Buffalo Twp., Northumberland Co. PA (now Union Co.), ancestry.com pg. 6. John Stotin household: 1 male under age 10, 1 male age 16-26, 1 female age16-26. William Stotin household: 2 males under age 10, 2 males age 16-26, 1 male 45 or over, 3 females 10-16, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 45 or over.
1	1810 United States Federal Census, Center Twp, Butler Co, PA Page 2. Census is not dated. Family of J. Stoughton: 3 males <10, 2 male 10-15, 1 male 26-44, 1 female <10, 1 female 26-44. This appears to correspond to John age 37 & Catherine age 32; sons Luke, John & William under age 10, Jacob & William G. age 10-15, daughter Euphame under 10. Family of W. Stoughton also on page; see William Stoughton
2	1820 United States Federal Census, Center Twp, Butler Co, PA Page 4. Census is not dated. Lists family headed by J. Stoughton: 2 males <10, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 16-25 1 male >45,, 1 female <10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female >45. This corresponds to John Stoughton age 53, wife Catherine Covert age 52. Children: 2 males under age 10 are Barnard age 3,& Luke, age ~13; 1 male age 10-15 is John age 15; 2 males age 16-25 are Andrew age 18,& Jacob age 20; 1 female <10 is Hannah age 5; 1 female age 10-15 is Effie age 10. (Son William age 23 not enumerated here; possibly working & living elsewhere; married in 1822).
3	1830 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 13. Census is not dated. Family headed by John Stoughton: 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 50-60. This corresponds to John Stoughton,age 53, & wife Catherine Covert, age 52. Children: 1 male 10-15 is Bernard age13; 1 male 15-20 probably John, Jr. age 25; 1 male 20-30 is Jacob age ~30; (Luke, age 23,is listed separately on next line of census; Andrew married by 1826, family enumerated in Center Twp); 1 female 5-10 is Jane age 8; 1 female 10-15 is Hannah age 14. ( Euphamia age 20 is not enumerated here).
4	1840 United States Federal Census, Slipperyrock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 9. Census is not dated. Family headed by Robert Logan: 1 male 40-50, 2 females 0-5, 2 females 5-10, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 30-40, 1 female 60-70. The female 30-40 is Euphamia. The female 60-70 is the correct age for her widowed mother, Catherine Covert
5	1850 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co. PA. Date of census 30 Aug 1850. Line 29: Catharine Stoughton, age 72, widow, born NY. Lines 30-37: Household of John Stoughton, 45, farmer, $1000 real estate; wife Nancy 43; children: Catharine 13, Thos. 10, Martha J. 8, Wm. 6, Euphama 4, Hannah M. 5/12. All born PA.. Lines 38-39: Andrew J. Stoughton, 25, farmer, $1200 real estate; Sarah J. 24. All born PA. Note: Catharine's son John lives next door; in the next house is her grandson Andrew J. Stoughton (son of William Stoughton).
6	1803 Tax List Middlesex Twp., Butler Co. PA: John Stoughton, 100 Acres, 2 cows, 2 horses or oxen, Valuation 144, Tax 0.43 1895 History Butler Co., p. 58
7	Deed Transfer from John Stoughton to William Stoughton, dated 10 Feb. 1820. Witnesses George (P___), and John Timblin. Recorded 14 Feb 1820,Butler County, John Timblin, Esq.	(Transcript)
8	Deed Transfer from John Stoughton to William Stoughton, dated 7 Apr. 1824. Centre Twp., Butler Co., PA, Deed E-222. 50 Acres for $75.00.	(Transcript)
9	Will of John Stoughton, Estate File # S-40,Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA. Signed 8 Apr. 1833. (Microfilm, Butler Public Library, Vol. A, p. 264, 1833) Lists wife Catherine; sons William, Luke, Andrew, John, Jacob, Bernard; daughters Eufame Logan, Hannah Stoughton, Jane Stoughton; executors: son Jacob Stoughton, & William Stoughton(Sr.?); witnesses: Samuel Stoughton & Robert Hemphill.	(Transcript)
10	Jeanne Bortmes Eichelberger, correspondence, 2006.
12	Abstracts of the wills of 5 sons of John Stoughton received from correspondent Dolores Swaney. Will of Andrew Stoughton of Clay Twp., Butler Co. PA; Book D, pg. 452; filed 2 Jan 1867, written 4 Dec. 1866. Lists wife Mary; sons Jacob, John; daughters Rachel Campbell, Effie Jane wife of Miller Cornelius, Hannah wife of John A. McCandless, Catharine Amanda wife of Robert Davis; grandson Oliver Stoughton; granddaughter Mary Isabella Stoughton; witness William S. Wick. Will of William Stoughton of Concord Twp., Butler Co. PA; Book D, pg. 206; filed 28 Aug. 1863, written 15 July 1863. Lists wife Mary; sons John, A. J., Luke, Elisha, Thomas; daughters Elizabeth Shoaf, Catharine Thompson, Adella Bortmass; witness William Wick. Will of John Stoughton of Muddycreek Twp., Butler Co. PA; Book C, pg. 219; filed 6 July 1852, written 19 Apr. 1852. Lists wife Nancy; sons Thomas, Jefferson, William; daughters Catherine, Martha Jane, Euphany, Hannah, Manervy. Will of Jacob Stoughton of Muddycreek Twp., Butler Co. PA; Book B, pg. 195; filed 25 June 1841, written 2 Apr. 1841. Lists mother Catherin; brothers William, Andrew, John, Barnard; 2nd cousin William Stoughton; nieces Eleana Logan, Catherin Boile; nephews Thomas Patterson, Jacob Stoughton. (Note: "2nd cousin William Stoughton" may be a grandchild of one of his brothers?) Will of Luke Stoughton of Muddycreek Twp., Butler Co. PA; Book B, pg. 98; filed 11 May 1839, written 16 Dec. 1838. Lists wife Margaret.
13	Stoughton Family Genealogy and History research manuscript by Burke Stoughton, Apollo, PA, May-October 1996; G929.2 Butler Area Public Library, Butler, PA. (This source erroneously lists the father of the children on this page to be John Walker Stoughton (1767-1833), descended from a Jonathon Stoughton, Timothy Stoughton etc. family from E. Windsor, CT.) Notification by email Jan 2008 from the author, Burke Stoughton, indicates that the name John Walker Stoughton was erroneous, and that no connection to the Connecticut Stoughtons is presently known to us. He does however believe that such connection does exist. Burke Stoughton cautions that his now outdated publication at Butler Library should be used with caution, as it contains several errors. Samuel Stoughton, for example, was the son of William Stoughton (not John Walker Stoughton), and was a brother of John W. Stoughton. Samuel Stoughton names a brother Andrew as an executor of his will. This Samuel Stoughton's 2nd wife's name was Catherine McCune, and would be the Catherine mentioned in his will. Burke Stoughton's research forward from this point (ie. the Stoughton family in Butler Co. PA) agrees with our findings and he has useful additions. For the children of John W. Stoughton he lists: Luke (died 1838/39), married Margaret unknown, resided Muddy Creek; his will mentions 6 minor children age 1-16 Andrew (born 1802) John (born 1805) Barnard (born 1817) Jacob (died ~1841) Euphama married unknown Logan Hannah (died ~1845) Jane. We are in communication with Burke Stoughton, and anticipate additional new documentation per his research of this family.
14	Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania, Vol. 3, Editor-in-chief: John W. Jordan. Author: Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921. Pages 1272-1274. From the Historic Pittsburgh Full Text Collection. Collection is searchable; policy prohibits reproduction of text. http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pitttext;cc=pitttext;q1=catherine%20covert;rgn=full%20text;idno=03aee8434m;didno=03aee8434m;view=image;seq=0247
15	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Bert Winfred Wilson.	N/A
16	1895 History of Butler Co. PA, pg. 615 Luke Covert settled in Nothumberland Co. PA. He resided there until 1796, when he brought his family into the wilderness of Covert's run. He made his home west of where the Stone House was built in 1822. Note: (Now in Brady Twp., the Stone House is at intersection of Rt. 8 & Rt 528; Covert Rd. runs east from West Liberty to Rt. 528. Covert Rd. runs roughly parallel to & south of Big Run creek, tributary to Slippery Rock Creek.)

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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 This site lists Catherine Covert as daughter of Lucas Covert & Cornelia VanZandt. However, it lists her husband as the John Walker Stoughton of Connecticut, rather than John Stoughton of New Jersey, as we believe to be the case.
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 One entry: My g-grandmother was Aryadnie Wigton Albin. She came with her parents Edward D. & Hannah Smith Wigton to Cooper Co, MO from Butler Co, PA between 1865 & 1870. Edward was the son of John Wigton II and Rachel Tawneyhill. Hannah was a sister of Rebecca Ann Smith and their parents were Dan Smith and Rebecca Boston. John Campbell Wigton was the son of William Wigton & Margaret Campbell. William & John II were brothers (also James, and four sisters). Their parents were John Wigton I and Magdalen Covert, daughter of Luke and Cornelia Van Zandt Covert. Luke's parents were Bergon & Annetze Selover Covert. Cornelia was the granddaughter of Resolved Waldren, an original patentee in 1666 of the Harlem Commons City, NY. John I was the grandson of John Wigton who came from Scotland on "The Cow" ship in 1725 with brothers, Samuel & William. John was b. 1700 & d. 1801 in Bucks Co, PA where he was a early settler in Doylestown. He is buried with his wife Isabel in the Deep Run Presbytarian Cemetery (also called "God's Acre).
W4	Rootsweb:PA Butler, from contributor to this site, Susan McMorrine, at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PABUTLER/2003-07/1057200413 Children of Luke Covert & Cornelia Van Zandt are: Garret Covert b. 15 Sept 1769 Susanna (Anne) Covert b. 27 Nov 1772 Magdalena Covert b. 29 Nov 1775; d. ~1850 Butler Co. PA Catherine Covwert b. 20 July 1778; m. John Stoughton. John Covert b. 11 Aug 1781, NJ; d. 1873; m. Sarah Bennett. Barnet Covert b. 8 Sept 1784 Jacob Covert, Sr. b. 21 Sept 1787 NJ; d. 20 Sept 1869, Butler Co. PA.
W5	The Covert Family of Lancaster N.Y., owner Robert Thornton Covert, on Genealogy.com at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/o/v/Robert-T-Covert/ODT1-0001.html Pg. 7 & 8 - Lucas Covert & Cornelia Van Zandt. Their children: Garret Covert 1769; Ann Covert 1772; Magdalene Covert 1775; Catherine Covert 1778; John Covert 1781; Barnet Covert 1784; Jacob Covert 1787; Mary Covert 1789; Sarah Covert 1793. We have listed their information regarding our direct line ancestors at Excerpt - Descendants of Theunis Janzsen Covert.

Source Notes

• Eichelberger cites source 11, "Covert Family of New York", for the 1795 marriage of Catherine Covert & John Stoughton in NJ. However, other sources indicate the Coverts (see Lucas Covert) were in Northumberland Co. by 1790, so the marraige site is uncertain, but likely PA. Also this suggests that all children of this marriage were born in PA.
• Will of John Stoughton lists son John and son Bernard; researcher Jeanne Eichelberger lists a son John Bernard.
• Can not find 1830, 1840 census. In 1840 she may be living with one of her children.

*In 1850, Catherine Covert Stoughton, widow, apparently living next door to her son John. Andrew Stoughton in the next dwelling may be a son of John's.
* The Stoughton organizers of Muddy Creek Baptist church may be Catherine Covert Stoughton, her sons Jacob and Andrew, and her brother in law Samuel (who later became a Baptist minister).More likely however is that Catherine Stoughton is Catherine McCune, wife of Samuel Stoughton.

• A Covert family, Isaac and Nancy, is on the 1870 census for Brady Twp, Butler Co, pg 9 (see James Irvin Hogue. There is no known relationship at this time. EBW, 19 Aug 2007
• The 1840 census is speculation. The oldest female in the household is the correct age to be Catherine Covert, but it could also be Robert Logan's mother.

Research Notes

• Research re. burial site of John & Catherine Stoughton, with negative results: No gravestones found at various Butler County cemeteries visited in 2006-2007 by E. Wilson Williams (Mt. Zion Baptist Cemetery, Wolf Creek Cemetery, Muddy Creek Cemetery, Prospect's Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Prospect Presbyterian Cemetery or West Liberty Cemetery). No record found in the entire 5 volume set of the Cemetery Inventory of Butler County, searched by research staff of the Butler Area Public Library, Oct. 2007.
  This suggests burial without gravestones, or that their stones deteriorated beyond legibility by the time of the Inventory; or burial at a small private cemetery not included in the Inventory.