Bragon 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.

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

Ancestry chart segment

Generation 8             Generation 9      Generation 10
                                      +-- Hans Teunise Covert
                                      |   (1657/58-1719)
                  +-- Bragon Covert --+
                  |   (1696-????)     |
 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; Somerville NJ
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

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	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).

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Web Sources - Documentation Not Given

Ref. Num.	Description	Extract
W1	Debbie Harrison, "My Family" , Rootsweb.com, updated 10 Feb 2003 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	Stephen L. Flanagan, "Descendants of Maria Waldron" 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)