Amy Covell
Sex: F
AKA: Ami Covell 1
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Jun 1731 - Eastham, Massachusetts 2
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Death: Bef Sep 1743 - Eastham, Massachusetts
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Parents
Father: Ephraim Covell (Abt 1702- )
Mother: Mercy Brown (Est 1710- )
Barnabus Higgins Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Sep 1797 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 3
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Parents
Father: David Covell (1738-Between 1815/1820)
Mother: Deborah Higgins (1771-1839)
Bartlett F Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1840
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Spouses and Children
Children:
1. William Thomas Covell (1873- )
Benjamin Abbott Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Jul 1840 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 19 Oct 1857 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: consumption
Parents
Father: Seth Newcomb Covell (1806-1883) 5
Mother: Mercy F Chipman (1809-1870)
Notes
General:
epitaph:Medical:
"He folded his arms across his breast,
And God took his spirit home to rest."
1855 mariner, Wellfleet 6
age 17-3
mariner
parents Seth & Mercy 7
Benjamin Hamblin Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Aug 1873 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 9
Baptism:
Death: 28 Aug 1923 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: pulmonary tuberculosis 10
Parents
Father: Seth A Covell (1846-1900) 11
Mother: Anna C Rogers (1853-1887) 12
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Salinda Howard (2 Jan 1870 - 20 Sep 1918)
Marriage: 6 Apr 1901 - Pawtucket, Rhode Island 13
Status:
Children:
1. Earle Howard Covell (1904-1904) 14
2. Ethel Adams Covell (1910-1910)
Notes
Medical:
age 50-0-6
Betsey Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Oct 1787 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 15
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Father: Captain Philip Covell (Cir 1762-After 1850)
Mother: Mary Arey (1766-After 1830) 16
Casilda Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1844 - (Wellfleet, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death: 8 Sep 1862 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial: in South Wellfleet cemetery
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Parents
Father: Freeman Covell (1804-1866)
Mother: Hope Brown (1810-1891) 17
Chandler S Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Mar 1825 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 22 Mar 1915 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 19
Burial: in Hamilton cemetery, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Nathaniel Covell (1792-1862) 20
Mother: Ruth Dyer (1792-1873) 21
Rev Charles Hathaway Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1829 - Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 1910
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Lisa M. Gordis
"None Need Think Their Sympathy Wasted"
Reading early American books
http://www.common-place.org/vol-09/no-03/gordis/
"Susanna Rowson's novel Charlotte Temple has provoked intense responses from surprisingly diverse readers since its 1791 publication. Published in more than two hundred editions, Rowson's novel is, in Cathy Davidson's words, "one of America's … all-time bestsellers". Rowson specifically addresses young women ("Oh my dear girls\emdash for to such only am I writing"), but her readers have included aggressively masculine men as well. One such reader was Reverend C. H. Covell, a sailor-turned-minister who placed Charlotte Temple at the center of his narrative of sea adventure and spiritual transformation. Indeed, the surprising account that appeared in the March 1906 Springfield Republican claimed that Covell "really owes his life to the book."
In 1844, having deserted a whaling ship commanded by an abusive captain, Covell found himself stranded at Port Ottoway in Patagonia. Several of his companions starved to death and another "lost his mind," but fortunately Charlotte Temple intervened by catalyzing the conversion of another sea captain, William A. Brown, commander of the Peruvian. Captain Brown was "one of those harsh unfeeling men that were found in such large numbers in command at that time." But finding Charlotte Temple among the "promiscuous" reading material on board, Captain Brown was transformed by it. As he read, "The two characters of Montraville and LaRue grew more and more detestable as they revealed themselves to his awakened conscience. He began to question himself: 'What prevents me from being just as base and as treacherous as they are pictured to be? Why, there is nothing but a pardoning Savior. I am as bad as they are. I have ill-treated my crew, and driven them to suicide; lashed them in the rigging and flogged them upon their bare backs to gratify my violent temper.'" Inspired to pray, "Capt. Brown became a changed man from that time," reforming both self and ship:
'no longer profanity and abuse to be used by his officers upon the sailors, no unnecessary labor upon the Lord's day, not even standing of mast-heads, which is considered one of the most essential duties on board a whale ship; prayer meetings in the cabin to which all the crew were invited, but none compelled (and here I want to say that the crew numbered 30 men), not a Christian aboard when they sailed from home, but before the close of the voyage 27 of that crew were living true and honest lives. This great change was begun and wrought by one man, who was led to see his condition by reading the story of "Charlotte Temple," which turned his attention to the book of books for salvation.'
Covell credits Charlotte Temple with twenty-eight sailor-converts, along with wondrous material success. For despite Brown's resolution to do "no unnecessary work … on Sunday, … no lowering of boats even if whales were seen, … he carried into New London the largest cargo of sperm oil ever carried in the same length of time."
Moreover, while sailing for home, the transformed Captain Brown experienced a recurring vision, seeing "men suffering" in the gulf of Penas "just as plainly as though they were standing before him." After two days without food or sleep, Captain Brown described his visions to the worried first mate and confessed his fear that they would drive him "crazy." First mate Howe proposed a detour to the bay, but Brown worried that the men would think he was "losing [his] mind, or … growing childish." Howe nevertheless approached the crew and explained the captain's predicament, and they responded "with one accord, … 'Whatever the captain wants to do, do it. We are willing.'" At Port Ottoway, they found and rescued Covell's party. Covell's account concludes, "I have given the bare facts, without detail, of what took place in a man's life, the beginning of which was reading of the story of 'Charlotte Temple.' Blessings on his memory. All names and descriptions are real, no fiction. I am one of the rescued."
Reverend Covell's story appeared under the title "Advertising 'Charlotte Temple': A True Story of Religious Conversion and Its Mysterious Leading," in the Springfield Republican 3:13 (March 29, 1906): "
Author: Diamonds and nuggets, polished and in the rought, gathered from American minds; to which is added for each month of the year a page of the most "notable events" in our country's history.
Worcester, Mass., Press of G. G. Davis, 1898.
Constant Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Mar 1744 - Chatham, Massachusetts 22
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Parents
Father: James Covell (Cir 1709-1781)
Mother: Mehitable Nickerson (1709-1761)
Daniel Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 27 May 1748 - Eastham, Massachusetts 24
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Death: Bef 1795 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
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Parents
Father: Ephraim Covell (Abt 1702- )
Mother: Mercy Brown (Est 1710- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Ruth Rich (17 Nov 1750 - 20 Aug 1823) 25
Marriage: 25 Oct 1770 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 26
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Children:
1. Mary Covell (1771- )
2. Mercy Covell (1773- )
3. Sabra Covell (1776-1797)
4. Samuel Covell (1778-1808)
5. Daniel Covell (1781- ) 27
6. Ruth Covell (1783-1861)
7. Abigail Covell (1787-1879) 27
Daniel Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Mar 1781 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 27
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Father: Daniel Covell (1748-Bef 1795) 24
Mother: Ruth Rich (1750-1823) 25
Daniel Webster Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Aug 1839 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 29
Baptism:
Death: 25 Aug 1839 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 29
Burial: in South Wellfleet cemetery
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Parents
Father: Samuel Covell (1805-1873)
Mother: Polly Brown (1808-1851)
David Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Nov 1746 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: in (New York)
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Parents
Father: Seth Covell (Abt 1702- )
Mother: Sarah Hurd (1711- )
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Agnes WOODEN
Children
Amy COVELL b: 29 May 1775 in Chenago Co., New York
Sarah COVELL b: 1776
David COVELL b: 1778
Zaccheus COVELL b: 1779
David Covell
Sex: M
AKA: Davil Covil
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Sep 1738 - Eastham, Massachusetts 30
Baptism:
Death: Between 1815 and 1820 - Bristol county, Massachusetts
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Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Covell (Est 1703- ) 31
Mother: Elizabeth Webber (Est 1720- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Deborah Higgins (8 Oct 1771 - 16 Jun 1839)
Marriage: 11 Dec 1796 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 32
Status:
Children:
1. Barnabus Higgins Covell (1797- ) 3
2. Rachel Covell (1798- ) 3
3. Deborah Covell (1801-1865) 3
4. Abigail Higgins Covell (1802- ) 3
5. Mary Ann Covell (1804-1817) 3
6. David Mason Covell (1806-1881) 3
7. Martha Covell (1807- ) 3
8. Lucinda Covell (1809- ) 3
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It is suspicious that David has this late marriage and no other information. His death location is reported on Rootsweb as being in Norton, Medway or Taunton, Mass.
David Mason Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Apr 1806 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 3
Baptism:
Death: 1881 - Franklin, Massachusetts
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Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Covell (1738-Between 1815/1820)
Mother: Deborah Higgins (1771-1839)
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Occupation: Teamster 1850 Newton, MA
Residence: 1832 Taunton, Mass
Note: His children were born in Taunton in 1828 thru 1834. He was notlisted in the 1830 census index.
Residence: 1850 Newton, MA
Note: In his house were "Lorena" a. 41; David a. 20; William a. 18; Thomasa. 16; and Mary a.
Residence: 22 JUN 1870 Boston, Mass
Note: Census for 1870 details: David COVELL, a. 64; occ. Engineering Factory; POB Mass.; Serena a. 61; housekeeper; POB Mass. Date ofenumeration 6/22/1870. Location was 16th ward in Boston.
Residence: 1840 Hopkinton, MA
Note: The census for 1840 for Mass. had only one David COVELL and that was in Hopkinton, (page 183)
Residence: AUG 1878 Dighton, MA
Note: David's wife, Serena, died in Dighton, MA in Aug 1878.
Residence: Chickataubut St., Dorchester, MA 1869 Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA
Census: 1880 Neponset, Boston, Suffolk Co, MA
Note: Living in the household of his son, Thomas Coville.
Census: 1870 Milton, Suffolk Co., MA
David Covill, 64, engineering factory, b. MA
Serena Covill, 61, keeping house, b. MA 33
Deborah Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Jan 1801 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 3
Baptism:
Death: 29 May 1865 - Taunton, Massachusetts 33
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Covell (1738-Between 1815/1820)
Mother: Deborah Higgins (1771-1839)
Notes
General:
Deborah Covill was enumerated in the 1850 census atWorcester, Mass., listed among the Insane Hospital patients. She was admitted to the hospital in 1844. 33
Dorcas Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1800 - (Dana, Massachusetts)
Baptism: 6 Sep 1801 - Hardwick, Massachusetts 34
Death: 3 Sep 1877 - Dana, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Philip Covell (Cir 1762-After 1850)
Mother: Mary Arey (1766-After 1830) 16
Dorcas Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Apr 1755 - Chatham, Massachusetts 35
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Parents
Father: Nathaniel Covell (1717- )
Mother: Mary Chase (1721- )
Dorcas Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Jun 1747 - Chatham, Massachusetts 35
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Death: 16 May 1753 - Chatham, Massachusetts 35
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Parents
Father: Nathaniel Covell (1717- )
Mother: Mary Chase (1721- )
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