Ephraim Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1715 - Harwich, Massachusetts
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Father: Ephraim Covell (1677-1748) 1
Mother: Marcy Smith (1679-1727) 2
Esther Covell
Sex: F
AKA: Easter Covil
Individual Information
Birth: 1725 - Harwich, Massachusetts
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Father: Nathaniel Covell (1701-1744)
Mother: Esther Atwood (1699-After 1746)
Ethel Adams Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 10 May 1910 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 3
Baptism:
Death: 13 Aug 1910 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: gastro entritis 4
Parents
Father: Benjamin Hamblin Covell (1873-1923) 5
Mother: Hannah Salinda Howard (1870-1918)
Notes
Medical:
age 0-3-3
Everett Weston Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1857 - Nahant, Massachusetts
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Father: Samuel Covell (1830-1904) 6
Mother: Jerusha H Brown (1836-1912)
Spouses and Children
1. *Maria Thayer Davis (1856 - )
Marriage: 15 May 1884 - Nahant, Massachusetts 7
Status:
Children:
1. Lizzie Marion Covell (1885- )
Notes
General:
1884 carpenter, Nahant
Ezra Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1800
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1. *Patty Newcomb (10 Jul 1805 - )
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Ezra Covell
Sex: M
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Death: Bef 1706
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Spouses and Children
1. *Abigail Travis (8 Jan 1662 - ) 8
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Freeman Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Mar 1804 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 9
Baptism:
Death: 31 Aug 1866 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial: in South Wellfleet cemetery
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Parents
Father: Samuel Covell (1778-1808)
Mother: Phebe Brown (1781-1819) 10
Spouses and Children
1. *Hope Brown (18 Oct 1810 - 9 Feb 1891) 11
Marriage: 18 Feb 1829 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 12
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Children:
1. Samuel Covell (1830-1904) 6
2. Mary Witherell Covell (1833- ) 6
3. John L Covell (1842-1844) 13
4. Casilda Covell (1844-1862)
George Auld Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Sep 1840 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 14
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Death: Bef 1850 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
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Parents
Father: Samuel H Covell (1809-1850) 15
Mother: Alison Auld (1812-1882) 16
Notes
General:
not in 1850 Wellfleet census
Hannah Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1706 - Monomoit (Chatham), Massachusetts
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Father: Nathaniel Covell (Cir 1665-1746) 1
Mother: Judith Nickerson (Abt 1678-Cir 1746) 17
Hannah Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Nov 1734 - Chatham, Massachusetts 18
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Death: 4 Dec 1734 - Chatham, Massachusetts 18
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Father: James Covell (Cir 1709-1781)
Mother: Mehitable Nickerson (1709-1761)
Hannah Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1745 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
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Father: Joseph Covell (Abt 1710- )
Mother: Hannah Bassett (Abt 1712- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Asa Mayo (18 Aug 1743 - 1775)
Marriage: 16 Dec 1762 - Eastham, Massachusetts 19
Status:
Children:
1. Isaac Mayo (1763- ) 20
2. Sarah Mayo (1765-1843)
3. Asa Mayo (Cir 1767- )
4. Shubael Mayo (1769-1826)
5. Ruth Mayo (1775- )
Notes
General:
speculation: d/o Joseph Covell & Hannah Bassett
Hannah Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Oct 1788 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 21
Baptism:
Death: 7 Dec 1825 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 22
Burial: in Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Reuben Bourne Covell (1761-1817) 23
Mother: Zerviah Newcomb (1762-1843)
Spouses and Children
1. *Bethuel Wiley (13 Sep 1788 - 5 Mar 1874) 24
Marriage: 22 Aug 1811 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 25
Status:
Children:
1. Ebenezer Wiley (1812-1840) 26
2. Zerviah C Wiley (1814-1883) 26
3. Bethuel Wiley (1816-1892) 26
4. Nathaniel Covell Wiley (1816- ) 26
5. Ruth Gould Wiley (1819-1820) 26
Notes
General:
"In memory of Mrs. Hannah, wife of Mr. Bethuel Wiley, who died Dec. 7, 1825, aet. 37.
'The pain of life is past
Her warfare here is o'er
And death behind is cast
And suffering is no more.' " 27
Hannah Covell
Sex: F
AKA: Hannah Covel
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Jan 1739 - Chatham, Massachusetts 18
Baptism:
Death: After 1781 - (Harwich, Massachusetts)
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Covell (Cir 1709-1781)
Mother: Mehitable Nickerson (1709-1761)
Spouses and Children
1. *Edward Nickerson (27 Aug 1739 - 3 Nov 1773) 28
Marriage: 24 Dec 1761 - Chatham, Massachusetts 28
Status:
Notes
General:
Death: ABT 1802 in Ossipee, NHMarriage Notes (Edward Nickerson)
Marriage 2 Henry BLAISDELL
Children
Mehitable NICKERSON b: 1757
Joseph NICKERSON b: 1765
Nechemiah NICKERSON b: 1765 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Hannah NICKERSON b: 26 NOV 1773 in Harwich
(blackandwhitedog)
Hannah Bourne Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Nov 1763 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 23
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Parents
Father: Reuben Covell (1729-Bef 1805)
Mother: Hannah Maker (1734-1805)
Spouses and Children
1. *Paul Lombard (16 May 1762 - ) 29
Marriage: 23 Nov 1786 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 30
Status:
Hannah Serviah Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Nov 1834 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 31
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Parents
Father: Seth Newcomb Covell (1806-1883) 32
Mother: Mercy F Chipman (1809-1870)
Spouses and Children
1. *Zoeth S Mayo (May 1827 - 17 Mar 1914)
Marriage: 11 May 1859 - Boston, Massachusetts 33
Status:
Children:
1. Charles Oscar Mayo (1869-1941) 34
2. Ella W Mayo (1851-1929)
Hannah Smith Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Nov 1827 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 35
Baptism:
Death: 2 May 1913 36
Burial: in South Wellfleet cemetery
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Covell (1805-1873)
Mother: Polly Brown (1808-1851)
Spouses and Children
1. *Winslow Paine (1 Sep 1825 - 11 Aug 1909) 37
Marriage: 16 Feb 1887 - Chelsea, Massachusetts
Status:
2. Bosworth (Est 1825 - Bef 1887)
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
General:
not listed in Wellfleet deaths
Hope Brown Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Feb 1810 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 38
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Father: Ephraim Covell (1782-1822) 39
Mother: Cynthia Nye (1780-1820)
Hope Brown Covell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Mar 1832 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 35
Baptism:
Death: 15 Nov 1894
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Cause of Death:
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Father: Samuel Covell (1805-1873)
Mother: Polly Brown (1808-1851)
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Marriage 1 Charles Augustus CHENEY b: 2 SEP 1830 in Dunstable, MA
Married: 7 JUL 1857 in Boston, MA
Marriage record:
7 Jul 1857; Charles A. Cheney; 27, expressman; b. Dunstable; father's name Isaac; 1st marriage; m. Hope B. Covell; 24, b. Wellfleet; father's name Samuel; 1st marriage 40
Isaac Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Apr 1749 - Chatham, Massachusetts 41
Baptism:
Death: Mar 1843 - Colebrook, New Hampshire
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Nathaniel Covell (1717- )
Mother: Mary Chase (1721- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Ruth Doane (1 Nov 1744 - Apr 1827) 42
Marriage: 8 Nov 1769 - Harwich, Massachusetts 43
Status:
Notes
General:
He moved to Middleboro, Massachussetts, where he lived from age 6 to 15, when he went to sea. Lived at Wareham and Plymouth, Massachussetts, from age 19 to 29, when he moved to Connecticut, where he lived at East Windsor and Ellington until 1791, when he moved to Colebrook, New Hampshire.Marriage Notes (Ruth Doane)
In 1774, he enlisted at Plymouth, Massachussetts, as a Sergeant, Minuteman, and was discharged the following December. Enlisted Nov 1775 in Capt. Zacharia Hamblen's Company (of Sandwich, Massachussetts) for three months and served at Roxbury, Massachussetts. Enlisted Nov 1776 in Capt. Putnam's Company and served at Bristol, Rhode Island.
Children
Thankful COVELL b: 1770 in Plymouth, Massachussetts
Ruth COVELL b: 1772 in Plymouth, Massachussetts
Judah COVELL b: 1774
Daniel COVELL b: 1776
Constant COVELL b: 1778 in Windsor, Massachusetts
Isaac COVELL b: 17 Apr 1780
Ebenezer COVELL b: 9 Jun 1782
Sally COVELL b: 4 Oct 1785 in Ellington, Connecticut
Nathaniel COVELL b: 9 Nov 1787
James COVELL b: 6 Jul 1789
James Covell
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Apr 1620 - London, England
Baptism:
Death: Cir 1689 - Martha's Vineyard
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Covell ( - )
Mother:
Spouses and Children
Children:
1. James Covell (Abt 1660-Between 1734/1740)
2. Philip Covell (Est 1665- )
3. Joseph Covell (Cir 1662-1733)
Notes
General:
unreferenced birth date and parents
father: Robert /Covell/
mother: Elizabeth /Gifford/
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2. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 15 (MD4:140). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.
3. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1910.
4. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1910. Deaths.
5. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 754. Benjamin & Hannah Covell family. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 18. .... Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1923.
6. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:152. The daughter of Freeman & Hope Covell.
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11. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:96. Elisha Brown Jr and Abigail.
12. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:582. Marriages.
13. Bowman, Records from Cemetery near South Wellfleet Church (Mayflower Descendant).
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17. Enoch Pratt, History of Eastham, Wellfleet and Orleans (1844. Yarmouth MA: WS Fisher), 113. full title: A Comprehensive History, Ecclesiastical and Civil, of Eastham, Wellfleet and Orleans, County of Barnstable, Mass. from 1644 to 1844.
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18. Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 19.
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20. Robert P Smith, "Historic Records of the Federated Church of Orleans, Massachusetts"
annotated marriage records, 1772-1828 (Mayflower Descendant 46:109-120, 47:21-26, 47:111-116, 48:49-58, 48:141-148), 47:23. .... Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 155 (MD31:175).
21. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:43. the children of Reuben Covell and Zerviah his wife.
22. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:235. Deaths.
23. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:6. Reuben & Hannah Covell family.
24. Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 816. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:35.
25. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:562. Marriages.
26. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:106. The children of Bethuel and Hannah Wiley.
27. Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 45.
28. Bob Ferreira, "Cape Cod Families" (Rootweb file bobferr (no longer online)).
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Numerous small mistakes.
30. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:538. Marriages.
31. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:143. The children of Seth N. and Mercy Covell.
32. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 752. Seth Covell families. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:43. the children of Reuben Covell and Zerviah his wife.
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34. Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 492. This is a major source, which seems accurate.
35. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:137. The Children of Samuel and Polly Covell.
36. Kenneth Cole, South Wellfleet Cemetery (Wellfleet, Mass. Rich Family Association).
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38. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:101. Ephraim and Cynthia Covell family.
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