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Joseph COVELL

Joseph COVELL[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male Abt 1662 - 1733  (~ 71 years)

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  • Name Joseph COVELL 
    Born Abt 1662  Great Harbor (Edgartown), Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 207 
    _UID 4ACACC00B5134CC2BEF4C3C724233D6CE2A5 
    Died Apr 1733  Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I112678006  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2012 

    Father James COVELL,   b. Bef 18 Apr 1620, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Aug 1690, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Mother Indian Wife,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F50573364  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice PALMER,   b. Abt 1667, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Jun 1733, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Married 27 Feb 1685  Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Marriage Fact Other Fhc Records Say Killingly, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth COVELL,   b. 25 Nov 1686, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1734, Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     2. Alice COVELL,   b. 6 Apr 1689,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Philip COVELL,   b. 12 Feb 1692, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1692, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Joseph COVELL,   b. 9 Dec 1694, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 12 Jan 1791, Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
     5. Stephen COVELL,   b. Abt 1696, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1792  (Age ~ 96 years)
     6. Sarah COVELL,   b. 16 Aug 1698, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1747, Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     7. Mary COVELL,   b. Abt 1700,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F50572414  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Edgartown was first settled in 1641/2 and called "Great Harbor" until 1671, when it was established as the Town of Edgartown. Edgartown includes the island community of Chappaquiddick.

      Records on Joseph Covell can be found in Chatham, Woburn and Charleston, Massachusetts. On 5 Nov 1714, he was granted 150 acres of land in Killingly Connecticut. On 6 Dec 1714, Joseph and his wife Alice deeded two pieces of this land to their son Joseph Jr. "in consideration of the love and good will that I have and bare (sic) my son Joseph Covell Jr. of Killingly."

      A series of quit-claim deeds passed land down to Stephen Covell and by 25 June 1733, Alice Covell, the widow of Joseph Sr., gave up all her dower rights. The inventory of Joseph Sr.?s estate was dated in April of 1733 and was valued at 947 pounds, 16 shillings, 6 pence. The house and barn was noted as Stephen's property.

      Information on this individual was obtained from the genealogical records of Carolyne Kephart Gould via Rootsweb. Her Genealogy Home page is:

      http://www.angelfire.com/tx/carolynegenealogy/

      The full family tree is available at Rootsweb: database "carolynegould"
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1084] Carolyn Gould.

    2. [S1094] Kristin Nielson.

    3. [S1085] Source, Updated June 2003 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    5. [S1095] History of Martha's Vineyard, Banks IF/FHC, Batch #7804003, Sheet 86 Roll 1126221 (Reliability: 3).
      Ordinance dates for family verified through this source by Curator of Richard W. Murdock tree on Ancestry.com

    6. [S372] New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Clarence Almon Torrey.