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Husband:   Morris Covert

Born:   09 Jun 1754 in:   Hagerstown, Frederick Co., MD
Died:   29 May 1825 in:   Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA
Father:   Abraham Covert (c1720-)
Mother:   Beleye

Wife:   Mary Marus Mann

Married:   1776 in:   Hagerstown, Frederick Co., MD
Born:   Abt 1760 in:   Hagerstown, Frederick Co., MD
Died:   22 Jan 1836 in:   Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA
Father:  
Mother:  

CHILDREN

1   M       Name:   Joseph Covert
Born:   24 Nov 1779 in:   Frederick Co., MD
Died:   19 Jan 1844 in:   Harrison Co., OH
Married:   17 Aug 1813 in:   Harrison Co., OH
Spouse:   Nancy Boyer
Born:   1792 in:   Washington Co., PA
Died:   6 Apr 1858 in:   Harrison Co., OH
Children:   Morris Covert (1814-1875) m. Catharine Swallow (1828-1879)
Abraham B Covert (1817-1885) m. Phebe Marie Webb (1817-1897)
Joseph Covert (1819-1891)
Benjamin Covert (1822-1902)
Mary Covert (1825-1851)
James Harvey Covert (1827-1895)
Catherine Covert (c1830-) m. Davidson

2   M       Name:   Abraham Covert
Born:   Abt 1780 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Died:   2 Dec 1880 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Married:   in:  
Spouse:   Catharine Black
Born:   in:  
Died:   in:  
Children:  

3   F       Name:   Phebe Covert
Born:   Abt 1782 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Died:   1841 in:  
Married:   in:  
Spouse:   Black
Born:   in:  
Died:   in:  
Children:  

4   F       Name:   Elizabeth Covert
Born:   Abt 1784 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Died:   in:  
Married:   1814 in:  
Spouse:   Moses Morton
Born:   13 Oct 1786 in:   Washington Co., Pa
Died:   5 Jul 1861 in:   Guernsey Co., OH
Children:   Mary Morton (1816-1854) m. Philip Rosemond (1807-1885)

5   F       Name:   Mary "Polly" Covert
Born:   19 Feb 1789 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Died:   1841 in:   Harrison Co., OH
Married:   1805 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Spouse:   Isaac Doney
Born:   1783 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Died:   1820 in:   Harrison Co., OH
Children:   Samuel Doney (1808-1855) m. Catherine Covert (1802-)
Hannah Doney (1813-1895) m. Barton Smoot (1811-1886)
Jesse Doney (1815-1899) m. Marion Rodgers (1819-1851) m. Sarah Dale (1829-1880)
Catherine S Doney (1821-1919) m. Stapleton Critchfield Brock (1822-1897)
Mary Doney (1824-1921)
Phoebe Doney (1825-1921) m. Jesse Haines (1825-1875)

6   F       Name:   Ann Covert (1784-1847)
Spouse:   Thomas Darbyshire (c1773-1851)

7   M       Name:   John Covert
Born:   10 Nov 1787 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Died:   2 Dec 1880 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Married:   1810 in:   PA
Spouse:   Amy Doney
Born:   1791 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Died:   9 Jul 1870 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Children:   Hannah Covert (c1812-1893) m. James Robinson M.D. (1811-1890)
Mary Covert (c1815-1882) m. Joseph D Wilgus (1808-1888)
Isaac Covert (1818-1893) m. Diadamia Wilgus (1826-1899)
Elizabeth A Covert (1818-1858) m. John Jemison (1813-1874)
Amy Covert (1820-1903) m. James Carroll Auld (1817-1899)
Samuel Covert (1824-)
Emeline Covert (1827-c1880)
Elenor Amanda Covert (1831-1922) m. Joseph Scott (1816-1889)
Jesse Morris Covert (1832-1905) m. Caroline Wilson (1833-1923)

8   M       Name:   Morris Covert
Born:   Abt 1787 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Died:   1855 in:   Perry Co., OH
Married:   in:   PA
Spouse:   Nancy Purcell
Born:   in:  
Died:   in:  
Children:  

9   F       Name:   Rebecca Covert
Born:   25 Dec 1796 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Died:   4 Mar 1880 in:   Harrison Co., WV
Married:   Jul 1818 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Spouse:   Caleb Cheuvront
Born:   10 Feb 1792 in:   Harrison Co., WV
Died:   15 May 1865 in:   Harrison Co., WV
Children:   Morris Cheuvront (c1820-) m. Harriet
Joseph Cheuvront (1821-)
Elizabeth Cheuvront (1823-)
Jeremiah P Cheuvront (1826-) m. Marianna Brooks (c1836-)
Jesse Cheuvront (1829-1863)
Mary A Cheuvront (1833-) m. Lorenzo D Waugh (c1841-)
Benjamin F Cheuvront (1841-)
James Edwin Cheuvront (1842-)

10   M       Name:   Benjamin Covert
Born:   10 Jul 1799 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Died:   28 Jun 1890 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Married:   in:  
Spouse:   Abigail Fitz Randolph
Born:   8 May 1798 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Died:   28 Feb 1866 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Children:   Richard Covert (1819-1889) m. Caroline Matilda Abrams (1828-1924)
Mary Covert (1823-1902) m. David Hough Wakefield (1822-1900)
Elizabeth Covert (1831-1918) m. Joshua Strickler (1821-1910)

11   M       Name:   Isaac Jesse Covert
Born:   Abt 1801 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Died:   1853 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Married:   in:  
Spouse:   Henrietta R Gibson
Born:   Abt 1808 in:   PA
Died:   20 Aug 1881 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Children:  

12   F       Name:   Catherine Covert
Born:   Abt 1802 in:   Fayette Co., PA
Died:   in:  
Married:   in:  
Spouse:   Samuel Doney
Born:   in:  
Died:   in:  
Children:   Abram Covert Doney

Biography and Timeline


From History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1882::

MORRIS COVERT, son of Abraham Covert, first lived in New Jersey and there married a MISS MARY MANN. After his marriage he moved to Col Cresap's estate on the Potomac, in the state of Maryland, where he resided some years. About the year 1780 he moved to Fayette county, Penna, and located about three miles west of Beesontown, now Uniontown, where he purchased a farm of three hundred acres for eight hundred and fifty dollars, on the old Fort road leading to Redstone Old Fort. Here he lived and died and raised a family of eleven children, -six sons and five daughters. The oldest son, JOSEPH, married NANCY BORER of Harrison, Ohio, where he lived and died. The second son, ABRAHAM, married CATHARINE BLACK, and they removed to Harrison county, Ohio. The third son, JOHN, married AMY DONEY, and lived on the Monongahela River in Luzerne township, Fayette county, and died in his ninety third year. The fourth son, MORRIS Covert, was an itinerant Methodist preacher. He married NANCY PURCELL of Chesapeake Bay, and died near Clarksburg, West Virginia, aged about sixty years. JESSE, the youngest son, married HENRIETTA GIBSON, resided principally in Fayette County, Pa., and died at the age of fifty five. BENJAMIN COVERT was born on July 10, 1799, on the old homestead, where he grew to manhood. He married ABIGAIL RANDOLPH, and removing to Harrison county, Ohio, in 1820. After 1830, he moved to a farm in Luzerne township, Fayette county, Pa. Morris and his family members were all Methodists.


Timeline:

  Date:   Place:   Event:
  1754   MD, Frederick Co.   Birth: Morris
  c1760   MD, Frederick Co.   Birth: Mary
  1776   MD, Frederick Co.   Marriage: Morris and Mary
  1800   PA, Fayette Co.   Census: Morris
  1810   PA, Fayette Co.   Census: Morris (age 45+), female (age 45+)
  1820   PA, Fayette Co.   Census: Morris (age 45+), female (age 45+)
  1825   PA, Fayette Co.   Death: Morris
  1836   PA, Fayette Co.   Death: Mary

Family Photos


Benjamin Covert, son of Morris and Mary Covert:

Benjamin Covert

John Covert, son of Morris and Mary Covert:

John Covert

Birth Records


 

 

Marriage Records


 

 

Death Records


Morris Covert, Who Departed this life May the 29th 1825, Aged 70 Years 11 Months And 20 Days. (from FindAGrave.com)
West Bend Cemetery, East Millsboro, Fayette County, PA.

headstone

1825 testamentary will of Morris Covert, dated 16 May 1825, and probated 13 June 1825, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The will is with the Fayette County Register of Wills in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

will will

Census Records


1800 Pennsylvania Septennial Census, Fayette County, Menallen Township:

  Morris Coovert  


1810 Census, Pennsylvania, Fayette County, Menallen Township:

  Morris Coovert 1 male 0-9, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 45+, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 45+


1820 Census, Pennsylvania, Fayette County, Menallen Township:

  Morris Covert 1 male 10-15, 2 males 16-25, 1 male 45+, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 45+, 4 engaged in agriculture

Notes and Other Records


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Proof of lineage notes:

  • 1825 will of Morris Covert states that his wife's name is Mary and that Ann Derbyshire is his daughter.

History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1882, by Franklin Ellis, p.652:

"BENJAMIN COVERT The progenitor of the Coverts in the United States was one ABRAHAM COVERT, who came from Holland to the colonies about 1707. Of his family nothing is now known except that he had a son Abraham Covert, who raised a family of eight children-four sons and four daughters. The sons were ABRAHAM, ISAACE, JOHN, and MORRIS. These four sons in time became widely separated. ABRAHAM remained in the East while the others sought their fortunes in the West. JOHN settled north of Pittsburgh. MORRIS first lived in New Jersey and there married a MISS MARY MANN. After his marriage he moved to Col Cresap's estate on the Potomac, in the state of Maryland, where he resided some years. About the year 1780 he moved to Fayette county, Penna, and located about three miles west of Beesontown, now Uniontown, where he purchased a farm of three hundred acres for eight hundred and fifty dollars, on the old Fort road leading to Redstone Old Fort. Here he lived and died and raised a family of eleven children, -six sons and five daughters. The oldest son, JOSEPH, married NANCY BORER of Harrison, Ohio, where he lived and died. The second son, ABRAHAM, married CATHARINE BLACK, and they removed to Harrison county, Ohio. The third son, JOHN, married AMY DONEY, and lived on the Monongahela River in Luzerne township, Fayette county, and died in his ninety third year. The fourth son, MORRIS Covert, was an itinerant Methodist preacher. He married NANCY PURCELL of Chesapeake Bay, and died near Clarksburg, West Virginia, aged about sixty years. JESSE, the youngest son, married HENRIETTA GIBSON, resided principally in Fayette County, Pa., and died at the age of fifty five. BENJAMIN COVERT was born on July 10, 1799, on the old homestead, where he grew to manhood. He married ABIGAIL RANDOLPH, and removing to Harrison county, Ohio, in 1820, settled on the Stillwater and there resided until 1830. To of his children, RICHARD and MARY, were born there. He next removed (pg. 653) to a farm on Short Creek in the same county. There he remained three years and there his youngest daughter, ELIZABETH, was born. He then moved to a farm in Luzerne township, Fayette county, Pa., which he purchased from George Custer. It contained two hundred and fourteen acres and cost him two thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. Here he has resided for forty eight years, doing good as the Lord prospered him, "by helping build churches in the Bend and at the Landing, and sustaining the ministers of his church, as well as contributing to the support of others." He has been an ardent Methodist for sixty four years. His father and mother were Methodists, as were also his brothers and sisters. They are all dead having lived and died meek and humble Christians. He alone of the family survives in his eighty- third year.

His children are: RICHARD, who resides on the old homestead; MARY, married to D H Wakefield of Jefferson township, Fayette county, Pa.; and ELIZABETH, married to JOSHUA SHRICKLETER of Luzerne township. With but little intermission he has held an office in the church during the entire time of his membership. His start in life was a strong constitution. He has always been noted for his sobriety, indomitable energy, frugality, and rectitude of purpose."

Sources and Credits


  • 1800 Pennsylvania Septennial Census, Fayette County, Menallen Township.
  • 1810 Census, Pennsylvania, Fayette County, Menallen Township.
  • 1820 Census, Pennsylvania, Fayette County, Menallen Township.
  • 1825 will of Morris Covert, Fayette Co., PA.
  • History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1882, by Franklin Ellis.
  • Data and photos from Ancestry.com family trees.
  • Data from FamilyTreeMaker Online database.
  • Data and headstone photo from FindAGrave.com.