User Home Pages: COVEYS'- England to America
| The following is information on the Covey family that has been obtain through various records and contacting realtives of the Covey family as well as connecting families. The easrliest Covey found coming to America was a James Couve (later changed to Covey), who was born abt. 1615. His place of birth is somewhat of a question. Some say, England, but I fill France is more likely, mainly because of the name, more French sounding than English. Anyway, somewhere along the line James and possibility some of his brothers went to England. How long they were there is undetermine. Around 1639, James and his wife, Mary and at lease one child and one that was born at sea came to the Mass. area. There are several stories about who was with James. One has the ship stopping in Nova Scotia first and some of the family stayed, others went on to Mass. Another, story has three brothers coming over from england and settling in different areas of the colonies. One has two younger brothers, John and William coming over, once they became of age, both went into the Maryland area. The 1690 Maryland census shows a John Covey in Maryland, people say that this is the brother of James and the "ole man" of the Coveys found in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. I can't prove one way or the other. However I do have alot of questions. There are times I wonder if perhaps, we're looking at two completely different families. There are just to many things point in that direction. In 1667, a Thomas Covey was mentioned ina "will" in St. Mary's Co., Md. Nothing else on him. In 1685, a William and Mary Covey had a son, John Covey, this was in Somerset Co., Md. A year later, they had a daughter, Mary, also in the same county. In 1688, a Richard Covey is found in Somerset Co., Md. on several land transactions. Again, nothing else found on him. One can only guess that William and Richard were brothers, or there's a small chance that they were father and son. In 1713 in Dorchester Co., Md. a William Covey died. People beileve that this is the other brother and also the same William found in Somerset Co., earlier. I disagree, I believe they are connected but through several generations. Also, to say that all the Coveys found in Maryland are all from William Covey, is purely spectulation. What happen to Richard, be must of had a family. The following is what I've come up with. After reading through it, you will have to come up with your own conclusion. | COVEYS'- England to America Updated January 18, 2004 |
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