Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Covell was born on 3 July 1741, in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Nathaniel Covell, was 28 and his mother, Mary Chase, was 20. He married Mary Nickerson on 23 April 1760. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1781, in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 40.
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- Joseph Covel, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Joseph Covel, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Covel - birth: 3 July 1741; Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English covel ‘vat, tub’ (which is apparently from Old English cufle ‘cloak’).
Anglicized or Americanized form of Dutch De Kovel (see Kovel ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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