Brief Life History of Elisha
When Elisha Covert was born in 1720, in Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Isaac Covert Sr., was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Horton, was 34. He married Martha Gedney about 1741, in Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 10 daughters. He died in July 1781, in Van Cortlandt Manor, Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Westchester, New York, United States.
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- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
- North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
- New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
Name Meaning
English (Surrey, of Norman origin): habitational name from the Norman hamlet of Couvert in Calvados or from some other locality similarly named from Old French (le) covert ‘the secret corner, refuge, or thicket’. Sussex surname forms with the definite article and no preposition are not nicknames from Old French covert ‘secret(ive)’, as has been suggested, but are either references to ‘Le Covert’ as the place of origin or represent the common Norman practice of substituting le for de in surnames. This surname is now extinct in Britain.
Americanized form of an unidentified Dutch or German name, perhaps Kofoed or German Gobert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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