Phebe Covert1

F, (1740 - 5 April 1835)
Father-Biological*Isaac Covert1 b. c 1715, d. 1778
Mother-Biological*Mary Purdy1 b. c 1703, d. 1791
Family Lines
Whelpley Line
Last Edited=29 May 2023
     Phebe Covert was born in 1740 at Westchester County, New York.1 She was the daughter of Isaac Covert and Mary Purdy.1

Phebe Covert married James Travis, son of James Travis and Rebecca Squire, in 1757.1,2,3 In Isaac Covert's will dated 4 May 1780, Phebe Covert was named as an heir; The executors are not " to sell the negroes at Publick Auction, but sell them to as good masters as they can get."4,5,3 Phebe, appeared on the US Census of 1790 at York, Westchester County, New York. The enumeration reads:

2 - Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over
1 - Free White Persons - Males - Under 16
3 - Free White Persons - Females
6 - Number of Household Members.6


She died on 5 April 1835.1

Children of Phebe Covert and James Travis

Citations

  1. Ancestry.com. Ancestry Member Trees - Use with Caution. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations.
  2. New York County, District and Probate Courts. New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015.
  3. Tessen, Carol Rhead. Covert Ancestors. N.p.: manuscript, 27 March 2005.
  4. Pelletreau, William S. Early Wills of Westchester County, New York 1664-1784. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1898.
  5. Jones, Edson Sailisbury. Covert Ancestry. New York: T. A.Wright, 1906.
  6. Census Bureau. 1790 U.S. Federal Census. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010.