Isaac Covert1

M, (circa 1715 - 1778)
Father-Biological*Isaac Covert2 b. 27 May 1683
Mother-Biological*Elizabeth Horton2 b. 1686, d. 1776
Family Lines
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Last Edited=3 Jun 2023
     Isaac Covert was born circa 1715 at Westchester County, New York.2 He was the son of Isaac Covert and Elizabeth Horton.2

Isaac Covert married Mary Purdy, daughter of Joseph Purdy and Elizabeth Ogden.3,2 Isaac Covert died in 1778 at Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York.1 Isaac wrote his will on 4 May 1780. The executors are not " to sell the negroes at Publick Auction, but sell them to as good masters as they can get."4,5,2 His will was proved on 8 August 1781 at Westchester County, New York.4

Compeller's Notes:
Tessen (2005) gives his birth date as about 1715.

Children of Isaac Covert and Mary Purdy

Citations

  1. Ancestry.com. Ancestry Member Trees - Use with Caution. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations.
  2. Tessen, Carol Rhead. Covert Ancestors. N.p.: manuscript, 27 March 2005.
  3. WikiTree. Online https://www.wikitree.com/
  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.